Entertainment: My band is all lead singer

Curiosity drove Jiang Yuebai to click in, and after a few minutes of looking, he knew what was going on.

As the largest music platform in China, Shared Music has offered 1 million yuan to reward music creators. The final ranking is based on the number of downloads: 600,000 yuan for the first place, 200,000 yuan for the second place, 100,000 yuan for the third place, 40,000 yuan for the fourth place, and 10,000 yuan for the fifth to tenth place.

Don't think that these hundreds of thousands are not much. Some composers may pay this price for just writing a song, but you should know that this is open to everyone. As long as you have a dream, you can participate, and the income is in addition to the song fee.

The most important thing is that there are often people who become popular on the Internet with a graduation song, which is why many people value this kind of activity.

"Maybe we can too." Jiang Yuebai's eyes lit up.

When Jiang Yuebai came to the 06 lounge the next day, everyone else had already arrived.

"What's wrong with Xiaobai? Why are you the last one today? This is not like you!" Wen Xilan was very curious. This has never happened before.

"That's right." Others also echoed.

"I'm late for something. Sorry." Jiang Yuebai sorted out the materials in the morning and spent some time printing the music score downstairs in the building.

"What's the matter?" Long Zhan popped his head out.

"Here, each of you take a copy and get familiar with it first." Jiang Yuebai distributed the music score in his hand to everyone.

"Music score?" Xia Ziyuan took it and responded first.

"Departure?"

"Xiaobai, is this your new creation?"

"Didn't you say you had to wait until after the college entrance examination?"

Several people were puzzled. Things came too suddenly.

"That was originally planned, but plans can't keep up with changes. You can see what I sent in the group." Then Jiang Yuebai sent the link of the graduation song "essay" competition to the group.

Everyone quickly clicked on it.

"Graduation season song writing contest?"

"It seems like there is such a thing. This shared music platform will hold it every year."

"I saw it last night, so I decided on the spur of the moment."

"Xiaobai, you wrote this song very well. When will you write a piano piece for me?" Wen Xilan looked at Jiang Yuebai expectantly.

"Ahem... I'll write it for you later. Let's see if there are any problems with the song first?" Jiang Yuebai quickly changed the subject.

"No."

"No."

"Then let's start. Everyone, practice. You, Azhan, will sing the lead for this song. We will be responsible for the harmony."

"Ah? I'll sing the first song!"

We discussed it before. Considering that everyone sings well, there will be no lead singer. Whoever is suitable for the song will sing it.

This means that this band has no lead singer or everyone is the lead singer.

When Jiang Yuebai decided to use this song, he was ready to let Long Zhan sing it. His voice is the most suitable for this song.

"Don't want to? Forget it if you don't want to."

"No, no, no, I didn't say I didn't want to."

Then Jiang Yuebai guided Long Zhan and corrected some mistakes in his singing.

Jiang Yuebai had carefully considered choosing "Departure" as the song for this competition.

First of all, the lyrics of this song fit the theme of this competition very well. Secondly, the melody is also positive and optimistic, and there is also the expectation of meeting again in the future. In addition, this song was also a graduation season song in the previous life, which can resonate with students. It is also one of Shuimu's representative works.

And the pure music version of this song is also very artistic.

In the afternoon, the six people walked into the recording room and started the formal recording.

One good thing about this world is that when recording, no one else is needed. The control room only needs to set up intelligent processing in advance, unlike the previous life, where someone has to stay in it to do various processing.

This time, Jiang Yuebai played the banjo, which is a relatively unpopular instrument. Su Ying'er is the lead guitarist and Song Qianyun is the rhythm guitarist.

Everyone nodded.

Let's start!

"Just at the moment of departure

Let me sing a song for you

I wonder if you will see me again in the future

Wait until the moment of meeting

Let's sing this song again

Just like we have never parted

..."

The music echoed in the air, the eye contact and tacit cooperation between the band members made the whole performance full of vitality.

The guitar and banjo echoed each other in the interlude, and Long Zhan's performance also made the rhythm of the whole song more distinct, and the drum beats were clear and capable.

