The song "Set Fire To The Rain" itself is an extremely high-quality song. Even though Du Wei's voice quality is not up to Adele's level, she still has enough strength to make this song reach 90% of the original song. %about.
When the big guys in the music field in the recording studio heard this song for the first time and learned that it was actually "composed" by Li Mu, they all fell into admiration.
Sometimes, talent is something that really makes many people in the art industry sigh.
There are people in Europe and the United States who can create several albums by themselves in their 20s. The albums have sold tens of millions at most, accumulated more than 100 million, and won multiple Grammys, such as Adele;
There are also people in East Asia who were able to win Asian music awards in their 20s, with record sales exceeding one million, such as Jay Chou.
But some people have been working diligently for a lifetime, writing many songs and releasing many albums, but they can't even win a single grand prize, and even their album sales can hardly exceed 100,000.
Li Mu, who is a billionaire by profession and holds a guitar as a hobby, can actually write this kind of song that makes professionals worship him. It is really shocking and extremely embarrassing at the same time.
At the same time, these big guys in the domestic music circle are extremely envious of Du Wei.
In the Chinese music scene, a place with a slow pace of innovation, a good song can be popular for several years, even ten or even decades.
Not long after Du Wei debuted, every song is a classic.
She has already sung a Cantonese song, "Next Stop Queen". After all this time, this song is still in the top five of Hong Kong's pop music charts.
Now, "21 Guns" has won the championship in many European and American countries and regions.
This is really an unprecedented level for Chinese singers.
Even Coco Li Wen has not achieved such impressive results on the rankings.
These few songs alone were enough to keep Du Wei entertained for a long time.
There is even a negative case. There is a singer with a very good voice in Taiwan, named Lin Zhixuan. This guy is very famous on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, but he can count his truly good songs on one hand.
Why is it so miserable? Not good resources.
If big names in the Chinese music scene like Lin Xi, Wu Lecheng, and Huang Zhan write a few good songs for him, his height in the music scene can rise a lot further.
Therefore, it can be seen that as long as a singer has good songs, he will not worry about becoming popular.
Compared with Lin Zhixuan, there is another teaching material that is opposite to him. Zhao Chuan's external conditions were so poor back then, but Li Zongsheng was behind him and fed him with good songs continuously. He was also popular all over the country. Speaking of really good songs, Dumped Lin Zhixuan for several blocks;
Not to mention singers like Zhang Xueyou, Chen Yixun, and Wang Fei who have huge resources of good songs, they can become popular for ten or twenty years.
However, in the final analysis, this kind of fire can only cover the Chinese-speaking market and a small number of Asian overseas markets. To say that it can truly cover the European and American markets, it is almost non-existent.
European and American pop music has a crushing advantage over Asia and even the entire world. Coupled with the natural language barrier, it is difficult for music from other continents to truly penetrate into Europe and the United States.
But Du Wei broke into the European and American markets with just one song.
The popularity of "21 Guns" here has not diminished at all, and Du Wei has got another god-level song. If it is paired with the movie "Flying Tigers" for promotion, I am afraid that "21 Guns" will be overshadowed by this song. Squeeze out the championship position.
Without this movie, without Li Mu’s push behind the scenes, and without these two songs, no matter how well-resourced a Chinese singer is, it would be impossible for him to achieve such brilliant results in Europe and the United States.
In the final analysis, the resources of these two good songs are the most critical.
Du Wei herself was amazed by this song.
She even felt that this was the best song Li Mu had written for her.
The form of the music is beautiful and majestic, completely breaking away from the stylized chord routines of most popular music. It can be said to be shocking!
So, in the recording studio, she tried her best to sing this song well.
When Du Wei sang the song in full for the first time, everyone including Li Mu was completely shocked by her.
Being able to reach 90% of Adele's performance is already shocking enough. After all, there has only been one Adele in the pop music world for so many years.
After Du Wei finished singing, she came out of the recording studio. There were so many teachers and staff outside, but she only had Li Mu in her eyes. She walked straight to Li Mu and asked nervously: "Brother Li Mu, what I just sang is okay?" ?”
Li Mu couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Excellent! As expected of a professional, his singing skills are impeccable!"
It’s not that Li Mu can praise her, but she is really great!
The Chinese music scene has fallen into a strange circle since it became popular.
The more popular a singer is, the less he has a professional background; the more he has a professional background, the less popular he is.
Many actors even sing a few lines casually, and can leave singers with professional backgrounds behind in major rankings.
Li Mu has also analyzed this reason, and feels that people with a professional background are more arrogant. First, they are unwilling to compromise too much for the market, and second, they are not willing to compromise too much for resources.
