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Chapter 318 My Performance (Part )

The role played by Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson is to connect the entire music festival together in the form of multiple introductory videos.

Different from electronic music festivals such as EDC, as a comprehensive music festival, especially a comprehensive music festival where superstars gather, Mad City needs to set aside a minimum of fifteen minutes and a maximum of half an hour before the sets of many artists. time.

In the context of a music festival, the term changeover refers specifically to the transitional period between two performances. Every band or solo artist has their own preferred instruments, amplifiers, microphones, and other stage equipment. During a channel change, one team of technicians will quickly remove the equipment of the previous performer, while another team will seize the time to install the equipment of the next group of artists. This often involves a lot of technical coordination, especially for festivals with tight schedules.

After new equipment is installed, a brief sound check of three to five minutes is usually required. This is to ensure that all instruments and microphones are properly connected to the sound system and that the audio levels have been adjusted to the right level for the next gig. Not only that, depending on the detailed requirements of different artists, the stage may also need to be rearranged between performances. This may include moving drum kits, adjusting lights, and sometimes changing backdrops or other more complex stage decorations.

Although it is the most overlooked part of the performance, changing channels is crucial to the audience experience of a music festival. After all, no one wants to watch a 45-minute performance and have to wait for half an hour, and no one wants to hear the next group of guests’ set that is full of loopholes due to equipment installation and connection problems. If I had to draw an analogy, changing channels is to a music festival what pit stops are to a Formula One Grand Prix. Speed, accuracy and enjoyment are all indispensable.

The first two guarantees are provided by IATSE's skilled stage team, while Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson were specially invited by Han Yi to improve the last parameter.

One is a world-renowned comedy genius, and the other is a well-known action star. This pair of golden partners, who have earned US$5000 million at the box office at a cost of US$2.17 million and have proven their commercial appeal in the 2016 North American film summer season, are willing to contribute to Mad City Music. There is no doubt that it is for Han Yi's sake to record a series of videos.

As an investment partner in Sony Pictures' US$3 million slate deal, a shareholder of Kevin Hart's Hartbeat Film and Television Production Company, and the sponsor of the debt financing of Dwayne Johnson's Seven-Yuan Pictures, Han Yi not only made a name for himself in Hollywood, but at least made Sony Pictures nodded and agreed that the two leading actors of "Jumanji" would make a unique guest appearance at the music festival as movie characters. There is no problem at all.

What’s more, Sony Pictures isn’t entirely just helping. Through this novel linkage method, the phenomenal music festival Mad City, with a total of 21 people participating, will undoubtedly help this large-scale production, which officially launched in Honolulu on September 9, to be a vivid experience in front of its target audience. Interesting teaser.

So, taking advantage of the break in filming, Kevin Hart and The Rock took two days to fly back to West Hollywood from Kualoa Ranch in Hawaii to complete the filming with the guests who needed to change channels or join the show. these video materials.

"Rule number one... don't - push - any buttons."

Dwayne Johnson looks extremely serious in the close-up shot.

"Seriously, don't even think about it. If you start mashing buttons, you might find yourself transported to a world filled with killer crocodiles. Trust me, you don't want that! For your safety and the safety of others , please don’t touch any cables and devices, and let us make sure everyone’s Halloween is fun and secure… Enjoy the music, and remember, no button pushing!”

"Okay, everyone, listen! I know I'm not as intimidating as my good friend Dr. Yongshi, but that doesn't mean you can't take my warning seriously." Kevin Hart He struggled to squeeze away from The Rock, stood on his toes, and pulled the camera down a little. Just such a simple body language caused the scene to burst into laughter, "The second rule - don't wander into unknown places, okay? You don't want to be like me and be beaten by all kinds of things in "Game of the Brave" Wild animals chase it. The dance floor, the dining area, the spectator aisles, those are the places you're supposed to be, and if you see a big red cross on a sign, that's the word to stay the fuck away."

"And hey, if you see any weird-shaped fruit, don't eat it! We don't need anyone turning into a rocket scientist or cartographer during the festival."

“Also, please be aware of your companions, especially fellow self-described intrepid explorers. We don’t need anyone trying to climb the Hollywood Hills on our stage… If you don’t normally climb mountains, don’t pretend to be at the festival You seem to be pretty good at it yourself.”

"The bottom line is, if you come across any mysterious, old-looking drum, don't slap your hands on it! We're here to listen to music, not to open magical portals."

It has to be said that the preview video co-starring Kevin Hart and The Rock was quite clever. They effectively conveyed the music of Mad City to the audience in a way that best highlighted the story line and main characters of "Game of the Brave" Safety instructions for this section. This is much more impressive than the signs posted at the entrance and the slogans repeated hoarsely by security personnel holding loudspeakers.

