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Chapter 6 The Underground Music Circle(1/2)

The Hengshan Road under the setting sun is very lively, and the two rows of sycamore trees on the side of the road seem to be covered with a hazy halo in the golden and red afterglow.

At 5:30 pm, Song Yi and Xu Shuangcheng stepped into the Jasmine Bar in a small Western-style building in the Republic of China style.

This time the two were no longer unknown people. A young waiter who was busy at the door smiled and said hello: "You are here too early. Manager Wu is inside."

"Thanks."

Song Yi responded politely and walked into the bar with Xu Shuangcheng, and saw Wu Xuan, the beautiful and pure bar manager, who was recording the account at a table by the window.

A beautiful figure fell under the bright lights. Several account books were stacked.

The side looks are beautiful.

The figure is also very beautiful.

She was still in the same bar as her "uniform": a small plaid suit, a white shirt, and black pencil pants.

"Sister Wu Xuan, we are here." Xu Shuangcheng was a little nervous in front of the strange adults. After all, it was a young man, and Song Yi was responsible for the communication. But he was very proactive in front of the young lady.

Looking at the two big boys carrying a backpack in front of him, Wu Xuan couldn't help laughing. Her bright eyes were flowing like a flower, and she was clean and pure. She would unconsciously make people feel ashamed. She is such a girl!

"I told you to come early in the evening. I planned to arrange for you to take the stage at 10 o'clock when the crowds are the most. I didn't ask you to come at 6 o'clock."

Fog grass! Xu Shuangcheng was a little embarrassed, scratched his head and looked at Song Yi. This idea was made by Song Yi.

They slept comfortably in the hotel until after nine o'clock this morning. Then they took the subway to their cousin's residence near the Modu Film and Television City. After washing up, they found a park to practice singing, eat, and practice singing. They set off after 3:30 in the afternoon.

This time, each of them carried a bag, which was the sports bag they carried in the Magic City Car, and they brought a set of changing clothes. It was too stupid to fall back to the subway in the evening.

Song Yi smiled and said, "We live far away, afraid of delaying things."

When doing things, he naturally has to do his best. He will not be arrogant and lazy because he has achieved great success in singing last night.

When he wrote online articles in his previous life, he had this mentality. He went to the cafe to drink coffee every day and watched the girls. He regretted it when he fell to the bottom in the future. It would be great to be hardworking and earn more money!

Wu Xuan looked at the handsome big boy with appreciation and curiosity in her eyes. How did an 18-year-old boy write a song that reads all the vicissitudes of life like "Start from the beginning"? Then he chuckled and said, "Song Yi, what did I do wrong? You don't even want to call me Sister Xuan?"

There is also "The Godfather" in this world line. This is the sentence structure in "The Godfather", which is obviously a joke.

"Sister Xuan!" Song Yi could only shout honestly.

He was in his thirties and was called a girl in his early twenties, and he couldn't get over that hurdle.

Xu Shuangcheng was so happy that he laughed.

"Yeah." Wu Xuan responded with a smile, gently stroked her hair on her forehead, and said, "You will go on stage to sing around 10 o'clock tonight. You can now make an appointment with your boss's recording studio and come here later.

During this period, the song will be recorded first. After recording the song, it will be sold on the Tengda Music platform. Haven’t you registered an account with Tengda Music yet?"

Song Yi: "Yes."

Wu Xuan: "Then get one."

Song Yi: "Okay."

After three days of traveling, he basically understood the memory of "Xiao Song". In this world, the private economy is prosperous. At this time, China had three major music platforms: Tengda Music, Net Yiyun Music, and Ali Music. The market share rankings fell one after another.

Of course, there are other smaller music platforms, such as the music stores that major mobile phone manufacturers come with.

With the advent of the mobile Internet era, physical albums and records are basically dead now. Singers will choose online platforms when posting songs.

Users can enjoy permanent download permission after paying for singles and albums on the online platform. The current price of Tengda Music is 0.7 yuan for each song.

Watch the albums for their respective pricing.

The platform will divide the sales share 30% of the sales, which is equivalent to the distribution company in the record era. At the same time, the music platform will also be involved in music production, singer agency and other businesses like record giants.

The current single download record is Tengda Music’s own contracted singer, Zhao Xin, the most popular male singer among male singers, "The Moon Shines the West Tower", downloads 42.13 million times. The female singer is the creator, Chen Lanqin, the sweet song queen of the Mesozoic generation, and "You Still Don't Love Me in the Last", downloads 30.01 million times.

The data are all on the Tengda Music download list.





After coming out of the Jasmine Bar, Song Yi and Xu Shuangcheng walked to the "Ergou Recording Studio" outside the south gate of the Magic City Conservatory of Music.

Traffic flowing along the way on the sycamore tree avenue. On the green sidewalk, the young girl was wearing a cool summer skirt and white legs and pink arms, embellishing the night of this bustling city, which was extremely beautiful.

Xu Shuangcheng, who has always been lively, sighed melancholy after leaving the bar, "Old Song, I am so depressed! Sister Xuan is very fond of you. Alas, my love that has died before I even started!"

Song Yi said speechlessly: "Didn't you tell me last night that you will chase He Yutong after returning to the city?"

Xu Shuangcheng smiled and said, "That doesn't delay my affection for Sister Xuan!"

Song Yi compared a middle finger, "Your uncle! You should think about how to record these two songs for me!"

Made, an eighteen-year-old young man, is full of snow-white women in his dreams!

Xu Shuangcheng said curiously: "It's over. Is there anything else to say here?"

Song Yi asked back, "Why can't we record songs in Luocheng?"

Xu Shuangcheng blurted out: "You don't have money! Luocheng doesn't even have a better studio, only Jiangcheng has it. But we two poor students, how can we have free money to record songs in the studio?"

