Chapter 551 Live Accompaniment
He Lushen was very efficient. He called the TV station director and gave him a few simple instructions, but the other party took it very seriously. The director then called the program director. When the director heard that another internet celebrity singer was going to come, he immediately raised an objection. He said that the substitute singer had already been selected and they had already agreed with the other party!
The rules of the fifth game are different from the first four games. It is the qualifying round for the finals. One singer will be eliminated in each of the first four games, while three singers will be eliminated at once in the fifth game.
The four singers who pass the fifth round can directly enter the finals. It can be said that the substitute singers in the fourth round are the luckiest. They only need to sing one show and have a four-sevenths chance of advancing. What a good deal!
Therefore, as soon as the fourth show ended, many singers' agents called and used all their connections to try to get their own singers in. At this time, the competition was naturally about who had the stronger background.
The director knew the reputation of internet celebrity Liu Man. It was said that she was also Xiao Ke'er's friend. Of course, a title like hers would be passed over first.
The station director said, "Do you think an internet celebrity is worth my calling you personally to discuss this? He Lushen specifically asked her to be a backup singer, and you are still trying to tell me some great truths!"
The director was so shocked that he dared not say a word. Soon, several program creators also learned the news and realized that this was Xiao Ke'er's revenge.
How tricky it is. Liu Lan is different from Xiao Ke'er. Her backer is actually He Lushen. Do they dare to make things difficult for her?
Liu Lan will sing two songs. One is "First Love", a song originally written by Xue Yunfei for Xiao Ke'er. This song has never been released, so Xiao Ke'er gave it to Liu Lan. The second song is "Flying Bird", the title song of Xiao Ke'er's newly released album, which Liu Lan will cover.
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The lyrics of both songs were written by Xue Yunfei. They are easy to understand and the song style is also very modern.
Liu Lan needed to memorize the lyrics and get familiar with the melody as soon as possible. She spent the whole weekend in the recording studio, accompanied by Xiao Keer, and she wanted to teach Liu Lan all her singing skills. Xue Yunfei and Huo Ming also developed a quick singing plan to give Liu Lan the greatest guidance from a professional perspective.
After practicing for three consecutive days, Liu Lan was able to sing the two songs fluently and without error.
Huo Ming started making the accompaniment tape on Wednesday afternoon, but Xiao Keer said, "Let's use the live accompaniment. If we play the accompaniment tape, it's inevitable that the tuner will tamper with it."
The sound engineers at the TV station all act as arrogant as big bosses. When Xiao Keer pointed out the problem with the accompaniment in public on the day of her performance, several of the sound engineers looked at her askance and ignored her.
"I don't trust those people. If they play tricks again, our efforts will be in vain."
It's not that there are no singers who bring their own bands. In the first game of the show, Xia Chuan invited a small band to accompany him. In previous seasons, there were also rich singers who brought the entire choir to do harmony for themselves!
All these expenses are borne by the singers themselves, since the program crew doesn't pay for them anyway. Of course they hope that the singers can make the performance as shocking as possible, and the audience will like to watch it.
However, Huo Ming disagreed. "First of all, the cost of live accompaniment is very high. Our company does not have the ability to operate a dedicated band. If we hire musicians from outside, it will be a relatively large expense. Moreover, these musicians are a mixed bag. With such a tight schedule, we have no way of distinguishing the good from the bad. If something goes wrong on stage, the performance will still fail! It is safest to use electronic synthesized accompaniment."
Xue Yunfei also said, "It takes time for musicians to practice. Musicians out there work in all weather conditions, wherever there's work to do. How can they calm down and practice?"
"I didn't ask for musicians from outside. The main instrument of "Flying Bird" is piano, and the auxiliary instruments are blues guitar and violin. The main instrument of "First Love" is also piano. Ming Ge deliberately added the guzheng element when arranging the music."
Huo Ming nodded. "I was inspired by the performances of Liu Man and her classmates. I wanted to put the seemingly completely different musical styles of China and the West into one song. I didn't expect the final effect to be so good."
"So, why can't we invite her classmates to accompany her? Li Xiaoru is a professional student majoring in piano, and it will be very easy for her to play two short popular songs. I will be responsible for the blues guitar part, and I would like to ask Shen Mozhen for help with the guzheng part."
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