silver sea

Later, many people asked Qiu Sheng, "Why is your band called 'Silver Mountain'?"

His answer was always the same: "We could see the sea from the window of our first rehearsal room. When the sun is good, the silver color shining on the sea is not like water waves, but like the reflection of a mountain. To commemorate that feeling, it is called 'Silver Mountain'." .”

As for who came up with the name, Qiu Sheng didn't mention it, so everyone defaulted to him, just like all the songs arranged by the band and signed "Yinshan" after that, everyone will default to Qiu Sheng's creation.From the beginning of Yinshan’s emergence, it is Qiu Sheng who represents the band to explain the creative concept, and it is Qiu Sheng who mobilizes the atmosphere, and it is Qiu Sheng who decides big and small.

So they only remember that there is a talented lead singer, and the lead singer can control every note and every beat with ease at any time, although he is young, he is not green at all.

But at that time the lead singer was just a young man who was about to turn 21. He had just come out of a campus band, and he was full of worries about whether the bass player would come to the appointment.

"He really promised you?" Gu Qi kicked away a bunch of wires blocking the door.

Qiu Sheng was lying on the window looking at it, and said "hmm" absent-mindedly.

Gu Qi tidied up the wires, and couldn't stop talking: "It's really you...Qiu Er, how did you convince him?"

"Not convinced." Qiu Sheng lied, "He promised me that he would think about it, and then I went to him a few days later, and he asked, has the band's bassist been found yet?"

"It's so simple?" Gu Qi always felt that something that came too easily could not be exchanged at an equal value, but looking at Qiu Sheng's expression, it seemed that this was indeed the case. He was unbelievable, "I thought that even if the rotten apple couldn't play him, he must go find someone else." There are bands like Woken, Peach News, they all have works, we don’t even have a name..."

"The name is not important." Qiu Sheng emphasized.

"What about the drummer?" Gu Qi was helpless, "We don't even have a drummer."

"He said he knew a suitable candidate." Qiu Sheng stretched out his hand to catch the sunlight falling outside the window.

"You let him contact you?"

"correct."

Gu Qi secretly slandered, "You trust him too much, help me." Unavoidably, she began to worry whether Qiu Sheng had been brainwashed by Wen Youxia, and she didn't have any ideas of her own—Qiu Sheng's schedule was accurate during the campus band rehearsals By 30 minutes, he would rather stay up all night for the arrangement than let them "share" on the grounds that he wants perfect control.

This kind of person actually accepted Wen Youxia's suggestion unconditionally?

Just horrible.

And Wen You Xia Nenglai... Gu Qi is also a little bit unreal.

Gu Qi has seen Wen Youxia's performance twice, of course he is not picky about his skills, and his stage temperament is also good.He thought longingly, that is the bass player of Rotten Apple, whose performance experience and level are far behind them.

"How did he agree?" Gu Qi said to himself.

"Of course I appreciate my talent."

"...Then I'd rather believe that he appreciates your face."

Qiu Sheng turned his head and threw a ball of toilet paper at him.

Gu Qi dodged to the side, the white ball of paper flew into the air, and rolled out through the half-open door.Then the door was opened from the outside, Qiu Sheng and Gu Qi were both stunned, and couldn't help but stop breathing.

Wen Youxia was not the only one who came in, he was followed by a young man with both hands full of things.

Several drum kits.

Qiu Sheng was taken aback, seeing this posture, it was obvious that he had brought a set of drums.

Don't talk anymore?He thought he had to say something more, whether to sign the contract, how to divide the money in the future, or whether to write the name of the band or the name of the single...

Oh yeah, what's the name of their band?

Qiu Sheng's mind became a mess.

"Hello." Wen Youxia greeted Gu Qi naturally, and introduced to Qiu Sheng, "Drummer, Lu Yining."

Gu Qi was surprised, he passed Qiu Sheng: "Hey, you really found it?"

Wen Youxia nodded: "Qiu said that there is a rehearsal room, so he brought the drums here."

"Ah yes, the rehearsal room. I'm laying the wiring." Gu Qi drew a circle, "Look at which side you want to stand..."

They went to prepare the speakers, Liu Qiusheng and Lu Yining looked at each other.

The boy named Lu Yining looked less than [-] years old. He was stupefied and had a youthful acne on his chin. Although his nose was his nose and his eyes were his eyes, his demeanor was somehow naive.He had dozed off around the time of the last haircut, and his bangs had been cut, a notch across his right eyebrow.

Just as Qiu Sheng said "Hello", he suddenly stood up straight and bowed to Qiu Sheng as if he was being called during military training.

