Jiang Yan was speechless. How did the foreigner on the stage know him?
Besides, you can’t just call me up if you know me, right?
I think so in my heart, but I can't show it on my face.
And now that it has been called, the students in the audience also gave a welcome applause. There was also a leader-looking guy in the audience who said a few words to Old Man Xu. Old Man Xu also came over and asked Jiang Yan to come on stage and say a few words.
Jiang Yan naturally had to respond.
So Jiang Yan stood up and went on stage with a smile, took the microphone and asked the silly guy named Smith in English: "Do you know me?"
"Hi Joey, of course I know you. Your song "You Are Beautiful" is great, I like it very much, and I used this song to get my fiancée."
Smith responded enthusiastically.
Oh, it turned out to be a fan.
Jiang Yan's brows suddenly softened a bit.
To be honest, he really doesn't meet many European and American fans. This has a lot to do with the fact that he doesn't hang out in Europe and the United States very often. Now that he has met one, and it's still in China, this feeling is naturally very strange.
"Congratulations then, and wish you happiness."
Jiang Yan shook hands with Smith and sent his blessings.
You see, our songs are still of great significance in promoting human reproduction.
"Thank you, I will tell my fiancée."
After thanking him, Smith introduced the real owner, Charles Dougie, to Jiang Yan.
Needless to say, this guy is a great guy just by looking at his long hair.
But obviously Charles Dougie didn't know Jiang Yan, or in other words, except for Smith, the other three of them didn't actually know Jiang Yan before.
But when Smith talked about some of Jiang Yan's songs, everyone suddenly understood.
"Oh, it turns out you are the Asian!" Charles was surprised and immediately shook hands with Jiang Yan and said, "I didn't expect you to come."
"Is my face recognition so low?" Jiang Yan asked.
"Sorry, Asian faces are really hard to recognize." Charles Dougie apologized with a smile.
The so-called face blindness is due to poor IQ!
But Jiang Yan naturally didn't say it out loud. After all, Charles Dougie didn't seem to mean it, because he quickly started singing several English songs praising Jiang Yan.
To be honest, technically speaking, Jiang Yan's songs shouldn't have much to say in the eyes of such a powerful person. After all, they are pop songs.
It’s just that the melody is catchy, and the arrangement is a little ahead of the times. If I really want to say it, for Charles, the production is directly synthesized by a computer.
As an expert in electronic music, Charles Dougie naturally asked, and Jiang Yan told the truth, so Charles seemed even happier and praised him again and again, which made Jiang Yan a little confused. What's so happy about this?
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In addition, when Jiang Yan listened to these praises for the song, he actually had no idea in his heart, and the song was not his.
However, the host and the audience obviously did not think so. After hearing the translated words, everyone felt somewhat proud.
Approval and praise from foreigners are very popular in this era.
So you see that Jiang Yan is indeed the number one figure in the world. When will you become like him?
The host also provided an assist again.
He told the four people that Jiang Yan is currently the number one person in the Chinese pop music industry.
Moreover, his song styles are varied and contain various elements, and he is hailed as a genius in the industry.
Smith on the side also made timely remarks and talked about a few Chinese songs by Jiang Yan.
This makes Jiang Yan like this Smith even more. He is a big fan!
And Charles Dougie and others once again looked at Jiang Yan with admiration.
He has been listening to those songs a lot lately, they are all famous, and there are indeed many opinions on their genre.
Especially the "Chinese style", he might not be able to tell clearly in terms of style, after all, Chinese culture is a bit complicated, but he can hear the synthesis of electronic music.
So for a genius who is ahead of his time and has good attainments in electronic music, why doesn’t he want to talk more?
So Charles Dougie asked Jiang Yan:
"Joey, what do you think of the work I just made?"
"No opinion, it's pretty good."
Jiang Yan really doesn’t understand the technical aspects of electronic music.
"Kangmao Joey, I know you are a genius in composing. Stop being so modest."
When Jiang Yan heard this, it turned out that he was asking about the music, so he might as well give him some advice.
He finished quickly because he felt uncomfortable standing on this stage.
So the blue "arranger" skill comes into play at this time.
You talk to me about the history of electronic music and various technologies, but I'm sorry that I'm not very good at it.
But if you talk to me about your music, I will take care of it.
If we want to talk about the despised chain of majors in the music circle, from high to low, they are composition, conducting, orchestral music, folk music, vocal music, music education, and musicology.
