Chapter 484: Spanish Songs
"What??Thiel, do you mean that Jan doesn't like Eva's photography project?" Sally said as she looked at Chen Xuan in surprise.
Although the other two models did not speak, they also looked at Chen Xuan and Xiao Yao with a look of surprise.
The three models played cards at the same table with Xiao Yao, and Chen Xuan's words were naturally heard by them. In their minds, a world-class brand like Eva should be the one that every fashion photographer wants to work with. And Eva is notoriously picky, not only very strict in selecting models, but also very picky about photographers. Eva has never been the only one who doesn't like a photographer, and I haven't heard of a photographer who doesn't look down on Eva's photography projects.
"No, it's not that I can't look at it, it's that I don't have time. Xiao Yao hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'm still a student now, and I have a lot of work, so I may not be able to spare such a long time to work on this kind of photography project." ”
"There's a lot of work, no time, so what are you doing here these days?" Sally looked at Xiao Yao with strange eyes, "I don't think you're busy at all!"
"This..."Xiao Yao was speechless.
"Young, come here!" Just when Xiao Yao was a little embarrassed, there was a sudden shout from the band.
"It's coming!" Xiao Yao, who was a little embarrassed, heard this, immediately raised his hand and agreed, stood up and slipped away.
"What's the matter?" Xiao Yao walked over to the band and asked Karina, who was standing next to the band. He could hear the voice calling him Karina.
"I want you to play the tambourine like the one you played that day in the alleys of Old San Juan. Karina pointed to two tambourine on the ground.
Just now, after several of their models came in, they were all standing next to the band listening to the song and twisting their bodies and dancing at will. After listening to it for about half an hour, everyone gradually became more and more relaxed, and when one of the band's songs ended, the lively Jacqueline ran to the musician who played the tambourine in the band, and also reached for the tambourine and knocked it a few times. The musicians didn't mind the actions of these supermodel girls, and since everyone had been performing for almost half an hour, it was time to take a break, so the tambourine player simply stood up and gave up his place to Jacqueline to play at will.
Seeing the musicians give way to Jacqueline to play the tambourine, Carina immediately thought about the day she visited Old Town San Juan. Xiao Yao used a tambourine to accompany her and Abby's dance, and not only did she play it very well, but the song was the same as the one played by the local before. Since the musicians don't mind them playing musical instruments, instead of letting Jacqueline knock randomly, it is better to let Xiao Yao show everyone a paragraph, so Karina shouted Xiao Yao loudly.
"Do you want to dance?" Xiao Yao didn't agree immediately, but looked Karina up and down with a smile and said, "If you do the dance we saw that day now, I am willing to help you accompany you like that day." ”
Karina, who came to the party in the evening, wore a white dress with a very loose skirt that reached the ankle length, and although it was not the traditional local costume of the day, it was no problem to carry the sides up and do that kind of dance move.
"Jan, what are you talking about?" asked a model next to him, curious.
"When we went to San Juan that day, we met a couple of locals playing tambourine and dancing, and Karina and I learned that dance, and Jan learned the drummer's tune on the spot, and we played a piece of the tambourine on the spot. Abby helped.
"Wow, you guys still have this experience?" the model next to him called out, and immediately began to heckle, "Here's one!"
"Here's one!" the others next to him clapped their hands, and even the band members and some locals joined in, and Jacqueline was very quick to beat the tambourine in front of her to cheer everyone on.
"Abby, we're together!" Karina reached out and pulled Abby.
"No, it's good for you to come!" Abby shrank back, "I'm not as good as you are, and my clothes don't fit!"
"Come on!" Karina was not reluctant, and nodded generously with a smile.
Jacqueline also knocked indiscriminately for a while, and got over it. Seeing that Karina agreed, she stood up and gave up the place next to the tambourine to Xiao Yao.
Xiao Yao still remembers the tune he listened to a few days ago. After sitting down, I knocked on my hand. Xiao Yao hadn't heard this tune before, but it should be very popular in the local area. As soon as Xiao Yao knocked this, the musician who played the tambourine on the side smiled and nodded frequently, and some locals next to him also danced the dance of the skirt with Karina.
After dancing for a while, Xiao Yao ended the performance, got up and returned the position next to the tambourine to the original musician, planning to go to the side to listen to the song, but several models did not let Xiao Yao go so easily.
"Jan, it's not enough to just play the tambourine!" Jacqueline, who was watching happily on the sidelines just now, stopped Xiao Yao and said, "I remember Thiel said that you are a singer and know many kinds of instruments, the best at which are piano and guitar, can you give us a performance?"
"Yes, I remember, too, that Thiel said you can still play the piano and sing to us. Karina also remembered Chen Xuan's introduction when Xiao Yao came on the first day, and said to the side.
"You seem to have said yes that day. Abby, who also recalled the scene of that day, also said.
