Rebirth in America

After returning from filming the movie, Richard immediately got into the work of recording a new album. Alex was also recording, but he was recording music from the movie. Rehearsing, arranging, sound effects, dubbing and other work have already been completed, and all you have to do is go into the recording studio to record.

To be honest, these songs are very different from the songs of this era, but they make people feel unforgettable after listening to them. During the recording, Mark and other musicians came over to watch. Whenever Alex released new music, they were as excited as if they had discovered a new world.

"It's truly Alex's song. Every time he writes a song, people feel like there's something new in it."

"Yeah, whether it's the lyrics or the arrangement, there's an indescribable feeling."

“Some of the songs I still don’t know how they were recorded, how they made those weird sounds.”

"Oh, that's electronic music. I remember someone in Germany had done this stuff, but it wasn't as skillful and nice as Alex's."

The songs "Love You Too Hard to Say", "Salzburg" and "HEY, SOULSISTER" have been recorded long ago and were recorded during the editing process of the film. After it was released, fans responded enthusiastically, and these songs have been ranked in the top ten of the weekly charts.

Originally, he wanted to record other music from the movie this time, such as songs like "Edelweiss". After the recording was completed, I felt that it was still unfinished, so I added the above songs to previous Carpenter Brothers songs, and then re-arranged and recorded a high-quality version.

The previous version was a bit rushed in production in order to meet the deadline. Now that I have some free time, I will put some thought into it. After it was re-published, it was still a big seller, and the song had the momentum to go all over the world. Many music critics find it incredible to face such a crazy and ferocious Alex.

Whenever something new comes out, it will always encounter resistance of one kind or another, and the electronic music created by Alex is no exception. Traditional musicians couldn't accept this strange music and wrote articles and comments one after another. Contrary to the critics' reaction, the market loved this new type of music.

"Alex's talents have been exhausted, and the former genius cannot be restored!"

“Alex’s new arrangement of old songs, the market response is crazy!”

"Weird, noisy music, new songs sound too cold!"

"Electronic music? This should be electronic noise!"

They were very dissatisfied with Alex's method of cheating money, but there was no way, the fans liked to listen to his songs. No matter what they say, Alex's records are selling platinum discs.

Alex never reads what critics say. He thinks these people are just talking nonsense.

But after he finished playing the previous songs, he found that he still had a lot of free time. Originally, he planned to stay at home and write books, but found that it was too boring. I want to go out, but I'm afraid of meeting crazy fans or something. After much deliberation, he came to the record company.

Here he met Little Richard and Jerry and found that the two of them were planning to record piano music. It uses an antique yellow dense-grained slow-turning record, which is specially recorded for those classical music lovers.

"Why don't you record rock music?" Alex was a little curious and wanted to ask what they were doing.

"Now we're going to play something else, Alex, do you want to join us?" Jerry said with a smile.

Alex turned his attention to Little Richard, knowing that he would not get the correct answer from Jerry.

"We are recording classical music, some piano music." Little Richard answered honestly.

Piano piece! It seems quite interesting. After hearing this, Alex became interested immediately. A few of them got together to study what kind of piano music they would record to sell.

"Of course it's Beethoven's Ninth Symphony! If we record this, it will definitely sell the most." Jerry said loudly while playing on the piano.

Little Richard shook his head gently and said, "I don't think so. I want to record Chopin's Fantasy Impromptu. I don't know if this one has sold the most, but it's just my favorite piece."

After hearing this, Alex felt that neither of these guys were very reliable, so he said, "It's a waste of the company's resources. If you can't sell it, won't you lose money?"

"Hey! We have helped the company make so much money, why can't we lose a little bit?" Jerry immediately started saying strange things.

He was about to say some more ugly words, but when he saw Alex's face darkening, he immediately changed his mind and said, "But, recording randomly like this is not an option. Why don't we make a bet."

As soon as they heard about the bet, everyone else gathered around. Someone asked eagerly: "What kind of gambling method? Can we also participate?"

"Yeah, yeah. You record the record, and we'll place bets next to it."

"But I still don't know how to gamble."

Everyone was talking and getting excited, just like the sailors on the ship gathering for gambling.

Seeing this situation, Alex couldn't help curling his lips and thinking: "It's not just Chinese people who like gambling. When they hear about gambling, these guys also start to go crazy."

