Chapter 458 Meeting(1/2)
Yang Jingxing immediately grabbed his laptop and a stack of music scores and prepared to set off. Pang Xi wanted to take over, but Yang Jingxing refused to stage the score. So Pang Xi took his notepad and arranged his makeup while following Yang Jingxing's footsteps.
Passing by the recording department, Yang Jingxing opened the door and asked Chang Yiming: "Is there a meeting?"
Chang Yiming was not in a hurry: "There's still a while... let's go."
Zhong Yingwen also followed and smiled at Yang Jingxing: "It's amazing..."
Yang Jingxing retorted: "It's becoming more and more avant-garde."
Zhong Yingwen looked at Pang Xi and complained to Yang Jingxing: "You should have told me earlier. I went to the concert last Monday. It's a pity..."
Yang Jingxing threatened: "Sister Yaoyao asked, why is Zhong Yingwen not here?"
Zhong Yingwen was excited: "Fart... was it really you and them who wrote it together?"
Yang Jingxing shook his head: "They write it, I remember it."
Chang Yiming said: "The arrangement is yours, I can see it."
Zhong Ing-wen asked: "Have you seen the video? It was filmed secretly. It was too far away."
Chang Yiming smiled: "It's probably from the planning department..."
Three people had already arrived in the small conference room of the editorial department. Hao Shengfeng and Yi Ban, the arrangers and composers signed by Hongxing, who had been drinking with Zhou and Chen Zhou Daya with Yang Jingxing, and Shen Yibo, another Hongxing person who was also the chief arranger.
.Shen Yibo is less than thirty years old. He graduated from the composition department of Shenyang Conservatory of Music and has not had much contact with Yang Jingxing.
These people all participated in the preparation of Tong Yichun's new album. Yi Ban prepared two songs, and Hao Shengfeng and Shen Yibo were responsible for the arrangement of several songs. However, their qualifications in Hongxing are much older than Yang Jingxing's, so they have nothing.
Give Yang Jingxing a trial.
Yi Ban was pleasantly surprised when he saw Yang Jing walking: "Hey, Manager Yang is here."
Yang Jingxing said politely: "Brother Yi Ban, hello, brother Feng, brother Bo..."
Everyone greeted each other, and Yi Ban was curious about Pang Xi: "Beauty, what do you call her?"
Yang Jingxing introduced: "Pang Xi, you should know him."
Yi Ban shook his head: "I'm not on duty..." Then asked Pang Xi: "Which department?"
Pang Xi said: "I am an assistant at Studio 402."
Yi Banlian said several times: "That's awesome! Assistant manager, please take a seat!"
Pang Xi only sat down beside Yang Jingxing, and Zhong Yingwen could only act as Chang Yiming's follower.
Hao Shengfeng talked to Yang Jingxing: "I changed the arrangement of "In the Center of the Wind" slightly, adding violin and guitar, and nothing else was changed."
Yang Jingxing smiled: "You have higher requirements for yourself."
Hao Shengfeng stated: “The manager’s intention.”
Yang Jingxing apologized: "I've dragged you down."
Hao Shengfeng smiled: "I actually like your original version."
Yi Ban agreed: "Manager Yang has a high standard, otherwise he would be so prosperous."
Shen Yibo also hehe, Yang Jingxing also hehe: "The level is far different, thanks to the seniors for taking care of me."
Yi Banhahaha: "You're too polite, we can't take care of you. It's true that my father-in-law and mother-in-law are amazing."
Several other people laughed, Chang Yiming laughed and said, "It's useless for you to be envious."
Yi Ban admitted: "That's right, it's not as good-looking as Manager Yang's face."
Yang Jingxing was pleasantly surprised and turned around to ask Pang Xi: "Do you have a mirror? Brother Yi Ban said so, I want to take a look."
Pang Xi twitched the corner of his mouth, but no one else smiled happily.
Shen Yibo asked: "402, how old are you?"
Yang Jingxing said: "I will be a sophomore soon."
Shen Yibo asked: "Do you know He Hongchui?"
…
The two academics didn't chat for a while before the door of the conference room was pushed open. Gan Kaicheng walked in front of Tong Yichun, followed by Lan Jingyue and Tong Zhenshu.
Everyone stood up to welcome them, and Tong Yichun gave a thorough greeting: "Thank you for your hard work, please take a seat."
After everyone sat down, Gan Kaicheng said without any opening remarks: "Let's get started. The preparation time is not short. I have almost all the arrangements of Yi Chun's own songs here, plus 402 and Yi Ban's three. First, select a few more..."
We all understand the general situation, and Tong Yichun has also made preparations in advance. The purpose of today is to discuss it in detail.
Tong Yichun still attaches great importance to arrangement. He focuses on his own songs first. He first asked Hao Shengfeng to explain his two arrangement ideas and play a demo without vocals.
Hao Shengfeng is a professional. Although his method is not that complicated, he can produce the required effects with just a few instruments, and his techniques are mature and clear.
After listening to "In the Center of the Wind", Tong Yichun nodded: "I will listen to 402's own music later and compare it."
