These were the roads that Zhou Zhi had paved for Jiang Shuyi. The last news Zhou Zhi knew about her was that she went to England to study at a business school there.
Zhou Zhi didn’t even know if the summer practice materials he prepared for her had any effect.
"Brother Jiuzi, have you chosen my new song? There is also Sister Fang's song." Seeing that Zhou Zhi was a little distracted, Guan Tingting quickly interrupted: "Have you heard of the DEMO?"
< br>Nowadays record companies will receive many "submissions" and will also collect many songs. As long as they feel a bit popular, except for a few top creators, they can usually transfer the copyright from the author without spending much money. Buy it.
Of course, there are many ways to buy it. If it is a share agreement, the creator can still get some profit sharing when the song becomes popular, but if the company suppresses the song and refuses to publish it, or signs it In the case of a buyout agreement, the creator will not get any extra money.
An album usually contains ten songs. Generally, if one song becomes popular, the record company will not lose money. If two to three songs become popular, a new star singer will be created. If four songs become popular, then this This album can easily break through the platinum sales and create a first-tier singer.
Big Baozi Band belongs to the first type, Guan Tingting belongs to the second type, and Su Fang belongs to the third type.
Then Zhou Zhi helped them select songs and participated in part of the creation.
In other words, Zhou Zhi so far has pointed out to several people that the songs they can participate in are all hits, which is not ordinary.
With their two passionate rock songs "Singing the Motherland" and "Folk Songs Like Spring Rivers", Da Baozi Band is now a regular guest at major concerts. These two songs are important pieces that blow up the scene.
Guan Tingting's "Hasayaqi", "Hometown", and "Whirlwood" completely established her status as the campus sweetheart.
Su Fang is even more amazing. Brother Xiaopeng composed "Stay with Me to the End of the World". Among the ten songs, in addition to the already popular "What a Big Tree" and "Perseverance" In addition, it also includes "Stay with me until the end of the world", "Day does not understand the darkness of night", "Conquer", "Love Puppet", "Absolute Infatuation", "Crazy for Love", "Love of Life" .
Ten songs and nine hits created a miracle for the Rolling Stones of "nine platinum gold medals out of ten" and a huge star.
Fortunately, that year was the peak year of Chinese music. Jacky Cheung's "Legend of the Wolf" album was also a hit. It also had ten songs and nine hits, including "A Very Summer" with Faye Wong. , PolyGram and Rolling Stone were evenly matched, and Su Fang was not so conspicuous.
With this album, Jacky Cheung has consolidated his status as a singer-goddess in the hearts of fans. Now the media and fans also use the term "female singer-goddess" to refer to Su Fang.
There is a mysterious "Golden Song Judge" in the Mainland. This statement even made the Rolling Stone board members superstitious. Therefore, when Su Fang and Guan Tingting both mentioned that they wanted Zhou Zhi to help select songs, the boss did not hesitate and compressed them into MP3s. The preliminary DEMO was sent to Zhou Zhi.
Zhou Zhi was also a novice two years ago and didn’t know the various ins and outs of the record industry. Now he understands that an album can only have four or five hits at most. Too many is a bit scary.
Actually, he is not a golden song judge, he is just a karaoke enthusiast of later generations. There are many songs in the Rolling Stone music library, as well as those that were not submitted for submission. If you are careful, you can find many familiar ones.
"Tingting, are you going to release an album?" Feng Xueshan was very surprised. "Yes." Guan Tingting said matter-of-factly: "Sister Fang and Master both said we can try the water."
"Actually, I have been preparing for it, but I didn't expect that the "Perseverance" chorus at the Hung Hom concert would be so effective. Everyone said that we should strike while the iron is hot, so we advanced the album release date by half a year." He was a little touched when the news that he was going to release an album interrupted him. Although his mind had become clear in this life, he was still grateful for the little girl protecting him, and he was also relieved that his naughty sister had finally grown up and become sensible.
In fact, the songs for her have already been selected, and they are particularly suitable for her voice and performance style. The album must take into account mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, so Zhou Zhi selected "Dream Water Town" and "City" respectively. "Moonlight", "Laughing at the Storm", "The Legend of Love", "My Heart is Too Confused".
"Dream Waterside" is actually a continuation of the style of "Hometown", focusing on the mainland market; "Moonlight in the City" will continue to enjoy the lingering sound of campus sweethearts, and cultivate the part of the market brought by "Turnwood" , "Laughing at the Storm" is a test work in Cantonese. It just so happens that Zheng Shaoqiu is also testing the waters. He sings a duet with this uncle-level actor. Regardless of the age difference or the content of the song, the combination cannot create an IP feeling and cannot ruin the popularity among fans.
The remaining "Legend of Love" and "My Heart is Too Confusing" are mainly targeted at the Taiwan market. They are both golden songs, especially the two songs that were originally male vocals, but are now changed to female vocals, which makes Zhou Zhi himself feel I am very much looking forward to how Tingting will perform these two songs.
If nothing else goes wrong, all five songs will be on the gold charts. It is already quite impressive for a first album to achieve such a guaranteed result.
"But Tingting is not satisfied. She wants to challenge Mariah Carey's singing style."
"Try soul music?" Zhou Zhi couldn't help but frowned: "It's a bit difficult. Ah, especially when it’s performed in Chinese. Few creators nowadays lean towards that.”
Actually, what Zhou Zhi thinks about is that Guan Tingting has a sweet appearance, a proud figure, and a voice that is both talented and child-like. She has to meet a famous teacher to figure it out. She can control everything from sweet and tender to generous and passionate. No matter where she goes in the future Either Cyndi Wang or Jolin Tsai can earn a lot of money.
Now the little girl actually proposed to challenge herself. Of course, such an attitude should be encouraged. Finally, a song came up in her mind: "How about slowing down the rhythm of Teacher Tu's "Listening to the Sea" someday? Let’s try it?”
Tu Huiyuan is not yet a gold medal producer in future generations. He was born in 1966 and is only eight years older than Zhou Zhi. He is still less than 30 now and just graduated from the music department of Taiwan Shih Chien University a few years ago.
But his talent is still relatively recognized by everyone, and the opportunities are good. Before he was 20 years old, he joined many orchestras as a keyboard player and started his music career.
For example, Xue Yue’s Phantom Eyes Choir, Yu Chengqing’s ADA Choir, and Qi Qin’s Hong Ensemble, all became famous at a young age.
Especially in terms of arrangement and album production, he showed his talent very early. Since the 1980s, he has participated in the arrangement of many popular songs.
For example, "September High Heels" released by Qi Yu in 1988, "Let Me Love You Enough at Once" by Yu Chengqing in 1989, "I Finally Lost You" by Zhao Chuan, and "September High Heels" by Qi Qin in 1990. Ruthless Rain, Ruthless You", Zhang Yu's "Good Intentions" the year before last, Qi Qin's "Don't Let My Tears Accompany Me Overnight" last year, Tai Zhengxiao's "Nine Hundred and Ninety-nine Roses", "Thousand Paper Cranes", etc. .
The young genius of the past is now a young talent. Such terms are not exaggerated at all. (End of this chapter)