Chicago 1990

Remember The Name is not on the market, and the lyrics of Empire State of Mind haven't even been finalized yet. Here comes another song Feel? It? Still, Song Ya feels so happy for the first time.

After briefly passing the sixth apocalypse song, he was even more excited.

First of all, the song is very short, less than three minutes. Second, the style is very similar to his first single I feel it coming. The voices, singing methods and even lyrics of the two original singers are similar. Song Ya believes that this song is sung. , Absolutely no one would say that his style has changed.

And the adaptation is not very difficult. The lyrics mentioned the birth of the original singer's youngest daughter, as long as it is changed to the child of sister Connie or alluding to girlfriend Mira.

The most rare thing is that this song contains content that is dedicated to the cause of equal rights. It is very suitable for the current situation and perfectly fits his own personality. It is worthy of the apocalypse obtained when listening to Pastor Allison's speech.

He changed the lyrics one night and filled in the scores. He rushed to the studio to find Dilei, "I have a new idea. It also needs new synthetic sounds. Time is tight. The sooner you can get it, the better!"

"Another one? Wow, APLUS, you are such a genius..."

Dile took the score and played it roughly on the keyboard, "Wait, wait, it's not right..." He stopped halfway through the play. How could the accompaniment be a bit like the Beatles' Please Mr. Postman?

"WHAT?" Song Ya was stunned.

"Wait, Al, go to Please Mr. Postman who wants to be the Beatles." Diley shouted.

Al borrowed a record from Big A. Sure enough, the accompaniment part of the two songs is similar, just the traditional instrument used by the Beatles, while Song Ya will use a lot of synthetic sound, but the synthetic sound part is completely in the music score completed by Song Ya Caocao It couldn't be reflected, so Dile played again and found the similarities between the two songs.

Laozi?Song Ya felt that he was being scammed now. Fortunately, Dile and Al were the only two in the recording studio. If the song was heard after the song was released, the plagiarism pan would be too miserable.

"It's okay, this situation is normal, you know, sometimes you heard a song when you were a child or inadvertently, and his melody was...incorporated into your subconscious or dream, Freud's theory...good Well, I don’t know much, maybe he said that. Years later, you used it as your own idea when you were composing songs. This happens from time to time, right? Al." Dile was very cunning as his boss. Slow cheeks.

"Yeah." Al said: "And this song is not the original song of the Beatles, it is a cover of our black song." He took out another record, The Marvelettes group album, the album name is Please Mr. Postman, something from 1960, "Big A asked me to bring it together."

"Okay, what should I do? I need this song, and I have written all my words, just to catch up with this wave of equal rights craze." Song Ya can only accept it, but he does not accept that the apocalypse will pit himself The setting, then this traverser is too difficult to do.

"Your song will have a new synthetic sound to replace the accompaniment, right?" Dile asked.

"Yes."

"That's simple, it can be counted as a sampling. It is common for hip-hop music to sample past songs, and there is no problem at all. We only need to obtain the permission of Please Mr. Postman's copyright owner or purchase the sampling rights for the song." Dile said, "It shouldn't be expensive, after all, it's something from the 1960s, and it has been covered many times."

"Well, then buy it. We will fix the copyright issue as soon as possible."

Song Ya let out a sigh of relief. This is really avoiding a big thunder. No, he thought of the Empire State of Mind that he hadn't taken out yet.

"Buy! Buy! The sampling rights for both songs must be bought." Song Ya ordered.

"Uh..." Dile scratched his head, "A+ records are almost out of money." He handed over a purchase list. This is the list of equipment updates listed by Andrew and Henry who are about to work. The two latest The 486 computer is equipped with WINDOWS operating system, some MIDI software, and a lot of professional software and hardware related to audio processing.

Song Ya just remembered that Sony Columbia did not settle the income from I feel it coming. The last time A+ Copyright and Investment Management Company loaned A+ Records 200,000 dollars, the company still didn’t pay a penny. A few months later, this money It's time to burn out.In fact, it really cost more than 200,000 yuan, if Song Ya didn't use the cash income from the acupuncture to offset the'propaganda expenses' to black DJs in several major cities.

