Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

In Chuncheng, by the Dianchi Lake, at the music school campus chosen by the Rolling Stones, all the Rolling Stones musicians in Chuncheng are here today.

The debugging of all the equipment in the first recording studio has come to an end. The Rolling Stones came to see how professional this recording studio, which cost a huge amount of money and cooperated with DGM, is.

The second one is to come here to be a guinea pig!

Although they will not be actually recorded today, they are here to help the Rolling Stones clear the minefields, but it is also very happy for these musicians to try out those legendary equipment first.

Of course Bian Lang was there too, he came to inspect the work.

After all, his idea was to build this into the Abbey Road of the Blue Water Planet.

In the late 20s, Abbey Road Recording Studios became the center of a musical and technological revolution, transforming recording from a technical operation into a true artistic creation process.

Even when Bian Lang crossed over, Abbey Road was still a holy place in the industry, worshipped by musicians all over the world - not only because of its legendary history and the artists it had collaborated with, but also because of its innovation and foresight in the field of recording technology!

Abbey Road was the world's first purpose-built recording studio facility, established in 1931 by EMI's predecessor, the Gramophone Company.

Later, Abbey Road became closely linked to the development of The Beatles, and almost all of the Beatles' works were recorded in Abbey Road studios.

In 1967, the Beatles' first live global television performance of "All You Need Is Love" was also performed in Abbey Road Studio . In order to achieve special effects, Abbey Road engineers and the band made many historical innovations, such as changing or reversing the tape speed, tape synchronization technology and even doubling the manual sound track.

But in fact, the studio was officially renamed Abbey Road Studio in 1970 after the release of The Beatles album "Abbey Road". Before that, its official name was actually EMI Recording Studios.

The exterior of 3 Abbey Road, taken in the 1960s. You can see that the EMI Recording Studios sign was still hanging on the door frame at that time. This unremarkable little door hides the most famous recording studio in the world.

Another amazing thing about Abbey Road is that most of the hardware equipment they designed is only used in the studio and has never been sold commercially.

一些珍贵稀有的Abbey Road原版设备近年来也被音乐大腕以天价收藏，比如Lenny Kravitz在1990年代买走了REDD.37，录制过Pink Floyd“月之暗面”经典的TG12345 MK IV型号调音台则在2017年被前收藏者、制作人Mike Hedges以大概180万美元拍卖出手。

In 1980, the classic soundtrack of the first movie "Indiana Jones" was recorded at Abbey Road. Later, the music work of blockbuster movies such as "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "Harry Potter" series was also completed here. What game players need to know is that the game music of "Call of Duty" was also recorded in Abbey Road studio.

In 2010, Abbey Road Studios was awarded the honorary status of a Grade II Heritage Site by the British government to protect the historic architecture of the studio.

In addition to The Bugs, other large bands have also recorded here. Abbey Road has many recording studios. The largest studio, Studio 2, is the main studio for symphony recordings and tape production.

A 100-speaker symphony and a 110-speaker chorus can be recorded there at the same time. Yehudi Menuhin recorded Elgar's violin concerto, and cellist and composer Pau Casals recorded two Bach cello suites.

The first non-orchestral productions were also produced here, including I Can't Give You Anything But Love by jazz singer Adelaide Hall and musician Fats Waller.

Another recording studio, Studio 2, is the one that is most closely connected with Abbey Road in the history of music.

The Bugs recorded 210 of their 191 songs at Abbey Road, with the remainder being recorded in Studio 3, such as White Album.

Other big bands have recorded here, and the studio is flexible enough to accommodate everything from product launches to concerts.

Pink Floyd recorded "Dark Side Of The Moon" in Studio 2, as well as Asis, Radiohead, Glenn Miller, Kate Bush, etc.

As for Studio 2, that is the story of Pink Floyd. And unlike The Bugs, all of Pink Floyd's works were produced in this studio.

The current Rolling Stones certainly don't have that kind of strength, but with China's current manufacturing technology strength, Bian Lang's ambition will be realized sooner or later.

