Over the years, Renly has never given up on music creation. On and off, inspiration has always flowed and recorded in different ways.
Some creations are complete, while others are still incomplete.
For example, on the night of the summit of the Tony Awards two years ago, he achieved the greatness of EGOT, but he fell into the confusion of high altitude and left the awards ceremony to try to find some fresh air. The feeling of suffocation and confusion made him feel at home. The streets of New York lost themselves, and then burst into inspiration.
"Frist-Thing-Frist", there is also a melody without a name. Neither of these two songs has been completed, and some gaps have been filled intermittently, especially the former, the chorus has been completely composed Completed, but still in a state of incompleteness.
Of course, in general, there are more works that have been done. If it covers finished and semi-finished products, Renly now has at least more than 80 works in his hands - compared to those professional singers, this is naturally nothing, just sprinkle water; but for professional actors, the number is very impressive. .
Now, all Renly needs to do is, among Cheng Shan's works, to select works that are suitable for the next album, which is why it is so important to determine the concept and core of the album.
Once the album concept has been determined, it's time to start picking tracks to see which finished products are eligible, which semi-finished products need to be completed, and whether they need to be picked up from other songwriters—
In case Renly's existing creations don't conform to the album concept they conceived, either Renly re-creates them temporarily, or collects songs through channels, which is a normal work form.
While George Slender still prefers Renly to write the entire album, if Renly really lacks inspiration, it might not be surprising to look elsewhere. Including Ed Sheeran, The Blessed Son, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, etc., Renly also has many friends in the music circle. They are also singer-songwriters who can work together to create and work together. Chorus, that sort of thing is no problem.
For a while, Renly and George were busy in the studio.
After flipping through Renly's creations, George came up with an interesting idea:
Just like Bob Dylan, he gradually turned from folk songs to rock, but he still mixed his own understanding of folk songs, but incorporated more elements into the use of musical instruments, which is somewhat similar to the music style of the Son of Blessed. Between folk and rock, it goes further than "Don Quixote".
The reason for this choice is mainly because Renly's creations are clearer and more open. The use of different instruments to create resonance sparks can often give the melody more ductility and richer emotions. More importantly, it can extend the story of "Don Quixote".
Just like... Icarus.
In ancient Greek mythology, Daedalus was a great artist. The world admired his works of art very much, but his love and vanity, jealousy and hatred made him fall into darkness, because he was jealous of his nephew Talos' talent, and the generation Dalos, worried that Talos might surpass himself, brutally killed Talos.
Daedalus was convicted, but he managed to escape before being imprisoned. In a panic, he lost his way and eventually came to Crete, where he found the local king, Minos, and settled here as Milos. A friend of North, who is regarded as a prestigious artist and is greatly respected.
Despite this, Daedalus missed his hometown day by day, and he felt that King Minos did not trust himself and lacked sincerity in dealing with others, so he did not want to waste his life on an isolated island. He must try to escape. After much deliberation, he happily came up with a brilliant idea:
Although Crete blocked roads and waterways, he was still able to leave by air.
So Daedalus began to collect and arrange the feathers, large and small, then trapped the feathers with twine in the middle, and sealed the ends with beeswax; finally, the feathers were slightly curved, exactly like bird wings.
At that time, Daedalus married a local woman from Crete and had a son named Icarus.
Icarus likes to stand by his side and help his father with his work with a pair of small hands. When Daros was about to leave, he decided to take his son and fly away together.
"Be careful," Daedalus instructed, "you must fly in midair. If you fly too low, your wings will hit the sea, and they will become heavy, and you will be dragged into the sea; and Flying too high, the feathers of the wings will catch fire because they are close to the sun." Daedalus said as he bound the wings to his son, but his hands were shaking slightly, and finally, he gave Icarus one kiss.
The two of them puffed up their wings and started to fly, Daedalus flying ahead, taking care of Icarus like an old bird flying with its first nestling chicks.
At first, things went well, but Icarus was elated, and he felt proud of his flying so lightly. So fly higher and faster, get carried away, and then the punishment comes—the sun melts the wax, and the feathers on the wings begin to loosen.
