national idol

Chapter 119 Song Selection
After the ldc [-]th Anniversary Performance Competition came to an end, Ding Ning finally had time to breathe and can officially devote his energy to the production of his first album.

The decoration of the office was successfully completed on Saturday morning, and the recording studio is expected to wait for a day or two. Before that, Ding Ning's focus was on the songwriting and song selection of the album songs.

According to Yang Du, if he has the ability, the first album should be 12 songs. The volume is large enough, and it is easy for people with different aesthetics to find songs that suit their tastes.

And there are many songs, and the possibility of pop songs is even greater.

Folk songs are the type of music that Ding Ning has been exposed to the most after graduation. It is not difficult to choose 12 songs.

The already released "Youth Jinshi", "Those Flowers", "I Eat Fried Chicken in People's Square", "Evening Breeze", "Song of Wonderful Ability" and "Nanshan South" have all been selected into the album.

"Wandering", which is not a ballad, was also selected.

"Youth is fed to the dog", Yang Du felt that there were more sensitive words in the lyrics, and it was okay to sing in private, but it was not harmonious when it was put on the stage, and it would easily attract controversy, so it was shelved.

With the remaining five songs, Yang Du thought that Ding Ning would have to work for a few days to get them out.

As a result, Ding Ning, who had already prepared for the new album, took out 15 songs for him to choose that afternoon, which was three more than the number of songs in the entire album he proposed. I wonder, is this a vegetable market or a bazaar? Is there anyone who can write songs like this?

He couldn't help but think of the "Animal World" documentary he watched last night, in which it was said that lions mate more than 3000 times a year, on average, about 8 times a day.In his opinion, Ding Ning is as natural as a lion.

These 15 songs are Zhao Lei's "Painting", "Southern Girl", "Jim's Restaurant" and "Let Me See You Secretly", Pu Shu's "Life Like Summer Flowers" and "Listen to the Wind Singing", Li Jian's "Lake Baikal", "Legend", "Beautiful as the Dawn" and "Father", Lao Lang's "Love in the Wind and Dust", "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth" and "Want to Sing Me to You", Zhao Zhao's "When You Are Old" and "Basking in the Sun with Grandma in Winter".

Just looking at the lyrics and music, Yang Du felt dizzy for a while. He felt that each of the 15 songs had their own strengths, and it was difficult to choose.

No way, he asked Ding Ning to record a simple demo of these 15 songs for easy screening.

Ding Ning recorded the demos on Sunday morning, and he sent all the demos to Yang Du, and Yang Du said to discuss it in the evening.

At noon on Sunday, the recording studio was completed ahead of schedule, and Yang Du took Ding Ning to inspect it to confirm that there was no problem, and then discussed with Ding Ning about the album in advance.

Since the songs given by Ding Ning were all good, he proposed to change the number of songs to 15. Ding Ning didn't care at all. After all, even if it was doubled to 30 songs, he could still come up with ease.

Yang Du first selected "Father" and "Basking in the Sun with Grandma in Winter". The reason is that for an album, he can't just pursue similar themes. It needs to involve all aspects of life and even life. It's called breadth.

"Father" and "Basking in the Sun with Grandma in Winter" are both songs about family love, and family love songs are generally rare in the song industry, and they are also the only songs written about family love among the songs he produced, so of course they have to be included.

Yang Du especially praised the song "Basking in the Sun with Grandma in Winter", because it uses a particularly light and retro traditional dance melody, combined with folk songs, it is so ingenious and amazing.

After that, Yang Du chose "Lian Lian Feng Dust".

Yang Du said that it is a more retro traditional folk song than "Those Flowers". No matter whether the lyrics and music reveal a strong style of the last century, it might trigger a wave of nostalgia.

Then came "Lake Baikal". He felt that Ding Ning sang this song with a unique feeling. It sounds like people are really walking on the shore of a lake where the water is shimmering and the clouds and mountains are reflected.

After hearing his comment, Ding Ning was actually quite guilty.

In his previous life, he didn't dare to sing Li Jian's song at all.

Because Li Jian's songs are basically tailor-made for his own image and voice, and have their own characteristics.

His folk songs are truly poetic and picturesque, and not many people can sing his unique sense of freshness and elegance.

Even if the song "Legend" was sung by Faye Wong on the Spring Festival Gala and became popular all over the country, Ding Ning still stubbornly believes that Li Jian, the composer and original singer, can sing better than her.

Because "Legend" is written about the self-preservation of the crush, it is clean and clear, and it has edges and corners.

But Faye Wong sang the verse part insanely, not realistic enough, and the chorus part was sung too loudly, like a queen getting married, not as calm and peaceful as Li Jian.

Of course, Faye Wong sang live, or in the Spring Festival Gala, and what she pays attention to is gorgeous style, losing the original flavor of the song, which is normal.

It is true that due to his age, his current voice is a little cleaner and more transparent than in his previous life, but compared with Li Jian, Ding Ning thinks he is not as good as he is.

That is to say, Yang Du has never met Li Jian before, so he thinks he sings well.

This is the benefit of time travel. If others have not seen it, there will be no comparison.

And he likes the "ignorant" appearance of people in this world.

Then there is "Jim's Restaurant". The reason why Yang Du chose it is because no one understands what it wants to express at first, and there will be curiosity. This kind of curiosity is very important.

And once this curiosity is released in the process of learning the lyrics and studying the lyrics, it has virtually brought the audience closer to the song.

Yang Du was right, he liked Jay Chou so much back then.

At that time, he didn't understand what the hell "Lady" was singing. After carefully pondering the lyrics of this song, he was really shocked. It turned out that the lyrics with such a Jiangnan atmosphere can also sing the avant-garde singer. It felt like this guy with the vulgar curly hair really capitalized the word "cool".

Then, Yang Du chose "Life Like Summer Flowers", saying that it was a bit mystical, and the verse, chorus and harmony of the whole song were very layered, which made him very eager to arrange.

That's right, "Born Like a Summer Flower" largely depends on the arrangement to win, and Yang Du knows the goods.

For the last two songs, Yang Du asked Ding Ning to decide for himself. Ding Ning thought about it carefully and chose "When You Are Old", which he is very good at and widely acclaimed.

Then, he played and sang "Birch Forest" for Yang Du on the spot.

Isn't it about breadth? The song "Birch Forest" uses poignant love to explain the cruelty of war, which can enrich the connotation of the album.

He used to think that the song "Birch Forest" was too thin, but now thinking about it, maybe it is because of the thinness that it is more profound, and it is also because of the thinness that people can remember it.

Otherwise, when he was studying, everyone would not be able to sing this song like a popular love song.

Taking out fifteen songs at a time is already scary enough, what the hell, I have to play and sing at the end and add another one, this is simply the evil animal in the fairy yard in the sky who is not optimistic about slipping down to the world without permission, Yang Du and Ding Ning bid farewell The first thing I did after returning home was to quickly dig out the contract that I had randomly thrown in the drawer, read it carefully, and then carefully put it into the file folder and hid it in the crevice of the bedside cabinet.

(End of this chapter)