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Rebecca Black working on debut album, plus Ark founder speaks
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 29 March 2011
Rebecca Black is to prove to everyone that she’s not just a one-viral-hit wonder by recording a whole album of songs, after the video for her song ‘Friday’, created by Ark Music Factory, scored over 40 million YouTube views from people who mostly thought it was awful. The singer’s new manager, John McEntee, president of TEI Entertainment, says that she is now in talks with a number of record labels.
McEntee told Reuters: “Record labels have been contacting myself and Ark Music directly about Rebecca. There is definitely interest from real record labels. They’ve found out she can sing. With all this exposure, we’re looking at her coming out with more songs and an album. We’ve been getting submissions from a lot of fantastic songwriters. That’s a good sign”.
Meanwhile, Ark Music Factory last week posted an “exclusive” interview with founder Patrice Wilson to its YouTube profile. In it he answers various questions about his musical background (apparently he used to be very big in Eastern Europe) and the way in which Ark works, which has come under some scrutiny and criticism since the Black phenomenon.
He confirmed that his company does charge for teenagers to record a song and video, but added that they provide songwriters, producers, a team to create the promo and stylists for their fee, saying: “It can range from $2000 to $4000. Is that a bad deal – $2000 to $4000 and you get everything? You even get lunch”.
He also claimed that they use less Auto-tune on their tracks than any mainstream artists on the radio. Watch the interview in full here.
And if you’re still wondering who Rebecca Black is (and how little Auto-tune is used on her track), we’ve already been over this in some detail.
