Chapter 439 439 Album Consensus

Hugo and Sheeran walked around the aisle on the fourth floor for at least two times. Before her head was about to be completely confused, Sheeran finally found the location of the recording studio, and he looked at Hugo with bright eyes, " How, I told you, I can find it." After spending five minutes...

Hugo couldn't help but wipe his sweat, "Shouldn't there be some arrows to indicate something here? The corridors extend in all directions, and it is not easy to find an accurate direction."

"I have advised the company before, but they said that it is not necessary at all, the path here is very clear..." Before Sheeran finished speaking, Hugo raised his eyes and raised his voice to question, "Clear?" Sheeran nodded vigorously immediately, "This is complete nonsense, right!"

While speaking, Sheeran pushed open the door of the recording studio. Everyone in the room except Henry turned their attention to the door. Neil was the first to ask, "Why did it take so long?" Hugo went to the bathroom At least ten minutes or more, which is not normal.

Hugo pointed to the corridor outside and complained, "The roads here are like spider webs, and there is no direction at all!"

Neil didn't give Hugo any response, he turned his head and raised his right hand and spread it out, and then Fukun, Pedro, and Alfonso took out a dollar and put it in Neil's palm. The three also looked at Hugo with resentment and remained silent.

Hugo's words were directly stuck in his throat, with a depressed look on his face, and then he introduced through gritted teeth, "This is our album producer, Sheeran Raikkonen."

Sheeran looked at the actions of the band members, but didn't know why, but after hearing Hugo's introduction, he put the matter aside for a while, and said with a smile, "Hello everyone, just call me Sheeran. Now." After everyone had introduced themselves - including a sleepy Henry, Sheeran looked around the studio and sat down in the boss chair in front of the console, "So, I've listened to Having said that, you have already made a plan for the album, what are your plans?"

The band members all found their places in the studio and sat down, and Hugo started talking about their ideas for the new album, and then discussed their positioning of the band's style. Sheeran continued to talk with Hugo during the period. While communicating, the two seem to be in perfect harmony, and it is estimated that the lack of sense of direction puts the two on a similar frequency.

"Yes, yes, I know the style of music you're talking about," Sheeran thought for a moment, pondered for a moment, then hesitated, "a band from Bakersfield, California called LAPD, right? Right? Their music contains a lot of guitar strums and distortion sounds absorbed from heavy metal music, but the overall style is very lively, with a kind of ripped-out venting, which is quite different from traditional heavy metal music. with a vaguely dance-like jumping rhythm."

"Yes, yes, but the band is now called Korn. I heard that they have also signed a contract and are preparing for a new album." Hugo nodded repeatedly, he did not expect Sheeran to know Korn. In the history of the development of new metal music, the period around 1992 was the budding stage of this type of music, and the Cohen Band was one of the most representative bands.

In fact, in the first half of the 1990s, the Cohen band was called alternative rock. Because the new metal rock did not form a trend during this time, people collectively referred to it as "alternative rock". The music style of Cohen Band has the destructiveness of underground metal and dark metal. The combination of guitar and lead voice is simple and clear, but it can leave a deep impression on people. It can be said to be a typical representative of new metal bands.

"They signed too? Sure enough, I knew that there were too many people in the market who copied Nirvana badly. It didn't sound bright at all, and it could even be said to be terrible. Nirvana brought grunge into the mainstream. After that, it seems that people lack their own ideas about rock and roll, which is really boring, and sooner or later, people will have to break this shackle." Hearing this, Hugo laughed.

In fact, although Nirvana released their first single in 1988, what they really set off a frenzy was the album "Never Mind" released in September 1991, which officially ascended to the place of rock classics, turning grunge rock Such non-mainstream music types have become a part of the entire mainstream music market that cannot be ignored.

It can be said that it took less than two years for Nirvana to have an impact on the entire music industry. It was only in these short two years that the development of rock was pushed to a peak by Nirvana, which caused what Sheeran just said. The worries of language have also become a breeding ground for the birth of new metal rock. No wonder Sheeran was hired by EMI as co-producer of Glory to the Dead's debut album, because they're all the same.

