Chapter 184

The clarity of the video recorded on Betty's mobile phone is good, 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 use his ears to filter out the influence of other noises in the live environment and capture the songs.

After closing his eyes for a while, Ron opened his eyes again and said with a smile: "this song is really good. In particular, the lyrics match the plot of the movie very well, which is very suitable for the animated movie "teange vigilantes" in my hand

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

"I'm not sure you'll see them," Betty said with a playful smile, "but you've already seen him! Don't you think the guitarists in this band look familiar? The creator of this song is the guitarist of this band

"Guitarist?" After listening, Ron pulled the video of his mobile phone back to the place where he shot the close-up of solo, the guitarist, and then paused to watch it carefully. Just now, his attention was focused on distinguishing the sound of songs from the noisy scene, but he didn't pay attention to the specific appearance of the band members.

Looking at the guitarist carefully, Ron understood Betty's meaning. He looked up at Xiao Yao in surprise and said, "is that you?"

"Yes." Xiao Yao nodded with a smile. I really appreciate Betty's performance just now.

"So, I'm going to buy the copyright of this song to make the theme song of the movie. I can just talk to you directly?" Ron asked happily. Just now, when horn and Xiao Yao bought the right to play piano music, 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. I can decide." Xiao Yao continued to nod.

"What price do you expect? Or the market price? " Ron said very simply. And then he looked at Betty and horn, as if to remind Xiao Yao that I'm also Betty's friend, and you can't treat me and horn differently.

"Price is not a problem," the first sentence of Xiao Yao's answer really satisfied Ron, but the following sentence of Xiao Yao made Ron have some hesitation.

"But I have other conditions." Xiao Yao continued, "you can only use the version that our band plays and sings. You can't find other bands or musicians to perform it again."

"But you are just a student band. For a movie aiming to hit the Oscars, your playing and singing are still immature and immature..." Ron hesitated. According to his previous expectation, he really wants to find other more professional and mature musicians to re perform this song as the theme song of the film.

"I insist on that." Xiao Yao said seriously, "in fact, 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, and also our band's song of the same name, this song will be our band's business card. So I don't want any other version of this song until everyone knows it's our band's song. If I don't insist on this condition, then I have no reason to refuse Keith before. "

Looking at Xiao Yao with a stubborn face, Keith Craig also said: "in fact, as far as the performance of this song is concerned, I think the performance of their student band has been very good, which can be seen from the performance of the live audience in the video."

"Your movie tells the story of a group of teenagers. A student band is used to perform the theme song, which matches the theme of your movie very well." Betty also said, "I've been through their performances. To be honest, I think their performances are really good."

"Well, I'll try. But I'm afraid I can't convince the director and the producer of this noisy live video. You have to record an official studio version for me first, and I'll show it to the director and the producer before we can make a final decision. Although I am responsible for the music of the film, it still needs the consensus of the director, the producer and me to make the final film. " Ron finally made up his mind.

"No problem," Xiao Yao nodded confidently. With his family background, he is 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 not a film sounder. He can go around and decide what music to use at the end, so he knows what Ron said is also true.

"Then I have another request," Xiao Yao continued, "that is, I want to see the film before I officially sell the copyright."

This is to see the quality of the film before the deal. This is a common thing in the industry, but as a student band, it takes a certain amount of courage for people who have no status or fame in the entertainment industry to dare to make this request.

Ron looked at Xiao Yao with some appreciation and nodded: "no problem, I can arrange this. Maybe tomorrow. I'll arrange for you to see the original film which is still in post production. If you think it's OK, your band will go into the recording room as soon as possible. ""No, it's not me, it's us. We'll go with the band Xiao Yao stressed.

"OK, no problem." Ron shrugged. In any case, a sheep is released, a group of sheep is also driven.

And Ron agreed to meet tomorrow's time and place, this matter is basically finalized.

"I'm sorry to leave. I'm going to inform the band members." Xiao Yao after saluting several people, took the mobile phone to the balcony.