Song Yi said: "Look, isn't this the difficulty? Boss Li has a recording studio here. Various equipment such as mixers, microphones, synthesizers, audio players, recorders, and samplers are all pretty good. But it costs 500 yuan per hour.

Although you can owe this money first, you have to pay it back. How long will it take for us to record two songs? According to the standards in the music industry mentioned online, it is normal to record a song for five days and ten days, right?

We sing in the Jasmine Bar, and we need to eat and stay. How many days can we sing to make a song cost?"

Xu Shuangcheng thought, "Damn it! Song Yi, what you said is true. Don't give me my 400. Just keep the rest for recording songs. Also, let's go back to the Modu Film and Television City tonight, where will my cousin sleep?"

Song Yi laughed. Brothers are brothers after all, and if you say you don’t have to, just don’t want it if you don’t have it for ten thousand yuan.

"Don't, go to the film and television city to sleep so hot. Shuangcheng, money is not saved. At worst, after school starts in September, I will continue to go out to sing and pay off my debts every night. In short, I have to record these two songs first.

There is another thing, I am not satisfied with the musicians who helped us record the accompaniment yesterday. I have to find a few musicians with high standards."

Starting from the beginning, the arrangement of this song uses piano, guitar, violin, drums, etc.

Xu Shuangcheng thought about it and suggested: "Let me ask Manager Zhou later. He helps Boss Li to manage the recording studio and should be very familiar with the local music circle."





The "Ergou Recording Studio" facing the street outside the south gate of the Magic City Conservatory of Music is still lively during dinner time. About seven or eight students from the Conservatory of Music listen to the Musket Band recording songs outside the recording studio.

Musket Band is the most outstanding rock band at the Magic City Conservatory in the past two years: a lead singer, a guitarist, a bass, and a drummer. It is loved and sought after by juniors and juniors.

"I was looking for a direction to escape, and there was a wildfire growing stubbornly in my heart..."

The storming singing of lead singer and captain Han Dongfang was echoing in the control room.

Song Yi and Xu Shuangcheng listened at the door for more than ten seconds, and went to the office next door to find Zhou Yanming, the manager of "Ergou Recording Studio".

I don’t know if it was his illusion, but he felt that the song was just like that. The prosperity of film and television songs does not mean that every song is a fine product. Of course, this is broken in his stomach.

"Oh, our Flower Band is here! Let's record the song from the beginning?"

Zhou Yanming poured tea for the two older boys and said with a smile. As a subordinate of the boss Li Ergou, he was naturally clear about what happened in the Jasmine Bar.

It is obvious that song recording is obvious.

This song was so popular in the bar last night, how could it be recorded and sold on the music platform? This is what all singers will do after the song becomes popular!

Of course, how much can you sell, that's another matter.

Song Yi said: "Yes, Brother Zhou. We want to make an appointment for the song recording time starting tomorrow."

Zhou Yanming called out a form from the computer, clicked the print, and the printer buzzed. Later, he handed the form to the mature and calm big boy in front of him, and said, "This is the arrangement of the recording studio in the past two weeks. You can take a look first."

When Song Yi picked it up and looked at it, Zhou Yanming lit a cigarette, sat on the sofa, took a sip, and said, "The music market is booming now, and there are many musicians in the Magic City. Although our recording studio is smaller, it is not fully equipped and the price is fair? There are many singers who come to record songs in the circle.

Moreover, the Muskets Band has been recording their debut album recently. The boss of their agency and Dog Brother are good friends, so they have to use it first. So, I personally recommend that you come here early and try to record it before 9:30 in the morning. Then, in the evening, you have to see what the Muskets Band is going on that day. If they come out, you will continue to use it.

Our recording studio can be busy for 24 hours. I will arrange staff on duty. It is still very cheap to recruit an intern during the summer vacation. Hey."

"This...but..." Xu Shuanglong subconsciously wanted to carry out Wu Xuan, the manager of Jasmine Bar.

I was originally thinking about finding a few better musicians, but the time schedule for recording the songs was turbulent.

The recording time is before 9:30 in the morning, and I don’t know what time it will be recorded at night. This is destined that they must live closer. Made, Hengshan Road is the old city of the Magic City, the center of the center!

And their income... Maybe Song Yi would have to come to the Jasmine Bar to sing in the recording studio after he came to the Modu City in September to pay off his debts.

Song Yi pulled Xu Shuanglong. Manager Zhou is actually a good person. Because he has been dealing with singers at the bottom for many years, he has a rude atmosphere in his body. He will not look down on you just because you are a little singer. He is approachable and makes people feel comfortable.

But there is one person who is very lazy and sucks at work. He saw him playing mobile games in the office twice. Boss Li put him in this position and guarded the recording studio, which is considered to be a perfect person.

So, if you use Wu Xuan to suppress such an old world, there is no need for that, and how effective will it be?

Song Yi said: "Brother Zhou, thank you. Then that's it. We will come here early tomorrow morning to start recording. I still have something to ask Brother Zhou for help."

"Oh, you said." Zhou Yanming lit the ash and smiled slightly. In comparison, the lead singer of the Huaer band was much more comfortable.

"My song needs to be accompanied by piano, violin, guitar, drum and other instruments. I want to find a few powerful musicians."

Zhou Yanming pondered for a moment and said slowly: "This is probably a bit difficult! Song Yi, I'm going to tell you that our Ergou Recording Studio is well-known in the underground music circle of the Magic City. It's no problem to find a few powerful old guns to play musical instruments, but you can't afford to pay!"

What is an underground music circle?

In the early years, when recording records were released, the major record companies were the core, and a large number of musicians and singers were gathered. The peripherals were the channels for distribution and sales, and the performance companies were the entire music circle.
To be continued...
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