Chapter 186

"Great At the end of the film screening, after the lights in the screening room came on again, Xiao Yao took the lead in standing up and clapping heartily. The other band members and Keith clapped with admiration.

"Thank you," director Denny Gray said with a polite smile to Xiao Yao. "I hope your theme song will make me say the same thing. I'm looking forward to your performance."

"Well, we will try our best not to let the film lose its color and score because of the theme song." Xiao Yao is confident.

"Now that you've seen the original movie, I haven't heard the studio version of your band's song yet." Ron continued, "so when are you going into the studio to record? Did you get in touch with the studio? If not, our studio will have a professional recording studio, and I can also be the producer of your song. "

"With Keith, I won't trouble you." Xiao Yao said with a smile, "yesterday I had an agreement with Keith to use their" daydream "studio, and he made it for us. Last night, we have agreed on the arrangement of the official studio version, which is not different from the live performance version. In a moment, we will go to his studio to record songs. "

"Well, Keith is really a good producer, so I won't argue with him. It happens that I have nothing to do today. Can we go together? I want to see the scene of your recording with my own eyes Ron nodded and then made a request.

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

"Of course I will not refuse you, an old friend. But since you've gone, you can't just be a spectator. You have to help me Keith nodded with a smile.

"Since you're going to the studio with us," Denny Gray said to Ron, "I'll leave the rest to you. I'll just wait and see what happens. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. " After that, Denny motioned to Keith and some of the band members and walked away.

After the director left, the producer Duran Waco also left because of something. On the contrary, the producer's son, dubbing actor James Waco, was relatively idle. When he heard that they were going to Keith's studio to record, he asked them to join in the fun.

Just now he had heard from his father that the people who came to see the film this time were the theme song writers that Ron was going to adopt. At the beginning, he thought that his father was talking about Keith Craig, and those young people about his age were just the younger generation that Keith brought to the world. According to Ron, these young people are clearly a band. The theme song Ron wants is their band's song. On the contrary, Keith is just a company.

In addition to this, James is even more surprised that in this band with white, black, Mexican and Chinese Americans (he thinks Xiao Yao is Chinese), it seems that the Chinese American is the leader and soul of the whole band. All communication is done by him. It seems that there is no need to discuss with other members to make decisions. No other members will know what he says The opposition is the same.

In the United States, such a band seems to have never seen. So James Waco was very interested in joining the fun to see what the band was like.

Keith saw Ron's face, Ron saw producer Duran's face, naturally would not refuse James's request to be an audience.

James Duran is 20 years old. He's not much younger than Xiao Yao. He's the same age. My father is a film producer, and he has been in the entertainment industry since he was a child. However, the producer is not a star after all, and he is not a star of the second generation, so he does not have the airs of a star. He took the initiative to sit in Keith's car and talked with Xiao Yao, who was very interested.

James asked Xiao Yao a lot of questions, which basically did not involve privacy and confidential content. Xiao Yao satisfied James' curiosity.

By the time Keith took us to his studio, James had realized that they were just a non professional band composed of middle school students, while Xiao Yao himself was not Chinese at all, but a national exchange student from China. James was even more surprised, and he looked forward to the performance of the student band in the studio.

The lighting of professional recording rooms is generally dim and the environment is relatively closed. This setting helps the sound recorder, singer and musician to focus on the sound. But at the same time, people who have been in the studio for a long time will feel more or less depressed and nervous. When recording some parts with slow rhythm and stable mood, this kind of environment can sometimes help the singer play better. But when recording the part with high emotion and fast rhythm, there will be some negative effects. But what they want to record is just a rock song with high emotions.

Xiao Yao has entered the professional recording room many times, but his performance is quite normal. The other members of the band began to be nervous at the moment when they stepped into the recording room.

"Relax, don't be too nervous," Xiao Yao easily saw everyone's tension from the expressions and slightly stiff movements of the band members, and said with a smile: "just like when we rehearsed before."

Songs are recorded in the recording room, and the voice of people and musical instruments are usually recorded separately. Usually, the accompaniment of the instrument is recorded first.Keith, who also saw the tension of the band members, did not come up and began to record. Instead, he asked the band members to practice the music several times to familiarize themselves with the instruments in the recording room. At the same time, he let them ease their tension.

After all, it's a song that has been continuously rehearsed for a week. Everyone has a good habit of playing the song. Although there are some small problems in the speed of rhythm due to tension in the practice, there is nothing wrong with the melody tone.

