Entertaining Children

  Chapter 258 Women's Band

  Xiao Yao agreed to Ye Jiaying's participation in the adaptation of the script, basically confessing his free time for a long time in the future, but this is also a future thing. Things still need to be completed one by one. At present, Xiao Yao's first task is to complete the recording of the new album.

  Currently the recording of the new album only left the last song "The New Drunken Concubine" has not yet been completed, so on another weekend morning, Xiao Yao went to Qijia Studio's recording studio early.

  When Xiao Yao arrived at the recording studio, his father Xiao Siqi hadn't arrived yet. It was Xiao Siqi's master who left China Entertainment with Xiao Siqi. The veteran producer Shen Yinan who joined the studio was already waiting in the studio.

  Shen Yinan is getting older. He left China Entertainment and joined Xiao Siqi’s studio because of the small workload here, so it’s a leisure. Xiao Siqi also regarded him as the treasure of the town shop, and he would not easily ask Shen Yinan to take action on ordinary projects. But this time it was his first solo album for his precious son. Xiao Siqi naturally attached great importance to it and invited his master to be a co-producer.

   "Hello, Grandpa Shen." Xiao Yao greeted Shen Yinan happily. This is Dad's master, who counts as his grandfather. Xiao Yao has always been respectful and courteous in front of such an old man.

   "August 1 is here, it's quite early, have you had breakfast?" Shen Yinan said with a smile. For Xiao Siqi's evil son, Shen Yinan has always liked it very much. Recently, after watching the song scores of the nine major production albums newly created by Xiao Yao and his performance in the studio, Shen Yinan likes Xiao Siqi, his talented son in music even more.

   "I have eaten." Xiao Yao smiled and nodded, and then asked, "How about you? Come so early, have you eaten?"

   "No," Shen Yinan said with a smile and shook his head, "The owner of the early shop near my house is happy today, but did not open the door."

   "Why don't you have breakfast? Wait, I'll buy you early and go." Xiao Yao said that he was about to open the door and go out.

   "No need..." Shen Yinan got up to stop Xiao Yao.

At this time, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open, and a girl ran in holding a paper bag. She almost ran into Xiao Yao who had already walked to the door. She was still screaming lively: "Mr. Shen, give me early. You bought it back."

"Uh..." The girl looked at Xiao Yao, who was swiftly passing by, and she put her tongue out embarrassedly, and apologized: "I'm sorry, I almost ran into you. I didn't expect someone at the door and rushed in. I...I was also afraid of leaving Teacher Shen hungry, so I was so reckless..." The girl finally found a reason for herself.

"Ah! Xiao Yao, why are you here? I watched your performance on "The Voice of China". It was really amazing. How did you do it when you play three instruments at the same time? When you and Chen Yuhan PK, the piano was also very good. By the way, which place did you win in the end?" The girl was a little embarrassed and apologized. She raised her head and looked at the person in front of her. After recognizing that the person standing in front of him turned out to be Xiao Yao, who had recently become popular because of his performance in "The Voice of China", he couldn't help but asked a series of questions.

   "Are you?" Xiao Yao asked suspiciously at the unusually lively girl in front of him.

   "She is Zhou Jin, and she is the musician we were looking for to play the pipa." Shen Yinan said with a smile on the side.

   "Oh, yes, teacher Shen, your breakfast." The girl realized that she was still carrying the breakfast she bought for Shen Yinan, and quickly sent it to him.

  Shen Yinan sat on the sofa that was used for rest, put an early on the coffee table in front of him, smiled and said to the girl named Zhou Jin: "Thank you, I would like to trouble you to take a trip."

   "It's okay. Compared with your guidance to me these days, this little errand is worthless." Zhou Jin smiled generously.

   "Grandpa Shen, who are you?" Xiao Yao looked at the two in confusion.

"Oh," Shen Yinan explained to Xiao Yao while eating breakfast, "Don't you have a lot of folk music in "The Drunken Concubine"? This is the musician your dad is looking for to play the pipa. Because this song is folk music and Western musical instruments are combined, so instead of looking for old folk music players, your dad found some young people who have good performance skills. They accept this combination and know more about Western musical instruments. It also works better together."

   "Oh," Xiao Yao nodded. Then he stretched out his hand to the girl and said, "Hello, this is Xiao Yao, thank you very much."

