Betty's mobile phone recorded the video of the band's performance was not bad, but because the audience was too enthusiastic and the environment was noisy, the sound effect was much worse. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But as a professional musician, Ron can still rely on his ears to filter out the effects of other noisy sounds in the live environment and grab the songs.

After closing his eyes and savoring for a while, Ron's eyes lit up when he opened his eyes again, and he said with a happy face: "This song is really good." In particular, the lyrics are very well matched with the plot of the movie, and they are very suitable for the animated movie "TeenageVigilantes" in my hand. ”

"Is this song original to the student band in the video?" Ron said, looking at Betty, "You're going to have to let me meet them." ”

"I don't guarantee you'll meet them," Betty said with a playful smile, "but you've met him! Don't you think the guitarist of this band looks familiar? The creator of this song is the guitarist of this band." ”

"Guitarist?" Ron listened to and pulled the video of the phone in his hand back to the place where the close-up of the guitarist solo was filmed in the video, paused, and looked at it carefully. Just now, his attention was focused on distinguishing the sound of the song from the noisy scene, and he really didn't pay attention to the specific looks of the band members.

After carefully looking at the guitarist of the band, Ron suddenly understood what Betty meant, and looked up at Xiao Yao in some surprise and said, "It's you?"

"Yes. Xiao Yao smiled and nodded. I am very grateful to Betty for her performance just now.

"So, I'm going to buy the rights to this song as the theme song of the movie, and I can just talk to you?" Ron asked happily. When Horn and Xiao Yao bought the right to play the piano music just now, Xiao Yao agreed very happily, and Ron expected that it should not be difficult for him to talk to Xiao Yao about the copyright of this song.

"Yes, the copyright of this song is my own, and I can call the shots. Xiao Yao continued to nod.

"And what price do you expect? or market price?" said Ron, very simply. As he spoke, he also glanced at Betty and Horn, as if to remind Xiao Yao, I am also Betty's friend, you can't treat me and Horn differently.

"Price is not an issue," the first sentence of Xiao Yao's answer really made Ron very satisfied, but Xiao Yao's next sentence made Ron hesitate.

"But I have other conditions. Xiao Yao continued, "What you use can only be the version played and sung by our band, and you can't find other bands or musicians to reinterpret it." ”

"But you're still just a student band, and for a movie that is aiming to hit the Oscars, your playing and singing are still relatively immature and immature..."Ron hesitated. According to his previous expectations, he really wanted to find other more professional and mature musicians to reinterpret this song as the theme song of the movie.

"I insist on this condition. Xiao Yao said seriously, "Actually, earlier today, Keith wanted the copyright of this song, but I didn't sell it to him." Because this is our band's own first song and our band's eponymous song, this song will be our band's calling card. So until everybody knows it's our band's song, I don't want other versions to come out. If I didn't insist on this condition, then it would be unreasonable for me to reject Keith before. ”

Looking at Xiao Yao, who looked stubborn, Keith Craig also opened his mouth to help: "In fact, in terms of the performance of this song alone, I think the performance of their student band is already very good, and this can be seen from the performance of the live audience in the video alone." ”

"Your movie is originally about a group of teenagers, and a student band is used to perform the theme song, which also matches the theme of your movie. Betty also said, "I've been through their performances, and to be honest, I think they've done really well. ”

"Okay, then I'll give it a try. But I'm afraid I won't be able to convince the director and producer that you have to record an official studio version for me first, and I'll show it to the director and producer before it can be finalized. Although I was responsible for the musical aspects of the film, in the end, it was still necessary for the director, the producer and I to agree on the final decision. Ron finally made up his mind.

"No problem," Xiao Yao nodded confidently, with his family background, he is also very familiar with the rules of film production, and there may be differences in how much power the producer has over the post-production of the film, but at least the director is definitely not the film soundtrack who can go around and decide what music to use in the end, so he knows that what Ron said is also true.

"And then I have one more request," Xiao Yao continued, "that is, I want to see the film before I officially sell the rights to use it." ”

It's about taking a look at the quality of the movie before making a deal. This is a common thing in the industry, but as a student band, people who have no status and popularity in the entertainment industry, it still takes a certain amount of courage to dare to make this request.

Ron glanced at Xiao Yao with some appreciation, nodded and said, "No problem, I can arrange this." Just tomorrow, I'll arrange for you to watch the original film, which is still in post-production, and if you think it's okay, your band will go into the studio as soon as possible. ”

"No, it's not me, it's us. We went with the band members. Xiao Yao emphasized.

"OK, no problem. Ron shrugged. Anyway, a sheep is herded, and a flock of sheep is also driven.

The time and place of tomorrow's meeting were agreed with Ron, and the matter was basically finalized.

