Rebirth of the music superstar

After Ye Ze returned home, he simply packed up his change of clothes and daily necessities, etc. Feng Chu told him just now that he can live in the company's lounge, with a good environment and complete facilities.

"Mom, I'm going to live in the company during this period of time. You and Lili can arrange it at home. Lawyer Zhang will help you with the divorce. You have to be tough!" I'm afraid, you didn't do anything wrong."

Liu Fang nodded and agreed: "Well, I understand, you should pay attention to your health in the company, and don't lose yourself when you eat."

Ye Ze finally said goodbye to Du Lili and set off for the company. Apart from clothes and daily necessities, Ye Ze brought a computer and wallet. The musical instrument company would have them, so he didn't have to worry about them.

When Ye Ze arrived at the company, Xiao Zhu was already waiting at the gate. Seeing Ye Ze carrying a large bag, Xiao Zhu quickly signaled a young man standing next to him to carry the bag for Ye Ze.

Xiao Zhu said with a smile to Ye Ze: "This is Zou Wen, you can call him Xiao Wen, he will be your assistant from now on, he is very capable, Director Feng was specially transferred to you."

"Hello, Brother Ye!" Xiaowen was very polite. He was wearing casual clothes and looked very neat, but he seemed to be quite young, like a college student.

"Hello." Ye Ze greeted with a smile, "How old are you this year?" Don't be smaller than your own body, it's weird to call yourself a brother.

Xiao Zhu smiled and said, "Xiaowen is younger than you. He has been in the industry for 95 years, but he has been in this industry for two or three years. He didn't go to college."

"I'll trouble you from now on." Ye Ze didn't expect that he would have an assistant so soon, he was a little flattered, he has 0 grades now, Feng Chu is really good to him.

Xiao Zhu took Ye Ze and Xiao Wen to the seventeenth floor. Most of the floors on this floor were lounges. The far right of the floor and the upper floor were practice rooms, where many singers rehearsed.

Xiao Zhu pushed open one of the lounges and said, "Because you want to stay, I just had someone clean it up, basically everything is in order, you can see what is missing, I will ask someone to fill it right away."

Ye Ze looked around, and then said: "It's all good, but it lacks a humidifier. It's too dry here, and it's not good for your throat."

After hearing this, Xiaowen immediately said: "I'll get it right away!" He winked very much.

Xiao Zhu looked at Xiao Wen's back and nodded, then said with a smile to Ye Ze: "That's it, just ask if you have any needs, as long as you can write a song that satisfies the director, you don't need to worry about other things, we will It’s done for you. The classical music records you want are all ready in the audio-visual room, and the musical instruments and other equipment in the recording studio are probably about the same, and you can use them anytime.”

Ye Ze nodded to express understanding: "Well, I know, time is tight, I will concentrate."

Xiao Zhu was very satisfied. When he finally left, he said: "If you have something to do, let Xiaowen do it. If he can't do it, let him inform me or Luo Yu. Luo Yu is your manager. You can spend more time with him when you are free." communicate."

"Well, thank you Assistant Zhu." Ye Ze said gratefully.

Xiao Zhu thought to himself: As long as you write good songs and make the company make money, that is the best thanks, and I might get a salary increase then.

Not long after Xiaozhu left, Xiaowen came back with a humidifier, and he immediately filled it with water for Ye Ze to use.

After tidying up his belongings, Ye Ze said to Xiaowen, "Take me to the audio-visual room, I want to listen to music for inspiration."

In the next few days, Ye Ze spent most of his time in the recording studio and audio-visual room except for sleeping. Occasionally, he would bring a few instruments from the recording studio back to the lounge to play by himself, looking for creative inspiration.

Because of the arrangement, the melody must be grand. Ye Ze’s writing speed has obviously slowed down. It took him so long to write a song for the first time, and it took him half a month to write the main melody and lyrics. Come out, the next step is to arrange.

Arranging the music was more difficult. Ye Ze spent every day thinking about it in the recording studio after the music was written. It took mid-December for the prototype to come out, almost exceeding the time stipulated by Feng Chu.

After Ye Ze felt that it was almost done, he notified Feng Chu, saying that he had basically written the song, and wanted Feng Chu to review it, and the two made an appointment to meet in Feng Chu's office the next morning.

