Entertaining Children

  Chapter 912 Determine the repertoire of performance

Although Xiao Yao’s intention to participate in this year’s NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Tournament is to take Sun Tingting to play and help her relax, but the Masters Tournament is essentially a business event, and there will be some things that need private team’s help. Agents and assistants are also necessary, so Xiao Yao also brought Fang Wei and Pei Minyi with him this time in the United States.

  However, Xiao Yao still led Fang and Pei Minyi to go to the Masters in Los Angeles. When she was with Sun Tingting in New York, the two members of the private team were fine.

  The second day after arriving in New York, Fang still and Pei Minyi didn't want to disturb the long-lost couple who reunited. They consciously bid farewell to the two and said they would go shopping together on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. It’s not the first time Fang Ye and Pei Min came to New York with Xiao Yao. There was no language problem. They went to a wealthy area with very good public security. Xiao Yao was still very relieved about this. After asking them to pay attention to safety , Went to Chambers Conservatory with Sun Tingting.

  Sun Tingting is about to participate in the graduation concert. There are currently no courses. The main task in the near future is to prepare for the graduation concert and practice performing repertoire.

After the two arrived at the Conservatory of Music, Xiao Yao accompanied Sun Tingting to the dormitory to get a musical instrument, and then went directly to the rehearsal hall to listen to Sun Tingting's own re-arranged version of "Faded" violin performance.

After listening to Sun Tingting’s performance, Xiao Yao closed his eyes and imagined the performance of this piece at the concert. He felt that the effect should still be very good, and he didn’t seem to have much room for improvement, so he immediately praised it. Sun Tingting's musical talent.

  Xiao Yao didn't praise him immediately after listening, but closed his eyes and thought for a while before speaking. This compliment seemed more sincere. Sun Tingting was also very happy after listening to it, and Dang Even settled the song.

  Although Sun Tingting has two songs to choose from at the graduation concert, these two songs are also subject to review by the instructor, and the approval of the instructor can be finalized. After finalizing the song in her heart, Sun Tingting couldn't wait to find her instructor to confirm her fourth performance.

  Last night, Xiao Yao agreed to help Sun Tingting write another new song, and he already had some drafts in his heart. This piece is not a solo violin, and it is not finished by writing a score for Sun Tingting. Xiao Yao still wants to help her get the soundtrack. Sun Tingting was going to find a tutor to determine the repertoire. It was not appropriate for Xiao Yao to go with him, so he planned to rent a recording studio to help Sun Tingting get another song first.

  After discussing with Sun Tingting, we will contact him by phone. After going to the recording studio to find him, Xiao Yao temporarily parted with Sun Tingting and went out to find the recording studio.

  Chambers School of Music is a well-known music school in the United States, and there are some recording studios nearby. It didn't take long for Xiao Yao to find a free recording studio after he left school. Xiao Yao went in and took a look. After learning about the musical instruments and equipment, he found it more appropriate. After negotiating the price with the boss and sending the name and address of the recording studio to Sun Tingting, Xiao Yao plunged into the recording room.

  After entering the recording room, Xiao Yao first wrote out the violin part of the song with pen and paper, and then began to record the soundtrack.

  Almost an hour later, Sun Tingting came over with the piano box on her back and food.

  At this time, it was almost ready for dinner, and Xiao Yao was also hungry. Seeing Sun Tingting bringing food, Xiao Yao immediately stopped, took out the food and ate lunch with Sun Tingting.

  During the meal, Sun Tingting also talked to Xiao Yao about the result of looking for a tutor in the morning. Judging from the time when Sun Tingting came, Xiao Yao felt that Sun Tingting's mentor should have agreed to Sun Tingting's "faded" as a repertoire, and it is very likely that he would give guidance on the spot, otherwise it would not be possible to delay it for so long. And Sun Tingting did tell Xiao Yao that her tutor agreed to her use "faded" as a performance piece, and now there is only the last piece left to be determined.

  Because it is pure music, not a song, there is no problem with singing right after eating. After lunch, Xiao Yao handed over the written score to Sun Tingting.

   "You are such a great genius!" Seeing what was said last night, Xiao Yao took out the finished product in less than a day, and Sun Tingting happily gave Xiao Yao a hard kiss on the forehead.

"Don't be happy, you'd better take a look," Xiao Yao laughed, "Will this piece be too popular? And the whole piece should be about four and a half minutes, and the violin part will take almost one minute. It will come out later, I'm not sure if it is appropriate."

   "Huh?" Sun Tingting calmed down a bit, looking at the score in her hand and said, "It is about four and a half minutes, and the violin won't appear until a minute later? Are you writing me a violin song?"

"Of course!" Xiao Yao nodded, "Although this piece has soundtracks from other instruments and some other background sounds, the most prominent one is definitely the violin. But I'm not sure if such a piece is suitable for you. Graduation concert. This is a piece I like very much. I plan to record it and release it anyway. If it doesn’t suit your graduation concert, I’ll help you write another one."

