Jiang Hao opened his song page on Tunein. The six songs had nearly a million plays and close to ten thousand downloads—not bad results. He clicked on one to listen for a while. Honestly, he had been broke back then, and the recording quality had truly been terrible.
Now that he had money, he could make them more polished. Otherwise, he really would be burying several good songs.
The next day,
Jiang Hao drove to Seattle and found a professional recording studio. He had called ahead, so someone was there to receive him. He took out several sheets of music and handed them over. This recording engineer, Patten, had some reputation in the United States and had recorded songs for quite a few singers. That was why Jiang Hao had chosen him.
After looking through them, Patten stared at Jiang Hao in surprise. "You wrote these six songs? You're that Jon from the internet? The singer Mac Kyle called soulless? You sang 'See You Again' and 'Despacito'?" Patten fired off a string of questions.
Jiang Hao nodded. "Yes."
Short and crisp. Every word was worth its weight in gold.
Patten frowned. "I've heard all these songs. Do you know what I think? You wasted your talent. You wasted your voice. These songs could absolutely become classics, but you turned them into garbage. The recording and accompaniment are a complete mess."
Jiang Hao spread his hands helplessly. "Couldn't be helped. I had no money before. Isn't that why I came to find a professional recording engineer like you?"
"You did the right thing," Patten said.
With a professional studio, professional recording engineer, and professional arrangers, Jiang Hao spent four days rerecording all six songs. The quality this time was absolutely professional-grade, no worse than any star's album.
After listening to the