Chapter 189 New Song and New Album (2-in-1)

PS. Thanks to book friends Xianyun Muzi, Qianyin Ailu, Fat House who can’t write books, and Reimu for the book coins. Thank you!

After the first day of filming ended successfully, the instructors were arranged to rest upstairs in the student dormitory.

Because they finished their work earlier, the idle instructors went downstairs to interact with the students.

This is also an opportunity for the students to get up close and personal with their instructors. Before, they were filming a program, so they were somewhat restrained, but now they are much more relaxed, although there were photographers filming both times.

The place where the instructors interact with the students is a large practice room. It was originally used for all-staff assessments tomorrow, but today it was used for a temporary symposium.

Not many students came to chat with the instructors. Most of the students were still shy. Even though they knew that the instructor next door was chatting with their roommates and felt as anxious as a cat scratching their heads, they still didn't dare to come over and take a look.

Among the students who came over, Class A and Class B accounted for more of them. Because Junzi had a good relationship with Wen Xia, she came over and sat directly next to her.

"It's such a pity that you were not at home yesterday. Luo Quan's parents were here for Luo Quan's birthday." Wen Xia said to Junzi with a look of regret.

"There is nothing we can do about it." Junko's tone was also very annoyed, "When we came in, the program team told us that we were not allowed to go out unless there were special circumstances.

What about Izumi-chan? Didn't she come with you? "

Wen Xia thought for a while and said, "She seems to have gone to record a song."

Junko was confused: "Recording songs? Are they for the show?"

"Didn't she say she was going to release an English album before? When she was inspired, she used the equipment of the program team to record the songs."

Hearing Wen Xia's words, several female students nearby gathered around him with curious faces.

Lin Yuxiao: "Teacher Luo Quan is going to release a new album?"

"English album, it is said that one of the songs also invited Leon." Wen Xia pointed at Leon who was playing on his mobile phone.

I saw Leon staring at the phone with a serious face, typing with his fingers non-stop. A kind of female student was about to melt when she saw him like this.

"So handsome."

"I can't stand this serious look."

The students cheered quietly.

Lyon didn't notice this. He just had a headache because Huaxia's fans were too enthusiastic. He had just opened Weibo and more than 5 million fans were following him. Moreover, his first Weibo post to say hello was nearly 5 million times without paying attention. Wan's comments.

As usual, he has to reply to these comments.

However, only a few of the tens of thousands of comments can be selected. In order to show his sincerity, all Lyon's replies are in Chinese.

He definitely can't use pinyin stroke input methods, but he has Baidu Translate.

This is a practical tool that Luo Quan shared with him. It can be converted between Chinese and English at will. Although it is all machine-translated, sometimes the words do not convey the meaning, but in most cases it is relatively reliable.

Lyon uses Baidu Translate to read a comment, then enters his own words of thanks, translates them, then copies and replies.

Because there are so many fans, after replying, new comments will appear one after another, and Leon has to translate again, so he is a little confused for a while.

As for Luo Quan, she is indeed preparing for a new album.

In the blink of an eye, half of April has passed. Luo Quan had previously said that he would try his best to bring back a Grammy trophy to China this year.

Of course this is not a joke, she also has such strength.

Taking advantage of the ready-made equipment in front of him, Luo Quan planned to record a title song for the new album and send it out tonight as a warm-up.

Of course, this title song is not the only one that will be recorded later.

Yesterday, two animation production teams in Japan approached her and wanted her to produce OPs and EDs for their animations.

The animation has basically been completed, only these two things are missing.

Luo Quan has heard of these two animations, one is called "RE: A Different World from Zero" and the other is called "My Girlfriend".

Both are very good dramas, especially the former. When it was aired on Station B, it was the hegemonic drama of the season. It is one of the few popular dramas with over 100 million views. What Luo Quan is going to produce for this drama is Ending song.

As for "Girlfriend at Home", she was asked to produce the OP. The scheduled broadcast time of the two dramas is different from the previous life, which can be regarded as allowing Luo Quan to catch up.