Qiu Sheng was taken aback by Lu Yining's polite and aggressive posture, and quickly bowed back—recalling this first acquaintance in the future, the two of them never expected that it would develop into a pinch when they met.

For the first time, the four people of Yinshan gathered together.

The rehearsal venue was found by Gu Qi. It was in Binhai New District, and it has not changed for a long time since then.

This year, the key development of Binhai New Area has just entered a new stage, and many people are still in the wait-and-see stage. A piece of office buildings built along Binhai Avenue has not been put into use, so it looks like an unfinished building, and there is no sign of becoming an economic center in the future.And they rented a rehearsal room on the top floor of an art center, which has air conditioning but no floor heating.

The conditions are a bit more difficult, but the advantage is that the place is big enough, better than an underground garage or the first floor of an abandoned building.

At first, Qiu Sheng thought that Lu Yining was caught by Wen Youxia from a youth drumming interest class, and he was a little skeptical. After Lu Yining set up the drums and played him for a while, Qiu Sheng completely shut up.

Lu Yining is talented, but he has been learning drums for ten years, and his foundation is very good. He helped the drummer of Rotten Apple save a scene before, so he met Wen Youxia.He has never had a fixed band, and those who are experienced don't want to take him to play, thinking that he is too young, and Lu Yining doesn't like the joke bands of his peers.

He came here purely because Wen Youxia chose Qiu Sheng.At the beginning, I was worried that their band would be improvised, but after rehearsing, I found that it was not difficult to run in.

Gu Qi's guitar skills are not bad, and he has cooperated with Qiu Sheng for a long time, and there is a tacit understanding between his teammates.And the rhythm group of "Bass + Drum" is even better. Both Wen Youxia and Lu Yining are musicians with strong personal abilities, and they know what each other wants to feel after simple communication.During the rehearsal, there was a sense of splitting in the high and low ranges. This is a common problem for new bands, and it can only be left to time.

There is only one window in the rehearsal room, from which you can see the beach not far away.There are dance classes and yoga classes on the other end of the same floor. Occasionally, when they are resting, they will pick up little girls who come to watch the fun in the corridor.

The female teacher of the yoga class came to deliver drinks, Qiu Sheng took it once, thinking that the female teacher might like Wen Youxia.

But Gu Qi said: "He is obviously interested in you!"

Qiu Sheng: "..."

The next day when the female teacher came to deliver drinks, Qiu Sheng pushed Lu Yining out.

He is very clear that he has no feelings for the opposite sex, but now, Qiu Sheng only wants to smell Youxia.

The name "Silver Mountain" was born on a certain evening when they started rehearsing, maybe a week or two?Basically, there is no problem with the running-in. Qiu Sheng remembered that not long after the name was named, they compiled all the scores of "May Rain" and quickly started practicing the whole song.

The rehearsal was quite enjoyable that day, so it was over before dark.Lu Yining had to play drums for someone at night, and Gu Qi went to work the night shift. When the two of them left, Qiu Sheng was packing up the instruments.

"Brother Qi finally realized how good you are today." He said briskly, "With a steady bass player, he doesn't have to be so nervous every now and then..."

Wen Youxia stood by the window, staring at the sea in a daze, and suddenly asked: "How about the band called 'Yinshan'?"

The orientation of the rehearsal room is not very good, and the western sun is severe. Every six or seven o'clock in the evening, the sea breeze rushes into this room.The sparkling light of the setting sun spread from the dark floor like water, and reached the metal edge of the kick drum at the end, flashing like a fright.

"Very good." Qiu Sheng nodded without asking about the deeper meaning.

Wen Youxia stood at the door waiting for him.

There are few people in the art center, and the elevators often go on strike for a short time.Their rehearsal room was on the 27th floor. After going out that day, they didn't see the elevator working for a while, and it wasn't the first time they met each other. Qiu Sheng sighed and went to take the stairs consciously.

Fortunately, there were two of them, chatting all the way, and taking a rest on the next few floors.

He was thinking about Gu Qi's words, and unconsciously asked, "I heard that both Woken and the pornographic news have sought you out."

"Huh?" Wen Youxia wondered how he knew, "He called me."

"Then why don't you go?"

"I don't want to go."

"I'm far behind them, Xu Ran from Woken came back from studying in the United States—"

"You are no worse than them."

The stairwell was empty, Wen Youxia's voice hit the wall and bounced back, expanding into a cloud, holding Qiu Sheng floating in the air.As if he couldn't step on the ground, his face became hot: "...Really."

Wen Youxia walked downstairs: "Qiu, what is the most important thing in the band?"

"Ah, technology? Ability?"

