Entertaining Children

"Two "Alone"?" Dean Smith couldn't help but tease, "Yang, how lonely are you? If you feel lonely, you might as well transfer to America."

"Do you think he looks like a lonely person?" Xiao Siqi laughed, "He also said this morning that the songs he writes are not all based on his own feelings, and he writes about himself."

"This song is not about loneliness, but about not being alone." Xiao Yao laughed, "It's easier to call it "alone". Maybe I should change the title of the song to "NotAlone" or "YoureNotAlone"?"

The song that Xiao Yao plans to collaborate with Liv Paremo is another electronic single "alone" from his previous life. This song is in the same style as "Faded" and "SingMeToSleep", but it is different from the meaning of confusion and search in the previous two songs. What this song is about is not loneliness, but a meaning of "I am not alone" .

In the original version of the previous life, "Faded" and "SingMeToSleep" were both collaborated with IselinSolheim. Xiao Yao also found Gong Chen, who thought he had a voice similar to IselinSolheim's ethereal voice. This song "alone" was a collaboration with IselinSolheim in the original version of the previous life. It is another female singer NoonieBao. The timbres of these two female singers are quite different, so Xiao Yao did not ask Gong Chen to complete the third song, and also told Gong Chen in advance that he would find different female singers for his electronic music album. cooperate.

Regarding the vocal characteristics of Noonie Bao, the original singer of the song "alone" in the previous life, Xiao Yao felt that her voice seemed to have a little baby sound. After hearing the voice of Liv Paremo, Xiao Yao Yao suddenly thought of NoonieBao, and wanted to take the opportunity to make this song "alone".

"Change the song name casually?" Keith Craig laughed, "Don't tell me you just wrote this song?"

"No, it's a song I wrote before, but I didn't find a suitable female singer." Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "But since I wrote the song myself, of course I can change the title of the song if I want."

"Forget it, let's not change it." Xiao Yao thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "There are already a lot of song names being repeated, so it's okay if I just write two "alone" songs."

It is indeed uncommon for song titles to be repeated in the entire music world, but it is still very rare for a creator to name two completely different music works with the same name, but precisely because this situation is relatively rare, Xiao Yao wanted to do this even more. Besides, even if it is changed to "NotAlone" or "YoureNotAlone", Xiao Yao still has "NotAlone" by LinkinPark and "YoureNotAlone" by Mihael Jakson in his mind in his mind. Sometimes the same name is inevitable.

"Keith, I don't want Liv to go all the way to Huaxia, and plan to finish this song before leaving the United States, so I want to borrow your recording studio, can you?" Xiao Yao looked at Keith Craig and said .

"Of course no problem, very welcome." Keith Craig said with open arms.

"Okay," Xiao Yao immediately got into work, turned to Liv Paremo and said, "I'm going to visit my friend's crew tomorrow, and we'll start recording the day after tomorrow. I'll write out the lyrics and score of the song for you in a while." , you have a day and a half to familiarize yourself with the score and exercises,

This afternoon I will finish the arrangement and soundtrack in the recording studio. You can practice with the accompaniment tomorrow. If you encounter any problems, I will solve them the day after tomorrow when I help you record, is that okay? "

"Of course." Liv Paremo nodded meaningfully, and then responded, "Wait, you will finish the arrangement and soundtrack this afternoon, and you will record it for me the day after tomorrow? What do you mean, Are you going to make this song yourself?"

"Of course, my song, of course, is produced by myself." Xiao Yao laughed.

"You're still a producer? It's unbelievable!" Liv Paremo covered her mouth and exclaimed. She is familiar with Xiao Yao's music works, especially English songs, and knows that he is a very talented and creative musician who has written many hit singles, but her understanding of Xiao Yao is still limited to the United States. reports in the media. In the United States, there are also very talented young musicians in their twenties, but producers who are only 20 years old? In her impression, there seems to be no such things in the United States.

"Since it's your song and you make it yourself, how about letting you make that song "NeverGrowUp" too?" Keith Craig took advantage of the situation, "You also said that the soundtrack of that song uses an acoustic guitar Mainly. I think you are better at playing the acoustic guitar than I am." Keith Craig has a much more comprehensive understanding of Xiao Yao, not to mention that when recording "Immortals" three years ago, Xiao Yao once replaced him. He completed the recording of Dean's solo part, and he was not surprised that Xiao Yao could be the producer.

"Hey, Keith," Xiao Yao stared deliberately, "The copyright of "NeverGrowUp" has been sold to you! The copyright fee does not include the production fee!"

"Are you talking about money?" Keith Craig stared back and said, "You use my recording studio, and I didn't charge you either!"

"Okay, I was wrong!" Xiao Yao raised his hand and said, "But I will return to Huaxia in about five days. I will work on the soundtrack of "Alone" this afternoon. I will visit the crew tomorrow and start recording the day after tomorrow. After the recording is completed, I will return to China. To finish shooting the MV of the song "Alone" in the US, I really don't have time to record another song for Liv. I know you and Hill Bray, another mentor in "The Voice" Mike is a good friend, this ballad style song, you can ask the friend of the country music master to help you."

