Chapter 14： Warner Records

It seems that Melancholic Mood's performance today not only won the hearts of many audiences, but also received the support of girl fans, which is a good thing.

It was only after drinking and chatting with Linkin Park in the bar that they had officially signed a contract with Warner Records last night. After Linkin Park's "One Step Closer" upload on the Yahoo Music community sparked heated discussions among many fans, Warner Bros. Records officially noticed Linkin Park and felt that they had a development prospect that could be created. This time to participate in the Eagle Rock Music Festival is also an inspection of the live performance of Linkin Park by Warner Bros. Records. After all, a band that cannot have a wonderful performance on the scene, even if the performance of the studio is good, it has no potential at all.

There is no doubt that the performance of Linkin Park yesterday moved the agent, and the contract was successfully signed last night. Heading into the studio next week to start recording and prepping the album, Warner Records hopes Linkin Park's debut album will be released within this year. Push Linkin Park out while online influence still lingers.

This is Linkin Park's forty-third chance after Chester-Bennington joins, or rather the forty-third attempt, and before Chester-Benington was added, Linkin Park's predecessor Xero was rejected again and again by various record companies. Now, finally get what you want!

Therefore, listening to Gu Luobei's performance of "The Sea and the Sky" at the scene today made Linkin Park feel even more emotional. They once really thought that there was no future, and they could only joke in underground bands with their dedication to music for the rest of their lives. . The artistic conception of "broad seas and sky" touched Linkin Park a lot, and they came up with the idea of ​​getting to know melancholy mood. After all, the communication between independent bands is normal. As for the mutual guitar, it was purely accidental, and it was a temporary idea of ​​Brad Delson. I don't want to, but it has created a wonderful stage, which can be regarded as an unexpected harvest.

When I broke up with Linkin Park and left the bar, it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon. They said they were drinking together, but in fact they spent more time talking and not drinking much. When they returned to the hotel where they lived, Gu Luobei and the others were still awake, and they started to pack their bags lazily.

The Eagle Rock Music Festival is over, and it's time to leave Los Angeles. When Gu Luobei rejected Travie-Nane before, he said that the fall semester of the university is about to start. This is not an excuse, it is true. So, the bash in LA is over, and they should go back to Boston.

From Los Angeles to Boston, it's not that close. From the map, Boston is still east of New York. In other words, the way home is farther than when Gu Luobei came. On the way back, after passing through New York, it would take another 120 miles, or more than two hours, to reach Boston. Gu Luobei first crossed the United States from the east coast to the west coast, and now he has to complete the feat of crossing the United States again. Such a life is indeed colorful.

Due to drinking in the afternoon and experiencing the excitement of the noon performance, several people's emotions have been in a period of excitement. After returning, they either continued to be excited, such as Gillen Haas; Kob-Tibo; or thoughtful, absent-minded, like Gu Luobei and Bruce Sterwood. So when the door to their room was knocked, all four of them were stunned, and no one responded. Finally, the excited Gillen Haas ran to open the door.

After a chatter at the door, Gillen-Haas ran back with a thud. As soon as Gu Luobei looked up, he saw Gillen-Haas's smiling face as if it was about to bloom. The excitement is different, the current Gillen-Haas has an expression of being dizzy by a pie falling from the sky, even his eyebrows are flying up on his face, his eyes are still rolling, and he seems to be dizzy. of.

Behind Gillen-Haas, a middle-aged man from the Mediterranean walked in with a smile on his face, saying that he was Mediterranean and referring to his hairstyle, and that he was middle-aged referring to a beer belly. He was a middle-level manager who had been in the office for many years image.

Gillen-Haas gave an introduction with a bit of rationality, otherwise he is a strange man, do you need everyone to react? "This is the manager of Warner Records, Mr. Claire Days."

Warner Records? broker? Time seems to stand still for a second here. Soon, Jacob Tebow came up to meet him, and even Bruce Sterwood stood up, although his face was still talking, but his clenched right fist still leaked his mind.

Gu Luobei is a man of two generations, and he has also appeared on the stage of Broadway. He is a person who has seen the world. But at this time, I was also a little excited. Although he was appreciated by Travie-Nan when he was off-Broadway, he had experienced this kind of excitement once, but as a band, this sense of certainty was completely different. In fact, as the lead singer of melancholy mood, Gu Luobei was once appreciated, it is a small music company, Gu Luobei has not even heard its name, but this is not the point. The point is, they are looking at Gu Luobei, not the whole band in a melancholy mood, so Gu Luobei finally refused. Today, it is Warner Records, one of the world's top five record companies, which is of extraordinary significance.

