Rebirth of the music superstar

MIKE is the music director of Xingcai, and also the producer of all Xingcai singers.

Generally speaking, a record company will only have one music director, and the director is responsible for the music-related matters of the entire company, including the selection of singers, etc., which requires strong management capabilities.There are many music producers, who are responsible for the style of the record, the singer's singing style, etc. Different producers are responsible for different records, and some singers even have different producers for each record.

Like Guo Peiwen, he started as a producer of Lu Nan. Later, Lu Nan became popular, and the company recognized his ability, and then he was promoted to director. Several of his brothers are still producers. Judging by Guo Peiwen's face, the director has a lot of power. Many young Vux singers who have just debuted are very flattering to Guo Peiwen. They have to nod to Guo Peiwen when they release a record, and they are not popular yet and have no status. Of course, there is no way to appoint a producer, and they can only rely on Guo Peiwen to assign.

But Xingcai was poor, and Li Jun was reluctant to hire another producer, so he let MIKE work part-time. MIKE had the final say on the overall situation and small matters of the company's music. Anyway, Xingcai didn't have many groups of singers, and none of them were very famous.

Ye Ze got out of the taxi and went straight to the 17th floor of the building. After entering the company, he first greeted Lisa, the girl at the front desk, because Ye Ze had 'amnesia', Lisa said her name to Ye Ze again last time.

"You're here, go directly to the director's office, he's waiting for you, the boss's office is right next door." Lisa was obviously told by MIKE.

"Director? Who is it?" Ye Ze knew nothing about the company's internal situation.

"Oh, you forgot, right? It's MIKE." Lisa explained.

Only then did Ye Ze suddenly realize that it was the director himself who called him, and he was a little excited.

"Boom!" Ye Ze knocked on the door of MIKE's office.

"Come in!" The voice of the person inside was cheerful.

Ye Ze opened the door and went in, and saw a blond foreigner sitting inside, probably in his 30s, looking at him with a smile.

That’s right, MIKE is an American, but he likes China very much, so he can speak Chinese well, although sometimes the expression is a bit weird, such as the phone call he just made with Ye Ze, ordinary Chinese people don’t know it in real life So, what a mess.

The records produced by MIKE are a bit westernized, especially the arranger and singer’s style, which is a little bit out of tune with the domestic market, but the whole company has not found any problems, especially Li Jun, who thinks that MIKE’s music philosophy It's very foreign, very tall, and I feel that their small company is equipped with such music, and the grade has been raised several levels!

"Hello Director." Ye Ze greeted with a smile.

"Hi Ozawa, please sit down." MIKE sat on the single sofa and made a gesture of invitation.

Ye Ze took advantage of the opportunity and sat on the sofa opposite MIKE, he was a little nervous.

"Relax, I think we will have a pleasant conversation." Mike saw Ye Ze's nervousness, so he called inside and asked someone to bring in two cups of coffee.

After the secretary who delivered the coffee went out, the two began to get down to business.

"Your songs are very good!" MIKE was very excited. "I have heard your songs before, but they are completely different from the current ones. What inspired you?"

Ye Ze shrugged, and then talked about his amnesia.

MIKE was shocked after hearing this: "Ohmygod! This is really unfortunate!"

Just when Ye Ze was about to say it’s okay, he heard MIKE say again: “But I know, you Chinese have a saying that is good, the heaven will send a great responsibility to the people, and you must first work hard on your heart, work on your muscles and bones, and starve your body.” Said Is that what you are? You are amazing!"

Ye Ze: "..." He didn't know what to say, neither happy nor sad, this foreigner's way of comforting people is really different.

MIKE took out the computer and put it on the low table between the two of them. Ye Ze saw that the folder he clicked on contained the demo songs he had made.

"I've heard them all. It's great. Did you write it for your band?" Mike rested his elbows on the armrest of the sofa and folded his hands.

Ye Ze shook his head: "I have no memory of the past, I wrote this for myself."

"Write it for yourself?" MIKE asked strangely, "You can also sing?" He never knew that Ye Xiaoze could sing, he is a guitarist, isn't he?

Not only MIKE doesn't know, the original owner of this body doesn't know either, Ye Xiaoze has never sung, he is only interested in musical instruments and composing.

Ye Ze nodded and said, "I've been practicing singing recently, and I have all five notes. I should be able to sing all these songs."

He didn't pay attention when he wrote the music in the hospital before, he only wrote it according to his own inspiration. First, he didn't expect that he was used to writing for Lu Nan before, and he always used the piano instead of his voice; Not good, not very easy to sing.

Ye Ze didn't realize this until after he was discharged from the hospital. He couldn't write nonsense. He wanted to write songs that suited his voice. He couldn't write songs that were beyond the capacity of his voice. It would definitely be counterproductive to sing.The recording studio can be repaired, but he can't rely on the recording studio for his whole life, right? Once he sings live, it's all over?