In comparison, the structure of Shen Yibo's academic demos is obviously larger and sometimes a little redundant, but overall it is a carefully crafted work without any special routine.
The main thing was to see Tong Yichun's opinion, but she didn't express anything, but asked again: "402, you seem to have done more?"
Yang Jingxing said: "I didn't do anything, I just urged others to do it. You should listen first."
Tong Yichun looked at the information: "Chen Yan, my last album also had his arrangements, maybe three."
Yang Jingxing said: "His style is a bit of a combination of jazz and folk music..."
Gan Kaicheng commented: "He is the best at it. He is actually quite capable, but it is a pity that he demands too much creative freedom."
Yang Jingxing said: "I made some requests on my own initiative, and he complied with them. I don't know if it was right or not."
Tong Yichun said: "Listen to it first."
In comparison, Yang Jingxing's demo seemed to be more sophisticated, although the tambourine part that he didn't understand at all was clicked with the mouse.
After listening to the accompaniment of a song, Tong Yichun nodded: "It's okay, it's more refreshing."
Everyone listened carefully to the melody and lyrics of the song. Yi Banti asked: "At the end of the main song, I sing about youth, and what you hear is about the years. The chord pattern is a bit strange..." Don't look at what he just wrote I also know how to sing and arrange music.
Gan Kaicheng said: "C hanging four...it's not bad."
Yi Ban asked Yang Jingxing: "Don't you think it's not smooth enough?"
Yang Jingxing nodded: "I also made my own decision, because when Miss Tong sang this line, the emphasis might be on youth and listening..."
Tong Yichun nodded: "Yeah, almost, it's not an accent."
Yang Jingxing continued: "So I suggest Chen Yan to highlight the singer's accent, otherwise it won't be obvious enough. This way it won't look artificial and will be calmer. I don't know if that's right."
Yi Ban stretched out his hand: "Let me take a look at the score..." After reading carefully with everyone for a while, he doubted: "You majored in composition, how did you calculate this series? Look, this should be four, this should be three, Isn’t it much better?”
Yang Jingxing nodded: "It's okay, but it's in Canon mode. I feel like I'm using it too much..."
Yi Ban sneered: "Why is this a canon? The canon is 34145."
Shen Yibo reminded Yi Ban: "It's the same in C key. To change this, you need to change the framework..."
Yi Ban looked at it carefully: "Oh, yes, sorry."
Gan Kaicheng smiled and said: "You are a songwriter, and you are competing with other composers for harmony?"
Yi Ban is not afraid of power: "Yeah, I can come to the meeting and make suggestions!"
Yang Jingxing said to Tong Yichun: "Actually, whether Brother Yi Ban's suggestion is good or not, it all depends on your choice."
Tong Yichun plays guitar and wants to be unique, so she immediately chose: "Just use this."
After basically deciding on one song, Yang Jingxing began to introduce the next song, first informing everyone: "It's Chen Yan's. He uses more high-pitched chords in this one. I think it's a good try. Please help me listen to it."
Regarding the arrangement, the people who can speak the most here are Yang Jingxing and Shen Yibo. The two of them slowly started discussing it, one after another, leaving Lan Jingyue and the others in a state of confusion.
Although Hao Shengfeng is also a powerful person, he does not have that much written theoretical basis, so most of the time he can only listen and occasionally offer opinions.
The result of the discussion and even argument was that Shen Yibo said helplessly: "If we want to really create something new, we can only work on the orchestration, not just a few sets."
Yang Jingxing nodded: "I think so too. I tried using this orchestration method, but I didn't think it was up to par."
Gan Kaicheng encouraged: "Listen and see. Whether you pass or not is not your decision."
Yang Jingxing presented an accompaniment demo that he made using old-fashioned orchestration methods. The song was the least commercial among Tong Yichun's songs, and the song was called "Falling".
As soon as the sound sounded, a group of people were shocked. At first, the weird violin and cello sounded like the soundtrack of a horror movie, and then the solid drums and strings played in unison, evolving into an action blockbuster.
Tong Yichun frowned visibly. It was obvious that Yang Jingxing's attempt was too inconsiderate of the feelings of the person who released the album. Only Shen Yibo and Gan Kaicheng were calm and seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
After the intro is over, the accompaniment returns to the melody of the song, but it is still very different from Tong Yichun's previous style. The heavy electronic music and dynamic strings, at least from ordinary thinking, do not match the style of the song and the singer.
Tong Yichun frowned, but she still showed respect for the fruits of Yang Jingxing's labor and read her own score while listening to the accompaniment.
There is actually an electric guitar, an instrument that Tong Yichun has almost never used, and it sounds obviously weird. It is just deliberately new for the sake of novelty.
Fortunately, the accompaniment did not continue to be exaggerated, and slowly began to "fall", and finally I had an attitude of serving the song.
Finally, the song should have ended, but the accompaniment suddenly started to play again, and it felt very gorgeous. This was arranging the music for the songwriter, and it was basically the arranger showing off his own skills.
After the colorful accompaniment suddenly ended, no one spoke.
After realizing that everyone was waiting for his opinion, Tong Yichun raised his head and said: "Let's not talk about this for now, let's take a look at the songs everyone chose."
To be continued...