Five Hundred and Ninety-Fifth, Setting Goals

Johnny Quaid, Atlantic Records' new manager for Kings for a Day after deliberation and careful screening.

Johnny wasn't some well-established, top-notch manager, he was a gig manager for a jazz band—not even a rock band, but a jazz band.

As we all know, jazz has basically been forced to a corner now, and even Los Angeles has no soil for jazz to survive. Only cities with a long history and black blood flowing like New York, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Memphis can find it. To the figure of the jazz bar.

But Johnny is very, very good at what he does and loves what he does, with an old-school, retro faith that sticks to it.

Obviously, I chose this job not because I can make money, but because I like it because I love it—from this perspective, Johnny and King One Day are actually the same kind of people.

After nearly twenty years in the jazz circle, Johnny’s footsteps started from London, went to Paris, Berlin, Madrid, and then came to the North American continent, and covered Tokyo, Bangkok and other Asian cities, and finally settled in New York. The professional field has also established its own authority and status.

Moreover, Johnny has been in the fringe underground circles all year round. He has seen countless underappreciated thorns and down-and-out artists. He knows how to talk to them and how to deal with crises. More importantly, his presence Resilience is excellent.

The only shortcoming is not that he is not familiar with rock bands, but that he has been far away from the college style for too long—that is, he is too far away from the glamor and glamor shrouded in the spotlight. It is more in line with his appetite.

But at the same time, Johnny, who is over 40 years old, is still keen on the retro style of the 1960s and 1970s, and he behaves very gentlemanly——

Just like that glass of martini, it has its own persistence.

In a way, Johnny was fit for a king for a day, but he wasn't, but Atlantic Records seriously asked Johnny for his opinion.

The jazz band market is indeed shrinking, his daily workload is not much, and Johnny has been thinking about the future development.

Atlantic Records promised that they would release at least five jazz albums in the next year and promote the market. Such conditions moved Johnny; in addition, the persistence and belief of King One Day was the key, and their attitude towards music became the ultimate goal. A critical key to fostering collaboration.

After repeated deliberation for a long time, Johnny nodded and agreed to this cooperation. For the first time in his career, he left the jazz band and started to lead a rock band; moreover, he temporarily left the fringe area where no one cares about, and followed in the footsteps of the king for a day to enter the spotlight Inside,

This is indeed a major change.

Even Atlantic Records and Johnny himself are not sure what the outcome of such a cooperation will be. Only after trying can we know.

Although there are no big-name superstar names in Johnny's professional resume, the gentleman's atmosphere exuded from the inside out can feel the pride and aloofness in his bones, and it can indeed remind people of the temperament of a king for a day. To some extent, there should be no conflict in personality.

The same is true.

So far, the two parties have cooperated for two months, and Johnny is still adapting to the new work rhythm, but the attitude of the king towards music makes Johnny very satisfied. with the same rhythm and track.

Especially for this Coachella Music Festival, Johnny is full of praise. Compared with the social network frenzy, he prefers the quality of the band's performance——

Music, everything should be about music.

Of course, the turmoil created by social networking platforms is also a good thing, which also means that the band's reputation has once again been consolidated, just like the brand effect.

"I expect you to become such a band. When people talk about it, the first impression that pops into their minds is the wonderful live performance. People can't help but want to go to the scene to watch your performance. Enjoy your show with your loved ones and friends."

"King for a day is equal to the quality assurance of live performances."

These are Johnny's original words after the Coachella Music Festival. After two months of cooperation, he has finally figured out a relatively clear context and thinking, and has a clearer idea of ​​​​the band's next step.

In the past, King Yi was always unknown and had no time or energy to think about his positioning and goals. His only idea was to break through the siege and at least have a chance to realize his dream. One day when the king climbed to the top, he couldn't think about it in a hurry.

Of course, it can be seen from here that Alice's "amateur" is not a professional agent after all, and she lacks a big picture of the artist's career planning.

After a short break-in, Johnny quickly set up a preliminary goal. He looked forward to the day when the king could fully grow up——

In the future, when people mention "King for a Day", the first impression that comes to mind is "Guarantee of live performance strength". As long as the name of King for a Day appears in any tour, the quality of this performance can be guaranteed , attracting countless audiences to come and enjoy the scene.

"King for a day equals show quality".

It won't be easy, but Johnny has faith that King One Day can make it happen! After switching career tracks, Johnny also successfully found his passion. They needed a clearer time plan and a clearer promotion strategy to move towards their goals step by step.

From the Grammys to Coachella, the road to the rise of the One-Day King is to become popular and popular all the way up, but the foundation is not stable, which also means that the next development needs to be steady and consolidate step by step. Only in this way , to be able to challenge and climb to a new peak.

So, while the band members are on vacation, Johnny gets busy.

Today is the first meeting to discuss the next step plan.

but--

"Where's Maxim?"

Johnny frowned slightly. He himself was very familiar with the "being late" thing, because those impoverished jazz band members were often alcoholics, and after drinking too much, they would stop recording, not to mention the performance, even where they were. There is no concept, so he needs to deal with these things every day.

It was precisely because of this that he was extremely sensitive. When Maxim was a little late, Johnny became alert—because he might need to deal with things immediately at any time, so naturally he needed to grasp the situation immediately.

However, no one could answer Johnny's question, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.