Chapter 131: Album "If You Become the Wind"
This is the first time Wang Zhengfei has recorded in an extremely professional recording studio, although the songs were also recorded in the recording studio before, but they are all privately run, and they are specially recorded for some music lovers, which can only be regarded as a few foreign standards, but although Huayan International is not international, even in China, it is not a first-class record company, but its recording equipment is still quite good. At least the album is still a dog.
However, although Wang Zhengfei went to Taiwan, it didn't start immediately, because the recording studio also had to be used by the girl group SHE within Huayan International, and the album released by SHE in February was sold well in Asia, and it broke through one million albums all the way, and I believe that the sales of two million albums are just in the bag, and it is just a matter of time, so Huayan International feels that it is time to strike while the iron is hot and prepare for the next album, the efficiency of a record in half a year is fast and fast, and the key is that the quality of SHE albums is also not bad. The key is that his own works are excellent, otherwise the public is not stupid, and they are fooled again and again, just like the Hong Kong group, which is now enough to compete with the twins of she, the two girls who debuted as singers, and finally can't go on the road of singers at all, just because nine out of ten records are indiscriminate, and at the beginning, people can pay for them with their appearance, but later, dozens of albums of various kinds of indiscriminate refills were released, in addition to die-hard fans, where are there people willing to pay for it.
But it's not to blame on those two girls, it's mainly the Emperor's money-making methods.
After waiting for a day in Taiwan, it was his turn to record.
When Wang Zhengfei and Gao Yan rushed to the recording studio after receiving the news, they met the three little girls who came out of the recording studio talking and laughing, presumably the recording went quite smoothly.
Because they didn't know them very well, Wang Zhengfei and the others just greeted them a little and then went their separate ways.
Wang Zhengfei and his party walked in, only to see a middle-aged man wearing glasses and slightly fat, sitting on a chair, seeing Wang Zhengfei and his party walking in, he said: "You are here to use the recording studio, I have been notified!" ”
"I'm Yuan Huairen, the producer of this album!" The middle-aged man introduced himself.
"Hello, nice to meet you!" Gao Yan said.
For Yuan Huairen, Wang Zhengfei still knows that he is currently the top music producer in the Chinese entertainment industry, and has been an album producer for S.H.E, Power Train, Xu Ruyun, Zheng Xiuwen, Tao Jingying, Liu Ruoying, etc.
In the record production industry chain, the music producer is a very important role. His tasks include controlling the scheduling of recording projects, training and mentoring new singers, organizing production budgets and resources, overseeing the recording process, mixing, and mastering.
In addition to being able to make good enough music, it is also necessary to have a keen insight into market changes to guide the songwriters, arrangers, sound recordists, and mixers of the record, and adjust the changes of the record according to the changes in the market to meet the needs of the market.
It can be said to be a very important role, Wang Zhengfei has also served as the producer of his own songs before, including the later marriage, recording, etc., he is in charge of himself, and he has learned a lot of things in the stumbles, although it is just a new tenderness, but there is no problem in dealing with some online songs, but after all, he has no experience as a producer of the whole album, and there are still many differences between being the producer of the whole album and the producer of a song, but there are still commonalities, That's why Wang Zhengfei is ready to be a producer for himself this time.
Of course, this is also a helpless move, because Xingchen's foundation in the entertainment industry is too shallow, let alone in the record industry, there are basically no connections at all, and it is difficult to find any famous producers.
After this part of the preparation is in place, Wang Zhengfei is about to prepare for recording, although four of the eight songs in this album have become popular on the Internet, but this time they will also be re-recorded, and they will be re-recorded when they have professional equipment.
The first song recorded is "If You Become the Wind" as the title song, and this time "If You Become the Wind" is divided into two versions: male solo and male and female duet, respectively as the first main song and the second main song, and the first recorded is the first main song Wang Zhengfei's solo version of "If You Become the Wind".
I played the music first to familiarize Wang Zhengfei with it, and was about to start singing, when suddenly Yuan Huairen next to him stepped forward and said, "Take the liberty of disturbing me!" ”
Wang Zhengfei walked out of the recording studio and asked a little curiously, "Don't you know what's going on?" ”
"I don't think you're looking for a producer yet, are you planning to be a producer yourself?" Yuan Huairen was about to leave, but when he saw that there was no producer on Wang Zhengfei's side, he asked.
