Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 514 One dares to think, the other dares to follow

The outro continued the style of an interlude. Without any prior preparation, a group of musicians followed Bian Lang's lead guitar and played the notes freely.

It was as if everyone wanted this performance to continue forever and didn't want to stop.

But half a minute later, Bian Lang made a pause, causing all the musicians to brake along with him.

As soon as it was over, Tu Ling stood up and whispered a few words to the lead singer, and then said to Bian Lang: "Brother Lang, when we officially record this song, you should sing it, and we can just sing a cover."

Bian Lang certainly knew what they were thinking, but for him, reggae was not the main direction, so it would be better to leave it to someone more focused.

"Just you guys record it, your feelings towards reggae are deeper than mine."

"This..." Tu Ling really didn't know how to reply to Bian Lang.

"What are you thinking about? You should know the rules of the Rolling Stones. The copyright is with me, and the recording rights are yours..." Bian Lang thought Tu Ling was considering this issue, so he mentioned it.

Tu Ling: "Brother Lang, we have already confirmed this with Mr. Chen when we signed the contract. I mean, if we can release the original album of this song, what is the price?"

We are all in the same circle, so everyone understands these things without having to say them explicitly.

The composer of a song is the copyright owner and is the basis of the entire song. A vocal singer is a performer and legally owns performer's rights. The copyright owner can authorize the singer to perform his work, but if the copyright is not bought out, most of the profits will go to the copyright owner.

For example, the Wailer is similar to a pure vocal singer, except that he has an additional instrumental part and may also have an arrangement.

So whether it is on the original Earth or the Blue Water Planet, it is very slow for singers with pure vocals to release albums. They may not release an album for several years or even 10 years, and can only sing OSTs.

Because they can’t afford to buy songs, it’s very expensive to find good songwriters to buy songs, especially to buy out the copyright.

For example, when Vincent Fang wrote lyrics for Jay Chou, he was paid 418 RMB per word. The song "Blue and White Porcelain" has only 3344000 words, which is worth RMB.

The price of more than 300 million sounds very impressive. After all, this may be the total wealth of some ordinary people in their lifetime.

But compared with the money earned from the song "Blue and White Porcelain", it's really a drop in the bucket.

Here's a more realistic statistic: Huang Guolun, the lyricist for Faye Wong's "I'm Willing," was already basically destitute before he wrote the song.

But after the release of "I Do", his royalties in the first quarter amounted to more than 70.

So in some jokes it is said that rock musicians write their own songs. That is because they cannot afford songs written by others, so they have to write their own.

But the more important reason is that if songs written by others are given to the band, the degree of adaptability will be very low.

Writing lyrics is fine, but composing and arranging the music must be done by the band members themselves.

Of course there are exceptions to this. For example, the Rolling Stones from the original Earth had an album before they became famous, which was a cover of the songs of the Bugs Band.

But creators are different. They write songs when they want to, and release albums when they want to. After the albums are released, if they have a high number of collections and plays on various music platforms, copyright fees will continue to flow into their accounts every year. There is no comparison between pure vocal singers and singer-songwriters, as the musical vitality is different.

With a large number of classic songs from the original Earth, Bian Lang now has a huge gold mine. If he relies on himself to develop it, it may be difficult for him to complete the task of fully reproducing it in this lifetime.

Therefore, for the people at Rolling Stone, as long as Bian Lang thinks there is nothing wrong with the songs, the profits from the songs will be divided according to the company's unified ratio.

Moreover, after the successful start of the two bands Mayuan and Ershou, even though they had already searched through the music library and marked the songs they liked, they would not take the initiative to ask for it. They were just waiting for an opportunity like today.

Because they believe that what Bian Lang gives is definitely more suitable than what they choose themselves, not to mention that they may also get a new song written by Bian Lang himself.

But no one expected that the opportunity would be seized first by the newcomer, the Cryer.

And it’s a new song written by Bian Lang!
"What are you thinking? Now that you're here, we're all brothers who take turns in a big pot. Stop saying such hypocritical things!"

Since Bian Lang has said such things, if Tu Ling continues to shirk responsibility, it would seem a bit pretentious.

"Well, by the way, Brother Lang, what's the name of this song?"

"Boys Don't Cry!"

After the name was spoken, everyone present pondered it for a while and thought that the name was quite unique.

"That's a good name. Brother Lang, I want to find some time after the Spring Festival to go to Mount Wa again and take some photos. Do you think it's okay to make a MV for this song?"

If this were said in other entertainment companies, it would be equivalent to the artist asking the company for resources.

But when these rock musicians say this, they are really asking for opinions.

If Bian Lang didn't object, these versatile guys could find a way to do it themselves. Although the process might be unprofessional, the effect would not necessarily be bad.

"Okay, then ask Qiu Luo to come along, so that your efficiency will be higher."

After Qiu Luo finished the variety show, he has been editing the footage that Guo Li and Ou Fei Na brought back from the Rolling Stones' European tour. When Bian Lang went to check on the progress, Qiu Luo said he wanted to find a song to practice with and shoot an MV that he would be the lead in.

Bian Lang thought this was feasible. After all, he would need someone like Qiu Luo, whom he could trust enough, to help him complete the filming of some scripts in the future.

After all, there are many classic movies on the original Earth, and Bian Lang really wants to have the day when he can revisit them on the Blue Water Planet.

