On the afternoon of the 15th, Liu Pian and the four of them came to Jiangcheng by plane. Please search (product book) to see the most complete!

Jiangcheng is the hometown of Liu Pian and Ye Xuan, but Liu Yi and Yan Zhe are here for the first time, and everything here is quite good. Not to mention the undulating roads of Jiangcheng, the Jiangcheng dialect alone is enough for two people to drink a pot.

After finding a hotel to stay, Liu Pian went home alone first, and Ye Xuan also left by himself. Liu Yi and Yan Zhe, two people who couldn't understand the Jiangcheng dialect, were left looking at each other.

"Lao Yan, what should we do?"

In the hotel, Liu Yi said with a headache, "These two people are too unrighteous, at least one of them should be left for us to be a tour guide and translator, this person is not familiar with the place..."

Yan Zhe took out the notebook he was carrying, connected with the hotel's ifi, and said lightly, "Stay in the hotel and wait for them to come back." ”

"I can't stay. "Liu Yi is very simple.

Yan Zhe pointed to the door, "The door is over there, please." ”

“..... That I.. Why don't you hang out together?"

"Goodbye. ”

Liu Yi: "......"

Sighing, Liu Yi fell towards the bed, took out his mobile phone, opened TT, and turned on the people nearby....

........

Today is the weekend, after Liu Pian returned home, her parents were at home, and her mother went to buy some delicious food in advance, ready to give Liu Pian a sumptuous meal.

"Didn't you say you're with your classmates?" asked my father, "why don't you invite them to your house?"

My mother also said, "Yes, my classmates finally came once and asked them to come to the house to play." ”

Liu Pian spread out his hands and said helplessly, "I said it, it's just that they have something to do for the time being, and they can't come." ”

"Then another day. ”

"Okay. Liu Pian nodded.

[Deception succeeds, obtain....]

In fact, there was something wrong somewhere, but the three of them didn't want to come. Ye Xuan didn't mention it, Yan Zhe said at the time: "I don't like to go to other people's homes as guests. ”

Liu Yi hesitated for a moment, smiled bitterly, and said lightly: "Forget it, I won't go, I don't even want to go back to my own home, someone else's house.... Hehe. ”

Liu Pian had no choice but to throw the two of them into the hotel and go home first.

......

The next day, Ye Xuan called and asked Liu Pian and Yan Zhe to go to Tianyu Company to officially start recording songs.

The reception was Chen Lihui, who had already returned to the company in advance to arrange the production of the album for Ye Xuan. For Liu Yi and Yan Zhe, they are also very welcome. The terrifying force behind Liu Yi made him have to pay attention to it, and Yan Zhe's strong professional strength also made him quite important.

"Xuan, Liu Pian, I have already won enough resources for you. Walking in the company, Chen Lihui said as he walked, "The company provides the best independent recording studios, as well as arrangers, recording engineers, mixers, etc., you can all be dispatched, as long as they are available." ”

Chen Lihui introduced everyone all the way, but in fact, he mainly told Liu Pian, the producer.

For an album, outside the circle, people value the people who sing, but in the circle, what everyone values is not the people who sing, but the producers!

The producer is the "director", and the singer is just the "actor", and this relationship is clear. The average listener doesn't know the producer, it's just that the producer is low-key, just like everyone doesn't know who the director of some popular movie is.

Liu Pian also nodded frequently when he heard it, although he had never made an album, he still had experience in making singles, and he knew most of it.

Everyone then came to the music department, and the music director Shao Xin had been waiting for a long time. After a polite greeting, he praised Liu Pian, saying that he was young and promising, and hoped that he could help Ye Xuan produce this album, and said that the company would fully support it, and any requirements and problems could be raised, and the company would help solve them.

It sounded good, but Liu Pian could hear his perfunctory meaning.

Isn't this exactly the same tone as my usual foolish tone?

Shao Xin said a few more words to Liu Yi, and the topic was intentionally or unintentionally attracted to his father's figure. Liu Yi was quite bored, and after being polite, he didn't want to pay attention to Shao Xin.

