stomach felt queasy. “It’s all moving so quickly.”
“It’s going to be a rollercoaster, but at
least we’ll be on it together, right?”
“Right,” she said, as he grabbed her
around the waist and lifted her into the air, then dropped her down to the
floor and kissed her deeply.
She melted against him, as Jake was
instantly able to evaporate all of her worries and concerns when he touched and
kissed her.
This time was no different.
***
The next few days were a whirlwind of
activity. Jake had his lawyer draft
and look over the contracts pertaining to the deal with Mack Zee and also the
back catalogue publishing rights he was giving up to his old label, under the
condition that they agree to terminate his old contract and the stipulations it
was holding him to.
In effect, Jake was signing away all his
old songs, everything he’d done in the past, and betting the farm on his new
record and his new songs.
His lawyer didn’t know if it was such a
good idea, and he suggested staying with the old label and making amends. But Jake didn’t want to do that and
Raven agreed with him.
Jake wanted a fresh start, and he got it.
Before long, the contracts had been
signed, sealed and delivered.
Meanwhile, Jake’s video for Too Far From
Home had continued to pile on the views, and now had over a hundred million
hits on YouTube. Fans were
clamoring loudly to hear more from his forthcoming album, and their noise
appeared to be wiping out all of the anger and retribution that had come when
Jake had cancelled his old tour.
Jake’s Facebook and Twitter and Instagram
accounts were gaining fans by the second, not losing them. It was quite obvious that the momentum
had shifted.
At the meeting where Jake and Mack Zee
officially signed off on their record deal, the entire record label staff of
nearly two hundred people stood in the lobby and first floor, while Mack made a
lengthy speech about how this was the biggest artist they’d ever signed, and
how Jake was about to revolutionize the industry.
Everyone clapped and hollered and then
the drinking began in earnest.
“Hey, Jake, Raven—“ Mack Zee said
softly, as the party started up around them and the staff of the label began
talking and drinking and ignoring them. “Could you two come with me for a second?”
“Of course,” Raven said, as Mack put a
soft hand on her shoulder, and his other hand on Jake’s shoulder, and walked
them upstairs.
“Something wrong?” Jake asked him, as
they got to Mack’s office. Once
inside, Mack closed the door, cutting off the noise from the party below.
“Look, we all know how well Too Far From
Home is doing on YouTube,” Mack told them. “And I think we should capitalize on that momentum. We were thinking about releasing a
digital only single to iTunes immediately, Jake.”
Jake looked to Raven.
“I think that’s a great idea,” she said.
“It’s a demo track,” Jake said
uncertainly.
“Taylor Swift’s first album is mostly
just the demo tracks she and her producer cut. When they tried to give it the full
studio treatment, it sounded like dookie. So they went back and used the demos instead. The Foo Fighters first album was all
done by Dave Grohl on his four track or some shit.”
Jake nodded, his brow wrinkled. “Yeah, I get it. I’m just not sure.”
“Jake,” Raven said, putting a hand on his
forearm. “You’ve always been
nervous about putting this new music out. You were nervous about recording it too.”
“I’m just not sure that track is ready,”
Jake said.
“It’s ready. This is the time. People already love it.”
Jake thought about it and then finally
nodded. “Okay,” he said. “You have our blessing. Let’s do it.”
Mack Zee gave a fist pump and then
high-fived Raven and Jake in turn. “I am so, so happy about our partnership. We are gonna take over the world.”
He threw his arms around them.
“It’s going to be a rollercoaster, but at
least we’ll be on it together, right?”
“Right,” she said, as he grabbed her
around the waist and lifted her into the air, then dropped her down to the
floor and kissed her deeply.
She melted against him, as Jake was
instantly able to evaporate all of her worries and concerns when he touched and
kissed her.
This time was no different.
***
The next few days were a whirlwind of
activity. Jake had his lawyer draft
and look over the contracts pertaining to the deal with Mack Zee and also the
back catalogue publishing rights he was giving up to his old label, under the
condition that they agree to terminate his old contract and the stipulations it
was holding him to.
In effect, Jake was signing away all his
old songs, everything he’d done in the past, and betting the farm on his new
record and his new songs.
His lawyer didn’t know if it was such a
good idea, and he suggested staying with the old label and making amends. But Jake didn’t want to do that and
Raven agreed with him.
Jake wanted a fresh start, and he got it.
Before long, the contracts had been
signed, sealed and delivered.
Meanwhile, Jake’s video for Too Far From
Home had continued to pile on the views, and now had over a hundred million
hits on YouTube. Fans were
clamoring loudly to hear more from his forthcoming album, and their noise
appeared to be wiping out all of the anger and retribution that had come when
Jake had cancelled his old tour.
Jake’s Facebook and Twitter and Instagram
accounts were gaining fans by the second, not losing them. It was quite obvious that the momentum
had shifted.
At the meeting where Jake and Mack Zee
officially signed off on their record deal, the entire record label staff of
nearly two hundred people stood in the lobby and first floor, while Mack made a
lengthy speech about how this was the biggest artist they’d ever signed, and
how Jake was about to revolutionize the industry.
Everyone clapped and hollered and then
the drinking began in earnest.
“Hey, Jake, Raven—“ Mack Zee said
softly, as the party started up around them and the staff of the label began
talking and drinking and ignoring them. “Could you two come with me for a second?”
“Of course,” Raven said, as Mack put a
soft hand on her shoulder, and his other hand on Jake’s shoulder, and walked
them upstairs.
“Something wrong?” Jake asked him, as
they got to Mack’s office. Once
inside, Mack closed the door, cutting off the noise from the party below.
“Look, we all know how well Too Far From
Home is doing on YouTube,” Mack told them. “And I think we should capitalize on that momentum. We were thinking about releasing a
digital only single to iTunes immediately, Jake.”
Jake looked to Raven.
“I think that’s a great idea,” she said.
“It’s a demo track,” Jake said
uncertainly.
“Taylor Swift’s first album is mostly
just the demo tracks she and her producer cut. When they tried to give it the full
studio treatment, it sounded like dookie. So they went back and used the demos instead. The Foo Fighters first album was all
done by Dave Grohl on his four track or some shit.”
Jake nodded, his brow wrinkled. “Yeah, I get it. I’m just not sure.”
“Jake,” Raven said, putting a hand on his
forearm. “You’ve always been
nervous about putting this new music out. You were nervous about recording it too.”
“I’m just not sure that track is ready,”
Jake said.
“It’s ready. This is the time. People already love it.”
Jake thought about it and then finally
nodded. “Okay,” he said. “You have our blessing. Let’s do it.”
Mack Zee gave a fist pump and then
high-fived Raven and Jake in turn. “I am so, so happy about our partnership. We are gonna take over the world.”
He threw his arms around them.
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