Therefore, the equipment selected by Rolling Stone and DGM for this cooperation are all the top-notch ones that Olaf, a professional, needs.

In particular, after Olaf recognized Bian Lang, he took out some of his personal collection of equipment.

The most amazing ones are the microphones that can be considered as collectibles.

After showing the dozen or so people who came today around, Olaf took out several of his collectible microphones.

"Wave, these King Georges are older than me. When I was in Berlin, I had a dedicated microphone engineer to help me maintain these antiques every year to ensure that they can continue to work efficiently."

Hearing this, Liangzi asked, "When was this microphone produced?"

Olaf listened and answered without thinking: "1939."

Upon hearing this year, a bunch of Chinese musicians muttered in their hearts: "This is really incomparable! China probably didn't even have any music-related industries at that time!"

Speaking of microphones, Bian Lang thought of Abbey Road, which seems to have more than 800 of the world's top microphones.

Even the microphone engineers mentioned by Olaf are specially employed to serve the more than 800 microphones in his studio.

"Olaf, what will we do next? If something goes wrong, will you have to ask someone to come over to repair it, or will you fly over with the stuff?"

"Before coming here, I just asked an engineer to give these antiques a comprehensive inspection. If they are used normally for 6 to 8 months, there will be no problem. By then, all our sheds should be built, and we can just hire someone to come and do regular repairs and maintenance."

At this point, Lang asked again: "How much has this shed cost so far?"

"80 Euros! Come and see, we now have 60 channels on the touch panel! The studio we used before at BJ only had 40 channels on the main console."

When Olaf said this, Liangzi looked at those King Georges and his eyes seemed to be shining.

However, he knew very well that the first use of these antiques in China should be given to the Rolling Stones to complete "Nothing", so no matter how much he wanted it in his heart, he still controlled his hands.

But at this moment, Bian Lang suddenly said, "Liangzi, go and try to get the things first."

"Hmm? Use this microphone?"

"Nonsense, no matter how good these devices are, they are only for people to use. Go ahead..."

When Liangzi heard this, he acted like a child who was about to get a new toy. He greeted and went to get the instrument.

……

The debugging lasted for two days, during which the Rolling Stones musicians truly felt the gap between these top-level equipment and domestic equipment.

To put it simply, the images recorded in Baihua Studio are JPGs taken by mobile phones, which are enough for posting on social media. But if you want to do some top-level post-processing, you still have to use the raw images taken with the camera!

Fortunately, the students of this school had already gone on vacation, and the only ones left were workers who were carrying out the relocation, otherwise all kinds of onlookers would have been unavoidable.

On the fourth day, Bian Lang brought all the musicians needed to record "Nothing".

At the same time, Qiu Luo also came with his filming team.

According to Bian Lang, the behind-the-scenes footage of the entire recording process of this song can be regarded as the MV of this song.

But Qiu Luo's idea went beyond that. He wanted to make a series of Rolling Stones music documentaries.

This time, it can be used as the beginning of a flashback story.

A large group of people have almost practiced the song "Nothing".

Basically, musicians in every position are considered the backbone of the Chinese rock scene.

Lao Wu and Lunzi are slightly inferior, but they are the type who can make up for their shortcomings with hard work.

During the rehearsals these days, apart from the group practices, I have been busy during the past two days.

As far as the performance of this song is concerned, Bian Lang feels that their level is comparable to those of the well-known domestic orchestral musicians and folk musicians.

Although they were going to shoot behind-the-scenes footage, this group of rock musicians didn't pay much attention to their appearance.

It is the same as usual and it is the same today, the main focus is on authenticity.

It seems that the cameraman who filmed the scene had some differences: "Lao Qiu, why are you rock musicians so casual? At least put on some highlighter and lipstick. Look better too!"

"Hey! This is done in the style of a documentary, not on stage, so there's no need!"

