Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

"Chen, long time no see! I'm so happy that you can come to my concert!"

Just after entering Madison Garden, Madonna, who had prepared for the concert in advance at the venue, came to greet Chen Qiming and his party in person.

At this time, Madonna had already changed into performance clothes.

A white transparent gauze skirt.

It has to be said that Madonna can become the most influential female singer in the world.

In addition to her singing ability, her appearance also plays a role in it.

Maybe she can't compare to top beauties like Charlize, but she has a unique look when she puts on her costumes.

Madonna did not talk to Chen Qiming for too long. After taking Chen Qiming and his group to the backstage, she left in a hurry.

This is what concerts are like, especially large-scale concerts like today. Performers need to make a lot of preparations in advance.

Not only Madonna needs to prepare, but Chen Qiming and others also need to prepare.

First they need to familiarize themselves with the venue.

Some people may think that there is something familiar about the venue. It is just such a big place and there is no need to be familiar with it at all.

In fact, this is a wrong idea.

In a performance, there are many things that need to be paid attention to.

The simplest thing is to move.

Some people may think that the singers at the concert can move randomly, but this is not the case.

When every singer goes on stage, he needs to get familiar with the location of the speakers, or under the guidance of a professional sound engineer, he needs to know where he cannot turn around, where the microphone must be hidden, etc.

The reason for this is that during this period in the [-]s, wireless connection methods still had fatal flaws, such as poor anti-interference ability, unstable signals, etc.

Therefore, in order to ensure the quality of the performance, a wired connection is necessary.

The microphones are all wired.

In addition, the microphone cannot be opposite to the speaker. This is common sense that many people understand.

In fact, no matter when tuning, rehearsing or performing, as long as you are on the stage, the microphone cannot be opposite to the sound. This is the most basic common sense.

If you accidentally put the microphone opposite to the speaker, the sound from the speaker will be emitted, pass through the microphone and then enter the speaker again, thus forming a looping situation.

Think about it, if there was an explosion of wheat during a concert, what an accident it would be.

Therefore, concert performers often become familiar with every sound position in the venue before the performance starts to avoid accidental mic failure.

And this is the smallest problem in the concert preparation.

Rehearsing, getting familiar with the equipment, or changing into your own equipment are all necessary before the concert begins.

Especially changing equipment.

Some people might think that all singers at shows use the same set of equipment.

No!

Not so.

For pop singers like Chen Qiming, as long as it is top-notch equipment, it doesn't really matter to them.

But that's not the case for the band.

We often hear someone say that he is not used to playing other people's instruments, which sounds pretentious.

But the fact is that different instruments are actually completely different.

Just like no one in the world looks exactly the same.

The same goes for musical instruments.

After many people get used to using their own instrument, if they switch to someone else's instrument, their performance will even be worse than that.

This is because although it is the same instrument, the timbre and frequency of debugging are different.

Like Chester today.

After he brought his band members backstage, the first thing they did was arrange for the staff to change into their own equipment, even the speakers.

Chen Qiming arranged for his own sound engineer to communicate with the organizer, and when he was ready to go on stage, he replaced the backstage sound engineer with his own sound engineer.

Some people may have heard a saying that all the singers' singing that the audience hears has been modified.

This is absolutely true.

Just like Chen Qiming, he always brings his own sound engineer wherever he performs.

When he sings on stage, the tuner will perform certain tuning on the tuning equipment backstage.

Then these sounds will be transmitted through the speakers.

Of course, you don’t have that much time to adjust the sound during a live performance, so overall, the sound will be a little worse than in the studio.

Many people always say that a certain singer's live singing is very good, just like in the studio. Hmm, I can’t tell you, it must be lip-syncing.

Chen Qiming himself is a person with very good singing skills.

But there is a gap between his singing on stage and his voice tuned in the studio.

As for others...

Rehearse, adjust equipment, familiarize yourself with the stage...

Things were proceeding in an orderly manner.

In a blink of an eye, the time came to half past six.

All the work on the stage has basically been completed.

All the singers who attended the concert, including Chen Qiming, began to retreat to the backstage lounge, and the audience began to enter.

"Hi Chen!"

Who is Madonna?

The world's top superstar, a sister of Warner Records.

The United States is her home stadium, so her concert tonight cannot only have a few guests such as Chen Qiming and Marshall.

In addition to them, Warner also invited several singers to support Madonna.

Most of these singers are singers under Warner Records.

Among them is Cher, a singer who became popular in the [-]s and [-]s.

This middle-aged female singer, who was born in 1946, was quiet for a long time in the [-]s and became popular again in the [-]s.

This year, he made his directorial debut for the TV movie "If These Walls Could Talk", and he also acted in the highly rated film "Tea With Mussolini".

She is quite business-minded and has used her name and popularity to endorse many products, including fitness videos, perfumes, skin care products and even creative furniture.

The middle-aged former superstar saw Chen Qiming in the lounge and took the initiative to say hello to him.

"Ms. Xueer, nice to meet you!"

Chen Qiming stood up and hugged her.

"Chen, I really didn't expect to meet you here. I like your "My Heart Will Go On" very much. It is really a classic song, just like its name, I believe it will become eternal!"

Cher highly admires Chen Qiming's song "My Heart Will Go On" released last year.

"Thank you, it's my honor to be recognized by you!"

Chen Qi was obviously very humble.

This is his usual practice.

"I heard that your new album is about to be released. Are you going to sing new songs later?"

Xueer asked.

"Yes, there is a new song that will be sung at Miss Madonna's concert!"

Chen Qiming nodded.

"That's great. My daughter is a big fan of yours. She also came to the venue with her friends today. I think she will be very happy if she knows that you have a new song to sing for the first time on this stage!"

Cher smiled.

After saying that, she smiled again: "She has always wanted an autograph from you. Can you satisfy her wish?"

"Of course!"

Chen Qiming nodded without hesitation and asked Liu Ciwei to take out a record tape released last year and sign his name on it.

Originally, he was still wondering how Xueer and he were strangers and got together.

Hearing this, he understood immediately.

It turns out this is a daughter slave.

In fact, he encountered situations like this quite often.

In Hong Kong and Taiwan, he often encounters situations where celebrities ask him for autographs on behalf of their children.

It can only be said that he is very influential now and has begun to have a very huge influence among the next generation of fans.

Perhaps, one day, he will also become the youth of these people...

Just like the guy in the dream thinks Jay Chou is his youth.

I just don’t know what my future status will be...

(End of this chapter)