Chapter 395: Lao Zhan's Email
Not only "Got Talent", after more than half a year of publicity and promotion, the popularity of the Black Hole Band in the United States has been quite large, at least among young people, it can reach 25-30% coverage.
This is the data of Sony Music's statistics, which is relatively accurate.
The middle-aged people who are oriented to traditional TV media will occasionally see the MV of the Black Hole Band from the MTV channel.
But among the middle-aged population, the people most familiar with black holes are the people of the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts.
Because the Patriots, who won the Super Bowl for the fourth time last year, frequently used a song by the Black Hole Band, "We?are?the Champions", in the celebration videos spontaneously produced by their fans.
And the Patriots are the team in Foxburg, Massachusetts.
What better song than this one for a team after winning a championship?
When the team lifted the Super Bowl trophy again to the rousing song of "We Are the Champions," a strong sense of honor and pride filled the chest of every Patriots fan.
Yes, we are the champions!
And on video sites, some spoof-loving video makers have also set their sights on the song.
They dressed themselves up as football players in rudimentary gear, and with exaggerated movements and expressions, they lifted a juicer or other thing that could pretend to be a Super Bowl trophy to create a comedic effect that made the audience laugh.
Videos like this were very popular in April and May.
It's just that because of the different cultures, and the time it was the hit of "Singer" in China at that time, no one paid attention to this kind of video.
It was a promotional campaign planned by Sony Music, and they asked a couple of influencer vloggers to make similar videos, which quickly sparked a parody craze.
Yasuo Sato fully demonstrated his understanding of the rice market, and the planning of this event was made by him.
However, this also has a lot to do with the quality of the Black Hole band's music itself.
If it weren't for the fact that the song itself is very good, then relying on marketing and publicity means to force it, the effect is definitely not so good.
This is the case in any industry, marketing means are only secondary, and product quality is fundamental.
Therefore, under the successful promotion, this song has also become the highest-ranked song of Black Hole on Billboard and iTunes this year.
The Patriots Club is also approaching Sony Music to make a Patriot-themed film, and because of the success of the event, they are quite interested in the rights to the song.
However, the price shouted by Sony Music is a bit high for them, and the two sides are still negotiating.
In late September, the four members of the Black Hole Band got back together and soaked in the studio to make a new album.
The music producers of the Black Hole Band have always been themselves, and the recording engineers are the top recording engineers in China.
This time, it was an old friend who helped them record.
"Lao Yue, how is it?" asked Batu in the recording studio.
"Yes!cow beer!" Yue Qianfan outside gave a thumbs up and was full of praise: "You fucking are human-shaped drum machines!"
Yue Qianfan is the recording engineer of the Black Hole Band's first album "Rock on the Road of New Life".
A few years have passed, and time seems to have left no trace on him, it is still an embarrassing stubble, long hair that is not washed once in ten days and half a month, and the only change is his belly, which has gained a circle.
Three years ago, he left the 8K recording studio where he was originally located and opened his own studio to take over the work.
Because they have recorded an album for the Black Hole Band, the name of 8K has been quite popular in China over the years, and many young bands, even if they have been queuing for several months, have to come to 8K to record songs, and it is best to be the studio that Black Hole recorded back then.
Yue Qianfan's studio is more popular among people in the industry.
His level is already very good, and Black Hole is only the most famous band he has recorded in recent years, but he is not the only one.
In the past few years, he has also become one of the best in the circle, and ordinary singers really can't make an appointment with him.
As soon as Cao Wu came out of the shed, Huo Meng sent the phone over.
"Brother Cao, I just got the news here, Lao Zhan's agent contacted the company, and he wants to talk to you once. ”
It was Xiao Guo who called.
After returning to the company this time, he began to slowly hand over the work at hand to Huo Meng, but he hadn't completely let go, but his energy and focus began to be biased towards bringing newcomers, and he would still inform Cao Wu of some important matters about Cao Wu.
"Lao Zhan, which Lao Zhan?"
"James Howard. ”
"Did he say anything?"
"His agent sent an email, it seems to be about the disaster relief concert, I transferred your email, you can take a look at it!"
"Okay, I'll take a look now. ”
After hanging up the phone, Cao Wu took the computer, opened the webpage and entered the mailbox.
The email was in pure English, and it seemed that Lao Zhan wrote it himself, Cao Wu looked at the content carefully, and only then did he understand what Lao Zhan meant by suddenly contacting him.
Since the beginning of the year, the Philippines has been hit by a drought not seen in 50 years due to the El Niño phenomenon, and so far, more than 50 million people have been affected.
In recent years, the people of the Philippines have been in dire straits due to the ravages of the Ebola virus, and this year's drought has made it even worse.
Lao Zhan sent a set of data, which was shocking.
Because of the concert, Cao Wu hasn't seen the news for a long time, and he only recently saw the news report on the news, but he didn't expect the situation to be so serious.
International organizations have stepped up their efforts to provide assistance to the Philippine region, and there are also people in the country calling for humanitarian assistance to the people of the Philippines.
However, the relevant proposals have been discussed repeatedly in Congress, and no concrete aid package has been come up with for a long time.
Mr. Zhan said in an email that he held a charity concert in June and raised more than $1 million to donate to local humanitarian organizations.
However, that money is just a drop in the bucket.
He said that he wants to organize musicians from various countries around the world to hold a joint charity concert on a global scale to raise funds for the people of the Philippines.
He has already contacted more than a dozen top bands in the United States and Qatar regions to join in, and he is currently contacting musicians in Asia and Europe, and he hopes that the Black Hole Band can represent rock musicians in Asia to participate in this joint charity concert.
"What's wrong Cao Wu?" Batu came out to drink saliva, and when he saw Cao Wu looking at the computer intently, he leaned over and asked.
When he came back to his senses, Cao Wu called Lele and Qingsong over and asked them to read the email.
After reading the email, they looked at each other and frowned.