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Looking at the world music scene, in terms of the coverage of the audience and the influence of music, it is mainly divided into three major mainstreams, namely English music, Latin music and Chinese music.

These three kinds of music can be regarded as international, but compared with the strong position of English music in the world, the audiences of Chinese and Latin have great limitations and are becoming more and more weak.

The representative countries of English music are of course the United States and the United Kingdom, especially the United States, and on the basis of American music culture, if Canada is included, the entire North American region basically represents the most popular English music. The mainstream and cutting-edge, even the English-speaking home country of the United Kingdom, are inferior.

The reason for the formation of this pattern is, of course, inseparable from North America's large population, developed economy, and strong spending power, but there is another aspect that cannot be ignored, that is, as a multi-racial country, Americans' The mind is very open, which makes the North American music scene extremely tolerant and accepting of music of various genres - if you can barely compare it, the current United States is somewhat similar to the Tang Dynasty at its peak.

In China, thousands of years of cultural development have come to the modern and contemporary times. There are several music genres in the music world, which are unique to Chinese, such as folk songs, such as the so-called sweet songs, which only belong to China, and were born in the United States and subsequently It has been carried forward, spread to the whole world, welcomed by countless fans all over the world, and even become the representative of American culture, there are more, such as soul music, such as blues, such as American country music, such as hip-hop.

As the ruler of the entire world music scene, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom together, almost all of them have representative superstars and representative works with high popularity and high reputation in various categories of music.

To rise in such a market and such a music environment is both easy and not easy.

In particular, this rising singer is still a Chinese from the mysterious East.

Therefore, Li Qian took great pains to select songs in English for Liao Liao's global album.

First of all, Liao Liao can't sing hip-hop well, and it's not that she can't sing at all, but by comparison, she is definitely better at slow songs and lyrical songs. So, hip-hop is better off her first global album.

Then, r&b, can be translated into rhythm and blues, or rhythm and blues, which is one of the most popular music genres in the United States, and it was also a favorite of Li Qian in his previous life, so this is necessary.

And then, of course, Liao Liao's voice and her singing skills are top-notch in the world, and soul music, which is a music category that extremely tests the singer's level of voice, skills and emotions, is definitely the most suitable for Liao Liao. There is no such category of music in which you can play your super vocal skills. So, this must be there.

And then, American country music, which is the purest genre of music that was born in the United States, and still has a strong dominance over the American music scene, whether it is the time and space that Li Qian once experienced, or in the current world, country music. Music in America is all about superstars—simply put, country music is almost a must for an outsider to gain a foothold in this market.

Here, well, there are only six English songs in total, and that's about it.

Li Qian pondered over and over again, and finally, he helped Liao Liao finalize the other five works except "my-heart-will-go-on"-

The first two songs are from Whitney Houston's work, one "i-will-always-love-you", no need to say more, and the other one is also Whitney Houston's representative work, It's called "could-i-have-this-kiss-forever".

The former is the most classic soul music, while the latter is the most classic English love song, and it is a duet.

If possible, Li Qian certainly hopes that Rolling Stone Records can invite Jerry Cullen, the king of pop, to sing this song with Liao Liao, and if he can't, Li Qian will be ready to play in person-in fact, if he hadn't considered this Duet love songs can easily cause trouble for his family, and he doesn't even have the idea of ​​inviting Jerry Cullen.

But think about it again, it really doesn't work, just go back and write a duet love song for Zhou Ai and Xie Bing each.

Because... the same sentence, with Liao Liao by my-heart-will-go-on, he no longer needs any "support".

Then, referring to the European and American music circles in that time and space in Li Qian's impression, especially the European and American music circles around 2000, there are two people who will definitely not be able to jump, that is, Mariah Carey and Shania Twain.

The former is the r&b diva, the latter is the country diva.

Li Qian thought about Mariah Carey's work, and finally chose "through-the-rain".

In another time and space, this is a rather controversial work. It appeared after a period of lows for Mariah Carey, and it was regarded as a piece of her work that opened a new peak. The content of the lyrics is very inspirational, which is no problem, and Mariah Carey was indeed caught in a lot of negative news at the time, so I used this song to encourage others and myself. However, as soon as the song came out, it was questioned by many professionals, and everyone criticized her for being too dazzling.

To be honest, Mariah Carey in the other time and space around 2000 has already perfected her singing skills, and this song's free switching between aura and gorgeous treble really shows her love for voice and breath. The reason why her extraordinary control ability was criticized as dazzling skills, although it can't be said that it was all wrong, it must still be more or less dragged down by her previous negative news.

Influenced by many critics in the industry, although this song has been frantically harvesting the first place on various charts in Europe, its results in the United States are only unsatisfactory.

However, in Li Qian's view, the song itself is definitely not a problem, it is definitely a good song.

And you must know that Liao Liao at this time is completely different from Mariah Carey's situation in that other time and space.

According to a tripartite agreement between Rolling Stone Records, Clear Lake Culture and the producers of "Titanic", the album "my-heart-will-go-on" will be released five weeks after the official release of "Titanic". It was released and listed, because in the "Titanic Movie Soundtrack" to be released before this, the producer of the movie "Titanic" had a share, and this personal album of Liao Liao also included The song "my-heart-will-go-on" is only split between Minghu Culture and Rolling Stones, so, of course, they must be asking for this album to have a period of exclusive sales for the movie soundtrack. .

