Entertaining Children

  Chapter 184 Theme Song

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

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

After closing his eyes for a while, Ron opened his eyes again and his eyes lit up, and he said with joy: "This song is really good. Especially the lyrics, they even match the movie's plot very well, so it fits my hand. An animated film of "TeenageVigilantes"."

   "This song is the original of the student band in the video?" Ron looked at Betty, "You have to let me meet them."

"I don't guarantee you can meet them," Betty smiled playfully, "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."

  "Guitar player?" After listening to Ron, he pulled the video of the mobile phone in his hand back to the place where the guitarist solo was shot in the video, and paused, watching 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.

  Looking at the band guitarist carefully, Ron suddenly understood what Betty meant, and looked up at Xiao Yao with a little surprise: "It's you?"

   "Yes." Xiao Yao nodded with a smile. I am very grateful to Betty for just now.

   "So, I want to buy the copyright of this song as the theme song of the movie, so I can talk to you directly?" Ron asked happily. Just now when Horn and Xiao Yao bought the right to perform piano music, Xiao Yao agreed very happily. Ron expected that he and Xiao Yao should not be difficult to discuss the copyright of the song.

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

  "Then what price do you expect? Or the market price?" Ron said very simply. With that said, he also glanced at Betty and Horn, which seemed to remind Xiao Yao that I am also Betty's friend and you can't treat me and Horn differently.

   "Price is not a problem," Xiao Yao's first sentence really satisfied Ron, but Xiao Yao's next sentence made Ron a little hesitant.

   "But I have other conditions." Xiao Yao continued, "You can only use the version of our band's performance and singing. You can't find other bands or musicians to perform again."

   "But you are only a student band. For a movie that aims to hit the Oscars, your performance 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 re-interpret this song as the movie theme song.

"I insist on this condition." Xiao Yao said seriously, "In fact, Keith wanted the copyright of this song earlier today, 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 business card. So before everyone knows that this song is our band’s song, I don’t want other versions to appear. If I don’t insist on this condition, Then I refused Keith before it was unreasonable."

Looking at Xiao Yao with a stubborn face, Keith Craig also opened his mouth to help: "In fact, 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 in the performance of the live audience in the video."

"Your movie was originally a story about a group of teenagers. Using a student band to interpret the theme song is also very suitable for the theme of your movie." Betty also said, "I have experienced the scene of their performance. To be honest, I think their performance is really good."

"Okay, then I will try. But with this noisy live video, I am afraid I cannot convince the director and the producer. You have to record an official studio version and give it to me. I will show it to the director and producer. After listening to it, it can be finalized. Although I am responsible for the musical aspects of the film, in the end, the director, producer and me must agree to make the final decision." Ron finally made up his mind.

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

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

  This is the quality of watching this movie before trading. This is a common thing in the industry, but as a student band, for people who have no status and reputation in the entertainment circle, it takes a certain amount of courage to dare to make this request.

Ron glanced at Xiao Yao with some appreciation, and nodded: "No problem, I can arrange this. Just tomorrow, I will arrange for you to watch this original film that is still in post-production. If you think it's okay. , Your band will record in the studio as soon as possible."

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

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

   and Ron agreed on the time and place to meet tomorrow, even if this matter is basically finalized.

   "Sorry, leave for a while, I'm going to notify the band members." After Xiao Yao greeted several people, he took his mobile phone and walked to the balcony.

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

   "Okay, thank you." Xiao Yao is not welcome.

After dialing Dean’s phone, Xiao Yao heard Dean’s excited voice before he could speak: “Yang, I’m telling you good news! The video of our band’s anniversary performance was posted on the Internet by the school’s students. The interest of the record company, someone from the record company came to the door to ask to sign with our band tonight."

   "Oh? It's really good news, have you agreed?" Xiao Yao said with a smile.

"Not yet. Both Samien and I feel that we need to listen to your opinions, so we replied that we need to think about it." Dean calmed down a little bit, "I wanted to call you to talk about it, but consider that you are now Being a guest at Craig’s house, I don’t want to disturb you, so I’m going to wait until you come back. I didn’t expect you to call me 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 the single "immortals" for us and promote it with all their strength. According to their expectations, they should be able to rush to the announcement. The top fifty of the card." Dean became a little excited again. "You said we should go find an agent?"

"Don't worry about this." Xiao Yao groaned for a while, and then said, "I think it's a bit early to sign with the record company at the current level of our band, and there is no need for an agent or anything for the time being. Now signing with the record company So, given our age and the band’s current popularity, not to mention whether the treatment is good or not, the contract period alone will not be short. The competition in the current music circle is too fierce, and the only thing we can get is this song. If the subsequent results are not satisfactory, it will be refrigerated by the record company, which will hinder our development."

   Hearing Xiao Yao said, "The only one that can be drawn is this song," Dean calmed down completely. Thinking of the record company wanting to sign a band, I’m afraid it’s because the song "Immortals" is far bigger than the band "Immortals". Xiao Yao will return to China and leave the band in a year. Although he has already started to learn songs from Xiao Yao, it is uncertain whether he can write songs of this level. In case you don't have the talent in this area, what will the band take to gain a foothold in the music circle by then? Isn't it going to be refrigerated by the record company to the end?

   "But the chance to be on the bulletin board," Dean said unwillingly. "This is what many musicians dream of."

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

   "How come?" Dean asked in surprise, "Without signing with record companies, without record company distribution promotion, can the online distribution of videos be on the bulletin board?"

   "Of course not relying on that video alone, but there are other ways," Xiao Yao said, "That's why I called you."

"Now there is an animated film called "TeenageVigilantes" that has seen our song and wants to use it as the theme song." Xiao Yao continued, "I have basically negotiated with the film's soundtrack. Tomorrow you and Sam, George, and Mike come to Los Angeles together. Let’s first go to see the original film that is still in post-production, and then find a studio to record an official version for each other. If everything goes well, wait until the movie is released. Our song will follow. At that time, it will be possible for us to cooperate with record companies and release it without signing a contract."

   "Is this possible?" Dean asked with some confusion. After all, he and other band members are just a group of middle school students who are playing in the team with interest. 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 China, my father himself is a very senior musician. I still understand the rules of these industries." As a little-known person or a band, I want to It is almost impossible to find a record company to distribute music works on behalf of a contract, but if it is a well-known musician or a well-known work, cooperative distribution is possible. Now Qijia Studio is taking the path of cooperating with record companies in music distribution.

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

"TeenageVigilantes, an animated film, is expected to be released early next month. It should be promoted soon." Xiao Yao smiled. "Just now the soundtracker Ron Disting told me that this is a movie. The film that hit the Oscar for the best animated feature film."

   "So awesome?" Dean exclaimed excitedly, and then said with some caution, "In the promotion, there are a lot of movies that are going to be filmed in Austria, but in fact, there are very few finalists."

"Yes," Xiao Yao said, "That's why I asked Ron to see the original film in advance. I won't go back tonight, and I will go to Los Angeles tomorrow. I will send you the address in a moment. Remember to inform others in the evening, and you must arrive on time tomorrow, and we will meet directly in Los Angeles."

  (End of this chapter)