walk with jimmy

Chapter 180 is not funny

The rise of every new industry, although a symbol of human progress, is a disaster for old industries.

When the MP3 player appears, the music industry will inevitably suffer a serious impact, and the record industry will undoubtedly bear the brunt, and the entire record sales market will go downhill.

Record companies had to rely on layoffs to make ends meet, and large numbers of people in the music industry lost their jobs overnight.

On that day, there were at least dozens of people holding boxes containing personal belongings, standing on the street almost blankly, with nowhere to go.

There are also some small record companies that could not survive and were bought out after bankruptcy.

The entire music industry is changing rapidly, and all musicians are in a state of being overwhelmed.

The Black Dog band that James had just created was also unlucky to catch up with this huge wave.

But their luck is that the boat is big and strong enough, and it will not be overturned by the huge waves for the time being.Because although the overall record industry is in a downturn, people's inherent habits cannot be changed in a day and a half. Therefore, the vast majority of people still maintain the habit of buying records, but they are gradually reducing their expenses.Therefore, even if the record sales market declines, the high-end market remains unchanged, and good music can still make money, certainly not as much as before, but it will not suffer too much loss.

Both James and Stewart are influential figures in the music world, and they have a certain appeal. In addition, the new album jointly produced by the two of them is different from the previous style, but the excellent quality is also worth buying for music fans. collect.

Therefore, the small record company that signed the record of the Black Dogs by chance, survived the turbulent music industry with this new album.

"Pity."

Able still regrets the result: "If a few years ago, the sales of this album in the first week would not have stopped there."

If Lance was present, he would probably have talked about it unwillingly with him, and then figured out various ways to increase record sales.

But it was replaced by James, but he was very contented and happy, and irresponsibly said "it's fine if you don't lose money", and continued to work on his live performances nonchalantly.

Abel had no choice but to find a way by himself.

The record company's suggestion is that, in addition to producing more merch sales, they can also... increase ticket prices.

It should be known that although the emergence of MP3 players has impacted the record industry, live performances cannot be replaced in a short time.

People are still willing to come to the venue and feel the atmosphere of the music, so, in order to make up for the sluggish sales of records, the ticket prices for live performances are simply raised.

Today, the drummer Abe and the bassist Sanderson of the Black Dog band are not the type who like to be in charge, Stewart is a pure musician, James doesn't care about trivial matters, so none of the four in the band know about the increase in ticket prices .

until they hit the stage...

do you know?

Musicians on the stage like to perform in front of an engaged audience, especially those old bands that are very famous or have been famous for many years and have loyal fans. When they step on the stage and look down, the front row seats Almost all of the audience are familiar faces, and some of them can even be called out by name directly.

These diehard fans have followed and supported the band for many years, and have long since become another part of the band.They are familiar with the singing style of the lead singer, and can sing almost all songs, even new songs. Therefore, when the lead singer shouts hoarsely on the stage, they will also frantically give the strongest response and feedback below, and let the stage down into one.

Only this time, the ticket price suddenly rose, and most of the diehard fans were unprepared. Due to economic strength, they couldn't buy the so-called VIP ticket area, and all sat in the back row to watch the show.

So, James looked down and was surprised to see rows of strangers who didn't know each other at all.

But the performance is just around the corner, so naturally it's not the time to worry about it, not to mention, I only heard that the audience chooses to watch the performance, but I haven't heard of any artist who can choose the audience.Therefore, he restrained his mind, sang seriously on the stage, and worked hard with his teammates to present the most exciting performance for everyone on the scene.

The fly in the ointment is that the audience who sat in the front row (VIP ticket area) did not cooperate very well at the beginning.

They're kind of like the kind of people the Planet band met in their early days, dressed up as if they were going to the opera, and sitting there stupidly, couldn't even clap their hands to the beat, out of place, and needed stage presence People try every means to be mobilized and integrated into it.

This is nothing.

What's even more embarrassing is that these old hat audiences who don't know where they come from don't know the rules of the rock scene at all.

At that time, James sang to the end of the performance, and he sang high for all the audience present. He also saw those strange and weird audiences in the front row finally stand up excitedly, and they became emotional as soon as they got on the stage. He was so serious, his heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment, and he was so excited that he just leaped passionately!

What I never expected was...

These old-fashioned viewers in the front row don't know what diving is.

When they saw the lead singer jumping off the stage, they were startled and stepped aside.

Get out of the way? ! !

Grass mud horse!

Who ever encountered this while diving? ? ! !

boom--!

The lead singer who was still shining on the stage just now fell to the ground in embarrassment.

