The Greatest Showman

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George Slender is ready to give up. It's not sabotage, it's the original intention.

When George was preparing for the album "Don Quixote", he knew clearly the difficulties they would face, not to mention the difficulty of finding records and releases. in the flood of the market. Even so, he made a desperate and desperate decision to make this album, in the hope that he could single-mindedly make music that was back to its essence.

George had already anticipated Abraham's attitude, and he would not and could not blame Abraham. However, in the process of making this album, I am more and more surprised and looking forward to it. The excitement and excitement have reawakened those memories of 20 years ago. The music at that time was pure, simple, simple but profound. , richness and connotation.

It seems that the song "My Hands" just now is even simpler than the arrangement of the original "Old Pine Tree". Except for a folk guitar, there are no musical instruments. The warmth is outlined, and in the mellow and hoarse voice of Renly, it is like a cup of coffee in a rainstorm. Bitter, but happy and beautiful.

Involuntarily, uncontrollably, George was greedy.

He knew that he was greedy, he hoped that more people would hear such pure music, he hoped that more people could find pure happiness again, he hoped that more people could appreciate the emotion in the music, he hoped... Abraham You can muster the courage, show the courage, and give the album "Don Quixote" a chance. However, he was still delusional after all.

Songs like "My Hands" are destined to be ignored. Even if it is released, no one will like it.

No one will be quiet and listen to a melody quietly on a rainy afternoon; it seems that no one will slow down, calm down and read a book carefully, feeling the charm and precipitation of the words between the lines, Those seemingly ordinary words and musical symbols, but tell the years, emotions, and life. In the age of fast food, they can be submerged in a vast ocean in a blink of an eye, and then disappear without a trace and no one knows.

dream? Art? free?

Now it has become a slogan of nothingness, wrapped under the cloak of money first and entertainment to death, becoming a means for people to entertain themselves and a means for enterprises to drive sales. Those shouts from the heart and soul are withering and dying.

Abraham's concerns, George knew better than anyone. He is now seriously thinking about whether to abandon the physical distribution channel and choose to upload and release the entire album as a digital sound source, just like Renly's previous two singles. However, those real music lovers, those senior folk fans, and the target audience of "Don Quixote" are just outside the main consumer groups of digital audio sources. They are all fans of physical albums, and even Also a fan of vinyl records.

It's like a paradox, a paradox that is doomed to fail.

Hearing Roy's arguments and tirade, George's eyes turned slightly red. He tried to change and was changing, but it was really difficult. He looked at Roy in front of him, and then at the recording being recorded. Renly, there was a burst of bitterness on the tip of his tongue. Perhaps, they were a group of outsiders destined to be marginalized by society.

"I think it's a very interesting album, but I don't know if Renly is interested in giving it to our studio to release it?"

The sound in his ear made George stunned, turned his head to look over, and then saw the man with a flat face and a simple and honest expression, and said seriously, "Of course, we are only a very small family. Studios, publicity resources, and distribution channels are all very limited, and similarly, the budget can’t be too much.”

George was so surprised and surprised that he was speechless for a while, but Abraham first spoke out what was in George's heart, "Teddy, are you serious?"

Teddy Bell, CEO of Eleven Studios. This studio was founded and developed by the two brothers of the Bell family. As Teddy said, this is a very small independent studio, not even a "company". They have always been committed to independence. Production and distribution of music. Two of Jason Mraz's albums, as well as Bruno Mars' first album before heading to Atlantic Records, were released by Eleven Studios.

However, the workload of Eleven Studio is very small, and it has always been locked in the field of independent music. In the past three years, only five albums have been produced and released, not to mention those of the top big companies, even most independent record companies. Can't compare. It really takes "essence" to the extreme.

Small but complete. Eleven Studio has a very good reputation in the industry, and has maintained a good cooperative relationship with Warner and Sony among the five major record companies. Bruno Mars went to Atlantic Records, and Teddy personally matched and persuaded Abraham to sign.

