American Entertainment: Taylor Swift wrote a song for the beginning

Chapter 256: The Never-Ending Carnival, the American Spring Festival Gala

"It is ten o'clock in the morning. At this moment, tens of thousands of spectators have gathered outside the park. The two-day Bad Room Carnival is about to open. The performers of this carnival are all stars..." The female reporter introduced to the camera.

At the same time, backstage.

"Electricity, sound, security, performance, they've all been checked." Alex stood beside Ryan and confirmed for the last time.

At this moment, his eyes were bloodshot and his face was much paler than a few days ago. He had not slept much in the past few days.

Ryan is not much better off. He has been busy these days, accepting interviews from various media and appearing on a radio program of Cumulus Media. He also took the opportunity to urgently produce a piece of electronic music during his break, which is no worse than the "Levels" that Avicii just completed.

Ryan has played this new song to a limited number of people, including Taylor, Hard Avicii, Dead Rat, Di Pineapple and others, and they all praised the new song.

Ryan looked at Kevin Harris beside him at this time. He would be the first to appear on stage in the daytime performance that was about to begin.

Kevin Harris looked like he was covered with lice at this moment. He was making a lot of small movements, fidgeting, and was obviously a little nervous.

"The situations you will encounter in the future will be much bigger than this." Ryan reminded with a smile.

Kevin Harris took a deep breath, and the director in the backfield came directly to Kevin Harris and took him away.

Ryan asked Alex, who had been awake for several days, to go back and rest early, and took the walkie-talkie from him. The heads of all departments contacted Alex through this walkie-talkie.

Then Ryan came to the simple observation window backstage, from where he could just see the crowd below the stage.

As it was morning, most of the audience had not even arrived at the venue yet. Outside the park, there was a dense crowd of people queuing in an S shape, waiting for ticket checking and entry. However, there were still at least two to three thousand people gathered under the stage. In addition to the huge stage, there were also towering pillars like telephone poles inside the park, with a vertically arranged sound matrix on top.

Each of these speaker columns is set up at fixed intervals, which not only covers all areas as much as possible but also avoids mutual sound interference. Even the arrangement of the speaker matrix on the column itself is particular, and it must be arranged vertically. Otherwise, the sound effects heard will be biased when standing in different positions.

As Kevin Harris came on stage, the audience cheered enthusiastically.

Kevin was indeed a little nervous at the beginning, but when his hand touched the DJ table, the familiar feeling made him feel at ease. It was not known whether it was to save costs or intentional, but Ryan deliberately moved the DJ table from the bad room to here.

"I can't believe that every day and every night
I can't believe every day and every night

These people better leave you out of my life
These people left your life and mine..."

A female vocal came out from the speakers, but after just two sentences, the vocal stopped and was replaced by a pure melody. Different from all previous performances, Kevin Harris remixed it for this carnival.

Not only Kevin Harris, but all the DJs who appeared at the carnival remixed their own performance tracks, and these "Carnival remixes" will be released to the public through digital downloads after the festival. In other words, they can continue to contribute revenue.

Kevin Harris on the DJ stage looked very intoxicated. He lowered his head and twisted his body continuously, nodding to the rhythm. For a moment, he did not notice that the audience's reaction was not that enthusiastic.

From the perspective of fame, Kevin Harris is not a big star now, and it is still morning, and many nightclub animals have not yet fully awakened at this point. Most importantly, this song of Kevin Harris is more inclined to electronic pop, and in terms of creating atmosphere, it is far less shocking than big room music.

At this time, Kevin Harris noticed that an audience member in the front row was yawning. He immediately felt guilty and his expression became awkward.

"Don't worry about it, just keep performing and impress these people with your music!" At this time, a familiar voice came from Kevin Harris's headphones, Ryan's voice.

Ryan's timely voice made Kevin feel inexplicably at ease. Although there was no microphone, he still opened his arms and shouted loudly: "Raise your hands!" and jumped to the rhythm of the drop.

