Entertainment: Is this how you play music?!

Chapter 444 You must attack in muscular form.

"Come on, all the performance requirements for the Tencent Games Carnival are here. Don't practice until you're exhausted; sometimes you need to think things through."

Four days later, during a meal, Li Can handed the printed documents to everyone with a smile.

Chen Gang took the document while stuffing braised pork into his mouth.

"Hmm? Tencent's game carnival, can there really be anything substantial?"

"Don't underestimate Tencent; they've invested in countless games."

Li Can chuckled and leaned back slightly.

"You think this is just a Tencent Games carnival? This carnival was co-organized with many foreign companies. Their determination to invest in the game industry is not small. Don't limit yourself to Tencent Games."

Zhao Ze pursed his lips, opened the file, and took a look.

Sure enough, many games have Tencent's investment, but no one would have thought that Tencent was behind them.

There are many types of games, from online and mobile games to single-player games.

It's clear that the carnival opening ceremony is a large-scale performance, and subsequent activities will be held separately according to different categories.

The game carnival covers a wide range of topics, including the release of new games, the achievements of older games, related performances, and the organization and operation of game-related events.

The opening ceremony serves as a grand gathering, marking the start of a major event in the gaming industry.

Other game developers would also accept such an invitation. Their own game IPs might provide some buzz for Tencent's Carnival, but they could also gain exposure in the Chinese game market.

There may be capital maneuvering involved in this process, but that has nothing to do with Li Can and others.

"Hmm? This year's carnival has invited quite a few artists."

Han Jiayin saw many familiar names and nodded thoughtfully.

"Yes, I don't know who started it, but the entertainment industry has taken notice of the gaming industry. Endorsements, collaborative creations, the development efficiency in this year is equivalent to the previous three years."

Winnie made a comment, and everyone's eyes involuntarily turned to Li Can.

"Don't look at me, it has nothing to do with me."

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The eye-rolling gesture was uniform, but their inner thoughts were completely unconvinced.

Ever since Li Can made waves in the gaming world.

In the entertainment industry, many people in the music sector have their eyes on games.

Celebrity-endorsed songs are becoming increasingly common, even spreading from games. This trend may extend beyond just game endorsements; it could even involve collaborative creations for specific events or characters within a game.

It did not originate from Li Can's addiction to games.

However, Li Can's immense success in game music, while he was engrossed in the game, was definitely one of the powerful driving factors.

"The requirement for the opening ceremony is abstractness. Compared to specific joint game performances, there is no clear theme, only the feeling that needs to be conveyed."

Chen Gang was the first to start reciting.

I was clearly speechless.

Regarding the performance requirements, the content provided by Tencent is rather ambiguous compared to other artists.

There is no specific game tied to it. As a summary, it allows the use of any game content under this carnival, as well as game projects that Li Can has participated in and has commercial performance authorization for, as performance aids.

All they need to do is rely on DP's reputation and their excellent live performance skills to stir the players' emotions and let them feel the passion and emotion that the game once brought.

The client's request was very abstract, but it wasn't unreasonable; on the contrary, it was essential.

"What are your thoughts on evoking the touching and exciting moments players have experienced in the game, and bringing a sense of awe?"

Li Can tapped the table lightly and pursed his lips.

"Previous game music can't be used. I would like to use a song similar to 'Bury the Light,' which is very famous among gamers, but it's not possible. It has nothing to do with licensing. The problem lies in the word 'summary.'"

"The applicability of a work is very important, and the combination of emotion and passion can easily create a certain degree of conflict and difficulty."

"Indeed, when you're moved, you need to express your feelings, but expressing feelings clashes with the high-energy, passionate style to some extent. However, I think you, Brother Can, already have a solution."

Lin Feng gave Li Can a meaningful look.

Li Can waved his hand.

"I definitely have ideas, but this time it's not up to me, it's up to you. The outcome will also depend on you."

"Okay, okay, the exam has been moved up."

Lin Feng only made a small complaint.

I didn't feel anything was wrong.

After all, if they simply listened to whatever Li Can said, they would have completely lost their artistic intuition.

