Chapter 105 The Third Performance 5.0
Lu Wei took a deep breath and stood up, clearing her mind of all distracting thoughts. After listening to the song four times in a row, her familiarity with "Self-Delight" had increased significantly.
She's actually quite afraid of instrumental accompaniment. It's easier with teammates, as she can guess when the beat will begin. But being alone requires extreme concentration.
Qiu Haiyun asked, "Are you ready?"
"Okay." Lu Wei nodded, his eyes fixed on the lyrics paper in his hand.
As the prelude began, Sun Congli and the others' gazes turned to Lu Wei. If they had to choose a champion for the second public performance, Lu Wei would undoubtedly be on the list. Not only was his stage presence incredibly captivating, but his singing and dancing were also impressive.
The performances presented by the audience during the third public performance were crucial. If Lu Wei could perform exceptionally well again, the pressure on everyone would naturally be greatly reduced. Currently, they faced little competition for Lu Wei's rankings, so they wouldn't be hoping for her to fall.
As the prelude neared its halfway point, Lu Wei memorized the first four lines and closed her eyes. She was afraid her nervousness would affect her voice, and she was afraid she'd break off the first line. She simply stopped thinking and looking, treating the practice room like a stage.
She knew her strengths: she could quickly channel her emotions and immerse herself in the music. Even piano music didn't matter; Lu Wei could synthesize it with her mind, delivering hypnotic suggestions like crazy.
3.....2.....1.....
As the last key fell, Lu Wei's unadulterated voice struck everyone's heart like a drumstick. Her powerful, explosive voice drowned out the accompaniment, making people involuntarily ignore the quality of her voice.
Qiu Haiyun looked up in surprise at his teammate in front of him, whose body was a little tense, his fingertips still flying on the piano keys.
No matter how strong the singing skills are, they need to be matched with emotions. Lu Wei's talent can reduce the singer's shortcomings to a point where they will be automatically ignored without further investigation.
Rock music requires precisely this quality. This widely favored contestant, with a frighteningly high fanbase, is incredibly good at choosing songs.
Song Yuji held the ballpoint pen and wrote quickly on the paper. The inspiration for stage design surged.
Sun Congli swallowed involuntarily, staring blankly at Lu Wei. Fortunately, she had just gotten ahead of him. If she had followed this person, she would have been furious.
"On this city street, looking up at the starry sky and tall buildings."
“I have no desires, and I never stop.”
After two sentences, Lu Wei's tension was instantly relieved, and her eyes lifted up. A ball of fire burst out from her pupils. Combined with the increasingly rapid rhythm, the team members who were staring at her held their breath and were dragged into the artificially created atmosphere.
ah! ! ! ! ! ! !
Sun Congli screamed wildly in her heart.
Look at this swaying body, the unrestrained and uninhibited state, which instantly maximizes the performance effect. It is really unacceptable to be able to break through the siege in a foreign country without some skills.
Quan Sharon pursed her lips tightly. She believed that hard work could catch up with talent. As long as she worked a little harder and learned from the talented monsters, she would be able to catch up with them.
Halfway through the song, Lu Wei found her comfort zone and without hesitation discarded the drum synthesizer in her head. The more she sang, the more unrestrained and freer she became. She had no idea what the accompaniment was; she had her own beat.
If the Three Dukes are a battle, the vocal group's weapon is their voice, the dance group's weapon is their limbs, and the all-around group's weapon is their entire body.
If Lu Wei wants to create an excellent stage, he needs to continuously amplify the information that everyone receives through their ears.
She always believes that emotions are fluid and can be transmitted to each other.
Therefore, how to ignite herself and let the power of music penetrate her soul is the skill she should study and continuously improve.
Let’s start the first lesson in this practice room!
At the end of the performance, Qiu Haiyun was infected by Lu Wei and started to play with the music. He did not play strictly according to the score, but echoed Lu Wei's voice, following closely behind like a shadow, without falling behind and always present.
Song Yuji's eyes became brighter and brighter, and she wished she could pick up an electric guitar and follow along.
It was great, this was her ideal performance effect, this was how the San Gong performance should be done, it should ignite the blood of the audience and make everyone follow along and wave their hands.
Sun Congli and Quan Sharon were speechless, their arms covered in goose bumps. Fortunately, they were in the same group, otherwise Lu Wei would have become their lifelong enemy. It wasn't because of how well she sang or how strong her skills were, but because she was shining.
It's hard to describe that brightness; just looking at her makes the surroundings seem brighter. Especially when she's performing, it's almost like a spotlight.
It’s no wonder that Jin Youli regards her as a strong rival. She is a star that cannot be covered up no matter what. The more they look at her, the more acid their stomachs become.
As the last line of the lyrics uttered, Lu Wei, seeing the accompaniment hadn't stopped, didn't break away from her performance. She set a hard target for herself: to persevere until the end.
It was not until Qiu Haiyun lifted her hands from the piano keys and prepared to use praise to cleanse Lu Wei's soul that her shoulders slumped and she began to breathe deeply.
