Chapter 115 Lectures
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Chen Fang still had no choice but to have Chen Sa, and he was dragged to teach his students.
Students from various departments of Jiangcheng Conservatory of Music heard that Chen Fang was going to give lectures, and many people proposed to attend. Finally, the dean of the college discussed with Chen Sa, despite Chen Fang's opposition, provided him with the largest staircase classroom in the school, and nearly a thousand students were listening.
"Haha, you are really a teacher today. I am proud of you." Qin Mohan sorted out his already flat shirt for him, and then kissed him on the face: "Today I will sit down below to cheer you up, I will be your student."
"If you can be my student at night, that would be even better." Chen Fang grabbed Qin Mohan who wanted to go out, put his waist on her ear, and said in her ear. Qin Mohan, who was teased, was dyed red with his cheeks, glared at him, and then stepped on him before he pushed the door out.
Qin Mohan caused a great sensation when she came to the classroom. She took the microphone from Chen Sa and said to the students and teachers present: "Dear teachers and classmates, today I am a primary school student like you, so don't make a fuss at me. Let us invite Teacher Chen Fang, who is responsible for the lecture today."
Qin Mohan's introduction of trouble made Chen Sa hold back all his words. The couple was so troublesome. Originally, Chen Sa wanted to briefly introduce Chen Fang's great achievements and then invite him out, which would look more formal. Since his wife doesn't care so much, he can just invite him in. Anyway, there are not many people in China who don't know this guy.
"Hello everyone, I am an ordinary musician, my name is Chen Fang." Chen Jie walked out after Qin Mohan's speech, and his simple self-introduction won the unanimous favor of the teachers and students present.
"Today's lecture was actually my senior brother Chen Sa deliberately making things difficult for me." Chen Fang ignored Chen Sa's threatening gesture and continued: "This guy and I are senior brothers, both of Professor Jin Hailin's disciples, but I am a closed disciple and learned more than him, so he was jealous. Alas, there are always troublemakers who want to harm me."
The self-deprecating like a talk show made him quickly get away from the teachers and students on the scene, which made the teachers and students present not treat him as a Chinese rich man, but as a musician who has made great achievements in music.
After introducing himself, Chen Fang explained his understanding of music and his feelings about creating music: "I am a very emotional person, maybe it is related to my living environment. I attach great importance to feelings, whether it is family or friendship. Of course, the most is love."
"Wow~" Chen Fang's words caused a booing sound below. Everyone present knew about him and Qin Mohan, and knew that he was going to show off his food again.
"Haha, it's really not a dog-feeding." Chen Fang said with a smile: "The song "Early Summer Nocturne" was actually the early summer last year. At that time, I had a fight with Qin Mohan... Don't be surprised, we are ordinary people, and we can also quarrel... At that time, I was sitting alone in the yard, feeling the sound of insects, birds, the sound of the wind blowing leaves around me, and even the sound of the petals shaking when the flowers bloomed. However, in this quiet and complicated environment, I finally felt lonely."
Chen Fang looked at Qin Mohan who was a little embarrassed. At that time, she wanted to quarrel with her and feel the necessary experience between lovers. So when Chen Fang went to Hengdian to visit the set, she found an excuse to have a fight with Shen Fang. Finally, Chen Fang returned to Yanjing overnight and sat alone in the courtyard for the whole night before this song "Early Summer Nocturne".
Fortunately, the relationship between the two was not exposed at that time, otherwise they would have been discovered by the paparazzi and would have been hyped up. Finally, with the support of the media, the two might actually break up.
"Although it was lonely at first, then Mocha... Mocha was a Shiba Inu we raised together... Maybe it felt my loneliness, climbed out of the doghouse and lying beside me to accompany me, which made me feel a little warmth in my heart... There is an old saying that dogs are human, and animals like dogs can really feel the mood of their owners... Later, when I touched Mocha, I could recall the little things we were together, so in the second half of this song, it was warm and lyrical."
Chen Fang's interpretation of the creation process of "Early Summer Nocturne" made the teachers and students present applaud. Most of the people who study music are emotional and hope to see every happy love story appear around them. Chen Fang and Qin Mohan walked along the way, and their love was also talked about by fans. Seeing them together, the most common sentence the fans said: I believe in love again.
