Now that the business of hip-hop team has come to an end, Xiao Yao''s focus will naturally shift to the band. A week is not long, not short. "Immortals" is a song that everyone has been familiar with. With a week''s intensive training, Xiao Yao is confident that he can cope with the warm performance of "daydream" Los Angeles concert.
Of course, rehearsal is only a technical preparation, as long as it takes time to practice. As for psychological preparation, Xiao Yao has nothing to do. The "daydream" Los Angeles concert is a big scene with thousands of audiences. Now even Xiao Yao himself was a little nervous before he came on stage, not to mention the band''s other people who had not seen many big scenes.
"Young, I''m nervous!" In the backstage lounge, Dean is nervous to Xiao Yao. Invisible, Xiao Yao has already become the backbone of the band.
"I can see that," Xiao Yao reluctantly smiles, "not only you, but also the word" nervous "is written on your faces. But it''s normal. It''s just the band''s first experience of such a big scene. "
"But what about you?" Dean looked at Xiao Yao with a smile on his face and said, "it''s the first time for you, too. Why don''t you look nervous at all?"
"I just hide better, you see." Xiao Yao gave a bitter smile and spread out his fisted hands. The sweat in his palms was clearly visible.
"Ha, why are you nervous, I''m not so nervous." Dean laughs.
"Me too." George and Mike echoed, and SAMINE nodded in agreement, though he didn''t speak.
"You..." Xiao Yao rolled his eyes, then pretended to be very nervous, and began to walk around in the rest room. "My God, I''m going to be on stage soon. What should I do? I''m so nervous. I feel like I''m going to faint. No, I''m going to the bathroom to vomit for a while... "At the end, Xiao Yao began to fan his face with his palm.
"That''s enough. You''re too fake." Dean and the other three interrupted Xiao Yao with a smile. Such a disturbance has relieved everyone''s nervousness.
"Are you ready?" At this point, Keith Craig pushed the door in and said to the people in the lounge, "time''s up."
"Ready, ready to go on stage." Xiao Yao answers Keith.
"Good." Keith Craig nodded, then asked, "are you nervous about performing in front of so many people for the first time?"
"It''s a terrible question," Xiao Yao sighed, glancing at Keith. "Of course we''re nervous. It''s just hard to relieve some of the tension. Now when you ask, the tension will come back. "
"It''s OK," Keith said with a smile. "I just want to tell you that it doesn''t matter how nervous you are now. When you get on the stage and start performing, you won''t be nervous. Believe me, I have experience. "
"I hope so." Xiao Yao nodded.
"Well, let''s go on stage." Keith clapped his hands and said.
Several members of the band followed Keith out of the lounge and up the aisle from the side rear onto the stage. As soon as they walked out of the tunnel, they heard a huge noise. The scene of thousands of people was not built.
It''s time for the concert to start, the audience has basically arrived, and all the preparations have been made on the stage. Keith went directly to the vertical microphone in front of the stage, while Xiao Yao and his friends went to their own instruments.
After Samin sits on the drum, Mike stands in front of the keyboard, while Xiao Yao and George carry their guitar and bass respectively. As for Dean, who has no musical instrument, he stands beside Xiao Yao and helps Xiao Yao to adjust the height of the microphone pole in front of him.
"Good evening, everyone!" Keith went to the microphone and said, "thank you for coming."
As high-power speakers spread Keith''s voice all over the scene, the audience knew that the concert was about to officially start, and immediately there was a tsunami of cheers.
"Thank you," Keith said after thanking the audience for their enthusiasm, "I''m very happy to tell you that we invited a very popular band as our opening guests for tonight''s concert. They are..." Keith said finally, putting his hand to his ear and making a listening statement.
“IMMORTALS!” The audience yelled with great cooperation.
A week after the release of teanage vigilantes, the official studio version of the song "immortals" has appeared on several major music websites in the United States, and the source is available for download. At the same time, the song also began to appear on the radio in American music radio programs. Now it''s been more than three weeks since the movie was released, and it''s almost finished. After more than half a month''s publicity, the student band immortals and their song "immortals" have gained considerable popularity.
"Yes," Keith nodded, obviously satisfied with the audience''s response, and then said in a loud voice, "this band is making its debut in public for the first time tonight. I think for most people, they are still mysterious, so please allow me to introduce them to you.""Beautiful drummer, SAMINE!" With Keith''s voice, a close-up of Samin is shown on the big screen.
"Cool The audience exclaimed.
