Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 688: No Breathing
Behind the two girls was Liu Chuang, who looked frustrated. Without asking, it was obvious that the recording process was not going smoothly.

Before Bian Lang could ask, Liu Chuang saw Xia Xiao and immediately started to control his expression. He smiled and walked up to Xia Xiao and said hello, "Teacher Xia, I haven't seen you for several years. You haven't changed at all. I am really envious!"

Xia Xiao has a wide network of contacts in the industry. Liu Chuang, who she has interviewed before, is also an acquaintance: "As long as you male singers have good voices, the audience won't be too harsh on you. But it's different for us women. We have to keep a good mental outlook on stage at all times to live up to the audience."

Hearing this, Liu Chuang laughed and said, "Teacher Xia's words are a bit arbitrary. Bian Lang doesn't like to hear this..."

Bian Lang pretended not to hear what he said, pulled Liu Chuang out of the camera's range and asked, "What's wrong? Are you still not satisfied?"

Liu Chuang smiled bitterly and waved his hands: "I used to think I was pretty good in China, and I thought I would be okay even if I were to go abroad. Now compared with Silva, it simply destroys my belief in music."

Bian Lang had heard Liu Chuang’s demo before, and there is definitely a gap between him and Lin Diantang, but you can’t compare the skills of someone who has been singing his masterpiece for decades with Liu Chuang who has only been singing this song for less than a month.

But Silva's performance was almost the same as that of the original Earth Emperor. When they sang the same tune, Liu Chuang's shortcomings were exposed.

Regarding this album, Bian Lang’s attitude is to make it as perfect as possible without leaving any regrets, so he still wants to think of more ways for Liu Chuang.

He himself couldn't sing with the feeling of Lin Diantang, but he knew what that feeling should be like.

Seeing that Xia Xiao and the other two were chatting happily, Bian Lang walked over and asked politely, "Teacher Xia, do you have enough time today? If possible, I would like to go and see Brother Liu to see what's going on. There are some problems with his cooperation with Silva..."

How could Xia Xiao miss this opportunity to collect materials? Xia Xiao had never met such a person before, not to mention that this person was his compatriot.

"Let's go, I'm also interested. If everyone doesn't mind, I'd like to take some footage."

Liu Chuang naturally had no problem with it. After listening to Xia Xiao's explanation in English, Silva nodded happily and said, "I have no problem, but I hope Wave can give me some advice..."

Just like that, the group returned to the recording studio controlled by Olaf.

Seeing that the person who came in with the equipment was not an acquaintance, Olaf instinctively wanted to say something, but when he saw Bian Lang also come in, he gave him an inquiring look.

Bian Lang nodded, walked to his side and pointed at Xia Xiao, saying: "It's the interview I mentioned to you. They need some materials from our work. It's just right, I came to listen to what Brother Chuang is like now, and see if I can help..."

Hearing this, Olaf had no objection: "Wave, I'm a little worried about Liu Chuang's condition. I suggest you find a backup plan for the two groups of singers next month."

"Hmm?" Bian Lang frowned. He knew exactly what Olaf wanted to say, but he just couldn't believe that Liu Chuang's performance was so bad that he had to postpone the release of his song.

"These two songs are so classic, Wave, you know, after I sent Silva's back to the head office, those guys who didn't care much about the album before are now scrambling to send you demos. So I hope it will be the version that will shut everyone up when it comes out!"

At this point, Bian Lang looked at Olaf gratefully and said, "Thank you, Olaf. If you want to stay in China for a long time, I can help you with any conditions DGM has!"

Again, if Silva hadn't joined, Liu Chuang's current version should have been enough. But now not only did Silva join in, but Olaf also deliberately sent the sample back, wasn't it just to give a slap in the face to those who had looked down on Bian Lang before?

But if Liu Chuang's Chinese version doesn't keep up, then those weird voices will start to appear, even within DGM! And it's conceivable that those remarks will contain something that is not very friendly to the Chinese people.

Bian Lang figured this out almost instantly. After all, in the original Earth, "Never Left" was regarded as a Chinese classic that was not inferior to the original. But if Lin Diantang hadn't sung it, I believe the recognition of this statement would have been greatly reduced.

Even though it was the version in which Huang Qishan was highly praised, saying that she could fight against Xi Di in the middle gate, Bian Lang felt that the Title Hall was just looking for trouble to find fault with the person involved!