   "So this song is in your previous inventory. You didn't write it now?" Sun Tingting looked at Xiao Yao and smiled, "I thought you just wrote it! It seems that you are not such a genius!"

   "I didn't say that I am a great genius!" Xiao Yao smiled bitterly.

   "But that's amazing!" Sun Tingting comforted Xiao Yao with a smile, "I still admire you very much."

"Of course you have to keep admiring me." Xiao Yao smiled, "You will soon be a famous young performer from Chambers. If I don't have any skills, how can I be worthy of you? How can I hold you in prison? Catch?"

   "Cut~ Obviously I have been worried that you were abducted by others, okay?" Sun Tingting gave Xiao Yao a charmingly white look.

"Okay," Xiao Yao smiled, did not argue about this, picked up a headset on the console next to it and passed it over, changing the subject, "Let’s listen to the soundtrack I just made, and then I’ll tell you Let’s take a look at this song. Let’s record it first.".

   "The soundtrack is ready?" Sun Tingting asked in surprise.

   "It's just a part of it." Xiao Yao smiled, "There are drums in the soundtrack. Let me listen to you first, and feel the rhythm and overall feeling."

   "Okay!" Sun Tingting nodded and put on the headphones.

  Xiao Yao watched that Sun Tingting put on the headphones, operated the equipment in front of him, and released part of the soundtrack just made.

  After listening to the soundtrack, Sun Tingting said that she felt pretty good, and then took out her violin, went to the recording room with the score, and practiced the part of her violin, while Xiao Yao continued to make the soundtrack.

  After Sun Tingting had been familiar with it for a while, and after feeling almost the same, Xiao Yao also finished the soundtrack of the entire song. Xiao Yao listened to the soundtrack of the entire song to Sun Tingting again, and then began to direct Sun Tingting to record the part of the violin.

  Almost busy for an afternoon, the two people recorded a demo of this song. Sun Tingting likes this piece very much and wants to use it as a performance piece for her graduation concert, but whether it can be confirmed in the end depends on whether her tutor approves it.

  The two copied the recorded demo. Xiao Yao settled the expenses with the owner of the recording studio and left the recording studio together. At this time, it was nightfall, and the two of them found an elegant and quiet restaurant without being disturbed, and enjoyed an emotional candlelight dinner.

  Not long after he came out of the restaurant, Xiao Yao received a call from Paul, saying that he was inviting him to a party with Sun Tingting, Fang Dilan and Pei Minyi. Xiao Yao covered the microphone of the phone and relayed Paul's invitation to Sun Tingting, who was beside him. Sun Tingting waved his hand indifferently and motioned to Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao thought for a while, and refused Paul's invitation. He replied that he wanted to be alone with Sun Tingting. Fang still and Pei Minyi were not with them, so they asked them to call Fang and Pei Minyi.

  Sun Tingting didn't say anything, but she was still very satisfied with Xiao Yao's performance. After Xiao Yao hung up, Sun Tingting took Xiao Yao's arm very happily.

  Chambers School of Music is also a wealthy district in New York with good public security. Xiao Yao’s hotel is not far from Chambers Conservatory of Music. The two did not take a taxi during the day and went to the school on foot. Although it was night at this time, it was not too late, and the two also planned to walk all the way back to the hotel.

  In the past two years, the two have been together less and more, and Sun Tingting misses the feeling of close contact between the two. When the two of them walked halfway, Sun Tingting had already leaned her whole body on Xiao Yao, and was almost taken by Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao naturally did not think that Sun Tingting felt heavy leaning on him, but it was a bit awkward to walk like this, so he simply handed back the violin case that Sun Tingting was carrying in his hand to Sun Tingting, and then bent over to carry Sun Tingting on his back.

"Bajie, sing your "Song of the Pig" to me again!" Xiao Yao walked with Sun Tingting on his back for a few steps, and Sun Tingting hung his arms in front of Xiao Yao, his entire upper body lying on Xiao Yao. Smiled on his shoulder.

  After growing up, this was the second time Xiao Yao walked with Sun Tingting on his back. The last time Xiao Yao came back from the park when he took Sun Tingting to Xiao Chengru's. After Xiao Yao carried Sun Tingting on his back this time, Sun Tingting unconsciously remembered the scene when Xiao Yao carried herself the last time, and then remembered the song "Song of Pigs" Xiao Yao sang at that time.

  "Pig~" Xiao Yao nodded and said.

   "Really good!" Sun Tingting smiled.

  "Bajies back daughter-in-law!" Xiao Yao did not continue singing, but yelled and ran.

   "Ah~" Sun Tingting screamed in fright. At the same time, due to Xiao Yao's sudden acceleration, the entire upper body was tilted back, and his hands were raised unconsciously.

"boom!"

  Sun Tingting carried the violin case in her right hand, and placed it in front of Xiao Yao. This raised the case and hit Xiao Yao’s face. Although Xiao Yao reacted quickly, he immediately lowered his head and turned his face to save his face, but he still touched the right side of his forehead.

