Entertaining Children

  Chapter 731 Recruiting actors

   "Two "alone"?" Dean Smith couldn't help but joked, "Young, how lonely are you? If you feel lonely, it's better to transfer to the United States."

  "Do you think he looks like a lonely person?" Xiao Siqi smiled, "He also said that in the morning, the songs he wrote are not all based on his own feelings."

   "This song is not about being alone, but not about being alone." Xiao Yao laughed, "It's easier to call "alone". Maybe I should change the song's name to "NotAlone" or "You\'reNotAlone"?"

  The song Xiao Yao is preparing to collaborate with Liv Palmer is another electronic single "alone" by Alan Walker in the previous life. This song is in the same style as "Faded" and "SingMeToSleep", but is different from the confusion and search in the previous two songs. The song is not about loneliness, but a meaning of "I am not alone" .

In the original version of the previous life, "Faded" and "SingMeToSleep" were both a collaboration between Alan Walker and Iselin Solheim. Xiao Yao also looked for Gong Chen, who thought he was similar to Iselin Solheim's ethereal voice, and this "alone" was Alan Walker in the original version of the previous life. The collaboration is another female singer NoonieBao. The timbres of these two female singers are quite different, so Xiao Yao did not find Gong Chen to complete the third song, and also told Gong Chen in advance that he would find different female singers for his electronic album. Cooperation.

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

   "Change the title of the song?" Keith Craig smiled, "Don't tell me that 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, "But since it is a song I wrote myself, of course I want to change the name of the song."

   "Forget it, I still don't change it." Xiao Yao thought for a while, still shook his head, "There are a lot of repeated song names, so it's okay for me to write two "alone"."

The repetition of song titles is indeed uncommon in the entire music scene, but it is still very rare for a creator to name two completely different music works with the same name, but it is precisely because this situation is relatively rare. Xiao Yao wanted to do it even more. Besides, even if it is changed to "NotAlone" or "You\'reNotAlone", Xiao Yao still has previous Linkin\'Park's "NotAlone" and Michael Jackson's "You\'reNotAlone" in his mind. Maybe it will happen again. After tinkering with these two songs, the same name will be inevitable.

"Kees, I don't want Liv to go all the way to China, 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. .

   "Of course no problem, very welcome." Keith Craig opened his arms.

"Okay," Xiao Yao immediately went to work, turned his head and said to Liv Palmer, "Tomorrow I will go to a friend's crew to visit, and we will start recording the day after tomorrow. I will write out the song lyrics and music for you in a while. , You have a day and a half to familiarize yourself with the score and practice. This afternoon I will prepare the arrangement and soundtrack in the recording studio. Tomorrow you can practice with the accompaniment. If you encounter any problems, I will come back when I record for you the day after tomorrow. Can it be solved?"

"Of course." Liv Palmer nodded intentionally, and then reacted, "Wait, you will do the arrangement and soundtrack this afternoon, and you will record for me the day after tomorrow? You mean, Do you make this song yourself?"

   "Of course, my song, of course I made it myself." Xiao Yao smiled.

   "Are you still a producer? Unbelievable!" Liv Palmer exclaimed, covering her mouth. She is familiar with Xiao Yao’s music, especially English songs. She knows that he is a very talented creative musician who has written many popular singles, but her understanding of Xiao Yao is still limited to the United States. Reports in the media. In the United States, there are not no such talented young creative musicians in their twenties, but producers who are only twenty years old? In her mind, there seems to be none in the United States.

"Since you made your own song, how about you make the song "NeverGrowUp"?" Keith Craig took advantage of the situation. "You also said that the soundtrack of the song is made of acoustic guitar. Lord. I think you play better than me when it comes to acoustic guitar." Keith Craig has a much more comprehensive understanding of Xiao Yao, not to mention that Xiao Yao had replaced him when he recorded "Immortals" three years ago. He completed the recording of Dean's part of the solo and was not surprised that Xiao Yao could be a 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!"

   "Talking about money?" Keith Craig glared back, "You use my recording studio, and I didn't ask you for a fee!"