"Hello, this is Zhou Jin," Zhou Jin generously reached out and shook Xiao Yao's hand, and smiled: "You are a big star, and I am your fan. It is my honor to meet you. Also. Yes, it’s not hard work to buy a breakfast for Teacher Shen. By the way... Teacher Shen said just now, your "New Royal Concubine Drunk"?"

   "Yes," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "You are recording the accompaniment for me, so I said it was hard work."

"It's really yours?" Zhou Jin was surprised at first, and then tilted his head. "I remember the mentor selection battle of "The Voice of China" broadcast last weekend. At the end, you told Chen Nan that you would use your own for the next game. Original song. Although this program has not been broadcasted yet at this time, it should have been recorded. You are here to record, so this song is your original song, and it is also the song you sang on the following program, ready to be on the show It was released after it was all broadcast, right?"

   "Oh, this young man's brain is turning fast." Before Xiao Yao answered, Shen Yinan on one side already gave a thumbs up.

   "Well, you are right." Since Shen Yinan has admitted it, Xiao Yao has nothing to conceal, "However, the effect of the show is required. Please keep it secret for the time being and do not disclose the details of this song in advance."

   "Don't worry about this, your father and the musicians have a non-disclosure agreement. The details of the song must not be revealed before the album is released." Still Shen Yinan said.

   "Um...can you tell me your final results? Have you won the championship? I bet Jiaoer that you will definitely win the championship." Zhou Jin couldn't help but said.

   "Jiaoer?" Xiao Yao asked curiously.

   "Oh, Tang Xuejiao, the Guzheng player is also the accompaniment of this song. She will come later. Just tell me, I promise not to disclose." Zhou Jin put up three fingers and said.

   "You lost." Xiao Yao replied simply.

"Ah? No, is there a shady scene in the show?" Zhou Jin subconsciously said, and then shook her head again. "No, no one in the whole program is better than you in terms of background. Yes, if you engage in black-box operation, you should also give you the championship. Is there really any better than you in these programs? Who won the championship in the end?"

   "Hey, are you too curious?" Xiao Yao smiled, "You should wait for the show to be broadcast and watch it on TV."

   "Stingy." Zhou Jin pouted.

"Zhou Jin, don't just chat, since you two have already arrived, let's go and practice first." Shen Yinan, who had finished eating early, wiped his mouth with a tissue, "I can also listen to how you two cooperate first. How?"

   "Cooperate?" Zhou Jin said strangely, "Aren't the accompaniment and singing recorded separately?"

   "I'm blowing the Xun." Xiao Yao replied, and walked to the recording studio separated by a glass window.

In Xiao Yao’s impression, most of the girls who play folk music are relatively demure and elegant, just like what I saw in the "Tian Tian Shang" program that year, but this girl named Zhou Jin is unusually lively, really. It is hard to imagine that she is a girl playing folk music, she is more like a female drummer than Samien Smith. However, when Xiao Yao saw Zhou Jin picking up the pipa in the recording studio, he also determined that the girl was indeed a good pipa player. The posture is standard, the technique is adept, and it sounds very good. Just looking at her expressions and movements, she is indeed more enthusiastic than Xiao Yao's impression of a girl playing the pipa.

  After the two practiced for a period of time under the guidance of Shen Yinan, Xiao Siqi and other musicians also arrived one after another. In addition to Xiao Yao’s own Xun, the song "The New Drunken Concubine" contains four traditional national instruments such as Guzheng, Pipa, Dizi, and Xiao. These four musicians are in addition to Zhou Jin, who plays the pipa. The three turned out to be young and beautiful girls.

  This group of musicians have been practicing and rehearsing this piece for some time. Although Xiao Yao’s xun is the first time he has joined the training team, his xun only appeared in a short section of the prelude, and he was originally the creator of the song and was very familiar with the song, so there was no cooperation. What a big problem. In one morning, Shen Yinan and Xiao Siqi recorded the accompaniment part of the song as planned.

Several Western musical instruments musicians had other tasks, so they left after the recording was completed. The four beautiful folk musicians were relatively leisurely, and seemed to be more excited about seeing Xiao Yao and unanimously asked to stay. Come down and watch the recording of Xiao Yao's singing in the afternoon.

  For this request, Shen Yinan first stated that he did not oppose it. Xiao Yao felt that he was not afraid of people watching his recordings, and he did not object to it. Xiao Siqi agreed.

