American Entertainment: Taylor Swift wrote a song for the beginning

Chapter 23 This Coke is Really Intoxicating
"High school and college students all over the country are on spring break. What's wrong with me wanting to take a few days off? Why do you have more problems than Rick (Rick Barter, Taylor's agent during the Big Machine era, from WME)?" Taylor, who was fully armed and wearing a baseball cap, muttered in the restaurant.

"The others were preparing to return to Nashville, but Taylor suddenly said he wanted to come over, so he came with me to Miami to watch your show," Abigail continued.

"I'm not coming to see your performance. I just happened to be stopping by. By the way, that dance music sounds pretty good. I have to admit that your talent in this area is much stronger than your talent in country music." Taylor raised his eyebrows and made an objective evaluation of Ryan.

Ryan talked about the negotiation with the dead mouse just now, and complained about the extremely unfair division.

"40%. It's not easy for you to make the record company suffer a loss. What Dead Rat said is right. This is indeed an industry practice." Taylor confirmed what Dead Rat said.

"What about the record contract you signed with Big Machine?" Ryan then asked.

Taylor shook his head. “I’m sorry, but I can’t reveal the specific terms of the contract.”

Ryan went on to say that he would attend several sessions of the Winter Music Conference tomorrow and talk with record company A&R (artist and repertoire) department staff.

This department is responsible for discovering and training singers or artists, signing contracts with singers, and finding suitable composers and record producers for singers. It is the link between record companies and newcomers.

However, considering the so-called "industry practice", Ryan did not have high expectations for tomorrow's communication.

Abigail talked about her future plans: "Taylor came to Miami last year, and this year I want to go somewhere different."

"Why don't we go to Redneck Mud Park in Punta Gorda? There's going to be a wild truck event there in two days," Ryan suggested.

Punta Gorda is a small town in Florida. Every year, the Trucks Gone Wild event attracts many southern rednecks to participate. Bigfoot modified trucks roll in the mud, paired with southern redneck girls in bikinis and the rednecks' favorite barbecue, it is an authentic redneck style.

However, this kind of activity is attractive to boys, but not necessarily to girls.

However, the two of them couldn't think of a better place to go, so they agreed reluctantly.

"As for me, I have to go back to school after the winter music conference." Ryan told her his future plans. He had to go back to school, otherwise Terry would be angry.

"Do you need to be so diligent on such a simple homework? Let Abigail help you with your studies later." Taylor said immediately.

"Yes, Ryan, if you're not here, do you want us two girls to drive the monster truck?" Abigail also tried her best to ask Ryan to stay.

Unable to resist the two girls' strong invitation, Ryan finally chose to agree.

"What about tomorrow?" Ryan asked.

Abigail expressed her desire to stay with Ryan. Taylor was originally excited to travel around Miami, but found herself alone and had no choice but to accompany Ryan.

That night, the three stayed at the Biscayne Bay Marriott Hotel next to the Biscayne Park and had a peaceful night.

The next morning, Ryan and the two girls entered the main venue with the invitation letters given by Dead Mouse. It was like an electronic music festival. Not only did various DJ equipment manufacturers set up booths, but there were also VJ-related cutting-edge technology displays. Of course, there were also a number of independent European record companies in the electronic music industry. There were many names that Ryan had never heard of, but this group of A&R department staff knew Ryan.

It only took one night for Ryan's performance on the main stage to be remembered by those who cared about him.

But just as Ryan had expected, a number of independent record companies seemed to offer a lot of attractive additional conditions, such as providing Ryan with various artist-related training, but in essence they were all variations of advance payments, and the terms involving core interests were also harsh.

After spending an afternoon in contact with many A&R department staff, Ryan became increasingly hopeless about signing the contract.

"But you have to choose one." Taylor, who was sitting in the lounge area with a large glass of iced drink in her hand, couldn't help but say. At this time, she was fully equipped with a hat, glasses, mask and triangle mask, for fear of being recognized. However, at this time, she could only be called a little famous, and perhaps she overreacted.

"Didn't you not choose back then?" Ryan sat down and said subconsciously.

Taylor chose not to continue working with RCA four years ago.

"My situation is different from yours... My dad had been negotiating with RCA at the time and asked many friends, and finally it was his agent at the time who contacted Scott," Taylor explained.