"Well, I was wrong!" Xiao Yao raised his hand and said, "but I will return to China in about five days. I will get the soundtrack of "alone" this afternoon, and I will go to the crew to visit the crew tomorrow, and I will start recording the day after tomorrow. To complete the filming of the MV for the song "Alone" in the United States, there is really no time to record another song for Liv. I know you and the other instructor of "The Voice of America," Hill Bray. K is a good friend. For this folk-style song, you can find a friend of the country music master to help you."

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

  "Should we leave now, so that you can write scores and make soundtracks with peace of mind?" Xiao Siqi reminded.

"Wait a minute, I have a few more questions." Keith Craig said, "Young, you just said that you asked me to contact a MV shooting team in advance, so you plan to start work in three days? Where is the shooting location? Do you need to contact the actors? How many actors do you need? By the way, what did you mean by being in the United States? Are you planning to go elsewhere to shoot?" He still remembered the MV for 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, but there will also be scenes from other places. As for how to do it, it will be kept secret for the time being. You will know soon." Xiao Yao laughed Said, "I haven't selected the location for the shooting. I need a relatively empty mountainous location, but not too desolate. I need to see the town below from the top of the mountain. I will check it online at night. If you know something similar You are welcome to introduce me to the location. As for the actors, I may need about 30 people, but don’t worry about this. I will take care of the actors.”

   "There are more than 30 actors in a MV, that's a big scene!" Keith Craig was surprised, "This actor's compensation 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 will find free actors."

  "Find thirty free actors in Los Angeles?" Keith Craig disagreed, "Even if you are very popular in the United States, it might be difficult to do it."

"I can, believe me!" Xiao Yao said confidently, "You only need to help me contact the shooting team, and you can recommend a suitable shooting location for me. As for how I did it, you I'll see it soon."

   "By the way, there is also a clothing problem," Xiao Yao patted his head, "At that time, they must be notified in advance to prepare uniform clothing."

  "Do you still plan to let the actors bring their own costumes?" Not only Keith Craig, but everyone else is speechless.

   "Uh, free shooting is already taking advantage of them, and letting them prepare their own clothes seems to be unreasonable," Xiao Yao scratched his head and said, "It's better to give them a piece of clothing as a souvenir."

Xiao Yao took out the phone and called Yin Xi, “Sister Xi, I’m in Los Angeles now. To shoot the MV, I need about thirty black hooded sweaters and face masks, which I wore in the MVs of "Faded" and "SingMeToSleep" Well, you are more familiar with fashion brands and apparel companies in the United States. Can you recommend a good quality and cheap one for me?"

"You really can't stay free! It's only a few days after the accident, so I'm going to shoot the MV again." Yin Xi smiled on the phone, "We have made that kind of clothes by our own brand. When do you want it? If it is time, I will send it to you directly by air freight!"

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

   "Okay, let me contact our freight company to arrange an expedited arrangement. I should be able to reach 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, they were positioned as an international brand. There are many foreign customers. Now they have established a good relationship with several international freight companies. It’s not a problem to ship a batch of clothing from China to Los Angeles in three days.

   "That's OK!" Xiao Yao nodded, "Remember that the YS logo is printed on the back of the clothes, and prepare some different models, according to the figure of young Americans, don't choose too small."

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

"The clothes are done!" Hanging up the phone, Xiao Yao smiled and shook the phone in his hand and put it away. He took the blank sheet music and pencil in the room and said, "This is the MV thing for now. Write a score. Liv, give me ten minutes."

   "Ten minutes?" Liv Palemer stared.

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

   "I will contact the MV shooting team first, and come back later." Keith Craig greeted him and left the control room.

   "August 1 you go to the sofa to write, I'll look at the equipment in Keith's studio." Xiao Siqi directed Xiao Yao. 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 full picture of the song, and the score is nothing good. Xiao Siqi discovered that some of the equipment in Keith Craig's recording studio hadn't been seen before, and he was obviously more interested in these things.

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

   Xiao Yao could feel the gazes of several people Xiao Yao stared at, but he did not feel any uncomfortable. In less than ten minutes, Xiao Yao handed the completed score to Liv Palmer.