Hold!Huge fucking hurts!

Also, the leg seems to be broken.

James grinned and struggled on the ground, crawled a few steps with difficulty, and then couldn't hold on to the pain.

The lighting engineer was probably also in a hurry, and at this moment, he sent a beam of light without winking.

James covered his face in embarrassment.

He thought to himself: "It's all right now, everyone can see how unlucky I am."

The bodyguards pushed through the crowd, rushed over, and carried the man backstage.

During this period, the music did not stop.

On the stage, Stuart, Abe and Sanderson hadn't reacted yet.

But for professional musicians, they are too accustomed to dealing with unexpected situations. James was silent, and they thought he was being entangled by fans underneath. So, drum solo, guitar solo, bass...forget it.Yes, the guitarist had also been the lead singer before, and he could take over for a while. So, arrange and combine, impromptu ensemble, everyone continued to walk, and never let the scene cool down.

It was already coming to an end, so this performance of saving the scene came to an end soon.

The whole show went without a hitch.

During this period, James was quickly sent to the hospital because of 'diving and breaking his leg'. By the way, he was escorted to the front pages of newspapers and magazines these days.

But the problem is, if a rock star is diving on stage, the audience won't pick him up...

Generally speaking, in the rock circle, it usually means that this person's performance is so bad that everyone doesn't want to talk to him.

Therefore, James consciously lost face.

At this time, he didn't know that the audience who bought the front row tickets was different from the previous ones, they were rich people who were laymen, so he felt quite uncomfortable for a while: "Do I sing badly? No! "

But no matter how much he wants to destroy this black history immediately...

The media will definitely not let go of this news.

They chased after James and kept surrounding him asking, "Jimmy, why did you jump off the stage?" "Jimmy, did you commit suicide?" "Jimmy, why didn't the audience pick you up when you dived? ""Jimmy..."

James had one leg in a cast and was in a wheelchair, depressed.

He thought to himself: "I've caught a lot of awesome things, why haven't I seen you guys be so active and enthusiastic? When I'm unlucky and make a fool of myself, you'll rush over like a swarm!"

However, if you are depressed, you still have to send these annoying reporters away.

So he replied angrily: "Don't call me Jimmy, I don't know you! I just... I just accidentally picked the wrong place for diving, yes, I jumped into the wrong place. I didn't commit suicide, how could I commit suicide? The audience didn't pick me up , I must have not seen me! All right, get the hell out."

But bullshit is completely useless.

The photographer at the scene clearly took pictures of the whole process of what happened.

Among them, there is the blond lead singer leaping passionately; there is the behavior of the lay audience subconsciously dodging to both sides when watching the trapeze; there is also the poor lead singer who fell to the ground tragically, struggled to get up, and was finally embraced by the bodyguards. Poor look down.

This incident made many colleagues almost die of laughter.

In particular, some people who had conflicts with James called him one after another. They pretended to be concerned and made hypocritical jokes: "Jimmy, I heard that you dived, but the audience didn't answer it? This year's audience can't do it! Haha!"

Under such circumstances, several reporters gloated over to show James the video and asked him what he thought.

James was very angry in his heart, but he still insisted on his mouth: "Hehe, it's very interesting. Music needs to be experienced, and I have another experience."

If you don't pay attention to a lot of things, you will be ignored. The more you pay attention, the more you pay attention to it, and the trouble will become bigger and bigger.

When James dived, no one picked him up. He felt ashamed, so he mumbled his words. After being exposed, he kept his mouth shut...

In this way, everyone was amused by him.

While the media wrote about "Jimmy Diving Broke His Leg", they simply listed all the rock stars who like diving, and carefully analyzed the interesting experiences of each star while diving, making it serious.

This incident was so noisy that it was almost like a comedy.

And James himself has a big heart, and his emotions come and go quickly. Looking at other rock stars' diving fun, his mentality quickly adjusted, and he didn't care about being made fun of.

But who knows, the legendary guitarist Lance who had a conflict (divorce) with James suddenly stood up.

He was emotional and annoyed, and his tone was very fierce: "When can a broken bone be used as a joke? This problem is serious, okay? Jimmy said it was funny because he was naturally optimistic and didn't like to think about it. Save face. But you guys think it's funny? Why don't you break your leg and try it yourself? Listen, it's not funny at all. It takes a long time to heal a broken bone, and it's not convenient for daily life. You have to sit to pee. It's funny (James: ...). Anyway, I can't think of anything funny, and anyone who says it's funny will only prove that he is an idiot."