Chapter 69 Audition
Tuesday morning.
Huage Records headquarters, professional audition room.
After eight o'clock in the morning, Wang Jingxue, Xie Bing, and Sima Duoduo and their sisters had already arrived. Before nine o'clock, manager Wu Jie and producer Li Jinlong also arrived, and then everyone waited anxiously at the door.
This morning, it was the audition meeting for two songs of Wu Xing Wu Su's new album. Because the matter involved Li Qian, the most popular songwriter in the music industry, it is said that the company's general manager Huang Dazhong and music director Du Xiaoming would be there, and because of this, it was even more exciting. This exacerbated the inner tension and expectation of the Wuxingwusu sisters.
Of course, they are very confident about the two songs they just recorded, especially the song "Sisters and Sisters Stand Up" - there are hardly any adjectives, it is tailor-made for their group The works are not only youthful and passionate, but also have a bright rhythm and a beautiful melody. Even the girls in the group, although they are not professionals, still made "this song It will definitely be a big hit" prediction, which shows how good it is!
To be honest, if the decision-making power is in the hands of them, then there is no need to hold this audition meeting at all. When they were in Jinan Prefecture, they would definitely agree to Li Qian's conditions and ask him to help them do it for themselves. This album is over.
But obviously, the power to decide is not in their hands.
And even though they have absolute confidence in this song and this future album, but...who knows if the people who have the power to decide will like it?
Many times, especially in a big company like Huage, the song that the author liked very much was killed by the producer, and the song that both the author and the producer liked was eventually killed by the company's senior management. , is simply not uncommon.
Therefore, at this time, it is strange that the sisters of Wuxingwusu are not nervous!
However, what is extremely important to them may be just a routine matter to others...
At 9:30 in the morning, people finally started to arrive sparsely. By 9:45, there were a little more people arriving. When it was around 9:50, it seemed that the audition session that was scheduled to start at 10:00 was about to arrive. Finally, Huang Dazhong, general manager of the company, and Du Xiaoming, music director, finally came hand in hand.
After they all went in, Li Jinlong brought the Wuxingwusu sisters into the listening room.
In the audition room, many people gathered together in twos and threes to chat and laugh. Even the general manager Huang Dazhong and the music director Du Xiaoming were sitting there discussing something quietly, as if they were discussing some important matter.
Seeing this situation, the anxiety in my heart is one, and the mentality of being ignored and eager to prove myself is another. These two psychology are entangled together. They were even more nervous when they first arrived, and those who were a little more delicate like Xie Bing and Sun Ruoxuan started sweating even more nervously.
Finally, ten o'clock arrived.
Regardless of whether there are still people who should have come but did not come, Li Jinlong signaled Wu Xingwusu's manager Wu Jie to close the door. Then, he walked to the empty seat in front of the audition booth and stood still, briefly introduced the content and reason of the audition session, then announced the start of the audition session, and then walked over and pressed the play button.
It was also at this time that the twenty or so people sitting sparsely in the audition room finally stopped talking with each other, and sat down one after another, waiting to listen to the song.
But the five sisters of Wuxingwusu did not sit down, but stood in a row at the end of the audition room. No one took the initiative, but they held hands with each other completely spontaneously.
What's more, Sun Ruoxuan even closed her eyes, with an expression of waiting to be punished.
Seeing her appearance, Xie Bing couldn't help but hold her hand tightly.
Looking forward to it? Are you afraid?
certainly!
Laymen will only see the bright and glamorous ten minutes when they were on stage, but they themselves know their hard work and difficulty, and this is not the most important thing. , but even their own evaluation of their group is really extremely low.
And now, when they met Li Qian in Jinan Mansion, got his works, and began to cooperate with him and receive his guidance, finally, for the first time in history since the release of the first record, they finally felt They are not out to sell meat or thighs anymore, they can clearly feel that this time, they are going to sell songs and works!
So, suddenly, they felt that their lives suddenly brightened up!
Even like Xie Bing, she even thought that even if the sales of this album were not as successful as she and others expected at the beginning, after this album, the singer career of Wuxingwusu is worth it. up.
At least with these works, they can confidently introduce themselves as singers in the future!
