"Is this pot-lid-like thing a musical instrument?" asked Steve McGrove, the director, as he leaned over to look at the screen of Dawson Gru's phone, and asked with some curiosity.

"I think I've seen something like this somewhere. Dawson Gru, the musician, frowned, and said, "It seems to be a musical instrument, and it is directly struck with your hand, right?" As he spoke, Dawson Gru returned the phone to Xiao Yao.

"Yes," Xiao Yao nodded and withdrew his phone, "I guess you may have seen it on the Internet." I've recorded a few videos of playing this instrument and posted it online, and there are other people playing it. However, now this instrument is still used for performance more often, and it seems that it has not yet appeared in the soundtrack of film and television works. And the sound characteristics of this instrument are relatively ethereal, and it has never been used as a soundtrack for suspense plots. ”

"I'm interested in using ethereal instruments to score a suspenseful, tense plot. Dawson Gru immediately said, "I'd love to see it." ”

"No problem," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I just said, if you are interested, you can go to the recording studio of the "Daydream" band at night to watch me play and record. ”

"Do you have to wait until the evening? Our crew has their own recording studio, and you can start working right now. Dawson Gru couldn't wait to say a word, and then reacted, "Wait, whose recording studio are you talking about?" Just now, both of them were attracted by the photo of the instrument on Xiao Yao's mobile phone, and Dawson Gru obviously didn't pay attention to Xiao Yao's words just now.

"Yes, the studio of "Daydream". Xiao Yao nodded and said, "Although your crew has a recording studio, there is no hand disc, my hand disc is in the hotel, and I need to go back to the hotel to get it." The hotel where I stayed was relatively close to Daydream's recording studio, and I was doing arranging accompaniment in their recording studio yesterday and had been there for a day, so I was familiar with their equipment. ”

"Steve, the soundtrack is on schedule," Dawson Gru said to the director next to him, "If Young can really get the soundtrack of that suspenseful and tense plot tonight, the soundtrack can still be advanced, so I guess I shouldn't have a problem not working tonight." What he meant was obviously to watch Xiao Yao make the soundtrack with a hand disc.

"Of course," director Steve McGrove said, nodding his head as he understood what the composer meant, "actually, I'd like to see it too." ”

"In that case, let's go now, it's not too early. Xiao Yao got up and said.

"Do you want to go back to the hotel now, and then take your instrument to the studio to record?" Zhou Jingyi asked Xiao Yao in surprise, "I'm going to invite you to Dino's house for dinner." It was a great restaurant and I had already booked my spot. ”

After the filming of the crew was over, it was almost time for dinner. Because of work, everyone eats fast food together in the crew at noon, Zhou Jingyi originally wanted to do the friendship of the landlord after the work is over, and take Xiao Yao and others to have a good meal in the evening. She knew that the director asked Xiao Yao to do the soundtrack, but she thought that Xiao Yao would just take a look at the video material today, and then slowly conceive and create it after returning in the evening, but she didn't expect Xiao Yao to record the soundtrack immediately.

"It's okay, you can invite my mom and them to eat. Xiao Yao said, "Anyway, my mother doesn't have to accompany me when it comes to recording." ”

"Still, Minyi, you guys go with me, you don't have to accompany me to the studio. Xiao Yao said to Pei Minyi again, "I drove away from the car!"

Xiao Yao turned to Zhou Jingyi again and said, "Jin, after dinner, please send them back to the hotel." As he spoke, Xiao Yao took out his mobile phone and walked to the parking lot outside the studio while making a call: "Keith, are you still in the studio? I will borrow your studio to record at night." Well, I'll be there in half an hour! Of course I'm welcome to your place, by the way, I haven't had dinner yet, you can bring me something to eat..."

"Ladies, it's a pleasure to meet you, and I hope you have a great time here today. Now we're going to watch Yang do the soundtrack, goodbye!" The director and soundtrack hurriedly said hello to Ye Jiaying and the others, and also chased Xiao Yao together.

While waiting downstairs for Xiao Yao to pick up the instrument, Dawson Gru, the musician, also took the opportunity to search for a few videos of hand-disc performances on the Internet and watched them with the director. As Xiao Yao said, the sound of this instrument is indeed very ethereal, and the music played by those hand-discs on the Internet is also that ethereal and quiet style. While marveling at the fact that this kind of musical instrument that can make sounds that can touch the depths of people's hearts was actually invented by Xiao Yao, a young man who seems to be only about twenty years old, it is also strange how Xiao Yao uses the music played by this instrument to create a suspenseful and tense atmosphere.

When the three arrived at Daydream's studio, Keith Craig, who had gone out to dinner with Xiao Siqi, had not yet returned. However, Xiao Yao had been in the studio for most of the day yesterday, and the staff in the studio already knew him, and Keith Craig had also called back to say hello, so Xiao Yao took Steve McGrove and Dawson Grew directly into the studio unimpeded.

