It's hard to be an idol

Chapter 138 The First Trial of EDM

New year and new weather, summing up the life of last year, Xu Lai feels that he lived a dreamy life last year.

At the beginning of the year, he was discovered by scouts and went to SM company as a trainee. After six months of practice, he made his debut suddenly. As soon as he debuted, he was disgusted and boycotted by millions of fans. There was no announcement or exposure for more than a month, and then he was rejected by his teacher Kenzie Recommended to the crew of "BEGIN AGAIN", his whole talent began to have a positive image, and his talent began to shine undisguised.

Kenzie is his nobleman and the promoter of the turning point in his acting career.

How many nobles can a person have in his life?Fortunately, he met one when he was 20 years old.

He still remembers those who helped him, Kenzie, Luhan, Park Chanyeol, Huang Zitao, Zhang Yixing, as well as Lin Yuner and the seniors he met when filming "BEGIN AGIAN".

He really felt that he was very lucky.

He and Henry had almost the same start. It took Henry five years to get better, but he only took four months. Although people who don't like him still don't like him, there are a group of people around him who support him , and these people are becoming more and more, which makes Xu Lai very happy.

It just means that he is not very qualified as an artist, does not communicate much with fans, and is still a little unfamiliar with them.

But having said that, Xu Lai was still working during the legal holiday on January [-]st of New Year's Day, and had to go to the program group to record demos and rehearsals, which is a bit new.

After all, he hadn't worked in the past 20 years. He had only been working for a few months, and it was the first time he worked on a statutory holiday.

Xu Lai used to be a very conscious person and would not talk about work or study during holidays, but now it seems that being ready for work at any time is the most basic thing for an artist.

On the way to record the demo, he also met Zheng Jun, and chatted with Zheng Jun about having to work on New Year's day, which caused Zheng Jun to laugh for a while.

"You will get used to it in the future." Zheng Jun smiled and patted Xu Lai on the shoulder, obviously this young man is not used to being an artist yet.

Forget about working during holidays, he has seen people who don’t have holidays all year round. What does this mean?

But they only chatted for a few words before taking it back, and the topic between the two returned to music.

"How's the song this time?" Zheng Jun crossed his arms, inquiring about Xu Lai's new song.

"This is my first attempt at a genre, with some electronic music elements added in," Xu Lai said.

"Okay, Xiao Xu! I'm really good at applying what I've learned!" Zheng Jun gave him a thumbs up when he heard Xu Lai say this. He seemed to know that Xu Lai started to study electronic music seriously when he came here. I should have been in contact with it before, but the efficiency of applying what I have learned is really too high, I have to admire it.

"Then I'll listen to you the day after tomorrow, Xiao Xu." Zheng Jun said with a smile.

"Okay, I will listen to you the day after tomorrow."

"Row!"

The two made a verbal agreement like this, and quietly waited for the recording the day after tomorrow.

Recording the demo is relatively simple, and the rehearsal is a little more troublesome. Xu Lai's performance still needs the help of the harmony teacher.

……

The nine singers and composers sat in the studio, wishing each other a happy new year, chatting about some interesting things, and even humming old songs together, or singing each other's songs, the atmosphere was very harmonious, but Hu Yanbin suddenly said something that ruined the atmosphere.

"Will the team of our re-singing program not be able to afford the copyright fees?"

Everyone was stunned for a while after listening to this sentence, and then burst into laughter, and then fell silent in the sound of Producer C's announcement.

"All the singer-songwriters have arrived, and the demo listening has officially begun! The first singer-songwriter who wants to showcase, please come!"

"Who will come first?" Chen Li asked with a smile, looking around at the singers who were about to move around.

"Teacher Zheng Jun, why don't we go first?" Xu Lai leaned forward slightly and suggested to Zheng Jun.

"I can do it, the order doesn't matter." Zheng Jun still leaned on the back of the chair and looked very calm, with a faint smile on his face. He was simply an amiable senior, and he couldn't tell how much he was when he was young. rebellious".

Although he plays rock and roll, Zheng Jun is also old and mature now.

"You come first, Xiao Xu!" Seeing Xu Lai's eagerness to try, Zheng Jun immediately gave him a push to give the young man a chance to show off.

He communicated a lot with Xu Lai recently, both in music and in life. He found Xu Lai to be a very interesting child. He was usually a kind and shy young man who loved to laugh. When it comes to music, he will become much more publicized, even a little sharp.

There is a big difference between his attitude towards music and his attitude towards life, which can be regarded as a very interesting contrast.

"Then I'll go!" Xu Lai replied with a smile, got up from his seat, pushed the door open, walked into the recording studio, put on his earphones and looked at everyone.

"The style this time is my first attempt, emmmmm...I quite like it myself~ OK, I can start."

The smile on Xu's face faded after he finished speaking, and a burst of synthesized piano sound rang out in the quiet studio.

This is the piano sound after an electronic synthesizer, which is much thicker than a pure piano instrument.

And the rhythm is very strong, the tone is fast, and the style of the songs before Xu Lai is not very similar.

"Am I out of touch
have i become inaccessible
Am I out of my place
Have you deviated from the self in my heart

When I keep saying that I'm looking for an empty space
When I keep wanting to chase some paranoid dream that doesn't exist"

……

When it reached a quarter of the way, it stopped abruptly.

But Xu Lai is much more authentic than before, at least he gave the original song.

This song is thicker than Xu Lai's previous songs, so Xu Lai also made some adjustments to his singing to make the whole song appear fuller, but his vocals alone are important to the whole song. It still looks a little thinner, and it can be supported, but it is not perfect.

So Xu Lai specially found a harmony teacher to assist in the performance.

But the other singer-songwriters didn't know anything about it, but they also saw something.

Like Xu Lai's previous songs, there is nothing to say about the arrangement of his song. The lyrics are not clear and there are no subtitles. I will not comment first. The singing skills are not Xu Lai's shortcoming at all. Other singers feel that Xu Lai this time Maybe the voice line in this song will be a little thin, after all, the momentum of this song is quite grand.

But when it comes to this, I really have to mention Xu Lai's genius.

They really feel Xu Lai's genius now, especially Sun Yizhou. Xu Lai was still discussing EDM with him before, but he has already used it in just a few issues. He is a little suspicious that Xu Lai expressed his disapproval. Electronic music doesn't understand much is playing him.

This mixing is not something a beginner can do, right?
Eh... It seems that Xu Lai didn't tell him that he is a beginner...

"be cheated……"

Sun Yizhou suddenly had this feeling.

"Xiao Xu, your stage should have harmony, right?" As soon as Xu Lai returned to the studio and sat down, Zheng Jun asked Xu Lai.

"Yes, because I feel like one person's voice can't hold up well." Xu Lai answered truthfully.

"Very good, amazing!" Zheng Jun nodded towards Xu Lai.

"Thank you, Teacher Zheng Jun, for the compliment. It's just a little bit impressive."

"Haha...it's a stinking fart!"

　The song is Magnum's "shots", a Broiler remix version.

　　This version feels a lot more imposing.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)