"You have six songs now, are you going to release a mini-album?"

Outside the Motura office at Sony's Columbia Records headquarters, Walt and Songya, who were waiting for a meeting, chatted quietly. FlashDance com

"I'll have to think about it."

Mini albums generally have five or six songs, which is exactly the amount that a high-density vinyl record can hold, and the advantage is that it can make a fortune first, and if it is operated well, it can also warm up for future albums, and the disadvantage is that it will divert the purchase of the album, which may cause both ends to fall short.

According to the examples of past singers, the latter is more likely, but the apocalypse is unstable, and the ghost knows when the next few songs will come, for Song Ya, there is nothing wrong with releasing a mini album to get the benefits first.

"Don't think about it for too long, it's almost July, and the first single of October J's album will be released." Walter reminds.

"I know." Song Ya nodded.

At this time, the door to Motula's office was pushed open, and Lee Phillips, the lawyer in charge of J's distribution business, walked out.

"Don't play tricks with me! Plum! Motula's angry roar came from within, "I must see his first single v before August!" ”

Lee Phillips didn't reply, nodded politely at Song Ya and Walt, smiled politely, and strode away.

The rumors outside are indeed true, although J is under the banner of Motula, Motula's control over him is very weak.

Both of them pretended not to hear what Motura had just said, and pushed the door in with the same smile as they did on the other day.

“fxxk！”

Motura was leaning his neck and pouring wine, but he had no intention of hiding anything, "One agent, four lawyers, I have to communicate with his singers through them!" ”

Song Ya and Walter glanced at each other, and it was not good to think that nothing had happened, "It was his own album, and he should know it." com," Walter advised.

J's new album this time is also the first album he released after moving to Motura, according to past experience, his album will continue to sell well for several years, and with the global tour, it is a big business worth at least hundreds of millions of dollars, how can Motura not care.

"Whew."

Motura gasped and put his glass back on the table, "His shit lawyers and agents still haven't agreed yet. He waved his hand, "Forget it, let's talk about our business." ”

Walter handed him the cover of Songya's 'Trumpet' single and some documents.

The cover is still the uniform style that Song Ya prefers, the brass color block of the wind instrument occupies most of the area, and then the silhouette of Song Ya blowing the trumpet in the corner, the cover of the single of the last epirestateofd is dominated by the color block after the blurring of the skyscraper in New York, and the silhouette of Song Ya and Mariah Carey singing duet in the corner, and the silhouette of a piano behind the two.

"Mr. Motula, when did the mass propaganda of the epirestateofd begin?" Song Ya asked while Motura was signing the document.

“e……”

Motura stopped writing and muttered for a few seconds, "It's a bit of a problem, this song has been well received by the professional press and music critics, but it can't be sold in the greater New York area, so I sent back the plan of the publicity and distribution department, and waited for them to make something that would satisfy me." ”

"Okay."

Song Ya also agrees with him, this single in praise of New York is indeed a bit difficult to sell all over the rice. com

Motura quickly signed, and the two took their leave.

"Is J's own lawyer at odds with his agent?" Song Ya remembered that at the Grammy celebration dinner at the beginning of the year, J's lawyer Blanca and his agent Sandy Gren had a fight in front of her.

Walter laughed a few times, "This is J's management art, do you want to see your agent and lawyer in harmony?" He asked rhetorically.

"Uh......" Hayden and Goodman do have a good relationship, but Song Ya estimates that it will not be enough for the two of them to join forces to pit themselves, "Even if it is to prevent a hand, there is no need to make the relationship so tense, right?" Isn't it all over for everyone to affect the new exclusive release? ”

"That's not something we can do." Walter shook his head, "Don't talk about J, especially in this building. He reminded.

"Okay, thank you, Walt."

Song Ya knew that the other party was well-intentioned, and the best relationship with him within Sony Columbia Records was Roberto Clevell, after all, the two had a commercial cooperation, but he was most assured of Walt's character.

Sony Columbia's expectations for the song 'Trumpet' are much lower than Reberthena's, and they plan to release the single in early July, so that Song Ya can start on talk shows at the same time, with the pre-promotion of the B-list level, and then adjust the publicity strategy based on sales, which is a very standard set of processes.

Even Song Ya herself doesn't plan to spend all her strength to push this song, there are too many parts of the song that are modified by electronic music, and it will definitely be criticized in this era, Mariah Carey is still vividly remembered for being overwhelmed by the questioning of the sound repair, she was tossed enough when she didn't fix the sound, and it was better to keep a low profile as a habitual critic of the sound repair.

However, this song also has highlights, whether it is in the United States or the world, the higher the singer's talent, the more popular the general public, Song Ya will perform a trumpet in the TV show at that time, and then cooperate with Sony Columbia's publicity and touting, further consolidating his character as a talented teenager.

So now in addition to shooting V, his main task is to practice trumpet.

After several preparatory meetings with Zack Schneider and the producers, Song Ya changed her plan and decided to shoot most of the V scenes in a studio in New York, which would save some money and be convenient. Those classical trumpeters...... I can only say sorry to them, their roles will be replaced by dancers, after all, it's V, it doesn't matter if you can't play the trumpet, just lip-sync performance with an instrument, after all, the dancer's sense of camera and dance skills are not possessed by professional classical musicians.

"Yes, not bad."

In the studio, Song Ya, who came to confirm the set, expressed satisfaction, "The furnishings next to the bed should be more futuristic." He made a few small suggestions, and the prop master wrote them down one by one.

"Here come the dancers."

The producer personally brought a white man in his twenties over to say hello, "APS, you know." APS, this is Adam Shankeman. ”

"Hello." The two shook hands.

"Sankeman's dance team performed at the '90 Academy Awards, and he has a deep understanding of hip-hop." Producer Introduction.

Song Ya chatted with the other party for a few words, and pulled the producer aside to speak alone, "I don't have to use such a professional dance team, and this team is a bit too crowded, and it's too 'white'." "Just now Sankman was followed by twenty or thirty young men and women, mostly white.

"We'll pay for it, and you can use it." The producer whispered: "This dance team has not been able to get work recently, and it is almost unsustainable, so I should do them a favor." He winked at Song Ya.

"You're trying to help them, aren't you?" Song Ya secretly complained in her heart that the producer, who has always admired his money-saving style, unusually crammed into the entire huge dance team, must be taking Columbia Records' V production fee as a favor.

"Okay."

Song Ya promised that there was no need to expose the other party's private transactions, and he wouldn't spend his own money anyway, "But it's really too 'white', this is not good, I can't offend the black community." ”

Again, even if the dancers were all white, they wouldn't be able to please the whites, because they wouldn't be focused on that, but that would definitely offend the blacks, and he was going to have his dance instructor pull people over from Chicago.

"I see." The producer took Song Ya back to communicate with Shankeman.

"I want four to six dancers dressed as trumpeters, and then hip-hop dancers are also four to six, and there has to be half women, half African." Song Ya put forward the demand.

"I see." Shankman didn't have much bargaining capital, so he could only agree, "I can probably come up with ten dancers who meet the requirements." ”

"Okay, I'll call someone from Chicago to replenish the rest, then you can bring someone into the group as soon as possible."

Song Ya had just finished getting the dancer, and Roberto Clevell's heroine asked for help to call again, "APS, remember the time when we talked about the casting of the heroine of ifeelitog at a dinner, the Latin girl Shakira I mentioned to you?" ”

"Uh, Roberto, the heroine is decided."

Fergie was already on the plane to New York, and Song Ya didn't want a fire in the backyard at this time......

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