Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 393 Demonstration
“Not only is the melody beautiful, but the arrangement skills are also amazing.”

Hoshina Hanami, who has recently worked hard on music theory and read countless songs, can appreciate some arrangement techniques and styles in addition to the melody and taste of the songs.

The arrangement of the song "Fireworks" is very delicate in terms of the prelude, interlude, song connection, and the strong and weak contrast of the transition stage...

Relying on the advantages of music synthesis software, he also boldly used the "F sharp key" which has six ascending scales and is difficult to play. However, such a high ascending range is more suitable for female pop soloists.

After the elegant main melody that makes people intoxicated, the melody of the chorus suddenly becomes high-pitched and compact, and the strong sense of contrast creates an impact that catches people off guard...

It can be said that it is a very sophisticated arrangement technique and a trendy and bold personal style.

"Cough cough..."

At some point, Xia Fan cleared his throat and moved closer to the recording microphone...

"Mr. Xia, are you going to..."

The doubt "Shouldn't I be the one to audition?" flashed through Hoshina Hanami's mind, and she suddenly realized something.

"Fireworks, with a bang, bloomed in the night sky."

"After burning, disappear quietly."

"Please don't leave, just for a little while, just like this forever..."

Xia Fan sang with deep emotion in a low-octave male voice that was completely different from the high-pitched melody, following the tight rhythm...

"Xia Fan's bass..."

Hoshina Hanami felt as if something invisible hit her chest, and she even forgot to breathe for a moment.

"It's so magnetic, the rhythm is so strong, and the emotions are so moving..."

I’ve heard Xia Fan sing several “skull-opening” high notes on the talent show stage, but this is the first time I’ve heard him sing bass.

Although it was just a few sentences without a beginning or an end, this slightly hoarse voice conveyed the strong love and the reluctance to hold on to something precious, and it struck the girl's heart hard...

"Well, just add this audio track in and it should be fine."

After listening to the few lines he had just sung, Xia Fan nodded with satisfaction.

"Xia Jun, were you recording the backing track for this song just now?"

To break away from the ambiguous emotions brought by Xia Fan's singing, Hoshina Hanami walked to Xia Fan's side, looked at the arrangement interface in the software, and asked curiously.

"Well, the first version of this song was a duet between a man and a woman, and then there were solo versions for both men and women."

"The song I arranged for Hanami was a female solo version, but the climax still needed a male backing vocal to give it that feel, so I took the initiative to record my own voice..."

Xia Fan explained softly as he operated his laptop to re-arrange the music.

Perhaps because this song is so popular and widely sung, and because there are so many versions of it, there are three versions of "Da Shang Huo Huo" given by the God Amaterasu.

"Xia Jun, record the backing vocals for the chorus for me? In other words, our voices..."

I don’t know what she was thinking about, but Hoshina Hanami’s face from her ears to her cheeks became visibly red.

"Because today is just a DEMO, I'll try to record a few sentences and insert them in. If you are worried about the effect and want to have someone else record the backing vocals later, the software also reserves a separate audio track for adjustment..."

Not noticing the girl's strange behavior, Xia Fan concentrated on operating the software and talking to himself.

"No! Xia Jun's is fine, I don't want anyone else's!"

Hoshina Hanami suddenly interrupted him a little excitedly.

"Ahaha, that's fine too. It's just a backing track, so it's hard to hear..."

"Everything is ready on my side. How is Hanami? Do you want to try singing?" After the audio track was synthesized, Xia Fan raised his hand to signal Hoshina Hanami to stand in front of the microphone.

"No, no problem, my voice is completely opened!"

Hoshina Hanami stood next to the microphone nervously and placed the lyrics with simplified musical notation on the music stand.

"Then, let's get started."

Xia Fan pressed the play button, and the main melody, as soft and elegant as the blue sky and white clouds, sounded in the headphones again.

"To this day I can still remember the coastline I looked out at that day."

"The words carved on the beach, and your back."

"What did the surging waves sweep away as they passed by my feet..."

The girl's sweet voice, with a hint of sadness and just the right amount of tenderness, sang along with the melody...

Xia Fan put on his headphones and listened with a serious face.

"How, how is it?"

"I must be singing very badly. Please don't consider my feelings and blame me as much as you want!"

"If my singing is not good enough, please let someone better sing it. Don't waste such a beautiful song!"

After singing once, Hoshina Hanami took off her headphones and asked nervously.

After actually singing this song, she is more convinced that "Fireworks" is in no way inferior to "Sakura", and is even a top-notch work that is more in line with current mainstream aesthetics from a commercial perspective!

The quality and value of this song itself have far exceeded her "status".

"Hanami, you should be more confident. Your singing skills have improved a lot since you recorded "Sakura". Your voice and temperament are also very suitable for this song..."

“I think it’s pretty good for a first time.”

Xia Fan lowered his head and listened to the finished recording again, then sincerely affirmed it.

Hoshina Hanami’s singing skills may not be top-notch, but her vocal range is a good match for this song, and her technique is good enough to handle it.

More importantly, there is an unrepeatable girlish feeling in her voice, pronunciation and tone, which fits the mood of the song very well.

"It's normal for even the best singers to be unfamiliar with the details and emotional interpretation when they are just getting started."

"When Yayoi Tsuki recorded my song, she also went through it many times."

Seeing that Xing Ming Hanami was not confident, Xia Fan encouraged her softly and put his hands on the piano keys...

"In the verse, the pronunciation of these few lines might be better handled like this..."

"Also, the emotions between these two sentences feel a bit too dry. If there could be some crying tone in the ending..."

Xia Fan played the melody of the song casually but accurately, and demonstrated to her his "understanding of the song" in his mind by singing and playing the song himself.

"As expected of Mr. Xia, your singing skills are amazing and your emotions are so delicate..."

“Is this the strength of a talented musician?”

Listening to Xia Fan's beautiful singing, Xing Minghua Jian was in a trance, and only felt that the two of them and the zither were under the blue sky and white clouds, on the golden beach washed by the blue waves...

Then, sparks as hot as love rushed into the night sky and blossomed into gorgeous fireworks...

With the "top song understanding" taught by Xia Fan, she felt suddenly enlightened, and the many uncertainties about the song gradually became clear.

(End of this chapter)