Chapter 121: Rock 'n' Roll Is Dead

Nothing can stop your yearning for freedom.

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A poet once said that money is precious, love is more valuable, and if it is for freedom, both can be thrown away.

When Liu Pian heard Blue Lotus for the first time, she didn't really understand what was written in the lyrics, and she didn't know how much bitter life the original singer had experienced. But that didn't stop him from being touched by the song.

Maybe it's for the simple phrase "yearning for freedom".

On this night, the Blue Rose Bar was surprisingly caught in a strange atmosphere, the drunk buyers were even more drunk, and the urban white-collar workers who came to release the pressure were also much more relaxed.

When Liu Pian finished singing and stepped down from the stage, many guests were still reluctant to give up, hoping that Liu Pian could continue to sing.

Legend has it that several members of the band, with a sincere smile, gave Liu Pian a thumbs up:

"Little brother, this song is very good. ”

"Singing very well. ”

"Next time I have a chance to come to my brother. ”

Li Yu also laughed and patted Liu Pian on the shoulder, "I don't have to say, it's great." ”

"Uncle Li is polite. ”

"Haha, what's polite? Don't you see many people looking like they're not giving up. ”

"That's when they got drunk. ”

"When you are drunk, you are even more drunk in singing. ”

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When leaving, Li Yu asked Liu Pian if he could let their band sing this song in a bar?

It's just singing, Liu Pian didn't think about refusing. Aren't songs written just to be heard?

As long as the song is still your own.

Liu Pian doesn't think that Li Yu, a bold man, is a person who steals the fruits of others.

Finally, Li Yu invited Liu Pian to the Shucun Rock Music Festival to watch their band's performance.

Liu Pian smiled and agreed, and promised to go to the scene to watch it when the time comes.

In addition to this, there are some interesting things that happen. There are bold girls in the bar, who give Liu Pian their contact information without scruples, some people give Liu Pian a hotel address and room number, and there are even girls who are willing to go home with Liu Pian.

Be as open as you want.

Liu Pian can be regarded as having seen the one-night stand that Liu Yi has been boasting about, but he was still not hooked up by others casually.

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The next day, Liu Pian registered the copyright of "Blue Lotus", and everything went smoothly. Last night was the first time he sang such a song with so few preparations, but fortunately, his performance was not bad.

After getting the copyright, Liu Pian is ready to record this song, anyway, Liu Cheng is still in Kyoto, so he can help himself.

In the afternoon, after Liu Pian told Liu Cheng, Liu Cheng responded in one bite, and told Liu Pian the address of a recording studio and asked him to come over to record the song.

When Liu Pian arrived, the people from the legendary band were also here, and they took the initiative to come over to help Liu Pian record the song, and in order to thank Liu Pian for being willing to sing "Blue Lotus" to them.

Legend Band currently has a total of four people, the lead singer and guitarist Li Yu, bass Liu Xiaohang, keyboard Hu Chao, and drummer Huang Liang.

Last night, the other three members of the band collaborated with Liu Pian.

It's just that I didn't prepare at the time, and although the singing effect was good, it didn't reach the most perfect. After Liu Pian gave the score to a few people, after half an afternoon of practice, he finally recorded the song in the evening.

Unlike the songs recorded by Liu Pian in the past, the vocals were recorded separately.

Then record the accompaniment of a few instruments and add some electronic tunes.

Finally, it is mixed to form a complete song.

In the past, instrumental accompaniment was made by virtual software to simulate musical instruments, but now real instruments are used.

Rock music, it is better to record real instruments, which is why the atmosphere of rock music concerts is so explosive.

After recording the song, everyone went to dinner together. At the dinner table, Li Yu once again thanked Liu Pian for letting them sing "Blue Lotus", which was repeated many times, which made Liu Pian a little embarrassed. It can be seen that Li Yu is sincere.

Now some singers have too deep secrets, before a migrant worker sang a song by a rock singer and became popular on the Internet, and finally sang on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, which became popular all over the country. At this time, the rock singer jumped out and said that the migrant workers were performing commercial without his consent, so that the family would stop infringing.

This matter is in an uproar.

But at the end of the day, I can't say why. There is nothing wrong with other singers defending their copyrights. However, migrant workers were born at the grassroots and were born weak, which aroused the sympathy of countless netizens and their grievances.

After clarifying this matter, the rock singer's fame rose in a wave due to a blessing in disguise, while the grassroots singer gradually disappeared from the crowd, which was unbearable.

