NABC Chapter 79, Level 1!
Chapter 79, Level 1!
"First of all, Su Yu! This song is simply divine! Although I am not a professional music student, I have listened to a lot of songs and have some appreciation skills."
The melody, lyrics, and emotional tone of this song would be at least top-tier in today's pop music market!
If you haven't had any formal music training or composition training, and you can produce something like this, I can only describe it as bizarre!
Su Yu smiled when he heard this evaluation. Tang Yuan probably never expected him to release a single of such high quality. She was so shocked that she could only describe him as "unusual".
"Secondly, you told me before that you wanted to write a song for Lu Han. What I was thinking at the time was that if you could write a qualified work, it would be a big plus for your commercial value and network of contacts."
But I never expected you to produce something of this caliber. This isn't just a bonus; it's a bombshell!
"What bomb?"
"Deep-water bomb!"
"If this song were played in today's music scene, it would be a bombshell!" Tangyuan said, emphasizing each word.
"Because this song is not only of high quality, but it is also sung by Lu Han. With his popularity, this song is 100% going to be a hit, and not just any kind of hit, but the kind of hit that could potentially reach the top three of the annual hot song charts."
Hehehe, by then, if your work gets released, your identity in the industry will be that of a multi-talented individual who can write songs, act, and even fight! Wow! This persona is so perfectly crafted!
"Oh no! This isn't a fabricated persona! This is our genius Su Yu!"
Tangyuan paused here, a glint of excitement flashing in her eyes:
"So this song can't just be given to him casually."
"Um?"
"You wrote this song, so the copyright must be in your hands! Lu Han can sing it and release it, but she can't buy it outright. The copyright of the lyrics and music must remain in your name. Subsequent royalty sharing, commercial licensing, and cover song licensing must all be negotiated based on maximizing your interests."
Tangyuan's speech became faster and faster.
"I'll be meeting with several professional arrangers and producers in the next few days to create a proper demo of the song, maximizing the quality of the arrangement, and then submitting it to Lu Han through official channels."
I'm not asking you to send him a song as a friend, but rather to collaborate with him professionally as a creator. Do you understand what I mean?
Su Yu leaned against the headboard, watching Tangyuan chattering on the screen, and a warm feeling welled up in his heart.
That's why he's a professional; Tangyuan always thinks further and more meticulously than him.
All her negotiations and plans were aimed at helping him gain a stronger foothold and go further.
"Oh~" Su Yu smiled but didn't say anything.
"Can't you even care a little more!"
Tangyuan glared at him fiercely, but the barely suppressed smile betrayed her feelings.
"You're here~"
"Are you trying to work me to death so you can inherit my thermos?"
"How did you know I also like Hello Kitty?" Su Yu teased.
"Get lost."
After hanging up the video call, Tangyuan immediately went into battle mode.
That very night, she contacted several music producers she had met through previous collaborations. One of them, Zhao Yingjun, was well-known in the industry for his ability to create narrative melodies.
After Tangyuan sent Su Yu the guitar demo he recorded, he listened to only the first thirty seconds and immediately replied with five words: Who is this person?
Over the next few days, Tangyuan kept up with the progress of the music arrangement.
With the budget support of Tangyuan, the producers laid a very solid foundation for the arrangement of "Medal," with the intro using piano and soft drum beats to create a feeling of starting from a low point.
The chorus gradually incorporates strings and electric guitar, and the overall emotional line rises from low to high, from calm to uplift, like a person's journey of walking out of the mud step by step.
The night the official demo was released, Tangyuan listened to it and sent the audio file to Suyu without waiting a second.
Su Yu lay on the bed, wearing headphones, and listened to the entire audio recording from beginning to end. After listening, he remained silent for a long while.
Absolutely perfect!
It has to be admitted that professional producers and demos that you make by yourself with a guitar are not even in the same league. This song now sounds like it has a top-tier quality.
Then Su Yu found Lu Han's WeChat and sent him a message:
"Demo recorded, ready to receive!"
Then Tangyuan submitted the demo to Luhan Studio through official channels.
In the capital city, in the van of Lu Han, a member of the "Tomb Raiders" film crew.
He had just finished filming a night scene, and he was still wearing his costume and makeup.
He was leaning back in the spacious leather seat of the van, having his makeup removed by a makeup artist, when he suddenly received a message from Su Yu. Immediately afterward, his assistant, Xiao Liu, burst in, holding an iPad and looking excited.
"Brother Han! You'll never guess what I'm holding in my hand."
Xiao Liu handed the iPad to him.
"Sister Tangyuan handed me something, saying it's the official demo of the song that Teacher Su Yu wrote for you."
Lu Han's initially puzzled look suddenly cleared up, replaced by the surprise of receiving a gift. He didn't even bother to remove his makeup and grabbed the iPad.
The screen displays an audio file named "Medal_demo_Official Version".
He didn't open it immediately, but instead looked at Xiao Liu first.
"Was it just handed over?"
"Yes, just now, Sister Tangyuan sent it directly to the studio's email, saying that the arrangement and mixing are all done and she wants you to listen to it."
Lu Han took a deep breath and then pressed the play button on the iPad.
The intro flowed from the iPad's speakers, the piano's tone clear and restrained, the bass drumbeats like a heartbeat coming from afar.
Then Su Yulu's vocal demo came in. It wasn't the voice of a professional singer, and his breath control wasn't stable in some places. You could even hear some of the pronunciation habits of an actor. But it was precisely this imperfection that gave the whole song a rough yet sincere sense of power.
As Lu Han listened, she unconsciously sat up straight.
The makeup artist was also stunned, unable to help but immerse herself in the song.
Lu Han's expression underwent a very complex change in just a few dozen seconds, from unintentional to relaxed, from relaxed to engaged, and then from engaged to a completely open and touching feeling that her assistant had never seen before.
When the chorus started, Lu Han's eyes instantly welled up with tears.
"And the wounds I've suffered are my medals."
This line of text was like a key, precisely inserted into a lock in his heart that hadn't been opened for a long time.
He recalled the days he spent practicing hard in the practice room in a foreign land, the days when he had almost no friends because of the language barrier, and the times when he was ridiculed by his fellow Korean trainees for his pronunciation when he first arrived in Korea...