The image of Samin today is very special. Half of the hair on the head is in the shape of long straight hair, which is spread on the right side of the head and the right shoulder, and the other half is braided into several small braids hanging on the other side. This image is written by Xiao Yao, which fully shows the two sides of Samin''s usually cold and passionate character. This strange and full of personality hairstyle, coupled with Samin''s delicate and beautiful face, immediately surprised many of the audience.
What matches the audience''s exclamation is a solo of sammien playing drums, which makes sammien cool and makes the audience remember this girl full of personality.
"Keyboard player, Mike!" After sammien''s solo, Keith continued. The big screen also switches to Mike''s close-up. Mike also came to a keyboard solo that Xiao Yao had prepared for him.
Mike is also elaborately dressed, but compared with Samin, he is more ordinary, and the audience''s reaction is not as big as when they saw Samin. The same thing happened to George and Dean, especially Dean. He had no solo to perform without musical instruments. He could only take the microphone in front of Xiao Yao and shout "Hello everyone!" to the audience Although also received the following audience''s cheers as a response, but compared with Samin can be far worse.
It was only when Xiao Yao was introduced that the following reaction became more intense.
"Guitarist, Yang from China!" Keith said in a high voice, casually pointing out the origin of Xiao Yao.
A close-up of Xiao Yao is cut out on the big screen. Different from the cool, nervous and stiff faces of other team members, Xiao Yao''s gentle and confident smile, coupled with his absolutely handsome Chinese face, attracted a lot of female audience to scream.
After Xiao Yao''s same cool solo guitar, Keith''s task is basically completed. In the end, Keith announced in a loud voice: "next, please enjoy your immortals performance." One word introduced the band and the name of the song. Keith turned to the back, waved, and walked off the stage.
Dean stepped forward, stood in Keith''s position, and reached for the pole of the vertical microphone. Then he turned his head and looked at Samin at the back, nodding that he was ready to start.
Sammien nodded to receive it, then raised his drumsticks with both hands and began to strike each other. After four beats, Mike''s keyboard sound was accurate. After eight beats, samien''s drum sound was also accurate. Then Dean, who closed his eyes and beat with his feet, began to sing the first main song correctly. There was no problem with the sound and rhythm.
There was no problem with the prelude at the beginning. Dean didn''t lose his voice or lose his voice when he spoke. Xiao Yao sighed. It seems that the long-term practice is effective. Although everyone is nervous, there is no problem with the rhythm. Now that we have made a good start, we should not make mistakes in the following parts. The rest is to activate the atmosphere and fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the audience.
After singing a few words, Dean suddenly relaxed, naturally opened his eyes and looked at the dark crowd in front of him. It seems that Keith is right. After the performance, naturally, he is not nervous.
The box office of teanage vigilantes in North America has exceeded 100 million, and the theme song "imaginals" has entered the top 20 on the billboard since it began to be downloaded and played on the radio. So many people have heard this song, but it is definitely the first time for most people to listen to their live performance.
Although when the band was singing, some of the corresponding highlights of the movie "tee nage vigilantes" were released on the big screen. This is to remind you that this song is the theme song of the film, which not only enriches the live performance of the band, but also helps to win the box office of the upcoming film. Many people who have seen the film screamed and cheered when they saw the familiar pictures, but most of the audience focused on the live performance of the band.
The band''s participation in singing is obviously higher when performing live. All the band members repeat the words at the end of a single sentence lyrics and sing "imagine... Imagine" with tonal changes in the chorus chorus chorus all greatly enhance the appeal of the song to the audience.
The configuration of double lead singers is not simple, each singing a paragraph. The two lyrics in the same paragraph will also be sung alternately. The former can lengthen the ending of the former sentence to better drive the mood of the audience.
In addition, the live version of the song is different from the soundtrack and studio version in the arrangement. The soundtrack in the movie naturally serves the plot of the movie, while the studio version serves the sensory enjoyment. In both versions, the middle guitar and bass solo are removed. And the live version, is for the emotional service of the audience, so the solo instrument will return to the song performance. The audience''s enthusiastic screams are the best response.As the mood of the band on stage and the audience continues to rise, after the first chorus, the scene of thousands of people singing on and off the stage appears naturally. Even a lot of people are dancing along with Dean, Xiao Yao and George on the stage.
Some things are self-taught. Seeing the scene of people singing under the stage, when the second chorus comes to the repeated "immooo... Immortals" with tone change, Dean naturally takes off the microphone on the stand, goes to the edge of the stage and extends the microphone to the audience. The audience in the front row craned their necks and yelled at Dean''s microphone.