That band's future is truly hopeless.

Regardless of whether they can produce works or whether they will follow Li Can's creative line of thought.

The first thing to do is to have your own subjective understanding and thinking, so that you can delve deeper into the performance and have a deeper understanding of the elements of the work.

Arrangements are arrangements.

Thinking is thinking.

"You don't necessarily have to add to it; you can also subtract from it."

Han Jiayin spoke first.

"If you're used to a water temperature of 38 degrees, 42 degrees can also be very hot. Combustion isn't about loudness, but about comparison. It's better to pursue the relative than the absolute."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in unison.

Are lyricism and passion truly opposites?

Not necessarily.

Because music has layers, gradations, and steps.

The emotion evoked by lyricism can be transformed into an unstoppable passion, which resonates with the feelings of countless players in games.

What is the source of the emotional impact of a game?
It certainly couldn't have come from a single draw or a six-yuan first recharge.

The emotional impact doesn't lie in the gameplay itself, but in the stories the game tells.

These stories often carry a tragic element to varying degrees.

It's not just foreign games; domestic games are also not lacking in depictions of tragedy.

There is sorrow ahead, but we move forward fearlessly.

This is actually a common spirit expressed in many games: no matter what difficulties lie ahead, players will do their best to overcome them.

Regardless of whether you spend money to overcome the difficulties in this game, let me just say whether you've overcome them or not.

The charm of games lies in the sense of mission and accomplishment gained from conquering levels.

Whether this challenge involves tragedy or difficulty.

For most players, playing a game is like reading a novel, experiencing a completely different life.

Most players are quite ordinary.

But everyone in the game can be a hero who saves the world.

It is precisely based on this consensus.

Regarding the summary-style performance structure of the carnival opening ceremony, everyone had similar ideas.

"The stairs, that's crucial."

Lin Feng spoke, looking at Han Jiayin.

"It would be best to choose Jiayin as the lead singer, because female voices have a greater advantage in this kind of subtractive transition. As for me, I don't need the presence of male voices. Otherwise, the collaborative nature of the duet would dilute the abstract emotions that the work wants to express, creating a concrete and realistic meaning, which would be extremely easy for people to interpret as a love song." "Great, Feng, you've grown."

Chen Gang patted Lin Feng's shoulder with a smile, like a kind old father.

If we weren't talking about serious business, we'd be just a hair's breadth away from getting beaten up.

"The arrangement needs to be simplified. For female vocals, the voice should be as light as possible. As for the instrumentation, I think the piano is the most suitable, as it is more suitable for a gentle start."

Everyone started chatting, one after another.

For a moment, I even forgot to eat.

He thought about things whenever he could, completely immersed in the atmosphere.

"In terms of the melody's direction, I think it needs to use an overall upward and forward movement to express the heroic image of overall progress, but the direction within the musical phrases should be appropriately downward to create a feeling of 'down', representing a certain degree of difficulty, or a tragic twist in the narrative."

"But we can't overdo it! It's just a prelude to accumulating strength for a future breakthrough."

Zhao Ze looked at Han Jiayin, and Han Jiayin nodded repeatedly.

As he spoke, he looked at Winnie, as if asking for her opinion, but Winnie remained silent, only giving him thumbs up.

"That's right, strings are definitely the emotional engine, but the bass, drums, or other timbres should not be too complex or too prominent. They need to build up power for the explosion after the transition."

"At the end, we can use electronic music to elevate the performance and bring out the emotions!"

Li Can was very satisfied.

During the conversation, everyone thought about the lyricism of the piano, the emotional stimulation and epic feeling created by string music, and electronic music.

This shows that those present are no longer limited to rock music.

This is actually a good thing.

Music is open and progressive; to confine oneself to a certain fixed framework is either a sign of insufficient ability or a decline in thought.

The performer is the communicator, and the communicator's job is to express emotions to move the audience.

Regardless of style or method.

Use what you can, make the most of everything, and unleash your imagination – this is the ultimate meaning of music that the DP band pursues.

But Lin Feng had just finished saying that.

