Entertaining Children

The clarity of the video of the band's performance recorded on Betty's mobile phone is not bad, but because the atmosphere of the audience is too enthusiastic and the environment is relatively noisy, the sound effect is much worse.

But as a professional musician, Ron can still use his own ears to filter out the influence of other noisy sounds in the live environment and capture the songs.

He closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, and when he opened his eyes again, Ron's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile on his face: "This song is really good. Especially the lyrics, it matches the plot of the movie very well, it is very suitable for this song in my hand. An animated film of "s".

"Is this song the original of the student band in the video?" Ron looked at Betty and said, "You have to let me meet them."

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

"Guitarist?" After hearing this, Ron pulled the video on the phone back to the place where the close-up of the guitarist's solo was shot 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 appearance of the band members.

After carefully looking at the band's guitarist, Ron immediately understood what Betty meant, looked up at Xiao Yao in 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 want to buy the copyright of this song as the theme song of the movie, just talk to you directly?" Ron asked happily. When Horn bought the right to play the piano music with Xiao Yao just now, Xiao Yao agreed very happily. Ron expected that it would not be difficult for him to discuss the copyright of this song with Xiao Yao.

"Yes, the copyright of this song belongs to me personally, and I can make the decision." Xiao Yao continued to nod.

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

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

"But I have other conditions." Xiao Yao continued, "You can only use the version played and sung by our band, and you cannot find other bands or musicians to re-interpret it."

"But you are still just a student band. For a movie that aims to hit the Oscars, your playing and singing are still relatively immature and immature..." Ron hesitated.

According to his previous prediction, 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 first song , is also our band's song of the same name, this song will be our band's calling card. So until everyone knows that this song is our band's song, I don't want another version to appear. If I don't insist on this condition, Then there was no reason for me to reject Keith before."

Looking at the stubborn Xiao Yao, Keith Craig also chimed in and said, "Actually, as far as the performance of this song is concerned, I think their student band's performance is already very good. This can also be seen from the performance of the audience in the video.”

"Your movie is about a group of teenagers, and a student band is used to perform the theme song, which matches the theme of your movie." Betty also said, "I have experienced their performances. Honestly, I think they're doing really well."

"Okay, then I'll give it a try. But I'm afraid I won't be able to convince the director and the producer with this noisy live video. You have to record an official studio version for me, and I'll show it to the director and producer. The final decision can only be made after listening to it. Although I am responsible for the music aspect of the movie, in the end, it still needs the director, the producer and I to agree on the three parties to make 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. There may be differences in how much power the film producer has in the post-production of the film, but at least the director is definitely not a film soundtrack. The teacher can go around and decide what music to use in the end alone, so I know that what Ron said is also true.

"Then I have another request," Xiao Yao continued, "that is, before I officially sell the copyright, I want to watch this movie first."

Here's to seeing the quality of this movie before trading. This is a common thing in the industry, but as a student band, someone who has no status and popularity in the entertainment industry, it takes a certain amount of courage to dare to make this request.

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

"No, it's not me, it's us. Our band members will go together." Xiao Yao emphasized.

"Okay, no problem." Ron shrugged. Anyway, one sheep is herding, and a flock of sheep is also herding.

After agreeing with Ron on the time and place to meet tomorrow, the matter is basically finalized.

"I'm sorry, just leave for a while, I'm going to inform the band members." After greeting several people, Xiao Yao walked to the balcony with his mobile phone.

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

"Okay, thank you." Xiao Yao was blunt.

After dialing Dean's phone, before Xiao Yao could speak, he heard Dean's excited voice: "Yan, I have good news for you! The video of our band's performance on the anniversary day was posted on the Internet by the students of the school, which caused a lot of controversy. Interest from the record company, someone from the record company came to our door tonight and said they would sign our band."

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

"Not yet. Both Sammy and I felt that we needed to hear your opinion, so we replied that we needed to think about it." Dean calmed down a little, "I wanted to call you, but considering your opinion now I’m a guest at Craig’s house, and I don’t want to disturb you, so I’m going to wait until you 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 they won't give us too generous signing conditions, but after signing the contract, they will release a single of the song "immortals" for us and fully promote it. According to their prediction, they should be able to rush to the announcement Top fifty cards." Dean became a little excited again, "Do you think it's time for us to find an agent?"

"There's no rush." ​​Xiao Yao pondered for a moment, and then said, "I think it's too early to sign with a record company based on our band's current level, and we don't need a manager or anything for the time being. Signing with a record company now If so, given our age and the current popularity of the band, not to mention whether the salary is good or not, the contract period alone will not be short. The competition in the music industry is too fierce now, and all we can offer is this song. , if the results in the future are not satisfactory, it will be frozen by the record company, which will hinder our development."

Hearing Xiao Yao say, "This is the only song that can be sold at present", Dean completely calmed down. Thinking of the record company wanting to sign the band, I am afraid that the song "immortals" is far more fancy than the band "immortals". Xiao Yao will return to China and leave the band after a year. Although he has started to learn songs from Xiao Yao, it is uncertain whether he can write songs of this level. If I don't have the talent in this area, what will the band do to gain a foothold in the music circle? Wouldn't it be refrigerated by the record company to the end?

"But it's an opportunity to be on the bulletin board," Dean said with some reluctance. "This is the dream of many musicians."

"If you don't sign with a record company, you can still have the opportunity to be on the billboard." Xiao Yao laughed.

"How?" Dean asked in amazement, "Without signing a contract with a record company, without the release promotion of a record company, can the video be on the bulletin board only by online circulation?"

"Of course that video alone won't work, but there are other ways," Xiao Yao said, "That's why I called you."

"Now there is an animated film called "S" 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 film's soundtrack artist. Tomorrow you and Sam, George and Mike are coming to Los Angeles together. Let's go to see the original film that is still in post-production, and then find a recording studio to record an official version for each other. If all goes well, wait until the film is released, This song of ours will also spread. At that time, it will be possible for us to cooperate with the record company and release it without signing a contract."

"Is this possible?" Dean asked with some doubts. After all, he and other band members are just a group of middle school students who play bands out of interest. When it comes to things in the industry, they really don't know much about them.

"Of course," Xiao Yao said, "Don't forget that in Huaxia, my father is a very experienced musician himself. I still understand the rules in these industries." It is almost impossible to find a record company to distribute music works under the condition of signing a contract, but if it is an already famous musician or a work that is already quite well-known, cooperative release is possible. Now Qijia Studio is taking the road of co-publishing with record companies in terms of music.

"Anyway, you wrote this song. We will listen to you on how to do it." Dean chose to believe in Xiao Yao, and stopped entangled in this issue, and turned his attention to the movie: "You said just now that you want "" What is the name of the movie whose theme song is Immortals?"

""S", an animated film, is expected to be released early next month, and it should start promoting soon." Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Just now the soundtrack composer Ron Distin told me that this is a TV series. The film that is competing for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film."

"So awesome?" Dean exclaimed excitedly, and then said cautiously, "There are quite a few films that are said to be going to the Olympics in the promotion, but in fact there are very few films that will be shortlisted in the end."

"That's right," Xiao Yao said, "That's why I asked Ron to watch the original film in advance. I won't go back tonight, and I'll go directly to Los Angeles tomorrow. I'll send you the address in a while. Remember to inform other people at night, you must arrive on time tomorrow, and we will meet directly in Los Angeles." (To be continued.)