I am the savior of China Entertainment

Chapter 38 EP Production

In fact, Lee Hyuk's current popularity base is not yet solid, so it was a bold decision to take the risk and release his first album.

You must know that Yuan Hua, the top player in the entertainment industry, has the support of many fans before he dares to release his first Chinese EP. In the current music world, there are fewer and fewer singers releasing new albums, and most of them release one or two songs.

Singles, and then participate in variety shows to make money.

A certain singer said when participating in a variety show that it is completely unprofitable to release albums now.

Concerts can only make money from the concerts held by the top singers from the 1990s and a very small number of new generation singers. Most of the others are not profitable at all.

So it is really difficult to be a singer now, especially in an environment where plagiarism is rampant.

However, Li Hyuk still resolutely implemented the plan to release the album. He always believed that no matter what the environment was, at least good songs would not be buried and music would still have a large audience.

Fan Nuoxuan was very supportive of Li He's idea. The two originally became partners because they had similar interests.

On the eve of the Xinran Band's EP production, Li He announced through his personal Weibo that he was quitting the band and that the new band's lead singer Jin Ning had joined the band.

The band Xinran changed its name to Guns N' Roses at Li He's suggestion, which was a name collision with the foreign band Guns' N' Roses. However, Guns' N' Roses has not registered a band name trademark in China, so there is no need to worry about infringement.

Li Hyuk quit the band Xinran. During this period, Li Hyuk and the band Xinran were still popular, which naturally attracted attention. Many netizens expressed their disapproval of Guns N' Roses, which had changed its lead singer and name.

Because looking at all successful bands, once they change their lead singer, they will continue to decline and never be the same again.

Fans of the band were very anxious and tried to persuade Li Hyuk to stay on Li Hyuk and the band's Weibo. However, the subsequent news released by Fantasy Studio left netizens a little confused.

"Today our Fantasy Music Studio is officially established. It is our purpose to bring better music to the audience. Everyone is welcome to join."

"Li Hyuk, the former lead singer of Xinran Band, has officially joined the studio and will independently release albums and become the music director of the studio."

"Xinran changed its name to Guns N' Roses and officially signed a contract with Fantasy Studio. We will move forward with the band in the future."

Netizens were dizzy and fans were surprised and delighted. However, this is not over yet. Taking advantage of this east wind, Fantasy Studio announced that the studio will produce the first EP of Guns N’ Roses, including the previous four songs and two

A new song sung by a new lead singer and a MV filmed.

As soon as this news came out, fans who had been looking forward to the studio version for a long time were excited and left messages on Weibo, looking forward to the release of the EP.

Zi Zixin, Zi Ran, Chu Chu and Xia Xia, as well as the band's lead singer Jin Ning, ended their short summer vacation and came to the studio together to prepare for the recording of the first EP and the shooting of the MV.

At this time, Li He completed Xuanzi's invitation song, wrote a demo of "Have to Love", and sent it to Xuanzi.

Xuanzi, who is preparing for a new album, is still worried about the title of the new album. She is busy in the recording studio all day long. Today, she was still worried in the recording studio, and she lost several hairs.

"Xuanzi, Xuanzi, look at this." The manager walked into the recording studio in a hurry, interrupting Xuanzi's thinking.

Xuanzi was very angry: "You'd better be busy, otherwise you have to wait for me."

The agent smiled and said: "Something happens, something really happens, and it's a good thing."

"What good thing?" Xuanzi asked.

The manager didn't show off and said directly: "Didn't you invite Li Hyuk to sing last time? He has already sent me a demo of lyrics and music."

"Really? I thought he forgot. He didn't call me for more than half a month, so he planned to call to urge him." Xuanzi looked surprised: "Show me..."

After receiving the lyrics and music demo from her manager, Xuanzi, as a singer, naturally knew the music score, and Li Hyuk also specially recorded a vocal demo to explain the key points of singing the song.

"I need your love every day

You can guess my thoughts

I love you

I just want you to make me wonderful every day

Talk about it every day

What is true love

I love you

How much of it can be said faster than imagined~"

The more Xuanzi sang, the more her eyes lit up. Oh my gosh, this song sounds so good! Xuanzi thought to herself.

"This song is a love song sung by a man and a woman. We still need to find another male singer to sing together." Xuanzi said.

