Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 31: Wandering Alone

"You two stop singing, just let them sing!"

At the HIM Records recording studio, Xiao An, also known as Chen Xin'an, the songwriter of the song "Wandering Alone", asked Wu Chao and three others to sing "Wandering Alone" once each before recording the song.

After listening to it, he directly pointed at Wu Zun and Calvin Chen and excluded them from the singing of this song.

Seeing this, Chen Huiying, who followed in, hurried forward and said, "Teacher An, they are a group, this..."

“I know they’re a group, but they’re both so out of tune.

Having them in there would only bring down the quality of the song.

Do you want the quality of the songs to be guaranteed, or do you want them to be shoddy?"

Xiao An looked at Chen Huiying with a serious face.

Seeing that Chen Huiying looked unhappy, he relaxed his tone a little, "It's not necessary for everyone to sing the group's songs.

The three members of SHE are all good singers, and many of their songs focus on one person.

This song doesn't require too many choruses. Wu Zhuo and Jiro Wang have good voice recognition, so they can complete it by themselves.

As for Wu Zun and Chen Yiru.

As long as the four of them appear together during the MV shooting and lip sync, it won’t affect the audience’s impression of them.”

Hearing this, Chen Huiying stopped talking and waved her hand, signaling Wu Zun and Calvin Chen to come over to her.

Seeing that Chen Huiying no longer interfered with him, Xiao An turned to look at Wu Zhuo and Wang Dongcheng and began to assign lyrics to them.

“You two also need to prioritize.

Jiro Wang, your nasal voice is too strong, you are not suitable for lead singing, remember to lower your voice when singing the chorus, don’t let it exceed Wu Zhuo’s volume.”

“I understand!” Jiro Wang nodded first.

Wu Zhuo glanced at Wu Zun and Calvin Chen who were standing aside and looking at the two of them with envy, hesitated for a moment, and said to Xiao An:
“Teacher Xiao An, I think we can add Calvin Chen and Wu Zun.

I just sang the chorus, and I tried to sing as loud as possible to cover their voices.”

Hearing this, Xiao An frowned, glanced at Wu Zhuo, and then looked at Chen Huiying, only to see that the other party was staring at him expressionlessly, and it was obvious that she was very dissatisfied.

“You can join in and sing the chorus, but remember to keep your voices down.

It’s not a question of whether you have the limelight or not, but if your voice exceeds a certain limit, your off-tune flaws will be easily magnified.”

He finally decided to add Wu Zun and Calvin Chen.

It wasn't entirely because he was afraid of Chen Huiying, nor was it because Wu Chao got the benefit of face.

But these four people are a group after all, although what he said before seems to have no impact.

But in fact, there is a difference between the harmony of two people and that of four people.

The company gave him two songs that Fahrenheit wanted to record, and he really had to think about how to get all four people involved in the songs.

Upon learning that they could join, Calvin Chen and Nick Wu, who had originally looked unhappy, suddenly smiled happily, and Chen Huiying also looked visibly better.

"Good brother, you understand loyalty."

When entering the recording room, Calvin Chen took the initiative to give Wu Chao a thumbs up.

In his opinion, it was really all thanks to Wu Chao that he and Wu Zun were able to participate in the singing.

"Stop talking nonsense. Remember to sing along with my melody later. Don't sing out of tune again." Wu Zhuo whispered.

Then, he put on headphones and waited for Xiao An in front of the glass mirror to make a start gesture.

The accompaniment of "Wandering Alone" immediately began to come from the headphones.

“No one understands me, so I choose to isolate myself from the world.”

"A bit tired of the broken faith"

"White sneakers can't go back to the noisy beach"

Wu Zhuo sang softly following the rhythm of the melody.

The life in the music school in the previous life was not in vain. The professional knowledge that was rarely used in normal times found its place at this time.

Because he sang seriously and well, Xiao An outside did not interrupt him.

Just listen quietly.

Of course, it is also possible that he discovered the problem but wanted to hear a few people sing the entire song.

"I wander in the crowded past"

"Reviewing the empty black and white summer pages" "Sitting on the busy roadside"

“The beer didn’t get any sweeter”

At the climax of the chorus, in addition to Wu Zhuo, the other three also joined in.

Wang Dongcheng's voice is only lower than Wu Zhuo's, and his voice is very recognizable, so his voice can be vaguely heard.

Wu Zun and Calvin Chen followed Xiao An's arrangement and lowered their voices so low that they were almost negligible under the voices of Wu Zhuo and Jiro Wang.

Wu Zhuo has the most lyrics.

So he always stays focused.

Almost immersing myself in the mood of the lyrics.

The song "Wandering Alone" is actually a very good song.

At least in Wu Chao's opinion, this song can be considered one of the best songs of Fahrenheit in the previous life.

The only pity is that in this age when many gods gather, this kind of song which is not particularly popular does not have a very wide audience.

"OK! Wu Zhuo and Jiro Wang, come out for a moment!"

After a song was finished, Xiao An outside greeted him.

Upon hearing this, Wu Zhuo and Jiro Wang quickly walked out of the recording room.

“Let’s talk about Wu Zhuo first. Your breath is good, but the ending of this sentence dragged too long.

And this sentence…”

A producer doesn’t necessarily know how to sing, just like a director doesn’t necessarily know how to act.

But their existence means that this is a very important position.

A good producer must be able to clearly capture the singer's flaws when singing and remind the singer to make up for them.

Of course, this isn’t all of a producer’s work, just one of them.

A producer has a lot to be responsible for, from song selection, accompaniment production, mixing, etc. He is involved in a whole series of processes.

But for a singer, a producer who can improve his singing and make his singing better is obviously more worthy of respect.

Xiao An is such a person.

He is not particularly old, but his qualifications and abilities are very impressive.

The song "The Weather Is So Hot" he composed for Jacky Cheung is one of the songs with the strongest musical style of Jacky Cheung, which made everyone surprised at Jacky Cheung's musical tolerance, and this song once again proved Jacky Cheung's omnipotent singing ability.

Jacky Cheung even publicly stated that Siu An was his master and he learned a lot from him.

"That's about all the questions I asked just now. Are you all clear?"

After telling all the problems he had found, Xiao An looked up at Wu Chao and Jiro Wang.

"I almost understand." Wu Zhuo nodded.

Although what Xiao An said contained a lot of professional terms, he really understood it.

He did not return all the knowledge he learned in his previous life to his teacher.

As for Jiro Wang, he was confused.

Scratching his head, he looked at Wu Zhuo for help.

Jiro Wang did form a band, but it was a completely unconventional one.

It is generally acknowledged that it is easy to produce great people through unconventional means.

There are many great figures in the music industry who came from independent backgrounds.

But the wild approach also has its drawbacks.

That is, when you speak professional terms to him, he will be particularly confused and have a sense of dislocation, wondering "Who am I and where am I?"

"Your problem boils down to one thing: your nasal voice. Try to control your nasal voice, but it's still too strong."

Wu Zhuo knew that he didn't understand, so he raised his biggest problem.

Of course, Jiro Wang has more than just this one problem.

But the others are minor problems. As long as the nasal sound problem is dealt with, it’s okay to ignore the other problems.

(End of this chapter)