Chapter 105 Sampling

Remember The Name is not on the market, and Empire State of Mind has not even settled on the lyrics. Here is another song Feel? It? Still, Song Ya feels so happy for the first time.

After briefly going through the sixth apocalypse song, he became even more excited.

First of all, the song is very short, less than three minutes. Secondly, the style is very similar to his first single I feel it coming. The voices, singing methods and even the lyrics of the two original singers are similar. Song Ya believes that this song will come out , absolutely no one would say that he has 'changing styles'.

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

The most rare thing is that this song contains the content of dedicating to the cause of equal rights. It is very suitable for the current situation and perfectly fits my personality.

After correcting the lyrics and filling in the score one night, he rushed to the recording studio to find Delay, "I have a new idea, and it also needs a new synthesized sound. The time is tight, and the sooner we can get it done, the better!"

"Another one? Wow APLUS you are a genius..."

Delay took the sheet music and roughly played it on the keyboard, "Wait, wait, something's not right..." He stopped in the middle of playing. Why is the accompaniment a bit like the Beatles' Please Mr. Postman?

"What?" Song Ya was stunned.

"Wait, Al, go to Big A and ask Mr. Postman of the Beatles." Delay shouted.

Al borrowed the record from Big A. Sure enough, the accompaniment parts of the two songs are similar, just the traditional instruments used by the Beatles, while Song Ya will use a lot of synthetic sounds, but the synthetic sounds are completely in the score that Song Ya hastily completed. It couldn't be reflected, so Delay 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. Fortunately, there are only Delay and Al in the recording studio. If the song is heard after it is released, it will be too miserable to be blamed for plagiarism.

"It's okay, it's normal, you know, sometimes you hear a song as a child or by accident, and its melody is... incorporated into your subconscious or dreams, Freud's theory... well Well, I don't know much, maybe he said so. Years later when you write songs as your own idea, it happens from time to time, right? Al." Delay slyly for his boss slow cheek.

"Yeah." Al said: "And this song is not the original song of the Beatles, it's a cover song of us black people." He took out another record, the album of The Marvelettes, the name of the album is Please Mr. Postman, something from 1960, "Big A asked me to bring it along."

"Okay, what should I do? I need this song, and I have written all the lyrics, just to catch up with this wave of equal rights craze." Song Ya can only accept it, but he does not accept that the apocalypse cheat will cheat himself If the setting is not enough, it would be too difficult for the traverser to do so.

"You're going to have new synths to replace the accompaniment, right?" DeLay asked.

"Yes."

"That's easy. It can be counted as sampling. It is common for hip-hop music to sample past songs. It's no problem at all. We only need to obtain the consent of the copyright owner of Please Mr. Postman, or purchase the sampling rights of the song." Delay said, "It shouldn't be expensive. After all, it's something from the 1960s, and it has been sung many times."

"That's it, then buy it, we will get the copyright issue resolved as soon as possible."

Song Ya breathed a sigh of relief, this really avoided a big thunder, no, he thought of the Empire State of Mind that he hadn't shown yet,

I quickly asked Delay to help identify the score, and it turned out to be another pitfall. This song also sampled Love on a Two Way Street by The Moments, a song from the 1970s.

"Buy! Buy! Buy the sampling rights of both songs." Song Ya ordered.

"Uh..." DeLay scratched his head, "A+ Records is almost out of money." He handed over a purchase list, which is a list of equipment updates listed by Andrew and Henry who are about to go to work. The two latest The 486 computer comes with a WINDOWS operating system, some MIDI software, and a lot of professional software and hardware related to audio processing.

Song Ya just remembered that Sony Columbia did not settle the proceeds of I feel it coming. The last time A+ copyright and investment management company lent A+ record 200,000 knives, the company did not receive a penny. After a few months, the money It's time to burn out. In fact, it really cost far more than 200,000 yuan, if Song Ya didn't use the cash income from going out to offset the "publicity expenses" of black DJs in several big cities.

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

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

"Okay." DeLay went to work and learned that the copyright of one song is in the hands of MJ's ATV copyright library, and the other is in the hands of EMI.

Song Ya didn't want to be in trouble, so he asked him to 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 from the A+ record on I feel it coming to lend a million dollars to the First Bank of New Jersey. This time, he was not influenced by any congressman. It was purely to lower the interest rate for his family. This small bank seems to be The business situation is not very good, and Song Ya, a high-quality customer with strong collateral, is very valued.

After all their worries were relieved, Andrew, Henry and Mawota also rented a house in Chicago and officially came to work at A+ Records. They also bought hardware and software equipment, all of which were the latest and best. They spent a total of 50,000 dollars to get the new Toys Andrew and Henry couldn't wait to put into installation and commissioning.

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

A few days later, the equipment debugging was completed.

"Look..." Andrew pointed to the screen, "I just need to adjust the audio track in this software..." He adjusted the mouse slightly, "then..." The device connected to the computer issued a new sound, "It's that simple."

"Very good." Di Lai looked at Song Ya excitedly, "In this way, you don't have to rely solely on musicians to record synthetic sounds, which can save a lot of money."

"Not bad, good, keep working hard." Boss Song encouraged his employees with a few words in satisfaction. Regardless of money, the time and cost saved by hiring these two people and related equipment investment is worth it.

At this time, Hayden came in, and Fergie's affairs were settled. He asked a William Morris colleague in Los Angeles to buy Fergie's brokerage contract, and then asked the other party to put Fergie's temporary agent in Chicago. power into their own hands.

A woman came in with him, Dana, Fergie's... sister and guardian.

This woman who had been in Hollywood when she was young and had also acted in some small roles was not clever enough in negotiations, and Song Ya felt that it might as well let Fergie do it herself.

When Fergie was being chased by Big A last time, she heard Big A calling out her name, and immediately bumped into herself, and then keenly grasped the harassment and illegal imprisonment of Big A and his younger brother. After she had nothing to do with her, she decisively dismissed the police officer who was dispatched, and called her temporary agent in Chicago by the way. The operation was really smooth and smooth.

And the silly Baitian in front of her...doesn't know why Hollywood's big dye tank didn't make her smarter, but she didn't fool her, and her manager Hayden wouldn't help her, Song Ya was so happy.

"You know, I'm in New York most of the time now, or doing promotions all over the country, and the studios here are empty and empty."

"Look, I've invested a ton of money in the studio again, new computers, new equipment, all new."

"Fergie's age group is very embarrassing. Her voice is very loud but still childish, and now there are many white girls who sing adult lyrics. Everyone is a genius who has emerged everywhere since childhood. The competition is too fierce."

"I know Fergie is a child actor, but what happened to the American child actors...I actually gambled on her too."

"No, I won't promise to release an album, and I don't plan to sign her for five years... At most, let her sing harmony in my songs or something."

"Her 'Children's Company' performance contract ended the year before last, didn't it?"

"Of course, I will not be stingy with the cultivation of singers."

In the end, Dana "wought" for Fergie a rookie singer contract, with a three-year specialization and a signing fee of 50,000 dollars. During this period, A+ Records was responsible for Fergie's tuition, dance classes and vocal training in Chicago.

After sending Dana away, Song Ya found some rubbish music scores that others had voted for A+ records in the desk, and secretly smiled, "This stupid woman doesn't even understand the tricks of the record company's album, jie jie jie..."