The manager suggested: "Actually, I have an idea. Why not invite Li Hyuk to sing a duet? It just so happens that he is also very popular now, so your cooperation can be regarded as a strong alliance."

"What a good idea. Contact him and see when he is free to come and record." Xuanzi agreed.

Xuanzi's album is a work that she has been preparing for a long time, so she attaches great importance to it. The money spent on early promotion is like water, and it would be a bit of a loss if there is no splash.

Therefore, Xuanzi does not allow the album to fail. The bottom line is at least to recover the production costs and achieve a certain degree of popularity.

Nowadays, there are not many singers who dare to release albums. Basically, there are only a few singers such as Xu Shangao, Xue Zhiqian, and Li Ronghao who can release albums and arouse a certain degree of popularity.

When the news came that Xuanzi invited Li Hyuk to sing a duet, Li Hyuk was working as a music director, guiding Guns N' Roses, who were recording in a recording studio for the first time.

"Jin Ning, you are too tight here. Sing with your voice open to reflect the characteristics of your penetrating voice." Li He stopped Jin Ning's recording and continued: "You have such a weird clipped sound.

Where did you learn to sing? Don’t you know if it’s very hard to sing?”

Jin Ning felt aggrieved, lowered her eyebrows and said submissively: "Nowadays, this singing method is popular on the Internet, and there is also a cigarette voice and so on."

"Do I need to follow my example if I am popular on the Internet? Then I can just find someone on the street to be the lead singer and fix the sound later. Why do I need you to be the lead singer of the band?" Li He lectured unceremoniously.

Fan Nuoxuan quickly persuaded: "Okay, okay, Jin Ning also wants to choose a more popular singing method for the sake of the band. You should have made the request before she recorded."

"OK, I didn't think about it, but let me tell you, when we are a band, we do not want to follow popular trends. Isn't this just following what everyone else says? Today's popular jiazi sound, you should follow it, but what about the popular yijie sound the day after tomorrow? The day after tomorrow, the popular lolita sound will be popular

Where is the sound?" Li He said earnestly: "What we have to do is to lead the trend, not let the trend lead us, understand?"

The five members of the band were so trained by Li He that they did not dare to raise their heads, and they replied solemnly: "I understand..."

"Take a break for ten minutes and record again later." Li He waved his hand to let the band rest first.

Looking at the relieved band members, Fan Nuoxuan whispered to Li He: "Are you too strict with them? After all, this is the first time."

"It's because it's the first time that we have to be strict. We want them to understand that music is not a child's play, but a very complex, systematic, and even boring artistic creation work, so that they won't have all kinds of problems in the future," Li He said.

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"Okay, what you said makes sense." Fan Nuoxuan was convinced and admired Li He's attitude towards music.

"Xuanzi sent me a chorus invitation. It seems that they think you are more suitable for the chorus of "Have to Love" and you are popular enough." Fan Noxuan continued.

Li Hyuk looked like he expected it: "Did you say when the recording will take place?"

"It's best to record this week and shoot the MV."

"OK, I'll go take a look tomorrow..."

Xuanzi's recording company is also in Shanghai, so it saves trouble to travel around.

After the ten-minute break, the band continued recording. The four old songs had been recorded, and only the accompanying MVs were needed. Only the two new songs with Jin Ning as the lead singer have not been available, and Li Hyuk has been a little angry in the past two days.

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The MV shooting didn't take much effort. It ended with just a few shots and a few scenes, which can be said to be quite perfunctory. But there was no way, the studio didn't have enough funds, and the MV budget wasn't enough.

Guns N' Roses' first EP is called "Secret Garden", which contains the studio versions of four previously live songs, "Tenderness", "Love in Love", "Rain Love", and "Hello Tomorrow".

Among them, "Rain Love" and "Hello Tomorrow" are divided into two versions with Li Hyuk singing the lead and Jin Ning singing the lead.

The two new songs are "Rainy Day" and "Singing in the Trees". For these six songs, Li Hyuk was responsible for writing, composing, and arranging. His horrific workload made everyone in the band scream horrified.

But for Li Hyuk, it's actually very simple, because he already has the melody in his mind, and all that's left is to find the appropriate orchestration and restore the appearance of the song in his mind.

In order to warm up the EP, Fantasy Studio and Li Hyuk's personal Bilibili account released the intro and climax accompaniment of "Rainy Day" to attract some attention.

(End of chapter)