musicians of old

Chapter 158 "Trailer" Recording

Chapter 158 "Trailer" Recording (4.7K [-]-in-[-])

Ten days later, Saint Lenia Conservatory, Office of the Permanent Conductor.

"The cost of reconstruction and expansion construction and building materials is 10000 pounds in advance, and it is very likely that it will need to be supplemented later..."

"Piano, the most table-top musical instrument must choose 'Boethius' big nine feet, 100 limited editions per year, the price starts at 10000 pounds, which is a bit scary, and the customization is out of personal preference, but it does not necessarily satisfy different pianos It may be thankless to meet the universal needs of the family. It is better to choose the ordinary large nine feet first, um... This is already a first-class enjoyment. One 3000 pounds, considering the potential demand for double piano repertoire, Buy two, the sum is not as expensive as the customized one..."

Fanning sat at his desk, looking at a large stack of exquisite advertising foldouts, writing and scribbling on the paper with great interest.

"For the harp, choose the golden violin from the Versa Company of the Holy Janus Kingdom in the Western Continent. The domestic violin made by Tiolein in the school always feels that the tone is not moist enough. Well, this thing is not as cheap as a piano..." Golden Apollonia 'It's a popular model for concert use. It has enough volume and beautiful tone. It can stand up to the sound of a large-scale symphony orchestra. It costs 2800 pounds...a spare one is the cost-effective 'Diva' model for large concerts, 1100 Pound... It is estimated that many of the songs to be performed in the future will be composed of two harps..."

"The timpani is purchased according to the 'Hodanus' brand in the school. The stability has sounded good in the past few years. The fine-tuning system is scientific and friendly. Even I can get started...32 size, four sets, um ? Order this one before the end of July to get two extra sets of spare drumheads, free detachable bracket device and tuning pointer...two sets of 7..."

"The most common percussion instruments must be accompanied, such as triangle, snare drum, big cymbal, hi-hat, xylophone, celesta... There are too many brands and styles, let Lu refer later..."

"How should the operating expenses be planned? And the salaries and benefits of the staff and musicians..."

The little girl sitting opposite suddenly coughed twice.

"Sheeran, what's the matter?" Fanning looked up and asked.

"Caroun, do the math first, how much money do you have in the procurement items that have been priced..."

"10000 pounds for construction, 6000 pounds for two pianos, 3900 pounds for two harps, 1600 pounds for two sets of timpani..." Fanning froze in place suddenly.

"That's 21500? With the cash on hand plus Lu's investment, according to this game, there are only more than a thousand pounds left?"

"I used to think that the extraordinary expenses of the wise were the most expensive things in the world... Am I misunderstanding something?"

He has not yet calculated the monthly fixed expenses such as daily office consumables, music stands, chairs, gas, gas, water and electricity.

Sheeran said, "Callon, when you chatted with me last year, you didn't seem to have mentioned that you want to purchase such a top-grade musical instrument."

"It's really not top-notch, it's top-notch at best, normal concert standards." Fan Ning shook his head helplessly, "It can only be said that it is considered high-end in a privately prepared urban art space... The main reason is that the construction specifications have been overstated. Go up, other things can't be too much."

Reluctantly, he took a pen and crossed out the other one in the purchase plan of the two pianos, and crossed out the more expensive harp, and chose the mid-range for both.

In this way, there are five or six thousand pounds left, which will be used to cover the rest of the percussion instruments and miscellaneous purchases, and the remaining funds will be used to pay the salaries of the musicians.

By the way, the treatment of musicians.

In Tiolein, for full-time artists hired by colleges and universities, churches, and professional symphony orchestras, there is a clear industry bottom line salary standard, and this standard is even written into the recommendations of the Culture and Media Committee of the Central Council——

The weekly salary is not less than 6.25 pounds!
Because an annual income of 300 pounds is the current middle-class threshold recognized by the empire.

Take professional symphony orchestras as an example. The performers they hire are all capable of meeting the requirements of serious concerts with a commercial nature...Born from a musical family, talented and talented, and from a public academic class, at least one of the above elements must be met .

Professional musicians should not fall below the bottom line of the middle class. This is everyone's attitude towards art, and the situation in other countries is similar.In fact, the weekly salary of musicians is usually 8-10 pounds, and the salary is higher if the top orchestra, chief voice or other factors are added.

The price of musical instruments, ticket prices for performances, ticket prices for galleries, selling prices for paintings, artist hiring fees... Fan Ning discovered early on that compared to the proportional conversion relationship between the prices of other daily necessities and the prices of previous lives, the art field in this world is more expensive.

But from the consumer's point of view, it is also the same, the price accepted by the appreciators for art consumption is also higher than that of the previous life.

"...according to the calculation of 80 people under the three controls, if I hire them with average salary, I will need more than 3000 pounds of expenses per month, plus the salary of ordinary staff or the cost of operation and publicity..."