"Yang, by the way, tell your host family not to go back tonight. It's more convenient to go directly from my home to Los Angeles tomorrow." Keith took the initiative to stay at Shaw road.

"Yes, thank you." Xiao Yao is not polite.

After dialing Dean's phone, Xiao Yao heard Dean's excited voice before he could speak: "Yang, let me tell you some good news! The video of our band's school day performance was put on the Internet by the students of our school, which aroused the interest of the record companies. This evening, someone from the record company came to the door and asked to sign our band. "

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

"Not yet. Sammy and I both feel we need to hear from you, so we replied that we need to think about it." Dean calmed down a little and said, "I wanted to call you, but considering that you are now a guest at Craig's house and don't want to disturb you, I'm going to wait for you to come back. I didn't expect you to call back on your own initiative."

"Well, what's the offer?" Xiao Yao asked.

"The other party said that we are still students, so we won't be given too favorable conditions for signing the contract, but after signing the contract, we will release the single of" immortals "for us, and do our best to promote it. In their expectation, they should be able to reach the top 50 of the billboard. " Dean got a little excited again. "Do you think it's time for us to find an agent?"

"This is not urgent." Xiao Yao pondered for a while, and then said, "I think it's too early to sign up for a record company at the current level of our band, and there's no need for an agent for the time being. If we sign a record company now, with our age and the band's current popularity, we can't say whether the treatment is good or not, just the contract period will not be short. Now the competition in the music circle is too fierce, and the only thing we can win is this song. If the performance is not ideal, it will hinder our development

Hearing Xiao Yao say that "it's just this song that can hold hands at present", Dean completely calmed down. Think of the record company want to sign a band, I'm afraid it's like the song "immortals" is far more than the band "immortals". Xiao Yao is going to return home to leave the band in a year. Although he has started to learn songs from Xiao Yao, it's uncertain whether he can write songs of this level. If you don't have this talent, what will the band do to gain a foothold in the music circle? Don't you want to be refrigerated by record companies?

"But the chance to be on the billboard," Dean said reluctantly, "is what many musicians dream of."

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

"How?" Dean surprised way, "do not sign a contract with the record company, no record company's distribution promotion, only rely on the network spread of video can be on the billboard?"

"That video alone is certainly not enough, but there are other ways," Xiao Yao said. "That's why I called you."

"Now there's an animated film called teanage vigilantes that has taken a fancy to our song and wants to use it as a theme song." Xiao Yao continued, "I have basically reached an agreement with the soundman of the film. Tomorrow you will come to Los Angeles with Sam, George and Mike. Let's 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 all goes well, when the film comes out, our song will follow. At that time, it will be possible for us to only cooperate with the record companies and not sign a contract. "

"Will that work?" Dean said with some doubts. After all, he and other band members are just a group of middle school students who play with their interests. When it comes to the industry, they really don't know much about it.

"Of course," Xiao Yao said, "don't forget that my father is a very senior musician in China. I still understand the rules of these industries." As a little-known person or band, it is almost impossible to find a record company to release music works without signing a contract. However, if it is a well-known musician or a well-known work, it is possible to cooperate in the distribution. Now Qijia studio is going to cooperate with record companies in music distribution.

"Anyway, you wrote this song. We'll listen to you on how to do it." Dean chose to believe Xiao Yao, no longer entangled in this problem, and turned to the film: "what is the name of the film that you just said you want to make the theme song of" immortals "

"Teanage vigilantes, an animated film, is expected to be released at the beginning of next month. It should be promoted soon." Xiao Yao said with a smile, "just now, the music composer Ron distin told me that this is a film aiming at winning the best animated feature film Oscar.""What a cow?" Dean first exclaimed excitedly, and then said with some caution, "there are a lot of films that are said to be aimed at Austria in the publicity, but in fact, few of them can be shortlisted."

"Yes," Xiao Yao said, "that's why I asked Ron to see 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 later. Remember to inform others tonight that we must arrive on time tomorrow. We'll meet directly in Los Angeles. "