Generally speaking, there are two ways to release an album: physical release and digital release.
Physical distribution involves the application for copyright numbers and the production of records, which are time-consuming, labor-intensive and costly.
It is a very difficult task for newcomers who have not yet signed a contract with a record company. In addition, with the recent popularization of the Internet and smart phones, digital distribution has gradually become a good choice for newcomers.
Of course, as someone who came from a game company, Mei Fang naturally knew the importance of copyright and authorship. In his spare time, he spent money to entrust a third party to help him with the registration of the song's copyright and authorship.
Xia Yuan’s first digital album includes five songs: "No Makeup", "In That Not Far Away Place", "I'm Willing", "Memories of Lanshan", and "The Vastness of the Universe".
The five songs are actually very small in size as an album, and can only be regarded as a mini album. Moreover, it is a bit of a stretch to call these songs an album now. After all, the style and theme of an album in the usual sense will be consistent to some extent.
Of course, since Yuanyuan is a newcomer, perhaps everyone can ignore these things.
In addition to determining the song track list, Xia Yuan and his team also have to determine the creator's stage name and album title.
Now these five songs include Xia Yuan’s solo (In That Not Far Away Place, The Vastness of the Universe), Lin Youxi’s solo (Lanshan Memories), Mei Fang’s solo (I’m Willing), and of course Xia Yuan and Mei Fang’s duet (No Makeup), plus Liu Xiaoyu also contributes some harmony, so Xia Yuan didn’t really want the album to have only her signature at the beginning.
However, the album was not actually produced by the band in collaboration, and it would be very far-fetched to directly use the name of the new band. So after everyone's discussion, Xia Yuan decided to use [Yuan Bao] as the stage name of the releasing artist, and would continue to use this name after forming a band in the future.
Since Xia Yuan is Yuanbao, it goes without saying what Lin Youxi and Mei Fang are like.
Yuanbao, Xibao, Fangbao.
"As a result, we three were given new nicknames."
Xia Yuan asked Lin Youxi and Mei Fang excitedly, "At first, it felt corny when we called each other by this name, but once we got used to it, it became nothing... Fang Bao, Xi Bao... Why don't we just call each other like this in the future?"
Mei Fang frowned and said, "Why change it for no reason... I have been calling you like this for more than ten years. Suddenly I can't call you Yuanyuan anymore and you ask me to call you Yuanbao..."
Lin Youxi also shook her head. "It's a bit unpleasant for Ah Fang to call me Xibao. Every time he calls me Xibao, I hear it as 'Xiba'. It's like he's scolding me, which makes me feel angry for no reason."
"Hey, is my pronunciation so bad?"
"Then call me a few more times and let me hear it."
"Xibao, Xibao, Xibao... Is this okay?"
"Be gentler."
"Xibao?"
Xia Yuan watched Lin Youxi tease Mei Fang and always felt it was a bit weird to call her by her name. "Ah... Anyway, I think we can call each other by this name for fun. If you feel embarrassed, it's okay to call each other by this name only at home."
"Although it's a little hard to pronounce, I liked the name Yuanbao the moment I heard it."
Mei Fang started his usual routine of keeping things to himself again. He smiled at Xia Yuan and said, "I can call you this at school from now on. Can I call you Yuanbao?"
"Huh, huh... This name is quite cute when it's pronounced."
Xia Yuan blushed and hesitated, feeling a little embarrassed. "It's just that when a high school student calls me that, it always feels a bit like being older and coquettish."
"How old are you? You look so charming! I like to call you Yuanbao because it sounds like I have a lot of 'ingots', like I'm rich."
"What! Stinky Ah Fang!"
Xia Yuan pushed Mei Fang down on the sofa, sat on him and beat him up.
Now that the issues related to the stage name have been determined, the next step is to decide on the album name.
As mentioned before, because the album is basically a hodgepodge and there is no unified theme for the genre and name, Xia Yuan called on everyone in Ximilu Studio to brainstorm.
As a major fan of Yuan Yuan, Peng Xue naturally couldn't contain herself any longer. Since it is Yuan Yuan's album, it should focus on Yuan Yuan.
The album titles she gave are homophones of various idioms with the word "yuan".
"Love Is Destiny"
"Love in the Past"
"Let Me Be"
As a fan of Xi, Yue Xinyi naturally cannot give in here. However, after all, the composer is basically Yuanyuan herself, and the album has very little Xi content. Yue Xinyi is also embarrassed to completely steal the limelight from Xia Yuan.
So in the end, the names Yue Xinyi came up with were all very popular. Some of them directly used the title song as the album title, and some were just casual words from Xia Yuanlin and Youxi.
I am willing
"No Makeup"
"Fate Comes"
Yue Xinyi and Peng Xue were fighting in the group, neither of them giving in, which made others afraid to speak for fear of being implicated.
Just when Mei Fang was struggling over whether to just throw out the versatile album title "Customization" to end the argument, Xia Yuan typed GG to end the fight.
"Youxi and I discussed it and everyone's opinions were pretty good, but we should just use this! This is the online name that Youxi and I have always used together. I think it is very meaningful to use it as the name of our first album."
The name of Xia Yuan's game-ending move was [缘兮相伴]. This phrase can be understood as Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi accompanying each other, or as Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi accompanying someone.
…
There is not a single word that is Mei Gou; every word is Mei Gou.
Liu Xiaoyu could be said to have seen through Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi's thoughts at a glance, but out of support for her friends, she just clicked a thumbs-up and then fell into thought.
In modern society, are there really girls who would share a boy's love for them
My words... are definitely unacceptable.
But since the parties involved have no opinions, why should I impose any ideas on them
And after all, how can it be my turn to accept it
Liu Xiaoyu smiled bitterly and shook her head. She didn't know what she was thinking.
Since returning from the spring outing, Liu Xiaoyu found himself becoming more and more concerned about Mei Fang's actions.
She would take the initiative to pay attention to Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi's daily conversations and listen to them talk about what Mei Fang had done recently.
Whenever she saw Mei Fang, she would always look at him a few more times inadvertently, but once Mei Fang started talking to her, she would avoid him in an extreme manner.
When I first met Mei Fang, I had a good impression of him...
He is very gentle to Youxi and Yuanyuan, and looks like a very clean and pure boy.
And... for me too—
Although Liu Xiaoyu has said that she doesn’t like boys who are better than herself, Mei Fang’s ideal type is really hard to look away from...
What a pity it turned out to be a dog.
Ouch... If only I hadn't seen that!
Liu Xiaoyu lay on the bed in the dormitory with her head covered, feeling very distressed. Her roommates who were unaware of the situation laughed at her, thinking that she had someone she liked.
After completing the album, Mei Fang planned to use Penguin Music as the first release platform for the album songs, but at the same time he also wanted to test the actual promotion effect of Station C.
Mei Fang and Lin Youxi planned to have Xia Yuan shoot a promotional video of several minutes, and prepared to put her video on the recommended column of the homepage and the corresponding area, trying to use the traffic of the C station platform to promote Xia Yuan.
Hell update, end!
(End of this chapter)