Chicago 1990

At the beginning of recording a song with Mariah Carey, Song Yasuan saw the second woman who worked harder than herself after the journey. She sang, discussed, sang, discussed, discussed and hummed, all her attention and energy was centered on With the song, the work intensity is terribly high.

"APLUS, I think, this sentence can be sung like this, is it better?"

Moreover, she has a strong desire for control in the recording studio, and her position at Sony Columbia Records is far from that of Song Yaco. When she asked questions such as'is it right', she actually made up her mind. But be polite.

"I still like the original treatment, can we not change it?"

Song Ya asked listlessly. From a good friend to a partner, she didn’t expect it to be such a situation. Mariah Carey has been trying to use various methods to sculpt her singing and even the lyrics. This is not because of her copyright revenue from the lyrics. What ideas are purely based on the pursuit of perfection in art.

After a few days of recording, Song Ya was very painful. He didn't force to restore the original song 100%, but suffered from the disagreement between the other party and his own ideas.

Mariah Carey ranks second in the current pop singer's range (the first is the lead singer Axl Rose), and her singing skills are top-notch, which leads her to increase the difficulty of singing in order to fully display her good voice. Chasing to the limit, the lyrics need to be coordinated with the singing method, and the literary space is naturally smaller. This is also the reason why her own lyrics are criticized by the outside world for being too simple.

In fact, those criticisms are not unreasonable. One comes and two. Her changes to the Empire State of Mind chorus are so difficult that it is not as good as the original version, which is commonly known as singing too full and showing too much skill.

For example, the song of the same name in her new junior high school to be released in May, the difficulty of singing is close to the human limit, ten times in a row of E5 scale, up to G7, continuous skipping, standing in dolphin sound, etc., completely cover nightmare .

Of course, the original intention of recording that song was to establish her status as a top female singer and to completely crush the rumors that she was a studio singer. The sacrifice of some things is understandable, but Empire State of Mind is completely unnecessary.

"Hey, don't do that, APLUS!"

Mariah Carey smiled and shook Song Ya's arm with the music score in her hand, "I'm ready to start, I'm not sleepy yet!" She pressed the pager, "Give APLUS another cup of coffee." Then she trot happily. Back to the recording studio.

"Don't, I'm full and change to bourbon."

Song Ya feels that only strong whiskey can refresh her...or fall asleep after drinking. She has made it clear that she does not want to change her attitude and still does not give up trying, which is a bit annoying. After all, she is the song. Producer.

"Roberto, let's talk."

By the time she finished recording this passage, Song Ya had already swallowed a large glass of bourbon, awake Roberto Clerville who was napping on the sofa, and pulled him to the sink outside.

"You have to help me, Roberto." He rushed his head with cold water. "If I record like this, the finished product is completely different from the song in my heart."

"You have to have the majesty APLUS of the producer, Miss Kelly is very simple, her mental age is definitely not as old as you, she in the studio is more like a child, music is her toy, she can't stop playing..."

Roberto Clerville also washed his face, "Be strict, what to say, control her spontaneously, and of course coax her appropriately, just like a father treats his daughter, understand?"

"But she..."

Halfway through Song Ya's words, Mariah Carey poked her head out of the studio, "APLUS~Roberto~ I caught the lazy..."

The two smiled bitterly at each other and went back to the recording studio, "APLUS has something to say to you,

"What?" Mariah Carey looked at Song Ya.

"Miss Kelly, I still decided to use the original lyrics and singing. This is no longer discussed." Song Ya finished taking personal belongings, "Let’s record it today. I’m a little tired. I’ll take a day off tomorrow. Continue the day after tomorrow."

"The day after tomorrow!?" Mariah Carey opened her eyes wide.

Song Ya ignored him, turned around and left.

"APLUS! Are you going to steal a day's laziness? You can't do this!" she shouted from behind.

"I'm a producer. My company rented the recording studio with money. I'm willing to leave it empty for a day. I have the final say here." Song Ya didn't look back.

Before arriving at the hotel, he received a call from Motura, and it should be the defendant, "Mr. Motura, you promised me the rights of producer. These are all written into the contract."

