"Click", the key turns, the lock is unlocked, and the light sound rings slightly in the early morning silence. With the sound of wheels rolling slowly in the tracks, a ray of light descended, tearing the darkness of the room apart, and the quiet and warm air suddenly became restless, and the cold wind dispelled the dullness and turbidity in the field of vision.

Matthew Dunlop skillfully placed his briefcase on the sofa, walked to the window with steady steps, and pulled the tight blackout curtains "whoop" at once, the thin sunlight sprinkled down, and the rich night dissipated like a tidal wave, and in a blink of an eye, the whole room became bright.

In New York in early spring, the sun is not dazzling, the dense high-rise buildings seem to support the sky high and far, through a thousand difficulties and obstacles, and through the steel forest, and when it lands, the golden sunlight is no longer dazzling, nor scorching, but contaminated with a little winter breath that has not yet dissipated.

But compared to London, the weather is not bad.

There was a movement of turning over from the bed on the left-hand side, and without looking back, Matthew knew that Lan Li must have re-hid in the quilt, covering his head with the quilt, refusing the call from the warm morning light.

"Lan Li, get up. Matthew shouted, his calm voice breaking the silence in the room, destroying the last evidence of the night, and officially announcing the arrival of a new day, "There is a full day of work today, these are your words, not mine." After Matthew finished speaking, he didn't pay any attention to Lan Li, but walked towards the kitchen.

Lan Li covered her ears with a pillow and covered her eyes with a quilt, artificially creating a quiet and dark effect, and continued to float and sink in her sleep. But after a while, the smell of fried eggs began to waft in the air, and after a night of energy, my stomach began to gurgle uncontrollably.

It's annoying.

Today is the first day of working in the studio, the beginning of a new life, which is a completely different form of work from filming.

Strictly speaking, filming and recording are actually a kind of artistic creation, relying on the inspiration and state of the performer, showing different forms of art.

But the biggest difference between filming and recording is that filming is more inclined to work in groups, while recording is more inclined to work alone.

If an actor can't find the state, either the whole crew will wait for one person to adjust the state, or temporarily shoot the scenes of other actors, and the whole day's work will always be maintained at about eight hours, and overtime work will be avoided as much as possible.

Especially at the moment when the film industry is developing well, due to the poor condition of a big-name actor, the entire crew is suspended, and the situation of having to cancel a whole day's work still exists, but it is gradually decreasing.

And recording a song is basically a matter between the singer and the producer, with up to one more recording engineer - many times, the producer also doubles as a recording engineer. Once the singer can't find the state, even if the producer pulls out all the hair, it is helpless.

A song is only four minutes long, and when you have great inspiration, you can record the whole song in less than half an hour, but when you have bad inspiration, you can be stuck in the studio for 12 hours and you can't record the desired effect. Everything is uncertain and depends entirely on inspiration and presence.

Therefore, the recording is a job with no start time and no end time, the process of recording depends entirely on the state of the singer, as well as the effect of the recording on the day, it may start at 12 o'clock at noon and end the recording before 3 o'clock, or it may start at 10 o'clock in the morning and will not end until 12 o'clock in the evening.

In essence, this is all the work of artistic creation, but in terms of form, film has formed a shooting system, and music still maintains the spontaneity and freedom of the artist.

Generally speaking, the film crew works eight hours a day, and if there are no special shooting requirements such as night scenes, sunrise, sunset, etc., then every day they will work at 9 o'clock, take a two-hour break at noon, and leave work at 7 o'clock in the evening. Especially for those works that are filmed in the studio, the life of the crew is no different from that of office workers.

But musicians are different. Most musicians are nocturnal creatures, they are used to creating in the dead of night, and even if they are not, the evening is a time of party and revelry, and in the morning because of physical reasons, it is not easy for singers to open their voices, and getting up at 7 in the morning to sing can turn even the sound of heaven into a disaster.

So, most of the recording work starts in the afternoon and continues into the evening, or even overnight. Even if it starts in the morning, most singers will choose 10 o'clock or even after 11 o'clock. There is a world of difference in the way you work.

Although all the arts are the same, the differences between the different arts are also enormous. Investing in the production of the album is indeed a new challenge for Lan Li. Even though two singles have been recorded in the City of Sound before, the production of the whole album is obviously of a different level, which is really exciting.

