Ye Kai immediately clarified, "I'm just thinking about how to help you form a band so that folk music can get out of its current predicament."
"There is no need to judge people by their appearance when forming a band." Ning Shuang said she could not accept Ye Kai's explanation.
"That's different." Ye Kai explained, "What I plan to form is a girl band, which is aimed at overseas markets, so youth and beauty are the key. As for the folk music symphony, new tracks will also be released to make it easier for overseas markets.
If the public accepts this, you can’t find some ugly girls to go out with, right?”
Ning Shuang was a little interested after hearing Ye Kai's idea. She thought for a while and said, "If this is the case, we can really find candidates to form a band from among the students."
She thought very clearly that this kind of band is actually about coordination and is not that picky about the level of individual folk music performance, so it is not unimaginable to find members of this group from students.
As Ye Kai said, youth "" is the first choice member of this group, and a lively personality is also a must, because such a group is bound to do some coordinated actions on the stage, instead of sitting there lifelessly in the traditional impression.
Play the music seriously.
"Overseas markets are more receptive, and music basically has no national boundaries. As long as it is good, everyone can accept it." Ye Kai said to Ning Shuang, "My plan is to form such a band.
, and then after about half a year of training and packaging, it will be directly launched to the overseas market. If it is an instant hit, it will be a world tour, and then promoted to the domestic market as appropriate.
Ning Shuang also agreed with Ye Kai's idea.
The domestic market always has a relatively repulsive attitude towards new things, because once new things enter the market, they will impact the monopoly position of certain interest owners and affect them in various aspects. For this reason, we
They are all trying to maintain the status quo to protect their own interests from being infringed.
Of course, on the surface, everyone's reasons are very reasonable, that is, to protect the purity of folk music and not to be invaded by symphony music and lose its leading position.
"Actually, the current situation in many industries in China is the same. Everyone has no enterprising spirit and only strives to maintain the status quo. So if you walk around and take a look, you will see that conservative forces are very serious. This is not only true for folk music, but also in other aspects.
"Ye Kai sighed to Ning Shuang, "The cultural industry is a pioneer. If we can open a gap in this aspect, it will be a good thing for a country that is currently exploring reform."
After hearing this, Ning Shuang asked, "You guys, can everything be related to national events?"
"Haha, this statement is a bit excessive." Ye Kai said with a smile.
But there is some truth in what Ning Shuang said. It seems that boys are born with a habit of discussing world affairs.
"What are you two talking about? Are you talking so speculatively?" Suddenly a girl with short hair came over, put her arm around Ning Shuang's waist, put her face on Ning Shuang's shoulder, looked at Ye Kai and asked, "
Ning Shuang, you haven’t introduced your boyfriend to us yet."
Ning Shuang ignored her crazy words and just said to Ye Kai, "Ye Kai, this is our dormitory sister, Sun Lu, you can ask her to play the flute."
"Blow, Xiao?!" Ye Kai was startled when he heard this, and his eyes involuntarily looked at Sun Lu's mouth.
Sure enough, the lips appear a little thicker and a little curled up, making them look sexier, as if they were specially made.
If you take a closer look, you can see that Sun Lu's forehead is a bit big and her eyes are deep. At first glance, she seems to be the kind of smart person who likes to use her brains or play tricks.
"Hello Ye Kai, my name is Sun Lu." Sun Lu suddenly felt a little embarrassed after hearing Ning Shuang's words.
Ning Shuang is relatively simple. She just follows everyone else's call and doesn't know the other meaning of the word "chuixiao".
"Hello Sun Lu, are you really a flute player?" Ye Kai asked with a smile.
"Don't listen to Ning Shuang's nonsense. In fact, I can also play dulcimer and cucurbit flute." Sun Lu said with a blush on her face.
Ye Kai nodded, feeling that Sun Lu's appearance was also very good, but her hair was a little shorter, so he said, "We are discussing the formation of a girl band, preparing to transform the traditional folk music into a symphony, and then promote it to overseas markets
, if you are interested, you can also consider it."
"It costs a lot of money to form a band, and it also requires dedicated creators. It is best to have a company to operate it to be successful." Sun Lu's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing this.
Ye Kai was a little surprised after hearing this. He looked at Sun Lu, but he didn't expect that she knew more about this. It seemed that Sun Lu had also used his brains on these things, not just for hobbies like Ning Shuang.
