Perfect Life

Liao Liao's recording suddenly became smooth.

She had not been able to complete the recording of "Wild Flowers" for more than four consecutive days before, but after a brief confrontation with Huang Yueqin, she seemed to have suddenly found the feeling. So, on the same day, she completed the recording of the three songs "Wild Flower", "Perseverance" and "Cheers Friends"!

The next day, the recordings of "My Hometown I Loved" and "Unfinished Love" were completed!

On the morning of the third day, with the completion of the recording of the new song "Desert" composed by Cao Zhan, the recording phase of Liao Liao's first album officially ended!

And now, her album has a total of eleven new songs, and the previous single is also ready to be included in the album, so this album has twelve songs.

On both sides of a tape, the available recording time is between 45 minutes and 60 minutes. If necessary, it can be extended up to 75 minutes without affecting the reading speed and reading quality. The theoretical storage time of a CD is also about 60 to 75 minutes.

Therefore, an album can theoretically contain a maximum of 17 to 20 songs.

But in reality, there are very few albums released with more than 15 songs.

The first is to take care of tapes. After all, although the sales share of CDs is gradually increasing in recent years, tapes are still the absolute mainstream. Once the tapes are extended to more than 60 minutes of playback time, they will inevitably cause the tapes to be overweight. The impact on the sound quality of the read is minimal, but it will be somewhat impactful after all.

The second is due to the consideration of production costs. After all, one more song will cost a lot more, from writing lyrics, composing, arranging, to recording the accompaniment, to the occupation of the recording studio, and to the production factory. The increase in fees due to billing by the audible length of the album...these are all incremental costs.

The third is to consider market sales. Once the cost increases, the pricing will naturally follow up. Although listeners may not pay much attention to the extra dollar or two for their favorite singers and songs, the same album, even if you sell it more expensive than other albums, will affect consumers' expectations. look and feel, which directly affects sales.

Because in market sales, the sales figures of die-hards and fans are always the basis. If an album wants to sell well, a movie wants to sell well, and a book wants to sell well, the most important thing is to go Find ways to reach outsiders beyond **** fans and professionals!

So, by convention, the number of songs in an album is probably between eight and twelve, and ten songs are the most common.

But after two days of careful consideration, Liao Liao finally persuaded the producer Zhao Meifeng: her new album consists of twelve songs.

Because the five songs that have been recorded before and the last single must be recorded, each of the five songs written by Li Qian is Liao Liao's favorite, and naturally one is indispensable. As for Cao Zhan's "Desert", although its quality did not reach Cao Zhan's true height, it was everyone's shot after all, not to mention that he wrote the song based on Liao Liao's vocal characteristics, so although the quality of the song is only It can be said to be above average, but it is very suitable for Liao Liao to play.

So... keep it all!

However, it is not a problem to keep all the twelve songs, and it is not a big problem to have a slightly higher price, but which one is the title song is a big problem!

According to Liao Liao's idea, it is natural to want to make "My Hometown of Passionate Love" the first title, and "Perseverance" as the second title, or "Wild Flowers". But this idea didn't even get in front of President Zheng, and it was immediately killed by Zhao Meifeng!

In her words: The second title can be "My Hometown I'm Loving", but the first title must be "That Summer"!

"That Summer" is a song that Liao Liao has recorded before. It follows the road of urban love songs, but it is not a love song of Zhou's style. It is about a relationship, very warm, and Liao Liao likes it very much. , Zhao Meifeng also likes it very much, and even in her opinion, this should be a song that can help Liao Liao gain popularity and thus boost album sales!

Objectively speaking, if there are no songs that I got from Jinan later, it would be perfectly fine to use this song as the first hit. When there were only those six songs before, even Liao Liao thought so. But now there is "Perseverance", "Wild Flowers", and some "Hometown I'm passionate about". She is not afraid of comparing goods without knowing the goods. Of course, she is a little unwilling.

But... Zhao Meifeng is the producer of this album after all! So in the end, Liao Liao found that it was not easy to convince her, so he had to make concessions and agreed to follow the publicity plan formulated by the company earlier.

Once the two title songs are determined, one of the hundreds of photos that have been taken before is selected for the cover and a few for the inner color illustrations of the lyrics page. This album belongs to the producer and the singer. Even if it's over.

The next pricing, preparation, and packaging are all what the company needs to do. The company's publicity and distribution department is mainly responsible for the publicity and ranking before listing. Liao Liao only needs to cooperate with the other party's work and participate in some radio stations. Music programs and TV variety shows, and then keep singing, singing, singing, interviews, interviews, interviews... that's it.

Of course, there is one more important thing before it is actually sent to the production workshop.

That is, the audition meeting within the company.

All Beijing-based singers, producers, and senior managers of Changsheng Records, as well as lyricists, composers, arrangers, producers, music critics, etc. who maintain friendly relations with the company, as well as relevant personnel involved in album production, will If you have received the notice in advance, and if you have time and the mood, you can come to the music room of Changsheng Records and enjoy the new album played with the top-level speakers, which is considered an early adopter.

Of course, if the singer is a big name, whether it is for the purpose of cheering, or really curious and looking forward to the new album, there will be many people who come to the audition meeting, and if it is a new singer, then obviously, in addition to the internal staff of the company. Besides, don't expect any irrelevant people to join in.