"Since you don't have time, I'll let you go." Keith Craig smiled triumphantly.

"Shouldn't we leave now so that you can write scores and make music with peace of mind?" Xiao Siqi reminded.

"Wait a minute, I still have a few questions." Keith Craig said, "Yang, you just said that you asked me to contact a MV shooting team for you in advance, so you plan to start work in three days? Where to choose the shooting location? Do I need to contact the actors? How many people do the actors need? By the way, what do you mean by the part in the United States? Are you planning to shoot in other places?" He still remembers the MV of this song .

"I don't plan to go to other places to shoot, but the MV is not only the scenes I shot in the United States, there will be scenes from other places. As for how to do it, I will keep it secret for the time being, and you will know soon." Xiao Yao smiled. Dao, "I haven't selected the location for the shooting. I need a relatively open mountain location, but not too desolate. I need to be able to see the town below from the top of the mountain. I will check it online at night. If you know a similar You are welcome to introduce me to the location. In terms of actors, I may need about 30 people, but you don’t have to worry about this, I will handle the actors myself.”

"There are more than 30 actors in one MV, that's a big scene!" Keith Craig said in surprise, "The actors' remuneration alone is a lot of money. Are you sure you don't need my help?"

"No need," Xiao Yao smiled and shook his head, "I'll find free actors."

"Find 30 free actors in Los Angeles?" Keith Craig didn't believe it. "Even if you are very popular in the United States now, it may be difficult to do it."

"I can do it, trust me!" Xiao Yao said confidently, "You just need to help me contact the shooting team, and recommend me a suitable shooting location. As for how I did it, you Will see soon too."

"By the way, there is still the issue of clothing," Xiao Yao slapped his head, "We must notify them in advance to prepare uniform clothing."

"You still plan to let the actors bring their own costumes?" Not only Keith Craig, but everyone else was also speechless.

"Uh~ Free shooting is already taking advantage of them, and it seems unreasonable to ask them to prepare their own clothes," Xiao Yao scratched his head and said, "It's better to give them a piece of clothing as a commemoration."

Xiao Yao took out his phone and called Yin Xi, "Sister Xi, I'm in Los Angeles now, and I need about 30 black hooded sweaters and masks to shoot the MV, which are the ones I wore in the MVs of "Faded" and "SingMeToSleep". That kind, you are familiar with the fashion brands and clothing companies in the United States, can you recommend me a good and cheap one?"

"You really can't stay idle! It's only been a few days since this incident happened, and you're going to shoot the MV again." Yin Xi on the phone smiled and said, "Our own brand of clothes is already making that kind of clothes. When do you want them? ? If I have time, I'll send it to you directly by air!"

"Come across it, if you want to shoot, just shoot." Xiao Yao smiled, "I want it in three days."

"Okay, I'll contact our freight company and arrange for an expedited delivery. We should be able to arrive in Los Angeles in three days." Yin Xi smiled. Yin Xi is an international supermodel, and Xiao Yao's popularity is not limited to China. When their brand was established, it was positioned as an international brand. They have many foreign customers. Now they have established good relationships with several international freight companies. It is not a problem to transport a batch of clothing from China to Los Angeles in three days.

"That's fine!" Xiao Yao nodded, "Remember to print my YS logo on the back of the clothes, and prepare some different sizes, according to the figure of young Americans, don't choose too small a size."

"Don't worry, I know it well." Yin Xi smiled, "You are filming the MV in the United States, and you are looking for actors in the United States. Of course, the size of the clothes is based on the American figure. I will be responsible for it personally, and I will definitely arrange it for you."

"The costume is done!" Hanging up the phone, Xiao Yao smiled and shook the phone in his hand, then put the phone away, took the blank score paper and pencil in the room and said, "The matter of the MV will be like this for now, now Write the score. Liv, give me ten minutes."

"Ten minutes?" Liv Paremo stared.

"This is a song he wrote before, and ten minutes is not too short." Xiao Siqi laughed, "Sometimes he writes a new song on the spot, and it may only take ten minutes."

"I'll contact the MV shooting team first, and I'll be back in a while." Keith Craig greeted and left the control room.

"On August 1st, go and write on the sofa. I'll take a look at the equipment in Keith's recording studio." Xiao Siqi directed Xiao Yao and said. Since Xiao Yao intends to record this song before returning to China, Xiao Siqi must be able to see the recording process of this song and hear the whole picture of the song, and the score will not be very interesting. Xiao Siqi found some equipment in Keith Craig's recording studio that he had never seen before, and he was obviously more interested in these things.

Xiao Siqi is not interested in Xiao Yao's score because he has seen it many times before, but the others haven't seen it much. The three songs that Xiao Yao gave to "immortals" were all scores that he took out directly. Except for "immortals", which Xiao Yao claimed to have written in class, the other two songs were all finished products. I don't know how Xiao Yao wrote it, so the members of "immortals", like Liv Paremo, did not leave, but stared at Xiao Yao who was writing and scratching on the paper with a pencil.

