Chapter 008: Was the previous electronic music all stones in the pit?
At 6:25 p.m., there were still five minutes before NetEase's end of work, and Gu Wenfang, who looked tired, had already packed up her things early.
He made plans to take his wife and children out for a small gathering tonight to relieve the depressed emotions accumulated at work......
As the review and editor of Netease Cloud Music, the largest electronic music exchange place in China, Gu Wenfang is actually not very happy. Even, deep down in his heart, he has long been bored with this job.
Because, this is not what he wants now......
How about going to work and listening to songs, and settling a good salary at the end of the month, it looks cool, doesn't it? I don't think there's a better job than this, right?
However, this is not the case.
It was only now that Gu Wenfang suddenly understood what the sympathetic look that the review editor who had left before him meant.
Now that I think about it, the other party is obviously more prescient than him.
Every day, he was surrounded by either electronic music or pop music, and at first he was very excited, and when he listened to it, he spent his time shaking his legs and nodding his head when he went to work.
But now, he is completely devoid of the excitement he had at the beginning.
Because after listening to it for a long time, he also found that in fact, electronic music is just like that, thousands of songs do not even change the rhythm, but the melody of each song is different.
However, even if it is different, there is a big common problem with electronic music nowadays...... That is, too much attention is paid to the bass, as if only the bass can cause the listener to feel refreshed, and the brain is bombarded to death.
At first, it was really cool, and Gu Wenfang looked forward to the moment of going to work almost every day.
But now that he's listened to and watched more, he has a feeling that electronic music is missing something. He dares to guarantee that if this regret can be remedied, then electronic music will really become the music carrier with the widest audience!
It's just that what is missing, he can't say why.
With a sigh, Gu Wenfang looked at her colleague wearing monitoring headphones next to her.
The other party's posture is extremely serious, as if he is afraid of missing a single detail. And this appearance is also obviously reviewing the work uploaded by a musician.
He said hello to this colleague, and asked the colleague to take off his headphones and respond: "Brother Gu." β
"Whose stuff are you reviewing?" Gu Wenfang asked with a lot of mouths.
"It's nothing. The colleague shrugged his shoulders: "It's a little newcomer I haven't heard of, and the production is very simple, so I plan to let him pass and not follow up." β
Newcomers?
"Hmm. Gu Wenfang nodded. The recent newcomers are really not good, and they can't find someone who is qualified to sign a contract.
"Oh, that's right. That's when my colleague remembered something.
"What's wrong?" Gu Wenfang asked suspiciously.
"Brother Gu, it seems that tomorrow will be the day of the first release of Sunny.Wang the new single, let us pay attention to the check, and then review it as soon as possible, saying that March will be used as a promotional song for the national tour. β
"Propaganda song? Is this going to replace "Heaven"?" Gu Wenfang replied weakly: "That's okay, I know, I'll pay attention." β
In fact, the review of music is very simple compared to the review of other cultural carriers, as long as there is no anti-state, anti-human, or terrorist thing in the song, and even vulgar lyrics can pass.
And Sunny.Wang is an electronic music producer and DJ who can rank in the top ten in the Chinese electronic music circle, he is signed by a Belgian label, and will release his singles on NetEase Cloud, known for his strong explosive style.
It's just that even so, his style can't get rid of the current state of the electronic music scene. Gu Wenfang could see that he wanted to try his best to make something innovative, but he was helpless, and the heat was not enough.
This made Gu Wenfang sigh with a sigh of sorrow, if this continues, the electronic music industry will be finished sooner or later.
Originally, because the national strength has improved a lot, people's lives have been better, so now the people are able to put more energy into spiritual entertainment.
But electronic music has not followed the trend, and the audience is decreasing every year, being absorbed by other music carriers, if it continues like this, the day of decay is just around the corner!
Thinking of this, Gu Wenfang opened the editing background, wanting to take the last few minutes to see if there was any music to review.
