Agriculture Idol

Chapter 61 "Light Boat" Released! (I wrote it yesterday and forgot to post it, so I’ll make it up)
The company's production team combined suggestions from various departments and proposed a definition of Li Chengxin himself and this album.

The general opinion of Li Chengxin is that Li Chengxin's music theory is not from a major. Although he has taken some corresponding courses in Magic Star Entertainment before, his theoretical ability is still weak. The composition and arrangement basically rely on the music cultivated by fishermen's folk songs. It is a pity that the voice recognition is not very good, there is nothing special about it, and more vocal lessons are needed.

The overall style of this album is biased towards folk songs, and among folk songs, it is also biased towards folk folk songs.The planning team has referred to all the songs sung by Li Chengxin, and considered adding some Chinese-style songs on this basis, and using songs with different styles to satisfy different audience groups.

Since the audience of Li Chengxin's album is considered medium-sized, the production team hired a creative and innovative producer for him. In this way, the music produced may be a little more novel.

After discussing with Li Chengxin, they chose another song from Li Chengxin's past songs. It was the song that Li Chengxin sang for them to choose when Qi Lanting and Director Liu went to Hongming Village to eat sea urchins. a.One of the best songs has already been hijacked by Qi Lanting. It is impossible for Li Chengxin to put it in the new album for a while, but the other songs are not bad, but they are not suitable for that TV series.

In addition, at the request of the producer, the production team invited a famous musician to write a song for Li Chengxin to write the lyrics.Inviting songs to designated music creators is considered "icing on the cake".On the one hand, the quality of the works of big-name musicians is relatively stable, and the things they write will not be too bad, which can add points to the album; on the other hand, the company can also use this strong creative lineup as a publicity gimmick.

Hiring big-name musicians usually involves the risk of a long delivery time, because they often have a lot of work at hand, and they have to "queue" to ask them to write lyrics and music. However, Ge Yue got a song suitable for Li Chengxin in just half a month. This also made Li Chengxin feel the wealth of Geyue Entertainment.

In most cases, making an album is much easier than shooting a movie.But like shooting a movie, making an album is not an easy thing to do.

Now that popular music has become highly commercialized, the production of albums has been strictly streamlined, like works produced on an industrial assembly line.Even niche albums known as "independent records" are no exception.

The so-called difference between independence and business is just that the audience is different.The market positioning of the former is for a small group of diehard fans, while the latter is for the general public.Strictly speaking, any record that can be bought in a video store or downloaded as a genuine MP3 from a paid website is essentially a commercial record.

Of course, there are also true independent musicians who do not enter the market of any country, produce at their own expense, do not distribute and sell, and are just for self-entertainment.It's just such an independent musician whose name will never be known to the general public.

Li Chengxin once learned that the average production cost of a ten-song album is about 100 million yuan, which is equivalent to 10 yuan per song.Although 100 million yuan is not a big amount for Geyue Entertainment, as a highly commercial company, it is necessary and normal business behavior to evaluate the funds and risks of each project.

Li Chengxin didn't know how Geyue Entertainment evaluated his commercial value. He also speculated that perhaps releasing this album was as much a manifestation of Qi Ge's goodwill as signing him.But no matter what, Li Chengxin also wanted to make herself worthy of this kindness.

After the discussion of the review team in the production team, according to the style of the album and the unified judgment of the audience, ten songs were selected from the fourteen songs.The four extra songs may one day be on another of his albums, be released as singles, or never see the light of day.

Among the ten songs, "Golden Scales" and "Heart Color" are songs released by Li Chengxin before. "Home in the Distance" was originally written for Qi Lanting to sing. The ancient style song "Qing Xiao Yuan", the song "Flowers and Waiting" by a famous musician invited, Li Chengxin's own new "Maybe I just hope someone is waiting for me", "The Carousel of Life", "Billions of Stars" " Homecoming", and the album's title song "Light Boat".

After recording the demos of the two newly scheduled songs, Li Chengxin sent them to the arrangement room by himself.

For a week, Li Chengxin discussed his composition ideas and arrangement ideas with the arranger arranged by the company.In fact, Li Chengxin already had plans in mind for the songs he wrote himself. At this time, he and his arranger mostly discussed issues such as which instruments to choose and how to make the combination of different instruments sound more comfortable.

In terms of arrangement, the arranger teacher can perfectly reproduce the music score he wants, and also make more appropriate improvements based on Li Chengxin's above characteristics.This does not mean that the music improved by the arranger is better than the original version, but it is more in line with Li Chengxin's own characteristics.

The same song is sung by different people, and the experience of the audience is completely different. This is normal and necessary.

