Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 82 Happy Birthday, Miss Stitch
Generally speaking, the production process of a song from scratch can be divided into the following steps:

Writing lyrics and composing music, recording demos, arranging music (the most difficult, time-consuming and also the most critical step), asking musicians to play the instrumental sounds in the song accompaniment (if you find it troublesome, you can also directly find a suitable sound source from the online material library), recording the singer's vocals (production highlights are usually only placed here), and subsequent mixing and mastering.

The lyrics and music were actually pretty good, and Shen Juan, whose memory had inexplicably improved, was able to basically restore them perfectly.

But composing music is not that simple.

It can be said that lyrics and music constitute a person's complete physical structure and soul, and arranging the music is probably about finding suitable clothing and accessories for this person.

Everyone needs to wear clothes before going out, and everyone's appearance will be affected by their outfit.

So this means that no matter how great the lyrics and music are, they will not be able to shine if they encounter poor arrangement.

Fortunately, Shen Juan is familiar with the arrangement details of each song, and with the collective efforts of the entire production team, I believe the finished product will not be much worse than the original time and space.

On the first day of arriving in LA, Shen Juan met with a senior album producer in the industry who was found by Le Hua.

The position of producer.
In fact, it is like the manager of a football team. It seems that he has done nothing, but in fact he has done everything.

Although the producer does not participate in the professional process of song production such as writing lyrics, composing, arranging and mixing, other work including contacting arrangers, musicians and mixing teachers, determining work dates and negotiating prices are basically all his responsibility.

If you don't have diamonds, don't do porcelain work.

Shen Juan knew he couldn't do this job.

Naturally, it is necessary to contact the company to find a senior industry insider in the United States to take up this very important position in the team that connects everyone together.

His name is Tom Richards, a white dude.

It's hard to tell his exact age from his appearance.

After all, white people always look old.

It is not impossible for a 20-year-old college student to grow a big beard and pretend to be a 40-year-old middle-aged man.

Without much ado, we just briefly chatted about the style and theme of the album and then got straight to work.

He won't stay in the United States for too long, so he needs to speed up the production as much as possible and try to complete as much work as possible within the limited time.

On the fifth day after arriving in LA, Shen Juan and others had completed the lyrics, composition and arrangement of the first single.

"If I Can't Have You" released by Canadian singer Shawn Mendes on May 2019, 5.

Original Billboard results: 23 weeks on the chart, peaked at 2nd place, and ranked 29th on the Singles Annual Chart.

If it wasn't for the bad luck of running into Li Na's Old Town Road, it might have become a champion single.

"Oh, I'm good at keeping my distance,

I know, that you're the feeling I'm missing,

You know that I hate to admit it,

But everything means nothing if I can't have you."

Inside the recording studio, Shen Juan is testing the sound and recording over and over again as required, striving to do his best.

Outside the recording studio, Yangjin Zhuoma was answering a transatlantic call.

A new job has come my way.

First of all, Riot Games was very satisfied with the final promotional song "Ticking Away" submitted by Shen Juan.

It was decided that Shen Juan would be the guest performer at the League of Legends S7 finals and perform the opening promotional song on the finals stage at the Bird's Nest on November 11th.

To do this, he needs to arrive at the competition venue one day in advance for rehearsal.

The Bird's Nest is different from ordinary stadiums in the country, so the preparation work required is naturally more complicated and tedious.

Then Alibaba’s large-scale evening party, Tmall Double Eleven Carnival Night, also invited Shen Juan to perform on stage.

In addition, Tiffany decided to officially announce Shen Juan’s identity as the brand ambassador for China in November.

So we worked with Dior to promote the cover of the December issue of "Esquire", helping Shen Juan unlock another first-line men's magazine, and his achievements in the fashion field +1.

It's all good news.

But in fact, all of this was within their expectations, and the good news that would really make them happy had not yet arrived.

On the 20th of next month, Victoria's Secret will hold the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Shanghai, and will invite many world-renowned foreign singers to perform on stage.

This is exactly the resource Shen Juan wants.

So he worked day and night at full capacity to release the first pre-release single of his album as early as possible, to see if he could step onto this large-scale stage that attracted worldwide attention as the "host singer" and make a stunning appearance in front of nearly 10 million online viewers around the world.

Finished a day of recording.

Shen Juan exchanged a few polite words with the staff in the recording studio and waved goodbye, then took the relevant information about the heroine of the single MV from Yangjin Zhuoma.

