REMIX

I was ready to spend two full months in the recording studio during the summer vacation.

In the evening we went back to the bar. In the bubbling cold beer and the smell of cumin roasted pork belly, I explained my plan to everyone present: because the new song this time is not the same as before, choose an existing song With a little modification and filling in the words, it can become a cover work and upload it on the Internet. As we all know, strictly speaking, Remix and any other form of cover songs are not commercially available without copyright, and paid downloading is considered infringement, so this For the next arrangement, I need to find all the musicians who are in charge of piano, bass and jazz drums. The arrangement and vocal recording need to be carried out step by step, and the entire creative cycle will be extended accordingly. Therefore, I asked Hege to help me rent a spacious place Unlike my home or Fei Na's studio, it is more professional and complete in terms of scale and equipment. I can't afford to hire a producer. Fortunately, I have such a group of reliable friends who share the same interests and don't ask for it. In return, they never said "no" to me.

After all, the joy of a group of people making music is more pleasurable than an orgasm - we like to say that when we joke.

Yes, money can't compare.

"You know, what did the buddy who rented the venue say to me?" He Gu opened another bottle of wine, the bottle cap was raised high, "'You don't make money from making music these days, I might as well collect the rent ’, now my grandson’s wish has been fulfilled. Tomorrow, I’ll take you to see the place, the city center, it looks like a dilapidated house from the outside, but there’s a hole inside.”

"How big is it, five hundred square meters..."

"Stinky boy, why don't you drink the wind, five hundred square meters will cost at least three million yuan."

"Yeah, don't look at my studio, which is as big as a palm. I earned it by rushing to the market and working part-time as a flat model. I have saved money for several years."

"Wow……"

In the bustling food stall, a group of us chatted in high spirits amidst the punching and shouting of drinking buddies from all walks of life, and we hadn't seen each other for a long time, so we were happy to say anything casually.The dinner table is the best place to talk about things. They seem to be yelling at the top of their voices, but they are actually progressing very fast. Before eating, I made a brief statement on my goal, put down the bowl, and then assigned the work: "I have written the words, I discussed with Qian Lan about the composition... You have also learned drums, right? Then, if everyone has no objection, it will be decided like this."

"Yeah." Qiao Xinxin braided the long hair that got in the way and threw it behind her back, "If you need harmony, we can do it."

Li Qianlan, the only one here who can't sing, took a sip of wine very bitterly, "I'll give you two remixes after the recording, and from now on you will be the man who released the remix of the original song."

"... There is a feeling of being nurtured..."

"Come and have a toast!" Fei Na stood up and motioned for everyone to raise their glasses. She only wore a black vest, revealing the newly added tattoo under her navel, "Forraps."

"Forday dream."

"Forfucking short life."

We clinked the beer glasses together, and the half glass was full of white foam.

Just do it.

The next morning, while Gong Junye was still in bed, I went to the swimming pool to swim back and forth four times, made breakfast, fed the cat, packed his clothes that should be sent to the dry cleaners, and put them in the entrance. When I went out, I took it away; put the omelet rice on a plate and squeezed the ketchup. I heard that there was no movement upstairs, so I simply went back to the bedroom, climbed into bed and pushed him unceremoniously, "Dad, get up."

He was lying on his back, his eyes were obviously squinted with a line, but he still remained motionless, as if implying that my sincerity was not enough.

So I took off the vest on my upper body, lay on him through a thin layer of warm summer coolness, and buried my head in biting his ears. "I'm leaving."

"Hold on."

This trick was really effective, he took the opportunity to clasp my waist with his hand, opened one eye like a lion, and said in a hoarse voice: "When will you come back?"

"In the early stage, I will arrange and record the accompaniment, so I won't be too busy."

Without him asking, I spontaneously gifted him a coffee-bittered good-morning kiss.

"In the later stage, I have to stay there to record the vocals. I can't guarantee how many times it will be successful. You know, this song is... very important to me."

"of course."

He hugged me and sat up, and let go of my hands when my feet landed on the ground, "I know that feeling, the dream is about to come true."

I watched him open the curtains with his back to me, his figure immersed in the soft light of the morning, and I said, what about you, where is your dream.

He stretched himself, turned around and leaned against the window sill, pointed at me, and pointed at himself, with his fingertips on his chest.

"It's you."

"Compared to those things that are at your fingertips," he said, "if I can have a person, look at him, influence him, change him, hold him firmly, and turn his original life on another track, wouldn't it be more interesting. "

Then he didn't wait for my reaction, pinched my nose, walked away with an ulterior smile, and left me sitting there, thinking about some past events that seemed to have been quite a long time ago.

Li Qianlan, Qiao Xinxin and I met at the bar. He Gu led the way, and the group set off to the recording studio hidden in the city. It was said that it belonged to a top-level ace producer. The harvest is not proportional, he changed careers after he got married and had children, so his name cannot be disclosed-but when He why showed the photo of this producer and several first-line idol stars, we were all so scared that we swallowed.

The facilities inside are not generally complete. It can be said that we have everything we need. Before the start of work, we cleaned the room next door for rest and sleeping. Why did he say that he had to go back to the bar? Catch me as unpaid labor. "Young people should not work too hard on their creations. When they encounter bottlenecks, they will pass by after drinking two sips of wine and playing with two girls..."

Qiao Xinxin tried the piano in the back room, pretending not to hear it.

"Let's go."

Seeing that it was still a while before noon, I showed Li Qianlan the lyrics.He looked at it and sat down in front of the keyboard, played a few notes impromptu, tried to find something wrong, and added another bass track.

"What's the name of the song?" he asked me.

I was thinking, and he looked at me earnestly with those dark blue pupils, his hands still resting on the keys.

"Let's call it Remix," I said.