Entertainment: Is this how you play music?!

Chapter 371 Loud European and American voices? Too funny.

"Brother Can, netizens are using us as a target again."

I just finished practicing the piano.

Chen Gang, who was lying on the sofa scrolling through his phone, started to joke.

Before Li Can could speak, Lin Feng became curious and immediately asked with a grin.

"What betting odds? Is Brother Gambler wearing a floral cotton-padded jacket?"

"No."

Chen Gang shook his head, his gaze toward Lin Feng filled with pity.

"Let's bet on what pose we'll use to wish everyone a Happy New Year this time."

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The smile didn't disappear; it just shifted. Lin Feng's face darkened, which was met with Li Can's chuckle.

Li Can swore he had no intention of provoking Lin Feng today, but given the current atmosphere, he could only blurt out two words.

"Stupid B."

"Hahahahahaha!"

The group, who had already exhausted themselves from rehearsals, burst into laughter in unison.

"you!"

"What do you mean 'you'? Don't bother with New Year's greetings this time. Foreign audiences don't buy it. Besides, if you get seriously injured, where am I supposed to steal another lead singer? It'll delay my money-making."

"Li Can, you son of a bitch!"

"I'm just worried about you."

I care about you.

"Thank you for your concern."

"Fuck you, let me finish what I have to say!"

Having asked for a scolding and having his chanting interrupted repeatedly, Lin Feng was immediately placed in the red-hot category.

"Why are you holding an outdoor concert in the dead of winter? Do you really enjoy freezing out in the snow with your fans?"

"Not only in the dead of winter, but also in the sweltering heat of summer, I'll never forget that concert in Japan!"

See it.

trouble making.

Li Can nodded knowingly.

Generally speaking, one should give him face at this time, but Li Can just spread his hands, looked innocent, and shook his head from side to side.

"Is it my fault? There are so many fans. Bad weather can discourage some people from coming to the show. I'm just thinking about maintaining order. Doesn't the safety of the fans matter?"

"If fans heard this, their halo would shatter!"

"Dude, do you have any sense of propriety? Halo? What halo?"

Li Can glanced at Lin Feng, who was in the process of getting his temperature checked, with annoyance.

"Fans will just think, 'This is something we would do,' and now it doesn't feel right?"

Lin Feng was speechless.

He's really mastered this 360-degree three-dimensional defense.

"Alright, Feng, say less. Take a break and warm up your voice before the performance."

Li Can skillfully set aside Lin Feng for the moment and turned to look at Han Jiayin.

"Jiayin, how are you feeling? Are you able to go crazy?"

"Ah."

Han Jiayin nodded very quietly, smiling and making an "OK" sign.

Seeing Han Jiayin's quiet demeanor, Li Can immediately felt relieved.

This couple is a perfect match; they're all about the contrast.

Lin Feng is as silly offstage as he is onstage, and Han Jiayin is the same. Only when she is quiet and pays attention to controlling herself in daily life can she bring out the full potential when she releases herself on stage.

The price of power.

"Just like Brother Feng said, why not pick a day with good weather? It's purely to increase the intensity and give it a challenge. If there are too many formulaic performances without any challenge, people will become less skilled, and once they become less skilled, they will just settle for mediocrity, understand?"

Li Can stretched and stood up from the sofa, casually picking up a drumstick.

The siblings stood up and took their places in perfect unison.

"The most important thing to pay attention to when performing during the hottest days of summer is how to keep people excited without making them feel annoyed, and how to turn the heat into passion instead of irritability and anger."

"The same applies to winter. The most important thing is to bring out the maximum energy and bring the heat to the extreme so that the audience does not feel the cold."

Li Can stopped talking.

He tapped the drumsticks, casually giving a rhythm, and winked at Zhao Ze.

The bassist and drummer started getting hyped up right away.

Soon, the others joined in one by one.

Once Li Can felt it was about right, he casually added a reminder of the accent during the transition, giving the intro to the song he had chosen for the concert.

Winnie understood instantly and followed the rhythm immediately.

The transition from solo to music was seamless; Han Jiayin's input was smooth and without any stumbles.

Li Can nodded in satisfaction.

This was a pure surprise attack. During normal training, a team coordination test was suddenly launched without warning. It's normal that people couldn't react in time, but if they coordinated well, they passed the test directly.

It seems simple, but it is actually very difficult. Even if you are on high alert, a lack of teamwork can cause you to collapse.

The fact that they could keep up with this level of synergy during training shows that while everyone was having fun, they weren't taking the performance lightly, and they didn't slack off in their skills just because the band was so popular.