Liao Liao is not a big name. Although the single she released before has a good reputation, it is hard to say that with just one single, it is difficult to make those music critics look forward to the point where they need Baba's running to the point of listening to the longevity record.

Plus those who are not free, those who are not interested, those who are not in Beijing, and those who are disdainful to come to listen... Wait, in the end, there were actually a limited number of ten people who came to participate in her album audition.

Three executives headed by Mr. Zheng, and the company's troika: Art Director Du Xiaoming, Deputy Artistic Director Zhao Meifeng, Deputy Artistic Director and Manager of the Brokerage Department Sima Jie, and two recording engineers, Manager and Deputy Manager of the Promotion and Distribution Department , Deputy Manager of Production Department, Liao Liao, and Huang Wenjuan.

The professional listening room built at a cost of more than one million yuan is absolutely amazing. But just as the sounds that usually sound good are easily broken once they enter the recording studio, the more professional audio equipment, the stronger the amplification ability: the advantages are amplified, and the disadvantages are also amplified.

In terms of voice alone, Liao Liao is very stable, almost impeccable.

But the content of the album, that is, the songs, made the manager and deputy manager of the publicity department couldn't help but talk to each other.

After more than 40 minutes of the album was released, Mr. Zheng stood up and said, "The conference room next door, let's have a meeting."

When he got to the conference room, Mr. Zheng knocked on the table and said, "Let's talk about it, what do you think?"

The deputy manager of the production department is here to make up the number. He just needs to go back with the production plan after the meeting, so he does not need to speak. The two recording engineers and Huang Wenjuan are not eligible to attend, so in fact, they participated in this meeting. In addition to Liao Liao, there are a total of eight people.

The deputy manager of the distribution department spoke first, she said: "The style of this album is fairly uniform, but if I remember correctly, there are actually three light rock songs in it... I don't know music, but I know the market, so... I suggest that the company Or use a conservative strategy to arrange publicity and distribution, and try it out first.”

The manager of the distribution department nodded, "It's a little dangerous. In the past, a lot of light rock has been thrown to death. However, I think this album still has a bright spot. Liao Liao's voice is the same, and the two title songs are also the same. That one "" "That Summer" was the first title, not bad! If it is released, I agree with Lao Zhang, and it is better to be conservative."

This meeting is a meeting to set the tone before the listing, and the distribution and publicity department naturally has a very strong voice. After they finished speaking, an executive nodded directly, "I agree. Let's go with the guarantee first? 200,000 tapes, 20,000 CDs, and vinyl... I remember that Liao Liao's last single sold on vinyl. It's not bad, although vinyl has been around for a few years and is about to be eliminated, but there is a group of enthusiasts who like this, so I would suggest that more vinyl be issued... 3,000 pieces? President Zheng, what do you think?"

Mr. Zheng nodded and turned to look at Du Xiaoming, the art director, "Lao Du, talk about it?"

Du Xiaoming habitually touched the braids on his back, no matter how many people there were in the conference room, he took out a cigarette and lit it, saying, "It's normal! I guess... It's no problem to get a gold record. No matter how high it is... I'm right. In terms of female singers, she is not as good as Meifeng! She brought Liao Liao and made this album, so let’s focus on her thoughts!”

Hearing what he said, Zheng Changsheng's face suddenly became a little ugly.

He made it clear that he is not optimistic about this album!

If it were another female singer under her banner, Zhao Meifeng would fight back no matter what, but at this time, she felt that even if she fought back, UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com herself would not be able to come up with any good reasons—even She herself felt that this album was not a small risk!

So, when Zheng Changsheng looked at Mr. Zheng, she thought about it and said, "Let's mainly look at the two title songs. I think the quality of this album is still there. I can't say how the market will respond. The quality of the album itself is definitely excellent!"

President Zheng nodded and looked at Sima Jie.

Sima Jie hesitated for a moment, and said, "Maybe... the spring of light rock is coming? Haha, I think Ha, Liao Liao's light rock songs are quite tasty! We can't say whether the spring of light rock will come, but At least, this album, I don’t think it will be too big, with a guaranteed minimum of 500,000 copies, and trying to get a platinum record, it’s not all hopeless!”

Zheng Changsheng nodded, then lowered his head to think for a moment, then looked up at Liao Liao, "Liao Liao, talk to yourself and estimate the sales of this album."

From the moment he entered the listening room, Liao Liao's face had no expression at all, and after entering the conference room, he kept his head down, not knowing what he was thinking. Hearing Zheng Changsheng calling herself, she raised her head and said a little stiffly, "I will follow the arrangements of your leaders, and I will follow Mr. Zheng!"

When Zheng Changsheng heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly. But he quickly laughed again, thought about it, and said, "Okay, then follow what Lao Zhang said, and go with a relatively conservative approach. Well, on the production side, just follow the plan that Mr. Liu just said. Arrangements, the album will be released in early August, and the specific promotion and release will come back to the publicity department to come up with a plan. We wish Liao Liao's debut album "Liao Liao" with the same name to be a big hit! That's it, the meeting is over! "