2011年10月26日星期三

Im so glad this was my first election

Her eyes dart around like a cornered cat as her dad runs on about the tour bus on which Rosetta Stone language she travels with her mom: "We call it the Estrogen Express, " he says. "Thats not what we call it," counters Swift. Then her dad talks about the treadmill he got for her, because she didnt want to deal with signing autographs at the gym. "Thats not why!" yelps Swift. "I just dont want to look nasty and sweaty when people are taking pictures of me." But these are momentary distractions in an otherwise pleasant afternoon. Within 45 minutes, Swift produces two dozen perfect, chewy cookies, which she offers around with a glass bottle of milk. Suddenly, she squints at the jar, and shrieks a little: eggnog. She scours the fridge but comes up empty-handed, irritated by the foolishness of her mother, whom she surmises was shopping absent-mindedly. This cannot be. Snack time is ruined. Then she blinks rapidly and composes herself. "I didnt do that," she says, shaking her head firmly. "Mom did that." Swift likes to do everything the right way, and most of the time that means she likes to do everything herself. She may be a five-foot-11-inch blonde, but she does not have the Cheap Rosetta Stone Software carefree soul that usually goes along with that physiognomy, and her back is starting to hunch a little from stress. Swift writes or co-writes all of her songs: Shes been a working songwriter since the age of 13, when she landed a development deal with RCA Records. "Taylor earned the respect of the big writers in Nashville," says Big and Richs John Rich, a hot Nashville producer. "You can hear great pop sensibilities in her writing as well as great storytelling, which is the trademark of old-school country song-crafting." At 14, Swift walked away from RCAs offer of another one-year contract — "I didnt want to be somewhere where they were sure that they kind of wanted me maybe," she deadpans — and put herself on the open market. She received interest from major labels but held out for Scott Borchetta, a well-regarded executive at Universal who left the company to start his own label, Big Machine Records. "I base a lot of decisions on my gut, and going with an independent label was a good one," she says. "I thought, Whats a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Whats been done Cheap Rosetta Stone Software a million times? " Says Borchetta, "Taylor and I made an aggressive deal on the back end." He chuckles. "Ive written her some very big checks," he says.To read the full article, you must be a subscriber to Rosetta Stone Plus.

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