As for Yan Zhe, he didn't attract Shao Xin's attention from beginning to end, and Yan Zhe was still dull to death, making it even more difficult to attract Shao Xin's attention.

After a few people went to the recording studio, Shao Xin kept Chen Lihui, and after looking at no one around, he said: "Lao Chen, don't worry too much about this, how many of their children like to toss and how to toss, let them do it, the company is ready to lose money." ”

Chen Lihui smiled helplessly, he had heard about this for a long time, but he hadn't told Ye Xuan yet. Not only that, but the company also reduced the production budget, and the original 1.5 million expenses were directly cut by 500,000. The key point is that nearly 700,000 or 800,000 yuan has been spent, and only about 200,000 yuan is left, which is too little.

And the original 800,000 propaganda funds have also been cut by 300,000, leaving only 500,000. If the quality of the album is too bad at the end, this amount may have to shrink by more than half.

Many companies in the circle are not optimistic, even Tianyu himself is not optimistic. If you know that you are going to lose, try to lose as little as possible. However, they are not very worried that Ye Xuan's popularity will lose, because their positioning of Ye Xuan is not a powerful singer, but a traffic idol star who needs to often brush his face in the media.

As long as people don't become ugly, there are no scandals, and there are no bad news, then don't worry too much.

It's a drop, Tianyu doesn't let Ye Xuan fall in love.

At least not yet.

Shao Xin patted Chen Lihui on the shoulder and sighed, "I know that you have traveled a lot of places and moved a lot of relationships for Xuan's new album, but this thing.... Alas, Xuan was brought by you at the beginning of his debut, and a few years have passed, and you also know that he has a little temper, so bear with it this time. Next time... No, there is no next time. It is enough to let him be willful once, never a second time. ”

"I understand. ”

"Understood, I've worked hard for you this time. ”

Chen Lihui shook his head, "It's not hard, it's just.... Has the company ever thought about what if they succeed this time?"

"Success?" Shao Xin was stunned for a moment, then smiled faintly, pulled the corners of his mouth, and said disdainfully, "I'm afraid you have a misunderstanding of the word success, right? Success is not an album with a few songs, but it has to go through the test of the market." You can't just like a few of them, you have to make people like it. That's a success!"

"And what if they really succeeded?"

Hearing Chen Lihui say this, Shao Xin frowned, "Old Chen, are you so optimistic about Xuan's roommate?"

"This kid is pretty good. ”

Shao Xin's cheeks twitched, and he didn't smile, "If he is willing to sign up for our company, I can give him a good contract." The premise is that he wants to become an idol star like Xuan. ”

Chen Lihui smiled bitterly, "He won't come." ”

"Then what else is there to talk about about this matter?" Shao Xin asked rhetorically, "After this matter is over, he is still Ye Xuan's roommate, and you can still ask him for a song." But the company won't ask him to be a producer. ”

Chen Lihui sighed lightly and stopped talking.

........

Indeed, Shao Xin also feels that there are still two songs written by Liu Pian, but writing songs and making songs are two different things, and writing songs and arranging songs are also two different things. The simplest rock 'n' roll may only require three renditions and a good voice, but this is not the era of rock 'n' roll.

The arrangement is simple to say, and anyone who understands it can make it up, but it is not easy to listen to it and make people like it.

At this moment, in the recording studio, Liu Pian and Ye Xuan are planning the production plan of this album.

The first step is to decide on the style of the entire album.

Campus Folk Songs, Urban Love Songs, Lyrical Slow Songs, Or Inspirational Fast Songs?

This point was determined by Ye Xuan when he was looking for Liu Pian to make an appointment. The album has songs like "Looking Forward to Love" and "Stubborn", so the scope of this album is almost youth campus, lyrical or inspirational, and the target group must be students and young people in their twenties.

The second step is to find an album producer.

Different album producers have different styles, like Liang Leyi's royal producer Tao Hai, whose style is to focus on urban love songs. You can't just play urban love songs and find a folk producer, right?

This position is naturally a Liu liar, although he doesn't know what style he belongs to. Combined, there are many genres, inspirational songs, urban love songs, and folk rock like "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" and hot rock like "Love When You Die".

The third step is to find a song.