Icarus has not yet discovered that the wings have been completely spread out and rolled down from his shoulders. The unfortunate child could only use his hands to paddle in the air in despair, but it didn't help, he fell headlong, and finally fell into the vast sea, and was swallowed and submerged by the stormy waves in an instant.
All this happened so fast that Daedalus didn't notice it at all. When he turned around, he only saw the feathers floating on the sea.
People always think that Icarus is too proud and too blind. His arrogance buried his life, and at the same time he used his life to atone for his father's murder of Talos. The cycle of cause and effect cannot escape the punishment of fate after all; but Renly saw a difference in this tragic figure:
Be proud because of too much love, start to be blind because of too much devotion, so that you lose yourself, embrace the sun like moths to flames, and finally... jade and stone are burnt.
This can be seen as a tragic figure further than Don Quixote, and it can also be seen as a reflection of every artist who is so arrogant, immersed in their own world, carried away, and even had wrong ideas , and then burn life to smithereens.
Renly, too.
He has created countless histories and miracles, and he has achieved unimaginable achievements, but he is lost in the emptiness and difficulties of the power structure. At one time, he thought he was Ulysses, just like Levine Davis of "Drunken Country Ballad", he went around in circles, and finally returned to the same place, and then kept stepping; but in fact, he was just Icarus, lost himself step by step in confidence and pride.
He hopes that he can still find his way home after the vicissitudes of life like Ulysses, but at least not now - at this moment, he is just Icarus, his wings are melted by the sun to pieces, constantly flapping his hands trying to Controlling his body was in vain. The pull of gravity made him fall continuously, so that he couldn't find the way and direction home.
From acting to music, from folk to rock... From Don Quixote to Icarus, Renly is trying to find himself in a fast fall.
The musical style between folk and rock is precisely the reflection of Renly's confused state of mind - you can see clues from Renly's creation, obviously, it is not just the confusion brought by "Rogue One" , that kind of confusion has slowly fermented and grown in the past four years, and finally bloomed in the power constraints of "Rogue One", from quantitative change to qualitative change, which really shook Renly's idea.
In this way, the core concept of the new album has been determined:
"Icarus".
Icarus, who was in the process of falling, kept flapping his hands, trying to save himself.
After finalizing the concept of the album theme, Renly officially started to get busy, picking songs, completing the creation, and integrating the album. All the work was carried out step by step.
Unexpected but reasonable, Renly created more works that fit the theme than imagined - as mentioned above, this confusion is not a matter of a day or two, and musical inspiration never lies. , which can always reflect the most real feelings in the creator's heart.
Including the two tracks that made the night of EGOT, in fact, they have not been able to create until now, which itself is a signal.
In any case, Renly's life center shifted significantly, then stabilized again, and plunged into the world of music creation step by step.
Compared to the release of "Don Quixote" four years ago, Renly is definitely different now - even if Renly has only released one album so far, it is still only a cameo "part-time" singer; but as long as Renly has only released one album so far Renly nodded, and the major music companies couldn't wait to pay for the album.
No one can miss Renly.
However, Renly chose Studio Eleven. Not unexpectedly.
At the beginning of the release and promotion of "Don Quixote", the cooperation between the two parties was very pleasant. Teddy Bell of Eleven Studio has left a deep impression on Renly; now Renly has no reason to choose another record company - although they There may be more resources and stronger promotion, but these have never been the focus of Renly's pursuit, nor the focus of George Slender.
In order to ensure the purity of "Icarus", Eleven Studio is still the best choice.
What's more, George and Renly still believe that "Icarus", like "Don Quixote", should not give too much hope in terms of market performance.
Even though Renly's fame has now swept the world, fame is one thing, album sales are another: niche albums that don't impress listeners, and it's hard to take the initiative to open up, even the Michael Jackson rebirth and the Beatles reorganization , is still the case.
So, forget about the marketing and PR for a while and just focus on making the album. Everything is the same as it was back then.
"All Worlds"