Chapter 898: Accompaniment Cooperation
Although he was thrilled, Liu still felt like something was missing after listening to the entire song.
Peter thought the song was pretty good and suited his taste, so he gave it a warm round of applause. "Thank you for giving me the opportunity to enjoy your new song first. I am so lucky."
Jason smiled and asked him, "What do you think of this song?"
“I’m not very good at music.”
"It's okay. I want to hear your most intuitive feelings."
Peter thought about it, and after thinking about it carefully, he said, "I think the tune is more soothing, not as noisy as some music nowadays. I personally have always liked the sound of this harmonica. When the prelude sounded, I inexplicably thought of some times in my childhood. It may be because at that time, every afternoon, when the sun set, there were always performers playing harmonica in the pub near my home. They played British pop songs from forty or fifty years ago, or some Celtic folk songs, which you young people today would not like to listen to. At that time, people who drank would sit on wooden chairs outside, or stand with glasses of wine and listen. That feeling is very nostalgic."
Peter's comments were not professional. He didn't understand the blues and had no idea about the classification of pop music styles. However, they made Jason feel encouraged by an elder. Nothing could make him happier than having his own songs appreciated by others.
Jason noticed Liu's expression. She seemed to be thinking about something. He couldn't help but ask, "Do you think this song needs improvement?"
Liu? didn't dare to say. She had indeed sung a few pop songs, but the songs were all written by others. Xue Yunfei and others only taught her how to sing and some basic knowledge of pop music. How dare she point fingers in front of the godfather of American pop music?
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Jason saw her concerns and said with a smile, "My song is not perfect. It is just a semi-finished product, so I simply recorded it without putting it in the recording studio. If you want a single to be successfully released and gain countless fans who love it, you need to revise it at least ten times and polish it. Just like oil painting and sculpture, it is also an art."
In the field he is good at, Jason is not the kind of self-righteous person who thinks he is the best and everyone else is rubbish. On the contrary, he often humbly asks different musicians some questions about music and discusses his music with others. Therefore, the style of his songs has been changing for fifteen years, and each song is innovative so that fans will not get bored.
Since Jason said so, Liu said directly, "If my feeling is correct, I think you want to show some Chinese elements in this song."
Jason nodded and did not deny it. "I wanted to imitate the melody of Autumn Moon and create a Chinese style. I don't know much about Chinese instruments, so I tried to use harmonica and a cappella instead."
"But it makes the song sound like an English folk song. You show your understanding and cognition of retro, but it doesn't mean that all ancient music performances are Chinese. This is related to the cultural background of each person. Some things are deeply rooted. I can't play English folk songs and American country music."
"The Chinese musical scale is completely different from that of Western instruments. Traditional Chinese instruments only have pentatonic scales. Western instruments simply cannot play traditional Chinese music unless they are re-arranged. Therefore, your songs are essentially music with your own unique style, not Chinese style. This is just my humble opinion, please don't mind."
"No, no, of course I don't mind."
Liu's comments were very insightful. Not only did they not make Jason angry, but they also made him show a hint of surprise. He asked her, "So how do you think I should modify this song?"
Liu? Just wanted to say that adding Chinese musical instruments as accompaniment might have a better effect, but then he thought that if he said that, would it seem like he was being shameless and rushing to play with Jason?
She fell silent.
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