"I'm sorry, I'm going to inform the bandmates. After Xiao Yao greeted a few people, he walked to the balcony with his mobile phone.

"Jan, by the way, tell your host family, don't go back tonight, it's more convenient to go directly from my house to Los Angeles tomorrow. Keith took the initiative to stay overnight in Xiao Yaodao.

"Okay, thanks. Xiao Yao was not polite.

Dialed Dean's phone, and before Xiao Yao could speak, he heard Dean's excited voice: "Young, tell you good news! The video of our band's school anniversary performance was put on the Internet by the students of the school, which aroused the interest of the record company, and someone from the record company came to the door tonight to say that he wanted to sign with our band." ”

"Oh, it's good news, did you agree?" Xiao Yao said with a smile.

"Not yet, Sarmeon and I both felt we needed to hear your opinion, so we replied that we needed to think about it. Dean calmed down a little and said, "I originally wanted to call you to talk, but considering that you are a guest at Craig's house now, I don't want to disturb you, so I was going to wait for you to come back, but I didn't expect you to call back." ”

"Well, what conditions did the other party offer?" Xiao Yao asked.

"The other party said that we are still students, so we will not be too generous to sign the contract, but after signing the contract, they will release the single of the song "Immortals" for us and promote it with all our might. According to their predictions, it should be able to rush to the top 50 of the billboard. Dean was a little excited, "Do you think it's time for us to find an agent?"

"There's no rush for now. Xiao Yao pondered for a moment, and then said, "I think with the current level of our band, it seems that it is still a little early to sign a record company, and there is no need for an agent or anything for the time being." If we sign a record company now, with our age and the current popularity of the band, regardless of whether the treatment is good, the contract will not be short. The competition in the current music industry is too fierce, and the only song we can get hold of is this one, if the results are not satisfactory and are refrigerated by the record company, it will hinder our development. ”

Hearing Xiao Yao say, "It's just this song that can be handled", Dean completely calmed down. Thinking that the record company wants to sign a band, I am afraid that the song "Immortals" is far greater than the band "Immortals". Xiao Yao is going to return to China and leave the band in a year, although he has begun to learn songs from Xiao Yao, but it is uncertain whether he can write songs of this level. If they don't have the talent for this, what will the band do in the music industry at that time? Won't it be refrigerated by the record company?

"But the opportunity to be on the billboard," Dean said with some reluctance, "this is what many musicians dream of." ”

"If you don't sign to a record company, you can have a chance to be on the billboard. Xiao Yao smiled.

"How come?" Dean said in amazement, "If you don't sign a contract with a record company, you don't have a record company to release and promote, and you can get on the billboard just by circulating videos on the Internet?"

"Of course, that video alone can't be relied on, but there are other ways," Xiao Yao said, "That's why I called you." ”

"Now there's an animated movie called 'teenagevigilantes' that has taken a fancy to our song and wants to use it as the theme song. Xiao Yao continued, "I have basically negotiated with the soundtrack of the movie. Tomorrow you're in Los Angeles with Sam, George, and Mike, and we're going to see the original movie that's still in post-production, and then we're going to find a studio and record an official version for each other. If everything goes well, when this movie is released, our song will also spread. At that time, it will be possible for us to only cooperate with the record company to release without signing a contract. ”

"Will this work?" said Dean, a little confused. He and the other band members are just a group of middle school students who play bands out of interest, and when it comes to things in the industry, they really don't know much about it.

"Of course," Xiao Yao said, "don't forget that in Huaxia, my father is a very senior musician himself, and I still understand the rules of the industry." "As a little-known person or band, it's almost impossible to find a record company to release music on your behalf without signing a contract, but if it's a musician who has already established a name or already has a well-known work, it is possible. Now Qijia Studio is taking the path of cooperating with record companies in terms of music.

"Anyway, you wrote this song, how to do it, we listen to you. Dean chose to believe Xiao Yao, no longer dwelling on this issue, and turned his attention to the movie: "What is the name of the movie you just said you wanted "Immortals" to be the theme song?"

"TeenageVigilantes, an animated film that is expected to be released early next month, should be promoted soon. Xiao Yao smiled, "Just now the soundtrack artist Ron Disstin told me that this is a film that aims to hit the Oscar for Best Animated Feature." ”

"So good?" Dean first exclaimed excitedly, and then said with some caution, "There are a lot of movies that say they will compete for the Olympics in the publicity, but in fact, there are very few that can be shortlisted in the end." ”

"yes," Xiao Yao said, "That's why I asked Ron to watch the original film in advance." I'm not going back tonight, I'm going straight to Los Angeles tomorrow. I'll send you the address in a moment, and you remember to inform the others tonight, and you must be on time tomorrow, and we'll meet directly in Los Angeles. (To be continued.) )