Chapter 783? Winplay

"1234, 2234..."

In a blink of an eye, it’s late September. In a large dance studio in Chicago, Song Ya has already started practicing with the concert dancers. His first album of the same name so far, the second album of '21' plus the soundtrack of my life, a total of three In this album, there are not many songs that are suitable for singing and dancing, and even fewer songs that require vigorous singing and dancing, so the task is not too heavy.

, WhereIsTheLove, WhateverYouLike, IGottaFeeling and other hip-hop songs usually choose DJ plus musicians plus MC (In hip-hop culture, at the beginning, it was just a person who simply helped the DJ to shout some words and phrases, and later specifically refers to the rapper who wrote the lyrics and performed on stage in person) Add Feat, that is, the co-singer and the supporting singers are all on the battle. At that time, there will be many people on stage, and with the sound and light effects of the stage, there will be no problem for a group of gangsters to liven up the atmosphere.

Then slow love songs like Beautiful Girls, SayGoodbye, etc. will be sung by him standing in front of a standing microphone, the band and accompaniment group are at the far end, and the dancers are accompanying the dancers, and there is no need to rehearse with the team.

So the joint practice mainly focused on the two songs inspired by the original black singer with a good figure: Trumpets and, the song played in the dance room now is Trumpets.

"OK, here, APLUS during the singing interval, you must be in sync with the movements of the dancers, let's continue! 1234..."

Under the loud command of the dancers clapping their hands, several male dancers walked forward while doing dance moves, just keeping parallel with Song Ya between the singing passages, and Song Ya immediately pulled the microphone from the vertical stand Get down, stretch your arms, kick your legs, and dance in sync with them.

He practiced for a while during the filming of Dancing Out of My Life, and the movements designed by Dancing Finger are also mainly hip-hop, which is easy to pick up.

"Very good, very good! Here it is!" Wu Zhi shouted.

Song Ya lowered her body in response, supported her with her strong arms, and performed a complex floor movement. This was the most difficult dance part in his concert, and it was also one of the audience's high emotional points designed by the director.

This is a slight improvement on the basis of the last dance scene in my life. He did it very well. When the set was over, all the people in the dance room began to clamor and cheer for him.

"Wow, beautiful! APLUS!"

Daniel, president of Sony Columbia Records, executives of the concert organizer Anschutz Performing Arts Company, concert director and producer, and other main creators, as well as Delay, Al, Yeremov, Linda, Hayden and others all sat on the floor by the wall of the dance room , they applauded for a long time, and Delay blew a loud whistle.

"call!"

The rehearsal intensity was still very high, and I was a little tired. Song Ya responded to them with a smile on the floor while panting, and it took a long time before she got up.

"Come here today, we have arrangements for the evening." Daniel looked at his watch, stood up and said.

"OK, that's all for today." Wu Zhi nodded, "Tomorrow is still this time APLUS, others! Continue!"

"Wait for me to rush first."

Cat and mouse game will be screened in Chicago tonight, because there are still two months before the Thanksgiving schedule of the painting, so the early screening is not for ordinary audiences, just one show, in a single-hall art theater in Chicago, mainly Hospitality for professionals such as members of the Chicago Film Critics Association.

Linton, president of Hollywood Films, and director Ridley Scott and other crew members also publicized local professional film critics in Los Angeles. Harvey Weinstein led the team in New York, and he invited Paul Allen, who has a good relationship. , Spike Lee and other famous New York gang directors. Larry Sr. and Stan Blakhetch will also show up to help.

These announcements and public relations actions are all for the film to build momentum and win awards, not too much.

"Eremov, how much did you spend on Roger Ebert? Do you have 250,000?"

Before participating in the screening, the group went to a high-end restaurant for dinner, and Daniel asked during the dinner.

He is not an insider in the film industry, but he knows a lot of inside information. The price was guessed to be close to ten. That own University of Chicago alumnus, the most famous film critic in Chicago and even in the entire city, has always dared to accept it. Yeremov Sent over a big-spending card to the Los Angeles Country Golf Club, as well as some great hospitality at luxury hotels and resorts.

"Forgive me for having nothing to say." Of course Yeremov would not admit it, and he took a sip of his wine with a playful smile.

"APLUS, the original soundtrack of the cat and mouse game is good, but the sequel to my life is almost meaningless."

Daniel didn't get to the bottom of it. He said to Song Ya: "But the sales should not be too high. There is too much pure music in the soundtrack of the cat and mouse game, which is still in the style of the 1940s."

"Well, I'm prepared."

The original soundtrack of Cat and Mouse Game, A+ Records won the re-release rights of those old songs according to the original songs of Apocalypse. For the pure music part, he roughly produced a simple melody and handed it over to Hollywood professional orchestral composers and soundtrackists. Old songs Most of it is the rock music of the 1960s where the story happened, and the pure music imitates the witty style of the popular animation series cat and mouse in the 1940s. Few people will buy that kind of pure music now and listen to it at home. With a large portion going to the songwriters of the rock oldies and the music rights companies that own the songs, combined, he and Daniel have little incentive to promote the soundtrack.

Song Ya has no apocalypse in the sequel script of Dancing My Life, and the investors are very complicated. In addition, it is a youth idol drama for white high school students. He is very busy and has no motivation to polish it carefully. In the first and second albums of the A+ record, he reflected on YoungDumb, who graduated from high school, and then the weak singles in Fergie and Brenda’s new albums, and then invited some songs from Babyface and other friends. The quality is also average, and they are already very popular. Donnie Braston returned a favor, which is also a weak single on her album.

"By the way, look at this APLUS." Delay wiped his mouth, pulled out an HP laptop from his bag, and opened it on the dining table.

"! Mr. President, do you have to do this in a French restaurant?"

Al chewed on the steak and complained: "It's better to worry about whether you can still come to the stage to sing with us."

"Don't worry, I haven't lost my old skills." Di Lai, who has gained a lot of weight, made a few hip-hop gestures exaggeratedly.

Song Ya and everyone else present were amused by him.

But he didn't enjoy himself. After the laptop started up slowly, he opened a program on the Windows95 desktop, and then Song Ya's singing came out.

"Tape?" Daniel asked. Most of the people here are music connoisseurs. The sound quality is very bad, and it must not be a CD.

"No, a playback program called, just been out for a few days."

DeLay took out the Sony Walkman earphones and plugged them in, "Listen carefully, the sound quality is not as good as CDs and MDs, but it's not worse than tapes."

Daniel listened for half a minute, then handed the earphones to Song Ya, and asked Di Lai while he was listening, "The medium is..."

"Data files are like those on CDs, but much smaller, and can be easily disseminated and downloaded via the Internet, and listened to on your personal computer." Delay replied, "What is the MP3 compression format. "

"Is it related to the MPEG1 format of VCD?" Song Ya asked after listening to it, "It's really good, a lot of details are lost, but if you're not a professional musician, you probably don't feel much about it."

"Of course, MP3 is the third-generation compression coding standard." Delay replied.

Song Ya shrugged and looked at Daniel. The emotions in the eyes of both of them were a little bit bad. Originally, the pressure of tape transcription and CD piracy made the record industry more and more difficult to do. Now this stuff can be passed more freely. A faster internet...

"My people seem to have mentioned this matter yesterday, but I haven't had time to see it myself. Find some professionals to inquire about APLUS. I will hold a meeting when I return to New York tomorrow to see if I can cooperate with several major record companies through legal means. deal with."

Daniel said.