George had never considered Studio Eleven before, that was because he had never dealt with Studio Eleven, and his connections could not extend to this studio. If even Abraham, who knew the bottom line, was interested in "Don Quixote" Without confidence, George would not have the confidence to convince Teddy.

As for renting a recording studio, it's just a simple rental. After all, when it comes to finding a reasonably priced, high-end studio in New York, the options are limited.

Today, Abraham came ten

A studio guest, Teddy came forward as the host to entertain, and by the way came to the recording studio to visit the class and chat for a while. Simply put, Teddy is just a companion. Therefore, when Abraham and George discussed the possibility of cooperation before, Teddy did not intervene; but seeing that Abraham was not interested, he took the initiative to stand up.

"Of course." Teddy said with a smile, he was very sure that his brother would like the album "Don Quixote" very much, and now he can imagine how he couldn't put it down in his mind, "We have a lot of disadvantages, it's really not the most A great option, but we also have an advantage over the Atlantic."

There is a confidence in those simple and unadorned words, "We are willing to keep all the styles of this album as they are and respect the creator's wishes, I think, this is the essence of the whole album; then, in the In terms of royalties, we are also willing to give up one to two percentage points. In exchange, the production budget of the album must be controlled within 100,000 US dollars, and we can discuss the specific number slowly."

Thousands of butterflies were flying in George's chest, and the whole person was immersed in uncontrollable excitement.

Is Eleven Studio the best choice? of course not! Their scale is too small, the distribution channels are too narrow, the publicity resources are too few, and even the production budget is limited. According to Teddy's conditions, in order to finish this album, George is bound to post it backwards, and with Eleven Studios Predicted by the scale and style of "Don Quixote", it is estimated that this album is a hit.

But is Eleven Studio the most suitable choice? Definitely is! They are willing to respect the creative concept of "Don Quixote", they are willing to promise fifteen percent of the royalties, and even give up one to two percent, the most important thing is that they attach great importance to and focus on independent music, in the production of And during the promotion process, it will become a positive factor for the album.

"What if..." George found his voice trembling slightly, "I mean, what if there are more than fifteen tracks on the entire album?" This is also the biggest problem for George and Herbert - it is difficult to choose, they We all know that this is a multiple-choice question that must be made, but what if you can choose not to?

"Fifteen?" Teddy pondered for a moment, "If that's the case, in terms of royalties, fifteen percent may be our limit, but as I said just now, it's just an exchange of intentions, the specific details. We can sit down, talk slowly, and I'm sure we'll come to an agreement for the sake of this album."

"No problem, of course no problem." For more than two months, George suffered repeated setbacks, and Abraham was his last straw. If it didn't work, then the digital audio source was their only choice. Suddenly, another window opened behind him, and that kind of joy, that kind of rejoicing, that kind of happiness made George so overjoyed that he lost his temper.

Looking at the dancing George, Abraham laughed dumbly. He looked at Teddy, "But, why?"

Any reasonable person can make a judgment that "Don Quixote" is a project that is bound to fail, a project that is doomed to lose money, and a project that has no future. Only an idealist like George would go all out, even if he went bankrupt. Also at all costs.

Teddy smiled honestly and looked at Roy, who was sitting diagonally opposite, "What he said is correct. Everyone wants to be successful in business, so who should do artistic creation? I can't imagine a day in the future when all cinemas will only show movies like 'Transformers'. There is nothing I can do about artistic creation, but at least I can support such creations within the scope of my ability."

Roy's eyes fell on Teddy, and then he saw Teddy say lightly, "That's what dreams are like, sometimes all you need is a little irrationality and a little madness." Such a simple sentence, but let Roy's blood boiled.

Over the years, as a public agent, he has witnessed the disillusionment of one dream after another, and even he himself thought that he had given up dreaming, given up fighting, and even given up resistance. But now, at this very moment, in Teddy, in George, and in Renly, he felt that gleam of light in his heart again.

"What do you think?" Teddy said with a smile, Roy knew that this sentence was addressed to himself, so he nodded, "Maybe, this is the origin of the album name."

Don Quixote, the fool who fought against the windmill giant.

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