It’s a pity that his musical style is not very suitable for live performances. By the end, he still failed to make the audience completely "wake up".

But soon, the appearance of a figure broke this situation. I saw Yinghao suddenly came to Kevin Harris' side without knowing when, and Kevin naturally made way and let Yinghao take over the operation. Then Kevin Harris left quietly.

Through the mixing console, the originally played tracks were seamlessly connected to the hard-core songs.

The packaging and release of the Carnival remix album was Ryan's first clever idea, and this is the second.

The performances throughout the carnival will not stop for a moment... making full use of the characteristics of electronic music and seamlessly connecting them!

A carnival that never ends!

The styles of Kevin Harris and Hard Good are exactly two extremes. Hard Good's big room music can be said to be tailor-made for large-scale performances!
"I feel the indestructible power in your bones
Take you to a darker place
……

This is power! This is power!!!"

As the drop part came, Ying Hao simply threw away his headphones, raised his hands upwards and started dancing rhythmically. Many audiences were infected by him and started dancing along with him. The uniform movements of hundreds of people looked spectacular.

"Hard Good Fitness Center" is open!

In the future, the signature skills will be strengthened and the whole audience will dance, and the outline will emerge.

Among the revelry crowd, only the security personnel facing the audience stood still, like bridge piers rooted in the seabed amidst the raging waves, forming a sharp contrast with the revelry crowd.

These DJs currently performing in the Bad Room can be considered Ryan's direct disciples. Ryan has arranged multiple performance opportunities for these people in the next two days. This is just the beginning.

The next person to appear was Claire, whose hairstyle was a bit exaggerated. When DJs were being recruited before, she and another female DJ passed the interview. She was dressed like an elf that day, and today she still has a hairstyle with more than ten different colors. Her clothes are also quite avant-garde. The material of her clothes seems to be plastic, which reflects light in the sun.

Ryan never paid much attention to the DJ's attire. DJs are expected to dress casually, and being too refined is a minus. But this outfit, which Ryan likes to call Little Gaga, is definitely not appreciated by normal straight men.

Obviously, this was prepared by Claire herself. In addition to being a performer, she was also the producer of the visual animation on the big screen during the DJ performance. "Ryan, the VJ animation for your new song will be almost finished this afternoon, just in time." Claire said to Ryan before going on stage.

As for the music part, Ryan would not let her perform any experimental music here. He specially asked her to find some popular electronic music to medley. Halfway through the performance, Claire started shaking her head, and her movements were very contagious.

Ryan didn't know at that time that this woman would give birth to three children for Ma·YuanShen·YiZiPingJianKing·Sike, and the three children were named X,, and A-Xii respectively.

It is said that the two met on the Internet, and Yuanshen came up with a bad joke about AI thought experiment, named Rococo Basilisk. Simply put, the future super AI will definitely punish those who did not actively promote its birth. It turns out that someone had said this three years ago, and that person was Claire.

Halfway through Claire's performance, a sharp-looking woman appeared backstage. It was Amelie, another female DJ who was recruited together with Claire.

She still looks cool today, with short hair, slender figure, black jeans and a black waist-baring short T-shirt. It's hard for Ryan not to wonder if this woman is a lesbian.

"Nervous?" Ryan asked.

"Not bad." She nodded, and finally there was a smile on her face.

After a while, she also came on stage, still performing techno music with a strong industrial flavor. Maybe it was the gender difference that made the audience feel excited, but Ryan found that the response to her performance was only second to that of Hard Good. After careful observation, he could see that her operation was very smooth and her stage presence was very generous. It could be said that she was no worse than the top DJs.

Ryan is in need of talent right now, and he thinks she has some potential, so he raises her priority in his mind.

Even if we look at the world, the number of female DJs who can truly be called first-line DJs can actually be counted on two hands. Amelie can be said to have always been the representative of female DJs.

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"Nielsen real-time data shows that the live broadcast has more than 300 million viewers." Guy Hirsch, director of program development at CW TV, put down the phone and said to Devin beside him.