"Don't you need to wait for Keith Craig to come back to record?" Dawson Gru asked with some surprise as he watched Xiao Yao sit in front of the console and skillfully operate the equipment. He knew that Keith Craig was also an excellent recording engineer and producer, and thought that Xiao Yao insisted on coming to the studio of "Daydream" because he wanted Keith Craig to help him record.

"No, no, no, now I record all my music myself. Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "I was already familiar with the equipment he had here yesterday and knew how to operate it." ”

After operating on the console, Xiao Yao entered the recording room with his handclap. Considering that Keith had not seen himself play the disc, Xiao Yao did not start playing and recording the discs first, but put the discs aside and picked up the violin in the recording room. The instruments in the studio are much richer and more complete than those in Keith Craig's piano room, not only acoustic guitars, but also violins and violins.

"Is this the beginning of the recording? Could it be that his music has already been written?" Steve McGrove and Dawson Gru glanced at each other and put on the monitor headphones on the console.

When Xiao Yao finished the string part of the violin, Keith Craig and Xiao Siqi also returned.

After Xiao Yao introduced Keith Craig, Xiao Siqi and Steve McGrove and Dawson Grew to each other, and the four of them got to know each other, Keith Craig handed Xiao Yao a paper bag in his hand and said: "Originally, no one was allowed to eat and drink here in the control room of my recording studio, but today, I will make an exception for you." ”

"Thank you!" Xiao Yao took the paper bag, "Rules are rules, why don't I go out to eat?"

"Come on!" Keith Craig said, pressing Xiao Yao to the chair in front of the console, "What I said here is the rule, since I said that I made an exception for you, then you can eat here." I'd like to wait for you to finish it early and enjoy your new work. ”

"The soundtrack of film and television works, tsk, you kid really can do anything!" Keith Craig shook his head again and sighed.

"Yo, you brought the handpiece too. While Keith Craig was talking to Xiao Yao, Xiao Siqi noticed that there was an extra instrument in the recording room.

"Yes," Xiao Yao said as he opened the paper bag and took out the food, "I think Keith hasn't seen me play with the hand disc yet, so the part of the hand disc hasn't been recorded yet." None of these three gentlemen have ever seen anyone play a hand-plate, so I'm going to eat right now, so why don't you play with it and show them a hand?"

"Okay," Xiao Siqi rubbed his palms and said, "It just so happens that I haven't played for a long time." Xiao Siqi considered that his hand-discs were only average, and there was already a first-generation hand-disc, so he didn't ask Ake Robinson when he was in Nashville, only Xiao Yao took one by himself. He had long wanted to find Xiao Yao to come over and have a good time.

"Hand disc, that? is that an instrument?" Keith Craig asked, following Xiao Siqi's gaze, and also found the extra pot-lid-like thing in the recording room.

"Yes, this is a new musical instrument that Jan invented last year, called the Hand Disc. Xiao Siqi made a brief introduction, and ran to the recording room to get the handcasse. Now there are three spectators here, and there are only two pairs of monitor headphones on the console, so Xiao Siqi still takes the disc back to the control room to play, so that everyone sounds more convenient.

Xiao Siqi had no intention of playing the handpiece in Xiao Yao's soundtrack, nor did he ask Xiao Yao about the melody of the soundtrack, but after tapping a few times in each of the several pitches of the handpiece, and after familiarizing himself with the scales in each position, he played a song "Smoke and Rain Qingdai" to the three audiences.

Keith Craig brought Xiao Yao a simple fast food, Xiao Yao ate very fast, and after Xiao Siqi's more than three-minute performance of "Smoke and Rain Qingdai", Xiao Yao also eliminated the food in his hand.

"Great!" Keith Craig and the other three couldn't help but applaud after hearing this.

"How do I get one?" asked Keith Craig, impatiently. It was the first time he had heard the music played by this instrument, and he was hooked.

"I co-founded a musical instrument company that specializes in making and selling these instruments. Xiao Yao smiled and took out a business card and handed it to Keith Craig, "We only accept orders, you can place an order!"

"You, open a musical instrument company?" Keith Craig glared at and took Xiao Yao's business card.

"In partnership," Xiao Yao emphasized, "I contribute patents and half of the funds, and account for half of the equity, but I don't care about the specific company operation." But if you give my name, you should be able to enjoy a certain discount!"

"You profiteer!" laughed Keith Craig, "I thought you would give me one for free!"

"Please! It's just a few thousand dollars, it's nothing to you, but I can't break the company's rules!" Xiao Yao said, "The company needs income on the books, if you don't want to pay, it's okay, I'll help you out with this money!"

"So, you're using a handpiece to make this soundtrack to advertise your new instrument and your instrument company?" asked Dawson Gru.

