Chapter 425 425 Brief Confrontation

Roger has seen rock bands ranging from 100 to 80. In fact, most of the rock bands are relatively rebellious, and their personalities are very flamboyant, even sharp, because rock and roll is a kind of spiritual symbol. In terms of music technology alone, rock is a fusion of jazz, blues, country and gospel, but this has not made rock popular all over the world. The spirit of rock is the core idea of ​​this music.

Popular clothing, radical thinking, decadent attitude, hoarse voice... This seems to be the stereotype of rock and roll. Maybe this is not accurate, but it illustrates the core of rock and roll spirit from the side. Similar to the self-consciousness of youth in reflection and rebellion against society, it includes anarchist love and peace, anti-religion or pro-religion, hedonism or indulgence. want. Doctrine, pessimism and nihilism... These contradictory ideas have become the core spirit of rock and roll. Even the Beatles who seem to be the most "normal" on the outside have their music against war, hedonism, and drug experience. , Surrealism and other radical ideas.

In recent years, with the gradual rise of grunge and metal rock represented by Nirvana, the decadent, dark, flamboyant and rebellious style of rock bands has become a trend. But glory to death looks very different. The five members are all dressed in T-shirts and jeans. They look like students who have just graduated from college. They also have a youthful vigor on their faces. The kind of stereotype everyone has of rock bands lately.

But after the actual contact, just a few words, but you can feel the kind of personality in the bones of the band members, not rebellious, not flamboyant, not sharp, but have a kind of indomitable determination, only in the band name "Glory to Death" See some resolute determination and wanton.

Just a face-to-face, Roger can see many details. As a member of the middle management of EMI Records, he must be able to make accurate judgments, although their judgments may not be 100% accurate, and more often they rely on It's just intuition, but experience is wealth, and their intuition is not groundless.

Roger looked at Neil who was speaking, then raised his eyebrows with a smile, and returned his eyes to the "New York Times" on the desktop, "I thought it was just an exaggeration by the reporter, but it made me feel a little bit moved. Going to join your tour, but now it doesn't seem to be all praise in words."

"Are you questioning my identification ability? If so, I will be very disappointed." Henry suddenly interjected, breaking the bond between Roger and Neil's face-to-face communication and attracting Roger's attention come over. He's doing his job as a broker.

Roger couldn't help laughing, "I forgot about you. But aren't you sitting in my office now?" Roger squinted at Henry, while Henry was still lazy, as if he didn't I didn't notice Roger's irony.

"I've been sitting here for three minutes, and I haven't even had a cup of coffee, which is not a positive sign." Henry looked as if he was simply complaining about the poor reception, but his hazy eyes kept focusing on Luo Jay's eyes.

Roger didn't mind at all, shrugged his shoulders, and stood up directly, "It depends on whether you are worthy of a cup of coffee, how about, go downstairs and go directly to see, what are you impressed by?" The New York Times', and moved... Mr. Bloom, it's autumn and I didn't expect to see him bloom again."

Seeing Roger stand up, the band members all stood up one after another. Only Henry was still sitting on the spot, lazily reaching out to let everyone sit down. Although he was dressed more formally today, his demeanor was still the same. He looks like a slob, but this sense of disobedience keeps the negotiation rhythm in the office at a balanced point, which is very subtle, "We still have some preconditions that we haven't discussed, don't we?"

Roger stood up and looked at Henry condescendingly, but Henry seemed to be sunbathing. He didn't feel the sharpness in Roger's eyes at all. Roger said calmly while buttoning his suit jacket. , "Say one and I'll listen to it."

"For example, the issue of the producer of the band." Henry curled his lips and squinted for a long time before he uttered such a very specific and core question.

For any album, the producer is a crucial position, because the producer is at the helm of the album's style, market positioning, and singer level. To exaggerate, a good producer can make a A singer with a mediocre talent can become an idol admired by thousands of people, and in turn, a bad producer can make a top singer put out an album that is despised.

Roger's action of buttoning his suit is very slow and gentle, but his response to Henry is not slow at all, "Do you have a person worth recommending?" In fact, the producer is also the change of initiative between the record company and the singer.