These models said one by one, Xiao Yao couldn't resist it, and quickly raised his hand with a smile and made a surrender gesture: "Okay, I'll sing!"
"Sir, can you borrow your guitar for a while?" Xiao Yao said to the lead singer and guitarist.
"Yes," the musician took off the acoustic guitar in his hand and handed it to Xiao Yao, picked up an electric guitar from the side, and asked Xiao Yao with a smile, "What do you want to sing?"
"Uh~" Xiao Yao hesitated for a moment, turned his head and asked the models, "What do you want to hear?" He felt that the models should want to listen to his songs, but he didn't have many English songs, and he wasn't sure if this band would be.
"Can you still order songs, can you listen to whatever you want?" Jacqueline said with a wink.
"I'll try my best, as long as I will!" Xiao Yao didn't finish his words.
"Since we're in Puerto Rico, of course we want to listen to Latin music, preferably in Spanish, and it's better if you write it yourself!" Jacqueline deliberately asked Xiao Yao a difficult question.
"This..."Xiao Yao frowned in embarrassment.
"Don't mind, it's just a joke..."Looking at Xiao Yao's embarrassed appearance, Jacqueline showed a smug smile. However, she didn't plan to make Xiao Yao ugly, and was about to let Xiao Yao go and let him sing something casually, but was interrupted by Xiao Yao with a smile.
"I have written my own Latin songs in Spanish, but they haven't been published yet, and these musicians certainly don't, but with just an acoustic guitar, it doesn't work well enough. Xiao Yao smiled and said, "But since you want to hear it, I don't think you should mind waiting for a while." I am now composing music for various instruments, and I should still be able to perform them. ”
"Do you have blank sheet music and pen?" Xiao Yao turned to ask the band's lead singer.
"Yes!" the lead singer of the band glared in amazement, then nodded repeatedly. They're a creative band, and they carry blank sheet music and pencils with them.
After a while, the lead singer returned with a blank sheet music and pencil.
"You sing two more songs, give me a few minutes. Xiao Yao took off the acoustic guitar that had been carried on his body and put it away, took the pen and paper.
"No need, I want to see you write a score. The lead singer said.
Now that Xiao Yao has made a fuss, who still has the heart to listen to them sing. Didn't you see a group of people next to him all staring, ready to watch him write music scores on the spot?
"Okay! Now that you're done, you can take a look at it first. Xiao Yao didn't care either, and nodded.
There was no special table at the scene, but since Xiao Yao was called over by Karina, Sally and the others had no intention of continuing to play, and also ran over to watch Xiao Yao's performance. Xiao Yao took a pen and paper and sat down at the table where he was playing cards just now, and wrote on the square tray.
"The score of the drum kit!" After a few minutes, Xiao Yao took out a piece of paper and handed it to the lead singer, "Let the drummer familiarize himself with it first!"
"Instrumental scores?!" the lead singer was dumbfounded.
"Yes!" Xiao Yao replied without raising his head, and continued to draw other scores.
"This is the score for the keyboard!" A few minutes later, Xiao Yao pulled out two more pieces of paper and said.
"This is the score of the bass!" Xiao Yao pulled out two more pieces of paper, which also only took a few minutes.
"Tambourine..."Xiao Yao pulled out two more pieces of paper.
"Do you know how to tambourine?" the musician who played the tambourine didn't answer, but looked at Xiao Yao in disbelief.
"I don't know how to tambourine, so it's a regular stave. Where the tambourine is needed, I marked it with black dots, and I'm sure you should be able to read it!" Xiao Yao said.
"Oh," the tambourine player nodded, and then added, "You can come up with this method, you're amazing!"
"It's yours, you're in charge of the electric guitar!" Xiao Yao finally handed two pieces of paper to the lead singer, "I have marked the parts that need your accompaniment, sing-along, and harmony, I hope we can work together happily!"
"Okay, no problem!" the lead singer was surprised and was now excited.
Through the previous scores, the members of their band have already hummed the song silently. They felt that it was a really good song, and both the melody and the lyrics were really very Latin, and they were confident that they would be able to win it. They didn't know the person in front of them before, and they had just gotten the score, let alone rehearsals, and they hadn't even cooperated. It's the first time they've done this kind of thing to perform a song they don't know someone they don't know. If the first collaboration can successfully perform this song, it will be considered a feat for them.
After a few more minutes for the band members to familiarize themselves with the score, Xiao Yao picked up the acoustic guitar again and stood behind the microphone.
"Hola A Todos!" Xiao Yao raised his hand into the microphone and said hello.
"Wow~"
Xiao Yao just said hello and said "hello everyone", and everyone cheered and applauded enthusiastically, whether it was the models or the locals. Because Xiao Yao's greeting is in Spanish, he speaks very standard and fluent.
