Section 65: Recording completed
When the vigorous "Down with the Three Crops of Rice" movement was in full swing, as the initiator of the incident, Shen Huan was drinking with a group of people.
"Come on, come on, celebrate the completion of the preliminary work, and the big guys will come and go!"
A thin, thin, eyed man stood up and shouted at the audience with a teacup in his hand.
This man is Cheng Jun, the recording engineer of Xinhe Recording Studio, this is a musical instrument room in Xinhe Recording Studio, everything has been put aside, the huge musical instrument room is spacious, and a few pieces of cloth are spread in the middle, and several people sit in a circle on the ground, and there are seven or eight lunch boxes with cooked vegetables in the middle, as well as some snacks such as peanuts and dried fruits, and more beer, and two boxes of beer are directly moved aside.
Shen Huan was among them.
"!"
He looked at Cheng Jun with a smile, raised the glass with the others, and then took a sip.
Except for Shen Huan, the people present were all staff of Xinhe Recording Studio, mainly the band members who were attached to receive orders, and one of them, a very old uncle, looked a little out of place wearing a sweatshirt and showing his arms.
That's the dulcimer musician Master Qin, in Shen Huan's album production, he appeared very frequently, and he was already familiar with several people present, and he also needed him for today's last order, plus he had two good sips, so he simply stayed and drank a little. It's just that Master Qin's amount of alcohol doesn't seem to be good, and he only has two bottles in his stomach, and his face is already red.
"In addition, I want to toast Shen Huan to you alone!"
Cheng Jun seemed to be a little drunk, and he didn't sit down after finishing this cup, and after filling himself up again, he blushed and stared at Shen Huan, "Respect for your music, let me see something different, respect for Chinese style!"
The other party had already saluted alone, and Shen Huan had no choice but to fill himself up, and then stood up and toasted with him, "!"
After seeing that both of them had finished drinking, several people present cheered loudly.
In the cooperation of these days, Shen Huan's lyrics, arrangements and singing skills have made them admire, and the people revealed in this period of time are really good, which makes them have a great change in their opinion of this guy who has only heard of rumors, and has regarded him as a friend - for these unknown musicians, if you can show their amazing talent in the field they focus on, it is easy for them to have a good impression of you, which is probably the commonality of technical personnel.
After toasting this cup, Cheng Jun finally sat down, and stopped drinking for the time being, and grabbed a few chopsticks and pig ears to eat and press the wine. Shen Huan couldn't stop, and from time to time he had to deal with other people's persuasions, no, even Master Qin entangled him after a while.
"You're doing a good job, Xiao Shen, let those people outside take a look at it now, our folk music is also very good! It's very good, it's very good......!
Master Qin blushed with an old face, and he had to talk about it for a long time before he persuaded him to drink, and he looked very excited.
But Shen Huan also understood.
After these days of contact, he also learned more than at the beginning, knowing that the development of folk music in this world is still relatively miserable, and the status is very low, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as "dangerous", and there is no place in the largest and most mainstream music market in today's market.
Now Shen Huan's album has added a lot of folk music, and in the mouth of the studio staff, this will be a "historic album". Seeing that folk music has also begun to enter the mainstream music market, and may be loved and accepted by many people, it is no wonder that this depressed master who has been immersed in the dulcimer all his life is so excited under the urge of alcohol, but he does not consider how much credibility the words of these guys who can't even become famous themselves.
"Don't say anything, Uncle Qin, it's all in the wine, come, let's go!"
After Master Qin finally stopped talking, Shen Huan hurriedly gave him the wine.
Half a month of work in full swing, it seems that these people are a little tired, and now they can finally relax after the end of work, they are all very happy, they are trying to relax, everyone is very drunk.
After drinking for a while, Xiao Wu, who had the worst amount of alcohol, had already collapsed, and Master Qin blushed for a long time, his eyes were confused, but he still sat firmly.
As for Shen Huan, this guy drinks a lot of alcohol, and his favorite thing to drink is pure whiskey, not to mention just beer?
While on the way to the toilet, Shen Huan could still think about things clearly.
This album, tentatively titled "Red Dust Inn", has a total of ten songs, namely "Red Dust Inn", "Fireworks Are Easy to Cold", "Orchid Pavilion Preface", "Thousands of Miles Away", "Qingming Rain", "Half City Smoke and Sand", "Hair Like Snow", "East Wind Breaks", "Chrysanthemum Terrace" and "Blue and White Porcelain".
Now that the pre-recording of the ten songs has been completed, the next step is to post-mix and master.
The post-mixing process is still handed over to Xinhe Recording Studio, and the package price of ten songs is 20,000 yuan.
The market price of post-processing is originally very large, and the low ones can be as low as more than 100 or even dozens of yuan a song, of course, it is mainly for amateurs, and the high industry bulls can open tens of thousands of yuan a song. Xinhe recording studio is neither high nor low, the normal industry standard level, ten songs are about 20,000 yuan.
The mastering of Xinhe Recording Studio does not have such ability, and contacted a mastering engineer who has been cooperating with Rongsheng Records for a long time to do it, at a price of 4,000, but it has not yet reached that step, and it is necessary to do mastering only after the post-production is done.
If you calculate it in this way, the production cost has basically been spent, and there is still 10,000 left, according to the previous product experience and manufacturer relationship of Rongsheng Records, including the packaging, about 5,000 records can be printed.
This is enough, 5,000 sheets to open a road, if the sales are good, then add printing, if the market feedback is not good, it will not lose too much, this is also a joint decision made by Shen Huan and Tian Chuan after negotiations.
In this way, 85,000 is just spent, there is not a penny left, and the cost is well controlled, as for the money spent on hiring Tengyang for network marketing in Shen Huan's three-season rice action, it is not included in the production cost, but is counted as the cost of publicity, and Tian Chuan is angry. After Shen Huan grinded for two days, he saw that the album was halfway through, and finally pulled off another 10,000 yuan from between Tian Chuan's teeth.
Just thinking about these things and seeing if there was anything missing, Shen Huan vaguely heard the singing, and the song he sang was still familiar to him, which was the song "Blue and White Porcelain" in his Chinese-style album.
"The pen on the rice paper is half left here,"
"The glaze renders the picture of the lady, and the charm is privately hidden,"
……
Shen Huan's ears slowly erected, his eyes gradually focused, he slowed down, followed the singing and walked slowly, and stopped outside a room after a few steps.
This is the No. 2 recording studio of Xinhe Recording Studio, the door is open a little halfway, and the singing voice comes from inside, and when it gets closer, it is already very clear, it is a female voice.
There is no accompaniment, it is completely a cappella.
The voice is very soft, with a slight magnetism and a very delicate grit feeling in the unique clarity of women.
The breath is well controlled, the resonance also has a certain level, I can hear that I have practiced, although the pitch and rhythm are slightly flawed, but they are generally accurate, and the singing is different from the version recorded by Shen Huan.
If Shen Huan's recording of "Blue and White Porcelain" is a handsome and turbid prince shaking a fan, wanting to pass through the thousands of flowers, but accidentally tripped over the delicate flowers and couldn't break free, then the version of this female voice is a small family in Jiangnan Jasper with red makeup, leaning on the door and looking forward to the king's return.
"Azure is waiting for smoke and rain, and I'm waiting for you~"
"The smoke rises, thousands of miles across the river~"
……
Shen Huan's eyes flickered, he shut up, slowly stood sideways to the door, looked in through the gap, and saw the person singing inside.
It's Linhe Creek.