Chapter 133: Intercepting Hu Taylor
By the time Donde arrived at Republic Records, it was getting late.
But in the recording studio of Republic Records, Giorgio and the sound engineer had no intention of leaving work, and had been waiting for Donde.
"Is the new song already out?" Tang De is really not very familiar with those idol songs in his previous life, so he can only give some suggestions, at least he can ensure that his listening level is still in line with the public's preferences.
"Okay, I'll find someone to sing it in its entirety, you can listen to it." Giorgio nodded to the sound engineer, and then looked at Donde expectantly, as if the song made him very satisfied.
The song was played quickly, and Tang De nodded thoughtfully: "It's okay to ......"
"yes, I think this song should be fine." Giorgio laughed, "I hired Matthew North as a producer. ”
Matthew North is the producer of the first album of Destiny True Girl, and has a lot of experience in the music production of girl groups in the industry.
But Tang De shook his head after complimenting: "I just said it was okay, but I didn't say it was perfect." ”
"Why?" Giorgio frowned, puzzled.
Dondra sat down in a chair: "Don't you think the style of this song is too old?" ”
"Old? Isn't this the music style before the Destiny True Girl? Everyone is sure to love this! Giorgio didn't understand what Donde meant.
Tang De spread his hands and said: "It was 98 years, and now it's 03 years, Giorgio, you should be very sensitive to fashion trends." ”
"Okay......" Giorgio was silent for a moment: "Maybe I heard too much before, you know, even if it's a piece of garbage, you will feel used to it." ”
Then Giorgio La Donde went out to smoke a cigarette, and after the cigarette he turned around and listened to the song again, and then said, "It's true that this style is a bit old, but how can I change it?" ”
"Let's change the tone of the synth first." Tang De tapped his fingers on the table: "Then try to be as concise and bright as possible, I said that I want to make chick music, and now it's a bit like an aunt." ”
"Big Mom Music." Giorgio was amused and laughed.
"Try to find a younger generation of producers who probably know better how to make this kind of music. In short, be trendy and not too nostalgic. It's enough to have a nostalgic song on the album. ”
"That's true, I'll think about it in the next few days." Giorgio also put a lot of effort into this undebuted girl group.
Because Republic Records' current business situation is really not very good, no singers have been out of the circle in the past year, and sales have been mediocre, but Raymond's song "Everything in the Sky" has become the current pillar.
If Tang De hadn't known that their company had later signed a number of big-name singers such as Sister A and Wicken, he would have felt that this record company would not be far from bankruptcy.
Just as the two were talking about the song, Giorgio's secretary knocked on the door and handed over an audio tape.
"What is this?" Giorgio receives many tapes and self-recommendations every day, but 99 percent of them are garbage in his eyes.
And the remaining one percent is just harmless garbage, so now he lets his subordinates listen to it before handing it over to himself.
"This is just here, it's a Merrill Lynch stockbroker named Scott Kinlis......" The secretary picked up the business card and repeated the name on it.
"No one matters!" Unexpectedly, Giorgio interrupted directly, waved his hand and said: "I really don't have time to waste this kind of novice music, just throw it on the table outside, I will listen to it when I have time." ”
"Okay." The secretary nodded, and casually put the tapes and business cards on the table, which was already full of tapes, and it was estimated that it would take three days to listen to them carefully, so it was no wonder that Giorgio had little patience.
After the secretary left, Giorgio talked to Donde for a while, and then went outside to answer his wife's call.
Tang De walked to the table curiously, flipped through the tapes, some of them had business cards, some of them had photos, and some of them had immature words written on them about his determination to pursue his music dream.
Now that more and more middle school students and even elementary school students are chasing their music dreams, Don couldn't help but laugh, thinking about how funny Giorgio would be listening to a bunch of little kids singing songs that he thought were very good every day.
However, the younger age of music is already a trend, which is why Tang De constantly emphasizes chick music.
Nowadays, young people prefer maverick groups to old-fashioned traditional groups, which represent what they want to express and really think.
Looking at it, Tang De's eyes swept to the tape placed by the secretary just now, on which the white business card was shining brightly in the light.
Tang De subconsciously read out the name on the business card softly: "Scott Kinlis Swift...... Wait a minute...... Swift! ”
His eyebrows furrowed uncontrollably, and he was amazed, suddenly realizing something.
Wouldn't this be a sample of Taylor Swift's song?
Donder doesn't remember the specifics, only that Taylor's first song was sent to a record label in New York by her parents, and successfully helped her sign her first record contract.