Different from the widely circulated version that "Scott met Taylor at the Bluebird Cafe while she was performing and was immediately struck by her beauty", the real situation was that Taylor had contacted Scott before the performance that day. From Taylor's tone, her father gave people the impression that he was very powerful.

"Besides, I also felt that I shouldn't wait any longer. I had confidence in myself and could create songs that appealed to people," Taylor said of his thoughts at the time.

"Yes, I have confidence in myself too." Ryan said slowly.

It's more like relying on "immediate visual experience" rather than confidence. For Ryan, the key to fame lies in the sense of immediate visual experience. If the sense of immediate visual experience only appears once, it will be useless no matter what company he signs with. On the contrary, if the sense of immediate visual experience continues to contribute to his masterpieces, he doesn't need to care about the record company's attitude at all.

This ordinary sentence made Taylor, who was sitting next to him, suddenly stunned. He raised his head subconsciously. From this angle, he could just see Ryan's profile.

Taylor suddenly felt that Ryan was just like himself a few years ago, and had an inexplicable familiar feeling.

Abigail also came back at this time with two dirty hot dogs.

"What are you two talking about sitting here?" Abigail looked at her best friend with a vigilant look.

"Let's talk about a record company that eats people without leaving any bones!" Taylor took the hot dog and immediately wiped off the colorful sauces that made the hot dog so "dirty".

"This thing will turn me into a fat woman." Taylor took off her mask and, in order to avoid lipstick contaminating the food, she took a bite of the big sausage that was grilled brown and greasy with a ferocious expression.

"It's delicious." Taylor jumped with excitement, but still twisted the sausage with his fingers and put it on Ryan's hot dog.

"But I really can't enjoy it." She shook her head with a sad face.

Seeing this, Abigail frowned and said, "You're almost like Slender Man (a Western monster)."

Then he saw Ryan chewing the sausage that Taylor had bitten without any concern, which made him feel even worse. He squeezed in and sat down between Ryan and Taylor.

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After leaving the Winter Music Conference, the three returned to the main stage in the evening. The two-day ULTRA Music Festival has eight stages and more than 140 DJs. The DJ performing on the main stage is a British DJ named Kevin Harris.

At this time, there were not even as many spectators around as yesterday, and the atmosphere was not very lively. Ryan and his two friends then went to the indoor stage "Carl Cox & Friends" to watch the live performance of DJ David Guetta from France.

Neither of them left a deep impression on Ryan. Taylor was very excited and danced until he was sweating.

Then Ryan could clearly feel the crowd gathering towards the main stage. He learned from other people that the performer who would be performing on the stage was Armin Van Buuren, commonly known as Armin. Like Tiesto, he also came from the electronic music powerhouse of the Netherlands and was at the top of the Top 100 list last year.

Since his debut, A-Ming has been remembered for his iconic trance music. Trance music has both the strong rhythm of techno and the catchy melody of house music. It can be regarded as a genre in the field of electronic music that combines the strengths of various schools.

As the name suggests, trance music may also have a certain hallucinogenic effect.

Not long after arriving at the main stage, it got completely dark. Ryan and the other two noticed that someone around them took out a Molly and put it directly into his mouth, then immediately began to sway in ecstasy. Someone else laughed out loud after using an inhaler. Farther away, someone suddenly stood there like a piece of wood, described as a zombie... Apparently, as the music became more and more powerful, this group of audience members also "released their seals" one after another.

Ryan was worried about Amin standing on the stage. He led the two away and just as they walked out of the crowd, they ran into a group of weirdos in strange costumes. Ryan then realized that he had gone in the wrong direction and mistakenly entered the "tent area".

Not far away, a brown-skinned man wearing a women's bikini but with a thick gray beard walked quickly towards the few people and picked up the drinks on the table.

"Try this glass of happy water, you will have an extraordinary night!" The man handed two drinks to Ryan and Taylor respectively.

Ryan shook his head and took two steps back.

"Burp!" Taylor put down the cup and burped. She was indeed a little thirsty.

"This Coke is pretty intoxicating." She saw Ryan and Abigail looking at her with ghostly expressions, and she grinned.

(End of this chapter)