Relentless by John Tesh

Author:John Tesh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2019-12-27T16:00:00+00:00

He is right. When the video footage shows Magic Johnson and Isaiah Thomas fast-breaking down the court, their tempo of dribbling the basketball is significantly faster than the tempo of my song. I had been so enamored by the sheer excitement of creating the musical arrangement, I had missed the disparity.

I book a second editing session for the next day and spend that evening back in my home studio synchronizing the Synclavier’s digital click track (the metronome) to the average fast-break dribble rate in the game footage. I estimate the tempo to be 132 beats per minute (slightly faster than a Donna Summer song) and remix at the new tempo. When it is matched to the video the next day in the edit bay, the effect is remarkable. The editor and I spend the rest of our session finishing the mix. When we are done, I slap a title on the tape, “Roundball Rock,” along with my name and then drop the tape off at the NBC Sports offices the following morning.

They’ve had my demo videotape with the theme and highlights for two days when I get the call. It sounds like a room full of people on a speaker phone.

“Hey, John, it’s Dick Ebersol from NBC. We love the theme!”

Just like that. One sentence.

“Wow! I mean, thank you. I mean, that’s great, Dick. Thank you so much.”

“Just one thing, John.”

Here it comes.

“We like your arrangement and all that, but . . . would you be okay if we had a live orchestra record it before we debut it on the network?”

Silence. How does one respond to an offer like that? It’s like someone asking if they can buy your house for more than the sale price.

“John?”

“Uh. Yes, sir? I mean . . . of course, that would be great!”

“Okay, perfect. I’ll have my guys get back to you and we can work it all out. And congratulations. This is great work.”

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