478 I accidentally heard the news
Cervantes-Saavedra wrote the first modern novel in literary history, "Don Quixote"”.
When the story takes place, knights have been extinct for more than a century, but the male protagonist Alonso Quixano is obsessed with knights and often fantasizes about being a medieval knight, and then calls himself "Don Quixote de la Don Quixote". "Mancha", which means the guardian of the De-La Mancha region, and then took his neighbor Sancho Panza to be his servant, "acting chivalrously and righteously", traveling around the world, and doing all kinds of incredible things that were contrary to the times. His behavior led to obstacles everywhere. But he finally woke up from the dream and died after returning to his hometown..
One is Don Quixote, who is full of illusory ideals and fights with windmills with a spear to show his majesty as a knight; the other is Sancho who hopes to enjoy the taste of life from fine wine, fine food and high official salary. One of them is a ridiculous ideal. The other is a ridiculous pragmatist, but he raises a difficult problem that humans can never solve: the contradiction between ideals and reality.
Everyone is mocking Don Quixote's obsession, everyone is despising Don Quixote's overestimation of his abilities, everyone is making fun of Don Quixote's madness, everyone is rejecting Don Quixote. Quixote is out of touch with reality, and everyone is laughing at Don Quixote's stubbornness...indifferently, triumphantly, ridiculing, and contemptuously, witnessing the withering of dreams step by step. As everyone knows, along with the demise of idealism , the spirit and hope of society are also withering.
The weak figure fighting with the windmill with a spear was just like Sisyphus who tirelessly pushed the boulder but could never reach the end..
Don Quixote, this is the first word that comes to Renly's mind.
Those days when I was lying on the hospital bed, watching movies greedily and eagerly; those days when I stayed alone in the practice room, polishing the basic skills of acting over and over again; those days when I stood on the dilapidated stage, even if there was no audience, I still devoted myself to the performance. The days of performing; those days when you study hard on your acting skills and forget about food and sleep; those days when you are so obsessed with performing that you blur the boundaries between reality and illusion; those days when you encounter denial, rejection, and ridicule, but you resolutely refuse to bow your head; Those days when I feel lost, self-doubt, and hovering on the edge of giving up.……
It's like you're on one side and the whole world is on the other side.
The conflict between dreams and reality, the conflict between ideal and reality, walking alone on this long road, lonely and lonely, the pressure of reality makes it almost impossible to lift the shoulders, every step is so difficult and difficult. Stumbling along the way, I have staggered to where I am now, but the future is confused and uneasy, the future is unknown and dangerous, and there are thorns everywhere. I still can’t see the end, and I still can’t stop..
He is like Don Quixote. In this real world, he is crazy, absurd, and maverick, pursuing an illusory ideal; but he has no way of knowing whether his ending will be like Don Quixote. As if dead and dejected, one day I suddenly realize that I have done nothing, and finally died in vain..
Fortunately, he gradually discovered that he was not the only madman in the world..
Heather Cross is so, Jennifer Lawrence is so, Jessica Chastain is so, Ryan Gosling is so, Rooney Mara is so, Stanley Charlson is so, George - Slender did it, Herbert Jones did it. And Eleven Studios did it too..
Looking up, Renly could see the twinkling light in George and Herbert's eyes, shining like bright sunshine..
Herbert immediately understood the meaning behind the name. The surging emotions filled his chest and he stood up uncontrollably. He seemed to want to do something, but in the end he did nothing and fell down again. On the chair, he leaned back on the chair, lost in his own thoughts, and the focus of his eyes gradually blurred..
The City of Sound, a music resort that has existed for half a century, has finally been lost in the advancing trend of the times. Just like a bubble bursting, it has quietly withdrawn from the stage of history. What happened during this, and Only those who have witnessed the historical process know what they have experienced..
George lowered his eyes in embarrassment. In a brief moment of sighing, he had experienced the ups and downs of ten years. Only he knew what his retirement life in the past three years meant. The helplessness and regret of waning interest were all gone. Little by little, the color of life is withdrawn, like a pool of stagnant water, without any ripples..
Don Quixote. What a brief yet accurate description. But the difference is that Don Quixote "awakened", returned to reality, and then died in depression; he would not.
Swallowing the turbulence on the tip of his tongue, he raised his eyes again and looked at the boy in front of him. Twenty-one years old, how young, how youthful, how wanton, what a beautiful age, hiding infinite possibilities, as if just opening his arms, You can have the whole world. George firmly believes that Renly can.