In order to control the situation, Alex felt that Jerry could not mess around at this time. He said: "Since we want to bet, let's bet on whose record will sell platinum records first."

If you want to sell platinum records in the United States, you have to sell 1 million copies. This is not a small amount. Maybe some people’s records will not be able to buy this amount in their lifetime.

As soon as Jerry heard Alex's gambling method, he wanted to run away. At this time, his best achievement was the album he collaborated with three other people on. As for singles, he has yet to sell platinum records, let alone piano music.

Little Richard was different. He was very interested in this gambling method. He asked: "What about the bet?"

"Yeah, where's the bet!"

"The loser takes off his clothes and walks around the company three times!"

"Bullshit, what good does this do to the person who wins!"

"How about we place the bets and who will be the banker?"

"What Alex is talking about is the bet between the three of them. It's not our turn yet."

Everyone started to heckle, and there was chaos until Alex spoke.

"The bet is that after exceeding the platinum record, for every record exceeded, the loser will have to pay the winner $1! As for the upper limit, let's stipulate that the maximum loss is no more than $1 million."

Alex's gambling method is very novel, at least no one else has ever heard of it, but it is very exciting. It sounds like $1 per record is not a lot, but in fact the stakes are very high. If it sells to double platinum level, wouldn't it mean that the winner would be given $1 million?

"That's not okay. There is no stipulated time. If that record is sold for ten years, wouldn't it mean that you will lose money in ten years?"

Jerry immediately stood up and said that what he pointed out was reasonable, and a time must be set.

"Then let's tentatively set a time limit of one year, how about that?" Alex said immediately.

"No, one year is too long!" Jerry retorted.

Upon hearing this, one year seems to be too long, and I don’t know if anyone will still remember it by then.

"Then how long do you think it will take?" Alex asked Jerry the question.

After hearing this, Jerry was speechless for a while. He actually really didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing. He knew that he was destined to lose, but it seemed that he had started it.

"Yes, Jerry, how long will it take?"

"Yes, Jerry, tell me quickly how long it will take."

"Tch, I think he is stupid for daring to bet with Alex. Aren't you afraid of losing like a loser?"

"That's right, who is Alex? Fame is there. Just record a song and you can buy a platinum record."

"This fool! Don't go crazy this time."

Others kept urging him to give an answer quickly. Some of these people had long disliked Jerry and wanted to see him make a fool of himself. There are also people who are just watching the fun and making noise.

Everyone's jeers and jokes made Jerry sweat profusely. Fortunately, Little Richard helped him out.

"I think we'll take one month as the deadline. If no one reaches the platinum record by then, then it will be a no-win situation for everyone," said Richard.

"Yes, yes! One month, and you can't use your real name. Let's choose a name together to avoid interference from other factors."

Jerry woke up from a dream and immediately reacted and continued to add restrictions.

When everyone hears this, who else can beat their chests and say that their records can sell one million copies in a month with this approach. So they all thought it was boring, and they all said, "No one will be able to achieve a platinum record like this. It's not fun at all."

Alex also felt that in this case, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net definitely no one could win, but he didn't want to give up halfway: "Then let's use one month as the deadline. However, it is best if everyone has three chances. That means you can record three albums. As long as one of them reaches platinum first, you win."

At this time, Richard also knew about this, and he said excitedly: "How about I come too? I also want to record piano music."

"Okay, Richard, if you want to join, then come too."

Alex didn't care if there was one more, let alone his younger brother. Richard also plays the piano very well, and he is no less good than Little Richard, Jerry, and Chuck.

They just did what they said and immediately split up to prepare for recording the record.

The most important thing is to choose what music to record. Although they want to record piano music, they still have to add other instruments or sound effects. The piano playing part is just the main part of the song, other instruments must be present, otherwise it will be too monotonous.

They all planned to add some electronic music sound effects to it, which was influenced by Alex's music. Nowadays, apart from Alex, no one can make complete electronic music. The people around him had more contact with each other, and they gradually accepted this new arrangement technique.

A genre of electronic music slowly emerged in the music world, and people all know that it was Alex who started it. It’s just that there are no other specialized synthesizers. After all, computers are high-tech products that few people have access to. There are relatively few people who engage in electronic music, but some people with a keen sense of smell can already feel the wonderful prospects of this path.