  "It's less than ten minutes!" Liv Palmer took the paper handed by Xiao Yao in surprise. Although Xiao Yao said that this was his previous work, which can only be regarded as silent writing, the lyrics of such a whole song were written without any alteration. The memory alone has opened her eyes.

When Keith Craig came back, Liv Palmer, who had obtained the lyrics and scores, had already gone to another practice room to familiarize himself with the scores and lyrics in order not to disturb Xiao Yao’s composition. Only Xiao Siqi and "immortals" "The band members stayed in the control room and watched Xiao Yao making the soundtrack.

"Mr. Sean, I heard that you are also a music producer. Are you helping him as a recording engineer? Why don't you sit down?" Keith Craig, who opened the door, saw Xiao Yao in the recording room. Playing the piano in it, Xiao Siqi and Samien Smith were standing in front of the console wearing a monitor headset, but the chair in front of the console was empty, and asked curiously.

"No, he made his own songs, including recording." Xiao Siqi, who opened one of his ears and shook his head when he saw Keith come in, said with a smile, "I just listened to the soundtrack of his song in advance. What's it like? The sound engineer's job is still done by himself. After I sit down, I have to stand up from time to time to give him a place. It's too much trouble, so I just stopped sitting."

   "Really? It seems that he doesn't need my help as a sound engineer." Keith Craig smiled and said to Samien Smith, "Can you tell me something?"

  There is still a difference between a sound engineer and a producer. Although Xiao Yao said 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 could do the job of a recording engineer, Keith Craig was worried that Xiao Siqi was not familiar with the equipment in his studio, so he hurried back. But looking at this situation now, Xiao Yao even did the work of the recording engineer himself, and Keith Craig simply learned from Xiao Siqi, and just listened to everything.

Keith Craig is not only the boss of "immortals", but also a teacher and predecessor. Naturally, his musical attainments are not comparable to those of young people like them. So when Keith Craig gestured, Samien Smith immediately responded. Removed the headset from his head and handed it over. Keith Craig put on his headphones, and after listening to it for a while, his whole body began to rhythmic with the sound of the music.

  Xiao Yao’s efficiency has always been very high. He said that he would make arrangements and soundtracks in the afternoon and finish them all before dinner. After coming out of the recording studio, after meeting the shopping Betty Belet and Ye Jiaying, they all had a sumptuous dinner together.

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

  After dinner, Xiao Yao declined the invitation of Craig and his wife to take them to Los Angeles at night, saying that he was going to be busy recruiting MV actors, so that they took their parents to play and went back to the hotel alone.

The MVs of "Faded" and "SingMeToSleep" Xiao Yao are basically based on the number of MVs of Alan Walker in the previous life, but they are not exactly the same. One of the biggest features is that Xiao Yao added to the protagonist's running action. Lots of parkour moves. As for the MV for "alone", Xiao Yao also intends to modify some running shots on the basis of the original version and add parkour actions.

   While working as an exchange student in the United States, Xiao Yao met a parkour team in Los Angeles and played with them several times. People in their team knew that Xiao Yao was a member of the parkour founder team YRF. Xiao Yao's MV was looking for actors, and the first thing he thought of was this parkour team in Los Angeles. With their status in their minds, I believe that they will not miss such an opportunity to shoot MVs with their idols. It shouldn't be a problem to appear for free.

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

  Receiving a call from Xiao Yao, Nathan Donal seemed very excited, and he immediately agreed to the invitation to participate in the MV. However, he can only represent himself. As for the other people in the team, although everyone is definitely willing, because many people themselves have jobs, can they spare time to go to a small town outside Los Angeles after three days? The MV is not necessarily available. He needs to notify everyone of the news and listen to everyone's replies.

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

  Nathan Donal’s team has more than a dozen people. Even if they all come, they cannot meet the requirement of the number of actors in this MV, so Xiao Yao did not put all his hopes on this team. They are just the largest personnel he predicted, and Xiao Yao will solve the remaining personnel gaps through other means.

  (End of this chapter)