Chapter 525 525 Professional Perspective
In the Amoeba Music Store, the meeting with fans with Glory to Death is not only hard to help but scream and shout, but actually more of music exchanges. This is a very wonderful thing. When the band members learned that the music they made resonated with many people and even became the spiritual pillar of many people, there were more than one little girl like Sally, which made the band feel indescribable.
Spiritual pillar, isn’t this a noun for top singers like Michael Jackson, Beatles, and Bob Dylan? How many people fall in love with rock because of the Beatles, how many people fall in love with music because of Michael Jackson, and how many people understand the power of spiritual power because of Bob Dylan...
But now, some people feel satisfied, resonate, and pillar power because of the music that glory to death. This is undoubtedly the greatest affirmation of musicians, which also shows that the direction of glory to death is the correct one!
In fact, I didn’t stay at the Amoeba Music this morning for a long time, only less than two hours in total, but this was a brand new experience for the band members. When I left Telegraph Street, the whole carriage seemed very lively.
"Wow, have you seen the surging crowd just now? I doubt whether the entire university students are coming to the Telegraph Street." Pedro muttered excitedly, his face filled with a tide of redness that could not be dissipated.
"If Cal is only six hundred people." Fujin said something next to him, which immediately made Pedro depressed.
Hugo ignored them, took out the band's album from his pocket, and asked Samora who was driving, "Where did you put the pile of vinyl records I bought just now?"
"In the first row of seats." Samora just started working today and was pushed directly into the driver's position by Henry, but it can be seen that he quickly entered the work state and got everything started quickly.
"You bought our album?" Neil said in surprise as he looked at the album in Hugo's hand.
Hugo stood up and saw a brown paper bag in the first row of seats. It contained all the treasures he had just purchased. He took them over and sat back in the seat, "Yes, buy one for a souvenir. What's so strange?"
"No," Neil smiled mysteriously and shook his head, then took an album out of his pocket, "I bought one too." Neil was originally worried that he was the only one he bought. This action looked too strange, so he was hiding it, but unexpectedly, Hugo actually bought it, which immediately made him feel like he had found a soulmate.
Seeing Hugo and Neil smiling sneakily there, Alfonso, who was sitting behind him, also laughed, "I bought one too."
"And I." Pedro said at some point when he heard the conversation here.
When Hugo looked back at Fujin, his calm eyes obviously told Hugo's answer: He also bought one. It turned out that he was a partner of a band. Everyone was so sympathetic, which made everyone laugh.
Ignoring the noisy sounds behind him, Henry was busy sitting in the passenger seat. He took out a list and began to think about it carefully.
Samora is a very familiar character. Although he is not familiar with Henry, he has heard Hugo say before that he has many jobs in the future that he needs to cooperate with Henry, so he divided his attention and asked, "What are you studying?" Without Henry's answer, Samora was not discouraged, nor was he worried about embarrassment. She glanced at the list in Henry's hand, and then said in surprise, "Are these all professional music magazines lists?"
Henry raised his eyebrows slightly, "Do you know this?" He seemed a little surprised. Henry originally thought that Samora was just the assistant Hugo came to deal with chores. After all, there is a big difference between assistant and manager. The manager is responsible for communication between agents and artists, but he did not expect that Samora was obviously much more capable than he thought.
"There are a lot of people at home." Samora laughed, his honest smile easily gave people good impressions.
"If you want to read these magazines in the future, there will be a lot of them in Hugo, and you don't have to buy them anymore. Reading magazines and newspapers are also one of our jobs." Henry still lay in the passenger seat like a boneless person. Even if the noise of the band members behind him had no effect on him, it was very rare for him to talk to Samora. It seems that Henry also realized that if Samora could take on more work, it would save him a lot of trouble.
But Samora didn't have this kind of self-consciousness and laughed, "I just looked at the magazine. My taste for music is not very consistent with those music critics."
"Normal, music critics are also human beings." The opinions of music critics themselves have their own aesthetic tendencies, but they are more professional, so truly senior music lovers will develop their own opinions, and it is normal to be consistent or inconsistent with music critics.