Singing other people's songs, after all, there is still not much way out, you have to sing your own songs, even if you don't write your own songs, the copyright has to belong to you. is like Ye Wenxuan, who buys other people's lyrics and songs and sings his own taste.

Li Yu understands this, so for so many years, they have been singing songs written by themselves, even if they are unknown and little known.

Now that Liu Pian can let them sing, Li Yu is grateful.

"Liu Pian, I salute you for this glass of wine!" Li Yu toasted to Liu Pian.

"Li Shu, you really don't need to be so polite, besides, you also helped me record the song. Liu Pian said helplessly.

"It's one thing and the same thing, in the rock circle, those bands cover their songs tightly, like treasures, for fear that others will steal and sing them. Li Yugeng said straightly, "Liu Pian, you are the happiest person I have ever met, unlike other young people, mother-in-law and mother-in-law." This glass of wine, be respected!"

Liu Pian was speechless, picked up the wine glass and dried it up.

"But I said, Liu Pian, you really have a hand at writing songs. Li Yu boasted, "I remember the previously popular military song "Loyal to the Country", which was written by you, right?

"Uncle Li, that's not rock music, you like it too?"

"What's wrong with not rock 'n' roll? Who said that our rock band only sings rock 'n' roll?" Li Yu shook his head, "Now you can't mix up purely playing rock and roll without adding some pop elements." ”

Hearing this, Liu Cheng was silent. As a person who has come from the past, he understands the changes in music brought about by the changes of the times, and there may still be many listeners who like pure rock, but most young people don't like that set anymore.

"Liu Pian, "Blue Lotus" is very good, there are rock elements, folk and pop elements. Li Yu smiled, "Such a song can be liked by more people." ”

Liu Pian nodded, he had heard some rock music that was quite famous before, but he just didn't feel it, he couldn't feel it, so he couldn't talk about liking it, but the blue lotus made him feel it.

Rock and roll must be integrated with pop elements in order to survive better.

The saying that Chinese rock is dead is not unfounded.

Thinking of this, Liu Pian felt something.

Chinese rock is dead....

Can you bring it to life if you have a system?

I don't want to be as brilliant as many years ago, but I want to be able to show its beautiful wings again in this era when popular elements are prevalent...

Thinking about it a little bit, it wasn't until Li Yu's loud voice sounded a few times that he came back to his senses.

"Liu Pian, I have an uninvited feeling. Li Yu is a heroic person, and he can't hold back some thoughts in his heart.

"Uncle Li, you say, I'll listen. ”

"You haven't written a good rock 'n' roll yet?"

"Huh, you still want to sing?"

"It's not..."Li Yu gritted his teeth, "Our band wants to buy it!"

Liu Pian hesitated...

Li Yu hurriedly said: "Don't get me wrong, this time it's not like Blue Lotus, we will pay a price that satisfies you!"

Li Yu gritted his teeth and raised five fingers, "Fifty thousand! How about buying a song for fifty thousand?"

Liu Pian couldn't help but wonder, "Uncle Li, you can ask Uncle Liu how much I sold for a song." Ye Wenxuan, do you know? I sell him a song at a starting price of 100,000 yuan. ”

"You also know the movie "Dark War", right? I sold a total of 160,000 yuan for those two songs, and then the songs became popular, and people took the initiative to pay me 150,000 yuan more. That's 310,000 in total!"

Liu Pian didn't brag about this, Liu Ying's agent later compensated 150,000 yuan in order to have a good relationship with Liu Pian.

These songs are just sold for singing copyrights, and the lyrics and songs all belong to Liu Pian. After the song was commercialized, he made much more than that.

From the time Liu Pian began to write songs, he sang it himself and sold it to others to sing, and the income was more than the price of selling the song. He looked at his bank account, counting the hundreds of thousands of copyrights of "Dark War", the money from selling songs, and all kinds of follow-up income. For example, if someone uses his songs for commercial activities, such as the introduction of the KTV system, etc., such as being introduced as the theme song of film and television dramas, he has to share, of course, singers such as Ye Wenxuan and Liu Ying also have a share.

All in all, he now has a total of more than one million, and it is still rising.

This is not counting the wages and dividends of "Dark War". Because the final box office has not yet come out, and the revenue has not been calculated.

When Li Yu heard Liu Pian's offer, his face was immediately filled with a wry smile.

Spend hundreds of thousands to buy a song, their small band doesn't have that capital.

Liu Pian paused, and then said, "Uncle Li, don't worry about this matter, it's not that it is not undiscussed." ”

"You told me to go back and think about it. ”

Liu Pian, and his own plans.