"Are you really planning to release an album before July?" Wu Hongrong asked with a frown as he looked at Chen Minhao's swearing expression.

Chen Minhao explained: "It's almost half a year away from July. And I already have the melody and tunes of several songs in my mind. So although it's time to hurry, I think it's time to release an album before July."

"It's too late!" Wu Hongrong interrupted Chen Minhao without hesitation and said, "You have only released singles. You wouldn't think that a few singles are mixed together is an album, right? If you make this album with such an attitude, this album will probably be lost."

Chen Minhao was stunned, but when he heard Wu Hongrong's tone of speaking, he felt that Wu Hongrong had failed like this before.

Wu Hongrong's eyes seemed to have had an insight into Chen Minhao's thoughts, and continued to say indifferently: "If you want to use music to maintain your popularity and popularity, you don't need to work hard to produce an album. You can continue to choose a single. However, if you want to produce an album, you must show your attitude towards the album."

"What does it mean?" Chen Minhao leaned forward and asked back to look at Wu Hongrong's eyes.

"If you want to release a single, you can produce whatever you want. But if you want to release a record, you must consider the entire album and planning style and concept." Wu Hongrong sighed and continued to say patiently: "In addition, what you want to produce is a commercial record, you need to think about how to make money, so after the concept of the album, you also have to consider the audience.

We need to subdivide the concept of the album so that it can satisfy different audiences. You have a wide range of fans. Do you think the preferences of a thirty-year-old woman and a teenage girl can listen to music the same?

An album, under a certain conceptual theme, we must include all listeners as much as possible. Then you can write songs."

After listening to Wu Hongrong's words, Chen Minhao breathed a sigh of relief. "Proposition creation" for other music creators will limit their creative ideas and increase the difficulty of creation.

But for yourself, this is to clarify the keywords of search and reduce the difficulty.

Wu Hongrong took a sip of water and continued: "When your lyrics and music are all done, you have to arrange the music. What kind of instrument should we choose and how to make the combination between different instruments sound more comfortable. There are actually many things here. I will complete this work in about a month."

Not only did Chen Minhao listen carefully, he also used his mobile phone to call out the memo to make some simple records.

"After we have recorded the accompaniment tape, we will start to record the official soundtrack. You have recorded a few singles several times and you should be familiar with them. Then you should know that this is a place that tests the strength of a singer. A very professional singer can record several songs a day."

Wu Hongrong smiled meaningfully and said, "Do you still remember how many days our song "Father" was recorded?"

Chen Minhao was improper. He remembered that the song "Father" was recorded for 4 days, and his expression was a little awkward.

Wu Hongrong stood up, touched his bald head, and said with a smile: "I'll pour you a cup of hot water. You can calculate how much time it takes for you to record songs by yourself, after all, you still have to attend classes."

Chen Minhao's mind was very quick: taking into account the singing skills that he could practice and improve. Then it takes an average of 2-3 days to record a song by himself, so he should take two days to calculate it first. Since he usually has to attend classes, he only has time to record songs on weekends. Then even if only 8 songs are played on the album, it will take two months.

After Wu Hongrong brought the water over, he smiled and said, "I also have a number in my mind, that is, it will take you 2 months. Next, we will encounter a new problem, that is: how to arrange it to make the audience feel more comfortable to listen?

The first impression of the album is very important, so we must put the title song at the beginning. How to tell which song is loved by the audience? This kind of thing cannot be decided by the mind. We only have to do about 2 weeks of grayscale tests."

Wu Hongrong said with his fingers: "I have completed the recording and arranged the order, and the production of the album is halfway done. After the recording, there are some post-production work, mainly including mixing, mastering and record production, which I will probably need to complete within one month."

Chen Minhao is not a novice in the music industry now, so he naturally knows what mixing and mastering are talking about.

Mixing is mainly sound repair and sound effects synthesis, which maximizes the cover of sound flaws through modern recording technology. After the mixing is completed, the music producer will make the recorded songs into mastering and make the final overall adjustment.

In an album, defects such as the difference in volume and size between different songs will be eliminated in this link, making the entire album sound more harmonious and unified. After the mastering is processed, the music producer will find a record manufacturer to produce it.

During the record production process, the record company will first produce a sample. After the music producer feels that there is no problem with the sound quality and the audio is not different, the record will be put into mass production.

According to common sense, one month of mixing, mastering and record production will definitely not be completed, but Wu Hongrong said that one month should be calculated based on one month first. After all, as a well-known music producer in the industry, he must also have his own unique ways.

Wu Hongrong broke off another finger and said, "Experts must need cover and content design. We need professional artists and photographers in this area. In fact, this work is quite complicated: brainstorming, taking photos, editing pictures, integrating design, and then handing it over to the factory for printing after the design is completed. It will take two weeks."

Wu Hongrong broke off a finger without hesitation and said, "In addition, in an album, you must have mv. The scripts and storyboards of mv, shooting, editing, and integrating music all take time. Even if you only shoot 2 mvs, it will take about a month."

Chen Minhao thought in his mind that even if the songs are recorded from today to the completion of the production of an album: there are songs, MVs, covers and records, it will take 5 months, that is, 7 months.

Wu Hongrong, five-finger synthesized fist, said: "What I just mentioned is the hard conditions of the album, but soft conditions like promotion require more time, energy and money. After our album is completed, I will have at least one or two months to warm up the market. So you want to release an album in July, three words: It's too late."

Wu Hongrong felt that he was a little psychologically distorted by Chen Minhao's musical talent. Rationally, he knew that Chen Minhao and him all prospered and lost. But when he saw Chen Minhao being defeated, he felt an indescribable and unclear emotion in his heart.

Wu Hongrong rubbed the water cup with his right hand and thought happily: Is this a little lucky thing in life? He proved to Chen Minhao that Jiang is still so hot.

Wu Hongrong is a music producer, not an actor, and his ability to control expressions is naturally not up to standard. So when Chen Minhao saw Wu Hongrong's proud expression, he was instantly unhappy:

If I can’t do things that others can’t do, is this worthy of my time traveler? Although from a rational perspective, it’s not reliable to release an album before July, which is very reluctant, but I insist on trying it.

Seeing that Chen Minhao had no intention of giving up, Wu Hongrong asked in confusion: "Why do you have to release an album before July?"

Chen Minhao said with a smile: "Because the movie "Detective" will be released in July."

Wu Hongrong was stunned for a moment and said, "It's so good to be young, and he's so ambitious. You want music, film and television to blossom."
Chapter completed!