Perfect Life

Several people sat around to discuss topics such as the future of the future studio, development route, etc., and everyone present, even Huang Wenjuan was an inevitable employee of the future studio, and they were very concerned about it. Even Wang Jinglu, although Judging from her appearance, she should be a little confused about this topic, but she still looks very interested.

Seeing that everyone was discussing hotly, it seemed that after being pointed out by himself the difficulties to be faced in the future development, everyone became emotional. Li Qian couldn't help but share some of his ideas for the future development of the studio and communicate with everyone. .

What he is going to set up now is just a personal studio for music entertainment, but the foundation is laid according to the specifications of a small record company, including the size of the office address, the trend of the overall decoration design, and the upcoming slowdown in the future. The slow arrival and installation of some professional equipment are all like this.

So, is it difficult to open a record company, a record company that can gain a firm foothold in the industry?

In Li Qian's view, it is easy to say, and difficult to say.

Generally speaking, a mature record company needs to be composed of three parts: production capacity, distribution capacity, and singer.

And to some extent, the former two determine the latter.

Of course, if you consider it from the perspective of the entire industry, if you don't want to be controlled by others in the future, then a record company had better have its own production capacity.

But from now on, this is not a must. The most important thing is the above three points.

Of course, to talk about this, logically speaking, it should be Liao Liao, a famous singer who is more proficient, but because she became famous too fast, she has not had time to contact and taste the kind of hard work from the bottom. And the process of struggling to go up, and secondly, when it comes to understanding and overall grasp of the entire record industry, she is still not as good as Li Qian, who has experienced it for 20 years. So more often, Li Qian is still talking, and she listens as seriously as everyone else.

For her, Li Qian occasionally has some words. It has the meaning of enlightenment, and consciously gains a great deal, but for Qi Jie, Wang Jinglu and Huang Wenjuan, it is pure science instillation - not asking them to have a deep understanding, they generally understand how records are made. come out. How to sell it to the fans is enough.

For record companies, the number one priority is production capacity.

In fact, in the future, Li Qian's studio will be able to make records, and it will definitely be the best at the very beginning. It can even be used to pave the way for the development of the studio and overcome all obstacles. It is this production ability.

The so-called production capacity is divided into several large pieces.

First of all you have to have songs, and every year there is a constant stream of new ones. This requires a record company to sign contracts with songwriters, or to have extensive contacts in the industry, and to be able to obtain works from many musicians. In short, works are the source of music, and this must be guaranteed.

Maybe in the end, a company collects a thousand new works a year, but in the end, only one hundred or even dozens of songs were actually selected and made into songs for release, but the nine hundred works were eliminated. . But it's not that they're worthless, they're not suitable for use, or because the quality is not good, or the taste is not right. In short, they have been eliminated, but their existence is a key part of ensuring the quality of a record company's production, and it must be obtained by the record company.

Having said that, Li Qian smiled and gave a few girls an analogy. He said: "It's like the entire Tang Dynasty didn't know how many thousands or even hundreds of thousands of poets were writing poems, and the works they wrote might be hundreds of thousands or even millions, most of which were not What kind of literary value is there, but it is precisely because of their existence that the great atmosphere of writing poetry in the entire Tang Dynasty was formed. In the end, generations of people naturally selected one of them from the vast poetry library. Excellent works, and let them be passed down, only then have the magnificent and magnificent poems of the prosperous Tang Dynasty."

This example is very simple, even after graduating from junior high school, you can fully understand it, so everyone listens and nods, and at this time, Liao Liao also said: "Not to mention the second album, "The Sound of the Waves" is completely It's you who did it. Of course, it's easy for me and the producer, but when I made my first album, you didn't know that I collected a total of 60 or 70 songs, but in the end I was able to do it. What caught my eye and caught my eye, before I met you and got those five songs from you, there were only five songs, you can imagine the elimination rate! Of course, I think the main thing is the longevity record Old Chen's contacts here are not open, so he can get works, but the works of those who are too good are not easy to get."

Li Qian nodded, expressing his approval of her statement.

Of course, it's still the same sentence. This part may be a very important and important department for other record companies, but for Li Qian, who has massive resources, at least in the first few years of his start-up. Inside, he is still not worried about the lack of resources, so he can treat it with ease.

Basically, if the long-term healthy development is not considered, then at least in the short term, Li Qian can make a lot of lyricists, composers, arrangers, etc. When they are in charge, they will do all the work, and no matter the efficiency or the quality of the work, they can kill them in seconds, ensuring that the shot is a high-quality product.

Then, after there is enough music to choose from, the next step is the producer.

The role of the producer is to link the past and the future, and to take over the overall situation.

He is responsible for selecting works of high quality, easy to listen to, easy to sing, and suitable for the singer's singing style from so many musical works, and then, perhaps the company's contracted musicians, or perhaps musicians, in short, these ultimately The works selected by the producer will be arranged, or even recorded as a demo, which becomes an important choice for singers when releasing records.

Once it is confirmed that it will enter a singer's new album, then the song will have to undergo another polishing, some need to slightly modify and adjust the lyrics or tune, and some need to be finely arranged again.

At this time, a song will really come to a singer.

Is the genre suitable? Can the emotional tone be found? Is the sound suitable for interpretation? Inappropriate arrangement?