In the big record companies, they will find senior and big-name producers, which is a resource that independent record companies cannot find, but at the same time these producers will also create albums according to the wishes of the large record companies. Freedom is entirely in the hands of the record companies.

Henry still leaned on the sofa without a gentleman, as if he had fallen into deep thinking because of Roger's rhetorical question. For a while, the office fell into silence. Everyone stood and looked at each other, only Henry was sitting alone. And Henry was still at ease, and Roger was not in a hurry in the face of this embarrassing situation, and still looked at Henry calmly.

Hugo, who was standing on the side, watched the confrontation between Henry and Roger. This unseen confrontation was full of tension. Don't look at Henry's lazy appearance. In fact, both of them are old foxes. Come to me. There have been more than one back and forth confrontations between them. Just from the short confrontation just now, it can be seen that Henry is indeed a veteran agent, much more experienced than Joseph. He and Ron Mayer, Rick Rosen, Martin Baum and other top agents Humans have similar abilities, but their auras and methods are different.

Henry thought about it for a while, and it seemed like nearly ten seconds. This ten-second blank stunned into silence, causing the entire office to fall into a rigid state. Only Henry and Roger were still comfortable, and the others were very It was not suitable, but Hugo enjoyed it and found such a confrontation very interesting.

Suddenly, Henry squinted at Hugo, which made Hugo stunned, and then heard Henry say, "Hugo-Lancaster, what do you think?"

This is talking about the producer, why is it talking about Hugo? After Hugo was stunned for a moment, he realized that Henry was actually fulfilling his promise: he was fighting for as much freedom as possible to the death of glory. If Hugo is the producer of the band, in fact, the overall direction of the band's album is in the hands of the band itself.

Roger clearly wrote the accident on his face, looked at Henry for about two seconds, then turned his eyes around Hugo, and then said, "This is something I didn't expect. However, I think everything can be discussed after we have seen the strength of the band, which will be a good start.”

Roger did not refuse or affirm, but proposed to see the strength of the band first, which was also the most natural choice, "So, let's go downstairs, there should be instruments you have in hand." Roger's words were aimed at the band Yes, but his eyes were looking at Henry.

This time Henry didn't refuse any more, he stood up slowly, "You guys, it's time for you to come on stage. But I think, the 'New York Times' has so much praise again, and you have a lot on your shoulders. There's pressure." Just now Henry would put forward the idea of ​​making Hugo the album producer, but it was actually a statement, so that Roger would have more focus on the band's performance in the future, and at the same time, he would further improve the band's requirements and style. understanding.

Roger then turned to look at Hugo, with a bright smile, "The most important thing is Henry's recommendation, you must know that this old guy's strength is admired by many people. Do you know? Nirvana originally It was Henry who introduced him to Jonathan Poneman."

Hugo looked at Henry unexpectedly, and the other members of the band couldn't help but stop. This was explosive news, but Henry had just stood up and his steps were still unsteady. Hearing Roger's words, he sneered. With a sigh, "Introducers are not producers or managers. There are many such things in the circle. I will never tell you, in fact, Radiohead's development in the United States is also my opinion."

Henry's deliberately condescending expression seemed to be true and false, making it impossible to tell the truth, but Roger did not refute, but laughed and led the way. Henry followed behind Roger at a pace a little faster than the turtle, but the members of Glory to Death exchanged glances in surprise: they seemed to have met a remarkable person.

However, Hugo was more aware of the situation in the circle. He smiled and shook his head, indicating to everyone that it was nothing. In fact, this is the truth. The top agents in the circle have actually handled some hot stars more or less, but as Henry himself said, they are not producers or agents, they are just referrals, and the credit is not considered at all. When it comes to Henry, and if Henry is really qualified, the network in the circle is wider than they imagined, so this is really nothing.

However, Henry once made Mariah Carey popular, and he was able to get their little-known rock band to audition for EMI Records, just these two things are enough to prove his ability.

Seeing Hugo's gesture, everyone calmed down a bit. Neil, who was standing next to him, quickly reminded, "Follow up, it's time for us to show off." Can we get the contract of EMI and whether we can get it? In the negotiation with EMI and Henry, the next performance is crucial!