Chapter 80 "Old Boy"
Li Mu really didn't want to give this song "Old Boy" to them, because he liked the song too much and had really touched himself.
The Chopstick Brothers created a miracle on the Internet with the micro-film "Old Boy" and this song of the same name. The number of micro-film played was nearly 200 million. The number of times the song "Old Boy" played online and the number of times the number of times the song "Old Boy" was even more high in KTV.
Putting aside the micro-film, the song list of "Old Boy" is definitely a masterpiece. First of all, its composition was written by Japanese singer-songwriter Takaya Ohashi. The original title is "Thanks" in Chinese and translated as "Thanks" and has won a series of awards such as the Excellent Work Award in Japan.
Not only is the song first-class, but the Chinese lyrics are also first-class. The lyrics are all centered around "Dream", the most sensitive and persistent topic of young people. Every young person and young person have their own dreams, but most people have to compromise with life, pick up the misfortune in life, and abandon the dreams in life. This song is trying to awaken those who have given up their dreams, so that they will not be numb and continue to lose their passionate blood from the past.
This is also the key to why the micro-film and theme song of "Old Boy" are so touching!
Although Zhang Kexuan and the others have never watched the micro-film of "Old Boy", Li Mu's song still touched them.
The lyrics of this song, at first glance, are the themes of this song a huge question: Has your dream come true?
If you listen carefully, it has a deeper meaning: if your dream has not been realized, it will never be too late to pursue it again!
So, this is also a real inspirational song.
Some people say that "Old Boy" is suitable for middle-aged listeners, but in fact, this song can resonate with all those who have dreams in their hearts. Even a teenager will still be moved by the thoughts conveyed by the song when he hears this song.
The four of them were even more moved and happy when they were simple plans. After Li Mu finished singing it once, they asked him to sing it again.
Li Mu found paper and pen and handed it to Zhang Kexuan: "I'll sing it twice, and you can write down the lyrics and chord scores by the way."
"Okay!" Zhang Kexuan nodded excitedly. He was the lead singer of the band, so every time he got a good song from Li Mu, he was always more excited than the other three, because these songs were sung from Li Mu's mouth, and then they had to sing them through his throat to the public.
Li Mu sang it twice, and Zhang Kexuan remembered almost the lyrics and chords, and the tune was basically imprinted in his mind. Li Mu immediately handed him the guitar: "You sing it once."
Zhang Kexuan took the guitar, cleared his throat, and sang while playing.
There are a few minor mistakes in the lyrics. Li Mu directly corrected it with a pen. There were no mistakes in the chord score and tune, which once again proved that Zhang Kexuan's musicality was very good.
After Zhang Kexuan finished singing it once, Li Mu advised: "In the beginning of the main song, you must light up your voice. The clearer and brighter the better. This song is not a disease-free one, so try not to sing hoarse and smoky voices."
Zhang Kexuan nodded slightly with a teaching look on his face and asked, "Where is the chorus?"
"The chorus must be powerful." Li Mu said: "You understand the main song part of this song as a narrative. You are narrating your experience to the audience and have a calm mind. The chorus part shows explosive power. You understand this part as a question. You are asking the audience, is their wish fulfilled? Are the things that can only be used for tribute? Are you willing to give up your dream? At this time, the more powerful you can show, the more touching your "question" will touch people's hearts. Not only will the audience move, but also shame them and rekindle their fighting spirit!"
In the last life, the song "Old Boy" could actually be more popular than the movie, but later it became less and less visible to the mainstream media. Even the Chopstick Brothers did not sing this song anymore. The main reason was that they did not really get the authorization of the songwriter Ohashi Takaya, and the Japanese record company authorized the Chinese adaptation rights of the song to another Chinese singer.
Now, "Old Boy" has been given a simple plan, and Li Mu hopes that they can use their unique advantages to make this song more prosperous.
As for their unique advantages, in Li Mu's view, the biggest advantage lies in Zhang Kexuan.
There is no way, even if people with good looks are out of tune, they can make records even if they sing, and even if they are paralyzed, they can still shoot movies and TV series, and they still capture a large number of fans. In later generations, countless albums recorded by handsome men and beautiful women have almost been edited in the late stage and have become electronic flavors, but they can still become popular all over the country because this is a world of face-looking, especially in the entertainment industry.
Ye Tianming was convinced. Li Mu's song was indeed ecstatic. He even envied Zhang Kexuan in his heart. He had such an opportunity to sing such a song. But then he thought that when he was playing a band, he chose to be a drummer. At this time, he could envy him, but his mentality must not be unbalanced.
At the same time, Ye Tianming also felt that with the song Li Mu, it would be worth it even if he helped him smash the car with his own hands.
The four of the Simple Band learned the song "Old Boy". Li Mu also told the four about the arrangement positioning, making this song more suitable for the simple plan style.