Hearing this, CW TV station director and CEO Dewen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. This time, CW TV invested a lot in the live broadcast of the carnival, and even borrowed a whole broadcasting team directly from CBS. This is real money. She dared to do this purely for Ryan's sake. If it were someone else, she would not be willing to invest so much.

"At least we have to explain to the advertisers and sponsors." Devin took a sip of coffee.

"If this trend continues, the ratings will exceed 500 million by this afternoon, and by the evening..." Program development director Guy Hirsch couldn't help but fall into reverie.

"At least it's held in the summer, and there are fewer football programs." Devin also felt relieved.

If it is in the fall, starting at 4:15 p.m. on weekends, Fox, ABC (ESPN), and NBC will take turns broadcasting football-related content.

But the program schedules of the major TV stations at the moment should not be underestimated either. ABC will broadcast "America's Funniest Home Videos", CBS will broadcast the old news program "60 Minutes", followed by FOX will broadcast "The Simpsons", "The Cleveland Show" and "Family Guy" in succession. At nine o'clock in the evening, various TV stations also have a series of programs such as "Desperate Housewives", "The Amazing Race", "Big Brother", "The Apprentice" and reruns of "America's Got Talent", followed by a variety of late-night talk shows.

"What were the Super Bowl viewership this year?" Devin asked suddenly.

"About 9000W."

Last year's figure was even higher, with more than 1.3 million Americans watching the Super Bowl, while only 1.2 million people voted in last year's election.

"If only one in ten people tuned in to watch the live broadcast of the Bad Room Carnival, I'd thank God," Devin imagined.

"Little Super Bowl?" Guy Hirsch, wearing glasses, laughed.

It was just a casual mention, but I never expected that just at three o'clock in the afternoon, the real-time viewership number officially exceeded the five million mark.

"Taylor is on stage over there, singing many of her hits. It's almost like this is her concert. It's strange, why doesn't Ryan go on stage with her to replicate her performance at the Grammy Awards?" Guy Hirsch received the news and then expressed confusion.

"The most interesting show must be put at the end." Devin was not surprised at all, and she thought that the order of performances arranged by Ryan was pretty good.

There needs to be a hot spot in the afternoon time period, but if it is performed again in the evening, will the audience feel aesthetic fatigue?
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At the same time, outside the park where the performance was held in Miami, a large group of people quietly emerged across the street. There were at least several hundred of them. They were not audience members attending the music festival. They held eye-catching banners with words like "blasphemy" and "shame" written on them. Many of them also held candles in their hands, and some even held some black and white portraits.

The person in the photo is the ultra music festival participant who died in the park tragedy not long ago.

These people gathered together and shouted in unison, boycotting the Bad Room Carnival. The demonstration seemed to be very powerful and had attracted quite a few onlookers. Some nosy reporters also came over and interviewed the representatives of the parade.

"This is blatant blasphemy. He disturbed the peace of the dead and used the lives of those innocent people to promote his own performances! The carnival is closed!"

"Stop it!"

The shouting was incessant and had already affected the audience who were checking tickets.

"Ryan, there are too many people here, and it's hard to expel them. Besides, they are just standing across the street, so we can't do anything about it." Beric stood beside Ryan and reported the situation outside.

"Have you called the police?" Ryan thought for a moment and asked.

"Of course, but we only sent a few patrol officers to take a look and then left," said Beric.

To put it bluntly, the relationship with the locals is not strong enough. Ryan first thought of Alex, who had always been the one communicating with the locals in Miami, but at this moment he was still asleep. Ryan thought of another person, so he walked to a nearby place and made a phone call.

"Hey, Rick... yes, I've been planning the carnival for a long time, but there's a group of people causing trouble outside now. If you can get the local police... yes, that's right, that's it." Ryan put down his phone and turned back.

"This march happened very suddenly. I don't think it was organized spontaneously. Send someone to keep an eye on it later. It would be best if we can find the organizer directly on the scene." Ryan said after thinking for a while.

(End of this chapter)