"Let's bring you a song "Despacito", I hope you like it!" Xiao Yao smiled, didn't show off his Spanish too much, briefly introduced the title of the song, and plucked the strings of the acoustic guitar in his hand.
After a short quick guitar strumming of "Ay~", Xiao Yao leaned close to the microphone and shouted softly, and then instruments such as drums, electric guitar, and bass joined in.
“Oh~OhNO~Yeah~Go!” In the prelude part of the multi-instrument, Xiao Yao casually twisted his body and sang a few times, and with a soft shout of "go", he officially began to sing the main part of the song.
This "Despacito" is a Spanish song from the previous life, the original version was sung by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, and now Xiao Yao is the only lead singer when he comes here to sing, so naturally he has to make some modifications.
In the opening part, the part where the two shouted each other's names was removed by Xiao Yao, and only those parts of chanting were retained. In the main part of the song, the DY at the end of the second sentence in the main song was removed by Xiao Yao, and the accompaniment and singing at the end of the other sentences were handed over to several musicians in the band to cooperate.
In addition to these, the song performed by Xiao Yao is not much different from the original version in his previous life. Although the original version was completed by two singers, they were basically sung in turns. Xiao Yao has no problem with language, whether it is singing or rapping, he has enough ability to control, at most, he needs to pay attention to some ventilation skills when singing. Therefore, Xiao Yao has no problem completing this song that was originally a collaboration between the two of them.
In the previous life, although the real global hit of this song was after the English-language remixed version with JustinBieber won the Billboard championship for 16 consecutive weeks, before that version appeared, the original all-Spanish version of the song won the first place on the mainstream music software download charts in 16 countries including the United States, Colombia, and Argentina, and won the Colombian Golden Single certification in less than 10 days after its release, which is already very popular and popular in Spanish and Latin regions.
Now Xiao Yao's Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, also belongs to the Spanish-speaking Latin region, and Xiao Yao brought a song from the popular Latin region in his previous life to perform here, which naturally conquered everyone present.
After singing the last lyrics of "Despacito~", Xiao Yao stretched out his arms and bowed to the audience with a smile, ending the performance of the whole song.
"Bravo~" The crowd applauded and cheered.
Hearing such a Spanish song, especially the mention of "Puerto Rican beaches" in the lyrics, made the locals feel more fond of the song and Xiao Yao. The cheers and applause from the locals who didn't know Xiao Yao were even louder than Eva's models.
“Encore!”
“Encore!”
But when it comes to familiarity, of course, those models are more familiar with Xiao Yao. Seeing that Xiao Yao was about to take off the acoustic guitar on his body, the models who had not heard it shouted again.
"But all I have is this Latin song in Spanish. Xiao Yao smiled bitterly.
In his previous life, Xiao Yao knew very few Latin songs, and even fewer Spanish. In addition to this song "Despacito", Xiao Yao is more impressed by Alizee's cover of Madonna's "La Isla Bonita" and Ricky Martin's "Cup of Life". But "La Isla Bonita" is mainly in English, with little Spanish, and it is a song by a female singer, Xiao Yao feels that it is not suitable to be sung here. As for Ricky Martin's "Ale, Ale, Ale", Xiao Yao felt it was even more inappropriate. Except for the World Cup in his previous life, he basically didn't listen to that song.
"Then sing this song again. A model named Rosa Penia shouted. Originally from Argentina, she is one of the twelve models who knows Spanish and is probably the favorite of the song.
"Okay!" Xiao Yao nodded with a smile, gestured to the band, and began to sing for the second time.
Under normal circumstances, Xiao Yao would not pay attention to the audience's shouting of "Encore", let alone sing a song twice in a row. However, in this environment tonight, Xiao Yao felt that it was more important to let everyone have fun, so he tried not to spoil everyone's interest. Another reason is that this is Xiao Yao's first collaboration with this band after all, and there are inevitably some small flaws in the performance just now. Again, with a little more skill, everyone's performance should be better.
Xiao Yao is singing a song that has not yet been released. Just now, the models were mainly listening to Xiao Yao singing, and they all stood in front of Xiao Yao and the band, at most, they clapped and beat to the rhythm, and twisted their bodies twice at will. Now when Xiao Yao sings again, the models who have already heard it once are much more active, and they dance to Xiao Yao's singing, and really enjoy the joyful atmosphere brought by this song.
The four models, Karina, Jacqueline, Sally and Rosa, walked to the middle of the band and gathered around Xiao Yao, who was singing. They not only danced to the music, but also threw a small look from time to time, made two small movements, and deliberately ** Xiao Yao. As a result, Xiao Yao was amused by several people and laughed several times, and a few lyrics were missed in the middle and not sung. Although the band members were unaffected and continued the performance, overall, this performance was not even as good as the first time.
However, it's just a party, and it's not a formal performance occasion, just have fun. For these small mistakes, everyone doesn't pay much attention. Xiao Yao's performance made everyone feel happier even more.