"Wait, wait, wait—" someone suddenly reacted, "isn't the Grammy's censorship time all the sound recordings published between September of the previous year and September of this year?"

"But wasn't Sid's first single 'Hold-My-Hand' released in November?

"And how did this Sid get shortlisted?!" "Is there any shady PY deal?"

After the Grammys announced all the nominees, Sid's "Best Newcomer Award" immediately became the target of public criticism. Not to mention that there are many people who are popular!

"Hmph, they are panicking because they see that the iPod makes too much money, and their hearts are dripping blood and pain. Sid smiled disapprovingly after hearing about the latest gossip flying all over the place.

Because of Sid's involvement, the iPod has quickly occupied the Walkman market since it was launched.

Not only has the chaotic and complicated MP3 Walkman market been swept away, but it has also broken the shipment records of 1 million and 1.5 million units in less than two months, and the growth rate of market demand is still rising.

But it is precisely because of this crazy market occupation that the industry quickly attracted the attention of the RIAA American Recording Association.

You must know that when Sean Parker made a free MP3 music download website, he could be sued by their gang until it went bankrupt.

Now that the iPod is on the market with such a large range and high growth rate, what is the iPod?

For the RIAA, this is an MP3 player that I hate to hate, because there are only two ways to listen to music on the iPod - either buy a CD and copy it to my iPod with iTunes, or go to a free website to download music.

Either way, the record company didn't like it.

Even if it is the former, because CDs do not have anti-piracy functions at all, buying an album can be copied and transmitted indefinitely, which undoubtedly moved the cake of the entire record industry.

At the same time, there are no genuine MP3s at all, because all record companies don't want to do this "unprofitable" thing, and selling CDs is so profitable, why don't you continue?

So Apple, which is determined to push the old and new, has become a thorn in their side, but the federal court has already approved the sale of MP3 players, so they can't touch Apple.

But why did the iPod succeed so quickly?

Sid's epic silhouette ad contributed a lot.

I can't touch Jobs, so I can't disgust, disgust you, the stinky boy who "dared" to run into the record circle?

Many people in the record industry have this mentality, so although Fire Lion Records and Sony Records teamed up to send Sid to the Grammy's "Best New Artist Award".

But there was a backlash very quickly, and these opinions, with all kinds of gossip full of rumors, filled the discussion of this year's Grammys.

But although there are a lot of stupid people, there are also a lot of shrewd people, not to mention these old fritters who have been rolling in the record industry all year round.

If it's an ordinary artist, it's okay to engage in some questioning, burying and gossiping. But Sid has never been a simple artist and director, he is also the owner of the Fire Lion Group.

The rising strength and influence of the Fire Lion Group has surpassed the "ups and downs" of DreamWorks, and has also made Sid's ranking jump to sixth place in the latest annual Hollywood power list.

He became the third person in the film industry after George Lucas and Spielberg, but as long as you consider that the first two have been in the film industry for more than three decades, and Sid has only been in Hollywood for just over three years, you can experience the terrifying change behind this power list change.

As for the old monsters of the heads of the six major groups in the top three, they are still on the outside for the time being.

Having said that, although the Hollywood power list focuses more on the film and television circles, its influence on the record industry and the music industry is unquestionable.

So the Grammys quickly came forward to clarify, although Sid's "Hold-My-Hand" was indeed officially released in November.

However, in view of his ethereal music, which has a great soothing effect on the post-911 public, he was exceptionally selected as the best newcomer of the year, and this is also the result of voting by all members of the Grammy Academy.

When the Grammys threw out the burden of 911, everyone kept their mouths shut, and no one dared to say any nonsense, not because of Sid's power. Rather, because the influence of 911 is unprecedented, poking this bottom line is tantamount to making enemies of all Americans.

These media magazines in North America, Europe and the United States will never dare to offend their parents.

And this, which is one of the effects of the 911 effect, is unlikely to be matched by other factors, at least in the short term.

In this way, Sid's shortlisting for the Grammy "Best Newcomer of the Year" award next year has already settled, and as for the result, Sid doesn't care too much.

Brother Oscar took a few home, and the Grammys really didn't look at this kind of retail-style road goods.

But Britney, Lindsay and others were very excited and excited, especially when Britney had learned the news, so she pulled Sid to buy clothes and go to the Grammys together.

"Uh, Nini, didn't you say you're never going to the Grammys again?" Sid asked quippedly.

"yes, if they nominated me, I wouldn't have gotten there. Britney nodded, and then her face turned and she laughed, "But you're the main character this time, so of course I'm going to go with my boyfriend—"

"Wow, and this kind of operation?" Sid raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, you are not convinced, bite me. Britney couldn't help but laugh.

"That's what you said, it's the first time I've seen anyone ask for this. Sid leaned in with a wicked smile and took a bite of it.

Britney immediately gasped for a while, "Bad Sid, it's still daytime—"

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In addition to these daily perks, Sid didn't forget to put the finishing touches on "Begin Again", which took nearly two weeks to edit, and then added the music and dialogue that had already been arranged.

The film begins to take shape, just as sculptors use plaster to polish their beautiful works of art.

As a director, Sid also carved the film from all aspects such as mixing, editing, lighting, color grading, music, sound effects, etc., and even some imperfect dialogue tracks, Sid once again recruited the corresponding actors for post-recording.

For some complementary colors and color grading, Sid and Lance and others are even more refined, while Sid synchronizes the sound part and the color grading part at the same time to improve efficiency as much as possible.

And just when Sid was putting the finishing touches on "Begin Again", another epic fantasy masterpiece directed by an "unknown director" - "The Lord of the Rings" was finally released on December 19th!