After the practice, it's the official recording. Maybe we can see that everyone cooperated with each other more tacitly. Keith didn't record a single track for a single instrument, but recorded the whole performance of the band on a single track.

Due to the powerful power of habit, the recording of instrument accompaniment was relatively smooth. After recording five times, Keith was satisfied.

Now we're going to start recording. In the recording room, there is a big difference between the voice you hear from the monitoring earphone and the voice you usually hear. Due to the special acoustic environment of the recording room and the equipment used in recording, there is no reverberation, and the voice without echo will make people feel that the voice becomes very dry.

When recording songs in the recording room, any change of intonation, rhythm, breath and even a little emotion of the singer will be recorded by the recording equipment without modification, so many people will feel that their voice is not good and their singing is not good when recording, which will affect their mood and state. However, most of the experienced and excellent singers can overcome these disadvantages and complete the recording efficiently.

Xiao Yao is an experienced singer with high efficiency. SAMINE, George and Mike mainly sing accompaniment and chorus, and there are not many places to speak, so at the end of the recording, Dean is the only one who is still recording his solo part.

This kind of situation, aggravated Dean's tense feeling, the display was not ideal.

"Dean, it's broken just now, and there's still a problem with the intonation. Do 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 is psychologically prepared for the difficulty of directing a non professional student band, but Xiao Yao performs too well and completes it very fast. By contrast, Keith's patience with Dean disappears a little faster.

Watching Dean blush and finish his singing part, Xiao Yao, who appears beside Keith in the operation room, can't help but lean to the microphone to face Dean and say, "don't be too nervous, Dean. For the first time into the studio of pure new people, your performance has been good

"But... I'm the only one here now." Dean looked bitterly at the empty studio.

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

"That's because Sam, they're just singing and singing, and they don't have much to record. I'm afraid I've been in the studio more than your band did before. I have more experience than you. Don't compare with me. Don't have a burden in your heart. "

"I try my best." Dean nodded, but not much relaxed.

"Right! Although the post production can be modified and made up, but you can not be too poor Keith once again was not very satisfied with the way.

"Keith, why don't you have a rest and I'll take care of you for a while." Xiao Yao suggests to Keith.

"You? Can you do that? " Keith looks up at Xiao Yao in doubt.

"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 devices. As for Dean's guidance and singing skills, you have just said enough. I think his biggest problem right now is nervousness. "

"You are his idol," Xiao Yao continued, pointing to Dean across the glass. "He is very excited and nervous just standing in front of you, let alone singing. I think he should be able to relax when facing me

"Am I too hard on him?" Keith heard Xiao Yao say so, also some embarrassed way, "no way, I work like this."

"Strict, not severe." Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "strictness is a good thing. It shows that you are serious about music. But now dean needs to relax more. It's not your problem, it's his. "

"Well, I agree with you." Keith nodded, got up and gave the position to Xiao Yao, and stood in the glass window where Dean couldn't see.

In the surprised and curious eyes of several other people, Xiao Yao sat in front of the mixer and operated it skillfully. Then he put the desk microphone in front of him and said to Dean across the glass, "now, Dean, I'll help you record. For the accompaniment, you start from the fourth sentence. When you sing, your mood should be high, but you should try to relax. Think about our performance in rehearsal and on the school anniversary stage

Seeing Xiao Yao sitting in front of the tuning console, Dean was also very surprised, but it's not so amazing to think that Xiao Yao said that his father was also a music producer, so he knew these things.Dean is really nervous when he is facing Keith, especially now that he is the only one in the studio, he doesn't perform well in front of idols, and it's normal to worry about gains and losses. Xiao Yao is different. After all, he is a very familiar friend who has lived in the same room for three months. Seeing Xiao Yao sitting opposite him, the expression on Dean's face relaxed a lot. Remembering Xiao Yao's guidance during the rehearsal, and his excellent performance on the school anniversary stage, Dean's confidence also increased a lot.

When people relax and confidence comes up, the effect of the recording will be better. As a result, Dean's recording efficiency also increased. Looking at Xiao Yao's confident and skillful operation in front of the mixer, Dean's performance in the recording room was much better. Keith simply stood by and watched, letting Xiao Yao record all of dean's voice.

Compared with Keith Craig, Xiao Yao's performance in front of the mixer just now can only be in order, but considering his identity and age, it is very valuable.

"I think Bill Justin should be glad you're not American, or BJ might not be BJ now." Keith shook his head and sighed.