Johnny Six-String asks you what you want out of his new album. He says he wants it to be a mix of songs that he wrote about moving to MB City, but he is unsure of whether to go with a meloncholic folk feel or a more heavy alt-rock singer-songwriter approach. Your engineers are divided on this subject, and they decide to let you make the final suggestion to Johnny.

Hint: Folk will probably strengthen his preexisting tiny fanbase, while the alt-rock route will expand his fanbase but alienate some of his hardcore followers.

Meiser wants to record some new material! They have some dusty demo tapes that they want to turn into some real tracks. Where do you want them to record?

Band #6: The Young Virtuosos
 

The Young Virtuosos is an orchestral collective comprising various students from Music Banter City's public school system. They range in age from 9 to 16 and are currently conducted and managed by an eccentric music teacher from one of the city's high schools, Dr. Dan. Although his influence is strong, due to union issues he is not permitted to commercially release albums or book high-grossing gigs for the group. He is looking for a carriage through which he can pedal the performers, as well as himself, to fame, fortune and noteriety. The group has never released an album but are familiar with a repitoire that consists of over 50 songs. Another unique characteristic of the group is that the older members are encouraged to write compositions for the orchestra to play. These range from stylized period pieces to dissonant modernistic opuses. Every member of the group is extremely musically talented, and Dr. Dan has a PhD in Music Composition and Theory as well as a double major in Philosophy and Classical Piano Performance. The band, due to its size and liability issues with the school, cannot perform in a traditional audition. However, Dr. Dan hinted at arriving at their next concert, which is being held tonight at MBHS (Music Banter High School) to hear them play.

I tell him to stick to his roots and record a folk record.

Interesting - I'll check them out at MBHS.

Meiser go record at Underground City Inc.

[QUOTE=Dayvan Cowboy;954771]I allow them to, but I tell them to record the best album they can. I get them to record at MBU (Music Banter University) Music Wing/QUOTE]

ViZionARY goes into the studio and after 14 hours of recording they show you 5 highly-produced tracks. You realize to your delight that the members of ViZionARY are audio engineers as well, and that they produce and mix their own music. No need to hire another guy! Whoopee!

So, they present you with 5 tracks. Your audio engineers determine the best three and present them to you.

- Eye D/M (3:02): A lightning-fast IDM instrumental which showcases their crazy skills and features unusual drum sequencing.

- Keys and Buttons (5:22): A slightly more traditional dance track, still with some cool sequencing, with no vocals except the repeated phrase "hit the keys and push my buttons".

- Reverse Polarity (4:55): A well-thought-out slow number which has lyrical themes about how "opposites attract" and about the balance of life in everyday relationships

Sweet Georgia Breezes drops off a CD in your studio's PO box. Your audio engineers listen to it. Turns out it's 5 demo tapes. A note is attached which reads:

I listen, and I dig Eye D/M quite a bit, and I get them to release an album. I deem them worthy.

Would you like them to release an album right off the bat or do you want to release one of the three aforementioned tracks as a single first?