The rehearsal time passed slowly.

The external publicity surrounding the formula even kept the staff extremely busy.

But Li Can's rehearsals always had a sense of tranquility and peace.

They even took this opportunity to develop a systematic and targeted learning plan for each team member.

In this atmosphere, even Lin Feng and Han Jiayin didn't realize that their singing skills had already soared once again, reaching the top level in the world pop music scene.

During the time that Li Can and his group were preparing for the performance.

The promotional campaign for concert broadcasts in China has entered a new phase.

The coverage area has been expanded and the hype has been raised. Since the concert will start soon, what needs to be done now is to give DP band's previous works some extra exposure from time to time to evoke memories, and to throw out a few topics for people to discuss from time to time to maintain attention.

With more attention and more topics to discuss, the chances of something strange happening increase.

Stellar Entertainment pays close attention to any rhetoric that tries to stir up trouble and create division.

If he didn't know Li Can, he might have made money from this, but since Li Can is the key figure in his company, things are different.

Be flexible.

But even the most flexible approach can have unexpected twists and turns. Xingmei never imagined that the rhythm of the DP band would start from such a strange angle.

This is not a smear campaign, nor is it a questioning.

In the topic of "How big is the gap in ability between Western singers and Chinese singers", netizens began to discuss.

There are few professionals among them; most only have a superficial understanding, and their discussions quickly veer towards extremes.

Until a recently famous Chinese internet celebrity spoke up.

"Can you even listen to those singers in China? They're so slow and drawn-out, it's like they haven't even eaten yet, they have no energy at all."

“Look at Europe and America, there are female singers with loud voices everywhere. I won’t say anything else, you can say we don’t like that kind of voice, but even the most niche voices must exist, right? So why don’t we have them?”

"Stop talking about race or anything like that. What are you lacking? I don't believe in this stuff. Haven't Asians proven enough in the last two years on the field? What does race have to do with these things? You're just bad at it!"

The internet celebrity's name is Xu Dong, and he is not a musician.

He usually just does live streams and makes videos, talking about whatever's trending, spouting all sorts of twisted logic, but he's a natural logician, so it always feels like what he says actually makes sense. Just like what Xu Dong said this time, it actually sounds like there's some truth to it.

Don't say that! I don't know about Xu Dong's other words, but there's nothing wrong with what he said!

Yes, they all looked listless and weak.

Who says loud, powerful voices aren't popular in Europe and America? They're incredibly popular!

The more online celebrities make a fuss, the more attention they get. The higher the attention, the bigger the trouble they cause. When they make a big fuss, more people pay attention, and that's when accidents happen.

One netizen asked a question, seemingly confused.

What about Han Jiayin from the band Devil Power?

That's when things started to get out of hand.

Many netizens looked up in shock.

Damn it, I miscalculated; it really does exist.

Loud voices from Europe and America.

This usually refers to female singers.

DP Band has a lot of English and Chinese songs. When listening to Han Jiayin sing, the Chinese songs tend to be more lyrical, while the English songs also have some Western singing styles and voices.

Among the several songs sung by Han Jiayin that have become hits around the world, the power is really strong, and at first listen, it sounds like a powerful voice from Europe and America.

As a result, countless netizens, not wanting to miss out on the drama, flooded the comments section with their own opinions.

What about Han Jiayin?

What about Han Jiayin?

When the comments started flooding the screen, Xu Dong was caught off guard and pretended to be dead on the spot. He didn't start a live stream or reply to the netizens.

However, precisely because what Xu Dong said made some sense, yet was so provocative, the topic continued to gain traction.

By the time Star Media Entertainment discovered it, the plan was already taking shape.

That's how online celebrities are; they can play the drum and then ignore it. But Xingmei, which has long since changed from an entertainment company under Li Can's influence, can't be like that.

Building a sign takes years of effort, but smashing it can happen in an instant.

Although the matter wasn't very significant and wouldn't have caused Xingmei much panic, Wang Yongchang still meticulously reported the situation to Li Can in great detail.

Wang Yongchang just didn't expect that.

After hearing these words, Li Can and the other six on the other end of the phone remained silent for a moment before suddenly bursting into loud laughter.

"Hahahaha!"

"Sabbie! It's pure Sabbie!! Hahahaha!!"

Wang Yongchang is a bit like Louis XVI.

I knew these people would probably find Xu Dong's remarks ridiculous, but I didn't expect their reaction to be so intense.

That's how online celebrities are; you feel like what they're saying makes a lot of sense, until they start talking about your area of ​​expertise.

