Chapter 11: Recording the King of Karaoke

An album consists of about ten songs, and in less than half an hour, Wang Luo took out three more songs, plus the previous two, which is enough for half an album.

Moreover, the styles of these five songs can be said to be three completely different styles.

In this world, although the state has very strict control over piracy, if it is discovered, it will impose heavy penalties. But as in that world, as long as it is profitable, there will always be people who are willing to take risks.

albums, that's what only hardcore fans buy. For an ordinary person, they only like to listen to songs that make them like it. There may only be one or two songs on an album that can be recognized by them, so it is completely unnecessary to spend a lot of money on an album.

They prefer to choose a collection of classics from the stalls, which are of poor quality, but at least cheap, and where they can find more than half of their favorite songs.

Diversified, multi-style. This is also a problem that is a headache for major music companies today. If you want the album to sell well, in addition to trying your best to improve the quality of the songs, you must also add some other factors as much as possible.

And this is no secret, it has long been public news in the circle. The same album, the same artist, with more than two different styles of songs, sells far more than a single style of album.

Five songs, medium to high quality, and three different styles, which once again gave Huang Wei hope.

It's just that he has been in the circle for so long, and Huang Wei is still very clear about some situations.

"Wang Luo, the songs are all good songs, as long as they are released, they can be popular. It's just that I don't recommend that you put these five songs inside one album. Huang Wei persuaded with a smile on his face, it was just a temptation, but he didn't expect to dig up a treasure.

"Mr. Huang, if you want to do it, you can make a high-quality album, only in this way can you quickly get the recognition of fans. I know your concerns, but don't worry, I have enough songs in my head to come out with different styles of songs for two albums. Wang Luo smiled and shook his head, he knew Huang Wei's worries, but Wang Luo couldn't tell him the truth, and he didn't dare to tell Huang Wei directly that he could make as many albums as he wanted in his life.

"I know you have a strong creative ability, but there will always be a time when Jiang Lang is exhausted, if the first album is too exquisite, and the second album is not as good as the first album, it will still have a great impact on you at that time. Moreover, every artist will have an album in their hands, and I want you to think about it. Huang Wei continued to persuade.

A high-quality album is indeed a great help to sales and popularity. But the question is, can the follow-up follow-up? If you can't keep up, then the singer will start to go downhill, which is a serious problem.

In the same way, this means that no matter this world or that world, if all singers have high-quality songs in their hands, they will always press for a period of time, and when the new album is released, they will be properly included. The so-called trickle of water flows for a long time, not all at once.

"Mr. Huang, if I can't get the songs of the second album before the first album is confirmed, and I am making appropriate adjustments at that time, how about it?" Wang Luo knew that Huang Wei's worries were for his own good, so he didn't say anything more.

Besides, Wang Luo may not be able to say Huang Wei now, so he can only delay it first, and wait until the time of recording the album to come out with the songs of the second album, and then I don't believe that Huang Wei will continue to insist on his ideas.

"Okay, we'll talk about that later. Let's talk about the contract first. Huang Wei nodded, paused slightly, and continued: "The company is newly established, and the current investment is relatively large, and the cost is relatively large, so it can't give you too many benefits in terms of contracts. But what I can guarantee is that although it may not be better than others, it will never be worse than them. ”

Wang Luo nodded, he didn't have much hope in terms of the company's treatment, what he really cared about was the issue of sharing. After all, the songs he took out were all high-quality products in that world, and after being verified by the king of karaoke, the sales in this world would never be too low.

"In terms of network sharing, it will be signed according to the current mainstream, 1:1:1:1, the album will be divided into seven and three points, and the others who need to use the company's channels will be divided into seven or three points, and those who do not need to use the company's channels will be divided into two or eight points." Huang Wei said the four most critical parts.

1:1:1:1, this is the network sharing aspect, in this world, the price of downloading a song on the network is two dimes, and the sharing is the operator takes five cents, the company takes five cents, the singer takes five cents, and the copyright author takes five cents.

And Wang Luo's songs are all original, and the copyright is also in his own hands, so if it is divided by the network, Wang Luo can take half of it, that is, a dime share. Don't underestimate the share of this dime, this is just a download, and if a song is more popular, the number of downloads will reach millions, or even tens of millions.