"That's true. It's always different from celebrity idols. Let me tell you, last month I filmed an interview with a young actress. It took me an hour just to find the angle and lighting. They said I could only shoot from the side, and Yili Jing got tired of waiting. The first sentence she asked was: You're still so young, do you have appearance anxiety?"

"You can't say that. This is their job. If you take ugly photos of them, their fans won't agree, right? Their lives are really tiring. If they fail to transform themselves later, their prime years will only last for a few years. If they don't make more money now, how will they maintain this high quality of life in the future?"

The two chatted for a few more words, and then Olaf came in: "Qiu Luo, how do you arrange things in the control room?"

"There are two cameras in the control room, one shooting you, and one fixed to the main console. After recording, I want to do a post-production interview with you."

"Okay, but my Chinese may not be fluent enough to answer all your questions."

"It's okay, just say as much as you can, I'll add subtitles later."

Not long after, Bian Lang and his group, who were almost ready, also entered the shed.

Although the cameraman didn't say anything, he was muttering in his heart: "These people have such a strong aura in front of the camera..."

……

At the same time, those entertainment companies that did not have accurate information began to become impatient after waiting for the Rolling Stones for a few days without seeing any movement.

They began uploading their own artists' songs to music platforms, and then began to throw all kinds of promotional resources at them as if they were free.

On the list, which had been quiet before, there began to be a trend of fierce competition.

Those small companies and independent musicians who originally thought they had successfully speculated were all cursed after a group of big traffic stars such as Xie Minzhi entered the market.

"Xie Minzhi! As a top star, why don't you go fight the Rolling Stones? Only by defeating the Rolling Stones can you show your strength as a top star."

"Haha, when did the top stars become scary? I finally caught up with the Rolling Stones, but I didn't expect it to be even worse than when there were no Rolling Stones!"

"It may be like this in the future. The charts should give us young musicians some protection and specially find a month for us to have room to perform..."

"Only singers of the King and Queen level can compete with Rolling Stone in the month. No matter how big the traffic is, others can't beat them!"

Netizens were enjoying the fun, and although there were no new songs by the Rolling Stones, it was obvious that they could see many singers on the list that they had never noticed before.

Moreover, the new songs of top stars such as Xie Minzhi have also undergone a big change compared to the past.

In the past, all the songs were sweet love songs, but this time the new song has something different.

After listening to the song, many music critics exclaimed: "The Rolling Stones are such a great catfish."

After recording the song, Bian Lang and his band took the Rolling Stones directly to BJ to participate in the recording of the Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala.

This was the first time that the Rolling Stones participated in the recording of such a large-scale evening party. During the rehearsal, many people in the music industry came to watch and learn how to get close to them.

Even a diva like Guo Sichu, who hasn't been active in recent years, doesn't have as many people around her as the Rolling Stones.

Liang Kuan looked at this scene and couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "This is the reality of the music industry. Now without creative ability, pure vocal singers like Chuchu are at a disadvantage."

The agent of an actor next to him also said: "That's true. The living space for singers with pure voices is indeed very narrow now. Those who are selected from talent shows can only sing covers all the time. If they want a work that is worth showing off, they don't have the money to pay the copyright buyout fee!"

After a pause, the agent added, "But what is Chuchu worried about? As long as she is willing, the songwriters and songwriters who want to write songs for her will line up!"

This is true, but ever since Liang Kuan accidentally heard from Chen Shuting that Rolling Stone had a library of more than a hundred songs that had not yet been released, she felt that those Qu Die and Ci Ba were a little inferior.

As for the song "Towards the Clouds" to be sung at this evening's party, it's hard to say how musical this song is.

But it sounds so good that both fans and passers-by like it.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible for it to compete so happily with the Rolling Stones' "Elopement" and "The Fear in My Heart" for the top three on the new song chart last month.

If it weren't for Tank3000's strong investment at the end, "To the Cloud" would not have been ranked second in the end. For this reason, Guo Sichu's fans who made efforts on the last day said that Bian Lang's victory was unfair!

"Bian Lang is still better, but...ah..."