Chapter 644: Authentic and False Singing Appraisal Results(1/2)
The real name of "Wheatfield Guitarist" is He Chengyun. He is a mixer. He used to work in a record company and later opened a small studio on his own.
Since the studio is relatively small, there is not much daily work.
Most of the time, I take outsourcing work from some entertainment companies, or do post-mixing for independent singers and songwriters.
In the music industry, there are many musicians who are invisible to the public.
There are countless 18th-level singers, singer-songwriters, and bands like crucian carp crossing the river.
Especially with the development of the Internet era, many songs have become popular on Internet platforms and become famous overnight.
Therefore, more and more 18th-tier singers, singer-songwriters, and songwriters create online songs.
However, I am not capable enough, from writing lyrics, composing, to arranging, recording, to editing and mixing.
Starting a song from scratch, there are too many steps that need to be done.
If one person could do all the work, he would have been successful in the music industry.
Therefore, the studio of "Wheatfield Guitarist" often helps some unknown online singers and bands arrange and mix songs.
Last year, during a live broadcast, he mentioned that a popular idol had lip-synched at a party, and as a result, he was chased and scolded by the idol's fans for a month.
Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and made a video to identify lip-syncing.
The professional sound editing software Melodyne was used. In the software, the party video and the album CD were played simultaneously, and the sound waveform was checked to prove the idol's lip-synching from multiple angles.
Under this video, netizens started a war with fans and directly put this video on the most viewed rankings.
The "Wheatfield Guitarist" is already married, has a child, and doesn't have much income from the studio. It turns out that he can attract a lot of traffic by identifying real singing and lip-syncing on the Internet.
Although he was scolded badly, it didn't matter to him because he could make money to support his family.
Moreover, identifying singers' lip-synching is a good starting point for the topic, so I started to make identification videos one after another.
So far, more than thirty videos have been made.
For the sake of popularity, He Chengyun often rides on the popularity of parties.
Every time there is a live broadcast of a party, he will start a live broadcast and comment on whether the singer can really sing.
The result of this is that fans of celebrities are often criticized, especially top fans with explosive fighting skills. They are often scolded to the point where they all fall into the comments section.
However, He Chengyun's mentality is very good.
The only thing you have to do is make money to support your family. If you are scolded, just be scolded. It’s not shabby to get some traffic.
actually.
There are advantages and disadvantages to making this kind of video.
It will make it difficult for him to get involved in the music industry.
He is a sound mixer himself, and if he does well, he might be able to get a job as a first-line singer.
However, when he identified the lip-syncing on the Internet, it didn't matter if he identified the real one. Once the lip-syncing was identified, the celebrity who performed the lip-syncing would basically be offended.
However, he is just an UP owner with 100,000 fans, enjoying the popularity and earning a living.
It is impossible for ordinary celebrities to really cause trouble for him, after all, the popularity is not equal.
If a popular star takes another look at him, his price will drop.
He Chengyun also knows that after doing too much lip-syncing identification, his career as a sound mixer will become narrower and narrower in the future.
After serious consideration, he decided to stick to this matter.
Although the fan base is not large, the identification of lip-syncing will attract many passers-by and netizens to watch.
Especially when there are live broadcast parties, he can really gain a lot of popularity.
…
This time.
Fang Xing sang the TV series theme song "Know or Not" on "Happy Weekend".
As a result, many traffic fans criticized him for lip-syncing, and even went to He Chengyun's live broadcast room and asked him to perform an appraisal.
He Chengyun also made it very clear during the live broadcast.
There is no need to identify real singing and lip-synching when recording and broadcasting programs, because it will all be done in post-production.
Whether the program team edits the sound or not has nothing to do with the guests.
Unless you can get live shots.
However, recorded programs like "Happy Weekend" generally do not allow viewers to film them.
Unless an audience member secretly filmed the singing, there will be no direct video.
"Wheatfield Guitarist" He Chengyun originally thought this would be the end.
As a result, that night, during the live broadcast, someone sent a live video of Fang Xing singing "Know or Do You Know" to his mailbox.
He Chengyun was still broadcasting live. When he saw the direct-shot video in his mailbox, he was a little surprised:
"A netizen actually sent me a video shot live. Is this video sure to be used? There will be no legal disputes?"
The barrage in the live broadcast room suddenly became lively when I heard that there was a direct video.
[Quickly identify it, take out your Melodyne, and use the software to tell me if Fang Xing is lip-synching.]
[Wow! It would be so interesting to prove that Fang Xing lip-synced. This guy has his day! 】
[You guys, are you fans or just people having fun? Are you still expecting him to be caught lip-synching? 】
[Fang Xing is truly lucky to have "fans" like you. 】
In addition to musicians and passers-by, there are also many fans of Xiao Lunsheng and Ma Hongcheng in the live broadcast room.
Since there have been rumors on the Internet about Xiao Lun Sheng and Ma Hongcheng's "What Year Is This Eve", they skipped the release because they were afraid of "Know or Not".
Fans naturally disagree, and now they cling to news and comments related to Fang Xing.
Now, Fang Xing has been caught "lip-syncing". Doesn't this make the matter a nail in the coffin?
[Anchor, please do the appraisal now. If there is a legal dispute, we will crowdfund to help you fight the case.]
[Quickly identify, this piece of shit FX must be lip-synching.]
[That’s right, hurry up and identify him. I feel sick when I see FX. His true identity must be revealed.]
[This piece of shit like FX, isn’t it possible that all the music shows in the past were lip-syncing? 】
Before this, there were occasional debates about celebrity lip-synching, but it rarely became a hot topic.
After all, the entertainment industry has formed a tacit understanding that lip-synching is an objective fact, and entertainment companies will try their best to reduce the popularity.
Fans don't want their idols to be said to be lip-synching.
As long as no one holds on to the lip-synching issue, there won't be any quarrel about this topic.
The main reason why Fang Xing's "lip-synching" incident became a hot topic this time is because the fans of "What Year Is This Eve" are holding on to it, just to make Fang Xing feel uncomfortable.
"Wheatfield Guitarist" He Chengyun was a little excited.
Because Fang Xing is the top among the top, if the lip-syncing is really identified, it will be big news.
Maybe, he can attract tens of thousands of fans based on this appraisal.
As for whether there is any legal dispute over the direct video.
In fact, he was not afraid because the video was not taken by him but was sent to him by netizens.
Even if there is a legal dispute, the most he can do is delete the identification video.
He Chengyun rubbed his hands and said, "Since everyone wants to know, let's give it a try.
"First, let's open the software.
"The pitch editing software I use is Melodyne. If you have students who have studied pitch editing, you should be familiar with this software.
"Wait a minute, I'm going to download the video of Fang Xing singing from "Happy Weekend" first. I'll look for a free version.
"Okay, found it.
"Now I have two videos in my hand, one is the official video of Xiangguo Video, and the other is a video shot directly by the audience.
"We imported the two videos into the software, extracted the audio tracks, and then removed the instrumental accompaniment, leaving only the vocals.
"Okay, done.
"The two waveforms we see now are the vocal audio of the two videos. The upper one is the official one, and the lower one was taken directly by the audience.
"Align the two audios, then play them synchronously and stop them."
On the live broadcast screen, Melodyne’s software interface is demonstrated.
The two audios are played simultaneously, and two sounds appear in the speaker.
The song begins with Lin Yingxue's voice: "Once the flowers bloom and the willows..."
He Chengyun listened carefully to Lin Yingxue's part, then pressed the pause button and said: "Netizens with good ears should be able to hear that there are subtle differences between the two audios.
To be continued...