Faced with such a big piece of cake, some music companies will also have their own ideas. For example, except for some gold medal lyricists, most of the works created by the Big Four have been bought out of copyright at a relatively low price. In this way, the Big Four can get half of the share, and the operators and singers can take the other half.

The album is seven or three points, and this is also relatively normal. After all, every time an album is released, the company needs to invest a lot of manpower and material resources to produce and publicize. You must know that these expenses are all paid by the company, and the singer gets 30%, which is 30% of the net profit. If these costs are deducted, the profit that the company can get is estimated to be about 30%.

And seventy-three points, this is already the treatment of a first-line star, and if the proportion of the share wants to be higher, it can only be a super first-line star of Dinghong. Their works basically sell well without much publicity.

The latter one is seven three and two eight, this one is also acceptable. If this was the same proportion when he was in Yangzi Entertainment before, then Wang Luo's income would be several times as much. So he doesn't have much opinion on this aspect, he can only say that compared to other artists, this is already a pie-in-the-sky contract.

"Okay, I agree." Wang Luo nodded and said.

"It's a contract, and if it's okay, just sign it. By the way, the king of karaoke has come out, and my suggestion is to record it as soon as possible, and then launch it on major websites to make a name for yourself as much as possible, and make some foreshadowing for the later albums. Huang Wei took out a contract from the computer, printed it out after revision, handed it to Wang Luo, and said.

"I can record at any time on my side." As he spoke, Wang Luo directly turned to the last page of the contract and signed his name and time.

Wang Luo happily signed his name on the contract, and didn't even read the content of the contract, which still shocked Huang Wei, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Sign the contract without looking at it?" Aren't you afraid that what I'm giving you is an overlord contract? ”

"Hehe, since we have cooperated, trust is the foundation. I showed you my new song before I could register it, so why should I talk to you so much if I can't trust you? Wang Luo smiled, showing that he didn't care very much.

said that he didn't care that it was fake, although Wang Luo didn't look at the contract carefully, he also roughly swept the contract period and the sharing aspect. After making sure that there were no problems with these two aspects, he signed his name.

"That's right, cooperation is trust." Huang Wei nodded secretly, I have to say that Wang Luo's behavior made him have a good impression of him again. Then he said, "In this way, I will ask the technicians to work overtime, make the accompaniment first, let's go to dinner first, and if we can, we will start recording in the afternoon." ”

Wang Luo nodded and agreed.

Wang Luo is now in the hot spot, and the king of a K song has detonated the Internet. Huang Wei naturally doesn't want to wait for a while before he thinks of reissuing the official version of the King of K Songs.

As for the accompaniment, it didn't matter at all, he could have the technicians remove the voices from the show of the talented singer, leaving only the accompaniment. Besides, there is no need to rush the accompaniment now, just to give Wang Luo a reference.

If they're not in a hurry, they might ask the band to make the accompaniment first and then record it. It's just that now only post-synthesis can be done.

After a light lunch, back to the cloud music office. The technicians had already prepared the accompaniment to the song, and there were five or six people in the studio who were constantly debugging the equipment.

Because the equipment is all new and has not been used once, the commissioning time is a little longer. However, being able to work still makes these technicians full of motivation. After all, for every song they record, they can also get a corresponding bonus.

Of course, another important factor is that after learning that Wang Luo signed a contract with Cloud Music, and was going to record the king of karaoke in the afternoon, this also made many staff members excited. They have become half of Wang Luo's fans.

At more than two o'clock in the afternoon, after the equipment was debugged, Wang Luo entered the recording studio alone, wore a headset, and started the first recording with the accompaniment.

It's just that at this time, Wang Luo obviously hasn't entered the state yet, although he insisted on singing the first time, Wang Luo still excluded the first recording.

After a five-minute break, Wang Luo began the second recording, which was slightly better than the first one, but there were still many things that did not satisfy Wang Luo.

Until more than ten o'clock in the evening, it had been recorded for eight hours, and of the eight hours, almost four hours were recorded, and Wang Luo sang no less than 20 times. There are satisfactions and dissatisfactions.

Technicians are naturally well-informed, and they know which part is better to sing, so they directly make markers. When Wang Luo came out of the recording studio, the technicians began to separate and synthesize the previously marked segments in order to achieve the best results.

After an afternoon of recording, Wang Luo's stomach had already protested, and he was physically and mentally exhausted, and he felt like he wanted to fall asleep.