Chapter 8 Chapter 8 The strength of the lead singer
[Chapter 8, Vocal Music Lesson]
Shengyao Media’s headquarters consists of two “Gemini” buildings, A and B, which are connected by a sky bridge. Building A is an office building, and Building B has a dance practice room, piano room, recording studio, etc. Album production for the company’s singers is completed here.
Xu Baichuan took them to the 5th floor of Building B. At the end of the corridor there was a door with "FTM Practice Room" labeled on it.
"From now on, this will be your exclusive dance practice room. I applied for it from the company, and no one else will come in to disturb us." Xu Baichuan opened the door and led the five people into the practice room.
The practice room is large, with mirrors on three walls, as well as a separate dressing room and storage room.
Exclusive practice room, VIP treatment for sure! Fu Fei's eyes were full of excitement, as if he had suddenly picked up luxurious equipment while walking on the way to the Novice Village.
Xu Baichuan turned around and looked at the five people: "Mo Xun and Xiao Fei have been practicing dancing since they were young, and Junwen also has a good foundation in dancing. Yinnian and Tang Che are not good at dancing, so you two should hurry up and practice. The specific training methods will be arranged by the dance teacher."
They both nodded at the same time: "Okay."
Xu Baichuan then led them to a room on the other side of the corridor: "This is where the vocal lessons are held. Teacher Qiao will come to teach you from 2:30 to 5:30 this afternoon."
He looked down at his watch and said, "I'm going to get busy now. You guys wait here for Teacher Qiao. I'll send the class schedule to Mo Xun later."
The agent turned and left in a hurry.
A moment later, Mo Xun received the class schedule he sent and forwarded it to the group.
From Monday to Friday, everyone has classes in their respective schools, so they gather in the evening to attend classes. There are dance classes from 8:00 to 9:00 every night, and vocal classes from 9:00 to 10:00.
Every Saturday there are etiquette classes from 8:00 to 12:00, vocal classes from 2:30 to 5:30 in the afternoon, and dance classes from 7:00 to 10:00 in the evening; on Sundays there are vocal classes during the day and dance classes in the evening.
The schedule is packed, which is even more stressful than the final sprint period of senior year in high school.
Tan Junwen couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, the class is at 8 o'clock on the weekend, so doesn't that mean I have to get up at 7 o'clock? This is killing me..."
Mo Xun said: "Fortunately, it ends at 10 o'clock in the evening, so I can go back to sleep directly. When I was abroad, I often practiced until midnight and only slept four or five hours a day."
Tan Junwen looked at him in surprise: "Are trainees from abroad so hard-working?"
Mo Xun smiled helplessly: "The competition is fierce and the internal competition is serious. Even if you work hard, few people can make it out."
Fu Fei scratched his head. "In fact, the competition among domestic trainees is also very fierce. There are more than 20 trainees in Shengyao, and only Brother Mo and I were able to debut in the end. As for the rest, a few are still waiting for the opportunity, and the others have already given up."
Everyone fell silent.
The entertainment industry is a place with brutal competition. Many children who go to companies to become trainees with their dreams have not been able to make their debut after training for several years.
At least their debut is now in sight, and they are very lucky to be selected by the company.
As the lucky one who was chosen, if you don’t cherish this opportunity, how can you be worthy of those who were eliminated?
Tan Junwen quickly adjusted his mood and looked at Mo Xun, his expression serious for once: "I will try my best to overcome the habit of sleeping late and not hold you back."
Mo Xun patted his shoulder gently and said with a smile: "It would be best if you can overcome it. I will supervise you."
The time soon came to half past two, and a familiar figure appeared at the end of the corridor.
Teacher Qiao Anhua was wearing a blue dress today, with her hair tied in a bun at the back of her head. She had a gentle and intellectual temperament. She is in her forties and is the vocal coach for Shengyao Media. She has given vocal lessons to many famous singers.
The five of them knew her from their previous classes at the company, and when they saw her they immediately greeted her respectfully: "Hello, Teacher Qiao."
Qiao Anhua stepped forward and said in a gentle voice: "You five, have you formed a group?"
Mo Xun said: "Yes, teacher. From today on, we will have classes together."
Qiao Anhua smiled slightly: "I know that some of you were recommended by me and Mr. Xu."
The five people were stunned at the same time.
Everyone suddenly remembered that during the first meeting, Tang Che asked Mr. Xu "Why did you let Fang Yinnian be the lead singer?" Mr. Xu replied that Fang Yinnian was chosen to be the lead singer by teacher Qiao Anhua from the vocal group.
The lead singer chosen by Teacher Qiao? So it was Teacher Qiao who recommended Fang Yinnian to join the boy group?
