Chapter 233 Nominated for Grammy

A lot of people participated in this MTV unplugged concert. In addition to the pianist and other musicians, there were about a dozen choruses, one or two heavy-duty accompaniment singers, Mariah Carey was very busy, and the studio staff With people coming and going, Song Ya couldn't get a good chance to be alone.

'The America War was a bit of a surprise, like a well-anticipated chapter that got off to a good start and ended quickly. As the Littman Group announced the transfer of the magazine to a new company formed by the new singer APLUS former editor-in-chief Shirley Fleming and the owner of Def Records Rick Rubin, the two sides of the incident were suddenly silent. Facing the reporter's interview request, The main figures on the winning side all refused without exception. '

'And Quincy Jones and Russell Simmons, the two record industry tycoons also accepted the failure frankly. They said that the reason for the failure of the bidding had nothing to do with money, but found that this century-old magazine could not afford their commitment to the music magazine. new ideas and plans. '

'They announced that they would not give up their efforts to enter the publishing industry, and soon, a brand new magazine: VIBE will be launched... This magazine will mainly focus on hip-hop, rhythm and blues and other music forms and trends of the times. '

Tribeca, in an old multi-storey building, "this is the new office of American Music."

Song Ya kicked a broken piece of wood on the ground to the corner, and a thick mark would be drawn on the wooden floor.

"Ahem." Shirley Fleming covered her nose and mouth with a handkerchief, "Okay, okay, let's go out, it's too dirty here."

"It's all right, Ms. Fleming, with the start-up capital in place, a simple cleaning and renovation will make it look brand new."

Song Ya held back her smile, and walked out together holding her elbow, "I promise this will be a very good office location when you come next time."

The 500,000 start-up capital of the magazine is allocated by the shareholding ratio. Song Ya will spend 255,000. The magazine will be published in the form of a monthly magazine, "I will let the deputy editor-in-chief look at the decoration, don't worry gone."

"Huh?" The deputy editor-in-chief was a professional Song Ya recruited from Chicago through a headhunting company. Shirley Fleming was very vigilant, "All office layouts must be approved by me before construction can be done."

"Of course, that's for sure."

Song Ya smiled and said, "The weather in New York is very cold recently. I'm afraid you've been working too hard, Ms. Fleming."

Shirley Fleming shook off his support, "My body can still stare. By the way, APLUS, what suggestions do you have for the first issue of the magazine in 1992?"

"The cover needs to be changed. The boring live photos of gray-haired performers or conductors are too distracting. Maybe we can focus on relatively young artists."

Song Ya said: "Miss Saigon's heroine Leah Salonga is very suitable. She is young, beautiful, Asian, and has won a Tony Award. Maybe there is a large-length interview with her on the inside page, and someone will I like it, and the style is not bad. Ms. Fleming, what do you think?"

Song Ya saw that Shirley Fleming liked the heroine of the musical very much last time, and took the initiative to do what she liked. In the early stage, he didn't want to have a big difference with the other party.

"I think so, her personal experience is very inspirational."

Shirley Fleming walked to the side of the car, "I will invite her by then, I hope the deputy editor you choose will not delay my progress. Also, you have to remind Rick Rubin, I heard that he Pretending to be the owner of American Music Magazine at a high-end New York dinner party."

"Haha, he is indeed the boss, just one of them. Well, I will say hello to him. As for the deputy editor, I will also ask him to visit you on the Upper East Side as soon as possible."

Song Ya watched Shirley Fleming and her personal consultant get into the car and leave, "In any case, I now have my own mouthpiece, and it is a classic magazine with a history of hundreds of years, and its style is also very high." Deng said.

"Yes, and the audience will give you some leverage during awards season."

Hayden is also very satisfied,

There was always a smile on his face, "If Littman hadn't made such a fuss, you might not have gotten such a high-quality magazine so quickly."

"It's not that that guy didn't make money, but it's not bad. Why didn't he agree to the 12 million bid from Quincy Jones and Russell Simmons?"

This doubt has been lingering in Song Ya's heart.

"Who knows what that tycoon is thinking?"

Hayden didn't know either, "Maybe you can play more golf with him in the future, but Rick Rubin's personal relationship, as well as Shirley Fleming and her friends must have played a decisive role. "

"Come on, I can't play with that stuff."

Although rich people in the United States are very keen on this sport, except for the black class in the sports world, other celebrities who play it are sometimes considered to be sharpening their heads to drill into the white class, and Song Ya doesn't like that kind of sport Experience, I played with Jordan once and was involved in a gambling storm, and the experience of playing with Littman was not very good, and I lost too badly.

In mid-January, Fujibi gave the list of singers in 1991. Song Ya ranked 17th on the list of singers with more than 30 million years. The front is full of MJ brothers and sisters, Madonna, Garth Brooks, Paula, Gun Blossoms, Mariah Carey, the Wilson sisters, and The Phillips.

"Now the media treats you as an A-list. I didn't expect you to get to this position not by your music, but by the speed of making money."

Hayden urged: "Your album seems to be only two songs away, do you really have to wait? Or put that pure music in."

"No, then the music styles in the album will be too different."

Song Ya is not in a hurry, after all, under the influence of MJ's super popularity, it is not the right time to release his own special, "Walter told me that listeners often play music albums in specific scenes or emotions, such as driving White people would listen to country, black people would listen to hip hop or R&B, and when a relationship fell apart, people would play sad love songs or something, and I…”

Showmethemoney, The is a hip-hop rap with a strong rhythm, ihateuiloveu is a sad love song, sad but the lyrics are a little yellow, the trumpet lyrics are also a little yellow but very cheerful, FeelItStill has a beautiful melody but an equal rights song, and EmpireStateofMind with a very special style, he Apocalypse's song style is too messy, which is not a good strategy to attract buyers.

"it does not matter."

Hayden said: "Your songs win by their quality. As long as they cooperate with various awards and publicity methods, I don't think American listeners will mind taking one and putting it at home."

The two returned to Tribeca, and Yeremov told Song Ya that he had been shortlisted for the Best Rap Singer at the Grammy Awards for The, and that his main opponent was the headliner of DefJam Records. No way, there are only two awards in the RAP category, and the other award for the best rap group is because Song Ya gave Dilai and Al a low status in The, and was considered by the jury not to be a rap group.

He and Mariah Carey's Empire State of Mind was shortlisted for the best single of the year.

"What did I say, even if Russell Simmons gave in to buy the magazine, this time the other party will not send the Grammy to me at all. The struggle will not stop for a moment, and will continue forever."

Song Ya called BABYFACE and Steven again to solicit votes for herself.

The two agreed very happily, after all, it was agreed in the last transaction, but Song Ya keenly felt the change in their tone, last time they promised to use their influence to help, but this time they agreed Said he would vote for himself, that's all. It seems that Quincy Jones and Russell Simmons are secretly exerting their influence in the black music scene.

"Didn't Shirley Fleming promise you would help during awards season?"

Hayden reminded.

"Is it really necessary to rely on white people to win RAP awards?"

Song Ya pondered for a while, "FXXK, who cares, that's all about voting anyway, in a word, more people than anyone else." He called Shirley Fleming.

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