"Then you hurry up to make an inquiry, and settle down the cost of sampling rights and equipment investment. I will let Song Asheng draw up a new budget."

Song Ya's own liquidity is also low, "Anyway, I don't have to worry about debts, I will use the company's expected income from A+ Records on I feel it coming to mortgage the bank."

"Okay." Dilai went for a while and learned that the copyright of one song is in the hands of MJ's ATV copyright library, and the other is in the hands of EMI.

Song Ya didn't want to be in trouble, let him go through the normal business process, a total of 150,000 dollars, and won the right to sample two songs.

Song Asheng used part of the expected income from the A+ record on I feel it coming to loan one million dollars to the First Bank of New Jersey. This time it was not affected by the councillors. It was purely to lower the interest rate of his family. This small bank seems The business situation is not very good, and Song Ya, a high-quality customer with strong collateral, is highly valued.

After relieving the worries, Andrew, Henry and Marvota also rented a house in Chicago and officially came to work at A+ Records. The hardware and software have also been purchased. They are the latest and greatest products. They spent a total of $50,000 and got a new one. Toy Andrew and Henry can't wait to put into installation and commissioning.

Song Ya entered the familiar rhythm of going to school, recording songs, and going home.

A few days later, the equipment was debugged.

"Look..." Andrew pointed to the screen, "I just need to adjust the soundtrack in this software..." He adjusted the mouse slightly, "Then..." The device connected to the computer made a new sound, "It's that simple."

"Very good." Dile looked at Song Ya excitedly, "This way, you don't have to rely solely on musicians to record synthetic sounds, which can save a lot of money."

"Yes, yes, keep working hard." Boss Song encouraged his employees with satisfaction. Without mentioning money, the time cost saved by hiring these two people and investing in related equipment is worth the money.

At this time Hayden came in, and Fergie’s affairs were settled. He asked a colleague of William Morris in Los Angeles to buy Fergie’s agency agreement, and then asked the other party to use Fergie’s temporary agent in Chicago. The right is transferred to his own hands.

There was also a woman who followed him, Fergie...'s sister Dana, who was also her guardian.

The woman who had been in Hollywood when she was young and also played some small roles was not clever enough in the negotiation. Song Ya felt that it was better to let Fergie come by herself.

Last time when Fergie was chased by Big A, he heard Big A call out his name, and immediately hit herself, and then keenly caught Big A and his younger brother's harassment and illegal imprisonment. After it had nothing to do with him, he decisively dismissed the police officer who had walked out of the police. By the way, she called her temporary agent in Chicago. The operation was really called Xingyun Liushui.

And the silly Baitian in front of me... I don't know why the big Hollywood dye vat didn't make her smarter, but he didn't fool Bai and didn't fool her, and the agent Hayden wouldn't help her. Song Ya was so happy.

"You know, I stay in New York most of the time, or run publicity all over the country, the recording studio here is empty or empty."

"Look, I have invested a lot of money in the recording studio, new computers, new equipment, all new."

"Fuji is very embarrassed at her age. Her voice is high but her childishness is still high, and now the white girls who sing adult lyric get together. Everyone is a genius who has sprung up everywhere since childhood. The competition is too fierce."

"I know Fergie is a child star, but the fate of the Amerika child stars... Actually, I also gambled on her."

"No, I will not promise to post a special offer, nor plan to sign her for five years... at most, let her sing harmony in my songs."

"Her contract for the'Children Company' performance ended the year before, right?"

"Of course, I won't be stingy about the cost of singer training."

In the end, Dana won a new singer appointment for Fergie, one for three years, and a signing fee of 50,000 dollars. During this period, A+ Records was responsible for Fergie's tuition, dance classes and vocal training in Chicago.

Sending away Dana, Song Ya found some junk music scores that others had put on A+ records on the desk, and smiled secretly, "This stupid woman doesn't even understand the tricks of the record company, Jie Jie Jie..."