After the arrangement was confirmed, Li Chengxin started his busy schedule again.

First, I worked with the band that produced the soundtrack to record the dubbing, which took almost a month.

During the period, I also connected with the vocal teacher assigned by the company to practice singing.Cooperate with the publicity department to shoot the album cover, inside pages and promotional materials.Li Chengxin was alone without an assistant, and his agent arranged for him remotely, running up and down between various departments of the company, at least getting to know everyone in the company well.

A few months ago, Li Chengxin used the adjustment card given by the system to improve his singing skills, and then used two more for Brother Xiaoyong, and now he still has a [B-level adjustment card].

Li Chengxin has thought about using this card, but firstly, the drastic change in singing skills may make people doubtful, and secondly, this is also the last card in his hand, and he wants to keep it for emergencies.

Due to being busy with the new album, Li Chengxin has not broadcast live for a while.I happened to look at the system information and found that the prestige value had dropped a bit.

Fortunately, Everbright Entertainment Company edited the previous program "Come to the Pot" and broadcast it on their own video website as a variety show.

During this period, Yuan Zhao came to discuss the promotion and schedule of Li Chengxin's new album with Li Chengxin and the company's planning advertisement announcement.Generally speaking, for a newly signed singer-songwriter, the resources provided by the company have far exceeded Li Chengxin's expectations.

Generally speaking, the production process of an album is divided into several parts.

Determine the concept or style, find a producer, select songs, record samples, practice songs, record and mix and edit, record the MV of the main song, pre-promotion, release the album, successively record MVs of other popular songs, and release a collector's edition album.Of course, in actual operation, this order may not be strictly followed. It is also possible to slightly disrupt the order, or simply cancel one or several links.

For Li Chengxin's album, the so-called leaning against a big tree can enjoy the shade. With the support of the resources of Geyue Entertainment, a large company, and the determination to release this album, many steps can be carried out simultaneously. The production speed of the album has been accelerated, and the only thing that needs to wait is the steps that Li Chengxin himself must participate in.

What surprised Li Chengxin the most was that after he posted the preview of his new album on Weibo, Jiang He, the king of heaven, actually reposted it for him, so that the number of reposted comments skyrocketed, achieving an unexpected publicity effect.

Li Chengxin quickly sent a WeChat to thank Jiang He.

"Small things." Jiang He replied, "Come on."

Encouraged by the king-level boss, Li Chengxin was injected with chicken blood, and was asked to calm down by the vocal teacher several times during the vocal music class in the afternoon.

Li Chengxin's vocal lessons are coming to an end. His singing skills have reached the standards set by the producer. In the last few days, he has done enough practice on several songs in the new album.Geyue Entertainment's vocal practice room has high-quality recording equipment that can be replayed at any time to confirm where there are deficiencies.

Li Chengxin asked: "Sing the whole song directly, or sing it segment by segment?"

Li Chengxin himself likes to sing a song in its entirety during rehearsal, but in terms of actual effect, splitting a song into several sections and practicing them separately will improve the effect even more.

The vocal teacher thought for a while and said, "How about going through the whole piece first to see how far you can do it, and then split it up and practice it in sections?"

Li Chengxin has no objection. The songs he wrote, composed and arranged by himself have been practiced very well during this period of time, and he will not be unfamiliar with them.

After a song was sung, Li Chengxin and the vocal teacher did not immediately start a discussion. Instead, they played the recording just now, and then discussed some issues in a targeted manner, as well as the sound adjustments that need to be made for the recording studio equipment during recording.

In the next period of time, Li Chengxin finished the vocal music class and finished the song recording at the rate of one or two songs a day.

The first song of an album is responsible for giving the audience the "first impression". If the song is not well chosen, the audience is likely to stop listening to it.Considering the market reaction and rate of return, after the production of the song was completed, several students and white-collar workers—this is also the target group of Li Chengxin’s album—were invited to the recording studio for a trial listen, and after listening, they were asked to choose their favorite song. Three songs, and then arrange the order of the tracks according to the results.

Completing the recording means that more than half of the album's production is complete.

The post-processing of songs after recording mainly includes two aspects: mixing and mastering. Mixing is mainly about sound restoration and sound effect synthesis.After the mix is ​​complete, the producer masters the finished song for final tweaks.

Flaws such as the difference in volume between songs will be eliminated in this link, making the entire album sound more harmonious and unified.

On the last day of April 2020, this album called "Light Boat" was finally officially released!
　Album production knowledge reference Zhihu "How many steps does it take for a first-line singer or band to make an album, and how much does each step cost?" "

　　
　
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