"Are you considering which magazines to write music reviews for the band now?" Samora immediately grasped the point.
In fact, the reason why large record companies have rich resources is one of them. When a new singer appears without any comments from music critics, this is a very bad thing. The difference between large record companies and independent record companies is that there are huge differences in the music critic resources and media resources they can contact. To give a simple example, if "Rolling Stone" recommends the magazine cover, then it is obvious that the singer's attention is to ride a Rockets. As for how much results they have after attention, it depends on the album's level to see the truth.
Henry nodded and shook his head again, "Yes, no, actually, these magazine reviews will be written, it's just a matter of time. "There are Evergrande Records as the backstage, and Henry, a senior agent, is in charge. The Honor To Death Band has no need to worry about the exposure rate at all. "What I'm thinking about now is which magazines to publish the first batch of music reviews."
"I don't know that these can still be controlled!" Samora seemed very surprised. He thought that all the press releases were just contacted in one breath and sent out in one breath.
Henry smiled, "Before the band gained widespread attention, these controls are necessary. After the band achieves certain success, it doesn't matter." Henry obviously wanted to teach Samora in order to share his workload, so he continued, "Because we can't control the content of the music reviews in the magazine. They say it's good, and they say it's bad, and this is their profession, and we have no choice..."
"But, aren't there any more familiar music critics?" Samora interrupted Henry and said in confusion. Music critics are also human beings. In addition to their professionalism, they must have differentiation and personal preferences. It is impossible to write music critics as 100% neutral as robots, but relatively neutral. What's more, in the entertainment industry, there is no absolute neutrality without any interests, and they are always relatively neutral.
"This doesn't work for them." Henry pointed to the band members behind him who were laughing. The first album of glory to death. He hoped that these music critics would evaluate with an objective perspective, whether it was praise or criticism, this was just the beginning. He believed that the band had the ability to withstand the feedback from reality.
"Pretty critics aside, but each magazine also has different attributes. The 'Rolling Stone' is more conservative and popular, but has the greatest influence; the 'Roting' is very individual and supports alternative rock, but they have praised the band once during the band tour before, and if they speak for the first time, the power is definitely not enough; 'q magazine' has a unique influence in the UK, and they also attach the most importance to rock, but that is the far side of the Atlantic..." Henry counted one by one, and these magazines have enough influence, but the band's first music reviews cannot be selected from the influence alone. Some magazines with strong appeal in narrow fields, and some non-professional music magazines cannot be ignored. This is a very important but cumbersome project.
Samora listened to Henry's lazily speaking, this was the real eye-opener. Unlike the perspectives of fans observing various magazines, professionals' attention to magazines is obviously different.
The simplest example is "Rolling Stone". Although "Rolling Stone" is currently the most sales and most influential magazine in the United States and even the world. Many music fans even worship "Rolling Stone" magazine and regard it as the Bible, in the eyes of professionals, the band Glory to Death is not suitable for "Rolling Stone". This is not a question of whether "Rolling Stone" is willing to promote Glory to Death, but a question of the attributes between them is simply a matter of inconsistent attributes. Even if "Rolling Stone" wants to invite Glory to Death to Death to the cover, Henry and Eidien Records will hesitate.
Although Samora has a profound and even professional understanding of music, he has always observed it from the perspective of fans. So at this time what Henry said to him was a brand new world. He could only listen ignorantly, but he couldn't say a response. But this was a moment for Samora that made him excited. It was the first time that he had touched the section of music so realistically and deeply, which made Samora firmly believe that this job would be extremely exciting.
Glory To Death simply ended the promotion work on the first day of the album release, but the lively American music industry has just begun, because today, Glory To Death This unique and shocking band has truly entered the music market, music critics, professional magazines, and senior fans have all turned their attention to it: Did this band that was on a road tour across the United States create a gimmick or did it have real material?
And those media that focus on Hugo's identity as an actor will naturally not miss this excitement: What is the strength of this band that owns Hugo? Is this serious or a playful nature?
All of this is constantly being heated up while the topic of "Schindler's List" is hot.
Chapter completed!