What should Taiwan's current music industry producers do?

What should Taiwan's current music industry producers do? What does the "producer" of the song production process do?

Many people must be full of questions, the so-called "music producer", what is the content of the work? "Music producer" is actually very much like the role of director and producer of the film. Contact people related to all aspects of work, and supervise the production of products to determine the final music style and the quality of the finished products.

Why does it cost more than 100000 yuan to make a song?

The work of a producer can be divided into three stages:

The first stage

(lyrics or songs 30000 UP/TW) the first thing a song needs is words and songs, so is there a so-called price? Strictly speaking, no. But generally there will be the so-called prepaid royalties, "ci" is generally 12000 / song, "qu" is 18000 / song, and what is the so-called prepaid royalties? Is to advance the benefits of "ci / qu" to you first. When the income of the song exceeds the price mentioned above, the author of "ci / qu" continues to collect money.

"is it possible to pay higher royalties in advance?" When many people ask this teacher to write songs or are well-known, his price will of course be higher. There is no so-called standard for this part of the price. Therefore, it is possible to pay more than 50, 000 or 100000 per unit in advance.

(arrangement 30, 000 UP/Tw) what is arrangement? To put it simply, the arrangement is the background music behind "Karaoke". And a song is good or bad, arrangement accounts for a large score, as the saying goes, 'good arrangement sends you to heaven, bad arrangement sends you to hell'.

(guitar, bass 6000UP/Tw) in the arrangement, some instruments can not be replaced by computer sound sources or hardware sound sources, most of them are string instruments, but most of the arrangements are keyboard players and do not know how to use string instruments. The price is also increased according to the guitar player level, which is possible. Of course, if you have money, you can also hire foreign guitar masters to play for you, but the price is absolutely sky-high. The same is true of Beth.

(string 30,000 UP-Tw) of course, the string part depends on the individual, because the production budget is generally getting smaller and smaller; if the production budget is enough, choose to match the real string music, the whole song will rise to the next level, and the price of this part is usually divided into three parts: string writers, recording studios and musicians.

(harmony 8000UP-Tw) Harmony is also an important part of the arrangement, so let the "main track" not be so lonely and add "points" to the richness of the whole song. Of course, the price is also "increased" according to the teacher's grade and fame.

The second stage

(recording studio 20, 000 UP-Tw) take the Taipei recording studio-10 million recording studio as an example, the recording studio includes the recording engineer '1H/, the price is 2500 Two'. In order to record a song, the time it takes to record a song is at least the sum of the price calculated by "singer recording 8 hours" and "harmony recording 4 hours", that is, the "required price" when recording, and often because of the budget, the producer himself plays the role of "the sound engineer", thus saving the budget for the allocation of the sound engineer, so there is also a rumor in the world of the recording engineer, 'being a sound recording engineer is very stressful now. Because the action can not be slower than the producer, otherwise there will be no food to eat.

The so-called backup singing is to guide the singer to sing, in the part of skill, emotion and interpretation of the song, of course, the price of the supporting song is increased according to the teacher's grade. Of course, many producers also have the ability to sing, and often because of the budget, producers can only sing "on their own".

(sound editing, editing, pitch correction-producer costs 30,000 to 50,000 UP-Tw) many people easily misunderstand this part, thinking that it is the work of "sound engineer" or "mixer". In fact, the sound engineer is only responsible for recording, and most of this work falls on the "producer", which is also included in the producer's fee.

The third stage

(remix 10, 000 UP-Tw/, 20, 000 to 60, 000 UP-Tw) remix, that is, "Mi GE", which is often heard, and the work is to "divide the tracks" of each musical instrument and voice of the song to balance the volume, spatial residual sound, timbre processing, sound positioning, and the emotional dynamics of some musical instruments. "Audio" or whether to let the track go to special hardware, and finally achieve the "producer" want to feel and the most suitable sound for the song. Adjust to the most perfect state. This is also a song, a very and most important job,'A good mixer takes you to heaven, a bad mixer takes you to hell'.

(mixing room / mixing space 10, 000 UP-Tw) and the price of the mixing space usually depends on the equipment and the environment. Is there any difference in the quality of the equipment? Of course, the quality of the equipment will affect the final quality of the song. Take tens of millions of recording studios as an example, the rental cost of the mixing studio is (20000~25000-Tw/ once).

Final stage

(post-master processing 4000UP-Tw) many people often don't understand what is. "late master" is often confused with remixes, but the two are completely different things. The thing that mixers have to think about and deal with is: "all instruments and tracks up to 100 tracks are possible, how to make the song to achieve a perfect volume balance, whether the need to add effects to deal with." "Audio" or whether to let the track go to special hardware, and finally achieve the "producer" want to feel and the most suitable sound for the song.

In the later stage, the master tape processing usually deals with the remaining stereo files L or R from "after the mixer's working stage". On the other hand, the work of "late master band processing" is the "expression of spatial strength" of the whole sound, which continues and strengthens the direction interpreted by producers, singers and mixers. When there are multiple songs, the volume of each song needs to be balanced so as not to cause "jump next" to be suddenly loud or whisper while listening to a song.

Let's add up the above expenses with the lowest quotation. (I have the price of recording studio space to calculate, and many of the above items have been removed.) ci qu 30,000 + arranging 30,000 + mixing 20,000 + late master tape processing 4,000 + producer fee 30,000 = 114,000 = has broken the list!

It turns out that it takes so much to complete a "high-quality" finished product, after such a tedious "behind-the-scenes project", and "producer" is absolutely one of the indispensable elements. I hope you can understand the above explanation. Of course, many producers, at the same time have a number of capabilities, also have their own recording studio (space including equipment), so most of them absorb a lot of costs. For many commercial songs, most of them are in a hurry, so I am here to speak for many producers who use their life overtime and special abilities to "rush to work day and night" with their lives. please also be more sympathetic to the bitterness of the "music producer".

Start Music Writing Co., Ltd.

Startup Music was officially established in August 2015, and the team is composed of Taiwanese songwriters, musicians, harmonies, arrangers, producers, and well-known mixers. Adhering to the principle of creating good music, adhering to the appropriate project content, excellent service quality and affordable price, the team provides good equipment and efficient work quality. He has participated in the record production of many singers and orchestras, government and corporate activities or image advertising music.

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