So tonight she has a total of three songs to complete, which is not too much, but not too little either.

The recording studio was not in the dormitory building, so Luo Quan went to the Xiaoshan International Film and Television Center a few hundred meters away.

This center occupies a very large area. It has special shooting venues similar to those in Hengdian, as well as several buildings that provide indoor shooting. There are also a lot of equipment for film and television production in the building, which can be said to be quite complete.

The crew of "Creating Girls' Generation" was not the only one present at the Xiaoshan International Film and Television Center today. Luo Quan went in and saw an acquaintance as soon as he reached the second floor.

"Hey, Luo Quan?" Qin Yi and another male star were about to go downstairs when they saw Luo Quan walking up.

"Qin Yi!" Luo Quan was also a little surprised. He didn't expect to see this male star who he had worked with for a while here.

"What are you doing here?" Qin Yi asked curiously.

"Recording programs, creating Girls' Generation, I am the mentor."

As soon as Luo Quan said it, Qin Yi realized that the recent variety show was vaguely showing signs of becoming a phenomenon-level variety show, and most people in the industry had heard of it.

"So Wen Xia is here too?" Qin Yi said, glancing at his friends beside him ambiguously.

Luo Quan was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood: "Then you must be Qin Yi's good friend, I heard him talk about you!"

"Do you know me?" the boy said in surprise and looked at Luo Quan: "My name is Zhang Zifeng, and I am indeed Qin Yi's good brother...Did he say anything bad about me to you?"

"That's not true. He just asked me about a lot of things." Before Luo Quan finished speaking, Qin Yi coughed violently as if he suddenly had lung disease.

Zhang Zifeng frowned and looked over: "What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, I choked on my saliva." Qin Yi waved his hand quickly, not knowing whether it was to Zhang Zifeng or Luo Quan.

"I still have something to do, so I'll go up first. We'll talk next time if we have a chance." Luo Quan understood what Qin Yi meant and hurried away.

After Luo Quan left, Zhang Zifeng hugged his good brother and said with a "kind" expression: "Old Qin, did you reveal any information to Luo Quan?"

Qin Yi looked as usual: "What information can I reveal?"

Zhang Zifeng said seriously: "I'm warning you, I just have a good impression of Wen Xia, and I don't have any intention to go further. You must never tell anyone."

"Don't worry, it's not like you don't know my mouth. It's tighter than a security door!" Qin Yi said, banging his chest.

Only then did Zhang Zifeng let go of his hand, and the two of them continued downstairs.

Luo Quan came to the third floor. There were basically no celebrities here. They were all behind-the-scenes production staff of various crews.

There are many rooms and there are many people in them.

The layout of this floor is in a zigzag shape, and each side is responsible for the production of one type of media. For example, Luo Quan is in several rooms responsible for video editing, and it is also the room with the most people.

Luo Quan walked and looked all the way, and when he got to the middle, he happened to see Director Huang of "Creating Girls' Generation". He was discussing something with Assistant Director Li and Zhou Yangwen.

Zhou Yangwen was obviously just giving some opinions, so he was not particularly focused. When he looked up, he happened to see Luo Quan passing by, and he immediately walked out: "Why did you wander here?"

Luo Quan replied with a smile: "I came here to see if there is a free recording studio. I want to record a few songs."

"Are you going to release a new album?" Zhou Yangwen has actually been thinking about Luo Quan's new English album for a long time, but he has always been embarrassed to ask her. After all, he still has to produce a debut album for the program team.

Luo Quan nodded: "Yes, I didn't have any equipment in the capital before, but there happened to be equipment here, so I borrowed it by the way."

"Have you contacted Xuanfa Company?"

"Do you still need to announce the company?" Luo Quan was stunned for a moment, "Isn't it enough to post on Weibo?"

Zhou Yangwen smiled and said: "With your reputation, you can indeed get attention without publicizing the company, but that is still not as direct as taking over after a professional company takes over.