"However, I don't quite understand, what's your band's style?" Sheeran pulled the focus back after muttering. Every rock band has its own distinct colors, even if Radiohead is an alternative rock band. The main band, the electronic rock, experimental rock, and British rock in their music are very prominent. "What you just said, in addition to a style similar to LAPD - oh, it's Cohen, you also mentioned rap, hip-hop. You have to know that hip-hop has been in metal rock for a few years, But it's a very different style. I don't know if you know a band called the Deftones..."

Facing Sheeran's questioning gaze, Hugo nodded, "I know, they are a heavy metal band, with violent electric guitars and overwhelming drums, and the piercing roar of the lead singer Moreno, like nothing else."

"Yes! They are somewhat similar to Cohen, but Cohen is more somber and has a different taste of metal; and they have accepted the influence of hip-hop since 1990, adding rap parts to the lyrics, but the electronic elements are not too heavy, It's more of a fusion of hip-hop and rap on the basis of heavy metal, with strong rhythms and straight-forward guitar arrangements. You mentioned this style of blind music just now." Sheeran looked at Hugo seriously, eyes full of curiosity and curiosity. Explore.

Hugo nodded vigorously. In fact, heavy metal rock was developed on the basis of blind music teams in a narrow sense. The fusion of rock and hip-hop is also the core feature of the new metal style. Many new metal rock bands are based on this foundation. Carry out self-understanding, self-reading and own characteristics in the itinerary. But this is only part of the new metal rock, but not all.

"The style of our band is actually the characteristics of the Cohen Band and the Blind Music Team. First, the guitar arrangement is more concise, clear, direct and powerful; second, the medium to convey the band's thought and soul is richer, hardcore, rap , industrial metal, and grunge can all be elements of a song. In fact, it is to mix more musical elements to make the music more colorful, and it will not be limited to a specific style.” Hugo explained, this is also After more than four months of running-in, the style of Glory to Death gradually settled down, which is the band's definition of the first album.

"So, you mean no style is your style," Sheeran concluded, making Hugo laugh.

"I won't express it in this way. I'd rather say that we open our arms to accommodate more elements and make rock and roll full of more colors." Hugo concluded with a smile.

"Hardcore, rap, industrial metal, grunge... Then, punk, pop, and jazz are all no exceptions?" Sheeran drew parallels and quickly came up with an idea. After receiving a positive answer from Hugo, Sheeran He couldn't help sighing, "Wow, this is a huge subversion of the current metal rock. Do you know a band called Dream Theater?"

As soon as this sentence came out, all the band members laughed, especially Alfonso, Sheeran was confused, but he still looked at Alfonso, "Dream Theater is actually avant-garde metal, their The arrangement is still very complex, and the guitars are still the band lead, which retains the metal character, but they also added keyboard players and changed a lot of people's perception of keyboard players. What you have to do now is to break the existing The fixed pattern of using one's own understanding of music to open up a whole new style of music, right?"

"Sheeran, if you say that, we'll feel a lot of pressure on our shoulders." Hugo chuckled, opening up a whole new genre of music, as if Elvis Presley was called "The King of Rock and Roll" in general, is definitely not an easy task. The important thing is that many times history is created inadvertently. No one will deliberately say "I want to create history", and then work towards this goal. More often, it is only after the goal is achieved. He has made a whole new history.

Sheeran kept his eyes on Hugo, obviously he was very interested in the blueprint drawn by Hugo, Hugo shrugged, "However, we do want to create an album according to our own style, as for the future What happens, it will not be us, but the audience, and time will be the judge."

After hearing this, Sheeran immediately started gearing up, looking a little impatient, "It's my honor to be a part of the process of creating this new style." Fortunately, Sheeran and Glory To Death met for the first time. As far as the conversation was very pleasant, the two sides reached a consensus smoothly, which also opened up a new beginning for their future cooperation, "So, do you have any positioning for your music style? It can't be called colorful rock, can it? "

Hugo smiled and looked at his teammates, and found that everyone was looking at him, Hugo pouted, "I would like to call it Nu-Metal."