His mind was now drifting to his family, wondering what to eat for the evening. He felt more and more that it was time to submit his resignation letter, because if this continued, the electronic music would not be finished, and he would already be on the pill!
While watching, when it was time to get off work at half past six, his mobile phone vibrated a little, apparently a time prompt.
And just after he vetoed the previous newcomer's work, a new message popped up, and it was stuck at the point of 6:30 and 40 seconds.
βFade...... Su Hai ......" Gu Wenfang was stunned for a moment, and his professional instinct made him directly click on this new upload called "Fade".
Then, his brow furrowed, because he found that the author of the song didn't even upload an album cover, but only transmitted an audio file.
That's irresponsible, isn't it?
He directly gave a negative score to the electronic music that had just been transmitted in his heart, and he was blacklisted. Because you know, when it comes to music, the album cover that makes the first impression is the most important.
This will even affect whether others are interested in coming in and listening to your songs!
Originally, the current electronic music industry is going downhill, and newcomers are not serious...... Not even worse!
But even so, Gu Wenfang still has to fulfill his accusations, since he has already clicked on it, then he still has to carry out the work to the end.
He put on his headphones and pressed play......
"This ......" was just the moment he put it on, and he just stopped all his movements and stared blankly at the player's CD animation spinning alone. There was confusion and exclamation in his tone!
The sound of water dripping like a beat was imprinted directly into his ears, followed by a cool melody that was completely devoid of the roughness of the rest of the electronic music.
Coupled with the timbre used in this melody, it was the first time he had heard it!
This directly broke through his psychological defense, making his heart tremble slightly.
The sub-melody also sounded at this time, and what also surprised Gu Wenfang was that this sub-melody actually had two layers at the same time!
The three melodies were played at the same time, directly into the continuous beat that he had never heard before, only to hear a thin drum beat accelerate abruptly, which completely let go of his psychological defense.
Then, the whole song enters the climax, surging outbursts, and the drums begin to appear, which are very ordinary small drums and big drums, which are not at all the kind used in other electronic music, and combine to make the whole song look like new.
What is this, this ...... Or is it the electronic music he is familiar with?
His fists were clenched tightly with the pull, and he swayed awkwardly to the rhythm. Now he can't say anything or feel anything, he just wants to move along with this electronic sound.
Gu Wenfang's actions also attracted the attention of that colleague.
"Brother Gu, what's wrong?" he walked over with his satchel on his shoulder, and leaned over to look.
But Gu Wenfang didn't notice him, and he was shaking with a monitor headset by himself...... This scene made the colleagues who couldn't hear anything feel quite happy.
In this way, he watched Gu Wenfang indulge for more than ten minutes, during which Gu Wenfang also pulled the progress bar of "Fade" several times and listened to it again.
Gu Wenfang finally took off the headphones and looked at the colleague behind her with a look of surprise.
It's so awesome!
He wanted to shout at the colleague now, but he held back.
What were all those old electronic sounds! Is it rotten rocks in the pit? That kind of garbage deserves to be called electronic music?
It's really an insult to electronic music, the four words that are extremely sacred in Gu Wenfang's heart.
Because compared to the song "Fade" he just reviewed, these electronic sounds are like the first ...... of being beaten by college students Kindergarten students are not on the same level at all.
Gu Wenfang felt that her previous time was in vain.
"Quick, go and call the editor-in-chief. Gu Wenfang looked impatient and said to this colleague: "We are going to work overtime tonight!"
He completely forgot at this moment that his wife and children were still at home waiting for him to come home.
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(PS: The collection actually broke a thousand today, which made me stunned directly, and I refreshed it several times dumbfounded.) Although I was very worried about the loss of more than a dozen in the process, it then rose again, and it was a trend of continuous and rapid growth. It's ...... Thank you, thank you!
PPS: Thank you for the red envelopes distributed by the reader Xiao \ Wang and Shu Yu Se for this book!)