Chapter 64: A Dance with a Plot

The trio returned to the cabin where the band was rehearsing, and of course George and Mike were not informed again. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Xiao Yao sat in front of Mike's electronic keyboard, recalling the tunes in his head, and playing the restoration on the electronic keyboard, confirming each other with the tunes in his head.

Sarmien and Dean sat quietly on the side, quietly listening to Xiao Yao operating on the electronic keyboard.

The songs that pop up in Xiao Yao's hands are all small segments, and from time to time he will operate various sound effect buttons on the electronic keyboard, listen to the effects of different sound effects, and sometimes, he will also play various types of accompaniment preset on the electronic keyboard, combined with the small melody he played to listen.

Xiao Yao had to listen to each melody back and forth several times until he was satisfied, and then he would write it down with a pencil on blank sheet music, so it took Xiao Yao almost two hours to finish the melody of the whole piece. However, to the ears of Sarmid and Dean, Xiao Yao played such a large melody just now, they didn't know if it was a tune. Because of the rhythm changes in it, there are too many style changes. And it's a lot longer than the length of a regular piece of music.

"Is this the end?" Seeing Xiao Yao stop and put away the score that he had written several sheets, Dean asked curiously. Although it had been almost two hours, and the sky outside had begun to darken, Dean was still surprised by Xiao Yao's speed.

"It's not done yet. Xiao Yao shook his head, "But that's it for today." This large section of the melody still needs to be electronically processed, and the rest can be used on my laptop for the rest. ”

"Laptop?" Dean said puzzled.

"Yes," Xiao Yao nodded, "There are a lot of software on the computer that can do electronic sound effects, and the operation is not complicated, and I have electronic sound processing software installed on my laptop." ”

"I know that," Dean nodded, "but if you want electronic processing, you also need the sound source, shouldn't you bring your laptop and record the sound of the instrument as a sound source?"

"I still have simulation software for various musical instruments on my computer," Xiao Yao raised the score in his hand and said, "With this, I can just input it directly according to the score, and the sound source is not there? The main thing is that the computer keyboard does not have the feeling of the keys, and when writing the tune, it is better to directly on the instrument, but after the tune is made, I can still do it by simply entering the score into the computer." ”

"Well, that's how you compose, and I've seen it. Dean smiled in surprise.

"Hey, I didn't compose music like that before. Xiao Yao hurriedly said, "The main reason is that I don't have an electronic synthesizer at hand now, and the soundtrack of hip-hop dance is mostly electronic dance music, so I can't use computer software to do this." ”

"Alright," Dean said, raising his hands, "it's not too late, and since you're done here, let's go home early, and I'll wait to hear what you'll finish." ”

"Well, it's not early, and it's hard for you to stay with me for so long. Xiao Yao said slightly apologetically.

"It's nothing, it's a kind of learning for me. As for Sammy, the driver, since she is voluntary, she has nothing to complain about. Let's go. Dean smiled nonchalantly.

"Hey, you're talking. Sarmeon glared at Dean.

Three days later, Xiao Yao went to the factory where Zhou Jingyi and their dance team were rehearsing again. Only this time when he came again, not only Sarmien also came with him, but even Dean, George, and Mike also came over to join in the fun.

According to the three of them, if it was just an ordinary hip-hop dance team rehearsal, then they naturally had no interest in following Xiao Yao to be an audience. But since Xiao Yao is a choreographer and soundtrack, the situation is different. It was also Xiao Yao's work, so of course they were interested in coming over to enjoy it and have a good look.

"Jan, you're here. "When Xiao Yao and the others arrived this time, Zhou Jingyi was already waiting at the door, so as soon as they appeared, Zhou Jingyi greeted them.

"Well, there are more people coming this time. The members of the band also wanted to see what the dance I choreographed was like, so they all came along. Xiao Yao explained with a smile.

"It's okay, you're welcome. Zhou Jingyi greeted the band members with a smile, "I'm Kim." Working with Yang at "Buy More", I once watched you rehearse, you guys were great!"

"Thanks," Dean and the others laughed.

Saramien and Dean talked about Xiao Yao's relationship with this hip-hop dance team. Dean knew that a large part of the reason why Xiao Yao would arrange and score this hip-hop team was because of the girl in front of him. Dean knew, and so did George and Mike. Therefore, the three of them are relatively friendly and polite to Kim.

"Yo, man, you're here. Then let's see what you can do. The bald black young man TJ and the light blonde white young man Paul also greeted Xiao Yao when they saw Xiao Yao appear. It was a black TJ who spoke.

"Okay, then let's listen to the soundtrack. Xiao Yao took out a USB flash drive from his pocket and raised it, and took the lead in walking like the audio equipment placed inside.

"Hey guys, here's business for the day, everyone come here. Paul shouted to the team members who were scattered around the factory to warm up or practice their movements alone.

