Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry.

Chapter 456

Yunnan, Ximeng.

This is a small border town, with rainforests, plantains, mountains and seas of clouds.

The geographical location happens to be at almost the same latitude as Jamaica, the hometown of reggae music. Of course, most people don’t pay attention to this detail, but Lao Long has long known it.

Because his Wazoo band is the reggae band in this small town, but it's not the only one.

This small town is home to the Wa, Dai, Hani and other ethnic minorities. They combine this foreign music method with their own national music to form a unique music style.

He has always believed that for China, Yunnan is the most suitable place to play reggae music, because there are ethnic minorities here who are capable and good at dancing, such as Laolong, who is from the Wa nationality.

Coincidentally, the rhythm of Wa's rhythm is also back beat, which is seamlessly connected with reggae music!
However, here is too remote, 600 kilometers away from the provincial capital Kunming!

Due to geographical location, financial expenses and other reasons, the band is basically for self-entertainment, and of course most of them are part-time jobs.For example, Lao Long himself is a barber shop owner.

The business in the store was relatively slow this afternoon. He casually picked up his mobile phone and swiped a message: Yu Dongqing's studio has hired a singer who is good at singing reggae music to sing in the upcoming movie "Chinese Style Youth". " theme song.

Of course, Lao Long had heard of the name Yu Dongqing.

A very good musician.

His creative styles are very diverse, folk, rock, pop, and even rap. I didn't expect to play reggae now.

A reggae-inspired song that sounds like a schoolboy movie?
This made him very suspicious.

But this is not the focus of his attention. What he is curious about is whether the other party will really write reggae music?
He thought about it, and shared the news in the band's WeChat group.

"Boss, what do you want to do?" It was the drummer Dayong who sent the message.

"I think let's try it." Lao Long replied: "It's boring anyway, and what's more, is the thing he wrote really reggae?"

It has been a week since Yu Dongqing received the email from Wazoo Band.

All the post-production of "Chinese Youth" has been completed, including the promotional video, and now the singer of the theme song is missing. If she really can't find a suitable one, Yu Dongqing will decide to sing it herself.

This morning, Yu Dongqing got up as usual, prepared milk and bread, and then woke up his wife.

Bright belly became more and more obvious, and it was a bit inconvenient to work, so Yu Dongqing took care of the housework—it wasn’t much anyway, cooking, washing clothes, cleaning the yard, and having her own housekeeping service.

After dinner, Yu Dongqing accompanied Mingmei for a walk along the lakeside in Qianhai. As for watching the old men play chess, forget it, so as not to let the daughter-in-law wait by the side.

After the walk, the weather became hot, and the couple returned to their small courtyard. Yu Dongqing brewed a pot of Longjing tea for herself, sat on the rattan chair under the verandah, drank it comfortably, and watched the bean sprouts rolling among the flowers Chasing butterflies.

Mingmei fed the goldfish in the crockery—there were not many of them anyway, and most of them were eaten by Doubao.

She didn't care, and ran to her mother's house to get a few back when they were gone.

Yu Dongqing squinted her eyes and hadn't finished the pot of tea when her cell phone rang. It was Li Wei who called and said that he had received an email from a band, saying that he was willing to try out that song, and attached a video of their singing. , very well sung, very reggae style.

"Which band?"

"In Yunnan, a place called Ximeng."

It really is from Yunnan!

"Okay, send it over and let me have a look."

Soon, a video file appeared on WeChat.

Yu Dongqing turned on the phone and listened carefully.

What the hell!

It really is reggae style music!

The song is called "Pure Man":
30 年前
I am eight years old

It was the age when I couldn't afford a schoolbag for reading

The age of going to school with a book under your elbow

No button restraint in the crotch of the trousers
There is no age to be imprisoned by the zipper

Yu Dongqing discovered that the arrangement also included duxianqin and percussion music of ethnic minorities. I don't know which ethnic minority it is?
Wa people?Or the Yi people?
"Mingmei, come and listen!" Yu Dongqing excitedly shouted into the room.

Mingmei had just finished her maternity exercises and was about to change clothes. She came out after hearing her husband's words, and Yu Dongqing played the song again.

"It's pretty good." Mingmei said after listening, "Well, it should be sung by the ethnic minorities in Yunnan."

Ah?
You understand too.

"It's from Ximeng, Yunnan. I'll ask Li Wei to contact him." Yu Dongqing picked up the phone while talking.

Lao Long didn't expect to get a reply from the other party so soon: I appreciate your music very much, and I am willing to cooperate. The singing fee is 10 yuan, and I also received the lyrics written by the other party.

It's already composed.

This is what Lao Long is most interested in. Open the audio file and listen quietly.

Although it is just an accompaniment tape, Lao Long has already heard the strong reggae style: the guitar playing with the upbeat and upbeat guitar
There is also a section of hip-hop ahead, which has a sense of ups and downs like dancing rumba.

There is even a flute!

This flute solo is really great!
Indeed, what belongs to the nation is what belongs to the world.

It's a pity that it is synthesized with electronic music. It would be even better if a real person played the flute.

Look at the lyrics again:
Old Long was happy.

It's about a rebellious kid.

Think about it, which boy has never been rebellious when he was young, and he is also different?
It really is "Chinese Style Youth"
He grew up being chased by his parents.

Lao Long sent the lyrics and arrangement to the band group.

"Brother, don't do anything at night, go to the old place to practice singing, and you still have 10 yuan for kung fu, haha."

Three days later, Yu Dongqing received the audio file from the other party. He listened carefully and found that it was not bad.

The other party re-arranged on the basis of their own arrangement, using the duxianqin and Wa percussion music they are good at-this is in the reply letter, and Lao Long obtained Yu Dongqing's consent.

And the flute!

It is no longer synthesized by myself with electronic music but by Dong flute, a special musical instrument for the Dong people. The sound is clear and beautiful, with a strong national style.

After the modification by the other party, although it is not the same as what Dou Wei sang in the original time and space, it is full of a very lively breath of life.

Yu Dongqing immediately called Li Wei and said that he would adopt it immediately.

And the song "Pure Man" by the band is well written and worth recommending.

"Okay. It's time to be busy again." Yu Dongqing touched the bean bag lying on his lap and stood up.

The road show of "Chinese Style Youth" will start soon.

Although it is not as hard as Zhang Yang's promotion of "The Piano of Steel", but what should be run is still run.

Yanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Kunming, Chengdu, Xi'an.
Just when Yu Dongqing and the main creative team rushed to major cities non-stop, an unknown reggae band suddenly became popular.

First of all, domestic music guru Yu Dongqing recommended a song written by the band on his Weibo for the first time—this is the first time Yu Dongqing recommended someone else's songwriting on his Weibo.

At the same time, with the promotion of the road show and promotional video of "Chinese Youth" by the band called Wazoo, the song "Oh, Be Good" quickly became popular all over the country.

People also began to know these few men from the southwestern border.

Yu Dongqing took advantage of the road show to meet this band, but it was in Kunming instead of Ximeng.

　Thank you for the monthly ticket cast by Recalling Ten Years and Fanglang Tianya

　
(End of this chapter)