At this stage, after constant back-and-forth between singers and producers, a song may even have multiple versions of the arrangement, and almost always have to undergo many adjustments to the singing style. Eventually, it started to take shape.

In this series of processes, a record company can either sign a musician by itself or go out to contact a musician. It needs to provide, including several versions of the arrangement from the hands of different people, professional producers or supervisors to control the quality, a large number of musicians above the level, and several versions of the accompaniment formed by different arrangements.

At this point, the production department of a record company has only completed the first part of the work.

And at this stage, there are also many things that have been done with heart. But in the end it is very likely that there is no need for work at all - for example, if a singer wants to release a new album, he needs ten to twelve new songs, then in order to prepare for this album, the producer needs to prepare at least two for him. Ten songs, or even thirty or forty songs. Except for the songs that were eliminated at the beginning, other works may have to follow the above process.

But, at the end. That album, however, only selected ten songs for the final release.

Then, after the first stage of preliminary production, the next step is the second part of the producer's work, which is to help the singer find the emotional tone and polish the best recording state through continuous adjustment of the singer, so as to complete the recording.

In this step, in addition to professional producers and singers themselves, it is often necessary to join the role of producer and, of course, a sound engineer. And a professional recording studio is even more indispensable.

Even, to mention an extra, a good sound engineer. It is also not easy to cultivate.

He must have a pair of extremely sensitive ears, and a very sensitive heart of music. A good sound engineer can always find the best and most beautiful part of the voice for the singer through the adjustment of details, including the adjustment of the microphone, including the placement of the radio, etc. The final recorded version will be full and emotional.

Then, the recording phase is complete, and the second part of the producer's work is over, but then, there's the third part.

That is, post-production.

No one's voice is perfect, even Liu Mingliang, even Zhen Zhen, even Liao Liao, are definitely not perfect. Although it has been polished over and over and recorded again and again, the final version obtained from the studio must be the best state and performance a singer can come up with, but it still has some flaws.

How to do? It can only be corrected and modified through post-production. Even some vocal details that some singers presented in the studio version had to be erased in desperation.

And here, not only need a lot of professional equipment, but also need a lot of professional post-production personnel.

At this stage, it can be said that a song, or even the essential and basic parts of an album, is finally completed. For producers, however, there is a fourth part of their work.

That is the closing part of the whole album, which may include choreography, may also include MV shooting, but the most important thing is the cover shooting, as well as the design and production of the cover, songbook and inner pages, etc.

At this stage, either the producer himself or the company's resources, in short, he needs to contact a suitable photographer, a high-level art design, and sometimes an illustrator.

Then, finally, the production stage is all completed. After a professional-level audition, in general, the producer can let go. This final polished album will be handed over to the company. On the one hand, the factory will produce the CD and The tapes, on the one hand, will be printed by the printing factory on the cover and inner pages, and then packaged as a whole. On the other hand, the publicity and distribution department will formulate detailed publicity and distribution strategies, and then go on the market and spread the products across the country.

It can be said that the level of a producer determines the level and quality of an album to a large extent, because an album, a song, in addition to the singing part, the singer accounts for a relatively large proportion, other Some, almost all, are the work scope of the producer. You can imagine how high the requirements for the producer's musical skills and comprehensive strength are.

In the past year or so, Li Qian participated in the production of two albums, including Wuxing Wusu's "Sister and Sister Stand Up", and Liao Liao's "The Sound of the Waves Still", but in those two albums However, his roles are all "supervisors", not producers. The producer of "Sister and Sister Stand Up" is Li Jinlong, and the producer of "The Sound of the Wave is Still" is Zhao Meifeng.

So in fact, Li Qian is only responsible for controlling the music quality of an album, and all other trivial chores are completely left to the producer to handle.

Next, after the establishment of the studio, the studio will receive the album production list, and will also make an album for Liao Liao. Although Li Qian will probably also gradually participate in the whole process of making an album from start to finish, he still Less willing to take on the role of producer, but more willing to still focus more on the music.

This is also the fundamental reason why he knew that it would cause unpleasantness on Huage Records, but he still nodded and agreed to Li Jinlong's joining - he could not and would not spend so much time dealing with these trivial matters, so he needed to have An expert who is proficient in business will do it for you.

Speaking of which, in fact, the whole process of the birth of an album is basically analyzed. At this time, let alone people like Liao Liao and Huang Wenjuan who are familiar with this process, even Qi Jie and Wang Jinglu, All with a look of complete understanding.

At this time ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Li Qiancai added: "At present, even if the studio is established, our business is mainly focused on this one, that is, production. For other record companies, If other singers make albums, then it goes without saying. Even if we make albums for Liao Liao, we will make the albums and choose other companies to distribute them. Although I am reluctant, in fact, if we want to To become bigger and stronger, then the two links of production and distribution are necessary, but for us, it is too difficult, although we will definitely get stuck, we can only do it step by step.”

Of course, that's what he said, but in fact, Li Qian had another idea in his heart.

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I have been decadent for a long time. Since I got sick this month, I feel that I have been unable to lift myself up. However, seeing that this month is about to pass, you can't be decadent all the time, right?

Let’s start from today, whether it’s a recommended ticket, a monthly ticket, or a reward, everyone cheers me up, at least I will write another chapter tonight!

I gotta cheer up! (To be continued.)

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