Then Chen Fang talked about his experience and insights in creating the "Symphony of Dawn". This is his understanding of the sound of nature. Many people here have experienced the various sounds described by Chen Fang, but only Chen Fang turned it into a symphony. This is inspiration, this is creation, and Chen Fang's creation process not only benefited the students present, but also the teachers who came to listen to each department.
"Teacher Shen, we have just listened to your process of creating piano music and symphony, and we have benefited a lot, but due to talent issues, these are a bit far away from us. We want to know how you created so many excellent songs. Do you have any secrets?" In the subsequent student questioning session, a student asked many questions that people are more concerned about, song creation.
After all, piano music and symphony are elegant music. These students learn more about performance rather than creation, but songwriting is something that everyone can come into contact with. Many people who graduate from non-music majors can create a popular song based on their own hobbies, let alone those who graduate from the music school. So they hope to learn some skills from Chen Fang and do some things after graduation.
Chen Fang thought for a while and said to the students present: "Since everyone is concerned about this issue, it is better to teach by words than to behave. No matter how I tell you how I created it, you may not be able to learn something. Then let's create a song and a simple folk song on the spot. I hope you can understand something from the middle."
"Ah, live creation?" Chen Fang's proposal shocked the teachers and students present. This operation is like Cao Zhi's seven-step poem. This requires a thorough understanding of music to be able to read it easily.
Chen Fang said to the teachers and students here: "Most of the songs I created before were about my own experiences, or heard some stories told by customers in the bar. There is a saying: I have wine, do you have stories? So today we tell the things we encountered based on the students here, and then we create a folk song together, how do you say it."
"Okay!" Chen Fang's proposal was approved by the students present, and the teachers looked at him incredibly. If Chen Fang used the stories or materials prepared in advance to explain the similar songs prepared in advance on the spot, it would be a thing of the past. After all, song creation is not as simple as writing an essay. It requires consideration of the lyrics, rhymes, and the artistic conception contained in the middle of the song to form a whole.
Even Chen Sa, who had always admired Chen Fang, showed a worried look. If this junior brother messed up here, it would be a big news. He was going to find the dean and prepare for the closure measures after Chen Fang failed.
With so many people on the scene, only Qin Mohan knew how outstanding his man was. He had never seen him say anything big.
Hearing Chen Fang's words, the students began to talk. Most of the students of this age have a romantic understanding of folk songs, or they still want to say nothing. They have little experience in life, and even if they have topics they want to express, they are embarrassed to express them on this occasion.
"Hello, Teacher Shen!" The last boy with eyes stood up: "My name is Wang Ziyang, is it a student in the piano department?"
"Hello, I also learn piano. If we put it in ancient times, it should be considered a sect," Chen Fang looked at the boy nervously and teased.
"Thank you, Teacher Shen." The boy sorted out his emotions and said, "I am from a small county town in northern Hubei. My parents are ordinary vendors. In order to give me a good education, they get up early and go to bed late to set up stalls outside. After I went to college, I worked part-time outside, hoping to reduce the burden on my parents. Every night I have to go back to school on the ordinary subway, otherwise I will not be able to enter the school gate. Although it is a little harder, I feel it is worth it. I believe that no matter how long I have passed, these experiences will encourage me to move forward."
Chen Fang looked at the other party. He was about twenty-one or two years old, with a little youthful and immature. If the other party hadn't shown his sincere gaze, Chen Fang might have thought he was coming to mock him. Because most people who know Chen Fang now know that he was born in a wealthy family and was not in the world, and might not even have taken the subway.
Chen Fang pondered for a while, and then said to the boy: "Every hardship we have experienced in life is actually a practice for ourselves. I hope that these experiences of you will become the driving force for you to continue to strive for the future."
Chen Fang then wrote the word "subway" on the whiteboard behind him: "The subway often appears in songs. Muji once had a song that I like more "Sad Subway", which is a sentence in which 'With a man's intuition, endures this incompleteness.' It faces a man's feelings and is helpless and forced to not let himself fall. There is also a song by Yuquan Brothers "The Metro to Spring", which also tells about love, but is just chasing love bravely."