The next morning, Ye Ze appeared in Feng Chu's office on time. Feng Chu listened to the demo of the new song several times, and then said to Ye Ze: "The melody is not bad, but there may be some problems with the arrangement. After all, it was made by a machine. I can’t tell what’s wrong just by listening to it, I’ll get someone to contact a symphony orchestra later, we’ll record it in the studio first, and we’ll make changes if it doesn’t fit.”

"Do you want to use a real instrument to record?" Ye Ze was a little puzzled. Obviously, it can be recorded with a machine. Now the technology is very mature. The composition equipment Feng Chu prepared for him is very high-end, and there is no problem with recording with a machine.

Feng Chu shook his head: "You can't have such a mentality, if you want to do it, you have to do your best. If you write an ordinary song, I won't ask for it. The fullness of the sound produced by real instruments and machines is not good. In the same way, no matter how accurate the machine is, there will be different degrees of distortion, and all the scenes of your song must be accompanied by a symphony orchestra, so you must practice with the symphony orchestra at ordinary times.”

"What about the harmony?" Ye Ze pointed to the harmony part marked on the music score, "If we have to use live, I can't sing the harmony, right?"

"That's right." Feng Chu nodded and said, "I will contact the choir separately. It's no problem to record with your voice, but I can't also play the recording on the spot. What I want is the feeling of being unplugged."

"Is there anything that needs to be changed in terms of the melody and lyrics?" Feng Chujin commented on the arrangement, and almost didn't mention the other two points.

Feng Chu pushed his glasses and said seriously: "If I had the creative talent, I would have written and sung myself, why would I be your producer here? I'm only good at arranging music, and I'm destined to be behind the scenes .”

"..." Ye Zejiong has a spirit, he didn't see it before, his boss is an honest person, he is quite good at self-analysis, and he is quite self-aware.

The next day, the two met in the recording studio. The choir and symphony band also came, both of which were hired by Feng Chu at a high price. Everyone practiced and revised the arrangement.

"It's better to change the violin here to a cello, it will have a thicker feel." Feng Chu pointed to a place in the score.

"Will it be too dull?" Ye Ze hesitated.

"Give it a try." So Feng Chu asked the band to practice to hear the effect.

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"I don't think the effect of timpani is very good. How about adding a drum kit or jazz drum?"

Ye Ze was a bit dark: "Director, you are the one who said that all the symphony orchestras are used, and the drums are not in charge of this." Moreover, the drums are too modern, and he always feels that they will conflict with traditional instruments.

"It's okay, the traditional symphony doesn't have a piano yet, we can change it to a piano concerto, and then add more popular instruments, just as I said before, classical and popular must be combined." Feng Chu waved his hand and said to change Just change it.

Ye Ze was a little speechless. You were the one who said to use pure symphony before, but now you are the one who said to change it. You are really a capricious person.

"Well... After listening to it several times, I think the song may be a bit short, less than 4 minutes. From the perspective of the atmosphere of this song, it should be lengthened to about 5 minutes. It will be added later with a repeated chorus." Feng Chu felt that the time was too short and not generous enough.

"Will that refrain be boring if you repeat it too many times?" Ye Ze felt a bit difficult.

Feng Chu thought for a while and said: "Then you don't sing the lyrics, change to a high-pitched whisper, and the arrangement is a little more exciting, the effect will definitely be very good!"

The arrangement changed again and again, and the two made many types of adaptations to the original song, and it was almost finalized at the end of the month.

Then everyone started recording directly in the recording studio. What Feng Chu asked was not to synthesize, but to record from the beginning to the end in one go, because the live singing scene is a one-time recording. If it is synthesized, the gap between the live scene and the record may be quite large. Big, Feng Chu is naturally dissatisfied.Therefore, it was quite difficult to meet his requirements. Hundreds of people were busy in the recording studio for almost a week before the recording was completed.

Ye Ze felt that his voice was about to fail. He had no problem writing songs before, but after singing difficult songs for a week, he used his voice too much.

"Then you can rest for two days. I rented a church, and we will go there to shoot the MV in two days." Feng Chu gave Ye Ze a little vacation.

Ye Ze nodded. He had discussed with Feng Chu before filming the MV in the church, and the atmosphere there matched the lyrics better.