If I really want to operate at full capacity, my annual salary is only enough for one month, and the current balance of funds is also enough for one month.

Fan Ning sighed: "Xiran, why am I so poor, where do you think I should go to get money next, and get the kind that lasts a lot?"

After first discovering that the keys of the art museum could gather the brilliant spiritual liquid, he thought he had obtained a sharp tool to make money, but this was not the case. Extraordinary control in this world is still quite strict. Although there is a black market, and official organizations also have a certain ability to purchase, But there is no channel that can be digested in large quantities for a long time.

The sporadic sales of [-]% pure spiritual liquid he sold in the past six months is not as good as his income from the publication of inscriptions, manuscripts, and music scores.

"This... I don't know." The girl shook her head blankly. "I can help you with some things, so that you can hire one less person. If you really have a gap, I can also help you fill in a part of it with your family savings..."

"That's not necessary. I should pay you the same salary in the future. How can I ask you for a little girl's money to fill in this kind of risky investment project... Well, just now there are some elements of complaining and ridicule. I will Figured out a way."

"It doesn't matter... But speaking of it, you invited those painters to the art museum to hold an exhibition, and you didn't choose to collect rent, but to pay with paintings. Did you value any potential value? I know you have a good vision..."

"I hope that among the group of people in the Unselected Salon, there will be a few Impressionists as soon as possible... Hinting Liu masters, so that I can have all the top-level instruments, and the salary will be fully paid, and all the outstanding musicians and soloists in the world will be gathered here. Come here, release high-level repertoire, record historically influential records, sell out concerts...Forget it, let’s not dream, there are still a few months left, let’s think about how to raise more start-up funds, Make an art exhibition and concert at the end of the year, and at least guarantee the salary of the musicians for three months..."

Fan Ning stood up: "Let's go, Sheeran, let's go to the rehearsal hall, we've been tossing them for ten days in a row, and I've arranged for tomorrow and the next two days off, so today's work task is quite heavy...After busy today, let them Digest it for ourselves, and we can also spare time to look for the so-called non-existent 'Watznai Town'."

He unscrewed the door and stared at Huxley who was just about to knock on the door.

The vice-principal seemed to be recovering well, and he was not polite, and asked directly: "Caroun, what is the price of your concert? I think the favorable factors you mentioned make sense, but the 18-pound respect Is the customer price too exaggerated?

His tone was a little worried: "Why don't we change it to 12 pounds, and multiply the prices by 2 instead of 3 on the basis of the original plan, at least keep the same price as the Royal Academy of Music, because for consumers, this is still There is a delicate competitive relationship and comparison psychology..."

During the entire summer festival, the concerts of each school are scheduled each day. In theory, there is no time conflict. Audiences who want to listen to the concert of the Royal Academy of Music can still buy tickets for the concert of St. Lenia. However, there are probably very few music fans who listen to music for ten days at a time. Naturally, they still need to weigh and compare, and choose the few songs they like the most.

"Where's Professor Commons?" Fanning asked.

"I'm going to wait for you in the rehearsal hall." Huxley said, "He called a few professors to hear about the results of your ten-day rehearsal... Caroun, we will submit the ticketing plan to the Holy Tower soon. It’s over at Lambeau, I advise you to adjust it quickly, otherwise, Saint Lenia University sells tickets that are more expensive than the Royal Conservatory of Music, I feel that this will immediately hit the headlines of several mainstream music media... "

"Really? Isn't that just right..." Fanning smiled easily, and led Sheeran to the rehearsal hall.

"What are you talking about? It's just right for us to come here today?" Huxley's eyes widened, and he strode behind. "You don't mean that it's just right for this kind of thing to make headlines?"

"It's all just right..." Fanning didn't turn his head. When he pushed open the half-closed side door of the rehearsal hall, he once again stared at Professor Commons.

"Professor Fanning, what are you doing!?" Commons' eyes behind thick-soled lenses were bigger than Huxley's, and his face was crowded together, "Damn, where did these people come from? ? Why does Roy know them? You can't call this, can you?"

In the rehearsal hall, Roy commanded that there were obviously a dozen people who did not look like students who were busy. Some people kept unloading various complicated equipment from the cart, some were in charge of assembling, some lay on the ground to connect wires, and There was a guy who was walking around with a trumpet, trying it out in different positions, with pick-up electrode mics set up in several positions.

Some of the students present were looking at it curiously, and some were scratching their heads in a daze. Only Belinda, the new full-time music staff, concentrated on distributing music scores on the music stands.

"Caroun? Are you... recording a record?" Huxley felt that he understood it, but he still didn't understand it. "Aren't we going to have a concert? What are you recording a record for? And the level of the orchestra, Including the current rehearsal progress, it should not have reached the level where a record can be released, right?"

"To be precise, it's 'trailer'." Fan Ning smiled slightly, but he felt that the professors might not understand the word, so he further explained, "Only for the new work I'm about to premiere, I only recorded a short section, Then I will have several broadcasters use this as the background music and run commercials a few days before the billing day..."