"yes, I can't hire any good producers right now!" Wang Zhengfei didn't hide anything, so he said it.
Yuan Huairen thought about it for a while and said: "I have heard your songs on the Internet before, you are very talented, if you don't dislike it, I want to recommend yourself as your producer, what do you think!" ”
Yuan Huairen himself admires Wang Zhengfei very much, he has also heard Wang Zhengfei's songs, he thinks he is very talented, and there is no notice on his left and right hands, she is still in the promotion period of the album, and the recording of the next album is only carried out intermittently, so now Yuan Huairen is quite free, after listening to "If You Become the Wind", there is an unconsciously impulse in his heart to urge him to come up and recommend himself.
Yuan Huairen's words made Wang Zhengfei stunned, he didn't expect Yuan Huairen to recommend himself, you must know that a good producer can be said to be extremely lacking, a good producer, exaggeration can determine the success or failure of a record, and Yuan Huairen is undoubtedly the top music producer in China now, and he himself is also very talented in composition, his masterpieces "Conquest" and "Dream Awakened" are still talked about.
Such a person recommended himself to him, and he had a feeling that he had heard it wrong, but Wang Zhengfei was stunned, and Gao Yan next to him was not stunned, and immediately stepped forward and said: "It is naturally a great honor to have Mr. Yuan join!" ”
Although it is said that if you want Yuan Huairen to join, the cost is naturally not small, but the problem is that in today's sparse producers, even if you have money, you can't invite a gold medal producer of Yuan Huairen's level to join, and you can get closer to Yuan Huairen in the future.
Wang Zhengfei saw that Gao Yan had already agreed to come down instead of him, so naturally he didn't have any opinions, anyway, Gao Yan's decision was very correct, he was just stunned just now, otherwise he would have made the same choice as Gao Yan, and he didn't see the powerful relationship in this.
With the addition of Yuan Huairen, a super producer who has experienced a hundred battles, the recording of Wang Zhengfei's new album is immediately on the right track, and Wang Zhengfei himself left a lot of loopholes when he was a producer and filled them one by one under the command of Yuan Huairen, Wang Zhengfei has never served as the producer of the album before, and many processes or something are just in the state of being heard, but there are still a lot of problems in the actual work, but Yuan Huairen is different, his experience is very rich.
With Yuan Huairen's help, Wang Zhengfei can focus more on recording, and can drink Yuan Huairen to learn some of the skills of making albums, with Yuan Huairen's guidance, Wang Zhengfei's level is three advances, and in just a few days, he has an understanding and comprehension of the general process of making albums, and now there is no problem with Wang Zhengfei's reading power to make albums, but compared to a veteran like Yuan Huairen, there is still a lot worse, and there is no smooth feeling like him, However, Wang Zhengfei believes that he only needs time to precipitate, and his progress will definitely be a thousand miles, these are experiences that can't be bought with money, Wang Zhengfei knows this very well, so he is working hard to learn these skills with Yuan Huairen.
Yuan Huairen saw that Wang Zhengfei was willing to learn, and he didn't think much about it, these things are not particularly confidential things, if someone is willing to learn, he will just teach, and Wang Zhengfei does seem to have a lot of talent in this area, and he has made rapid progress, so Yuan Huairen is even more energetic in teaching.
However, although Yuan Huairen is willing to teach Wang Zhengfei, he is very strict about the quality of recording, and often re-records it over and over again, from morning to evening, Wang Zhengfei himself is fine, at least he can hold on, but Danh Vo can't hold it anymore, although she only has three songs this time, but it is also very hard, over and over again.
Under Yuan Huairen's strict control, the original plan was to complete the recording in three to four days, and it was delayed until the tenth day that all the songs were finally recorded, but although it was delayed for several days, Wang Zhengfei did not feel any disappointment, but was quite happy, and used a few days in exchange for reliable quality, which is very right, there is nothing wrong.
With the end of the recording, the name of the album was finally decided, with the title of the two title songs, "If You Become the Wind", as the album title.
(To be continued)