1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Because there were too few scores, they began to separate the scores, each taking one sheet. Fang Xiu asked Zhou Yan for paper and pen, and began to copy the scores.

Seeing that Fang Xiu wanted paper and pens, and others came to ask for them, Zhou Yan could only search around the house, and finally found seven or eight pens for them.

Fang Xiu had just started copying the music score, but Yu Ran had already picked up the violin and started playing.

This piece of music was not difficult in the first place, and since she had a high level of sight-reading, it was no problem for her to just play it when she saw the score.

When Yu Ran was playing, the others at Yangyin just kept an ear to listen, but most of their attention was still on the score.

But Anita Mui was different. As soon as the violin sound came out, all her attention was attracted.

Different from the Nightingale they played before, this new song has no brewing or covering up. At the beginning, the sad emotions come like a tide, drowning people in it.

When people are drowning in the tide, they can only see the faint light under the water, which is like the passage of time, making people feel trance-like.

When Anita Mui heard Nightingale for the first time, what came to her mind was the scene of going out for a walk at night and hearing the singing of birds. But this time, she thought of all her past unhappiness, family, and love. As long as you are unhappy, no matter what it is, it may come to your mind at any time.

It has no specific theme, only the word sadness.

People who have had a difficult life can easily be aroused by this song, and Anita Mui is obviously not a person who has had a smooth life since she was a child.

Although she is very prosperous now, there have been many ups and downs along the way.

Although Anita Mui is the youngest in the family, she is not loved by her parents. She and her sister mainly want to make money for their elder brother.

She thought about her father again, thinking that if his father had not died young, maybe she and her sister would have had a better life when they were young, and her mother would not be so patriarchal, and she would not continue to ask her for fraud when she grew up.

…

Because Zhou Yan did not include the bamboo flute in this piece, he was relatively free at the moment.

Also relatively free is conductor Yu Feng. Naturally, he doesn’t have to play for this kind of temporary practice piece. So they can sight-read directly after getting the score, but the conductor's skill is not in this.

So while they were practicing, the two of them were chatting next to them.

After chatting for a while, Yu Feng had something to do at school, so he left first.

After Yu Feng left, Zhou Yan saw Anita Mui sitting alone next to her and walked over with a smile.

Zhou Yan noticed that Anita Mui was wearing sunglasses now, which surprised him.

Ever since she entered the courtyard, Anita Mui has not worn sunglasses inside the house, and it was the same when she came here today. After Zhou Yan opened the door for her, she took off her sunglasses. She was quite careful about this.

Zhou Yan noticed that there was no water in Anita Mui's cup, so he smiled and said, Miss Mei, let me add some water to you.

Anita Mui was in a daze, but when she heard Zhou Yan's voice, she came back to her senses and cleared her throat, Thank you...but don't call me Miss Mei. Call me Amei or Sister Mei.

Zhou Yan nodded, Okay, Sister Mei.

He also noticed that Anita Mui's voice was a little wrong, a little crying.

Maybe it was because I heard If Love Has God's Will and felt it.

This is not surprising. Anita Mui is a singer herself, so it is normal for her to be more sensitive to music than ordinary people.

After refilling Anita Mui's water, Zhou Yan looked at the time and saw that it was already late. Then he came to Fang Xiu and reminded her, Junior Sister Fang, it's almost dinner time.

Fang Xiu had just gotten a new piece of music and was still excited about it. He was reluctant to let it go, so he said, Senior brother, go ahead and put the rice in the pot, wash the vegetables, and choose one. Call me when you're done. I'll cook it later.

Zhou Yan scratched his head and said, Okay.

Then Zhou Yan said sorry to Anita Mui and then went to the kitchen.

When he got to the kitchen, Zhou Yan rolled up his sleeves and started working.

At first, just as Fang Xiu said, he washed the rice and put it into the pot, and then prepared the dishes.

But after waiting for the dishes to be prepared, Zhou Yan thought that the dishes were all prepared, so he simply cooked the dishes. In fact, many times the troublesome part of cooking is not the step after heating the pot, but the preliminary side dishes. .

After the dishes are prepared, the rest is easy.

There were more people and fewer people cooking, so Zhou Yan could only reduce the variety and increase the portion.

There are three meat dishes: braised tofu with meat, roasted chicken with potatoes, and braised carp. Except for one braised carp, the braised tofu with meat and roasted chicken with potatoes are both served in basins.

There is also pork ribs and winter melon soup, plus two seasonal vegetables, for a total of six dishes. The pork ribs are stewed in advance, and the seasonal vegetables are easy to stir-fry. Just pour them into the pot and stir them a few times.

After the dishes were cooked, Zhou Yan ran to the piano room to greet him.

It's time to eat.

Fang Xiu, who was practicing, was stunned when she heard about the meal. She had been waiting for Zhou Yan to call her to cook, and she forgot about it as she waited.