Warner Bros. Records, a subsidiary of the Warner Bros. Group, and EMI, Universal Music, Sony Music, and Bertelsmann Music (BMG) have become the world's five largest record groups in the twentieth century. This year, Warner Bros. Records plans to expand its scale, and at the same time began the merger plan of America Online (AOL) and EMI Records at the beginning of the year. AOL is one of the largest Internet service providers in the United States, while Warner Music and EMI are ranked as one of the world's top five record groups. If the two mergers are successful, they will undoubtedly surpass Universal Music and become the world's largest music company. record group.

But Gu Luobei knew that Warner Music finally successfully merged with AOL, but the merger plan with EMI was stopped under the attention of European Commission antitrust officials. The time should be around October and November of this year, when Warner Music was at a critical moment in the merger with AOL. This merger case was also under investigation by the anti-monopoly organization. Therefore, for AOL, Warner Music finally had to give up EMI. music. As far as Gu Luobei knew, both Warner Records and EMI Records had the idea of ​​merging or acquiring each other. Since 2000, it has continued intermittently until Gu Luobei was reborn, but it still failed, which is considered a bad relationship.

Regardless of whether the merger of Warner Records and EMI is successful or not, the position of Warner Records' five major global record companies has no impact at all, not to mention that the merger is still in progress, and Warner Records is booming. It's no wonder that even an aloof indie band like Linkin Park can't hide the ecstasy after signing with Warner Records, not to mention the unnamed melancholy.

In fact, as far as Gu Luobei is concerned, he feels that the size of the company does not matter, each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Large companies have abundant resources and perfect systems, but relatively speaking, they need to consider the interests of the company and make certain compromises with their own music style, so they will have less freedom; although small companies have fewer constraints and frameworks, they will be relatively free in terms of music itself. Pay more attention to talent. After all, it is very difficult for them to compete with big companies for resources, but the disadvantages of small companies are also obvious, and it will be relatively difficult to promote and distribute channels.

However, to be appreciated by a super company like Warner Records is also an affirmation of melancholy mood.

Claire Days first took out her business card as a proof of identity and handed it to the four members, then said with a smile, "The performance in the afternoon was very exciting, it was really eye-catching. After a few compliments, Claire Days didn't go around in circles anymore, and asked more euphemistically, "I wonder if Melancholy has an agent now?"

Many independent bands actually have their own managers, and most of them are individual independent managers. There are several ways for these independent bands to sign with record companies. One is for independent managers to help contact the record company; the other is for independent managers to help contact large brokerage companies and then sign with the record company; the last one is for the record company to come to the door. , after signing the contract, the independent agent will be decided by the band itself.

So, the deep meaning of Claire Days' sentence should be to ask if Melancholy is signed to a record company. UU Reading

"No." The answer was Gillen Haas. At this moment, his adrenaline exploded, he was completely in a state of excitement, and he spoke at a very fast pace. Anyway, everyone knew about the band, so Gu Luobei was very happy and let Gillen-Haas negotiate.

Hearing Claire Days's words, although he didn't understand the deep meaning, Jacob Tebow and Bruce Sterwood also knew it, and it was estimated that the opportunity really came. Therefore, his expression was full of anticipation for a while, and even Bruce Sterwood's zombie face changed slightly at this time.

"What about Mr. Bell?" Just when Gu Luobei was sighing that the cool guy Bruce Sterwood was also moved, Claire Days' words made everyone's eyes focus on Gu Luobei.

Gu Luobei raised his eyebrows subconsciously, and his left hand involuntarily touched the ring finger of his right hand. The broker is only supervised as a guardian. After that, Teddy Bell became an adult. He took the agent certificate in the year he entered the university, took over from Catherine Bell, and became Gu Luobei's nominal agent. It's just that Gu Luobei has no other job now, and he doesn't plan to take up any job, so the agent can only "get it".

Claire Days' eyes flashed invisibly, and then he laughed twice, "Can you tell me the contact information of Mr. Bell's manager? We at Warner Records very much hope to sign with Mr. Bell and let you join our record. company."

what! It's just Gu Luobei, not melancholy?

Today's third update, continue to ask for recommendations and collections, hehe. There will be one more later.

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