"Okay, let's see what this guy can do. Hearing Paul's greeting, everyone gathered in the middle of the open space of the factory and sat down casually. Although this factory building is old, it is a place for them to rehearse after all, so it is relatively clean, and it is nothing to just sit on the ground.

Soon, music sounded on the stereos. Everyone listened quietly and attentively, and in the process of listening, many team members unconsciously nodded their heads up and down or shook their bodies with the music.

The whole soundtrack is roughly divided into four parts, and the melody of the first part sounds more cheerful, and the rhythm is indeed in line with the rhythm of hip-hop. But when I heard the second part, everyone listened to this song with an eerie feeling, which is rare in hip-hop soundtracks. The third part is the fastest-paced and the most intense. At the end of the day, the melody of the whole music softens again, and there is some sadness. But after listening to it as a whole, everyone feels that this is a very good hip-hop soundtrack.

And most importantly, everyone can hear this music like they have never heard before. They haven't heard such a song that fits the rhythm of hip-hop so well, which means that this song should be the original of the guy in front of them.

Since it is original, it must be specially created for dance, so the degree of cooperation with dance is naturally extremely high, and there will definitely not be a situation where the dance and music rhythm part of their previous dance and music do not match, so everyone immediately glanced at Xiao Yaogao, this guy still has some ability.

"What do you think?" Xiao Yao asked as he waited until the music in the stereo was over, then looked at the people in the dance team.

"It's a very good piece of music," replied Xiao Yao this time by Paul, a young man with pale blonde hair, and then he wondered, "But why does there be a passage in the middle that gives people an eerie feeling." ”

"Naturally, this is to match the needs of the dance. Xiao Yao smiled and continued: "Since you think there is no problem with the music, then I will briefly introduce the plot of this dance to you, and then I will tell you the specific dance choreography." ”

"Wait, you say the plot?" asked the black TJ strangely this time, "We are hip-hop, and we are not acting in movies or musicals, how can we still have a plot?"

"Street dance is also a dance, right?" Xiao Yao looked at the crowd.

Seeing that everyone nodded, Xiao Yaocai continued: "Dance is a kind of performing art. Its purpose is to express the thoughts, feelings, character or personality of the characters, or even something else, and it needs the audience to feel, experience and understand these things that we are trying to express. If it is only for the purpose of showing your dance movements, showing your skills and abilities in dance, then the content and form of this dance are disjointed and lack artistic integrity. ”

"You're talking about theoretical things, it's too profound for me to understand, I just know that there are many dances, especially hip-hop, where there is no plot. A young man in the team who Xiao Yao couldn't name.

"I don't deny it," Xiao Yao nodded, "but if you look at any excellent dance, whether it has a specific plot or not, you can feel something from it other than dance movement skills." We may not be able to say this in detail, but we know it in our hearts. That's what dance is all about, what the audience can feel. If it's just to show off your action skills, in my opinion, it's more like acrobatics, not to mention that many acrobatic shows now have also joined the plot. ”

"The reason why I choreograph a dance with a specific plot is to make it easier for the audience to feel what the dance wants to express. The judges are also the audience, and in addition to professional details such as movement skills, their feelings are also very important. Can you, a hip-hop dancer, do Thomas slaloms, do you do as a professional gymnast? Is it true that if you find an individual gymnast, you will definitely be able to win the hip-hop championship?"

"Sounds reasonable, and I agree with you. Paul began by stating.

"Well, whether there is a specific plot or not, we want to see what your choreography looks like and how effective it is, so let's ignore this for the time being and follow your plan. The black TJ also said.

Xiao Yao smiled and began to formally introduce: "The plot is very simple, that is, a pair of male and female lovers were attacked by zombies, the two first escaped, and then they met some normal people who were not infected, and they were also besieged by zombies, and normal people who had nowhere to escape joined forces to fight with zombies, and the group of zombies was eliminated by normal people, but the two found that the male protagonist was bitten by zombies in order to protect the heroine in the battle, and he will also become zombies." In the end, the heroine painfully eliminated the male protagonist. ”

After finishing speaking, Xiao Yao spread his hands and said, "It's such a story, what do you think?"

"I think it's good. Although it sounds a bit old-fashioned, I feel that this old-fashioned story should also touch many audiences. Paul commented first, then he frowned again and asked Xiao Yao, "But, why zombies?"

"Stories are not afraid of clichΓ©s, what matters is the method of storytelling, and in our case, the specific choreography. Xiao Yao explained, "As for why zombies, the first reason is that the theme of zombies is very popular now, and many movies and dramas about zombies are very popular, which shows that everyone is very interested in zombies." Secondly, even zombies are also very suitable for popin, if we come to a group of robots, it is old-fashioned. (To be continued.) )