What's even more commendable is that George clearly knew that he decided to make this album because Renly's music was different from the market trend..
Not because Renly's music style is folk ballads, but because the hidden connotation in Renly's music not only re-presents the soul and essence of excellent music, but also rekindles his passion for music, which is relevant to the present. The characteristics of mainstream music in the market are completely different, and can even be said to be eliminated..
In other words, this is an album that is destined to not perform well in the market. Just like Don Quixote..
In the eyes of doubt and contempt, he went his own way, unswervingly, and pursued his ideal crazily, even if this ideal had lagged behind the times. This was not just Renly's, or George's, or Herbert's persistence and Dreams are the spiritual core throughout the album..
George couldn't think of a more appropriate name than "Don Quixote".
“Just this name." George replied. All the surging, all the emotions, all the excitement were just transformed into such a simple sentence. Only those still bright eyes revealed the true emotions in his heart..
The smile on Renly's lips rose slightly..
He knows that producing albums and filming movies are the same. If he chooses a large company, due to commercial considerations, they will inevitably formulate more rules and regulations, and everything will be aligned with "money"; but if he chooses an independent company, artistic exploration and Pursuit will prevail, leaving more creative space for artists.
Thankfully, he met George. If this was the only album in Renly's career, he would still choose George. It was his honor..
From the choice of concept to the establishment of the theme, this is originally the most important and difficult part of an album. Sometimes it may not be able to be finalized even after two months, but they only spent less than four minutes - from From the moment Renly said "Don Quixote" to the moment George nodded in agreement, it only took twenty-five seconds. It was like lightning..
Boya was good at playing the harp, and Zhong Ziqi was good at listening. Whatever Boya thought about, Zhong Ziqi would definitely get it. When Ziqi died, Boya said that there would be no more music in the world, so he broke the strings of the harp and never played again..
The so-called bosom friend is rare, that’s probably what it means. Three like-minded friends have taken a steady first step on the road of joint cooperation..
George didn't pause, and immediately entered the formal work mode, "Now, what we need to do is to select songs according to the theme." George rubbed his temples, "Huh, this is a difficult job." Although he didn't want to admit it. , but the fact is that George feels regretful if any song is eliminated. Therefore, he needs the help of Renly and Herbert.
“Herbert? "George's eyes fell on Herbert, but Herbert did not respond and remained stunned. He had to raise his voice and shouted again, "Herbert！”
Only then did Herbert react, "Huh?" Seeing the gazes of Renly and George, he shook his head vigorously, and revealed a self-deprecating smile on his lips, but did not explain anything. After regaining his composure, he entered directly Topic, “What’s wrong?？”
“Select songs. We are going to start selecting songs now.” Under George’s guidance, the three of them officially entered the album production stage..
Unexpectedly, the work that had been progressing extremely smoothly before entered a deadlock after entering the song selection stage: because I couldn't give up, couldn't choose, and was in a dilemma..
From the complete list of twenty-seven songs originally provided by Renly, George selected eighteen and Herbert selected twenty, with the two men choosing as many as seven different songs, making twenty-seven. A total of 23 songs were selected by at least one party, and only four were eliminated..
From this we can get a glimpse of the high average quality of Renly's compositions. You must know that neither George nor Herbert are rookies who have never seen the world. Both are experienced industry masters, and their vision is vicious. , picky and accurate, have long been verified by time and the market, there is no doubt that.
This is only the first part of the puzzle.
More importantly, they had to select ten songs from this list to be included in the album "Don Quixote". This triggered a sparking war of words..
George insisted on including the single "Los Angeles" in the album, but Herbert believed that this folk tune did not conform to the tone and style of the entire album, and even the spiritual core did not meet the requirements; Herbert was opposed to " "Budapest" has a soft spot, but George is completely indifferent to it. He thinks that the pop feeling of this song is too heavy and destroys the integrity of the album..
Both George and Herbert couldn't put it down "Old Pine". This fresh and simple ballad is so beautiful that life is not only about the present, but also about poetry and distant places..
Even though the temperament of the whole song does not fit the album, the two of them still hope to include it in the album. The problem is that there are only ten seats in an album, and each seat is extremely precious, which means that they can only give up. "Old Pine Tree"……
Ten songs, can there really only be ten songs?？
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