In fact, collecting songs does not mean that producers rely on their own connections to invite songs to creators, or they can also find copyright companies to collect songs. Because the copyright company has a massive library of original songs. The producer only needs to wait for a large number of song materials to be sent, and there are all kinds of music types, as long as the producer thinks the song is suitable and pays the copyright fee, even if it is a foreign melody, it is also used, and there is no restriction at all.

Finding big-name music creators to invite songs can be regarded as improving the quality of the album. On the one hand, the quality of the work of big-name musicians is relatively stable, and what they write is not too bad to add points to the album, and on the other hand, the company can also use this strong creative lineup as a publicity gimmick.

However, generally speaking, there is a song first and then the lyrics, and the melody can best reflect the style of a song, usually after the melody is determined, the producer will go to the lyricist to compose the lyrics. Of course, there are exceptions, if the lyrics are particularly outstanding, such as Tong Fei's song, it may be composed according to the words.

Of course, there are also creators who write lyrics and songs together.

Like the Liu liar used to sell songs to Chen Lihui, or sell songs to Liu Ying.

The fourth step, that's arranging and recording.

Usually the music is arranged first, the accompaniment is made, the vocals are recorded, and finally the sound is mixed.

The fifth step is to package the album and promote it to the market. Both physical records and digital albums need to be packaged for promotion.

Now, Liu Pian and Ye Xuan have taken the first three steps, the producer has it, and the song is there, they only need to arrange and record the song, and then hand it over to the company after they are done.

After discussing, Liu Pian went to the company to find a professional arranger. In the past, Liu Chenggang arranged music for him as an accompaniment, but now the company has talents to use it, so why not use it? The key is that the first few songs that Liu Cheng made in the past were different from the original version, and they did not reach the most perfect.

At that time, Liu Pian was still a rookie, and she felt that it was almost okay. Now with a year of experience, it's definitely going to be the best. The previous songs of the Tree Village Music Festival were completed by Liu Pian, Liu Cheng, and the arrangers of Baihua Recording Studio, and the details were all done in accordance with Liu Pian's requirements, and almost 99% of the original version was restored.

And "Contentment", "The Harder the Love", and "Passerby" are songs that are sold to others, and the arrangements are different from the originals. But after all, it is made by professional arrangers from major companies, and it is not far off, and the taste is still there.

Now, Liu Pian can only restore the treasure trove that the system has given him.

He is not a master arranger out of nothing, but in a way, he has a resource in the world, worthy of a master arranger.

And he is also a master arranger with no dead ends in all styles!

......

At the end of the day, Liu Pian sent invitations to some arrangers in Tianyu, but they all rejected him on the grounds that they already had tasks assigned by the company to do. At night, Liu Pian still has a working arranger to find.

At this time, he thought of Shao Xin's words, so he asked Chen Lihui to ask him for help. In the end, Shao Xin really solved the trouble for Liu Pian, but they were all apprentice-level newcomers, and they couldn't be reused at all.

Looking at it again, they are all art school students who have just graduated and are looking for jobs.

Liu Pian is very helpless, can't I be a college student, can you find me some college students to help?

In desperation, Liu Pian left a girl named Cheng Xue, which was strongly requested by Liu Yi to stay.

No reason, people are so beautiful.

Liu Pian thought about it and stayed, at least he could still serve tea, water, and chores.

When he left the company late, Ye Xuan found Liu Pian and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Liu Pian, the company is here...."

Liu Pian waved his hand, looking confident, "It's okay, no one helps, no one helps, it's a big deal, we can do it ourselves." ”

He is really confident, anyway, he knows how to do it, but with someone to help, his work efficiency will improve a lot.

Ye Xuan shook his head, "Uncle Chen has already told me that the company has reduced the production cost of the album, and no one is willing to help because they are not optimistic about us." ”

"Not optimistic?" Liu Pian smiled disdainfully, "Do you really think we are playing with mud?"

"That's pretty much what it means. ”

Liu Pian looked at the sky speechlessly.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Don't worry, I'll find another helper tomorrow." ”

"Who?" Ye Xuan is good.

"My teacher. Liu Pian smiled faintly.