For a whole afternoon, the six people stayed in the recording studio without going out.

Maybe it was because it was the first time to record a song, and he had to play the drums and sing at the same time, so Long Zhan was a little nervous and didn't perform well.

After recording more than 20 times, I always felt that something was wrong after listening to it, but I couldn't tell.Even though everyone else thought it was good enough, Jiang Yuebai felt it was still a little off.

In fact, it was entirely possible to record the accompaniment first, and then let Long Zhan sing with the accompaniment.

But Jiang Yuebai thought that this situation would definitely have to be faced in the future, not to mention live performance.

Rather than not performing well at that time, it is better to get used to it from the beginning. We are all teammates, and we won’t mind even if we don’t sing well.

There are not many opportunities to play together, so we must seize these opportunities to record songs.

If we are familiar with it and make fewer mistakes in the future, we can record the accompaniment first and then sing along.

For now, it is better to take it step by step. We are not afraid of failure, but we are afraid of losing confidence.

No one complained. Everyone present was pursuing better. Since it was not perfect, let’s try again.

“Why don’t we do this first, and everyone take a break.” It was not until 7 o’clock in the evening when it was dark that it ended.

Long Zhan felt very embarrassed. After all, it was because of him that everyone practiced repeatedly for so long, although no one complained, and there were only encouragement and cheering.

"Ah Zhan, don't take it to heart, you've done a good job."

"That's right, junior brother, don't take it too seriously."

Before leaving, everyone comforted Long Zhan.

On the way back, Jiang Yuebai was also thinking about what was missing?

Long Zhan had already sung very well, but he always felt that something was missing.

...

On Sunday morning, when everyone came to the 06 lounge, they found that Long Zhan had arrived early and was practicing singing in the recording studio.

"Didn't I tell you not to take it too seriously?" Su Ying'er blamed.

"It's okay, I couldn't sleep anyway, so I came here to practice singing." Long Zhan touched the back of his head and said embarrassedly, then looked at Jiang Yuebai again.

"Xiaobai, let's try again."

Looking at Long Zhan's extremely serious and eager eyes, Jiang Yuebai was slightly startled.

"Okay!"

The six people stepped into the recording studio and took their positions.

"Are you ready?"

Everyone nodded slightly.

"Just at the moment of departure..." As soon as Long Zhan opened his mouth, the others noticed something different, and the feeling was much better than yesterday. Everyone gradually swayed with the rhythm of the music, looking at their teammates with a smile, and completely immersed in this world of music. "Remember that our dream has never changed!" At the end of the song, everyone cheered and jumped for joy, knowing that this performance was perfect and impeccable. "Perfect!" The other five people gave Long Zhan a thumbs up. Long Zhan himself felt relieved, and he finally lived up to the expectations of his teammates. Jiang Yuebai finally realized what was missing yesterday, the youthful vigor, hope for the future, and the courage to fight. It must be said that Long Zhan grew very quickly in one night. Jiang Yuebai saved the recording this time, and he would do some post-production work next. "Ah Zhan, how do you feel?" Xia Ziyuan was quite curious. "Stop talking. I just feel relieved. I feel so stressed."

"Really? You're a little scared when you say that."

"No way?" Song Qianyun also came over.

"Don't listen to his nonsense. We are all family. Don't feel any pressure. At most, we can just rehearse a few more times." Wen Xilan said lightly.

"That's right. What kind of pressure can there be? At most, we can just play a little longer. We don't know how long we have to practice. This little time is nothing. Don't be polite to each other." Su Ying'er patted Long Zhan's head in an adult tone, making everyone laugh.

"Ying'er is right. Don't put pressure on yourself. The rest of you should too. We are a whole. If there is any problem, we can just solve it. Just treat it as practicing the piano. Everything needs to be adjusted slowly." Jiang Yuebai echoed.

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(The original singer of "Departure" is Shuimu Nianhua; the lyrics are Lu Gengxu; the music is composed by Lu Gengxu; the arrangement is Lu Gengxu/Liang Bo. You can listen to the instrumental music of "Departure", which I think is quite good.)