"For work, technology is enough, but you should want to do more than that, right?"

Qiu Sheng felt that Wen Youxia was different.

He thought blithely: Shouldn't the former Wen Youxia think that salary is the first factor to consider?Now I'm asking these again, do I have a higher status in his heart than Bai Yanhui?

Qiu Sheng said: "I think...you can do it for a little longer this time, just the four of us, don't change again, and go towards one goal, don't you think it's too easy?"

"It's hard."

Qiu Sheng nodded, he knew that it was not easier for the band to persist for a long time than to change themselves.

"I think the most important thing is 'appropriate'." Because of walking, several words seem to stick together, Wen Youxia always refuses to use force when speaking, and will be blown away by the wind leaking in from the stairwell at any time, "It doesn't matter whether the technique is good or not Secondary, if it is not suitable, you will be hurt all over, and you will regret choosing the other party."

Qiu Sheng asked: "So you think I'm suitable?"

Wen Youxia jumped three or four steps with one foot, holding the bass piano bag with one hand: "Almost."

"What if I'm not suitable?"

"do not know."

"Will we be all wounded by then?"

"I don't know." Wen Youxia raised his head, he stood low, looking at Qiu Sheng from bottom to top, "So sometimes I worry that you will regret it."

Regret?

He was indeed afraid of regretting it, but what about facing Wen Youxia?

"...Impossible." Qiu Sheng said.

"This time you chose me."

"Then what happened?"

Wen Youxia was silent for a long time, and finally only said: "...it's nothing."

Facing Qiu Sheng's eyes, he had to put aside his hurtful assumptions. He originally wanted to say, "We don't know each other well enough. One day you may be disappointed when you find out that I am not what you imagined."

Disappointed, regretting the current decision, regretting trusting him.

But Qiu Sheng obviously didn't think that much.

Qiu Sheng was very simple on these issues. He thought that Wen Youxia was a sequelae of rotten apples. If he made it clear, maybe Wen Youxia would not be entangled in "regrets".But he himself couldn't accurately summarize the reason for his obsession with Wen Youxia, was it hormones, or did he touch all the tiny nerve endings all at once?There was a lot of incoherent speech that day, and Qiu Sheng might not be able to fully retell it if he was asked to say it again.

Looking at it this way, forming a band is indeed like falling in love. I can't explain it clearly, and it's up to you.

Even deeper than love.

They will leave an indelible mark on each other in the future. Even if they find out that it is inappropriate, regret it, and part ways, those songs will still exist forever.

Always, always is farther than the next century.

Farther than the end of time.

Compared with "forever", it seems that "regret" is not so terrible.

Qiu Sheng heard a bubble in his heart that was full of secrets being punctured by the setting sun, and his footsteps stopped slightly, trying to organize his words to comfort Wen Youxia, but he saw that Wen Youxia stood still at the exit, and called him:

"Come here, the elevator has recovered."

The disappointing elevator took them from the nineteenth floor to the ground, Qiu Sheng wanted to go south, Wen Youxia turned west.

Wen Youxia stepped on the motorcycle and said goodbye to him briefly. He buttoned up his helmet, and the brown windshield covered his eyes.Qiu Sheng waved to Wen Youxia, who immediately turned the accelerator.

His back melted into the overwhelming warm yellow.

A few days later, Yinshan released the new version of "May Rain" for the first time. The lyrics have not been greatly revised, but the melody and arrangement are almost rewritten.Compared with Qiu Sheng's original version, which was simply recorded with software and guitar, the drum beats in the new arrangement are cleaner, and the bass line has also changed neatly.

In the 45-second interlude, the bass was used to simulate the effect of rain, and with the harmony, the continuous feeling made this solo even better, and Gu Qi was overwhelmed.

"Qiu Er, are you a genius? You have improved so much in just a few months!"

"Because I found a good teacher."

"Eh? Who?"

"I won't tell you——" Qiu Sheng sat on the table and swayed his legs wildly, not letting himself get too proud and holding up a sheet of music.His eyes were blocked behind the music score, and he kept scanning the bassist standing against the wall. Wen Youxia tuned his tune carefully, and he didn't intend to compete for credit at all.

The arrangement was jointly completed by them, but the solo was written by Wen Youxia independently, and he also arranged the harmony.And when he asked Wen Youxia if he wanted to sign it, Wen Youxia said just write the name of the band, you wrote the song.

"But you wrote it too?"

"That doesn't count."

"So when will it be?"

"When I want to write a song for someone, I will ask you for the authorship."

Wen Youxia said something casually, but Qiu Sheng remembered it deeply from the beginning to the end.

The author says:

tomorrow thursday, i rest