After all, because of Lin Zhixuan's performance, the song was given a title that could be used as his nickname: "Never Breathed"! Thinking of this, Bian Lang probably knew how to tell Liu Chuang that it might be effective.

He looked at Liu Chuang, who was not in a very good mental state, and finally said to Olaf: "If there is no progress by the end of the month, I will do as you said. I will ask Sister Kuan to find someone later!"

Now Xie Xinyan and Tao Xiaoyu's new songs are in the top two positions on the list. With this demonstration effect, Bian Lang doesn't believe that the situation of finding people now will be the same as before.

As long as people are willing to come, Bian Lang doesn't have to worry about the order. When the time comes, those who are suitable will come to record earlier, and when Liu Chuang happens again, the singers will have more time to practice and deal with it. Anyway, there will be no shortage of songs, it just depends on who comes.

After introducing Olaf to Xia Xiao, Bian Lang asked Silva to try it first.

I have to say that listening to these singers who have extraordinary talent and skills sing is an ultimate enjoyment.

Just like you have to go to the Northeast to eat frozen pears, and you have to go to Yunnan to eat cross-bridge rice noodles. Bian Lang thinks that those online claims that the most authentic Northeast cross-bridge rice noodles are pure nonsense, which is simply an insult to the four words "cross-bridge rice noodles"!

Xia Xiao, wearing headphones, felt even more strongly. She had heard that Bian Lang's works were very selective about who they performed. Now she felt that it was not Bian Lang's works that were selective about who he performed, but that Bian Lang would find the most suitable singers for his works.

Take the song "I surrender" for example. She had definitely never heard this song before, but after listening to two sentences through headphones, she had already assumed in her mind that this was Silva's masterpiece.

Looking at Liu Chuang at this time, he was looking at Silva inside and shaking his head.

Bian Lang took off his monitoring headphones and walked over, patted Liu Chuang on the shoulder and said, "Try it for a while, I think it's a problem with breathing."

"Breathe?" Liu Chuang didn't quite understand what Bian Lang meant.

Although Bian Lang is the original author of this song, he certainly has his own inherent impression of this song in his mind.

But how can I put it? It's a matter of personal opinion. The idea that Bian Lang has in mind may not be the most suitable for this song.

Especially when there is no comparison.

How can we pinpoint a problem as specific as “ventilation”?
But he didn't know that Bian Lang had Lin Zhixuan's original version in his mind for comparison, not to mention the breathing problem. If Bian Lang was willing, he could recall all the details of Lin Zhixuan's singing of this song, not to mention the breathing problem, even the pronunciation of each word, Bian Lang could pick it out for him. But Bian Lang didn't want to do that. No matter how similar the voices of one person and another are, they can't be exactly the same. Bian Lang also wanted Liu Chuang to perform "Never Left" completely his own, so that this song would shine on the Blue Water Star.

If it is a one-to-one restoration, Bian Lang believes that training an AI, even if it cannot be 95%, should have no problem achieving % high imitation.

But Bian Lang feels that music without emotional investment is without warmth and soul.

"Yes, breathe. Try it first. Stretch out the note after the chorus and sing as long as you can. Then breathe quickly and continue with the next sentence. Just do it like that!" Bian Lang didn't know whether Liu Chuang could understand what he said correctly, and then find and solve his problem.

So he added at the end: "Your voice is a perfect match for this song. Among the male singers I know, I can't think of anyone who is more suitable than you. But if the gap between you and Silva is too big, I will choose to postpone the release time of your song until both you and I are satisfied!"

These words sounded a bit like an ultimatum, but Liu Chuang knew that Bian Lang was encouraging him.

"Thank you Bian Lang, I also hope this song can become one of my representative works! I will try my best!"

After saying that, Liu Chuang took a deep breath and stopped talking. After waiting for Silva to come out, he walked into the recording studio again.

He couldn't even remember how many times he had been here. Before Silva came, he kept asking himself to do better in order to pursue breakthroughs. But after Silva came, although he was still pursuing breakthroughs, his inner thoughts changed to not falling too far behind.

Just this little psychological change made him less and less confident. Every time he walked into this place, he began to feel a sense of fear in his heart.

Even his agent Kuizi didn't know how to counsel him psychologically, and could only bring up Tao Xiaoyu and Xie Xinyan's grades. But it would have been better if he hadn't said that, because once he did, Liu Chuang became even more scared.