According to the convention, Lan Li does not need to get up at half past seven every day like during filming, today he can sleep until he wakes up naturally, and after lunch, he will go to the recording studio to start today's work, but today is the first day to enter the recording studio, and everything starts from scratch, and the situation is more special.

Before officially entering the main job of recording, the producer and recording engineer need to have a consensus on the tone of the album, including the style of arrangement, the way of singing, the key point of interpretation, etc., which will have a joint impact on the singer's recording, which can be said to be a key to determine the direction of the work.

Although George Slander is the producer of the whole album, all the tracks of the album come from the creation of Lan Li, from this point of view, Lan Li is also one of the producers of the album; more importantly, Lan Li is currently writing the original songs, before recording, it needs to be arranged according to the style of the album and the positioning of the singer, which is a crucial link, and Lan Li naturally cannot be absent.

In addition, entering a brand new recording studio, Lan Li also needs to be familiar with the equipment, the production team, the rhythm of recording work, etc., which are all basic links that take time to run.

George said that he would arrive at the studio at about half past nine and have a brief communication with the recording engineer to get acquainted with him, and Lan Li would show up around ten o'clock. The main job on the first day is to set the tone, and if everything goes well, you can start recording at any time, but if there is a disagreement during the discussion, then the recording will not start so quickly.

According to the usual practice, Lan Li set the alarm clock at eight o'clock, you can lie in bed for ten or fifteen minutes, and it is no problem to get up before half past eight, and after bathing and enjoying breakfast in the morning, you can go to the recording studio unhurriedly, and the time is still more than enough. But I didn't expect Matthew to show up so punctually, without looking at the alarm clock, Lan Li knew that it must be eight o'clock now.

Lan Li couldn't help but support his forehead, he had known that he wouldn't give Nathan a holiday.

Not to mention that the main job this morning was to determine the stylistic tone of the album, and the assistant could not help at all, and even during the recording process, the assistant's role was very limited.

Unlike filming, in the process of recording, it is more often the communication between the singer and the producer, the entanglement between the singer and himself, and the others can hardly help - on the contrary, they may even help, and the workspace is always fixed in the recording room, fully equipped, no need to move, and no need to take care of it.

In other words, the meaning of the assistant's existence is very weak, at most, it is to help order food and order takeout at lunch, help buy afternoon tea in the afternoon, and then help run errands in special cases. That's all.

So, Lan Li asked Nathan to continue his vacation, and he could just appear in the studio around twelve o'clock. Instead, Lan Li asked Matthew to wake him up, so that he wouldn't sleep too happily and not wake up directly.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Matthew Dunlop, the "upright boy", really showed up at eight o'clock on time, and the idea of letting him stay in bed for a while go bankrupt directly, he really shot himself in the foot.

The smell of bacon filled the apartment with the sound of the pan, and the sound of boiling water echoed muffled for a while, followed by the fragrance of black tea......

His stomach was protesting again, he just wanted to stay in bed for a while, and this dream became a luxury, and he pulled down the quilt in frustration, and then he saw Matthew standing at the end of the bed—he was holding a mug in his hand, the light smoke of black tea was wafting, and the suit and leather shoes were flawless, and the sparse sunlight outlined his deep features and straight shoulders.

"Lipton Black Tea is recruiting the actor in the advertisement next season, do you want to try it?" Lan Li complained speechlessly, his eyes swept away, and sure enough, he saw a plate of breakfast on the bedside table: scrambled eggs with bacon, toast on the side, and a salad with tomatoes and lettuce, and the hot aroma of the oven made the saliva involuntarily begin to secrete.

Lan Li rolled her eyes speechlessly, her eyes full of resentment.

Matthew picked up the mug, took a sip of black tea, and said indifferently, "If it's a lawsuit against Lipton Black Tea, I may still be a little interested." ”

What a man who doesn't have any humor at all.

But Lan Li had long been used to it, lifted the quilt and walked barefoot in the direction of the bathroom, "Because you drank Lipton black tea, did you start to have diarrhea?"

With a simple teasing, Matthew suddenly had three black lines on his forehead, and his indifferent face was not shocked, and he immediately broke his work, looked at Lan Li's back, and pleaded depressedly, "Once, just once!"