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Published at 3rd of November 2021 10:07:34 AM


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During the past period of time, Lan Li, who has always been under the radar of the media, looks refreshed and contented. Obviously, the noise and noise here in North America has not affected Lan Li's good mood on vacation. [Please search huo/c/o/m for online updates] Even with that, the smile on the corner of Matthew's mouth rose slightly.

"Have you not opened this box yet?" Matthew glanced at the box on the coffee table in the hall, and then walked towards the kitchen. Every time Lan Li started to organize things, or started cleaning the house, The whole space looks like a tornado passing by, which is terrible, and today is no exception. He really couldn't stand it anymore.

"What is that?" Lan Li asked afterwards, but when he saw Matthew who came over to take over, he immediately turned his attention back and complained depressedly, "I finally want to do it myself. You are What do you mean?"

Matthew rolled his eyes and didn't say much, but one look was enough: are you sure? If you do, good things will become disasters.

This caused Lan Li to choke, but there was no way to refute it. In the end, he put the coffee beans in his hand heavily on the stove, picked up the cherries next to him, and threw them into his mouth one by one. It seems to be venting. It's a pity that Matthew was unmoved, but started to get busy neatly. Lan Li made a fuss and walked towards the hall with a cherry.

Matthew heard the footsteps of Lan Li and explained, "That was sent by Nathan last week, saying it was your album."

Album?

Lan Li reacted for half a second before he realized his first album! The recording was completed before the official launch of Transcendence, and the signing was also completed. The related contract was Matthew himself. The Eleven Studios officially became the record company and distribution company of Blue Li. However, he completely forgot about it.

"The album was released so soon?" Lan Li was a little surprised, but thinking about it carefully, the music market is now extremely mature. After the studio work is completed, it can be quickly listed in just one week, both physical and digital. in this way. More than two months have passed, and the release of the album is not uncommon.

"Well, it will be officially released on August 29." Nathan is not there, but Matthew knows it well. "After the listing, the 11th Studio will give you a box as a gift that can be given to your friends."

Lan Li put the cherries next to him and started unpacking, "I thought this box was used for publicity." I have never eaten pork, at least I have seen pig running.

After the singers have launched their publicity, whether it is a TV show or a radio show, including some party occasions involving work, they need to continue to distribute their own albums, hoping that more music critics, more music hosts, and more More magazine editors and more music journalists hear their own albums. Only in this way can the publicity spread.

These free albums naturally have to be calculated as part of the promotional expenses.

"The 11th studio was originally a small workshop, and the promotion fee was not much. It was stated in the original contract." Matthew knows the contract he has handled and has a vivid memory. "It is estimated that the album used for free promotion will be distributed by themselves. Although I am skeptical. The release of your album this time is almost silent."

"Ha." Lan Li laughed, and said nonchalantly, "Isn't this pretty good? It was originally an experimental album. I didn't plan to go on the radio, nor did I plan to make a music video. If you release it quietly like this, people who like it will naturally buy the album back through various channels; people who don’t like it, then there is no need to make a lot of publicity."

The release of a new album by the singers of large record companies is bound to be vigorous. First, the music video clips are released, then the 30-second audition of the audio source is released, and then the cover or inside page of the publicity of the TV and radio is released. The curtain will also be kicked off in coordination with events such as fan meetings and album signing sessions.

Under this kind of publicity offensive, the album's sales in the first week burst into hundreds of thousands or even millions, pushing word-of-mouth and popularity to its peak in one go. Even in the case of the overall market downturn, there are still a few singers who can achieve good results.

However, this time, Lan Li's album hasn't moved at all.

The 11th studio was only on August 29th, through its own sales channels, in major chain record stores, supermarket shelves such as Wal-Mart, online platforms such as Amazon, and finally spotify and itunes. Online digital audio platform like this, officially put the album on the shelves, that's all.

There is no publicity, no announcements, no prompts, and even the official press release has not been issued. It has completely brought the style of independent singers and independent music to the extreme.

Looking at the noise in the past half-month, even though the media focused on Lan Li's body, there is really no media coverage of this incident so far.

Matthew strongly suspects: Does anyone know about this?

However, from the reaction of Lan Li, it seems that this is their original intention: this is an album that is out of the mainstream of the market, this is an album dedicated to making music, and this is a unique album with its own way. It is an album that insists on refusing to compromise. This is an album that deviates from the market demand. This is an experimental album that music lovers put in countless efforts.