It was only because Taylor Swift couldn't stand the fact that the music company couldn't stand the fact that it would take three years for the music company to release an album, and terminated the contract a year later.
She then met her first producer in Nashville and joined his Big Machine Records, becoming his first singer.
As for her later joining Republic Records, it was already after the big hit.
So Don really didn't expect to see Taylor Swift's song sample here on Republic Records!
It was a truly unbeatable surprise.
If Giorgio, who answered the phone at this time, knew that he had missed such a future superstar female singer, he would definitely go crazy.
Donde's heart was beating fast, as if an evil dragon had seen a treasure, and after he glanced around, and saw that there was no one around, he stuffed the tape and business card into his coat pocket.
Well, Taylor Swift is his.
Although there was no dedicated music department before the Angel Declaration, starting today, there is a music department that will serve only Taylor Swift alone.
As long as she releases the album smoothly, then all the investment will be recouped in a hundredfold thousand, which is really a good deal.
After taking the tape, Donde chatted with Giorgio and left Republic Records.
Looking at Donde's back, Giorgio turned around and was about to walk towards the office, when he suddenly saw the tapes stacked on the desk.
"It's a lot, it's like a hill." He approached, frowned, picked up a business card and looked at it, then a photo attached.
After a brief rummag twice, the tape was nowhere to be seen.
Giorgio thought for a moment and shook his head: "Forget it, let's go home quickly." ”
After saying that, he picked up the car keys and hurried away, leaving only a large tape to wait lonely under the lights.
The next day, Don asked Kane to call the number on his business card.
"Hello?" On the other end of the line was a calm man's voice.
"Hello, is that Mr. Swift?"
"Yes."
Kane smiled: "I'm Kane, we are the music department of Angel Manifesto, the CEO heard your daughter's song demo and felt that it had a lot of potential, do you have time to come and talk?" ”
"Really? Angelic Declaration? How come I haven't heard the name? Also, I don't think I've delivered an audio tape to your company, right? The man was cautious, and although he was a little happy to hear the voice, he did not immediately agree.
Kane glanced at Don: "That's right, although you haven't delivered our company, didn't you deliver Republic Records last night?" That's our partner, it's just that their company isn't geared toward children's music right now, so this tape is in our hands right now. ”
"Oh, that's right." When the man heard Kane's words, he immediately believed it, because only he and Republic Records knew about his actions last night, and the person who could call him so quickly must have a close relationship with Republic Records, and he would definitely not be a liar.
"yes, so when do you have time to talk?"
"I'm working right now, how about getting off work at night? Six? No, no, no, I'll go over at five o'clock, and you give me an address. ”
"Okay, our address is ......" Kane hung up the phone after saying that, and looked at Don De who was drinking tea.
"Boss, it's done."
"Good." Don nodded in satisfaction.
"But do you really think she can be hot?" Kane didn't understand Donde's thinking, he always seemed to have some unexpected ideas, and his actions often didn't follow common sense.
Just because you heard a girl's singing, you decided to spend a lot of money to train her?
But Kane himself listened to this song, and he admitted that it was more catchy, but it was really not very pleasant, why did Tang De value it so much?
Tang De smiled: "Because she belongs to the future...... Her songs also belong to the future. ”
Kane couldn't understand Donde's words, thinking that the boss was just very optimistic, and there was no choice but to continue to work with a smile.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, when Scott Kinlis Swift got out of the car and went up the second floor from the outside of the building to enter the Angelic Declaration, he was immediately received by Kane.
"Please come in." Kane pushed the door open, and Donde was sitting in his office communicating with Jimmy about the most creative things.
"Hello, please be seated." Donde reached out for Scott to sit down.
Then he introduced in a puzzled look: "I am the CEO of the Angel Declaration, you can call me Don." ”
"You're so young." It was indeed the first time that Scott had met such a young CEO.
Jimmy plays an appropriate role in relieving confusion: "Do you know about the MTV Music Awards? And the Grammys? ”
"You know, of course, it's a well-known award in the music world." Scott didn't know what the two meant.
"Look." Jimmy casually pointed to the mirror cabinet beside him: "Our CEO Don is a well-known MV director in the music industry, he has shot MVs for Avril Lavigne, Nelly and others, won the MTV Best Director last year, and just won the Grammy Award for Best Short MV this year, and the trophy is there." Oh, and last year's musical "Chicago" was also shot by Don, and you can go home and watch the reruns and movies. ”
“OMG!” Scott was immediately surprised when he heard these words.