In Xu Tingsheng's itinerary, there was less than 24 hours for the Apple team to record the song and shoot the MV. Fortunately, everything was coordinated in advance, and everything was already prepared over there, just waiting for his arrival.
Coming out of the airport, the people who came to pick me up were Apple and the driver. She didn't even bring an assistant or agent, and she didn't wear makeup.
Xu Tingsheng sat in the car, listening to Xiang Ning chatting with Apple in the back seat, and felt some subtle changes.
When getting in touch with Xiang Ning, Apple lost the previous provocative and angry intimacy, and became very natural. It's not that I don't feel anything at all, but even if it's a bit sour like seeing the current ex-boyfriend, but maintain goodwill, it's much better than the original feeling for Xu Tingsheng.
This also made him calm and at ease a lot.
A song is divided into two parts, and the recording of the Apple part has been completed ahead of schedule. It is said that a famous Huangmei opera artist living in the United States was hired to enter the studio after studying for a long time.
When Xu Tingsheng recorded the song, Xiang Ning and Apple watched it outside through the glass.
For the first time, I ran several tunes.
The second time, the sound engineer said that there were still two places where the sound was out of tune.
The third time is not as good as the first time.
Xu Tingsheng finally realized how demanding it is for a real professional singer to record an album. Luckily, he used to play tickets, and he didn't do it twice, and no one bothered with him about pitch, otherwise he would have suffered a lot.
After the fourth round, he already felt like giving up.
Apple came over to communicate with the sound engineer, put away all the scores on the recording desk, and said to Xu Tingsheng: "I told the sound engineer, you don't have to worry about what is accurate or inaccurate, and don't be afraid of flaws, just sing what you feel. Just like..."
Xu Tingsheng said, "That's okay too?"
"Of course," Apple said with a smile, "you write the song yourself, and you can say what it should be. And I think people, like me, prefer to hear your emotions... the taste and tone. "
"Smell? What accent?" This Xu Tingsheng didn't know himself.
Apple was a little helpless, opened the notebook on the table and searched a webpage, and said, "This is a short article written by a music critic after your performance at Xinyan Middle School. You can read it yourself."
Xu Tingsheng leaned over to look, and Xiang Ning also leaned over.
[The other singer's voice is slightly lower and a little hoarse.
Comparing the two voices, people find that this voice may not be as good as the previous one, but it is more mature, as if it has the vicissitudes of endless years, and it seems to be able to comfort the loneliness in the previous voice...
This voice gave people a strange feeling, as if when he opened his mouth, people would unconsciously think that his narration was about an incomparably long story...
How far is it
Maybe there are vicissitudes of life, and the cycle of life and death is so far away.
I suddenly figured out why the name of this band is called "Samsara".]
There is actually another line in the scroll down of this music review, Xu Tingsheng glanced at it and immediately closed the page.
"Vicissitudes? You are so old, nonsense. I will go in and record it again."
Xu Tingsheng entered the recording studio.
Xiang Ning reopened the page he had closed.
The remaining sentence of the music review: Considering that he is still so young, this kind of vicissitudes of life probably stems from specific aspects of profound experience, for example, having a lot of love affairs, and then being dumped too many times. Well, it should have been loved and lost.
Through the glass, Xu Tingsheng saw two girls holding their bellies and laughing together, but couldn't hear what they said.
In fact, Xiang Ning said: "Vicissitudes? I don't understand much, but he seems to suddenly become an old man sometimes, which is a bit strange. But at that time, he is very caring and affectionate."
Apple was taken aback. In fact, she had the same feeling. Sometimes she felt like a cared and distressed child in front of Xu Tingsheng. The difference was that at those times, she always found that Xu Tingsheng had other interests.
"In the vicissitudes of his past... there is no me. But there is Xiang Ning?"
When Xu Tingsheng finished recording for the fifth time, the sound engineer listened to the replay and said, "Yes."
Xu Tingsheng himself said, "It feels like something is missing."
Apple said: "It's almost a story with vicissitudes."
The three of them opened a bottle of red wine, and Xu Tingsheng drank half of it in a few sips.
Maybe just like the original song and the original singer Chen Sheng, the voice God gave him is not very good. When recording the album, the singing voice was too serious, but it lacked some flavor. It feels not as good as some of his scenes. , Sing until I forget myself.
Xu Tingsheng sang it to the sixth time, half drunk and half awake, and felt right.
he sings:
"For a moment in a trance,
Huangliang has dreamed for twenty years,
It's still the same, I don't know love or love.
Songwriters are prudish,
Those who listen to songs are the most ruthless,
But my favorite is natural... "
He sang engrossedly, the pictures of past and present lives flowed, and the vicissitudes of life were narrated in a voice.
Xiang Ning was lost in hearing.
"What's so hard in this world, I'm afraid I won't be able to meet you; you ask me, what are you afraid of, I'm afraid I won't be able to meet you—is that why you came to me so early?"
"Xu Tingsheng, Xu Tingsheng...why is there a you in the world who is so unreasonable and likes me."
Apple was also absent-minded, but she stopped at another place: it was raining outside the Peony Pavilion, and it was uncertain who belonged to it. Is it for others? You make it clear, where do you put your heart
"This is obviously what I want to say, Xu Tingsheng."
Xu Tingsheng finished recording.
The sound engineer asked him if he wanted to listen to it himself.
Xu Tingsheng said, "No need."
He knew that moment had felt right...and couldn't capture it again. He knew that he couldn't do better anyway, and even felt that he should have surpassed Chen Sheng's performance in the album in his previous life just now... although he might not be able to surpass his lazy singing on a certain occasion.
Taking advantage of the drunkenness, he directly changed the venue, and Xu Tingsheng filmed the MV as well.
Because of the limited time, the scene is very simple, a small teahouse, Apple is singing "The Son-in-Law" on the stage, an unknown Huangmei Opera actor, and Xu Tingsheng is the only spectator at a square table in the corner.
Meet by chance, listen to a song, and a song, and then say goodbye.
The entire recording took less than six hours, which was more than a little bit less than the estimated time. Xiang Ning was still playing, humming and singing happily in the recording studio.
The sound engineer recorded it very conscientiously, and said that he could carve a CD for her.
Xu Tingsheng and Apple watched her having fun through the glass.
At a certain moment, Apple turned his head and saw Xu Tingsheng's profile, and saw that his eyes were all on the little girl inside, and there was brilliance in those eyes, he smiled with a look of doting on his face.
"After the company got your song, it held a meeting to analyze it. The director said that the classical operas involved in it include "The Female Son-in-law", "The Story of the Pillow", and "The Peony Pavilion". Then everyone was confused, why it was called "Outside the Peony Pavilion" .” Apple asked Xu Tingsheng.
"The ending of "The Peony Pavilion" is that lovers get married, and what this song says is outside the Peony Pavilion."
Apple was stunned, "So did you really miss someone? Why I don't know, is it freshman or sophomore?"
Xu Tingsheng was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "Song writers are prudish."
"That means, it's made up?"
"Probably so."
When Xu Tingsheng and Xiang Ning left the recording studio, Apple caught up and asked, "Are you sure the MV can be played? I mean, are you really going to show your face now?"
"Don't use the symbol of reincarnation, and you don't have to pay too much attention to it," Xu Tingsheng said, "I am already a public figure, and showing my face like this may reduce some of the pure attention to my career. What Xing Chen does is actually It’s a customer-based business, if the boss’s amateur play ticket can help build popularity, that’s great.”
"Yeah," Apple said, "Thanks."