Repost from @c_plus_music using @RepostRegramApp - 024 私家樂評 輕鬆太易 – 衞蘭 – 低半度 曲：蘇道哲 / 舒文 詞：周耀輝 編：Ted Lo / 蘇道哲 監：舒文 老實說，班底看到Ted Lo和蘇道哲已經十分期待。果然是我最喜愛那個曲風的衞蘭，對上一首是《I Don’t Know I Don’t Care》，那份輕鬆是最動人最吸引的。 . 歌曲由蘇道哲及舒文共同作曲，周耀輝填詞，Ted Lo及蘇道哲編曲，舒文監製。比起《I Don’t Know I Don’t Care》，《低半度》更有味道。減卻了節奏速度，連Key都比起過去低了幾度，衞蘭在唱腔上成熟又有韻味。《低半度》沒有用大量英文歌詞或ad-lib，反而全篇都是中文而衞蘭亦駕馭得很好。特別是最後由低音唱上高音的位置，「便發現美麗低音」到「便發現豁達低谷無數」。 . 當然，周耀輝除了寫出衞蘭放輕的心情外，其實暗暗寫了不少貼地的密碼在內。當中提到「要爭勝」「其實很虛耗」/「像我在捍衛心的歲數」，不必每一次都考第一，只要保存內心青春，那怕是銀髮都可以活得很青春。大概是提示每天在追阿利的「人」，不如在城中跳一場舞在「低谷」尋回青春好過。 . Ted Lo大師加上蘇道哲，編曲未聽已經應受到那份Jazz味道。經過爵士大樂團的幫助，令《低半度》何只低半度，編曲上很高班的作品。由小號到提琴及trumpet，只要細心聽都聽得到，而編曲亦令各樣樂器不搶耳。主歌簡單的琴及trumpet帶出了低半度的氣氛，副歌小提琴令音樂更浪漫，就如在舞會上一樣。歌曲設計上沒有因為是爵士大樂團的作品而放大量間奏來show off爵士音樂，反而在音樂中融合了歌詞，只有最後副歌間奏出現爵士solo。編曲上更沒有加入大量歌者的Ad-lib，可以在間奏中享受爵士。所以，Ray的Mixing令音樂和人聲得到平衡，當然，舒文在錄音上亦十分重要。 . 早在去年幫Dusty Bottle監製就感受到舒文在音樂上的活力，令衞蘭在咬字上沒有很用力的去咬正每一個字，反而放輕腳步令她的聲音更易發揮。其實早在出道時衞蘭已經唱過light jazz的作品，是黎明舊歌改編的《sugar in the marmalade》，那時已經覺得是唱對了歌路。可惜K歌成功令衞蘭越走越主流。聽說她要做一張Jazz的唱片，期待她在音樂上的進步。 ＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝ Back to 2005, Janice Vidal had covered Leon Lai’s classic song "sugar in the marmalade" in her first album "Day and Night". I thought that she is a jazz vocalist since she began with a jazz album. In the following years, the successful catalog of typical canton pop that made she sang more - so called karaoke songs and no more jazz music. The latest single "Half-Step Down" released in the best time caused Janice used the suitable key to sing and she no need to hit the high range. Otherwise, the mixing and arrangement in the music and vocal is balance. Ted Lo and So Toc put lots of effort in the Jazz arrangement, such as sound of keyboard in the verse and the violins / cellos / trumpet etc. Also, Schumann Lee produced a very beautiful voice performance of Janice. . Finally, Chow Yiu Fai’s lyrics is not only suitable for Janice’s career and it is also a metaphor of our city. We don’t need to be the champion all the time, or being in the peak, the method to being young is just stay in "Half-Step Down" and keep dancing in the city, keep living the unpredictable life. @janice_vidal @warnermusichk @sotoc @privatezoo #低半度 @yiufaichow