The Debt 8 by Kelly Favor

Author:Kelly Favor [Favor, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

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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.

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