About a quarter of an hour later, Ji Zehui also arrived at the practice room. Unfortunately, he also brought drinks for the staff, but the drinks he brought were bottled, not hot drinks.
Ji Zehui looked at Jie Yang who had already arrived, and then looked at the staff who each had a cup of coffee and milk tea, and smiled falsely: "Xiao Jie is very sensible."
Xie Yang smiled: "It's the seniors who taught me well."
Because it was not yet time for recording, the photographer did not follow the shooting. At this time, only the fixed cameras in several corners of the room were turned on. Ji Zehui found an angle where his facial expression could not be captured, and with a faint smile, he said, "Youth are truly to be feared."
"My predecessors have worked so hard to pave the way for me, so I have to work harder."
“…”
Ji Zehui turned sideways, and resumed his good senior demeanor, saying, "Xiao Jie, I went back and thought about it yesterday, and I think it would be better to change the song. What do you think of the song "One Sword to Peace the Spring and Autumn"? "
"One Sword to Peace the Spring and Autumn Period", Ji Zehui's first famous song, is the theme song of a classic martial arts TV series. The style of the song is chic and heroic. The requirements for singing skills are not as high as "Raging Waves", but it is very picky about the tone. After all, not all voices can sing out the spirit of the martial arts world.
The most important thing is that with the blessing of the TV series, "A Sword to Peace the Spring and Autumn" has been marked as a classic and sentimental by many TV viewers. The emotions expressed in the song and the emotions of the singing have long been bound up with the plot of the TV series, making it difficult to come up with something new. With the countless rebroadcasts of martial arts TV dramas over the years, "A Sword Conquers the Spring and Autumn Period" has brainwashed TV viewers countless times, and the public's impression of "A Sword Conquers the Spring and Autumn Period" has long been fixed.
Under such circumstances, it is extremely difficult for Jie Yang to perform brilliantly when covering such a classic song with the original singer. It would be considered a success if he could avoid being criticized or disliked by the fans of the song.
Xie Yang did not directly answer Ji Zehui's question, but suggested: "Teacher Ji, you asked me to try to adapt "Raging Waves" yesterday. I just had some ideas, so I changed it. Would you like to listen to the effect of the adaptation first?"
Ji Zehui suddenly wanted to change the song, and Jie Yang adapted "Raging Waves" according to Ji Zehui's suggestion yesterday. Ji Zehui couldn't say anything to disobey at this time.
He nodded and said, "Then you try singing it once. I'm actually reluctant to part with 'Raging Waves', and changing the song is not absolute. If your adaptation of 'Raging Waves' is better, I will naturally still use 'Raging Waves'."
"Thank you, Teacher Ji."
Xie Yang showed a happy look, walked to the piano in the practice room, sat on the piano stool, opened the piano cover, put his fingers on the keys, and just as he was about to play, he suddenly stopped and looked sideways at Ji Zehui: "Teacher Ji, I'm starting."
Ji Zehui suppressed his surprise that "Jie Yang can actually play the piano" and nodded.
The staff inside heard the conversation between the two and realized that they had gotten down to business, so they hurriedly called the photographer to start filming early.
The camera turned towards him, but Xie Yang didn't notice. He lowered his eyes and suppressed his expression, closing his eyes and imagining that he was standing in the center of the ocean, with something under his feet dragging him into the deep sea. The feeling of suffocation had spread throughout his body... He raised his finger and pressed it hard.
A heavy and low hum sounded in the room, and then music that was louder than the last sounded continuously, like waves that kept trying to knock people over in the deep sea, instantly making the atmosphere in the room tense and oppressive.
All the staff in the practice room couldn't help but look at Jie Yang. People who heard the piano music outside the practice room couldn't help but come to the door of the practice room and look inside.
Ji Zehui's expression remained unchanged, but he clenched his hands on his knees.
After a tense prelude, Xie Yang introduced the lyrics at the right time. His voice was different from yesterday, it was lower and more angry, and the whole song immediately gave people the feeling of a person being pushed into the deep sea by the waves, burning the last of his life to try to break free from the crisis.
The waves that wanted to pull people into the deep sea and the people trying to get ashore began to pull them continuously. The sound of the piano was sometimes fast and sometimes steep, sometimes stopping and sometimes turning, making people's minds rise and fall in the sea.
Finally, after the last angry verse, people overcame the crisis and breathed fresh air again. The piano rhythm suddenly slowed down, and the song ended with a long sigh of satisfaction.
The room was completely silent.
Xie Yang looked towards Ji Zehui and asked, "Teacher Ji, what do you think of this arrangement? I think it will better suit your voice and your personal style."
Ji Zehui slowly loosened his clenched fists, and his heart felt like a fire was on fire.
Fortunately, the song was changed, Xie Yang's high-pitched voice is actually damn suitable for "Raging Waves"! And Xie Yang can actually sing in an angry voice!
He suppressed his emotions and said, "It is indeed good, but it is too accommodating to me and fails to take you into consideration. Let's take a look at "One Sword to Peace the Spring and Autumn" again."
All the eavesdropping staff looked at Ji Zehui in disbelief.
It's already like this, and you still want to change the song?
Xie Yang knew that Ji Zehui would say this, and he showed a sad look at the right time, touched the piano keys, stood up obediently and said: "Then I will familiarize myself with "One Sword Peaces the Spring and Autumn Period". Although I have heard this piece many times before, I have not studied it carefully. Teacher Ji, do you have any ideas for adapting "One Sword Peaces the Spring and Autumn Period"? "
"A little bit." When Ji Zehui mentioned this, his smile finally became natural again, and he said, "I want to add a rap to the song."
It's okay to add rap to songs about revenge and chivalry, but if the rap part is not added well, it will destroy the mood of the whole song and make it seem superfluous.
