【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

In the early morning recording studio, there was a melody of piano and guitar. The guitar was dominant, and the piano was just gently surrounding. The rich emotions flowing from the fingertips circled again and again, creating ripples in the lake of the heart.

After a long time, the musicians pushed the door open and the music stopped abruptly.

"It sounds good!" Feng Ziying couldn't help but praise. He had just been listening at the door for a long time and didn't want to come in because he didn't want to disturb them.

Lin Pin'er put down the wooden guitar in her hand and stood up to get water for everyone.

"Pin'er was taught by Shui Rong, right?" It was also the first time Feng Ziying saw her playing the guitar. Just now, when he was outside the door, he thought the person playing the guitar was Li Shui Rong!

"Yes, he is my teacher."

"My buddy is going to learn to play the drums. How about being the drummer for your band?"

Lin Pin'er smiled and said, "You sing so well, wouldn't it be a waste of your talent to be a drummer?"

"I can sing harmony for you. There are so many people who can sing well. I really like playing drums recently."

Li Shuirong immediately introduced him and the fat man to each other.

"I added him on WeChat yesterday, and he sent me a lot of audio materials."

"That's great!"

Looking through the glass window, Professor Chen also came to the control room. He sat in front of the white console and began to debug various equipment.

"I'm not going to chat with you anymore. I'm going to be Professor Chen's apprentice." Lin Pin'er walked out briskly. She had learned how to operate the machine yesterday, so that Professor Chen could direct her through the microphone to assist in recording. It also saved her the trouble of running back and forth.

The fat man was a very cheerful person. He asked Feng Ziying to move a chair and sit next to him. He taught him some basics and then began to rehearse.

In the afternoon, Teacher Nie also came. She was going to supervise Lin Pin'er's recording of songs today. It just so happened that the band also had other rehearsals in the afternoon, so the afternoon was for the recording of the singing part.

As soon as Teacher Nie arrived, she took charge of the situation. She sat at the control console and Professor Chen could only do odd jobs beside her.

Teacher Nie put on his headphones and said into the microphone, "Let's do some voice warming exercises first."

Lin Pin'er in the recording studio started moving her lips and singing.

“Beep, beep, beep…”

"Teacher, can I have a tissue to put on the microphone? I'm afraid it will get wet." Lin Pin'er raised her hand and said.

Li Shuirong hurriedly took the tissue box in and helped her wrap the microphone.

"Don't giggle." Lin Pin'er glared at Shui Rong. It was easy to spit out saliva when doing this exercise, and she was already embarrassed, but he was still giggling.

"Now that your voice is ready, let's try the first sentence. Use the air flow sound to start the marginalized chest voice." Teacher Nie gave the instruction seriously.

"Listen carefully together

This is the tune of the two of us

You must find out

The sigh of the sunset blows away the shyness…”

"Stop, you have to notice that! In this sentence, the vocal cords are thinned and closed at the edges, which makes the larynx relatively high. This sentence is very important: you have to notice it! It should be like telling a story gently, but the singing feeling cannot be relaxed."

Lin Pin'er nodded to indicate that she understood, and then tried it into the microphone.

"The erratic angel

Folded its white wings

After singing this sentence, Lin Pin'er stopped and waited for the teacher's guidance.

"You handled these two sentences very well. I heard the dynamic switching between airy mixed voice and weak mixed voice. The first accompaniment here is very simple. The piano just plays a chord without any melody. It is just to highlight your vocals. Then the music starts, and your emotions should also rise."

"When you smile while thinking of me alone

Precious love will appear. ”

"From breathy mixed voice to strong mixed voice to belting, you can process it in any way that is comfortable for you. If you are not comfortable singing the chorus, it will be difficult for others to sing your songs in the future, and your songs will not be easy to spread or be covered. Even if I go to KTV, I dare not order your songs. Do you understand?"

After listening to Teacher Nie's comments, Li Shuirong took advantage of the time before the next segment began to bring her a cup of tea. He was afraid that Teacher Nie was too strict and would scare the little girl.