A hint of doubt arose in everyone's mind at the same time.
Qiao Anhua entered the password and walked into the classroom, turned on the light, and said, "Come in, this is the first time for the five of you to take a vocal lesson together, and the content of the course is a little different from before."
Five people followed her into the classroom.
After all, Shengyao Media started out as a music company and attaches great importance to the vocal qualities of its singers. The vocal class classroom is also the most formal in the industry, with advanced recording equipment.
The new classroom is spacious and five people can stand together without feeling crowded.
Qiao Anhua handed five music scores to Mo Xun and said, "Captain, distribute them."
Mo Xun discovered that everyone’s name was written on the music score, and the scores seemed to be different?
He didn't have time to take a closer look before handing out the music score to his teammates according to their names, and they quickly clipped the page of paper on the music stand in front of them.
Does the teacher want them to sing together? Everyone lowered their heads and looked at the music score carefully.
After a moment, Qiao Anhua picked up a baton and said, "I have taught you the musical notation before. Come, follow the beat and sing a song together."
The music score she gave everyone happened to be the recently popular lyrical song "Won't Forget" by the queen Xie Shiqi. When Mo Xun picked up Fang Yinnian to take him back to the dormitory, the two of them had listened to it in the car.
The score only contains the chorus, a small excerpt.
As Teacher Qiao gently raised his baton, the five people began to sing at the same time.
"I will never forget, I will never forget. No matter how time passes, you will always remain the same in my memory..."
Teacher Qiao said, "Stop."
All five of them were sweating profusely - what kind of music score was this? They seem to be singing out of tune collectively?
Qiao Anhua turned around and pressed the playback button: "Put on your headphones and listen to the recording."
The five people put on headphones at the same time. The chorus just now was recorded by professional equipment. Now listening to the playback, I found that the five people sang in their own tunes. You sang yours, I sang mine, it was a mess...
However, Fang Yinnian's voice was particularly prominent among them.
If you remove the voices of the other four people and listen to Fang Yinnian's voice alone, you can hear a very clear main melody.
Fang Yinnian sang in tune and sang very nicely.
As a talented singer of the new generation, Xie Shiqi's songs are actually quite difficult to sing. They look simple, but the chorus part has a lot of changes in tone and transitions, which most people cannot imitate.
Fang Yinnian was already very familiar with this song, and even sang the transition in the second verse perfectly.
Qiao Anhua asked, "What do you think a lead singer is?"
Fu Fei actively raised his hand and answered: "Who got the most parts in the team song?"
Qiao Anhua said: "That's another group. You sing a part and I sing a part. There's not much difference between the lead singer and the non-lead singer. After all, the voices of many idols in boy bands are not very recognizable."
Everyone: “…”
Teacher Qiao’s words hit the nail on the head. The voices of many idols are indeed not very recognizable. Idol boy groups are mainly judged by whether the stage is in harmony and looks good. Fans and the public do not have high expectations for their "singing" abilities.
If you don't watch their stage performance and just listen to the song with your eyes closed, you can't tell who is singing at all. There are several people singing and everyone's voice sounds almost the same.
Although the chorus of the five of them just now was chaotic, the difference in timbre could be heard.
Mo Xun's voice is low and catchy, and Tan Junwen has a sexy, smoky voice. Tang Che's voice is high and cold, while Xiao Fei is very sunny.
Fang Yinnian's voice is the best.
His voice is mellow, full, gentle, clear and textured, suitable for singing lyrical songs that can touch people's hearts. Listening to him sing is like "cleansing the ears".
A representative singer with a similar voice is a superstar in the music industry. Fang Yinnian is still a little-known figure at the moment, and his singing skills are far inferior to those of his predecessors in the music industry.
——But the tone is innate, which is Fang Yinnian’s greatest advantage.
Qiao Anhua said, "The five members of your group all have very recognizable voices. Fang Yinnian was chosen as the lead singer because he has the strongest vocal pressure. You should have heard it in the previous part. When many voices are mixed together, Yinnian's voice will stand out because of his strong vocal pressure, becoming the most obvious and thus the main voice of the entire melody."
"I'll play it again, and you can feel it."
The part that was just recorded will be played again. Please put on your headphones and listen carefully. Sure enough, Fang Yinnian's voice pressure covered up the voices of the four of them, turning them into background harmonies.
Four people: “…”
You wouldn't have thought that Fang Yinnian, who is gentle and easy-going, could have such a penetrating voice when he sings.
A singer with strong vocal pressure, with the same vocal range and similar singing style, does not need to yell or scream at the top of his lungs. As long as he opens his mouth, he can cover up the voices of others and make others become his backing singers.