As for the idea of ​​"If you can't sing by yourself, then sing for others", Ye Ze doesn't have the idea for the time being, he doesn't want to be behind the scenes, what he wants is to perform on stage by himself, and writing songs for others is something he only thinks about doing after he becomes famous, which is the icing on the cake use.

After singing a few times with the DEMO at home, Ye Ze found that this body actually has a super good voice, clear and clear, and has a wide range. He tried to sing a few famous difficult songs and found that he could sing them easily. control.

Although it doesn't have a very magnetic voice, Ye Ze is very satisfied. This type of voice can match any genre of music, and he doesn't choose songs. This way, he has less limitations in songwriting.Not like Lu Nan, Lu Nan can only sing gentle love songs, if you ask him to sing rap or high notes, he will absolutely collapse.

The voice is an innate condition, and it depends on the appeal of the singer the day after tomorrow. It is not the pitch, or the high pitch can go up, and the low pitch can be called good singing.Can you become a god just by singing well?How is that possible.Those kind of people are mostly professors of music colleges, and their skills are not very good, but you can let them release records and see how many people will like them.

Of course, singers with poor singing skills and poor appeal can also become gods, it depends on the company's packaging, if the market's appetite is right, there are a few catchy divine songs, and if there is a good time, then That's very promising.

Everyone counts ahead and you will know that there are few kings and queens who can compose by themselves, and there are only a handful of top-notch singers, and very few have strong appeal. Part of their success is good luck, when they meet good songs, The other part is packaging, talent, appearance, personal characteristics, etc. There are many directions that can be packaged.

The innate voice was brought by the original owner, and the acquired one was up to Ye Ze himself. After those few days of practice, he was very sure of combining the two.

Hearing what Ye Ze said, MIKE was a little surprised. He clicked on one of the demos: "You try singing this song." This is his favorite song among several songs. The whole song has a high pitch. It is very suitable for female singers to sing.

Ye Ze has no stage fright, nor will he, because he knows this is his chance to start over, and he must seize it.

Not long after the music started, Ye Ze's clear voice wafted through the room. The lyrics were written by himself, and he knew them by heart, so he could sing them with his eyes closed.

A song lasted more than three minutes, and MIKE listened carefully until the end.

"Papa papa!" MIKE clapped his hands involuntarily when the music stopped, "Your voice is really great!"

Don't talk about skills, just listen to the voice, there are not many such clear male voices, and only female singers have such a high voice.Moreover, although Ye Ze's voice is high-pitched, it is not feminine at all, and MIKE is completely fascinated.

"You are so surprising. What have you done in the past few years? You shouldn't be standing behind. Your voice is the weapon!" MIKE was very excited.

"Thank you for the compliment." Ye Ze was a little embarrassed, he felt that he still needs to be strengthened, his voice needs to be practiced, and his skills are not good enough.

"No, no, no! I'm not complimenting you at all, I'm just telling the truth!" Mike has been in Xingcai for so many years, and until today he feels like he has found a treasure.

Oh!Thank God it was awesome to have this man amnesiac!

After that, the two discussed the details of these songs. The main theme and arrangement needed to be changed. MIKE made a lot of suggestions for revision. He has been a music producer for so many years, and he still has some skills. Ze a lot of good ideas.

The lyrics have not been changed, the most important thing is that MIKE has not changed the level of Chinese lyrics. He can speak Chinese, but his comprehension ability is really messed up. Many words are used indiscriminately, and he can't understand the artistic conception of many Chinese lyrics.

"You revise it according to the results of our discussion. If there is no problem, we can enter the recording studio soon." MIKE is full of hope for the future.

Ye Ze nodded: "I will revise it carefully, and contact the director as soon as I finish."

"OK!"

"But I still have a question to ask." This is the question Ye Ze wanted to ask a long time ago.

"What?"

"It's the copyright issue." Ye Ze said, "I've seen the contract I signed before. My record contract and economic contract are both in Xingcai, but I haven't seen the copyright contract. Who owns the copyright of AC band's songs in the past? of?"

"Oh, it's all for the singer." MIKE said, "The company is just an agent."

In fact, the main reason is that Xingcai is a small company with insufficient funds. Buying out the copyright is risky, so no matter whether it is from a singer-songwriter or an ordinary composer, the songs used are not bought out.

Ye Ze breathed a sigh of relief, this was good news for him, he didn't want to transfer the copyright of the song, fortunately the company didn't have the habit of buying out, otherwise it would be bad for Ye Xiaoze to sign a contract to sell the copyright, and it would be very troublesome to change jobs in the future. Aux likes to buy copyright. They bought it from Lu Nan at first, but Lu Nan didn't agree and only gave Aux the agency right.

That's right, Ye Ze was already thinking about quitting before he even started. He had seen a big company like Vux, and then looked at Xingcai, and he knew that such a small company would never be able to attract superstars, even the best singers. The resources of this company are really limited.