Therefore, it is conceivable that Li Qian can even be sure that by that time, the song "my-heart-will-go-on" must have been popular all over the world by the east wind of the big ship, and Liao Liao, although in There is only such a song in the European and American music circles, but it must have become popular. Moreover, considering that she was originally an Asian queen and came from a mysterious ancient country in the East, it is estimated that at that time, fans in Europe and the United States, and even fans all over the world, will have a strong desire to explore her personally.

Therefore, as a newcomer in the European and American music scene, and a newcomer who has already carried a strong degree of favorability and recognition, when Liao Liao's new album is released, "through-the-rain" does indeed have a certain dazzling element. , but it will definitely not be a loss item, it will only become a bonus item - everyone is always curious and tolerant towards newcomers. So at that time, if Li Qian's speculation is correct, even professional European and American music critics will only express their admiration for Liao Liao's strong singing skills shown in this song, while the majority of fans will Pay more attention to the inspirational spirit shown in this song.

As for whether Liao Liao can control such a song... Li Qian has always been confident in Liao Liao's voice and singing skills, and he has heard hundreds of thousands of words in the two or three decades before and after him. Among the singer's voice, he really doesn't think anyone's voice can absolutely surpass Liao Liao - although Li Qian knows very well that the characteristics of Liao Liao's voice make her range type and voice characteristics in Whitney. Between Houston and Mariah Carey, it's closer to Whitney Houston's path, but with her current strength, it's not a big problem to control this song.

As for Shania Twain's work, Li Qian chose "you're-still-the-one" for Liao Liao.

There is no doubt that Shania Twain's third solo album "-on-over" is based on this song, and that album, just It has sold more than 20 million copies in the United States, and more than 40 million copies worldwide. It is the highest-selling album of female singers in the United States and the entire world music history in that time and space.

Moreover, the song itself alone helped Shania Twain win the Grammy Awards for "Best Country Music Female Vocalist" and "Best Country Music Song" in one fell swoop.

Therefore, the weight of this song can be imagined.

Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Shania Twain, the four queens, five songs... These are exactly the five songs that Li Qian worked so hard to choose for Liao Liao, but, At the end of the negotiation, it was decided that this album must have six English songs, so Li Qian had to continue to draw in his memory, and finally, he decided to come up with a work by Alicia Keys, "no-one" .

Billboard's five-week winning streak, Grammy Awards for "Best R&b Female Vocal" and "Best R&b Song" are undisputed proof of the song's excellence!

Moreover, although the time has been advanced by several years, the r&b style of this song will not feel abrupt at all, it is in the kind of "slightly trendy, but only half a step ahead of others" " at its best.

Then, adding these six songs together, Li Qian has enough confidence to do it, and Liao Liao became a hit in the European and American markets!

Even, to a certain extent, even if there is no big boat to borrow, Li Qian feels that with these six songs and Liao Liao's strength, if this album does not sell well, it is simply unreasonable!

Of course, although the song is definitely no problem, although Liao Liao's singing skills are definitely no problem, but if you really do it, things will obviously not be so simple, just say it is singing practice, for Liao Liao , is a big problem.

Being able to control a voice and being able to control it well are not the same concept.

When I usually listen to songs, I hum along with European and American records. The singing style when someone can imitate it is definitely different from the singing style when you need your own unique singing style, you have to figure out everything yourself, and blaze your own path.

So, in the days that followed, Li Qian and Xie Mingyuan suddenly had a lot of free time, but Liao Liao, on the contrary, put away his playfulness and threw himself fully into the new challenge.

In mid-March, Xie Mingyuan went back to France to deal with some of his assets there, and then prepared to leave there completely. uukanshu.com and Li Qian went back to China, made an appointment with his senior brother Fang Shaobai, and went to the house of the teacher, Mr. Cheng Yunshan. The old man said nothing on the spot. He said on the spot that the musicians of Peking Opera needed to record these two songs, and the Peking Opera actors who will be needed for the MV shooting in the future, will be personally responsible for greeting a group of old friends, guaranteeing to be the highest in the Peking Opera circle. Level equipment, if necessary, he is even willing to appear in person for future mv.

After finishing these things, I left a copy of the songbook of "Chai Tou Feng" to my senior brother Fang Shaobai. At the same time, I roughly set the recording time of this song in mid-April. After that, Li Qian only stayed in Shuntian Mansion. After three or four days, I didn't even have time to visit the "On the Road" studio in Gansu, so I flew back to Los Angeles.

And this time, Sun Meimei also flew over with Li Qian at the same time.

It is conceivable that when Liao Liao's album is officially released, after she has become famous in Europe and the United States, various brokerage affairs will inevitably increase. The brokerage affairs in Europe and the United States will inevitably increase. , Of course, you can sign a contract with a special brokerage company, but at that time, Li Qian is very afraid that Liao Liao will not even have time to directly connect with the brokerage company.

Therefore, after careful consideration, considering the company's brokerage department, it is enough for Zou Wenhuai to be in charge, and the newcomers can also be brought out gradually. After all, it is his own territory, so Li Qian took Sun Meimei with him. Come here, I am going to let her be Liao Liao's personal assistant in Europe and the United States, and fully appreciate all of Liao Liao's affairs in Europe and America.

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