Xiao Yao could feel the gazes of Xiao Yao from several people, but he didn't feel any discomfort. In less than ten minutes, Xiao Yao handed the completed sheet music to Liv Paremer.

"It's really less than ten minutes!" Liv Paremo took the paper from Xiao Yao in surprise. Although Xiao Yao said that this was a work he had completed before, it could only be regarded as dictation, but the lyrics and music of such a whole song were written without any alterations. This memory alone has already opened her eyes.

When Keith Craig came back, Liv Paremer, who got the lyrics and scores, had already gone to another practice room to get familiar with the scores and lyrics in order not to disturb Xiao Yao's arrangement and soundtrack. Only Xiao Siqi and "immortals "The members of the band stayed in the control room, watching Xiao Yao make the soundtrack.

"Mr. Sean, I heard that you are also a music producer. Are you helping him as a sound engineer? Why don't you sit down?" Keith Craig, who pushed the door in, saw Xiao Yao in the recording room Xiao Siqi and Sammy Smith stood in front of the console wearing a monitor earphone while they were playing the piano. The chair in front of the console was empty, so they couldn't help asking curiously.

"No, his songs are produced by himself, including the recording." Xiao Siqi, who took off the earphones from one ear after seeing Keith coming in, shook his head with a smile, "I just listened to the soundtrack of his song in advance. What does it look like. The work of the sound engineer is still done by him. After I sit down, I have to stand up from time to time to make way for him. It’s too troublesome, so I just don’t sit down.”

"Really? It looks like he doesn't need my help as a sound engineer." Keith Craig smiled and said to Sammy Smith, "Can you listen to me?"

There is a difference between a sound engineer and a producer. Although Xiao Yao said that he wanted to make this song by himself, he didn't say that he didn't need a sound engineer when recording, especially when he was recording the accompaniment. Although he knew that Xiao Siqi was also a producer and capable of working as a sound engineer, Keith Craig was worried that Xiao Siqi was not familiar with the equipment in his studio, so he hurried back. But looking at the situation now, Xiao Yao even did the work of the sound engineer himself, so Keith Craig simply followed Xiao Siqi's example and just listened without caring about anything.

Keith Craig is not only the boss of "Immortals", but also a teacher and senior. Naturally, his musical accomplishments are not comparable to young people like them, so when Keith Craig signaled, Samion Smith immediately He took off the headphones on his head and handed them over. Keith Craig put on the headphones, and after a while, his whole body began to move along with the music.

Xiao Yao's efficiency has always been very high. He said that he would make the arrangement and soundtrack in the afternoon, and finished it all before dinner. After coming out of the recording studio, they met Betty Bellett and Ye Jiaying who were shopping, and everyone had a sumptuous dinner together.

During dinner, Keith Craig, who was also very efficient, told Xiao Yao that the MV shooting team had basically settled down and that work could definitely start in three days. At the same time, he also recommended to Xiao Yao a shooting location that met his requirements. The shooting location was in a small town not far from Los Angeles. After seeing the pictures of the location provided by Keith Craig, Xiao Yao felt very satisfied, so he decided on the shooting location.

After dinner, Xiao Yao declined the Craig couple's invitation to take them on a night tour of Los Angeles, saying that he was going to be busy recruiting MV actors, and asked them to take their parents to play, and went back to the hotel alone.

For the MVs of "Faded" and "SingMeToSleep", Xiao Yao basically followed the number of MVs in his previous life, but they are not exactly the same. One of the biggest features is that Xiao Yao added a lot of music to the running movements of the protagonist. Parkour moves. For the MV of "alone", Xiao Yao also intends to modify some running shots based on the original version, adding parkour movements.

When he was an exchange student in the United States, Xiao Yao met a parkour team in Los Angeles and played with them a few times. People in their team knew that Xiao Yao was a member of YRF, the founding team of parkour. When Xiao Yao was looking for an actor for his MV, the first thing he thought of was this Los Angeles parkour team. With their status in their minds, I believe they will not miss such an opportunity to shoot an MV with their idols, and it shouldn't be a problem to perform for free.

After returning to the hotel room, Xiao Yao immediately called the leader of the parkour team, Nathan Donner, and invited him and his parkour team to participate in his MV.

After receiving Xiao Yao's call, Nathan Donner seemed very excited, and immediately agreed to the invitation to participate in the MV. However, he can only represent himself. As for the rest of the team, although everyone is definitely very willing, but since many of them have jobs, can they spare time to go to a small town outside Los Angeles three days later? It is not certain that the MV will be filmed. He needs to inform everyone of the news and listen to everyone's reply.

Xiao Yao also expressed his understanding of this, and handed over this matter to Nathan Donner, who will count the number of people who can participate in the performance, and then organize everyone to gather at the designated place and set off together.

There are more than a dozen people in Nathan Donner's team, even if they all come, they cannot meet the number of actors required for this MV, so Xiao Yao didn't put all his hopes on this team. They are only the largest number of personnel he expected, and Xiao Yao has to solve the remaining personnel gap through other means. )!!