Chapter 311 Listening to the song
He Zhili was equally embarrassed. He took a piece of flannel, took off his glasses, lowered his head and wiped them hard, trying to hide his expression. After a while, Luo Yang broke the awkward atmosphere.
"Well... Manager He, the person who wants to release a record didn't come because she couldn't leave due to work reasons, but I brought her tape. Can you listen to it first?"
With that said, Luo Yang took out a cassette tape from his bag. This cassette tape was specially asked by Luo Lin to record before he left Beijing. Of course, Luo Lin didn't know Luo Yang's real plan at all and thought that Luo Yang just asked him to record a song.
After taking the tape, He Zhili breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and walked to his desk, picked up a Sanyo tape recorder and connected it to the power supply.
As the person in charge of the Pacific Company, since he is engaged in this kind of work, a tape recorder is naturally a necessary equipment. Although his tape recorder is not as good as a professional one, he can barely listen to music without any problem.
Press the button and the tape recorder pops out of the tape compartment. After looking at the mark on the tape, you put the tape in, then close the tape compartment and press the play button.
Soon, the tape began to spin, and a rustling sound came from the speaker.
He Zhili frowned slightly. The quality of this recording was too poor. It was probably recorded with an ordinary tape recorder. Not only was it not a professional device, but the surrounding noise was not isolated during the recording, which resulted in such a bad effect.
He smoked a cigarette and listened quietly. After a while, the singing finally started to sound. When the singing started, the casual He Zhili was slightly startled, and the hand holding the cigarette stopped involuntarily.
This is a female voice. Although the recording quality of the tape is not good, He Zhili, as a professional, can still tell that the female voice singing has certain professional skills. Her voice is pure with a hint of magnetism, and at the same time it has a pleasant melodiousness.
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She sang a song that He Zhili had never heard before. The background accompaniment was very simple, just an accordion accompaniment. However, the lyrics of the song were very beautiful. The song seemed to be narrated, with a soft voice.
It was as if a story was being told in his ears, and a faded picture was displayed in front of him like an old movie...
I don’t know how long it took, but the singing gradually became darker and eventually disappeared, leaving only the rustling background sound in the recorder.
"Just one song?" He Zhili then realized that the cigarette in his hand had almost burned his fingers, and he quickly threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray and asked.
"Yes, I recorded this one." Luo Yang nodded.
He Zhili didn't say anything, pressed the stop button, then rewinded the tape, and listened to it again. After listening to it for the second time, He Zhili turned off the machine, took the tape out of the tape compartment, held it in his hand and thought about it.
Said: "The singing is good. If I guess correctly, the lesbian who sang was in the art troupe before, right?"
"How do you know?" Luo Yang was stunned by He Zhili's question.
He Zhili laughed: "It's actually not difficult to guess. If a singer from a professional academy has been trained, his breath and singing style will be different. Similarly, the singing method of a singer who has not received formal training will also be different. Amateur singers often use
It is a real voice singing method, and breath control relies on talent and habits. But although this lesbian is not as good as those who came out of the professional academy, she has certain professional skills.
Yes, she has some amateur singing habits in some aspects, and judging from her singing style, she should usually be more used to singing high notes. Although this song does not require high notes, she will use them unnaturally in some lyrics.
From the high-pitched falsetto singing, we can judge that this lesbian is most likely from a cultural troupe, because only semi-professional singers from cultural troupes have similar habits."
Luo Yang was dumbfounded by what He Zhili said. Although he didn't quite understand the content of He Zhili's words, He Zhili could judge some of Luo Lin's situations from just one song, which was enough to prove He Zhili's professionalism.
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"You are right, she is indeed from an art troupe and now works in the Yanjing Song and Dance Troupe."
He Zhili smiled after hearing this. It seemed that his guess was right.
"Manager He, do you think she can produce audio tapes or records under such conditions?" Luo Yang was originally confident when he came, but what He Zhili said just now made Luo Yang a little uneasy now.
Luo Yang was not a professional. He only knew that Luo Lin's singing was good, at least in his opinion. But he didn't expect that He Zhili could see through Luo Lin's origins with just one song, and pointed out that Luo Lin had not gone through professional training.
The study at the academy is, to put it bluntly, at a semi-professional level.
"Of course. Although this lesbian's conditions are not very good, they are not bad either, and her voice is very good. Besides..." At this point, He Zhili paused and asked curiously: "I think
What's the name of this song? Who wrote it?"
"This song is called "When You Get Old", which is adapted from a poem by the Irish poet Yeats. A friend of mine specially composed the lyrics and music for this lesbian." Luo Yang said, and He Zhili recalled it in his mind.
Next, he did not know Yeats, an Irish poet, but the beautiful lyrics and artistic conception of this song deeply attracted him, making him interested in this poet he had never heard of for the first time.
Originally, He Zhili planned to ask if the song would be sold and if it could be sold to their company. However, He Zhili gave up the idea as soon as he started.