  The recording in the afternoon went smoothly. It was originally a song that has already been sung, and after this period of practice and consolidation, Xiao Yao’s Jingyun singing has become more and more proficient, so even if Shen Yinan, who has strict requirements for details, is a studio version produced by the producer, the cost of recording is The time did not exceed Xiao Siqi's expectations.

"Xiao Yao, you are too good. You didn't win the championship until you sang it like this. The good voice program group definitely had a brain problem." Xiao Yao, who finished the recording, originally wanted to come over and listen to the effect, but as soon as the door opened, he heard Zhou Jin's liveliness. sound.

   "Jin'er, there should be something wrong with the brains of the audience. The rules of the show are that the audience voted, and it is not that the program group says to give the champion to whoever." Another girl said to Zhou Jin. Xiao Yao took a look and found that it was Tang Xuejiao, the girl who played the Guzheng who had bet with Zhou Jin.

   "That...thank you," Xiao Yao touched his nose, "but the show hasn't been broadcast yet. It's best not to make comments before seeing the actual situation."

"Um... Well, since the recording has ended, we also heard Xiao Yao sing this song, so we won't bother, let's say goodbye." The girl named Du Xiaowen who played the bamboo flute next to him gently Pulled La Zhoujin and Tang Xuejiao, and said goodbye to Shen Yinan and Xiao Siqi.

"Okay, thanks for your hard work. We are very satisfied with your performance. Your contact information has been preserved in our studio. We will contact you again if we have such an opportunity in the future. By the way, don't forget when you leave. Go to the finance side to collect your rewards." Xiao Siqi smiled.

   "Thank you Mr. Xiao. Then we will leave." The four girls bowed slightly before they left together.

   Xiao Yao looked at the back of the four girls leaving, and came up with an idea.

   "August 1st, what are you looking at, everyone is gone." Xiao Siqi smiled and said, "Don't use your photographer's eyes to examine every beautiful girl you have ever met, OK?"

   "Dad, don't you let me see the person you are looking for?" Xiao Yao turned to look at his father and said, "Who asked you to find this beautiful musician."

"I'm the one who chooses the performance level as the first criterion." Xiao Siqi smiled, "but with the same level of technology, it's okay to choose some eye-catching ones. Most of my aesthetics are based on your photography. The teacher learned it."

   "Dad, now people like them who are learning folk music, the situation should be relatively ordinary." Xiao Yao suddenly asked.

"Yes, the current situation is like this. Under the same level, those who learn folk music are inferior to those who play Western instruments in terms of popularity and income." Xiao Siqi said, "I didn't look at the few musicians in the morning. They all had work in the afternoon playing Western instruments, and they all ran away. The four of them stayed, on the one hand, they wanted to see you singing, on the other hand, it wasn’t because they didn’t have a job in the afternoon."

   "I have an idea, how about a folk orchestra in our studio?" Xiao Yao suggested.

   "Folk Orchestra? Accompaniment? How many songs can we have like "The New Drunken Concubine", is it necessary to raise a folk orchestra?" Xiao Siqi said.

"It's not an accompaniment, it's a performance." Xiao Siqi said, "Just use them as the protagonists to perform and publish pure music albums of folk music, just like piano, violin or even symphony orchestra concerts and albums. Let's make folk music. of."

   "Folk music? This is difficult to do. In this market, pure music is not easy to do, and folk music does not have as many audiences as piano and violin." Xiao Siqi began to discuss with Xiao Yao seriously.

"The audience can be developed and cultivated." Xiao Yao said, "Of course, we don't do that kind of traditional folk music. We combine traditional folk musical instruments with modern pop music performances to create a new kind of popular music. Art group.” Then, Xiao Yao explained to Xiao Siqi about the group of the twelve women's bands in the previous life.

   "It sounds like something is going on." Shen Yinan, who listened to the conversation between the two all the way, said, "I think I can give it a try. If it succeeds, this is a good thing to help expand the national musical instrument appreciation community."

"Yes, let's select female folk musicians who have both beauty and technology, and help them create some music with modern pop music elements and characteristics. If you do both internally and externally, you can't do it if you don't believe it." Xiao Yao said, " I even thought of my name, it's called the Women's Band!"

  (End of this chapter)