Entertaining Children

"It's great!" Xiao Yao stood up first and applauded heartily after the movie screening ended and the lights in the projection room were turned on again. The other band members and Keith also applauded with admiration.

"Thank you," director Danny Gray smiled politely, and said to Xiao Yao and the others: "I hope your theme song can make me say the same thing. I look forward to your performance."

"Well, we will work hard, and we must not let this movie lose its color because of the theme song." Xiao Yao said confidently.

"Now that you have seen the original movie, I haven't heard the official studio version of your band's song." Ron continued, "So when will you enter the studio to record? Have you contacted the studio yet? If not, our studio has a professional recording studio, and I can also be the producer of your song."

"With Keith here, I won't bother you." Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I made an agreement with Keith yesterday to use their "Daydream" recording studio, and he will produce it for us. We had already agreed last night The arrangement of the official studio version is not much different from the live performance version, and we will go to his studio to record songs in a while."

"Well, Keith is indeed an excellent producer, so I won't argue with him. It just so happens that I have nothing to do today, can I go with you? I want to see your recording scene with my own eyes." Ron nodded first. head, followed by a request.

"Keith's territory, he has the final say." Xiao Yao shrugged and kicked the ball to Keith.

"Of course I won't reject you, an old friend. But since you have gone, you can't just be a spectator, you have to help me obligatoryly." Keith nodded with a smile.

"Since you're going to the recording studio together," Danny Gray said to Ron, "I'll leave the rest to you. I'll just wait and see the effect. I still have something to do, so I'll leave first." Danny signaled to Keith and several band members, and then walked away.

After the director left, the producer Duran Waco also left due to something. On the contrary, the son of the producer, the voice actor James Waco, was relatively free. Hearing that they were going to Keith's studio to record, he also asked to join in the fun.

He had heard from his father just now that the few people who watched the film this time were the authors of the theme song that Ron was going to adopt. At the beginning, he thought that the person his father was talking about was Keith Craig, and those young people who were about his age were just juniors brought by Keith to see the world. But from Ron's point of view, these young people are obviously a band, and the theme song Ron wants is their band's song, but Keith is just an accompanying person.

In addition to this, James was even more surprised that in this band with whites, blacks, Mexicans and Chinese (he thinks Xiao Yao is Chinese), it seems that the Chinese is the boss and soul of the whole band,

All the communication is done by him, and it seems that there is no need to discuss with other members when making decisions. No matter what he says, other members will not object.

In the United States, it seems that such a band has never been seen. So James Waco is very interested and wants to join in the fun together and see what the band looks like.

Keith looked at Ron's face, and Ron looked at the producer Duran's face, so naturally he would not refuse James' request to be an audience member.

James Duran is 20 years old this year. In terms of age, he is not much different from Xiao Yao and the others. They are considered to be of the same age. His father is a film producer, and he has also been in the entertainment circle since he was a child. But the producer is not a star after all, and he is not a second-generation star, so he doesn't have the airs of a star. He took the initiative to sit in Keith's car and chatted with Xiao Yao who was very interested.

James asked Xiao Yao a lot of questions, which basically didn't involve sex or things that needed to be kept secret, so Xiao Yao satisfied James' curiosity very well.

By the time Keith took everyone to his recording studio, James had already realized that they were just a non-professional band composed of middle school students, and Xiao Yao himself was not of Chinese descent at all, but a country exchange student from China. James was even more surprised, and he was even more looking forward to the performance of this student band in the recording studio.

The lighting in professional recording studios is generally dim and the environment is relatively closed. Such a setup helps the sound engineer as well as singers and musicians to focus on the sound. But at the same time, people who have been in the recording studio for a long time will feel more or less depressed and nervous. When recording some parts with a slower rhythm and a more stable mood, such an environment can sometimes help the singer to perform better. However, when recording parts with higher emotions and faster rhythms, there will be some negative effects. What they want to record is precisely a rock song with high emotion.

Xiao Yao has entered the professional recording studio quite a few times, and his performance is quite normal. The other members of the band started to get nervous the moment they stepped into the recording studio.

"Relax, don't be too nervous," Xiao Yao could easily see everyone's nervousness from the expressions and slightly stiff movements of the band members, and comforted with a smile: "Come here just like we did during the rehearsal before." All right."

When recording songs in a recording studio, vocals and instrumental sounds are generally recorded separately. Usually, the instrumental accompaniment is recorded first.

Keith, who also saw the nervousness of the band members, did not come up and started recording. Instead, he asked the band members to practice the music a few times first, familiarizing them with the instruments in the recording studio and at the same time allowing them to relieve their tension.

After all, it is a song that has been rehearsed continuously for a week. Everyone has a good habit of playing this song. Although there are some small problems in the rhythm of the rhythm due to nervousness during the practice several times, the melody and tone are not. What a big mistake.

After practice is over, it is the official recording. Probably seeing that everyone cooperated with each other tacitly, Keith did not record a single instrument and one track, but recorded the overall performance of the band on one track.