Chen Fang casually drew a simple drawing of a subway car on the whiteboard: "In fact, in my understanding, the subway silently records our truest side, especially the subway in the middle of the night. It lacks the noise of the day, but has a little more tired and quiet."
"I wonder if anyone else has taken the last subway in the middle of the night except for Wang?" Chen Fang's question made the students present discuss it. Many of the students raised their hands and said that they had sat there. Chen Fang did not ask them to answer, but continued: "Okay, I saw that many of the students have taken the last subway. In fact, I have also taken the last subway, and it has not been a day or two. When I was in my sophomore year, I had to do it three or four times a week."
Looking at the students' unbelieving eyes, he smiled deeply and pointed at Chen Sa and said, "He knew that when I was in my sophomore year, I worked as a street artist at the subway entrance of Xidan, Yanjing. I was quite famous at that time. I had three or four days a week, starting from six o'clock to past ten o'clock, and then taking the last subway school."
Chen Sa looked at the students and explained to them: "You can search the Internet and there should be corresponding posts. It turned out that someone named him "Xidan Boy", but this boy was afraid of becoming famous, so he stopped going. Later, another girl became famous there, called "Xidan Girl".
Chen Sa's words made the curious student pick up his mobile phone to search. He actually found several sporadic posts on old forums such as Xilu.com and Hutongkou. They should have posted around 2005. The camera at that time was not as clear as it is now, and the Shen Fang at that time was not as short as it is now. It was a half-length side-parted head, but it could still be roughly distinguished from the outline of his facial features.
"I said this not to show off my previous experiences, nor to seek a sense of identity, nor to make a miserable person." Chen Fang's self-deprecation made the classmates in the audience laugh: "My experiences, including my experiences after graduation, wandering abroad for several years, are my inspiration for creating music."
"Let's go back to the topic and talk about the subway again. Everyone should know who is usually the one who takes the subway late at night, students, white-collar workers who work overtime, and middle-aged men and women who work in labor. They stretch their tired bodies in the small but quiet environment at night."
Then Shen put it on the whiteboard and wrote a line of words "The Subway at 10:30", and then wrote the first lyrics below: The subway at 10:30, finally everyone has a seat, and the gentle wind blows gently...
Shen Ping was admired by the teachers and students in the audience and completed the lyrics of this song. If every folk singer is a poet, then it is not suitable for Shen Fang's song "The Metro at 10:30".
The lyrics of this song are so simple, with basically no fancy parts. The only artistic conception that is more like poetry is the only sentence "The night in the city is on the head, and silence passes through its heart. Although it is riddled with holes, it still smiles coldly and beautifully at night..." This sentence brings the cry of every ordinary person from the bottom of his heart when facing hardships, although helpless but firm.
In many cities, many individuals, they will feel tired and feel lonely and helpless, but more often, we still yearn for...
Chen Fang ended this class with the admiring gaze of Jiangcheng Conservatory of Music. After writing the lyrics, he took Wu Peilin's guitar over and composed the music on the spot.
This song is just using the simplest guitar accompaniment, singing the subway environment described in the lyrics at a speed of 60 words per minute, slowly and realistically. Even in the chorus, he did not show off his skills, neither cruel nor depressed, and added a dull radio to the end, showing a hint of fatigue at night and the gentleness of thinking from the perspective of others.
"This time the fan meeting, you, Wu Peilin, Wang Xinyi and the others will sing new songs, but I don't have them. I feel like you are here to smash the scene." When he returned to the hotel that night, Qin Mohan lay on Shen Fang and drew circles on his chest with his fingers.
"I want a new song?" Chen Fang said in her ear, "Call me, I will consider giving you one."
"No!" Qin Mohan twisted and rejected his temptation and said to him: "That day, when I was in the bar, I heard Senior Brother Yuan talk about Boss Cheng, and I wanted to write a song by myself."
"Okay, but what about the composition?" Chen Fang smiled: "The agreement just now is still valid, as long as you..."
Qin Mohan opened his mouth and took a bite in the place he had just passed, and then when he was about to have an attack, he looked at him with charming eyes and spit out two tempting words: "Teacher..."
Chapter completed!