Tao Xiaoyu and Xie Xinyan sing two different songs, and their styles and themes are completely unrelated. Even if you compare them, there is no obvious difference between them. However, "Never Left" and "I Surrender" are basically the same song. Even if the lyrics are different, listeners can still compare them very intuitively...

But seeing the change in Liu Chuang's expression when he entered the recording studio again, Kuizi was very surprised about what Bian Lang had just said to Liu Chuang.

Walking closer to Bian Lang, Kuizi asked in a low voice: "Teacher Bian, what unique method did you use to make Lao Liu regain some confidence with just a few words?"

Bian Lang didn't know what to say, so he pointed inside and said, "Let's listen to how he sings first?" Then he gave a thumbs up to Liu Chuang inside!
Liu Chuang saw it and gave a thumbs up to Bian Lang in response.

But the effect can be seen from the expressions of several people outside. Although it is better than before, the gap with Silva is still huge.

Only Olaf had a relatively happy smile on his face: "Wave, if you can spare some time to talk to Liu Chuang, I think we should be able to officially record it soon."

Bian Lang nodded, and after Liu Chuang came out, Olaf repeated what he had just said to Bian Lang. Liu Chuang knew that he still had to practice more.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Bian Lang planned to take Xia Xiao to the prepared recording studio to complete today's work.

But Xia Xiao suddenly suggested with great interest: "Everyone, I heard you say that you have never heard Bian Lang sing this song. Today is a good opportunity. Let's let Bian Lang sing it once and let us hear how it feels."

This proposal was immediately approved by everyone present except Bian Lang! Bian Lang did not refuse and walked into the recording studio amid everyone's expectations.

Liu Chuang was most interested in watching Bian Lang go in. In fact, it would be more direct for Bian Lang to sing it himself than to say so much. In this way, he could feel Bian Lang's understanding of the song most directly.

"I've loved and I've lost..."

After singing just one line, Bian Lang knew where Liu Chuang's problem lay.

He simply raised his hand to call a halt, then came out and said to Olaf, "Where's my electric guitar over here?"

"Are you going to adapt the song?" Olaf asked happily.

According to the original idea, these two different versions would use the same arrangement, so that the duet version would also be easier to coordinate.

But now Liu Chuang is a little laggy, so in Olaf's opinion, adapting the music is really a feasible solution. But now he is used to the fact that things given by Bian Lang do not need to be changed, so under the influence of inertial thinking, he forgets that he can still do that.

"Well, let's change it to a piano-only version. I feel like it might not be suitable for Liu Chuang to sing right now!"

The reason why Bian Lang suddenly realized this problem was because he thought of the problem between a live version and a studio version of Lin Zhixuan from the original Earth.

There is an LLive version that adds a lot of rock elements to it, and after Lin Zhixuan, who is almost 60 years old, lowered the pitch of his live performance by half a key, the difference between it and the studio version was almost the same.

Those places that Lin Zhixuan would not have handled in the same way ten or twenty years ago have become more powerful because of the addition of electric guitar!
The final result was that before Bian Lang even started singing, he played the accompaniment again from the beginning with the electric guitar, and Liu Chuang suddenly understood it!
In his own words, if I couldn't carry on with the chorus, the electric guitar would have taken over the chorus. What I lacked before was the sense of power.

In the end, Bian Lang still sang, but he himself felt that his singing was worse than Liu Chuang's! Of course, that was only in his mind when he compared it with Lin Zhixuan's version.

To other people's ears, this is also a very rock version!
As for Xia Xiao, she herself did not expect that just to satisfy her own curiosity, she could actually solve such a big problem for the people present. At the same time, she also felt more intuitively that Bian Lang had a near-perfect control over his work!

Whether he is teaching others to sing or singing by himself, he is an awe-inspiring person!

The subsequent interview lasted for nearly 5 hours, which was the longest time Xia Xiao had worked in recent years.

In the recording studio, in addition to Bian Lang, Olaf, Pan Jianhu and Guo Sichu all accepted brief interviews as Bian Lang's friends and colleagues respectively.

The next day, on the plane back to Shanghai, Xia Xiao opened the book "Dharma Wanderer" that he had borrowed from Lao Tan and read it carefully again.

(End of this chapter)