Due to the powerful force of habit, the recording of the instrumental accompaniment was relatively smooth. After recording five times, Keith expressed satisfaction that it was ok.

The next step is to start recording the vocals. In the recording studio, there is a big difference between the voice you hear from the monitor earphones and the voice you usually hear. Due to the special acoustic environment of the recording studio and the equipment used during recording, there is no reverberation, no The sound of the echo will make the sound dry.

When recording songs in a recording studio, any change in pitch, rhythm, breath, or even a little bit of emotion of the singer will be recorded by the recording equipment without modification, so many people will feel that their voice is not good when they are recording. Well, and then affect the mood and state. However, most experienced and excellent singers can overcome these unfavorable factors and complete the recording efficiently.

And Xiao Yao is an experienced and excellent singer with high efficiency. Samion, George, and Mike mainly sang as accompaniment and chorus, and there were not too many places to speak, so at the end of the recording, Dean was the only one who was still recording his solo part .

This situation aggravated Dean's sense of tension, making his performance even more unsatisfactory.

"Dean, the tone just broke, and there is still a problem with the intonation. Try it again, and pay attention to the accompaniment." Keith said to Dean for the nth time, with some emotion in his tone.

In fact, Keith was mentally prepared for the difficulty of directing a non-professional student band, but Xiao Yao performed too well and completed it very quickly. In contrast, Keith's patience with Dean disappeared quickly Some.

Seeing Dean blushing, Xiao Yao, who had finished his singing part and appeared beside Keith in the operation room, couldn't help but leaned in front of the microphone and said to Dean: "Dean, don't be too nervous. For For a pure rookie entering the recording studio for the first time, your performance is already good."

"But... I'm the only one here now." Dean looked at the empty recording room with a bitter face and said.

In order not to affect Dean's recording, distract him. The four people who had finished the recording of their vocal parts all left the recording room at the request of Keith, and came to the operation room to watch.

"That's because Sam and the others are just backing and chorus singing, and there's not much to record. And I, I'm afraid that I have entered the recording studio more times than your band has performed on stage before. I have more experience than you, so don't talk to me Bi, don't feel burdened."

"I'll try my best." Dean nodded, but his expression didn't relax much.

"Pitch! Although you can modify and make up for it in post-production, you can't make too much difference." Keith said again dissatisfied.

"Keith, why don't you take a break, and I'll stand for you for a while." Xiao Yao suggested to Keith.

"You? Will you?" Keith looked up at Xiao Yao suspiciously.

"Yes," Xiao Yao nodded, "My father is also a music producer. I have a recording studio at home. My father taught me how to operate these equipment. As for the guidance to Dean, singing skills You've said enough about that. I think his biggest problem right now is nervousness."

"You are his idol," Xiao Yao pointed to Dean, who was separated by a glass, and continued, "He is already very excited and nervous just standing in front of you, let alone singing. I want to face my Now, he should be able to relax a little bit."

"Am I being too strict with him?" Keith said with some embarrassment when he heard Xiao Yao say that, "I can't help it, that's how I work."

"Strict, not strict." Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "Strictness is a good thing, and it shows your serious attitude towards music. It's just that what Dean needs more now is to relax. It's not your problem that you can't relax when facing idols, it's him. of."

"Okay, I agree with you." Keith nodded, got up and gave his seat to Xiao Yao, and stood on the other side of the glass window where Dean couldn't see.

Under the surprised and curious eyes of several other people, Xiao Yao sat in front of the mixing console, manipulated it skillfully, then placed the desktop microphone that was talking to Dean in front of him, and said to Dean on the opposite side of the glass: "Dean, I'll help you record now. The accompaniment will play later, you start from the fourth sentence, and when you sing, your emotions should be high, but you should try to relax. Think about when we were rehearsing and on the school celebration stage. Performance."

Seeing Xiao Yao sitting in front of the mixing console, Dean was also very surprised, but considering that Xiao Yao said that his father himself was also a music producer, so it is not so incredible that he would do this.

When Dean faced Keith, he was indeed very nervous, especially now that he was alone in the recording room, and it was normal for him to not perform well in front of his idols. Xiao Yao is different, after all, he has lived in the same house for three months and is a very familiar friend. Seeing Xiao Yao sitting opposite him, the expression on Dean's face relaxed a lot. Remembering that Xiao Yao gave him guidance during the rehearsal, and then he had a very good performance on the school celebration stage, Dean's confidence also increased a lot.

The person relaxes, the confidence increases, and the effect of the recording becomes better. So Dean's recording efficiency also went up. Seeing Xiao Yao's confident and proficient operation in front of the mixing console, and Dean's performance in the recording room was obviously much better, Keith simply stood by and watched all the time, and asked Xiao Yao to record all of Dean's vocal parts. It's over.

Compared with Keith Craig, Xiao Yao's performance in front of the mixing console just now can only be quite satisfactory, but considering his identity and age, it is very commendable.

"I think Bill Justin should really be thankful that you're not an American, otherwise bj might not be the bj he is now." Keith shook his head and sighed. (To be continued.)