Moreover, in addition to publicity, sales channels, fan benefits, album covers, and MVs also need to be solved. Can you handle it all by yourself? "

"I probably don't know how to shoot MVs, but I have to prepare well for the album cover." Luo Quan said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, I understand what you mean. I will definitely choose Penguin Music for this album in China. For the first time...if you are willing to buy the domestic rights."

"Twenty million, I want the permanent exclusive license for your new album in China!" Zhou Yangwen was extremely generous and offered an unimaginable sky-high price.

"In addition, the platform can give you a 50-50 share of the album's sales. This is already the share of the top singers in the country. No one can give you a higher share!" Zhou Yangwen was very confident. He felt that Luo Quan had no reason to reject him.

Luo Quan really had no reason. From the beginning of their contact, Zhou Yangwen had been showing goodwill to her, and he had been looking forward to the cooperation between the two parties for a long time. Now that she had just let the news out, the latter offered such a high licensing fee. This sincerity is already very great.

"I hope we can have a happy cooperation." Luo Quan stretched out his hand, and Zhou Yangwen smiled and held it.

"But I have a small request."

"Say." Luo Quan's expression remained unchanged.

"You and I both hope to sell a good number for this album. I believe in the quality of your songs very much, but after all, it is an album, and it is a little unreasonable to not have a MV. Can you shoot a song? After all, This is also the first time you have shot an official MV since your debut."

Luo Quan let go of his hand, thought for a while, and said, "Yes, yes, but when the time comes, can I make the decision on how to shoot?"

"Are you still going to be a director?" Zhou Yangwen's eyes widened.

Luo Quan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Of course not. No matter how talented you are, you can't know everything. I just have some ideas, and I won't know until they are filmed whether they are good or not."

"No problem!" Zhou Yangwen nodded in agreement, "By the way, do you want to record a song now? Do you need me to contact a few music producers to help?"

Luo Quan asked: "If you ask people to help, you have to pay, right?"

Zhou Yangwen laughed: "If it's you, it's free."

Luo Quan waved his hand: "Forget it. It's too rude to ask people to help without paying you. I can handle the music production by myself. I don't need to trouble others."

Zhou Yangwen nodded: "Well... okay, I will arrange for people to prepare for the announcement and release, and prepare your first title song..."

"I can hand it over tonight." Luo Quan said firmly.

"Okay, I'll wait for your news." Zhou Yangwen said happily.

It's a pleasure to work with this kind of star. You don't need to worry about almost anything. You just need to take care of the network aspect. They are straightforward and don't bargain with you. Unlike some other stars, they don't have much skill. The score presented is quite large.

After the two of them smiled goodbye, Luo Quan walked around to the recording studio.

After all, it is a film and television center. There are not many recording studios here, only four, and each one seems to be occupied.

Luo Quan looked outside and saw that everyone seemed very busy.

Fortunately, it's not very late, so it's okay to wait here for a while.

Fortunately, Luo Quan was seen by an "acquaintance".

In fact, they can't be called acquaintances. They have only met once and exchanged a few words.

This acquaintance is Cao Mufeng, who received the award with Luo Quan last time on Weibo night.

He had just finished recording a line of lyrics and took off his headphones to take a rest. Suddenly he saw Luo Quan standing outside, so he got up and walked out.

Several producers in the room looked at him, wondering why he suddenly stopped recording.

"Luo Quan?" Cao Mufeng called out to Luo Quan, who was playing Fun and Fun, and the latter suddenly raised his head: "It's you, what a coincidence!"

Cao Mufeng was curious: "You came here to record songs too?"

"Yes, but it seems there are already people there."

Cao Mufeng invited her: "Come to my room. I don't have a few words here anyway. I'll take over for you after recording."

Of course Luo Quan would not refuse such a good thing. He said thank you happily and walked in.

The recording studio is actually divided into two parts. One is a recording studio that is relatively isolated from the outside world and is very quiet, where singers sing and record. The other is a production room near the door, which is responsible for producing accompaniments and recording. Adjust and modify the recorded sound.

