[US Entertainment] Crossover superstar

"jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way... ride a night..."

On a weekend in October, in a room on the second floor of a detached villa in Beverly Hills, there was a very clear and pleasant child's voice.

As for Elena, Ryan and Susie downstairs in the villa, when they heard this song from a child's voice, they all stopped what they were doing and listened carefully.

In order not to disturb Jeffrey and Usher, Elena specially arranged a room on the second floor of the villa for Jeffrey to study and practice music.

There is a small set of studio equipment and several instruments in this room, and at this moment, Usher is teaching Jeffrey in this room.

This was Usher's first weekend teaching Jeffrey, so he asked Jeffrey to sing a children's song "jinglebells" suitable for his age in advance to test Jeffrey's innate voice.

When he heard Jeffrey's crisp and clear voice, Usher's eyes lit up.

Now, he finally understood why Dick Allen, the general manager of Disney, would find someone to teach Jeffrey to sing, because such a voice really shouldn't be buried!

However, although Jeffrey's sound quality and timbre are very good, but Usher listened carefully and heard many problems.

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"Okay! Jeff, stop for a moment!"

After Geoffrey sang a short verse of "jinglebells," Usher stopped him and didn't let him continue singing.

After Jeffrey heard the words, he didn't continue to speak.

He turned his head and looked at Usher with confusion in his ice blue eyes, not understanding what he did wrong.

"Jeff, are you sure you want to step into the music circle? Your voice is indeed very good, but you still need to continue to hone your voice to stabilize it after you have gone through the voice change period. Also, your singing skills Also... can you persevere through the hardships and hardships?"

Seeing Jeffrey looking at him with puzzled eyes, Usher was not in a hurry to explain the reason to him, but asked Jeffrey a few questions first.

"Of course!" Jeffrey's voice was firm.

In his previous life, he was alone in the entertainment industry, without anyone to teach or take care of him. Jeffrey has also experienced such difficult days, and he never gave up!

What's more, now, he is supported by Disney and taught by Usher!How could he back down so easily!

"That's good! Jeff, remember what you said today!" Hearing that Jeffrey was not discouraged, Usher's eyes were quite relieved.

Since Jeffrey didn't get discouraged and backed down, he couldn't give up easily!

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"Jeff, let me tell you some things that need attention, you have to listen carefully!"

Usher decided to tell Jeffrey some specific things that singers need to pay attention to before he formally teaches Jeffrey.

After hearing Usher's words, Jeffrey nodded seriously.

"I know that since you were five years old, you have learned bel canto training and some vocal skills, which are of great help to your singing skills! However, you have to find time to practice every day, and the practice time does not need to be too long , But you must persevere every day, so that you can lay a solid foundation!"

Usher looked at Jeffrey earnestly, and seeing that he was listening carefully, Usher continued to speak.

"Singing is produced by qi, and the place where the qi is produced is located in the abdomen of the human body, probably here."

As Usher spoke, he touched the position three inches below Jeffrey's belly button with his hand.

"Jeff, remember that 'Qi control' is very important for a singer! Just like when you sang "jinglebells" before, it sounded pretty good, but I clearly felt that you His breath is a bit unstable, always floating up and down."

When he said this, Usher's expression became a little serious.

Most people know that singers have special ways to control their breath, but Jeffrey, who has been in the entertainment industry in his previous life, knows it all the more.

But Jeffrey just heard about it, and he didn't know how to do it.

"Jeff, in the future, while you practice your voice, you should also work hard to increase your lung capacity. You must know that lung capacity is an important guarantee for a singer to sing!"

Usher looked at Jeffrey with deep words and said, he hoped that Jeffrey would keep these things in mind.

"Yeah! I'll remember that!"

Jeffrey silently recorded these things in his heart while listening.

"Jeff, and you..."

"........."

"Jeff, from now on..."

"........."

As such, Usher didn't teach Jeffrey anything professional during the first weekend.

He just told Jeffrey a lot of basic knowledge, and what you should pay attention to as a singer.

At the same time, after Usher finished his first class with Jeffrey, he also handed over a list to Elena and Ryan, asking them to pay attention too!

On this list, Usher listed some foods and other things that Jeffrey needs to avoid.

Although Usher couldn't bear to make Jeffrey taboo like this, after all, Jeffrey is still just a child, so he will inevitably be greedy.However, only in this way can Jeffrey's voice be better protected.

And this is one of the prices Jeffrey needs to pay.