"Last but not least..."

"Wait a minute, who are you two?"

Just when Kevin Hart raised his index finger and was about to tell the last safety instruction, the camera shook violently. A few seconds later, Madison Beer's confused face appeared on the big screen. She held the camera, opened her curious eyes, and inspected it from bottom to top.

"Are you recording a video?"

Madison's appearance caused the volume in the venue to reach its peak again. This time, there were obviously more screams from women.

"I have to know what makeup she is using, now!" Emily looked up at the semi-curved screen matrix in the center of the stage, opened her mouth wide, and let out a sigh. This was also the voice of most of the female audience in the audience.

She is really glowing in the video.

"Oh my god, my acting... is terrible." But Madison herself didn't think so. Standing behind the Hollywood sign, she half-jokingly sighed, covered her mouth with her hands, turned away, and only dared to use her remaining words. Light glances at the screen from time to time.

"Who said that? It's natural, Maddie." Dylan Buckman encouraged her.

"You'll know when you look down."

"Ah, yes, we are recording Mad City's PSA." The camera in Madison's hand was still pointed at his face, and Kevin Hart's voice could only be heard from outside the frame.

"You are recording Mad City's PSA." Upon hearing this, Madison raised her eyebrows and then turned the camera around. The tall and mighty adventurer and the short and cunning zoologist disappeared without a trace, replaced by two helpless high school boys.

Spencer Gilpin, played by Alex Wolff, and Anthony "Refrigerator" Johnson, played by Serdarius Brann.

The real-world prototypes of the two protagonists in "Game of the Brave".

Audiences who have watched the Robin Williams version know this setting well, and even people who have never heard of the movie can roughly guess the basic relationship between the characters.

The muscular adventurer is actually a helpless little nerd, and the zoologist whose head is invisible when the camera floats up a little is actually the main player of the football school team.

"Where are your backstage passes?"

Madison held up the camera and filmed their faces directly without any politeness at all, while the two boys cowered and tried their best to avoid the camera.

"Miss Bill, listen to our explanation, we..."

"There are passes, they are outside. They were given to us when we came in just now..."

"go out!"

Madison pointed to the locker room door and raised his voice as Spencer and Anthony fled.

"Wait a minute, camera, can you..."

"If you don't leave, I'll call your parents!"

After slamming the door, Madison outside the screen sighed and muttered in a low voice: "The little boy now..."

Then, the camera was adjusted to the selfie angle again. She rolled her eyes, smiled playfully, and put the camera back on the tripod.

"Okay, Mad City, I don't know what they just told you, but..."

Madison flipped her hair, took a deep breath, and stood in front of the camera with her hands on her hips.

"Here, there is only one rule."

"When you hear Melodies, scream."

As soon as Madison's pun-laden introduction in the video came out, the band on the main stage jumped into action and got into position to play. After receiving a signal from sound art director Serbon Garner, keyboardist Isamu McGregor played the intro to Madison Beer's debut single "Melodies."

"Tracy, if you can hear me, give me a thumbs up." Serbon Garner put the headset microphone to his mouth and stared at the monitoring screen in front of him. Crouching behind the Hollywood sign, Madison was adjusting his breathing without raising his head. He directly raised his right arm to signal to the sound art director that everything was ready.

"Okay, here we go, Melodies, 2, 3, 4."

"I hear the melody in my head,

Find tiny musical notes on the bed. "

Madison's grainy bass echoed among the array speakers, and her live figure replaced the close-up in the pre-heating video and appeared on the semi-curved screen in the center of the stage. In the picture, Madison has a milky white background wall behind her. She looks at the camera, smiles sweetly, and continues singing with ease.

"The music is tangled in my hair,

You can see jumping keys everywhere.

My heart is a drum that keeps beating,

My favorite song on repeat.

Beethoven's Symphony No. 9,

It's the only one that lingers in my heart. "

Madison Beer has sung this song countless times on the Future Now: The Tour in the past few months. The vocal melody has not changed much, but for this Mad City Music Festival, she and The musicians worked together on a lot of arrangements. After all, in this majestic venue that can accommodate up to 2016 people, a mediocre teen pop song is likely to be very popular. Only by making changes and catering to the latest music trends in can people shine.

In order to make "Melodies" jumpier, more dynamic and more lively, Serbon Garner worked with Jonas Blue to introduce richer percussion elements, including kick drums, snare drums and An electronic drum loop provides a driving beat to the single. In addition, Jonas Blue also strengthened the bass line and added electronic elements with rich synthesizer chords, giving the entire song a texture closer to electronic dance music.