Li Mu said that he had too many chores at the moment and could not go to Jinling to supervise their rehearsals in the past two days. However, since Yiting will be online soon, Li Mu will take time to go to Jinling after finishing his work. On the one hand, he will guide them to rehearse new songs, and on the other hand, he will be the producer, staring at them to record the two songs "Li Bai" and "Xiangyang Flower".
After finishing the song, the time was almost seven o'clock. The four of them were excited to come out of Li Mu's house, pulled Li Mu together, and took Zhang Kexuan's land patrol to the ecological park.
It was still Song Liang who was the host, and the four young masters came here specifically. Song Liang realized that helping Li Mu pay favors was a trivial matter, and it was mainly to support Li Mu. They were afraid that Li Mu would not have enough weight in front of him, so they came over to let themselves know that the four of them valued Li Mu very much, and Song Liang could not look down on him just because he asked him for help.
At the dinner table, in addition to Zhang Kexuan, the four people also had to drive back and use tea instead of wine. The other three took turns to toasting themselves with white wine. Everyone would say before toasting, thank you Song Liang for helping his brothers.
Song Liang sighed in his heart that with his own eyesight, he would not look down on Li Mu without the four of them coming in person. His greatest ability to know people is to look at the potential rather than the present. Li Mu has unlimited potential in his eyes, although he doesn't know what Li Mu has.
Song Liang said: "Xiao Mu is your brother, that is, my brother. Although I am a few years older than you, since everyone is all brothers, you always be so polite to me. Do you not treat me as a brother or doubt my consciousness?"
Ye Tianming quickly said, "Brother Liang, we have been doing so many years, can we not understand your personality? The main reason is that you have known Xiao Mu for a short time, and we are also afraid that you two will be too polite to each other and appear to be divorced."
Song Liang nodded: "So you four have come here specifically for this matter. Are you too polite?"
Ye Tianming smiled and said, "Actually, we came to Li Mu mainly thanked him. He won the first place in the rematch yesterday, and Li Mu made the most contribution."
Song Liang raised his eyebrows and exclaimed: "So, are you going to Yanjing to participate in the final?"
"Yes." The four of them focused their heads.
Song Liang praised: "Awesome! But I'm curious who wrote your songs."
As soon as this question arose, the four of them looked at each other in a little bit, and Zhang Kexuan said carelessly and said, "Our original works are all co-created."
Song Liang smiled slightly and didn't ask any more questions, but he felt that the four of them were a little unnatural enough on this issue.
Li Mu also saw the performance of the four of them. This is not possible. In the future, when facing interviews, the reporter will definitely ask some songs they are interested in, who wrote the lyrics and music. If the four of them have such vague statements, it will be incorrect.
However, Li Mu did not talk about this problem at the dinner table. He knew the intention of the four of them coming this time. He also saw that they spared no effort to him in front of Song Liang, and did not say much polite words, but just toasted each of them with a glass of wine.
Because they were all thinking about the song "Old Boy", the four of them were eager to say goodbye and leave after the meal. Song Liang did not try to keep him, so he asked the hotel manager to pay the bill for him, and then accompanied the five people downstairs.
When he arrived at the parking lot downstairs, Ye Tianming said to Li Mu, "Would you take Brother Liang's car back or should we take you back?"
Li Mu whispered: "I'll go with you, there's something to tell you."
"Okay." Ye Tianming nodded.
Li Mu said to Song Liang: "Brother Liang, I will be with Tianming and others, and we have something to communicate with."
Song Liang smiled and said, "Okay, then I won't give it to you anymore. If you have time to play with me, there are four of you. If you have time, come to Haizhou often for a walk."
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On the way back, Li Mu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, said to the four people: "The songwriters of the future must have clear candidates for songs, and this will be presented to the media and fans in the future."
The four of them were a little embarrassed about this issue. The lyrics and songwriting were all Li Mu. They collectively recognized that they could still overcome psychological obstacles, but no one was embarrassed to stand up.
Li Mu thought about it for a moment, and before he arrived home, he gave the four people a very fair solution:
"In this way, Kexuan has the most opportunities to show his face, so he doesn't give you too many opportunities in his creation. In addition, you give people the feeling of being careless, cool and handsome, so the lyrics and songwriting of "Li Bai" will be an exception."
"Dadays, you are a drummer. You are the least likely to show your face when you appear on stage and you are not easily attracted attention. Therefore, you must be appropriately tilted to you in terms of the importance of creation. When the time comes, you will say that you are the creative soul of the band."
"Gu Wei is a bassist. Generally speaking, the audience does not understand the definition of a bassist and may even confuse bass with guitars, so you 'share' part of the lyrics and songwriting, and declare you the second creator when you need it."
"In summer, you are the lead guitarist, you play SOLO and stand in front, so you have more opportunities to show off your face. In terms of creation, you can carry the band's "arrangement" on your shoulders."
In this way, the four people's division of labor in "creation" will work together.
Li Mu generously distributed the signature of the songwriter to the four people who had a simple plan. This action made the four people's hearts add up to circumnavigate fifteen or sixteen circles of the earth...
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Chapter completed!