"You don't have to worry about her. She is very resilient now. We will tune her music behind closed doors to help her tune it to the best. When you add the harmony later, I won't be polite either." Teacher Nie saw through Li Shuirong's purpose at a glance. Li Shuirong smiled gently after hearing this, indicating that what the teacher said was right.

Then he signaled Lin Pin'er to sing again, and after she finished singing, he called her back to put on headphones and listen to the effect herself.

"I've adjusted the first part for you. You used breathy voice for the climax here, but I want you to switch to singing with your real voice for the last sentence, and increase the pressure under the glottis. Try it. Singing like this is equivalent to a double underline ending. Because there is a short melody accompaniment at the end, it won't sound good if it's weakened, as if the music starts again later, which would be a bit abrupt."

Lin Pin'er nodded after listening and made notes on her own music score.

"So now the rough sample of our song is finished. If you try it one or two more times, we'll move on to the next one. You can polish it yourself in the later stage. Recording is a process of competing with yourself. You have to find your own shortcomings and then improve them."

Lin Pin'er turned back to the recording studio, where Teacher Nie put on his headphones again. He signaled her to start and pressed the record button.

When it was Li Shuirong's turn to enter the studio, Teacher Nie had no intention of letting him go.

"The normal difference between male and female voices is four Ks. That is, two whole tones and four semitones. When you like to sing, follow the lead singer to sing harmony. It feels right, but you have to lower the K or your chest voice cannot enter this range. And for the chorus, I want you two to sing like a dialogue, she sings one sentence and you sing one sentence, both of you are the main singer, without distinction of priority. If you sing too high, it will sound like you are arguing and quarreling."

Li Shuirong nodded and tried again.

"Yes, very good! You can use your chest voice to harmonize the lower part. You can just make your voice louder in the later stage."

"The last sentence also needs to be handled differently. Just now, Lin Pin'er changed the last sentence to not use breathy voice. You can use balanced mixed low voice harmony instead. Try the effect."

Professor Chen was very willing to do the odd jobs at this moment. Teacher Nie was a god-like existence. She was the director of the musical, and her job was to direct the singers to perform without mistakes. It was like she was directing Lin Pin'er and Li Shuirong now, and she would be able to supervise their concerts in the future, but that was a story for later.

Her method is to teach them to sing well directly, so that they can sing live without any difficulty in the future, instead of using computers to adjust the sound now and then being embarrassed in the future.

The subsequent recording went much more smoothly, and Teacher Nie followed her until about six o'clock before leaving. Lin Pin'er has high demands on herself, and she needs to present her work perfectly, just as if Teacher Nie was by her side. As the saying goes: aesthetics is the ultimate showmanship, and simplicity is the highest realm.

Shifan and Zijuan bought their dinner and had it in the lounge next to the control room.

"Where is Feng Ziying? I haven't seen him all afternoon. Aren't you waiting for him to have dinner together?" Lin Pin'er only then remembered Master Feng.

"He left with the band members after lunch. You just remembered him now? He's very enthusiastic right now, maybe he's following the fat guy in the band circle!"

"He's not doing business anymore? Joining us in a band?" Lin Pin'er opened the lunch boxes one by one. At first glance, they were all dishes from Li Shuirong's second brother's restaurant, and each one was a classic.

Set the chopsticks for them and ask Zijuan to call Professor Chen to come for dinner.

"He saw us forming a band and wanted to join in. If he could meet our standards, we would let him join. If he couldn't, we wouldn't give him any backdoor. He himself said that if he couldn't do well, he would go back and inherit the family business."

Lin Pin'er smiled and said, "You are quite serious."

"Of course. Since you are so serious, I have to be serious too." Seeing Professor Chen come in, he hurriedly offered him a seat.

During the meal, Professor Chen expressed his idea. He was willing to join the recording studio as a partner. The equipment here was better than his, but his equipment was not bad either. He could develop the downstairs and make two studios together, and move his equipment here.

"That's great. Recording happens to be something you love. Please help us get the studio up and running."

"You'll know when school starts. The artistic atmosphere at the Central Conservatory of Music is very good, and the students are multi-talented. The students who are into art at the Central Conservatory of Music alone can support a recording studio. When school starts, you can pay attention to the new students, and maybe you can find the band members you like."