"I know, I know, I'll just call to ask and complete the task." Motula smiled and chatted for a while, then hung up the phone.

Song Ya did have an appointment the next day.

Mira just returned from an audition for the Hollywood Dangerous Lambs, but it was not the heroine who had been discussed at the beginning, but the daughter of the heroine, an important female role. She directly participated in the final round of auditions, and then... was eliminated. Up.

The old director De Palma, who once helped his family, bluntly said that her acting skills cannot afford important female roles. This film has a budget of more than 10 million yuan. It is a big investment for suspense thrillers. The old man who is used to making crime films is very interested in this. It is very important to test the waters of the new field, so it cannot provide excessive care.

And according to Mila’s cry on the phone, the old man only asked her to audition for five minutes, and then read her for half an hour, saying that she was disappointed in her, she had no talent for acting, and her expression should be vivid, if she really wanted to be good The actors are going to practice acting hard and so on.

"This is just the nagging of the elders, which shows that he did not treat you as an outsider." Song Ya persuaded her on the phone.

Mira’s acting skills are really not good. After many years of modeling, she seems to have always been posing for POSE, or she just wrinkled her brows coolly, or she showed a variety of sweet smiles, and she was led by Song Ya in the past year. As a singer, there is no time to study acting.What a vivid expression... Song Ya can only say that old man, you think too much.

The two met in a private dance studio on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Hayden drove the rented car and took Song Ya downstairs to the private dance classroom. Nearby are places like galleries and theaters where artists gather. The stars come and go and will not be paid special attention, and recently except for Los Angeles Still entangled with Rodney King, the trend in other parts of the United States gradually subsided, and the paparazzi's stalking of the two is not as tight as before.

Song Ya and Hai ascended to the second floor and met Milla's agent and Mrs. Jovovich at the entrance of the dance classroom.

The four of them said hello, "Wait, Milla is trying on clothes." Mrs. Jovovich seemed to be in a good mood. She burst into the dance studio with Nunu's mouth. In the wide dance studio, Milla was surrounded by several people. , They were busy changing the gorgeous rococo dress on Mira, and stopped to discuss it from time to time.

"Remember? APLUS?" Mrs. Jovovich looked down the window and looked at Central Park in the distance. "When Milla auditioned for De Klerk, we could only afford to rent the small and shabby Brooklyn Dance classroom."

"Of course I remember, Mrs. Jovovich." Song Ya smiled, how could he not remember.

"The most difficult days have finally passed." Mrs. Jovovich sighed for some reason, "Those snobbish guys, huh, XXXX..." At last she seemed to swear swear words in swear words.

"Mrs. Jovovich met the deceased just now." Agent Milla smiled and blinked at Chong Songya.

Song Yanao made up the plot of the falling child star's parents being ridiculed and then blushing. He probably felt that eight or nine were inseparable. It is probably the reason why Mrs. Jovovich is in a good mood today.

"Should we also buy a house in New York." Mrs. Jovovich pointed to the opposite side of Central Park and said, "Mila's business is in New York and Los Angeles."

"Upper East Side?" Mila's agent frowned. "It is very expensive, and the purchase and sale of houses that meet Mila's status requires not only the approval of the community council, but also the proof of assets worth tens of millions of dollars. It’s not easy. Old money doesn’t welcome celebrities."

"So troublesome?" Mrs. Jovovich was taken aback.

Mira's agent replied: "Almost, the old money has that virtue, but in fact, it is very good here. Many artists and stars buy properties in the Upper West Side."

Mrs. Jovovich glanced unwillingly in the direction of the Upper East Side. She turned to Song Ya and asked, "APLUS, do you plan to buy a house in New York?"

"No, I don't know much about this..." Where does Song Ya get the spare money to buy a house now.

"Which side do you think the Upper East Side is suitable for?" Mrs. Jovovich asked.

"I don't know much about real estate..." Song Ya suddenly remembered that Tribeca was mentioned in the original lyrics of Empire State of Mind. Since he took it out to brag about it, the people who can live there must be rich or expensive, "How about Tribeca? ?"

"Tribeca..."

All three of them laughed, "I'm a star who wouldn't live in Tribeca..."