When Li Mu, who did not have a driver's license, drove the car all the way to the outskirts of Jinling City, it was already 11:40 noon. Although he met some traffic police along the way, none of them tried to stop the A6 for inspection, which was a lot more convenient.
Before entering the city, Li Mu exchanged words with Chen Wan again. He didn't know where Chen Wan was going, and Chen Wan couldn't tell, so he might as well let her drive by herself.
Chen Wan first took out her mobile phone and made a call, telling the other party that she had arrived in Jinling, but she needed to eat first before going to find the other party. The two parties agreed on a time to meet somewhere at 1:30 in the afternoon.
When Chen Wan hung up the phone, Li Mu asked curiously: "Sister Wan, what on earth did you come to Jinling for? I asked you all the way and you didn't say anything."
"Me." Chen Wan smiled and blinked mysteriously: "Keep it secret!"
"Okay." Li Mu felt bored and didn't ask any more questions.
Chen Wan was familiar with the provincial capital, so she drove slowly and leisurely to the city. She first found a restaurant and had a meal with Li Mu, and then drove Li Mu to a commercial district not far from the hotel.
Li Mu went to college in Jinling in her previous life and knew that the business district where she went was very special.
This was originally a failed commercial street development project in Jinling. They wanted to build a pedestrian street but failed to do so. Later, many of the idle front houses were occupied by people engaged in art, sculpture, photography and music. There were even several teams that specialized in making original videos developed here later. It was somewhat similar to the taste of Yanjing 798, but in terms of scale and maturity, it was far inferior to 798, not to mention that it was still just a prototype, and at best it could only It can be regarded as a place for local young people in Jinling to show off.
There are several music bars along the street, and inside there are several cafes with a slightly higher artistic style, several music shops, several art galleries, and dance training classrooms.
At first, it was a place where college students, a few international students, and foreign teachers liked to come. It gradually turned into a gathering place for young literary and artistic people.
Li Mu didn't know what Chen Wan was here to do. He helped Chen Wan put the car into the parking space, and Chen Wan took him in.
After walking all the way to the deepest part of this commercial street, Li Mu was brought to a place called "Jinling Noise Control".
"Noise control?" Li Mu stared at the graffiti-style sign and asked in surprise: "Is it the one who makes the noise?"
"Yeah." Chen Wan raised her eyebrows and smiled, and said, "My cousin built it as a band rehearsal room and recording studio."
Li Mu curled his lips, could it be that Chen Wan also liked this? Did you come all the way here just to watch a local underground band rehearse
Li Mu, who went to Jinling to attend college in the second half of 2001, had real experience with the level of local underground bands in 2001.
Most of the local bands nowadays can't even play "Really Love You" well, and the bands all use domestic fifth-rate instruments. Only the lead guitarist has an RBZOOM 505 effector, and the speakers he uses are also terrible. The sound is like shit, and metal rock sounds full of plastic. If the bassist plays a note with a little force, it will be fed back into the speaker, like an elephant farting.
But now that he was here, Li Mu didn't think much about it. He was accompanying Chen Wan anyway, and she could do as much as she liked.
Stepping into Jinling Noise Control, Li Mu began to realize something interesting.
Although this place was well hidden, after entering, Li Mu discovered that this place turned out to be a very high-end band rehearsal room.
Li Mu also played in a band during his spare time in college. After working part-time for half a year, he could only afford a fifth-rate junk electric guitar. He spent all day looking at pictures of imported musical instruments on the Internet. Unexpectedly, what he had dreamed of when he was young would be available to him. Saw it all here.
A four-piece rock band was holding a meeting in the rehearsal room with instruments, as if they were rehearsing.
Li Mu could tell at a glance that one of the long-haired guitarists was holding a sunset-colored Gibson, the same model as Guns N' Roses' Slash, which cost 70,000 to 80,000 RMB.
The equipment for the other guitarist and bassist is also very good. They are basically world-class first-tier brands. The drummer is even more awesome. Not counting the top-notch RBTAMA drum set, there is only a set of various cymbals. I can’t even get 10,000 yuan off.
Li Mu was stunned, these are all fucking tycoons!
The boy with a sunset-colored Gibson and long hair looked to be in his late teens or early twenties. When he saw Chen Wan coming in, he whistled and said with a smile: "Xiao Wan, didn't I ask you to come here at half past one? That’s just a little bit.”
"Come here and watch you rehearse." Chen Wan smiled and said, "Brother, it's been a while since I last saw you, and your hair has grown again."
The long-haired young man laughed, looked at Li Mu and asked, "Is this the little brother you are talking about?"
"That's right." Chen Wan hurriedly gave Li Mu a hand and introduced to everyone: "Brothers, this is my younger brother, Li Mu."
Li Mu was confused, why did he get involved
Still not knowing what was going on, the long-haired young man stretched out his hand to Li Mu and said: "Hello, my name is Zhang Kexuan, I am Chen Wan's cousin. I heard from Chen Wan that you can write songs, and Wrote a very nice piece?"