I just came to learn folk music.
"I usually participate in some external performances. I know that the development prospects of folk music are not good, so I sometimes do some thinking. Judging from the current situation, if there is no innovation, there will be no market for folk music in the future." Sun
Lu saw the surprise in Ye Kai's eyes and explained herself.
Ning Shuang also said beside her, "In the past, it was only the impact of Europe and the United States on the domestic market. Now there is not only the impact of Europe, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan, but also the impact of Korean and Japanese music. The development of domestic folk music is even more difficult."
"This is inevitable." Ye Kai nodded and said, "The domestic market is so big. After the development space is squeezed out by foreign music, there will naturally be very little space left for folk music. So we stay in the country to seek development.
It is better to go abroad and occupy a territory overseas. After all, we are new there and it is easier to make breakthroughs.
"Yes, there are too many die-hards in China." Sun Lu also agreed. "Many people in the folk music circle seem to be facing a formidable enemy when it comes to symphony music, and are afraid that national music will be assimilated by it. Therefore,
The erhu was transplanted into a violin piece, and some foreign composition techniques were used in the creation of the anti-machine national instrumental music. I don’t agree with it! There is even an argument that Liu Tianhua’s top ten erhu songs created by borrowing foreign composition techniques ruined national music.
"
"They are not insisting on national things, but out of a fear that their status will not be guaranteed." Ye Kai said, "Our current folk music has also been developed over thousands of years. Ancient people all knew about development and innovation.
, why have we become conservative now? This is a fallacy in itself. They all appear to be nationalists, but in fact they are conservative forces that hinder the development of the country."
"We professors will probably be pissed to death if we hear you commenting on them like this," Ning Shuang said.
"But it's not easy to accomplish this." Sun Lu mentioned this issue again.
Ye Kai didn't say anything, because he only had such a preliminary idea now. As for how to operate, he still needs to make further plans, and the creative talent also needs to be worked out in advance. In addition, the arrangement and
Directors are also essential, and costumes and props are a top priority.
Thinking about it this way, Ye Kai felt that he had to form a company, otherwise it would be impossible to coordinate all aspects of Qingqing, let alone think about opening up overseas markets.
Ye Kai preliminarily determined the instruments to be used in the performance, mainly choosing national instruments such as guzheng, dulcimer, pipa, erhu, bamboo flute, Xiao, cucurbit flute, and duxianqin. Other Western instruments are not excluded.
In fact, Ye Kai does not think that Western instruments cannot be included in folk bands. If he thinks so, it is a bit too narrow. Instruments such as violins should still be used.
Ye Kai took a piece of paper and roughly broke down the composition of the band, including the requirements for the members, the types of instruments, and roughly what songs they would play, etc. The most important point is that
As for the band members, they are not allowed to talk about personal issues for three years.
"Isn't this a bit too harsh?" Sun Lu said after reading it, "It's not humane at all."
"This is also a last resort requirement." Ye Kai explained, "The company has to pay a huge price to cultivate talents, so the three-year contract is actually very kind in the industry. It is also a basic requirement to ensure the overall interests of the band.
Especially after the band is formed, it will face the overseas market. You may not be able to return to the country for a year to tour, so if you relax the conditions, you may not have the opportunity to fall in love."
"That's right." After hearing this, Sun Lu nodded and had nothing to say.
"Twelve members are not so easy to gather together." Ning Shuang frowned and said after looking at the request made by Jing Kai.
It's really not an easy task to meet all the conditions. You have to be beautiful, have a relatively even height, be skilled in musical instruments, and be able to accept these conditions. There are also age restrictions. If you implement them one by one
, but it is not easy to find such a candidate.
"If you can't find so many at Jiangzhong University, you can look for them elsewhere." Ye Kai replied with a smile, "With so many music academies across the country, the most indispensable thing is talent. What about military arts? Central Conservatory of Music
You can ask for anything."
Ning Shuang frowned after hearing this, but Sun Lu spoke quickly and said directly, "I don't think you are choosing band members, but rather you are choosing a beauty pageant for the National Conservatory of Music."
When Ye Kai heard this, he immediately laughed. Hearing what she said, it seemed that he meant something like this.