But the conversation coming from the phone made Wang Yongchang's brain freeze.

The perspectives they care about seem to be completely different.

"Another loud-voiced Western guy!!"

"Hahaha, what the hell is this 'Western big voice'? Where did they make up that term?"

"I don't know about rhythm, but the term 'big voice' from Europe and America is really hilarious. It's just like the term 'Lighthouse Hero' or 'Chinese Dad.'"

"Hubei-style sesame paste noodles, Sichuan-style extra-spicy meat skewers?"

"Hahahahahaha!"

Wang Yongchang was stunned.

He spoke only after the laughter subsided slightly.

"No, Ah-Chan, this..."

"Let him talk. There's no need to interfere. What's the point of correcting him? Is it just to generate buzz for him to collect Cullinan fragments?"

Li Can laughed and calmly began to speak.

"Don't worry about it. Let them say whatever they want. If you can suppress it, then suppress it; if you can't, then forget it. It's no big deal."

“I understand the reasoning. I’m telling you these things because I respect your opinion. It’s not that I can’t do it; I just want to know why you laugh at the term ‘big voice’ in Western countries.”

Wang Yongchang felt numb, and his heart was itching with desire.

I always feel like I'm getting close to some outrageous and abstract kind of fun, but I don't seem to understand it.
"Let me put it this way, anyone who can utter the term 'Western loud voice' should be dismissed as someone who doesn't know anything and is just spouting nonsense. They probably don't even have basic musical taste or knowledge."

Li Can's laughter was full of mockery.

"He only got two things right. First, even the most niche groups will definitely exist, but he just doesn't know it. Second, it really has nothing to do with race."

Despite the mockery, Li Can still explained things to Wang Yongchang.

Wang Yongchang was taken aback.

As Li Can narrated.

His expression also became increasingly strange.

Many things seem to be just a small thing, yet the whole worldview seems to shatter.

Li Can only said half of it, and Wang Yongchang could hardly bear to look at the term "Western loud voice" the same way.

"Sound pressure and loudness depend on the work, and how the work expresses itself depends on the content. Han Jiayin sings Chinese songs more softly and lyrically because of the feeling of the melody and lyrics. The Chinese language is like a compressed package with an explosive amount of information, which makes it more suitable for poetic expression."

"English songs are simpler. You can just repeat a word for a long part of the chorus. For example, in the chorus of 'Rise,' you can repeat 'Rise!', right? It's like saying 'Rise! Rise!' Would that be appropriate to sing in Chinese?"

Just thinking about Wang Yongchang feels abstract.

But as Li Can recounted his story, the more abstract aspects followed.

"When English is used to express emotions directly, it loses its depth and poetry, but in return it becomes a huge impact. Should the feeling of singing also be changed? Should we further increase the sound pressure and loudness?"

"Isn't this just what these idiots are saying about whether it's loud or not?"

"Look at what truly gentle and lyrical songs from Europe and America look like. Do they use what's called a 'big voice'?"

"!"

A word to awaken the dreamer.

Wang Yongchang exclaimed "Holy crap!" and was immediately overwhelmed with shock.

What was shocking was not Li Can's explanation, but the sheer absurdity of the internet celebrity's behavior towards his guards.

"What kind of 'loud voice' is this? There's no such word at all. Even if we follow this group's logic, even if the word existed, I would still say that there aren't many loud voices in Europe and America, and not much more than in China. Saying that Europe and America have loud voices is just too ridiculous."

"The obsession with loud voices in China has been going on for a long time, but how many of them actually study music?"

Li Can snorted and sneered.

"When talking about vocal music, if you hear someone talking about the big voices of Europe and America, it means that this person is not only talking nonsense and completely falling into a misconception, but also has no aesthetic sense or brain and just loves to pretend."

"Now that you put it that way, I know what to do."

Wang Yongchang's eyelids twitched.

Unexpectedly, what was just a routine report to Li Can about what had happened turned into such a funny situation.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Yongchang felt that nothing had happened, but clearly, Li Can and his group didn't think so.

It's not that I have to argue or prove anything; it's just that I suddenly got excited.

"Jiayin, how about we change the opening song?"

Li Can suddenly had a plan.

"Didn't they complain that it wasn't big enough? Didn't they want some so-called loud Western voice? Then let's get something really powerful, the bigger the better."

"Big! Big!"

Han Jiayin grinned mischievously.

"Not only do they need to be big, but they also need to be both genuinely big and fake big. I have to use a fake account to ask them which one counts as big!"

(End of this chapter)