Remember The Name is not on the market, Empire State of Mind hasn't even decided on the lyrics, and here comes another song Feel It Still, and Song Ah feels so happy for the first time.

After a brief repetition of the sixth Apocalypse song, he was even more excited.

First of all, the song is very short, only less than three minutes, and secondly, 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 as soon as this song is sung, absolutely no one will say that he has a 'changeable style'.

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

The most rare thing is that this song has the content of dedicating oneself to the cause of equality, which is very appropriate in the current situation, and it also perfectly fits his own personality, which is worthy of the revelation he got when listening to Pastor Allison's speech.

After changing the lyrics and filling in the score one night, he rushed to the studio to find Delay, "I have a new idea, it also needs a new synthesized sound, the time is pressing, the sooner you can get it, the better!" ”

"Another song? Wow APLUS you're such a genius ......"

Delay took the score and played it roughly on the electronic keyboard, "Wait, wait, something isn't right......" He stopped halfway through, and the accompaniment was a bit like the Beatles' 'Please Mr. Postman'?

“WHAT？” Song Ya was stunned.

"Wait, Al, go find Big A and ask for Mr. Postman, the Beatle." DeLay shouted.

Al borrowed the record from Big A, and sure enough, the accompaniment part of the two songs was similar, just the traditional instrument used by the Beatles, and Song Ya would use a lot of synthesized sounds, but the synthesized sound part was not reflected in Song Ya's hastily completed score, so Delai played it again and found the similarities between the two songs.

Apocalypse plug-in pit Lao Tzu? Song Ya feels that she is being cheated now, but fortunately, there are only two people in the recording studio, Delay and Al, if the song is released and then heard, it will be too miserable to have a plagiarized pot on her back.

"It's okay, it's normal, you know, sometimes when you're a kid or you hear a song by accident, and his melody is ...... Be incorporated into your subconscious or dreams, Freud's theory...... Well, I don't know much either, maybe he said so. Years later, you made it your own idea when you wrote the song, and that happens from time to time, right? Al. DeLay was cunning and soothed his boss's cheeks.

"Yay." "And it's not the original Beatles, it's a cover of our black songs," Al said. He pulled out another album, The Marvelettes, and the album was Please Mr. Postman, a 1960 thing, "Big A let me bring it with me." ”

"Well, what should I do? I needed this song, and I wrote all the lyrics, just to catch up with the heat of this wave of affirmative action. Song Ya can only accept it, but he doesn't accept the setting of the Apocalypse Plug-in, so it will be too difficult for this traverser to do.

"Your song will have a new synth replacement accompaniment, right?" DeLay asked.

"Yes."

"That's easy, it can be counted as sampling, hip-hop sampling past songs is a common thing, no problem at all. All we need to do is get the permission of the copyright owner of Please Mr. Postman, or buy the sampling rights of the song. "It shouldn't be expensive, it's from the 60s, after all, and it's been covered many times." ”

"That's it, then buy it, and we'll settle the copyright issue as soon as possible."

Song Ya breathed a long 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, and hurriedly asked Delay to help identify the score, and sure enough, it was another pit, and this song also sampled Love on a Two Way Street by The Moments, a song from the seventies.

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

"Uh......" DeLay scratched his head, "A+ Records is running out of money." HE HANDED OVER A PURCHASE LIST, WHICH WAS A LIST OF EQUIPMENT UPDATES LISTED BY ANDREW AND HENRY, WHO WERE ABOUT TO GO TO WORK, TWO LATEST 486 COMPUTERS WITH WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM, SOME MIDI SOFTWARE, AND A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE RELATED TO AUDIO PROCESSING, WHICH COULD NOT BE TAKEN IN 30,000 OR 50,000 DOLLARS.

Song Yacai remembered that Sony Columbia did not settle the income from I feel it coming, and the last time A+ Copyright and Investment Management lent A+ Records 200,000 dollars, the company did not receive a penny, and after a few months, the money was burned out. In fact, it really cost far more than 200,000 yuan, if Song Ya didn't use the cash income to offset the 'publicity expenses' to black DJs in several big cities.

"Then you hurry up and inquire about the price, set the cost of sampling rights and equipment investment, and I will ask Song Asheng to make a new budget."

Song Ya's own liquidity is not much, "Anyway, I don't have to worry about debts, I will use the expected income of A+ Records on I feel it coming to the bank to get a mortgage." ”

"Okay." Delay went to get busy and learned that the copyright of one song was in the hands of MJ's ATV copyright library, and the other was in the hands of Momoyo.

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

Song Asheng used part of the expected income of A+ Records on I feel it coming to loan a million dollars at the First Bank of New Jersey, this time without the influence of any congressmen, purely to lower the interest rate of his family, this small bank seems to be not doing very well, and attaches great importance to Song Ya, a high-quality customer with excellent collateral.

After relieving their worries, Andrew, Henry and Mawota also rented a house in Chicago, officially came to work at A+ Records, and the software and hardware equipment have also been bought, all of which are the latest and greatest goods, and spent a total of 50,000 dollars to get the new toys Andrew and Henry can't wait to install and debug.

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

A few days later, the equipment was commissioned.

"Look......" Andrew pointed to the screen, "I just need to adjust the audio track in this software......" he adjusted the mouse slightly, "and then ...... "the device connected to the computer is emitting a new sound," it's as simple as that. ”

"Good." Delai looked at Song Ya excitedly, "This way you don't have to rely purely on musicians to record synthesized sounds, and you can save a lot of money." ”

"Yes, yes, keep up the good work." Boss Song encouraged his employees with satisfaction, not mentioning money, hiring these two people and the time cost saved by related equipment investment alone is worth it.

At this time, Hayden came in, and Ferge's side was done, and he asked a William Morris colleague in Los Angeles to buy Ferge's brokerage contract, and then asked the other party to transfer Ferge's temporary representation in Chicago to himself.

He was joined by a woman, Fergie...... 's sister Dana is also her guardian.

The woman, who had been in Hollywood when she was young and had played some small roles, was not clever enough in negotiations, and Song Ya felt that it was better to let Fergie do it herself.

The last time Phiggie was chased by Big A, she heard Big A shout her name, and immediately hit herself, and then keenly grasped the handle of Big A and his little brother harassment and illegal imprisonment, and after finding out that Big A really had nothing to do with him, she decisively sent away the police officer, and by the way, she called her temporary agent in Chicago, and a set of operations is really smooth.

And the silly white sweet ...... in front of him I don't know why Hollywood's big dye vat didn't make her smarter, but if she doesn't flicker, she doesn't flicker, and her agent Hayden won't help her, Song Ya is so happy.

"You know, I'm spending most of my time in New York, or running campaigns all over the country, and the studios here are empty and empty."

"You see, I've invested a lot of money in the studio, new computers, new equipment, it's all new."

"Phigi is awkward at this age, her voice is high but childish, and now there are a bunch of white girls who sing adult lyrics, everyone is a genius who has emerged everywhere since childhood, and the competition is too fierce."

"I know Fergie is a child star, but what happened to the America child stars...... Actually, I also gambled on her. ”

"No, I won't commit to a job, and I don't plan to sign her for five years...... At most, let her sing harmony or something in my songs. ”

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

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

In the end, Dana 'secured' a rookie singer contract for Fergie, a three-year specialty, and a signing fee of 50,000 dollars, during which A+ Records was responsible for Fergie's tuition, dance classes and vocal training fees in Chicago.

Sending Dana away, Song Ya found some garbage scores that others had put into A+ records in her desk, and laughed to herself, "This stupid woman doesn't even understand the trickiness of the record company, so she ...... it."