It's a singer, not a sex dancer!
And today, now, after the next two songs, which are less than ten minutes long, will determine the future direction and future of the sisters to a large extent.
Suddenly, a section of extreme bass instantly blew up the listening room.
Then the drum beat, and the rhythm quickly turned to brisk.
"Then wait for it to fall. If love is really great, what is there for me to struggle? Am I worse than others..."
I have to say that although it was a live recording, and it was a way for a singer to lead a band, the two sound engineers of the Hua Ge School were quite good. Although this recording has not yet been post-processed, it still sounds very clean.
And the five girls have basically grasped the essence of the song after Li Qian's training and guidance during those few days, so on the day of recording, they almost showed their best performance-should be free and easy. Free and easy, pretend to be wronged when you should.
Of course, the most important thing is the rhythm and tone of this song!
Before this song, the entire domestic music scene was still dominated by folk songs, folk songs, country songs and sweet songs. It’s okay to say that rock is an alternative, but even Zhou Mo’s urban love songs are hard to become the mainstream. You can imagine the overall What is the atmosphere like? Therefore, works of pure youth style like "Sister and Sister Stand Up" have basically never appeared, and there has not been any representative work that has formed a mature style.
It was also because of this that as soon as the rhythm came together and Sima Duoduo's first song came out, those people in the audition room who didn't care much at first straightened their backs in the first instant!
And Du Xiaoming's eyes widened suddenly!
When the sisters sang the chorus, "Of ten men, seven are stupid, eight are stupid, nine are bad, and there is one who is loved by everyone. Sisters, jump out, even if you deceive him with sweet words, love well, no Let him leave again..." Many people in the audition room opened their mouths in surprise.
This song, from the melody to the lyrics, is simply brilliant!
And when this song was sung by five young girls like Wu Xing Wu Su with such a youthful and energetic voice... that feeling is definitely eye-catching!
So, after listening to the first chorus, Du Xiaoming's wide eyes narrowed again.
Listening to the interlude, he slowly leaned back in the chair, tapped his fingers lightly on Erlang's upturned legs, echoing the rhythm of the song, with a hint of admiration in his expression.
Then, when the whole three-minute demo was played, as the bass of that section was completely stabilized, before the next song started, there was a sudden "buzz" in the audition room, various small movements, various A kind of whisper, suddenly sounded.
The sisters looked at each other with worries on their faces.
They have participated in the audition meeting more than once, but this is the first time they have encountered such a situation where everyone immediately talked about it after the first song was played.
However, after noticing that the expressions on many people's faces seemed to be between surprise and admiration, everyone finally felt a little more at ease—at least not dismissive, or completely impatient!
At this time, the general manager Huang Dazhong coughed and said, "Quiet!"
The listening room fell silent again.
Just at this time, the second song began.
At the beginning, there was a two-beat piano sound, and then something astonishing to astonishing happened again.
This is actually a chorus from beginning to end!
Moreover, this is actually...a nursery rhyme!
After listening to the first section, some people couldn't help showing a dumbfounded look.
What's the matter? This is, obviously the last song was absolutely youthful, with such a brisk rhythm and such a cute style, but the next song went straight to nursery rhymes!
However, when the astonishment passed, everyone listened carefully, and suddenly felt that the melody of this song was quite good. Although the rhythm was slow, it was still catchy. And judging from the content of its three-part lyrics, it is obvious that this is bound to be a song that pleases all children and all parents!
Therefore, everyone's reaction was completely the same. After the initial surprise, after listening to all three bars, everyone nodded slightly one after another, and sat down on their chairs one by one.
Nursery rhymes... It's not that they can't be sung, even once they are sung well, once they are accepted by children and parents all over the country, the market will definitely be so big that it will instantly kill all pop music categories!
You know, the most profitable business in the world is often selling things to women and children!
And judging from the current demos, miraculously, everyone feels that this song... seems to have such potential?
As the second round continued to advance slowly, many people nodded solemnly.
Well, this nursery rhyme is indeed quite good!
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The third watch is over, eleven thousand words!
I hope the monthly ticket can go up a bit!
Oh, by the way, the book friend group is ready, the group number is 74640518, pay attention, only full subscription readers are accepted!