The last weekend of June, Huayin School recording studio.
Li Jie looked a little surprised when he saw the equipment in the recording studio, not at its backwardness, but at its advanced nature.
As a musician, I am no stranger to equipment. Even if these equipments are very backward and primitive in the eyes of modern people, they basically have everything they should have.
Newman U87 microphone, API512 microphone amplifier, Aphex effector, 4-track recorder, these are the top recording equipment in this era. (The eight-track one has already been released, but its popularity is not high)
Although the equipment here in Huayin looks a bit old, it is there. It is impossible to buy this set of equipment for less than tens of thousands of dollars. It goes without saying that the tens of thousands of dollars in the late decades are worth much.
It is really hard for Li Jie to imagine that a music conservatory has such a large foreign exchange quota.
Mr. Jiang saw the doubts in Li Jie's mind and took the initiative to explain: "Our school cannot afford these equipment. These things were left by others before. Our school got a bargain."
Li Jie nodded lightly. He was certainly not an ordinary person who could afford huge amounts of foreign exchange to purchase these equipment. Now he was taken advantage of. So who bought it? The result is about to come out.
In both the best of our world and the world of Ode to Joy, Li Jie has released songs, many of which he recorded himself, but the equipment of later generations is different from these antiques.
Seeing that Li Jie was very interested in these devices, Mr. Jiang introduced them to him with a smile.
What he was most interested in was the Aphex effector. He really didn't expect to see it before coming here. You must know that this equipment was only put into commercial use in the mid-1970s, and it was only for rent, not for sale. Its rental price
In terms of minutes, the rental price for one unit is US$30 per minute.
Its function is to add some high-frequency signals to the existing sound, which cannot be replaced by other equipment in this era. That's why this equipment is so popular and Aphex Company dares to make the decision to only rent it and not sell it.
Jiang Guofeng looked a little surprised when he saw that Li Jie's eyes stayed on the aphex effector the longest.
"What? Have you seen this thing elsewhere?"
Li Jie smiled and said: "No, but I have seen pictures of this thing in journals, but I didn't expect to see it here."
Jiang Guofeng stretched out his hand and stroked the machine gently, and said slowly: "Its origin is a bit complicated. If the Lighthouse State No. 1 had not visited China, we would not have been able to get this machine."
Li Jie looked like this when he heard this. If this was the case, it would be understandable. After all, no matter how precious this thing is, it is not as precious as the friendship between two countries.
The area of the recording studio is not large, and it only takes about ten minutes to tour around it. After a while, the staff came in one after another. Everyone who entered was without exception, and everyone looked at the place standing in the deputy room curiously.
Li Jie beside the dean.
Not surprisingly, this is the creator of "My Motherland and Me". They are all industry insiders, and they are well aware of the quality of this song.
If it weren't for Jiang Guofeng's high prestige, it would be hard for them to believe that this song was actually written by a young man. Judging from his age, he should be in his twenties, which is really incredible.
Because Li Jie had greeted Jiang Guofeng in advance, Mr. Jiang did not formally introduce him to others. Due to Mr. Jiang's status, everyone present had to suppress even if they had ten thousand curiosity in their hearts.
"Xiao Han, after I finish recording this song, I plan to send it to "Song of the Week". Are you ready?"
"Song of the Week" as mentioned by Mr. Jiang is a radio program of CCTV, which plays a song regularly every week, and introduces the songwriter and lyrics and music content in detail, and then replays it again.
In this era when televisions have not yet become popular, radio stations are the undisputed kings of the media circle, with a very wide audience, and their status is no less than that of television stations.
As for "Song of the Week", as the name suggests, a song will be played repeatedly for a week. Basically, as long as the broadcast signal can reach, the song can be heard.
Li Jie was surprised by Jiang Guofeng's courage. Although he was the creator of the song, in a strict sense, Jiang Guofeng was the real disseminator. From discovery, to recording, to dissemination, he almost did it all by himself.
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If something went wrong, Jiang Guofeng would be the first to bear the brunt.
Jiang Guofeng smiled and asked: "What? Do you regret it?"
Li Jie said truthfully: "No, I just didn't expect to be on this show."
Jiang Guofeng stared at the choir that was recording and whispered: "It's worth it!"
When Li Jie saw this, he didn't say anything. Since the other party wasn't afraid, how could he be afraid? Besides, this song was the main melody, popular and professional, so there wouldn't be any problems because of such small flaws.
One day is certainly not enough time to record a song. The recording technology of this era is not as advanced as that of later generations, and without powerful sound repair technology, those recording studio singers of later generations have no future in this era.
If a singer does not have top-level singing skills, he will not be able to be on the stage. Any popular singer in the music world now will be a top singer in future generations. There is no survival soil for idols in this land, and they are all powerful singers.
It is a pleasure to listen to excellent singers record songs. Each of those who came to record songs today is carefully selected and has first-class singing skills.
They are all people with both talent and skills. Some of them are not inferior to Li Jie in singing skills. He loses not in skills, but in talent. After all, the external conditions of this body are not good enough.
At noon, Li Jie left the Conservatory of Music after dinner. The old professors and recording staff were so enthusiastic and terrifying that he had to leave early.
After leaving school, he did not go home directly, but went to Guan's house. This year's college entrance examination is scheduled for the 20th, 21st, and 22nd of next month, and will take three consecutive days.
As the college entrance examination approached, Guan Xiaoguan finally felt a sense of urgency, and even Mr. Guan became nervous.
From Li Jie's point of view, Guan Xiaoguan's review results this year are still satisfactory. In the several simulation papers he gave before, the other party got a pretty good score.
As long as Guan Xiaoguan doesn't make any big mistakes in the examination room, it won't be a problem to get into college.
Before entering the dungeon, Li Jie specifically searched the college entrance examination papers from 1977 and 1978. He knew exactly what questions would be tested this year.
A few days ago, he prepared a set of test papers, and some of the question types in them are variations of this year's test papers. By the middle of next month, he plans to take out this set of test papers and give Guan Xiaoguan a surprise review.
In this way, getting admitted to Shuimu University is a sure thing.