I am the Entertainment Tycoon

Saturday, November 14th

Theo woke up early in the morning as usual.

He did his morning workout and moved to make breakfast.

Aurora didn't have school classes that day, so he didn't make lunch to put in the bento box.

She also took advantage of the day off to sleep more, she was sleeping when Theo had his breakfast.

"Sylph, can you put the food in containers so as to not get cold? When Aurora wakes up, remind her that I made breakfast." Theo said as he picked Mayia up in his arms and walked towards the recording studio.

He caressed her little head and played with her.

Mayia was loving the new house by the way.

She had multiple toys, a little drone to make her company, ample space for her, and the most important thing was that Sylph took care of her 24/7.

So, Mayia always had food, freshwater, and little treats.

Theo arrived at the recording studio and placed Mayia on the couch.

He moved towards the digital audio workstation.

He wanted to learn about sound engineering today.

He started studying, experimenting and researching. 

He lost track of time as he did that.

Late in the morning.

Aurora started to slowly wake up.

Her silver eyelashes flashed and she sat on her bed.

She stretched herself to throw off the sleepiness.

"Sylph, can you open the window shades?" She asked.

"Yes, master Aurora!" Sylph's voice resounded throughout the room as the window shades opened and the morning light entered the bedroom.

From her bed, Aurora could see the amazing view of the lake and the Pedrarruna Forest.

She sighed in appreciation.

"Where's my brother?" Aurora asked as she walked towards the bathroom to do her morning routine.

"Master Theo is in the recording studio."

"He told me to warn you that there's breakfast ready and you can eat it." Sylph said in her dreamy and lively voice.

Aurora smiled as she entered the bathroom.

20 minutes later, Aurora got downstairs and ate her breakfast quickly.

She wanted to go to the recording studio to see how the music album was going.

After eating quickly, she ran towards the studio happily.

When she entered the recording studio, she saw her brother focused as he worked on a table that had multiple controls.

Theo was so absorbed by his research that he didn't even hear Aurora coming in.

What are you doing, brother?" Aurora asked.

Theo got a jump scare when he heard her voice.

Aurora started laughing loudly when she saw her ever-composed brother getting scared.

Theo saw it was his sister and breathed in relief.

He smiled and shook his head as he saw Aurora dying in laughter.

Even though Theo had an enhanced sixth sense, he was currently inside his house with multiple security measures.

Therefore, he wasn't paying attention to his sixth sense as he didn't have to.

And Aurora took advantage of this and pranked him.

"Good morning, cupcake!" Theo wryly smiled at his laughing sister.

"Good morning, big brother!" Aurora replied after she managed to stop laughing.

"Did you sleep well? Did you eat the breakfast I made?" He asked.

"Yes! I managed to sleep everything that I didn't sleep in the week!" Aurora smiled proudly.

"And I just had breakfast!"

"What are you doing, big brother?" She asked as she arrived beside and looked at the digital audio workstation.

"Trying to learn some skills necessary for me to produce the album." Theo replied.

He started explaining what he was doing and the importance of it.

Aurora listened to everything carefully, she wanted to know everything necessary for the album production.

Even though she wouldn't be like her brother, who wanted to occupy all roles in the music album production.

She still wanted to know the functions of each role and step.

"Do you want to have the singing class now?" Theo asked after he finished explaining.

"Yes! Let's do it!" Aurora exclaimed excitedly.

She wanted to work hard to be worthy of being in her brother's album.

"Okay!" Theo smiled and started teaching her.

Before he could teach Aurora to sing better, he needed to teach her about the basics of music.

There were 7 things that Aurora needed to have at least a basic notion of what it was.

They were:

Sound (overtone, timbre, pitch, amplitude, duration)

Melody.

Harmony.

Rhythm.

Texture.

Structure/form.

Expression (dynamics, tempo, articulation).

"Can you explain to me what we saw in our last class about the Sound element?" Theo asked her.

Aurora thought for a while as she tried to remember.

"Overtone is the fundamental pitch with resultant pitches sounding above it according to the overtone series. Overtones are what give each note its unique sound."

"Timbre is the tone color of a sound resulting from the overtones. Each voice has a unique tone color that is described using adjectives or metaphors such as nasally, resonant, vibrant, strident, high, low, breathy, piercing, ringing, rounded, warm, mellow, dark, bright, heavy, light, vibrato, and others"

"Pitch is the frequency of the note's vibration. The notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B"

"Amplitude is how loud or soft a sound is."

"And Duration is how long or short the sound is."

Aurora listed everything that she remembered and gave him a perfect answer.

She was a genius girl and had a perfect memory.

It wasn't by chance that she was able to get into the most prestigious school in the state with just her intellect.

"Perfect answer, cupcake!" Theo complimented her.

Aurora gave him a sweet smile when she heard that.

"What can you tell me about the musical notes?" Theo asked.

Aurora thought for a while and answered.

"In music, there are specific pitches that make up standard notes. Most musicians use a standard called the chromatic scale. In the chromatic scale, there are 7 main musical notes called A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. They each represent a different frequency or pitch. For example, the 'middle' A note has a frequency of 440 Hz, and the 'middle' B note has a frequency of 494 Hz." Aurora gave him a perfect answer again.

"Perfect answer again, cupcake!" Theo smiled."Now we covered the basics of the Sound section in music. But before we move to learn about Melody, Harmony, Rhythm, Texture, Structure/form, and Expression."

"I have to teach you something that will be essential in your career as a musical artist."

"A good ear!" 

"Yes, that's right a good ear. But what's a good ear you may ask, little sister" Theo taught her skillfully.

And Aurora was in trance by his teachings.

"A good ear consists of two core abilities."

"The first one: Hearing Accurately!"

"What's 'Hearing Accurately'?"

"It is being highly aware of the sounds your ear senses."

"It's hearing detail where others might just hear a 'blur' of sound."

"It's hearing in-depth, being able to pick apart and uncover layers in the overall sound." 

"It's judging details such as pitches and timbre reliably."

"The second core component of a good ear is Understanding What You Hear!"

"This is about classifying the sounds you hear: mapping them onto useful, meaningful concepts."

"You will have to know the names for what you hear – the exact terminology doesn't matter but having clear, unique identifiers does."

"And also know the underlying music theory gives your brain the mental framework to construct useful models of what you're hearing."

"That's the basic explanation of what a good ear is about. Any questions?" Theo asked after he finished.

"Can you put this ability in a day-to-day situation example?" Aurora asked after she thought for a while.

She was absorbing all the knowledge her brother was saying.

She didn't want to miss anything.

"Imagine that we are producing a song. But the tone of the song is not working for you. And I say 'How about we sing in B?'. And I start playing the song in the new musical tone. You will have to have the ability to recognize the new musical note and sing in that tone." Theo replied after thinking about an example that was close to them.

"Ohhh now I understand!" Aurora exclaimed excitedly.

"If you don't have any more doubts, we can move forward with getting you a 'good ear'" Theo smiled.

Aurora gave a sweet smile as she nodded her head excitedly.

The siblings spent the rest of the day studying together.

And because Theo had the day off from the restaurant, he could teach her without worrying about going to work.