   "Ah!" Xiao Yao screamed, and stopped at his feet.

   "Ah! Are you okay?" Sun Tingting also knew that Xiao Yao had been hit, so she quickly cared.

   "It's okay!" Xiao Yao smiled, "A hit on his forehead, but he didn't hit his face."

   "Let me down! Let me see!" Sun Tingting twisted.

  Xiao Yao put down Sun Tingting. Sun Tingting checked Xiao Yao's head with the lights on the street, and found that there was no problem, and then said bitterly: "It deserves it! Who made you do the blame!"

   "It's okay, come up!" Xiao Yao knelt down and said.

   "Forget it, don't memorize it!" Sun Tingting shook her head and said, "It's not far, let's go back together."

   Xiao Yao didn’t insist anymore. He stood up and looked at a cinema on the side of the road. He stretched out his hand and said, “It’s still early, and it’s okay to go back. It’s better to go to a movie!”

  It has been more than three years for the two to confirm their relationship, but watching a movie together is a very common activity when dating is not a few times. Sun Tingting immediately nodded and agreed: "Okay!"

  Although the two places have been separated for a long time, the two who have been in a relationship for three years already have skin-to-skin intimates. Xiao Yao does not need to choose the horror film as a weapon to promote the relationship. After entering the theater, the two picked a movie with the most recent opening time to buy tickets, and then bought popcorn and drinks. It didn't take long for the movie to check tickets, and the two of them went into the theater.

  Xiao Yao is a film actor and has made short films. Sun Tingting’s parents are both actors and her father is a director and screenwriter. Both of them can be regarded as professionals. Although the movie they chose was only a medium-production, medium-level popcorn movie, Xiao Yao still unconsciously talked to Sun Tingting about some professional issues in the movie while watching the movie.

  Sun Tingting currently feels satisfied as long as she stays with Xiao Yao. Even though the experience of watching movies this time is very different from that of ordinary couples watching movies. They didn't hear many love words, but listened to a lot of movie language. Sun Tingting still had a happy smile on her face when she went out.

  When she left the theater gate, Sun Tingting's eyes occasionally caught a poster next to the theater gate, and she paused unconsciously.

   "What's the matter?" Xiao Yao followed Sun Tingting's eyes and found that she was watching a movie poster, so he smiled, "Which one do you want to watch? Then let's watch another one!"

   "No, that's the trailer poster! It hasn't been released yet!" Sun Tingting smiled, and took Xiao Yao to continue walking outside.

   "Oh!" Xiao Yao nodded, and as he continued to walk out, he couldn't help but curiously looked back at the poster again, and suddenly moved in his heart.

  After the two returned to the hotel, it was naturally another night of love and lingering affection.

  The next day. Fang still and Pei Minyi continued to act alone, while Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting went to Chambers Conservatory again.

After arriving at the Chambers Conservatory of Music, Fang still took the demo recorded by Xiao Yao yesterday and went to his instructor to confirm the last performance. Xiao Yao found a quiet place and talked to Fang still and Joey Bilsa respectively. Made a call.

  Almost an hour later, Sun Tingting called Xiao Yao and asked him to go directly to the rehearsal hall that he visited yesterday.

  After entering the rehearsal hall, Xiao Yao was not only present with Sun Tingting, but also a middle-aged white man in his fifties with empty hands and several young musicians holding or sitting behind the instrument.

  After seeing Xiao Yao coming in, Sun Tingting stepped forward and pulled Xiao Yao forward, introducing him and the others present. The oldest middle-aged white man in his fifties is Sun Tingting's mentor, and the others are musicians who are responsible for the accompaniment of the three students in this graduation concert.

  It turned out that after listening to the demo Sun Tingting took, Sun Tingting’s tutor also agreed to use this piece as the performance piece for the graduation concert. However, the accompaniment of other instruments will not be played in the concert. Except for some special sound effects, the soundtrack of other instruments is also played live, and they need to rehearse a live version.

  Sun Tingting’s tutor is a professional, it is not difficult to hear which instruments are in the soundtrack, and it is not difficult to hear the scores of various instruments. However, since Xiao Yao, the composer and arranger, is there, there is no need to bother to spend time on compiling scores based on demos. After listening to Sun Tingting's introduction of the origin of the music, Sun Tingting's tutor summoned the necessary musicians, and then asked Sun Tingting to find Xiao Yao and let Xiao Yao write the music of each instrument to them.

  Naturally, Xiao Yao has nothing to say about the request of Sun Tingting's tutor. Picking up the paper and pen prepared in the rehearsal hall, it didn't take long to write the scores of several instruments to the musicians.

Xiao Yao didn’t want to disturb Sun Tingting’s rehearsal with the musicians. Originally, he planned to leave after he wrote the score. But after seeing Xiao Yao’s live score, Sun Tingting’s tutor was very interested in Xiao Yao and left him to watch the rehearsal together. .

  (End of this chapter)