Chapter 233 Yuyin Town of 37 points (2/3 ask for a monthly pass)
Manager Lu of Yuyin Town, whose full name is Lu Yudong, is a slightly fat middle-aged man. However, in Yang Qian's view, his overall image is a bit contradictory.
Although it is said that people should not be judged by their appearance, looking at his big and honest face, and his dark complexion like those in western Guangdong, Guizhou and Guizhou, it is hard for you to believe that he is responsible for publicity and promotion of a music performance venue.
manager.
Then Lu Yudong's thick hair is moussed and combed like a successful person, and he has a dark beard on his chin, which probably needs to be taken care of every day. These are very particular, and he should look like a businessman driving a car.
But today he only wore jeans and a zippered jacket, and then rode a shared bicycle that can be seen everywhere on the street! His heavy body made people worry that he would crush the shared bicycle.
"Brother Lu, good morning. Didn't you go out to play with your wife and kids today?"
Dai Yuni took the initiative to wave her hands and say hello. She was not a social nerd. After all, Niye was only warm to acquaintances. In the eyes of strangers, she was still a rather aloof goddess.
"I was shopping with them. Didn't I get summoned back by a phone call from you?"
Lu Yudong obviously knew Dai Yuni's character, so he answered half-jokingly and half-truthfully, with a rather resentful tone.
"Ah, haha, that's my fault! But it doesn't matter, we'll just come over and take a look. It won't take long. Just ask them to wait, and we can rush back to meet them later!"
Dai Yuni waved her hand sheepishly.
Lu Yudong opened the door and invited them in.
Coming in from the outside, the environment inside is a little better. There is a large poster board at the entrance with some promotional posters of the band.
Although most of them are printed in color on A4 paper, each design is very interesting and has different styles, including wasteland style, magical style, steampunk style, and cyberpunk style!
Walk further inside and pass through an open door, which is the performance venue inside.
But it's not like a performance venue. It's almost like a tavern. A large wooden bar with a very Western style is placed under the stairs. The dim lights illuminate the various bottles on the shelves. This scene is quite charming.
Compared with the scenic music bars that Yang Qian has been to before, the only difference is its size and whether there are seats under the stage. The place for the audience to stand under the stage is slightly larger, but its stage conditions are very simple.
First of all, the space is small, so don’t even think about dancing. After installing the speakers and drum kit, the band’s position is tight, which is most suitable for a small band of four to play.
Then the equipment is relatively simple. Both the sound and lighting here look very old and not even very complete.
Yang Qian, who has been to the Cherry Music Festival, is not an inexperienced young singer. He can clearly tell the difference between the two!
No wonder Dai Yuni said she just wanted Yang Qian to "have a comparison". The conditions here are indeed a little worse, or even more than a little worse.
"Upstairs is the musicians' lounge, and there are also VIP boxes for the audience... If you want to book a venue, you can tell us in advance to see if there is a schedule. But every Monday is our OPEN MIC event night, so this
There will be no performances scheduled for a while, and you should be familiar with these ladies."
Lu Yudong turned on the lights and let Yang Qian and others visit, and he occasionally added a few words of introduction.
"Familiar, OPEN MIC means letting go of playing, impromptu performances, and impromptu performances. Moreover, both the audience and the musicians are free to enter. Everyone is here to play, improvise, and perform in improvised groups. There are many musicians who do not have a band.
It was through these performances that I found like-minded brothers and formed a band together!”
Dai Yuni was afraid that Yang Qian didn't understand, so she explained it to him.
"It seems that Jiao Hailong and Feng Siwen in your band were both formed here, right? They are pretty good. People have been asking me for their contact information before, saying they wanted to form a band with them, but it turns out that you have already blocked them.
.”
Lu Yudong smiled.
One thing Lu Yudong didn't say was that the power of money was still very powerful. He knew very well what kind of influence a generous Dai Yuni would have among a group of impoverished independent musicians!
"My band disbanded last year, Jiao Hailong went to Massimosi, Feng Siwen went to Forest Convention, Tong Ning..."
Dai Yuni still likes her band very much. These members are all the ones she helped contact. Although the conditions are definitely not as good as those in "Niye's band", Dai Yuni has taken good care of them.
"Forest Convention? I heard that the Forest Convention was disbanded in January!"
Lu Yudong is not surprised by the disbandment of these small bands. After all, many independent bands are not well-known and can only generate electricity through love like Dai Yuni.
But someone as rich as Dai Yuni cannot continue to operate. Naturally, they keep disbanding, and then some people withdraw from the industry, and some overthrow and reorganize.
"The Forest Convention has been disbanded? Didn't they sign with MX Club?"
Dai Yuni was a little unbelievable.
Feng Siwen is the second girl in the band and is also an excellent bassist. Dai Yuni found the best home for her!
Forest Pact is one of the smaller bands with a bit of strength, and they have signed a contract with MX Club, which means they have regular performances and income.
Why did it disband in just half a year?
"The Forest Convention signed MX Club? No wonder it disbanded. MX Club is unreliable. Their boss has too many ideas. Sometimes he wants to do jazz, sometimes he wants to do folk songs, and sometimes he wants to do rock. One hammer in the east, one hammer in the west, every one of them
Well, there was a band that had a lawsuit with them before..."
Lu Yudong shook his head and did not notice the embarrassed expression on Dai Yuni's face.
The owner of MX Club is a second-generation rich man whom Dai Yuni knows. When Feng Siwen went to the forest convention, it was Dai Yuni who contacted him.
However, unreliable situations do exist.
How many second-generation rich people are as reliable as Dai Yuni?
"But Lao Zhang's situation is not optimistic now. He just doesn't have a signed band, so he can barely survive. We can't laugh at others."
Lu Yudong sighed.
He only joined Yuyin Town in the past few years, but because the boss of Yuyin Town is very humane and generous to the band and employees, he has never left. But when it comes to making big money, Yuyin Town is indeed not as good as some large-scale
livehouse.
"How is Lao Zhang doing? Are there many performances scheduled now?"
Dai Yuni asked with concern.
"There are still a lot of performances, but now the audience is small. Isn't Lao Zhang afraid that independent bands like ours in Shanghai will not be able to survive? Some small bands don't ask for venue fees from them, they just share the profits, so that all the money for labor, water and electricity is collected.
not coming back……"
Lu Yudong complained.
Because Yang Qian didn't understand much, he spoke less and mainly listened to their introductions.
After listening to the exchange between Lu Yudong and Dai Yuni, and the fact that Dai Yuni would explain some situations to him, Yang Qian probably understood the current cooperation model between live houses and bands.
If it is a performance held by the livehouse itself, of course it will give the participating bands some performance fees based on the ticket share.
If the band wants to hold a performance on its own, like Yang Qian's, there are two ways of cooperation.
One is to book the venue. You directly pay the livehouse a booking fee, and the ticket revenue belongs to the band. The band can charge more or less, regardless of the venue.
The other is to share tickets, but generally these are bands with a certain degree of popularity, and are the privileges of musicians! I don’t know how many tickets a small band can sell. In this case, if you still want to share tickets, you have to deal with Yuyin
It's so bad that the boss can hardly support him any longer.
There is also a saying about ticket sharing. Different livehouses and different bands have different sharing ratios.
But Yuyin Ding is very kind. They always give 30% to 70%, that is, Yuyin Ding gets 30%, and the band or organizer gets 70%.
Don't underestimate this 30-70 score, those big livehouses are not so generous to those small bands!
It is precisely because of this 37% score that even though Yuyin Town’s equipment is not good enough, its environment and location are relatively average, many band members including Dai Yuni are very fond of it.