A whole song of rock music is not meant to be sung by a human being. After singing it, not only would her lungs be deprived of oxygen, but even her brain would be deprived of oxygen.
Qiu Haiyun gave a thumbs up: "Xiao Wei sang very well, it suits this song very well!"
Gao Congli nodded frantically: "Yes, yes, I was almost blown away."
Quan Sharon clapped her hands vigorously: "Xiao Wei is great! Applause!"
The teammates sang in unison, determined to let everyone in front of and behind the screen know Lu Wei's excellence and their touching teamwork. Even Song Yuji, a contestant who was not often praised, gave a compliment: "Not bad, very good."
Lu Wei: “….”
Is it flattery?
Before she could be happy for two seconds about not breaking her voice or singing out of tune, an unknown evil force had already arrived.
In order to prevent General Xiao Wei's mind from being eroded by the dark forces, she leaned over and bowed several times to express her gratitude to her teammates, then activated the protective device, letting the words humble and reserved fill her whole body.
Qiu Haiyun realized they had gone too far and quickly interrupted their teammate's meaningless flattery. He brought up another topic and continued the original process: "Now that everyone has sung it once, they all have a sense of their respective vocal conditions. You can divide the song into five parts according to your own way. Mark the parts that suit you and your teammates with words. We'll try them one by one later."
"Okay." Everyone answered in unison and continued making changes on the messy lyrics paper that only they could understand.
To be fair, Lu Wei first counted all the lyrics. There were 70 lines in total. Dividing that by 5, that's about 14 lines per person.
After figuring it out, I arranged the parts according to each person's characteristics. The order was roughly: Song Yuji opened, Quan Sharon followed, Qiu Haiyun climaxed, and the team members sang. Sun Congli started the tune, I joined in, and the team members sang.
Seeing that it was almost done, Lu Wei looked up and saw her teammates still writing and drawing. She quietly moved her feet and found the staff behind the camera and whispered, "Sorry to bother you, but could you give us a few more lyrics sheets?"
"Okay, wait a moment." The staff knew what they were doing. The printed paper that was neat and clean when it was first handed out could now only barely make out a few lines of lyrics, and the other blank spaces were filled with black handwriting.
Qiu Haiyun looked up at Lu Weiyi, surprised by her attentiveness. This guy wasn't some hands-off boss, nor was he a cold-hearted person. The production team was truly skilled at editing, transforming a cute and well-behaved child into a cool and unruly melon-eating girl.
Lu Wei's teammates in Group AB: ...Destroy this world! No one speaks up for us. She's just drinking and smoking in private!!!
After a while, the staff brought over a dozen A4 papers that had just been printed and were still warm from the machine.
After Lu Wei took it, she didn't say anything more about the conspicuous bag and handed it directly to the team leader Qiu Haiyun for distribution. If they were all normal people, they should understand what she meant.
Qiu Haiyun really understood. To be honest, she thought Lu Wei wanted to show her warm side in front of the camera, but she didn't expect that she chose to warm not the hearts of the audience, but her own heart as the captain.
Hart is soft.
"Everyone, please copy your parts first. I will compare them with your original versions later, and you can watch the new version together." Qiu Haiyun stood up and handed out a copy to everyone one by one.
After all preparations were completed, Lu Wei and his teammates moved closer together and listened to the allocator's explanation of each part.
Song Yuji's piece was the most complex, requiring Lu Wei to read it three times before she understood it. It included not only backing vocals, but also harmony and duets. This wasn't just a simple division of parts; she mastered it all in one go.
Qiu Haiyun's was no less impressive; she'd even marked each person's voice part. Seeing this, Lu Wei, a man with very little musical literacy, broke into a sweat.
Lu Wei's division was the easiest. The pseudo-Liu Xing split the pie: you get one, she gets one, and I get one. Clear, easy to understand, and catchy.
"Let's try Xiaowei's first." Qiu Haiyun picked up the original manuscript paper from Lu Wei's hand, returned to the electronic keyboard, and left the new version to them.
From easy to difficult, just enough to familiarize yourself with the songs.
Qiu Haiyun slowed down the playing tempo, letting everyone get to know each other first, and only started recording the sound with the iPad the second time.
After going through several versions and singing countless times, the sun slid from the center to the other side of the earth, and Lu Wei's head was buzzing. By the end of the recording, she couldn't tell the difference between good and bad.
"OK, let's listen to it together." Qiu Haiyun rubbed his wrists, sat cross-legged in the crowd, and played the best version of each part.
Lu Wei, Sun Congli, and Quan Sharon are almost the same, with complete beginnings, developments, and twists and turns, a clear main storyline, and a fairly good emotional progression.
Qiu Haiyun's part-by-part version sounds more harmonious, with each part clearly divided, making it more comfortable for the audience's ears and giving them the feeling of a lyrical song being told.
Song Yuji's version of the split parts is the best. Although they didn't have enough time to blend in and there were a lot of conflicting voices, the merits outweighed the flaws. The layering of the song was multiplied, and everyone's strengths were magnified several times.
The result is obvious. The final draft of the parts is the Song Yuji version.
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