After dinner, Xiao Yao fulfilled Betty's wish and replaced the gift of her first visit with a piano song. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This time, Xiao Yao, who prefers New/Age, did not choose Kevinkern's music again, but played a very rhythmic piano piece from his previous life, Jimbrickman's "Serenade".

In addition to being good, the biggest feature of this "Serenade" is its sense of rhythm, so in addition to the piano sound, the original song also added a rhythm drum beat as a background sound. In order to restore the overall effect of the original song in his previous life, Xiao Yao also asked Keith to move out the electronic keyboard and put a fixed rhythm drum beat on it to accompany his piano music.

Watching Xiao Yao's fingers flying flexibly on the piano keys, listening to another beautiful piano piece that she had never heard, Betty couldn't help but sigh lightly: "I haven't seen you for a few years, this little guy has not only improved a lot in playing the piano, but also become more and more able to play." I just don't know where he got this new tune with the drum beat and piano. ”

Keith, who plays rock music, is obviously not as interested in this kind of piano music as Betty, but after watching Xiao Yao's performance, he also has to convincingly admit his wife's evaluation. When it comes to playing the piano, he is indeed inferior to the seventeen-year-old boy in front of him. Although he can also play the piano, he is the lead singer and guitarist of the band, not the keyboardist.

At the end of the song, Betty and Keith did not hesitate to give their applause to Xiao Yao's performance just now. Xiao Yao smiled and nodded in thanks.

"Jan, what was that tune?" asked Betty.

"It's called Serenade, and it's the work of my father's friend XY, which was written this year. Xiao Yao's face did not change. In a sense, it doesn't seem to be a complete lie. Although he told his father Xiao Siqi that the new songs he wrote in the future would use his own name, Xiao Yao still put him under the name of XY for this kind of pure music work.

"Do you want to help Mr. Bernie buy it again?" Xiao Yao said as he looked at Betty. The two piano pieces "Childhood Memories" and "SundialDreams", which he played in front of Betty seven years ago, were sold through Betty's intermediary connections to her pianist friend Horne Burnie.

"Clever," Betty complimented, then laughing, "but I won't have to do anything today." Horn will also come over for tonight's ladder in a while, and let him talk to you himself when the time comes, I don't care. ”

"Ok, no problem, anyway, in terms of selling song copyrights, I can be XY's plenipotentiary representative. Xiao Yao shrugged.

After about an hour, the friends that Keith and Betty had invited to join the ladder began to arrive.

The Craigs' house is large enough that the main area of the staircase is the living room of the house and the lawn around the swimming pool in the yard connected to the living room by a large glass door.

Although Keith played in a rock band, there was no crazy show on the ladder this time. It's just a social gathering of friends, and most of us are holding drinks and drinks, walking around casually, chatting, and connecting with each other.

Of course, Xiao Yao, who came to Craig's house for the first time. Keith and Betty still gave him a brief introduction to the friends present, which can be regarded as bringing Xiao Yao into the circle of friends that the couple is familiar with.

"Keith and Betty organized this ladder just to introduce us to this Chinese middle school student? It's a bit of a fuss, isn't it?" After a brief introduction, everyone scattered and chatted casually, so the guests also had a discussion about Xiao Yao.

Betty has gone from being a top model to running her own fashion brand, and she is still a big figure in the fashion industry. Keith's "Daydream" band has existed for more than ten years, has been popular for seven or eight years, and is also an old man in the entertainment industry. Are they the kind of people who don't do things with their brains?" replied with a pout.

"Don't just see that kid is only seventeen years old and still a middle school student. But didn't you hear Betty? He's both a musician and a photographer. Whether it's Keith's music circle or Betty's fashion circle, this guy is on the sidelines, and he is obviously a guy with great potential that the two of them are optimistic about. If he can achieve good things in the future, then they who have a good relationship with him now will definitely benefit a lot in the future. Someone next to him joined the discussion.

"It's just to organize a ladder, anyway, the two of them have a lot of ladders, and they will do it every once in a while. Even if this kid does nothing in the future, Keith and Betty have nothing to lose. This kind of investment in personal connections is the most cost-effective. ”

Some of the guests were talking about the Craigs and Xiao Yao so enthusiastically, also because none of them were in the main activity area of the ladder at the moment. After introducing Craig's new friend, Xiao Yao, the Craigs called Horn Burney and went with Xiao Yao to a more intimate place, Keith's music room on the second floor. In addition to these four people, they were accompanied by Ron Distin, a film soundtrack artist who specializes in film soundtracks, who is also a friend of Horn Burney's music.

Hearing Betty say that XY, who sold him the rights to perform the piano music "Childhood Memories" and "SundialDreams" commercially, had a new production, Horn Bernie was immediately interested, and pulled his friend Ron, who was also a musician, and followed Betty to Kitty's music room.

"Where's the score? I'll play it first. As soon as he entered the music room, Horn was excited to sit down at Keith's piano.

"Wait," Betty said with a smile as she stopped Horn, "there is no sheet music this time, and you don't need to play it yourself." The person who knows that tune is here, you just have to sit quietly and listen to it. ”

"Who?" Horn pouted, "He's playing the guitar well, but forget about the piano." It's better to compose the song and let me do it myself. ”

"Hey, Horn!" Keith exclaimed dissatisfied, "don't think I'm not going to beat you up if we're good friends." As he spoke, Keith raised his tattooed arm.

"No, it's not Keith, it's Jan!" Betty couldn't help but laugh and pointed to Xiao Yao, who came in with her, and said to Horn.