Is Eleven Studio looking forward to making a profit? Expectation is expected, but there is no hope; is George Slander expecting to be recognized? Expectation was expected, but did not hold any hope; is Lan Li-Hall looking forward to a big hit? No, he didn't expect it.

For Eleven Studio and George, they both hope that such pure, sincere, and excellent music can be more recognized, be listened to by more people, be appreciated by more professional fans, and be a lifeless music. The market has injected a clear stream, but the wishes are beautiful, and the reality is cruel.

Therefore, instead of shouting hoarsely, it is better to calm down and spend the small propaganda budget, every cent and every cent, so that true die-hard fans can access this album. Therefore, the 11th studio chose such a low-key, so silent, and so simple distribution method.

In the age when the smell of wine was also afraid of the deep alleys, they chose to be in the deep alleys, focusing on their profession in obscurity. Is this stupid or brave?

After opening the box, Lan Li saw the other side’s album neatly, spread out, not the mainstream plastic slippery packaging, but the vintage paper packaging when the vinyl record was selected, the thick dark paper, the first one is This kind of vicissitudes and simplicity of the times is easy to get dirty, easy to tear, and inconvenient to save, but people who really like it will keep it carefully. After the passage of time, the memories deposited on the dark paper, Brightly and deeply imprinted, recording every moment in life.

The cover is black, and there is a photo of Bulgari that occupies most of the space on the cover. Above the photo is a stage, the stage after the performance is lonely and lonely.

A small bench was placed in the center, a beam of cream-yellow lights came down, the microphone fell to the ground, and an acoustic guitar was next to it; the dark red curtain behind it was already a little white, and the brick-yellow wooden floor was also Mottled, there were jumbled and messy connecting lines on the other side of the stage, and even some debris on the other side.

It doesn't look regular at all, and it also reveals a sense of desolation.

This is the pioneer village under the lens of Lan Li. The stage that has been washed and settled for half a century, the stage that is lagging behind the times but never perishes, the stage where there is almost no living space in the huge New York, the loneliness and loneliness is still revealed under the joy of singing and dancing. stage.

Finally, in the oblique lower corner of the bench, a black handwritten font marked "Don Quixote". It seems that this is the name of the performer, the name of the stage, or the name of this era.

There is no singer's name, no extra embellishments, no additional explanation, just such a retro photo full of historical flavor, this is the whole album. But if you look carefully, you can see a fallen blackboard behind the photo screen, on which it says tonight’s performance project, "Nine-thirty to nine-thirty, Lanly-Hall; half-thirty to ten. Point, Lanly-Hall; from ten to ten thirty, anonymous."

The singer of the album is not without a name, but like that decadent stage, drowned in the dust, and also drowned in the eagerness and irritability of the fast food era.

Turning over the back, you can see two lists of handwritten songs, eight on the left and eight on the right, all of which were written by him.

All the ones on the left are aligned to the left, namely "Cleopatra", "Ophelia", "Budapest", "My Hands", "Confirmed", "Courageously Forward", and "Time" ", "Beast".

All the ones on the right are aligned to the right. They are "Your Bones", "Charlie Boy", "Los Angeles", "Collide", "Old Pine Tree", "Old Friends", and "Simple-life" ", "A piece of nothingness."

The back cover is a dark night sky. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com is in the same vein as the night on the cover, but the Big Dipper can be seen faintly above the track. Not a photo, but painted with a moon-white paintbrush. It was as if in the endless dark night, nothing could be seen or touched, so the unrealistic dreamer painted the stars on the night sky, looking forward to guiding him forward.

Don Quixote is like that.

Lan Li originally thought that he would not be excited, nor would he sigh, all emotions had been vented in the recording studio. But when I really saw the album, the words fell silent, replaced by the slight ups and downs in my chest. It was not because of my own music creation that condensed into an album, but because of George's dream, the persistence of the 11th studio, as well as his mind and soul, all recorded between the musical notes and lyrics of the staff.

This is what the dream looks like. The lightness seems to be unable to carry the weight of the heart at all; the heavy one seems to break the law of gravity.

Note: simple life (simple-life-young-rising-sons); time (time-mikky-ekko); collision (collide-howie-day).




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