Sheeran asked: "Did you hire people from Hoffman Records Publishing Company? The company that owns one of the three most authoritative music media in the capital, "Hoffman Gramophone"?...Speaking of which, when Dad was young, he was publishing "D Big We have considered them in the matter of tuning the Violin Concerto record, but due to various reasons, the cooperation has not been reached."

Hoffman Records Publishing Company, as the top representative of Tiolein's record industry, has high prices and high commissions, and there is a certain threshold for the selection of publishers. They generally do not accept cooperation intentions from newcomers who have not had any response before as a reference.

"Well... I have to thank Ms. Roy for helping me connect." Fanning said, "I showed them the fragments of the score, and they only recorded the fragments, not for publication and sales, so they agreed to this request that does not violate the principle , shorter duration and recording cycle, and the money spent is not as much as imagined..."

As for the recording on the day of the performance, although Fanning and Toroy said hello before, they said that they still need to see the response first, but Fanning also has an alternative record company.

…record a teaser segment for a radio commercial?Several professors just found this line of thinking unheard of.

Although the advertising industry of Empire has developed rapidly in recent decades, most of the fields involved are ordinary industrial commodities. Marketing in the field of art is an unfamiliar concept to everyone. When it comes to how to increase the popularity of concerts, everyone’s conventional thinking It is to improve the business level, open up media relations, seek cooperation from masters, and slowly accumulate word of mouth.

But they understand logically... For concerts with a premiere link, it seems that such an operation can indeed affect ticket sales, but it needs to be of high quality to have a positive effect, otherwise it may have a negative effect.

The new permanent conductor, so confident in his new work?

His "First Symphony" did gain a lot of attention, but...

"Caroun, I'm not questioning your composition ability, it's just that a large-scale orchestral work usually takes thirty to forty minutes to start, even if you only choose to show the first movement, it still takes fifteen minutes... How many seconds can you put on the radio? 30 Seconds? 50 seconds?... 100 seconds to the top, what can others hear?"

Huxley's doubts are not unreasonable, and Commons and several other professors also deeply agree.

Take Fanning's own "First Symphony" as an example. This work was previewed on the radio for a minute and a half, and the introduction didn't even end. I'm afraid everyone was confused.

"Don't worry, you will find out after listening to it later." Fan Ning smiled mysteriously, "Some works, you can't hear the reason at a minute and a half, and some works, if you cut it at a minute and a half, the audience may feel itchy Can't sleep..."

Otherwise, why would I choose this song?

Fanning has long thought about it.

"Don't talk so much, let me listen to your rehearsal effect first." Commons raised his eyes, and his tone gradually became serious, "There is more than one piece in the concert, and the performance level is not improving. The premiere of the master level New works are all a waste of effort...Professor Fan Ning, the vice-principal is here today, and I reiterate what I said to you before, if I find that your rehearsal results are not satisfactory, I will ask you to cancel those blindly radical plans."

"Have you noticed that everyone has already entered?" Fan Ning asked.

"All admission? That's right, what's the matter?" Commons asked puzzled.

However, after a few seconds, he followed the eyes of several other professors and looked at the clock pointing to [-]:[-].

A look of disbelief flashed in the old conductor's eyes.

He still doesn't know what this group of students looked like before?

What's going on here?
Fanning didn't speak any more, he stepped onto the podium: "Let's start with Swellinck's "Summer Night at Lebic."

Gestures fall, the cello and double bass plucked the strings in 6/8 time, and the cantabile Andante in E major is played slowly. The column chords of the woodwind not only have a warm and unified tone, but also highlight the second melody line implied in the chords , a summer night street scene rippling with a little bit of sweetness, just like this is displayed in front of the audience.

"The sound here is not like this orchestra at all!?" Several professors immediately noticed the difference.

Although the difficulty of this section is relatively simple, but this...is it too detailed?

And when the dramatic storm scene in the middle comes, the string part is fierce but uniform, the timpani is hearty, and the brass pipe full of chill and violence resounds, but the sound balance of the rest of the parts is still intact. To maintain...especially the reappearance of the last part, they actually heard more complex and subtle processing and mood in basically the same music material...

How come, in ten days, it already has the taste of a professional symphony orchestra?
The eyes of several professors have become dull.

Ten minutes of music passed, the baton fell, and a few pitifully sparse applause sounded. Kaprun realized that he was the only one applauding, and took his hand back in embarrassment.

Without giving the professors time to organize their language, Fan Ning smiled slightly: "Let's invite our soloist to come on stage next."

"Violin Concerto in E minor, dedicated to Miss Hieran Cornell."

 Thanks to frank, xianxianxianxianyu, book friend tail number 6152, Fei Gongzi, supernatural martial arts, Ripple Storm, StayInLove, sanjiao cuttlefish for monthly tickets~
  
 
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