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After teaching Jeffrey a lot of basic knowledge, Usher began to formally teach Jeffrey how to sing.

"Jeff, to be a good singer, you must master a method of using and controlling the breath!"

Usher began to slowly teach Jeffrey some more professional things.

"This method, you have to learn slowly by yourself. However, you can also take deep breaths from time to time, exhale and inhale quickly...to exercise your breath."

Learning to breathe is the foundation of singing a good song, but it is impossible for Usher to completely teach Jeffrey about this kind of thing. He still has to explore and understand these things by himself.

"Well! I will work hard to learn!"

Jeffrey certainly understands the importance of breathing in singing, especially for a good singer.

"Jeff, if you want to sing well, you must first open your throat and stabilize your larynx. Only in this way can you make your voice more stable and smooth."

"Look, it's like this, ah..."

While Usher was explaining, he opened his mouth and stroked his neck with his hands to demonstrate to Jeffrey.

Jeffrey also opened his mouth to learn, but he couldn't achieve the effect of usher for a while.

"Haha...hahaha..."

Seeing Jeffrey's mouth wide open, looking cute but unable to speak, Usher couldn't help laughing.

"Usher...you..."

Jeffrey couldn't help being a little annoyed when he saw Usher laughing at him.

"Okay, okay, I won't laugh anymore! You do this...try it..."

Usher reached out to help Jeffrey adjust his bar and mouth shape, and rubbed his throat again.

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In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

During this month, Usher and Jeffrey spent four weekends and ten days in total.

In the past ten days, Usher has only taught Jeffrey how to control his breath, open his throat, pronounce words correctly, grasp the sense of music...

He is still just helping Jeffrey lay the foundation, and he hasn't taught Jeffrey much about the changes and transformations of the voice, and the more difficult singing skills.

In early November, Jeffrey and Ryan came to Disney again to find his boss, Dick Allen.

Because, they had agreed before, to use one month to test usher.

If Jeffrey's singing skills have not improved a month later, then Dick will re-select a music tutor for Jeffrey.

"Jeff, what do you think of Usher? How have you been getting along?" Dick asked, looking at Jeffrey who was sitting not far from him.

"He's great! We get along very well!"

Talking about usher, Jeffrey smiled very satisfied.

He knew that he would not pick the wrong person. After all, Usher also taught students like Justin Bieber, so he still has a way of teaching students.

Moreover, the age gap between Jeffrey and Usher is not very big. In Jeffrey's view, Usher is more like a big brother.

"Then what has he taught you in the past month?" Seeing Jeffrey's praise of Usher, Dick also became a little curious.

"Well, Dick, let's go to the studio and try it out!"

After speaking, Jeffrey took the initiative to get up and took Dick and Ryan to the recording studio of Disney.

Because Jeffrey had been to Disney's recording studio during the dubbing audition before, so he didn't need to be led, and quickly walked to the Disney's recording studio area.

Finding an unoccupied recording studio, Jeffrey led Dick and Ryan into it.

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"Dick, are you ready?"

Jeffrey turned on the microphone in the recording room, adjusted it slightly, and then said to Dick.

"Yeah!" Dick nodded.

"Then I'll start!"

Jeffrey was then ready to sing, and he wanted to use his singing to prove to Dick what he had learned this month.

"Ok!"

Dick had some expectations in his heart. Although he said that he proposed to let Jeffrey enter the music circle, in fact, he hadn't really heard Jeffrey's singing.

"'tmakeitbad...r...thenyou'makeit..."

Familiar melody, familiar song, this song "heyjude" by the Beatles has always been sung.

But it was the first time Dick had heard the children's version.

Listening to such a clear and pure child's voice, Dick instantly felt that his ears had been 'baptized'.

Unlike what John Lennon told his son Julian, Jeffrey seemed to be encouraging himself when he sang this song.

The same song is infused with different emotions.

"Clap clap... clap clap..."

"Wow...nice..."

When Jeffrey finished singing, Dick couldn't help cheering for him, and Ryan was also a little moved when he listened.

"Dick, what do you think?" Jeffrey walked up to Dick and asked his opinion.

"Very good! Really good!" Dick replied without the slightest hesitation, and he knew that his vision was right.At this moment, Dick is very grateful that he proposed to Jeffrey to 'enter the music circle'.

"Dick, then usher..."

"He can continue to be your music tutor!"

After seeing Jeffrey has such a level, Dick also dispelled the idea of ​​finding another music tutor to replace Usher.

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