"It's him!" Seeing Betty pointing at Xiao Yao, Keith didn't insist on playing by himself anymore and gave up his position. He didn't question Xiao Yao because of his age. On the one hand, he and Xiao Yao only met tonight, unlike Keith, who is not so familiar with Keith, and it seems very rude and uneducated to say something questioning casually. On the other hand, he doesn't know much about Xiao Yao, if he learns piano since he was a child, he can practice for more than ten years by the age of seventeen, and he can also practice to a very good level.

Xiao Yao was not polite, he first turned on the rhythm drum on the electronic keyboard, and then sat down in front of the piano and played the "Serenade" that he had played once before.

Drums and pianos, the development of new/age music in this world is not unprecedented, but such an excellent piano piece is still rare.

"Yang, why are you so proficient in playing this song?What is your relationship with XY?" After listening to Xiao Yao's performance, Horn first applauded heartily, and then did not rush to talk about the performance copyright, but was curious about the relationship between Xiao Yao and XY.

"XY is a friend of Jan's father, so he is also Jan's elder. Betty replied helpfully, "Remember the performance rights to those two tunes I recommended you bought? If you like this piece and want the performance rights of this piece, Jan can be the representative of the copyright transaction of XY tune, and you can talk to him directly. ”

"Yes, of course. "It's a great piece and I hope to play it at my own recital." ”

"Actually, there's not much to talk about. Xiao Yao said, "I know that Mr. Bernie is a very famous pianist in the United States and a composer of piano music, so it is also an honor for you to be interested in this piece." As for the price of the performance copyright, it would be good to follow the market price on your side, and I believe Betty and you in this regard. ”

"Ok, no problem, I will prepare the copyright transaction contract as soon as possible, and I will not disadvantage my friends in terms of price. Horn smiled with satisfaction. At the same time, Horn Bernie also thinks he has found a reason for Keith and Betty to open a ladder for Xiao Yao tonight. With Xiao Yao's current piano performance level and the fact that he has such a talented elder, it is enough to be worthy of Betty and Keith's friendship.

"Hey, Horn, your problem is solved, but mine is not solved. At this time, Ron Distin, who had always been a spectator, spoke.

"Oh, yes. Horn patted his head and said to Keith and Betty, "Ron has a problem that you need to solve, especially Keith, you can help him solve." ”

"The problem? Is it the soundtrack for the animated movie you have at hand? You haven't done it yet? I heard that it will be released early next month. Betty looked at Ron in surprise.

"That's right. Ron nodded, "This is it." The soundtrack in the movie is almost finished, but the theme song is not yet ready. ”

"I was also responsible for the theme song of this movie. Ron continued, "Even though it's an animated movie, it's not just kids who come into theaters, it's adults as well. The film's main audience is children, parents, and young people, so the theme song needs to be acceptable to audiences of all ages, neither too young nor too profound. At the same time, in order to match the theme of the film, it is necessary to not only be positive and healthy, but also to reflect the rebellion, personality and uninhibited nature of young people. ”

"What?" Hearing this, Xiao Yao was a little uneasy. "It's not going to be a white, is it?"

"I haven't written it and haven't found the right theme song for the movie. Ron shook his head helplessly, "Seeing that the release date is getting closer and closer, but the theme song has not been completed yet, this is really a bit unreasonable." Now the director and the producer are putting a lot of pressure on me. So I wondered if Keith could help me write a theme song like this? Or Betty, you've recommended three great piano songs for Horn, and with your connections and your excellent ears for discovering good music, can you also help me find such a suitable theme song? ”

"Positive, healthy, rebellious, individual, uninhibited...", Keith and Betty frowned, repeating a few key adjectives that Ron said.

Keith shook his head first and said: "The last few words are the style of our rock band "Daydream", but the first two words, our band's song is not suitable for the theme song of an animated movie. You asked me to write a poem in a few days, and I can't guarantee that it will be completed on time and with good quality. ”

"I'm sorry... Can I ask what this movie is about?" Xiao Yao finally couldn't help but interject.

Seeing Ron looking at him with some surprise, Xiao Yao coughed dryly and explained: "XY's works have also done interludes and soundtracks in Huaxia's movies, so I think he may have a suitable song in his hands." Of course, the lyrics of his songs are in Chinese, but if you just change the lyrics, it is definitely much easier than writing a song. ”

"Of course," Ron's heart also had a hope when he heard that XY had also made a movie soundtrack, and immediately introduced: "The movie is about a stubborn and brave teenager with special talents and some teenagers who also have special skills in a fictional city, forming an alliance of "juvenile vigilantes" to fight against criminals in the city. ”

"There is no big white," Xiao Yao thought regretfully in his heart, "It sounds like a juvenile cartoon version of a superhero movie like the Justice League or the Avengers." ”

After Xiao Yao's reminder, Betty remembered the song "Immortals" performed by Xiao Yao's student band, and it seems that the few keywords mentioned by Ron, don't all of this song match?

So Betty smiled and said to Ron, "I have a song here that seems to meet your requirements." But I want to remind you that this song is only the work of a student band, and the creator is not very famous in our American entertainment industry right now. ”

"It doesn't matter if it's not famous," Ron said nonchalantly, "This animated film is ready to hit this year's Oscar for Best Animated Feature, the quality is absolutely excellent, and there is no need to rely on the theme song to enhance the popularity of the movie." I just want the theme song to match the quality and theme of the movie. ”

"It's just—" Ron hesitated, "how good can a student band's work be?

"I have a video of the performance of this song. As for whether it is worthy or not, please judge for yourself, a professional. Betty smiled and pulled out her phone, pulled up the live video of her own recording of the band Immortals, and handed it to Ron. (To be continued.) )