Han Jiayin frowned, shook her head, and immediately denied it.

"No, I don't think it will work. If the structure is really that simple, it's too low-level. It lacks a real sense of impact and just relies on loudness battles or timbre upgrades to create physical emotional stimulation!"

Li Can's eyes lit up even more.

Clearly, everyone has considered the details of the performance more thoroughly.

The intensive retraining we've been undergoing has already begun to show significant results.

Lin Feng wasn't annoyed.

Instead, after Han Jiayin's reminder, he nodded thoughtfully.

"Yes, now that you mention it, it's true. This is a relatively simple program structure. It's not bad, but it's not exactly a 'second' problem either. It's a fairly standard approach."

For a typical studio, such a framework would have been finalized much earlier.

The piano begins, followed by strings, then drums, and finally electronic music elevates the mood.

The framework isn't judged by whether it's conventional or not, but by how well it's easy to use.

Just like in the design of game music, the [Li Can architecture] is really useful, and there are countless examples of how to use it in creative ways.

But it's different for the DP band.

Excellent equals average, ordinary equals terrible, and terrible is worse than dead.

They have to come up with some ingenious new tricks within this fairly ordinary framework to prove that the performers are DP, and not some roadside band.

"So how do we elevate a work? It must have stages of lyricism—accumulation—and then an explosive release, so that the power is finally unleashed."

"Wait, power."

"Powder tile".

Chen Gang frowned, suddenly feeling as if he had realized something.

His muttering to himself drew everyone's attention.

"Try to think about who in our band is the most talented."

Instantly, everyone's eyes turned to Li Can, and all their movements were perfectly synchronized, as if honed through countless trials.

"We may not be able to limit ourselves to the structure of the music itself; we may also need to consider the stimulation the performance will have on the audience."

Winnie spoke up instinctively.

As a guitarist, Winnie understands best what it means to "display sheet music as sheet music and perform live as live".

In musical performances.

Even the musicians' posture, style, and the emotions and physical movements they express.

This is all part of the performance.

A competent performer will make the audience unaware of these things because they are natural, while an incompetent performer will look like they are being punished, and the audience will find it strange no matter how they look at it.

Excellent performers, with their graceful gestures and movements, can make the audience feel incredibly elegant, becoming the finishing touch, and sometimes even being mistakenly interpreted as "charisma" or "stage presence."

This is actually the design related to the "performance".

One of them is epilepsy.

DP often acts crazy on stage, but they only do so when they are emotionally charged, not for no reason, so as not to distract the audience.

"Brother Can, it seems you're the one who's going to explode."

Lin Feng clicked his tongue, and his little hands, not behaving themselves, pinched Li Can's arm.

He pinched those taut muscles, his eyes revealing a look of envy and jealousy.

With a look of disgust, Li Can slapped Lin Feng's hand away and glanced at Lin Feng with disdain.

"What are you doing, putting on a potion? Do you expect me to go shirtless on stage?"

"Going shirtless isn't necessary, but you must express explosive power, tension, and masculine strength. This really requires a drummer like you with your own muscles to act as the engine of power."

Winnie nodded in satisfaction and began to pinch Li Can's muscles with her hands.

The most visually appealing episode is about a body honed through countless trials.

Don't say it.

Although the idea is quite bizarre.

But everyone really agreed.

A muscular drummer on stage, with a wild and unrestrained attitude, forcefully strikes explosive drumbeats, which in itself is a double exhilaration from both the eyes and ears, enough to quickly ignite the audience's emotions.

Winnie spoke thoughtfully.

"For such a performance, it is highly likely that an opening mood benchmark will be followed. There is not much to say about the form of the performance itself; it will definitely be launched in a more popular way."

"According to the golden rule of three minutes and thirty seconds in the performance of popular singles, you must attack in a muscular manner to be responsible for the explosive part, and such a part only needs 30 to 40 seconds according to the proportion of the emotional ladder of the work."

Speaking of it.

Winnie patted Li Can's broad shoulder.

"Go, baby, you have thirty seconds. Go all out and blow up the stage!"

(End of this chapter)