Compromise for the market, just sing a saliva song, "Mouse Loves Rice", which can become the Mount Everest of Chinese music;
Compromise for resources, go to the financier, even if you sing a song whose name no one can remember, you can still win a Grand Slam, and you can get huge exposure;
But most of the people who have a professional background and have really studied and loved music for several years or even more than ten years respect music, so they are not willing to overly trample on music itself for the sake of fame and fortune. In the end, it will be difficult for it to become popular.
Du Wei is an outstanding singer with a professional background, but Li Mu had never heard of such a prominent figure in the Chinese music scene in his previous life.
Most likely, Du Wei never entered this industry after graduating from university.
Du Wei felt particularly happy when she heard Li Mu's praise. She blinked and said with a smile, "I'll take a break and do it again later to see if I can sing better."
Li Mu nodded and said, "You performed so steadily. Today is only the second day. I think this song will be recorded today."
Du Wei said: "Thank you also for singing such a good song to me. I never dreamed that I would have the opportunity to sing such an atmospheric song."
Li Mu asked her, "What do you mean, the songs I gave you before were not atmospheric enough?"
Du Wei stuck out her tongue and hurriedly explained: "It's not that it's not atmospheric enough, it's just that it's not as amazingly atmospheric as this song."
"Surprisingly grand..." Li Mu couldn't help but smile: "I learned a new rhetorical technique today."
Du Wei plucked her eyelids with the index fingers of both hands, made a face, and then said: "Then let me change the rhetorical method. I think this song is already a popular song sequence, the atmospheric Mount Everest."
Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "Mount Everest is definitely not comparable."
With that said, Li Mu added: "By the way, I have another song, do you want to try it?"
Du Wei asked in surprise: "Now?"
"Yes." Li Mu said, "I'll bring the guitar over and sing it to you."
With that said, Li Mu asked the guitarist in the recording studio for an acoustic guitar.
Then, he picked up the guitar, scratched the strings with a hard pick, and slightly dampened the sound with his palm, and played the simplest and most classic prelude.
This song is Adele's absolute Everest song "Rolling In The Deep".
Push forward ten years, and at least half of the people in the world have heard this song.
The album featuring this song sold 32 million copies worldwide, making it the highest-selling recording artist's album in the 21st century;
And this song has topped music charts around the world for several weeks and even won multiple annual championships.
This song is not only Adele’s own Mount Everest, but also the Mount Everest of 21st century pop music.
Li Mu's voice is relatively deep, so when he sang this song, he didn't have Adele's aura, but the melody was conveyed very accurately.
When he sang this song, everyone's attention was attracted by his voice and the guitar he was holding.
In the first paragraph, Du Wei has completely sunk in.
Some of the big guys are also a little confused. What's the situation? This song seems to be very powerful.
Keep listening.
The second paragraph, well, the more I listen to it, the more I feel like it, it’s really awesome.
Then suddenly the chorus came into play.
The feeling of explosion instantly increased several times, even dozens of times.
"We could have had it all, Rolling in the deep... "
Zhang Yadong, who has been responsible for the production of many albums by kings and queens, pulled guitarist Li Yanliang, leaned half of his body against him, and whispered: "Liangzi, let me lean on you, this song is a bit too high..."
Li Yanliang cannot be said to be the most skilled guitarist in China, but he is definitely the best recording guitarist. If you carefully look at the albums and concerts of domestic first-line singers, he is basically the lead guitarist.
The old gunman was rubbing his temples and said: "Are you a little bit drunk? I'm almost getting alcohol poisoning..."
Li Mu didn't finish the song completely, but sang the main verse and chorus once. Then he put down the guitar and asked Du Wei, "What do you think?"
Du Wei's eyes were filled with admiration, and she looked at him without blinking and said, "I feel great... It has simply reached an unprecedented height..."
Li Yanliang outside said to Zhang Yadong: "Yadong, this song is so fucking awesome. It's just a guitar. How can it sound so awesome? The last time I recorded an album for a female singer, there were only four guitarists. , four wind players, eight string players, and three percussionists. Do you know who they are? Teacher Liu Xiaosong, Teacher Sue Yoshikaku, and an African drummer who has settled in Yanjing. That lineup is really awesome. , but the effect is really not flattering, plus the song is mediocre and the singer sings mediocrely, it gives me a completely nondescript feeling. Look at this, one person can really stand up to an army... "
Zhang Yadong patted him and said with envy in his eyes: "This is talent, there is no way..."
Li Yanliang said: "If the arrangement of this song were more detailed and Du Wei's voice was used, it would definitely explode! When it comes to the chorus, the recording studio would be overturned!"
Zhang Yadong said seriously: "Remember this moment, Liangzi, this song is probably the pinnacle moment of our careers!"
(End of chapter)