"3, 2, 3, 4..." The engineer at the FOH sound console aimed at the metronome and accurately provided Madison with the time to enter the next melody. If she didn't do this, she would probably miss a beat in such a noisy music festival.

"It's as easy as DoReMi,

As easy as ABC.

baby,

Beautiful as a symphony,

What I'm talking about is me and you. "

"2, 2, 3, 4."

"I hear melodies in my head,

I, I hear melodies in my head.

I was a little off-key,

Then you Melodyne me,

And I'm better than ever..."

In the original arrangement, Madison had to repeat the chorus melody twice. Nothing new and no ups and downs were the unifying characteristics of teen pop music in the early 2010s. Jonas Blue naturally would not continue this outdated arrangement structure. He re-adjusted the chorus part according to the structure of electronic music. The original "chorus" was expanded into two parts: "build-up" and "drop". parts.

The eight bars with Madison's vocals are a progression, while the future house-style drop played by Jonas Blue on CDJ 2000, re-arranged by himself, is the climax of the new version.

As a tepid test single during the Madison Beer SB Projects era, "Melodies" has not yet exceeded 2013 million plays on Spotify since its release in 1400. The number of new plays per day has increased to There are only 15230 times, and this is the number after Madison became popular recently. In other words, this single has long since faded from public view, so few people on the scene noticed that Jonas Blue had significantly adjusted its BPM.

Until the metallic synthesizer chords sound, frequency-modulated bass lines, futuristic breakbeats, distorted hi-hat and thick drum beats are ingeniously integrated. Under the combined action of 368 speakers, the dance floor becomes It became a sea of ​​carnival, and people vaguely discovered that the rhythm of this song seemed to be much faster than usual.

89BPM sped up to 120BPM, Mad City Music Festival lives up to its name. Crazy City, the first song of the opening, poured out unreserved bouncing energy.

In 2016, when Don Diablo and his Hexagon label were at their peak, no one could resist the appeal of future house in the music scene that attracted tens of thousands of people.

Ravers who have a foundation in dance know how to shuffle to house music. But for the larger group of ordinary audiences who are not very proficient in dance skills, there is only one simplest way to enjoy future house, future bounce, or all four- and four-beat electronic music live.

That is - jump.

Jump off the surface of the earth as high as you can.

At 4:02 minutes and 48 seconds, less than three minutes after Mad City started, the tens of thousands of spectators who had already entered the venue were already causing an earthquake in the venue to the beat of the drums.

Music fans at this time are the most energetic. All the substances they take outside the venue, whether alcohol or drugs, are in the process of producing effects. As long as there is the right music, they can instantly become howling like crazy. Herd.

"Let's fucking go!"

Tens of thousands of lights flash in sync with the beat, adding a visual spectacle to the auditory stimulation. I never expected that a set by a teenage star like Madison Beer would be so high-energy right from the start. Those "music lovers" who originally had their arms crossed and thought they had to wait for NERVO or Migos to play before they could get high, couldn't help but indulge. The ground danced.

This is not over yet.

The first drop was coming to an end, and when the drum beat weakened, the picture on the semi-curved screen in the center of the stage changed. The camera gradually zoomed out, and people discovered that Madison Beale, who had been invisible at the scene, was actually not behind him at all. What background wall, but a huge letter O.

"Wave and turn!"

Hearing Android Jones' instructions in the headset, Madison pursed her lips, hooked her hand at the camera, then held on to the letter logo behind her, turned around, and turned her back to the camera.

The screen moves to the left, placing Madison on the golden section on the right side of the screen. Then, the camera zoomed out again, and the audience finally discovered Madison's location.

"Oh my God!" McKenzie froze his hands in front of his chin with a look of disbelief. "She's actually standing in the Hollywood Hills!"

All the light sources embedded around the nine letters of HOLLYWOOD lighted up, and dozens of searchlights were at Madison's feet, shooting into the sky. Under the shadow of the sky-high light pillars, Madison looked as elegant and majestic as a goddess. The broadcast image on the LED screen provided another perspective for the audience - over Madison Beer's shoulder, hundreds of feet away on the dance floor, there were 30,000 heads shaking and trembling with excitement.

"Las Vegas, are you ready?"

Madison took a big step forward, stood on the edge of the artificial hill platform, raised his left arm high, and shouted loudly with all his strength.

"Welcome to Mad City, welcome to my show!"

"Here we go!"

"1, 2, 3, 4!"

(End of this chapter)