Fang Xiu hurried to the living room and saw a table of dishes. He was surprised and said, Senior Brother Zhou Yan, are all these dishes made by you?

Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, Yeah.

So you can cook.

I didn't say I couldn't cook either.

Then you still...

At this time, other people also walked into the living room. Zhang Xinning saw the dishes on the table and said with a smile, Zhou Yan, you are hiding your secrets. Although you haven't eaten it yet, you can see the color and taste. , it should be about the same.”

Zhou Yan laughed, I know these things, and I learned them from Fang Xiu.

At this time, Fang Xiu put some food into a bowl, tasted it, then rolled his eyes and said, Senior brother, your food is better than mine, and you said you learned it from me.

Zhou Yan didn't bother with this, so he was worried that the job of cooking would fall on him in the future.

When it comes to cooking, one or two meals is fine, and he even enjoys it a little bit, but too much is really not good.

Of course, that's what Fang Xiu and the others said, and they wouldn't really let Zhou Yan cook.

Anita Mui also stayed here to eat at noon. The food was not exquisite, but she could get used to it.

When lunch was over, Zhou Yan thought that Anita Mui would leave, but she still stayed. Judging from her posture, it seemed that she wanted to wait until everyone had practiced If Love Has God's Will before she could listen to the complete performance.

It wasn't until about three o'clock in the afternoon that everyone really started practicing together. Fortunately, the music was relatively simple and everyone was a master, so they mastered it quickly.

After practicing for more than an hour, the effect has already appeared.

At five o'clock in the evening, Zhou Yan took out his Walkman and asked them to play it seriously, and he recorded it.

But after recording, Zhou Yan always felt that something was missing.

After listening to the song several times, Zhou Yan finally came to the conclusion that the song lacked some vocals. If a little vocals could be added to the main melody, it would add to the sad mood of the song.

The human voice is originally an instrument, and the human voice is a very plastic instrument. When expressing emotions, it is very free and expressive.

Zhou Yan looked around among the musicians, and then asked Yu Ran, Yu Ran, how is your vocal music?

Yu Ran smiled sheepishly and said, The theory is okay.

The theory is okay, but the singing is not good.

But Zhou Yan still said, Hum a few lines of the second section of the melody for me.

Although Yu Ran said that she could only do well with theory, Zhou Yan still wanted her to try it because Yu Ran's voice was very nice, which was her innate advantage.

Yu Ran nodded and began to hum the second part of the melody.

After Yu Ran finished humming, Zhou Yan frowned. There were no problems with Yu Ran's tone and intonation, but the breath and support were a bit off, and the effect was not up to Zhou Yan's expectations.

Zhou Yan can also sing himself, but his problem is similar to Yu Ran's. Because he doesn't usually carry out vocal-related functional training, he has problems with breath control.

He could find the pitch, but the pitch was only the first step. The same sound sounded by different people would have completely different feelings.

Just when Zhou Yan was in trouble, Anita Mui suddenly spoke, Zhou Yan, how about I give it a try?

Zhou Yan looked at Anita Mui unexpectedly, Sister Mei, are you coming?

Can I? Anita Mui asked with a smile.

In fact, Zhou Yan just thought about letting Anita Mui give it a try, but Zhou Yan didn't mention it, not only because the two were not very familiar with each other, but also because Anita Mui is a professional singer, and it is difficult to mention this kind of busyness.

But since Anita Mui took the initiative to mention it, Zhou Yan nodded, Of course.

Zhou Yan thought, anyway, it’s just a demo tape, and he can just find someone else to record the official version later, so there won’t be any disputes in the future.

Seeing Zhou Yan nod, Anita Mui stood up, then cleared her throat and started humming.

In fact, since Anita Mui heard this melody for the first time in the morning, she has often hummed it in a low voice, so she is already very familiar with this melody. Now she can hum it directly without much preparation.

When she started humming, everyone present couldn't help but nod.

When the professional singer opened her mouth, it was indeed different. Anita Mui had perfect control over the breath and emotions, and she immediately expressed the sadness in the melody.

After humming, Anita Mui herself felt dissatisfied, but Zhou Yan smiled and said, Sister Mei, it's already very good. Let them start, let's record the whole song again.

Anita Mui also knew that there was no point in being picky at this time, so she nodded and said, Okay.

Then the musicians started playing, and when the second melody started, Anita Mui's vocals came in.

Zhou Yan listened and nodded. Sure enough, after adding the vocals, the effect of the whole song was much better. Although there were no words, only a simple ah~, Anita Mui's voice had a strong sense of telling and added a lot of color to the melody.

The recording was very good this time. After Zhou Yan finished recording, he stopped and was not ready to record again.

While Zhou Yan was playing with the tape, Anita Mui walked up to Zhou Yan and said with a smile, Ayan, have you ever thought about turning this piece of music into a song?

Thanks to [afrashui] for the 100 reward

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