The so-called unplugged (Unplugged) is not completely without electronic equipment, such as microphones, stereos or something can not be separated from electricity, jazz electric organ and the like can barely be, but other electronic instruments such as electric guitars with effects, electronic drums, MIDI equipment, electronic synthesizers, tuners are not used, and post-editing or semi-open microphones are taboo.

Therefore, Mariah Carey's concert on the 16th is very difficult, in addition to the whole process of singing without revision, the entire orchestra composed of pianists, bands, harmonies, choral singers, etc., must cooperate perfectly.

“yes I will，yes I will……”

When Songya arrived at the rehearsal room at Sonycolumbia Records' headquarters, she was practicing with the band the Jackson brothers (MJ is one of them) famous song I'll Be There, and Mariah Carey saw Songya appearing at the door, and her eyebrows immediately curled, "Let me fill your heart with joy and laughter ,Togetherness, well that's all I'm after,Whenever you." need me，I'll be there……”

She stared straight at Song Ya and sang this, and then pointed her finger over again, and made a 'you' mouth shape with her mouth.

Song Ya had no choice but to catch the beat: "I'll be there to protect you,with an unselfish love I respect you,Just call my name,and I'll be there......"

“Ho！” The band stopped and applauded Song Ya one after another, "APLUS, sing well." Her male chorus singer coaxed.

"Sorry to disturb your rehearsal, I seem to be early."

Song Ya knew how many pounds and taels he had, so he would not be carried away by compliments.

"No......," Mariah Carey greeted with open arms, "and we extended the rehearsal time." ”

Song Ya hugged her, and then saluted her face, left and right.

"Yes."

The male singer also came over to say hello, "Terre Lorenz, nice to meet you APLUS." ”

Song Ya knew that this young man was the most important chorus of Mariah Carey at this unplugged concert, and she was very much appreciated, "Me too, Trey. ”

"Then those who don't have a task can leave, and the harmony musicians who have a mission will rest for an hour first, and then come back and start rehearsing Empire State Of Mind Part II."

Walt slapped his face, and the full rehearsal room began to pack up and go out, "HI, APLUS. When those female harmonies passed by, they greeted Song Ya one after another.

They are all people who want to cooperate, Song Ya smiled and dealt with it patiently, he saw David Cole sitting in front of the piano, "Are you here to play the piano?" David. ”

"Mostly me." David Cole shook hands with him, "Why don't you come?" He smiled and pointed to the piano.

"Forget it, I can handle it except for the trumpet, only the wooden guitar is okay." Song Ya waved his hand and refused.

"Now you can guide the rehearsal, APLUS, I have something to do." Walt also picked up his bag and coat and prepared to leave.

"Hey, I can't do it......" Song Ya hurriedly kept people, he didn't have the ability to handle this kind of on-site cooperation of more than twenty people now, and he didn't have the obligation to suffer from that.

"No problem, David is here, and Larry." Walt gestured to an old white man behind the camera in the corner, "Larry is the director of the EP, and he is the director of Miss Kelly's music video. ”

"Hello, Larry." Song Ya greeted each other, most of someday's MV is indoor shots, similar to the scene of this unplugged concert, it is also very simple, it is a close-up of Mariah Carey and her dance scene with some children, Song Ya is very impressed, one is that the overall tone is very comfortable, and Mariah Carey is also very beautiful, and the other is very similar to the tone in the movie clip when he got the Apocalypse Show me the money.

"Hello." Larry and his assistants responded.

"Why are Walt in such a hurry?" Song Ya asked.

"Divorce." Mariah Carey lip-synched him.

Song Ya understood, didn't ask any more questions, and took advantage of this time to discuss with her, Larry, and David Cole about the position at that time.

"There is not much room for operation on the scene, and the stage is small, so it is very close to the audience."

"So I'm going to have Miss Kelly standing in front of the piano side, with the musicians and harmonies still far behind, and the lights ......," Larry said.

"No problem." Song Ya has nothing to point out about, the other party is a professional, and he is still a layman.

The girls' solo version is much shorter than the original, and the difficulty is about the same, which can be easily handled by Mariah Carey, and Song Ya also has nothing to be picky about.

"Then my task is to make sure that you come according to the previous arrangement in the studio, and don't expect any impromptu performances on the set."

Song Ya is very aware of Maria Carey's temperament in singing, and she likes to play freely to change the tone or something.

"Tyrant."

Mariah Carey rolled her eyes, but the actual rehearsal was very well-behaved, exactly as Song Ya had designed before.

“Oooh oooh， New York……”

The harmony of this song is very simple, Sony Columbia Records has found all the masters for Mariah Carey, as long as she cooperates well, the rehearsal will naturally go very smoothly, and even David Cole lamented that she has changed sex.

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, both knowing what the reason was.

But it's a little difficult to have a private meeting secretly, the rehearsal workload is very large, there are always so many people present, and there are cameras, and she can't always give her assistants and bodyguards a holiday.

"Let's talk about it after your concert, I see you're tired from practicing."

Song Ya also feels a little sorry for her, since she won two Grammy awards on her debut, she has been holding her breath to prove herself to the music critics who criticize her, although with many live live singing and Grammy and AMA performances, the outside world has basically stopped mentioning this stubble, she still plans to use this unplugged concert to finalize the word.

It's mainly her assistants and bodyguards, including the agent, who are basically hired by Motura, and they are completely untrustworthy in this regard, unlike Song Ya, who is a more loyal person under her hands. "Maybe it's time to find a chance to replace the people around her?" Song Ya secretly planned.

"Hmm."

She is really tired, and the songs selected for this concert are all difficult songs, and the burden of physical strength and voice is very heavy.

"The latest Billboard Magazine."

In between rehearsals, her assistant excitedly walked in, and on the March 2 issue of Billboard magazine, Empire State Of Mind was back in fifteenth place, just behind Michael Burton's Missing You Now.

"It's called the Grammy effect." Winners of both Sony Columbia Records' awards have benefited.

"Well, you and your little girlfriend's i hate u i love u are in the fourth."

Mariah Carey flipped through the magazine and said in a strange manner: "I can't see that she has so much strength, Mira's figure can be knocked to the ground by her at once." ”

"Uh......" Song Ya was speechless.

The female assistant next to her and David Cole all laughed at Song Ya's reaction.

A few days later.

"My work is over, and it's time to go back to Chicago to record songs." Song Ya went to see Motula, "There are still a lot of classes missing from school. ”

"Well done boy, how much is the first college missing?" Motura seemed to be in a good mood, but she didn't take the initiative to pour the wine anymore.

"Nine songs."

"Well, that's at least one song away, and you've been debuting for almost two years, right? Don't delay, the record industry is actually a kind of industry, project management is a very important knowledge, and too much pursuit of perfection will often have the opposite effect. Motura said, "Of course, your debut should be pretty good anyway." ”

"I hope so." Song Ya replied.

That's when the office phone rang, "Sorry. Motura picked up the phone, "Hey, Sandy." ”

After a few seconds, his expression became cloudy, "Why!?" At this time, tell me that he doesn't go to the Oprah talk show!? ”

"Do you know all those negative rumors about him right now? And the bad influence of the book 'Life with the Jacksons' written by his troublesome sister LaToya, this point in time is the perfect opportunity to explain, on the show, and it can be calmed down by telling the truth generously! ”

“FXXKYOU！ Sandy! ”

It seemed that he didn't get a satisfactory answer, so he was so angry that he scolded at the microphone, and then smashed it directly in front of Song Ya.