Chapter 43 "Devil Producer": Li Zongsheng

I forgot how I met him, but I remember always admiring him. Because of his relationship, I often sang some charity songs for the Rolling Stones. Later, he offered to help me out with a record and signed a contract with the Rolling Stones.The first album was called "The First Time". He was my producer and sold more than 1 million copies. He was the sales champion at that time.Later, they collaborated on the second album and gradually became good friends.He is very strict with me in music, so I also call him "Devil Producer". At that time, I wished I could record a record for 3 years, which was unimaginable for other singers.How can anyone record an album in Taiwan, Australia, Hong Kong, the United States, or anywhere in the world, and they record a few words wherever they go.Because I am too busy, I can only squeeze out time to grind slowly, and record whenever I have time.

They let me try to record two Hokkien songs in "The First Time". At that time, I was very popular in Southeast Asia. I released an album in Taiwan, and I thought it was good to go to the country to do as the Romans did. I found out later that they were always laughing at me. .They said that my Hokkien dialect has a Shandong accent, with a little bit of Beijing opera minor tune added, and when I speak it, it becomes like a child just babbling.When the album came out, it sold so well, I think people in Taiwan might be laughing at me at that time. One day I was recording Hokkien songs. In order to concentrate, I closed the curtain of the recording studio and sang alone inside. I finished singing in one breath, and found that there was no sound outside.In the past, after I sang, Li Zongsheng and the others would usually say where to improve, where to start when recording again, and so on, there was no sound that day.I opened the door of the recording studio and went out to find them all lying on the floor laughing.I wondered, is my Hokkien really that funny?

When recording the second album, I found that the songs that Li Zongsheng and the others chose for me were very difficult, such as asking me to sing "pat the dust on my body, cheer up the tired spirit", and they wrote "hey yo hey hey yo Hey" is the rhythm of the springboard, I can't catch that beat every time.Otherwise, some songs are written with high notes, and every recording feels very hard. Once I finished the recording, I thought it was not good, so I said to Li Zongsheng: "It would be great for you to make up "Clearly Clear My Heart". " Li Zongsheng said: "You can't always sing the original kind, "Clearly White My Heart", "Every Day in My Life", I want to help you upgrade, I want to upgrade you." I said: " I don't want to upgrade, I want to downgrade, I want to sing ordinary songs. You have to make up a song so that all ordinary people can sing, you don't make up every song so difficult to sing. The movie I made is all ordinary The general public will watch it, I don’t want to make art films, only a small number of people will watch art films, don’t make me there hey hey hey hey hey, ahhh, I’m going to sing "Ming Ming For nothing My Heart" kind!"

I talked to them for about 45 minutes, and they listened to me patiently.After finishing speaking, Li Zongsheng asked me: "Have you finished complaining?" I said: "It's over." He said: "Okay, go in and record the song." I said: "Oh." As a result, I will take Li Zongsheng with me whenever I sing "Ambition in My Chest" all over the world, even if I go to Las Vegas in the United States, I will take him with me.Every time he came to this song, he would stand off the stage, and when it was almost "hey yo hey hey yo hey", he would stand by in the audience, and when he reached the beat, he would make a gesture for me, I As soon as he saw his hand gestures, he immediately sang "Hey Yo Hey Hey Hey Hey..." He saw that I was keeping up with the beat, turned around and left.It will be the same next time, he will just give me a gesture when he stands in the audience and says "hey yo".

When I recorded the song "How Could It Be", I was in the United States. I go to the recording studio to sing every day, call it a day, and come back tomorrow.A month later, Li Zongsheng said: "Okay, we will officially start recording songs today." What?So what was I doing the previous month?It turned out that I was practicing in the previous month. In the end, only this song was recorded for a month.Many of the songs they record are section by section, and every time he doesn’t let me sing a line, he insists on letting me sing a whole section from beginning to end.What a psycho.I had no choice but to act like a baby to him: "Sing it to me first!" He went in and sang.Every time he sings is different, but every time it sounds good, he can springboard or adagio, completely controlling the rhythm by himself.He would also tell me "do it again" in various languages, English, Cantonese, Hokkien, Mandarin, and every time it was "just sang well, but let's do it again".

One day, I pulled up the curtain of the recording studio again, this time deliberately not looking at him out of anger, and sang inside by myself.In the middle of the recording, he suddenly said to me: "It's time to call it a day." I asked why, and he said, your singing voice is full of hatred, so I won't record it today.I laughed angrily at him.He said, you said it yourself, is it with hatred?I just said, yes!At that time, the singer was full of anger, with great energy, and he gritted his teeth, "How could it be? How could it be?..." I thought to myself that I don't make a living by singing, so why bother?

I wouldn't list myself as a singer even though I can sing better than a lot of them lol.Although I don't want to be a singer, I have sung a lot of good songs, and there are many songs that are widely sung. "Understand My Heart", "Every Day in My Life", "True Hero"... I feel very lucky to have the opportunity to sing these songs.Recently, I am preparing to release a new album, and I will cooperate with many young people.Anyway, I don't participate in things that I don't understand, and let those who understand do it. Today I can sing everywhere, I really want to thank Li Zongsheng.If everyone thinks that my singing skills are not bad, I would like to thank him sincerely.He is my teacher, friend, brother, best friend, best buddy.