Jiang Yan, as a composer, it doesn’t matter whether you are pop or jazz, or whether you are European, American or Asian, as long as you are a songwriter, you are still quite authoritative in this field.
Of course, Jiang Yan didn't pretend to be too competitive. He just made some slight suggestions, such as whether this section should be changed, and whether it would be better to raise a few keys there?
You think this is good, or I think this is not good. In short, whether you accept it or not, the purpose of this exchange has been achieved, right?
Then I can end this boring exchange meeting.
So the next two people, or rather Jiang Yan and the Chinese and foreign electronic music people on the stage, slowly started chatting.
Jiang Yan used on-site hardware to talk about "Email to Mars" and "Flying Apple" from both parties.
From Jiang Yan's professional perspective, to be honest, the foreigners' works are indeed more full-bodied, while the Chinese ones are a bit thinner.
However, he also knew that some things could be said and some things could not be said, so he basically didn't mention this gap.
After more than ten minutes of chatting, the Chinese staff felt that Jiang Yan did have some skills. Among other things, he said that he was indeed very insightful in terms of arrangement.
The students in the audience also felt that Jiang Yan was really good at arranging songs. No wonder he could produce so many popular pop songs.
But it was Charles Dougie and his four friends who were deeply touched.
In addition to their expertise in arranging, they felt that chatting with Jiang Yan was really comfortable.
This is actually a contrast. Charles Dougie feels that it is actually very inconvenient to communicate with the other Chinese people on the stage.
Firstly, it’s because of the language, and secondly, it’s the gap, and this is the most important thing.
To be honest, the category of electronic music is actually almost entirely connected to Western, especially European art music.
Electronic music was created in Lao America as early as 1939. After so many years of development, Lao American electronic music has now become very mature.
Looking domestically, it was not until December 1993 that the Central Academy of Music, the highest institution of higher learning, established China's first independent institution for professional teaching of modern electronic music.
Although this does not mean that there was no electronic music before, "Yungong Xunyin" is not the case, but generally speaking, China is quite backward.
This is actually quite normal. There are really few things in China that are more advanced than the West these days.
Therefore, compared to the few Chinese people he was currently communicating with, Jiang Yan's appearance made him very friendly.
After all, he has achieved success in the European and American music scene, and at the same time he has reached the top level in the Chinese music scene.
The combination of Chinese and Western culture at the same time is a different level. Charles even felt that he could learn something from Jiang Yan, so he naturally wanted to have an in-depth exchange with Jiang Yan, such as electronic music works and future development directions.
Discuss something.
So after the two parties happily exchanged views and completed the exchange, or Jiang Yan happily completed his instructions, when Jiang Yan was about to leave, Charles Dougie said again: "Joey, your
Have you brought your work? Please take it out and share it. If you don’t bring it, it doesn’t matter. We can chat while playing.”
As he spoke, Smith behind him patted the equipment, with an expression that reassured Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan was stunned. Why should I bring my work?
Did you make a mistake?
Seeing Jiang Yan's confusion, the Chinese communication personnel on the side came up and explained:
"It's an academic seminar. It's a normal process for everyone to present their works and communicate with each other."
Jiang Yan was speechless when he heard this. Did he really think that he was here to do research?
So he quickly explained: "I just came to take a look."
As he spoke, he looked at Old Man Xu in the audience.
However, Old Man Xu obviously didn't speak English very well. He didn't understand the situation until the host translated it, so he immediately went on stage to communicate with the host: "You and Charles, please make it clear that Jiang Yan is just here to have a look, not to participate in the seminar. He will be here later."
There are still lectures to be given.”
Old Man Xu was explaining, but the students in the audience were applauding.
Jiang Yan knew from the first glance at that posture that he was just there to watch the fun.
Jiang Yan only understands them.
So he explained the ins and outs directly to Charles.
I was just here to give a lecture, and I stopped by to take a look, but you guys got me on stage.
Charles, Smith and others were also stunned when they heard this.
They thought Jiang Yan was here to attend the seminar.
So there was a bit of embarrassment and disappointment on his face. A foreigner even said:
“I thought I could see some good works.”
The voice was very soft, but it was also heard by the host and a few Chinese people on the stage.
Oh, I dare you to talk to us for a long time, but our works are not even "good" in your eyes?
As a result, the air pressure on the stage suddenly dropped.