Although I saw a video of this kind of hand-disc on the Internet when I came, the feeling of listening to it live is still different. When Keith Craig said he wanted this instrument, Dawson Gru was also impressed. However, when Xiao Yao said that he had opened his own company to sell this instrument, he was a little hesitant. After all, inventing a musical instrument is not the same as opening a company to sell musical instruments, and he and Xiao Yao are not as familiar as Keith Craig and Xiao Yao.

"So to speak," Xiao Yao nodded generously in acknowledgement, "I know that you asked me to make the soundtrack to use my current topic to promote your episodes, but in any case, the quality of the work itself is the most important thing." I've already made cameos in your episodes anyway, and you've got the way you're using me to promote the show. If you don't think my soundtrack fits, you can simply dismiss it, I won't force it!"

"So this Chinese kid knows everything!" Steve McGrove said to himself, "We used his name to promote the series, and he used the soundtrack from our series to promote his instrument!"

"I'm not in charge of the publicity, I'm only in charge of the soundtrack. Dawson Gru's mind was much simpler, and he said directly, "It doesn't matter if you use our episodes to promote your instrument, as long as you make something good and suitable enough, I will use it!"

"That's what I mean, too!" Xiao Yao spread his hand, took the handpiece from Xiao Siqi's hand and said, "Now I'm going to continue working, you wait and see, oh no, wait to hear my results." ”

Since Xiao Siqi had already demonstrated it to the three of them, Xiao Yao didn't need to continue to let them feel the effect of the hand disc, so he took the hand disc and went directly into the recording studio to start recording.

Dawson Grew and Steve McGrove looked at Keith Craig and Shaw with some hesitation.

"Please!" Keith Craig, who understood what they meant, waved his hand. Xiao Yao's recording is work, and the two are waiting for the acceptance results, so Keith Craig and Xiao Siqi did not grab the monitoring headphones with the two of them.

"Thank you!" Dawson Grew and Steve McGrove nodded and went to the console again to put on their monitor headphones.

Through the glass window between the control room and the recording room, the two could see that Xiao Yao's speed of tapping the hand disc was obviously faster than Xiao Siqi's just now, and his technique was also more proficient. Judging from the melody of the music he played, it did feel different from the piece Xiao Siqi played just now, but they couldn't be sure that this part was suitable for the plot where they were going to make the soundtrack.

About half an hour later, Xiao Yao finished playing the part of the hand disc. Then he sat down at the console, put on his monitor headphones, and began post-processing and compositing the music footage he had recorded.

"Okay," after more than half an hour, Xiao Yao copied a piece of music to a USB flash drive and handed it to Dawson Grudao, "A total of two minutes and twenty-three seconds, which is exactly the length of that plot." I saw you come here with your laptop, and there's footage on it, right? You can feel it now. ”

"Okay!" Dawson Gru was not polite, took the USB flash drive handed by Xiao Yao, opened the laptop he brought, plugged in the USB flash drive, and then opened the video material in the computer, pulled it directly to the position he needed, and played it synchronously with the music in the USB flash drive.

The music sounded, and other people at the scene also came over curiously to feel the effect of Xiao Yao's soundtrack.

"Great!" Dawson Gru nodded first, as the two minutes passed quickly, "I think it's perfectly fine." "The length of the soundtrack is exactly the same as the score of this plot match, and the ups and downs in it also match the plot very well, and the most important thing is that the whole soundtrack really brings people into the suspenseful and tense atmosphere of the plot at once.

"I agree!" Steve McGrove nodded, "This is the soundtrack!"

"You've really opened my mind!" Dawson Grew said to Xiao Yao, "I didn't expect this ethereal sound to be paired with strings to give people such a feeling." Now, I have one more question. ”

"What's the problem?" Xiao Yao asked with a smile.

"Can you give me a business card too?" Dawson Groudaud, "you've given me a whole new idea for a soundtrack, and I think I need to take a good look at this new instrument you've invented." ”

"Of course you can!" Xiao Yao took out a business card and handed it over.

How many people in the TV audience will care about what instrument is used in the soundtrack? Xiao Yao's purpose was to make this instrument popular among the behind-the-scenes group of soundtrack artists.

"Speaking of research," interjected Keith Craig, "Jan, does this instrument work with rock 'n' roll?"

"Why not?" Xiao Yao shrugged, "Music is inherently full of infinite possibilities. ”

"That's right. Keith Craig nodded, "Can you teach me how to play this instrument? I think we can add this instrument to our daydream compositions in the future." ”

"No!" Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "Although I invented this instrument, it doesn't mean that my way of playing is the only and best. In fact, this instrument is to strike different areas to produce different scales, as long as you are a professional musician, you can hear the different scales corresponding to different areas. As for the technique and technique of percussion, there are no strict rules. I have developed my own technique, and I hope that the musicians who play this instrument will use their own exploration and understanding to create their own playing techniques and form their own unique way of playing. ”

After Xiao Yao invented this new instrument, he never uploaded any teaching videos, hoping that the musicians would delve into a variety of different performance methods with interest, so as to make this new instrument more attractive.