After walking in, Luo Quan stayed in the production room, while Cao Mufeng, who was originally going to take a rest, also walked into the recording studio and continued working.

Even though Luo Quan usually records a whole song in one breath, it is actually very rare in the music circle to record songs like her. Most of them record the main and chorus twice, divided into four places, and more Some even record two or three sentences and then stop for a while, while others record sentence after sentence.

The latter are usually those popular stars who are good at singing. After recording a complete song, even a top tuner will feel that it is impossible to modify it. In other words, it cannot be used at all.

So we can only let these people record sentence by sentence, try to get the breath and tone to a level that can be heard, and then they will adjust and edit it in the later stage.

Because it takes too much time to record one sentence, such a song often takes a whole day to record, and sometimes it is even impossible to finish.

Of course, Cao Mufeng is definitely not a popular star. Before Luo Quan appeared, he was the number one among young musicians in China in terms of both creative talent and singing skills.

The reason why he recorded it like this this time was mainly because this song is relatively difficult, and the studio version must be perfect, so he recorded it in this way.

Luo Quan also held her arms in the music studio while watching Cao Mufeng singing alone in the recording studio. She didn't have many headphones, so she couldn't hear anything.

Among the two producers sitting in front of them, one was moving the mouse on the computer, clicking here and there, while the other was moving his hand up and down on a platform full of buttons.

However, the frequency of the two people's operations is not particularly frequent. It seems that Cao Mufeng's singing does not need to be adjusted very much.

After recording for about ten minutes, Cao Mufeng walked out of the recording studio, his face a little red because of the continuous high notes just now.

After the song was recorded, the two producers made simple adjustments and saved it.

A song is definitely not that easy to produce. Post-production requires at least two hours of work by two people. Isn't this to make room for Luo Quan?

However, Cao Mufeng did not turn around and leave. Instead, he stayed in the music production room and said to Luo Quan: "I have always heard that your song production is very fast. It takes less than three hours from recording to final completion of a song." , I’ve always been quite curious, do you mind if I stay and take a look?”

"Of course I don't mind." Luo Quan didn't have anything to hide. After all, the craft of song production couldn't be learned just by looking at it. Besides, it wasn't a unique secret, and she wasn't afraid of being stolen by Cao Mufeng.

The first step is to create the accompaniment for the song to be recorded.

The title song of the English album she is going to record, the accompaniment is basically piano, slow tempo, not difficult at all.

However, there was no piano in the recording studio, only an electronic keyboard. The timbre of the electronic keyboard could not meet Luo Quan's requirements, so he had to settle for the next best thing and use computer software for synthesis.

Then the three of them saw Luo Quan wearing headphones, clicking on the analog keys on the computer, and playing a melody with one hand.

The whole melody lasted about four minutes. Luo Quan adjusted the speed of the melody and listened to it again. After making sure there was no problem, he directly saved and transferred it.

"Is this done?" Cao Mufeng said in surprise when he saw Luo Quan taking off his headphones and standing up. Not only him, but the two producers behind him also thought it was outrageous.

"The accompaniment is just this piano piece? Isn't there too few elements?" Cao Mufeng asked. He is a standard academic, and many academics judge the quality of music based on how many arrangements she has made. It is carried out through transformation and diversity of timbre.

A high-quality, musical song often has many melody changes, rich accompaniment and arrangement, and the lyrics and music become secondary.

The accompaniment produced by Luo Quan only has one piano song from beginning to end. Even if it is a demo (song sample), is it too hasty?

Luo Quan smiled: "A good song is never determined by the number of elements in it. The one that suits it is the best."

Cao Mufeng felt as if he was struck by thunder, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"Do me a favor and play the accompaniment for me when I record the song later." Luo Quan said and walked into the recording studio.

Cao Mufeng took a deep breath, put on his headphones, and sat upright.

PS. You can guess this English song. Hint: the voice of the person singing it is very recognizable, and he has won numerous awards in the past ten years.