Luo Yang made it very clear that this song was written by his friend for this lesbian, and Luo Yang's intention of bringing this tape was also very obvious. If the other party was just an ordinary person, He Zhili would probably have to stalk her.
Take down this song, but don't forget that the other party is not an ordinary person. This was specially greeted by the bureau leader and general manager above. Of course He Zhili couldn't do this.
"It's a good song, but the tune is a bit thin. If possible, I would like to rearrange it to make it better." He Zhili thought for a while and said.
"That's no problem. My friend also said this. It would be best if Manager He could help rearrange the music." Luo Yang nodded repeatedly, and then asked if it was feasible to produce a tape or record at this level.
Only then did He Zhili realize what was going on, and immediately smiled and said: "Although this lesbian's professional level is still somewhat lacking, her voice quality is good, and the songs are full of emotions. I don't think there is a big problem with her recording the tape, but
If we release a record, we have to look at the tape sales."
Luo Yang suddenly showed joy on his face. This was enough! Originally, he had not considered releasing a record or anything. This road had to be walked step by step and food had to be eaten stuttering. Being able to release a tape for Luo Lin first had achieved his goal. Of course,
It would be better if we can directly release records in the future.
"But..." Just when Luo Yang was happy, He Zhili said hesitantly: "It is difficult to put out a tape with only one song. Usually there are 10 songs on a tape, and if there are more, there are 12 songs. Now there is only one,
There are at least nine more songs left, which is a bit more troublesome."
"This Manager He actually has two songs!"
"Two songs? And one more?"
"There is another song that I haven't had time to record, but I promise it's a good song." Luo Yang quickly explained that he had good intentions for his sister, and he shamelessly asked Song Yuanchao to come up with another song.
Speaking of this, Song Yuanchao was also in a dilemma at the time. He was not a singer, and although he knew some music, he was at the level of an amateur at best.
In later generations, I went to KTV several times with my colleagues. On weekdays, he would play with instruments at home and simply sing a few songs. And although he usually likes to listen to songs, the songs he listens to include both old and new songs. In addition, Song Yuanchao's
Due to his age and experience at that time, many of the songs he liked to listen to were old songs. Although there were still some tunes and lyrics in his mind, Song Yuanchao was not sure whether the songs he knew were available in this era.
In addition, Song Yuanchao gave this song "When You Get Old" to Luo Lin. He can't give her a completely different type of song, right? For example, "The Most Dazzling National Style", "Little Apple", etc.
The wind is too out of control.
In his memory, those songs by Tsai Qin were very suitable, but Tsai Qin became famous very early, and some of the songs may be available now, so Song Yuanchao was afraid of crashing and naturally couldn't bring them out.
After thinking for a long time, Song Yuanchao finally came up with a song that could not only match the genre of "When You Get Old", but also ensure that it would not crash. This song is "The Rest of My Life".
This song was composed by singer Ma Liang in 2018. Song Yuanchao liked it very much after hearing it by chance. He checked the music and lyrics and practiced it several times at home.
Although the original singer of this song is a male singer, it is also suitable for a female singer to sing it. From this point of view, it is very suitable for Rowling to sing it.
However, when Song Yuanchao gave this song to Luo Yang, it was just a few days before he left for Shanghai, so although Luo Yang got the song, he didn't have time for Luo Lin to record it.
Now, He Zhili asked, Luo Yang roughly hummed a few lines of the song. Although his singing was not as good as Luo Lin's, he could still sing a few tunes without any problem.
After listening to it, He Zhili was shocked. Although he could not listen to the entire song, judging from a few simple lyrics and melody, it was also a good song, and the style and content of this song were similar to what he had just heard.
The song "When You Get Old" goes very well together, and two songs with similar styles wouldn't look awkward on the same tape.
"Well...Mr. Luo, can you introduce this friend of yours who writes songs?" He felt itchy that such a good song came from an unknown friend of Luo Yang, and He Zhili suddenly wanted to make friends with him. What if
Being able to get the other party to write more good songs will be extremely beneficial to the development of Pacific Company.
Pacific Company has been thinking about how to develop from its opening to the present. Over the past year or so, it has been in contact with many famous singers, and through these famous singers, they have released tapes and records, kicking off the wave of the domestic audio and video industry.
Pacific Company's first audio tape (tape) was Zhu Fengbo's solo song selection in 1979. The cover showed a half-length photo of Zhu Fengbo in a blue floral dress, with the words "Roses Bloom Everywhere" and Zhu Fengbo's solo song selection written on it.
This audio tape can be said to be the first audio tape (tape) officially released in the Chinese mainland market after the reform and opening up. It caused a great sensation in the market as soon as it was launched.
Immediately afterwards, Li Guyi's solo song selections were released accordingly. The main song was "Why Are the Flowers So Red", followed by solo songs by Hu Songhua, Luo Tianchan, Jiang Dawei and other famous singers, as well as the Galaxy Quartet's tapes. By 1980
At that time, the above singers successively released collections and solo tapes, among which "Voice of the Pacific" is the most famous.
Chapter completed!