King of Stage

From New York, the capital of the world, to Washington, the capital of the United States, from Boston, a unique economic and cultural location, to Miami, a resort and retirement center, the east coast of the entire North American continent is lined up with many distinctive and well-known cities, interspersed in the middle of Philadelphia It seems a lot inferior.

Once, the city was world-famous for the miracle of "Rocky"; once, the city attracted countless lights because of the rise of the Philadelphia 76ers... But as time has passed, the ancient and vicissitudes of Philadelphia have gradually been annihilated in the wind and rain. In the past, the glory of the past is gone forever.

Few people know that outside of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, this is still a city of music, with golden notes still flowing in the blood.

R&B and soul music have always been the pride of Philadelphia. Countless new generations of musicians have come out of the city’s cultural atmosphere, including the famous John-Legend; underground indie rock It is the most active circle in the entire east coast. Even if it has not entered the mainstream line of sight, countless rock lovers come here to enjoy the performances of underground bands every year.

It is hard to imagine that it is known as the oldest city in the United States, but it is very advanced on the music road.

The electronic dance music of Philadelphia's Fourth Street has formed a new industry, with related electronic music parties every week, and has nurtured a new electronic music style with drums and bass as the main sound; and as one of the birthplaces of **** rap, Even if it was snatched from the limelight by New York, it is still the most important cradle of rap on the East Coast. A new generation of rappers can be born every year and continue to steal the attention of the mainstream market.

Obviously, this is a city full of music.

But it is also obvious that musicians in Philadelphia have always had their own style and pride, and refused to integrate into the mainstream world, so stubbornly and proudly clinging to their own hot land, independent musicians active in the underground music world have achieved this. The uniqueness of this city.

Perhaps, apart from John Legend who studied at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, the most famous musicians in Philadelphia and the most familiar with the mainstream market should be the two boys and two men who were popular in the United States in the 1990s (Boyz-Ⅱ) -Men), and movie box office star Will-Smith (Will-Smith)-this top actor is also a very good rapper.

But that's all. After entering the new century, Philadelphia has gradually moved away from the mainstream music circle, and on the contrary, it has become more and more distinctive.

It is precisely because of this that Philadelphia still has a strong musical atmosphere, but has not yet felt the strong commercial atmosphere of Los Angeles or New York, nor the strong musical style of New Orleans or Nashville. Here, musicians can still feel free. Make music that you like, and music that represents your own style.

Large and small recording studios are scattered throughout the city, not only professional, but also free, and most importantly, affordable.

As Jeremiah said, Philadelphia is indeed very suitable for the King of One Day, more suitable than New York.

Perhaps, this is the hint of destiny. The opportunity for the band has come. The band should give it a go, no longer look forward and backward, enter the studio to complete the recording of the song, and then look forward to going further.

However, the band’s current funding is indeed difficult.

Although the band appeared as a warm-up guest, Bruno not only reimbursed the hotel and travel expenses, but also had additional appearance fees, which is an additional income; but the band’s level is not high, and appearance fees are impossible. Too high, especially compared to the recording studio.

When everything happened so quickly, the band didn’t even consider the appearance fee. Of course, they were completely willing to go on stage for free, as long as they could win the performance. So Ronan never discussed the appearance fee with John, but K When Reeve and Julio were chatting, they mentioned that, if nothing else, the band's appearance fee should be around US$3,000 to US$5,000, which is within this range.

Whether it is a member of the One Day King Band or Ronan, they have re-entered the recording studio after a long absence, and their skills have become rusty, so it is difficult to grasp the time for renting the recording studio.

How much time does it take, one day? Two days? Ten hours? Or a hundred hours? Everything is an unknown situation, and they can't determine how much money will be needed to successfully complete the recording.

Then, the appearance fee is even more of a drop in the bucket.

In fact, for indie bands, the most economical way is to prepare the recording studio by yourself——

After entering the millennium, with the strong rise of social networks such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, online digital audio sales networks such as iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, etc. have gradually improved and mature, and a series of electronic recording devices led by Apple Computer Other all-round progress, even smart phones can complete music recording.

As a result, more and more grassroots singers and independent singers began to surface one after another. They can find their place on the Internet platform. This is also the inevitable development trend of national entertainment, which can be called the height of music talent show. A new stage after maturity.

For independent musicians, there is no problem without advanced professional recording equipment, and modern technology has become the first way out of all problems.

They only need to find an independent space such as a garage or warehouse, and use egg trays for eggs as "soundproof equipment", covering the corners and corners of the entire space, creating a noise-isolating space, and minimizing the impact of noise. Reduce to the minimum, and then you can complete the recording.

But the recording of the band is even more troublesome.

For a solo singer, a computer is often used to complete the arrangement-all the instruments are in the computer, and the arrangement and accompaniment can be done directly with the computer, but the band still needs live performances to complete the recording, and it also needs instruments and Separate recording between the instruments to avoid noise and avoid the hierarchical feeling of the band from being overwhelmed.

In such a simple and crude recording space ~www.readwn.com~, the recording of musical instrument performance is undoubtedly very, very difficult. It may need to record countless times over and over again, and it is not uncommon to spend several weeks or even months.

However, difficulties belong to difficulties, which can still be overcome and are not difficult.

It’s just that the King’s Day is now in a more special situation. They are on tour. They must keenly seize the opportunity of this tour to further open up the situation. They don’t have time to slowly look for a garage in Philadelphia or Boston, and then slowly. They need to race against time to complete the recording.

time is money……

Buzzing!

Buzzing!

At this moment, the phone on the bedside table began to vibrate, and the sound was not loud, but Ollie was still awakened, and suddenly sat upright like a zombie, shocked Ronan, and then After reacting, while comforting "you continue to sleep, continue to sleep", I connected the phone:

"Good morning, this is Ronan."