Xie Yang was sure that Ji Zehui really wanted to embarrass himself, so he asked, "Teacher Ji, do you want me to be in charge of the rap part?"
Ji Zehui's face was full of trust, and he said, "Of course. Xiaojie, you are so good, I believe you can do it."
Xie Yang didn't respond. Of course I can, I just hope you won't regret it then.
…
Later, Ji Zehui did not let Jie Yang intervene in the adaptation of "A Sword Conquers the Spring and Autumn Period". No matter what opinions Jie Yang put forward, Ji Zehui would find excuses to deny them. In the end, Jie Yang tactfully stopped talking and nodded in agreement to everything Ji Zehui said.
The program team said that the guests were given three days to adapt the songs, but in fact it was only two and a half days. Everyone had to set aside half a day for the band teacher to familiarize themselves with the adapted songs.
At the end of the recording session that day, Ji Zehui's adaptation of "One Sword Pacifics the Spring and Autumn Period" was still just an idea, and he did not give Jie Yang the specific adapted music score.
Time was running out, so Xie Yang said before Ji Zehui left: "Teacher Ji, can I try to adapt "One Sword Peaces the Spring and Autumn" by myself? Just adapt the rap part."
Ji Zehui wanted to refuse, but thinking that he had already rejected several of Li Yang's suggestions this afternoon, and that it wasn't long before the rehearsal, he nodded and said, "Okay, I just don't have any idea."
"Thank you, Teacher Ji."
That night, the emergency light in Jie Yang's room was on until very late, and the sound of the guitar was heard intermittently for a long time.
Downstairs, Qiu Xing leaned against the head of the bed with a gloomy face. At twelve o'clock, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and took out his mobile phone to send a WeChat message to Jie Yang: Go to bed!
The guitar stopped playing, and a few seconds later the phone vibrated, and Xie Yang sent a reply.
Xie Yang: Did I disturb you? Sorry, I won’t play anymore. Good night and sweet dreams.
Qiu Xing threw away his phone with a gloomy face, took a deep breath, then threw back the quilt and lay down.
The next day, Xie Yang received another new set of clothes before going out, but the clothes were not given by Qiu Xing, but by Wu Shui.
"Boss Qiu had a morning meeting to prepare for, so he left early."
Xie Yang nodded to show that he understood, took the clothes and changed into them.
Xie Yang did not arrive at the practice room early that day, but arrived at a scheduled time. After entering the practice room, he immediately said to Ji Zehui embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I was too late last night thinking about the adaptation, and I couldn't get up early today. I kept Teacher Ji waiting for a long time."
Ji Zehui saw that Jie Yang was indeed tired, and thought that it was his operation of changing the song that made Jie Yang embarrassed. He was happy in his heart, but said tolerantly: "It's okay, I didn't wait long. How is the arrangement going?"
"Almost done." Xie Yang took out his phone, "I made an instrumental version myself, with your original voice. I'll sing along with the original voice. Would you like to hear how it sounds?"
He even modified the accompaniment.
Ji Zehui cursed Mo Bin in his heart again and understood Yang's request.
Xie Yang plugged his phone into the equipment in the practice room and pressed play.
The prelude of "One Sword Conquers the Spring and Autumn" sounded, and it seemed to be the same as the original version, but it also seemed to be different in some way. After the prelude, Ji Zehui's original part sounded very normally, until the first chorus, the accompaniment suddenly changed, becoming more urgent, with drum beats added, and Jie Yang's clear voice cut in at the right time, like a modest young man from a noble family waving a fan and entering the world, stirring up a breeze in the woods.
If Ji Zehui sings about a mature hero who has already been deeply involved in the martial arts world, then Jie Yang sings about a young man who has just entered the martial arts world. A collision between the old and the new, one is a pioneer who has experienced vicissitudes of life but still insists on chivalry, and the other is a successor who is full of sincerity. In the original song, the world of martial arts, which has become heavy and sad with all kinds of grievances and hatreds, is suddenly broken by the recklessness of the young man, and with a gust of breeze in the forest, new vitality is raised.
The staff inside were stunned, and then their eyes lit up.
Ji Zehui's expression froze again.
This is not the end. After the first rap ended, a flute sound suddenly joined the accompaniment, and the second section A sung by Ji Zehui sounded at the right time. Jie Yang followed and sang along, providing harmony with Ji Zehui's original voice. He deliberately lowered his voice, and it blended perfectly with Ji Zehui's original voice, as if the pioneer was leading the successor to understand the world.
Ji Zehui clenched his fists again.
The harmony continued until the second chorus. When Ji Zehui's more powerful voice sounded, Jie Yang suddenly changed his previous clear and mellow voice and started the second rap with full of heroism.
There are clearly two voices, one rapping and the other singing, but the two do not conflict with each other. Instead, they are extremely harmonious and complement each other, suddenly inspiring the heroic spirit in the song and giving people a refreshing feeling of breaking free from shackles and roaming the world freely from then on.
After this chorus, there is another flowing flute sound, and then the last chorus sounded, and Jie Yang began to sing harmony again, helping Ji Zehui to further express the emotion of the song.
The song ends with the last perfect flute sound.
Xie Yang looked at Ji Zehui and asked politely, "Teacher Ji, do you think this adaptation is okay?"
Ji Zehui used all his rationality to control the urge to leave immediately or to drive Jie Yang out directly. He took a shallow breath without leaving a trace and said, "Very good, much better than my adaptation..."
If his version of the adaptation wasn't so much stronger, it would be absolutely embarrassing if it were brought out now, and he would definitely use his own adaptation to replace Jie Yang's. And is Xie Yang a monster? How come he can even rap!
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