Sydney Sweeney, born on September 1997, 9, is an 12th-tier actress who started acting at a young age under the influence of Emma Stone but has been lukewarm in her development.

Just looking at the photo of the upper body, Shen Juan feels that this girl seems to have not yet reached the peak of her beauty when she became popular through "Euphoria" and was called "Sydney Girl" by fans.

But her figure, especially her bust, is quite amazing.

Well, it’s about 1.5 big honeys.

It is very consistent with the usual body style of European and American actresses.

On the way back to the hotel, Shen Juan, who was tired after a whole day and was dozing off, suddenly received a call.

A cross-border call from Tian Xiwei.

"I obviously just wanted to share with them my daily fun and feelings while filming, but they thought I was showing off to them, and then secretly created a WeChat group to complain about me! I'm so mad!" Tian Xiwei pouted and told Shen Juan all the grievances she had suffered since returning to school.

"Hey, you're already twenty years old and still don't understand the ways of the world?" Shen Juan felt helpless and wanted to laugh.

This female college student, who has not yet officially entered the circle, is indeed thick-skinned and precocious, but she will still encounter some contradictions and troubles that are inevitable for her age group.

"Of course they know a little bit about the ways of the world, but I didn't expect those gossipers to be so sensitive and mean! Now I understand how disgusting it is to have my good intentions treated as nothing."

"Hey, why do you care about them? You are not RMB, how can you make everyone like you?"

"But I still have to stay in this school for three years! If they all hate me, it will definitely not be easy." Tian Xiwei said with a bitter face, and before she finished speaking, she heard Shen Juan suddenly interrupt her complaint.

"Do you remember what you said to me on the night of Valentine's Day? Don't waste your energy on yourself. It will be very tiring. I will say the same thing to you now. There is really no need to worry about those who are destined not to be friends."

"But I really don't have many friends," Tian Xiwei said aggrievedly, "and if I don't have a good relationship with them, they will definitely expose me online or tell the media to say bad things about me in the future."

There was silence on the other end of the phone, leaving only the crackling sound of electricity and the sound of rain in Los Angeles.

After a long while, Tian Xiwei broke the deadlock with a low voice: "Juanjuan, is it raining in Los Angeles now?"

"It's not just Los Angeles where it's raining." The familiar voice on the other end of the phone sounded tired and gentle.

Tian Xiwei's heart trembled, and then she heard:
"Friends are more about quality than quantity. Miss Stitch, are your life options only ABCD? It's 2 a.m. in LA now. Am I a dead person if I answer your call?"

"Also, don't think I don't know why you suddenly called me in the middle of the night."

Shen Juan paused for a moment, and then congratulated in a tone as relaxed and cheerful as possible: "Happy birthday! The gift should be on its way soon, remember to sign for it."

After hanging up the phone, I felt much better.

And birthday gift
She had actually received it, otherwise she wouldn't have called Shen Juan in the early morning US time.

She is not the kind of girl who has no sense of propriety.

Looking at the ceiling of the dormitory, Tian Xiwei lay on the bed and repeatedly kneaded the furry Stitch doll.

Of course Shen Juan wouldn't just give her a doll.

But compared to those beautiful clothes, delicious chocolates, blingbling accessories and nice perfumes, this cheapest doll is more to her liking.

Because she clearly remembered that Shen Juan had said before that her smile looked like that "alien creature" Stitch, who looked cute but had amazing fighting power and was also quite dangerous.

What's more, when she first got this Stitch, there was a developed photo stuck on its belly.

These are stills from their filming.

In order to catch up with the filming schedule that day, they shot a night scene. While waiting for the scene, Tian Xiwei leaned on the bus chair and took a nap, while Shen Juan sat next to her and made faces at the camera of his mobile phone. On the glass window behind them, the three big words "Tian Xiwei" were written very clearly.

The car window was fogged up that day and I wrote your name.

Tian Xiwei suddenly thought of this sentence.

It's like suddenly eating an unexpectedly delicious candy on a boring, dull and dreary day.

Tian Xiwei felt sweet in her heart and only hoped
I hope it will always be this sweet.

　Considering that the aesthetics of the European and American music markets change every year, the hits of the past may not be popular now, and the hits of the future may not be popular now, so the main album selection should try to only choose hot singles released in the next two years.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)