In the chorus just now, since Fang Yinnian did not sing out of tune, when the five voices were combined, the whole sounded not as good as Gong Zhonghao Gaoleng Taotao's out of tune. Instead, it sounded like four people were singing in harmony to set off Fang Yinnian.
It's just that the harmony part is a bit confusing.
Qiao Anhua smiled and explained: "The music score I gave you is actually a harmony score. Everyone's tune is different."
Everyone looked down and compared them with each other, and sure enough, the five music scores were different. The score that Fang Yinnian took was in normal tune, while the scores of the other four people were all in different tunes.
It wasn't out of tune just now, but the singing style of the five people was harmonious.
Qiao Anhua said, "This is your first time singing in harmony, so it's easy to be distracted by Fang Yinnian's voice pressure. Just now, someone unconsciously sang along with Fang Yinnian's tune. Pay attention, eliminate the interference of your teammates, and only sing your own music."
She raised her baton and said, "Let's do it again. Yinnian, you decide on the main tone first."
It is not easy to tune without any instruments or accompaniment.
But Fang Yinnian had excellent pitch, and he was also very familiar with the song, so he found the most accurate tune by singing two notes lightly.
He began to sing the first line.
When it came to the second sentence, Teacher Qiao signaled others to sing along.
The four quickly joined in the harmony.
This time it was much better. Everyone sang according to their own score and sang smoothly, with only a few syllables going off track.
Teacher Qiao pressed the replay button: "Listen to it again, how do you feel?"
Five people: “…”
Very magical harmony.
Fang Yinnian's gentle and textured lead voice clearly expresses the main melody of the song. The bass of Mo Xun and Tan Junwen, the icy voice of Tang Che and the sunny warm tone of Fu Fei add different colors to the harmony part.
Together, it sounds great.
It's like it has its own reverb effect.
Teacher Qiao said with satisfaction: "The five of you have very compatible voices, and together you will have a wonderful chemical reaction." She took off her headphones and looked at the five people, "Now you know why Lao Xu insisted on bringing the five of you together to form a team, right?"
The five people looked at each other, their hearts beating violently.
At first they didn't understand Xu's bold move. How could he bring together the ballet dancer Fang Yinnian and the rock singer Tang Che to form a boy band? These two dancers are seriously lame, it would be better to find a few trainees.
But now it seems that Lao Xu actually had other intentions in forming this boy band.
Compared to those groups that focus so much on dancing and singing that it's impossible to tell who's who, the voices of the five members in this group are very recognizable. They can play with harmonies, focusing on the “singing” part.
Qiao Anhua asked: "Did Lao Xu tell you the significance of FTM?"
Xiao Fei actively answered: "He said F stands for Fang Yinnian and Fu Fei, T stands for Tan Junwen and Tang Che, and M stands for Mo Xun."
Qiao Anhua chuckled: "What about FTM combined?"
Everyone looked at each other, and Xiao Fei said weakly, "Representing ourselves?"
Qiao Anhua: “For the music, born for music.”
Five people: “Ah???”
Shit, Old Xu almost fooled them. Does FTM have a deeper meaning? !
Qiao Anhua said: "Your group has two great vocalists who can develop solo careers. Fang Yinnian and Tang Che's vocal talents are both S in our internal ratings. Although Tang Che is the deputy lead singer in FTM, if he were in another boy band, that would be a dimensionality reduction attack."
Tang Che: “…”
"When we first decided to plan a boy band, the chief planner proposed the concept of a music group. Our company has no experience in boy bands, but we can play to our vocal strengths and use voice as the most important assessment criterion to form a team."
Five people: “…”
When it came to the vocal class, they finally understood why Yinnian was chosen as the lead singer and why Tang Che was allowed to join the boy band.
The five of them are a group born for music.
They are a musical group.
So, it doesn’t matter if the lead singer and the sub-lead singer are bad at dancing, because their focus is on the music.
Qiao Anhua looked at the five newcomers and said with a smile: "The male group market is highly competitive, but most groups' singing skills are at the KTV level, and many dare not open the microphone and can only lip-sync."
"You must sing with the microphone on from now on. Only with a unique voice, solid singing skills, and the ability to sing and dance with the microphone on can you carve out a path that other groups cannot replicate."
"I can't help you with dancing. But for vocal lessons, I will be very strict. You must listen carefully. There will be an assessment every week. Those who fail will have to stay up late to practice."
"All your songs will be arranged with harmony, harmony of two, three, four, or all members. Rich harmony singing methods will enhance the layering of your songs."
“Remember this, later on stage.”
"The voices of your teammates will be your best accompaniment."
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