With the development of Internet technology, producing music accompaniment no longer requires complicated physical instrument recording processes. It can be easily done with the help of a suitable arrangement software on the computer.
Of course, easy is just a relative concept. There is still a very long process between making an accompaniment and making an accompaniment that satisfies you and has your own unique style.
The recording of a complete song includes writing lyrics, composing music, arranging (accompaniment), vocals, and mixing synthesis. Now the three songs that Mei Fang and his team are going to deal with have already completed the lyrics and music, and the arrangement will be created based on the melody of the guitar score when composing the music.
Xia Yuan's idea for creating the accompaniment was to take advantage of this opportunity to design a complete musical accompaniment, which required outputting the guitar track first, and then muting the output guitar track with the help of arrangement software.
In this way, she can strike while the iron is hot and directly release her own original songs.
Of course, computer arranging is different from actual performance, and you need to be sufficiently familiar with the software.
Xia Yuan is not actually good at applying this type of software, but she has been following Mei Fang's advice and learning computer music arrangement tutorials since the summer vacation.
After all, it was Mei Fang's instruction, and Xia Yuan himself worked hard enough, so it was handled relatively easily.
In just one day, she completed the first version of the accompaniment of "I'm Willing".
"I always feel like something is a little weird, it seems too bland, Fang, listen to this... This is just the first version, there are still many things to be revised."
Xia Yuan stuffed the earphones into Mei Fang's hands, leaned against his back, hugged his neck, and waited for his evaluation.
"Well... this song is mainly based on guitar. If you add a piano in the first bar of the prelude and use finger snapping as the beat, would it be more cheerful?"
"Hmm, good idea!"
Xia Yuan hugged Mei Fang and swung him around, "Fang, you are awesome!"
"Stop shaking, stop shaking, I'm going to faint!"
Mei Fang used his memory of the song from his previous life to guide Xia Yuan in the creation of the song. However, if he had not learned the basic music theory, it would have been difficult for him to make Xia Yuan understand it so quickly. The two of them worked together very well.
During this period, although Lin Youxi could not help much with work, she stayed with Xia Yuan and Mei Fang, preparing fruits for them, serving tea, pouring water, making milk, and occasionally participating in the evaluation of the accompaniment.
Three days passed like this, and on Friday night, Xia Yuan talked about the progress on Liu Xiaoyu's side.
"Xiaoyu has been helping me with the accompaniment for 'Not Far Away' these days, but it's hard to borrow a computer from the school's computer room on weekends, and it's not very easy to use. I think we should bring our laptops to the club room on weekends, work with her, and ask Teacher Chen for some advice on arranging music."
"So, does Afang have anything to deal with this week? If not, can I lend Xiaoyu my notebook?"
Mei Fang was about to say something when Lin Youxi reminded him, "Ah Fang is going to release a new game package this week, so you can borrow my computer. It's the same, it won't affect anything."
Lin Youxi pinched Mei Fang's shoulders again as she spoke: "Besides, if some strange study materials are found in Ah Fang's computer, Liu will probably be embarrassed..."
"Yeah, that's right, that's true..."
Xia Yuan nodded frantically, "It's better to give it to Youxi."
"Why do you think I must have a collection of a lot of short films..."
Mei Fang deliberately put on a righteous expression, "I am a gentleman."
Normally, the two of you are enough for me to deal with. How can I have the mood and private space to watch other things
"But Fang, as a boy at your age, it's normal for you to watch those things, right?"
Xia Yuan held her chin and grumbled, "Youxi and I don't really care about this. It would be a problem if you didn't read those things, right?"
"Just because you two usually read those obscure novels in your room, don't think that I'm the same kind of person as you, okay?"
Xia Yuan's face immediately turned red after hearing this, and she pointed at Mei Fang and cursed:
"Ah Fang, how could you peek into our privacy? Did you sneak into our room? You rascal!"
When Xia Yuan refuted, he did not notice that Lin Youxi opened his mouth and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
At this time, Mei Fang spread his hands and said, "Look, I just said it casually and you confessed it. Yuanyuan, you are really easy to deal with... You'd better stay by my side in the future, otherwise you will always be deceived."
"You, you lied to me, didn't you? I hate you so much!"
Xia Yuan picked up her bath towel and threw it at Mei Fang's face, but Mei Fang caught it.
The new guitar medley program requires a readjustment of the singing rhythm. After all, they now have a total of five songs to sing, and of course Mei Fang only needs to sing one.
"Come to think of it, which two songs were you originally going to sing?"
Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi looked at each other and said, "Actually, I was thinking of letting you know on the day of the performance."
The song they originally prepared was not an original song. One was "One is Like Autumn and the Other is Like Summer" by Fan Weiqi.
This is a song praising the friendship between girls. Although it is more like the relationship between best friends, it is also suitable for Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi to sing together.
As for the other song they sang, it was "I Know", the famous song by the super popular twin idol group bye2 at that time.
When Mei Fang heard Xia Yuan mention the name, he immediately understood why Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi were unwilling to tell him at the beginning.
Because this song describes the love story between the older sister of the twins and the male protagonist.
However, this song is sung by twin sisters after all, and given the sensitivity of the twins' identities, it was misunderstood by many people as a story of a love triangle.
In fact, if you watch the MV carefully, you will understand that although there are scenes of Bai Xue in the MV, the younger sister is just a pure CP character.
Of course no matter what, from the form of singing, this is indeed a love song sung by two girls to a boy.
Mei Fang was stunned for a long while after learning about the song. He did not dare to think whether the two people had any special intention in choosing this song. He just scratched his head and smiled:
"This song is quite similar to the song I'm going to sing. Did you want to sing this one after listening to my song?"
"narcissism."
Xia Yuan made a face at Mei Fang, "We had planned to sing this song a long time ago, you are the one who got there by chance!"
"Damn it! You guys were obviously singing a love song, so why did Mr. He target me? I know. He must have seen that I'm handsome and talented, and he was afraid that I would seduce all the girls in the school."
"How shameless of you!"
After the joke, the three of them fell into a somewhat subtle silence.
Xia Yuan also thought of what Peng Xue had said to her.
Ah Fang should also understand how Youxi and I feel about him...
However, asking him to make a choice would indeed be a cruel thing for him.
After all, that also means hurting another person's feelings.
Is there a way to have the best of both worlds
Everyone later discussed and confirmed the performance order of the guitar medley.
Xia Yuan was the first to go on stage, playing the guitar and singing "In That Not Far Away Place".
Then Lin Youxi came on stage and sang "Lanshan Memories" solo, and Xia Yuan played guitar accompaniment for Lin Youxi, which fulfilled a wish that Xia Yuan had long had.
This song was given to Lin Youxi by Mei Fang, and Xia Yuan felt bad about taking it away and singing it.
Then the two sang "One is Like Summer and the Other is Like Autumn" together, with Xia Yuan singing and playing guitar accompaniment.
Then the two of them performed the song "I Know" together. Because it was a more lyrical song, they needed to focus more on singing. At this time, Mei Fang came on stage to accompany them.
After the fourth song was sung, it was Mei Fang's turn to perform for the finale.
Mei Fang will present an original song, "I'm Willing" on guitar.
The above is the performance process of the entire guitar medley.
Today is the second consecutive attack! I will return all the updates I owe you! There will be a second chapter later.
(End of this chapter)