Li Mu's eyes suddenly widened, and he turned to stare at Chen Wan with a confused expression on his face...
Chen Wan was a little embarrassed by Li Mu and said hurriedly and with a guilty conscience: "Li Mu, the zebra zebra you sang last time was very nice to me, and I really hope you can record this song, so I followed My cousin contacted me. This room in front of him is a rehearsal room and the back is a recording studio. I didn’t explain it to you before I came here. Please don’t be angry with me, okay?”
Zhang Kexuan also nodded and said: "Li Mu, right? Let me tell you, the equipment I have here costs a lot of money. I dare not say that the recording effect is comparable to those well-known recording studios in the United States, but in private recording studios in China, It’s one of the best. I’ll record a demo for you later. If you’re interested, you can send it to the record company for a try.”
"Forget it." Li Mu waved his hand: "I'm just an amateur music lover and don't want to make any records."
"Hi!" Zhang Kexuan said nonchalantly: "It's not a big deal. If you don't want to release a record, it's good to record a demo as a souvenir!"
"Yes!" Chen Wan said with a pleading face: "The main reason is that I think your song "Zebra Zebra" is so nice. Record it and keep it as a souvenir for yourself. You can also give me a copy to MP3. Usually Wouldn’t it be great if I could still listen to it?”
Li Mu sighed. MP3s are so expensive these days. They are no cheaper than mobile phones. Moreover, he is really impressed by this fair and beautiful sister. He went to great lengths to record a song.
There is also Zhang Kexuan and his three teammates. Damn, the sound insulation, lighting, high-end split speakers, and mixers in the entire rehearsal room. These equipment plus their musical instruments are estimated to be worth millions!
If the standards of recording studios are really raised later, it will be even more unreasonable. It is normal for a vocal microphone to cost more than 100,000 yuan, and a pair of monitor speakers to cost more than 100,000 yuan. This does not include the recording equipment. Oh my god, how many millions of dollars can you use to do rock music? crazy
In this day and age, if you have this kind of money, why not make a fortune in China? Are the lives of the rich second generation so exaggerated
However, Li Mu then thought about it. It was a good thing for the rich second generation to have money to engage in rock music. It was much better than buying a sports car with millions and going out to harm ordinary people.
Li Mu couldn't say anything. He had already come. Since Chen Wan really wanted to listen to "Zebra Zebra", she might as well record it herself. Anyway, she didn't have to spend money. When she got to university, others would brag to her that she had passed the song before. When it comes to winning awards, I can still brag to others. My brother released a demo after graduating from high school, and he also has a single.
At this time, Zhang Kexuan saw that Li Mu's expression had softened a lot and said: "You guys sit down for a while. We will line up twice now. We have registered for the Ice Pioneer National Band Competition. The preliminary round will be held in a few days. We are nervous. Rehearsing."
Li Mu nodded and sat down with Chen Wan. Zhang Kexuan communicated with several buddies in the band and said, "Come on, let's finish the repertoire."
Li Mu thought to himself that he seemed to have no impression of Zhang Kexuan in his previous life. It stands to reason that with such awesome equipment, such a band would be famous in Jinling even if it was not very good. Why hadn't he heard of it
Just as I was thinking about it, the band was already performing.
"You are my angel, my ANGEL, you bring me luck and endless happiness..."
Isn’t this the famous song of the Dada band? Li Mu vomited a mouthful of black blood. Dada released an album in January this year. These guys have such awesome equipment and they even play copy. Don’t they know that originality is the best way for a band to play
However, although they are not original, their playing skills are still passable. The lead singer is Zhang Kexuan. His voice is not bad, but Li Mu feels that his voice is not suitable for this kind of pop punk style song.
Li Mu and Chen Wan listened to them arrange three songs in a row. In addition to the Dada band, there was also Beyond's "Earth" and Black Panther's "Don't Come to Badger Me."
After singing three songs, Zhang Kexuan was as tired as his grandson, especially the last song by Black Panther. His voice could not even sing the lower pitch, so it was very difficult.
"Li Mu, you have written songs yourself, so you must have some foundation. How many comments can you give me?" Zhang Kexuan looked at Li Mu expectantly.
In any case, those who can play guitar and write songs these days must have learned a little bit, although most of the songs written by fans are a bit miserable in Zhang Kexuan's opinion.
Li Mu hesitated for a moment and said seriously: "Pop punk, pop rock, hard rock, the styles are too confusing. Moreover, you can only imitate and copy the original version without any adaptation of your own."
"The most important thing is that your voice is not suitable for these three styles of singing, but you just didn't try to sing in your own style. You spent so much money to start a band, why don't you even have a style that suits you? Found it?"
"Day!" Zhang Kexuan and other members of the band were stunned. This guy hit the nail on the head...
(End of chapter)