He doesn't have that ability. The best he can do is come up with the plot. The rest depends on the screenwriter and director.

Just like the crime film of the same name "Boys Don't Cry", it also contributed an Oscar-winning actress.

Another example is "Pirate Radio", which is more like a 36-hour-long MV for those 2 classic songs than a movie!

"Okay, I'll go find him in the next two days to discuss the time! There's one more thing, Brother Lang..."

Bian Lang found that Tu Ling was really busy, but before he could say anything, Huang Kai, who was waiting for rehearsal, spoke up: "Tu Ling, why are you so slow? Tell me everything you have to say in one breath, we are still waiting for rehearsal!"

"Okay! But we may not be able to use the name Weeper for the time being, but Tiger said he would find a way."

There's no need to ask the reason. It must have been Magic Disc's doing when signing the contract.

This is not an isolated case in the industry. Deng Jufei of Original Earth and Sodagreen have both faced such problems.

Bian Lang thought that this was the most troublesome thing, but if they were willing, then they could give their band the name Mr. Turtle.

However, this is completely different from the situation with Ershou and Mayuan. The name of the band Mr. Turtle has absolutely nothing to do with the Wailers.

The name Original Earth came about by chance. A pair of brothers who would fail the course if they missed classes again were leisurely discussing the name of the band. One said, "I like Big Turtle," and the other said, "Big Turtle doesn't sound very nice. Mr. Turtle sounds cooler."

Then the name was decided...

Thinking of this, Bian Lang asked, "Does your name, the Weepers, have any special meaning?"

When asked about this, Tu Ling and others laughed and said, "There is no special meaning. We just felt that the word 'Crying' is more in line with the temperament of reggae, and then we decided on it." After hearing this, Lang suddenly realized that, in fact, the name of a band is often so random.

For example, the right to reshape the statue, according to Huadong himself, was the result of three people saying one word each, and then putting them together to create the new identity.

and so……

"If there is no special feeling, then just change it, so as to save Brother Hu from having to go through so much trouble again."

The brothers of the Wailers had no objection to Bian Lang's proposal: "Okay, since Rolling Stone has come, we can give it a new name. It will be a complete settlement with Magic Disc. Anyway, the copyrights of our previous works are still in their hands. Brother Hu thinks it will be very difficult to get them back!"

"Brother Lang, what do you think the name should be?"

"Just call him Mr. Turtle!" Since the others had no objections and no ideas, Bian Lang made the final decision.

"kindness."

"it is good!"

"That's settled!"

No one present was surprised that they decided on the name of the new band so casually.

It was just Dayong who started to urge: "Now that it's settled, let's start rehearsing! Try to keep pace with Olaf's progress!"

"Okay, then I'll divide the scores and everyone can take a look first..."

……

Unlike the Rolling Stones who have almost forgotten about the new song chart, major domestic entertainment companies and music platforms are all conducting an intensive review of the January chart that just ended yesterday.

BJ, the headquarters of Goose Egg Music, the director Ma Yuan looked at the Rolling Stones which almost dominated the charts and really didn't know what to say.

It's the same old saying. As a musician, he hopes that the Rolling Stones will dominate the charts for months. A catfish like Bian Lang, who has been struggling in the quagmire of Chinese music for a year or two, can hardly create a new event in the Chinese music scene.

But as the director of Goose Egg Music, this had nothing to do with their Goose Egg Music, so he felt embarrassed.

Although many users nowadays have more than one APP of the same type on their phones.

But if Bian Lang's terrifying head effect continues, Goose Egg Music's leading position will be lost sooner or later.

Today's meeting started with analyzing the situation of the January new songs chart, and finally turned into how to find a way to bring the Rolling Stones down.

A military advisor even suggested using the power of the group's internal social software to completely block Bian Lang's information.

But the Supreme Commander rejected it: "Instead of doing this, we should think about how to find some singers with good works and regain the top spot in February."

Although there was no news after inquiring from many sources, according to their speculation, the Rolling Stones would not release any new songs in February.

Even if there is, it can't be wavy hair...

In the Fanhua Bar, Li Yiliang and Tan Lian were discussing what new song to release.

Suddenly, a notification sound came from Tan Lian's cell phone.

Tan Lian picked it up and took a look, but did not open it immediately. Instead, she raised her head slightly and glanced at Li Yiliang.

"what happened?"

"Rock Sauna Updated!"

“Are you paying attention to this, too?”

"I think it's quite interesting. Guess what the content is this time?"

Li Yiliang suppressed his strong curiosity and said calmly, "I'm not interested..."

Tan Lian knew this would be the answer and didn't care what Li Yiliang thought, she continued: "Some of Bian Lang's songs are really well written. If we can buy the copyright to cover them, then our Face Band's chances of winning this year's competition will greatly increase!"

Her words are not groundless. If a music talent show wants to go smoothly, then song selection is very important.

For newcomers, if you choose a popular song and perform it to a passing level, it will have a better mass base than those who sing niche songs. Of course, if you can adapt it with some new ideas, the audience will have a better impression of you.

Of course, there are also some who rely on their expertise in a certain type of niche songs to gain the audience's recognition of trying new things. However, these contestants who only love niche songs have great limitations. If they jump out of their comfort zone, they will probably not go far.

Bian Lang's songs have undoubtedly been the most popular in the music industry in the past six months, so...

“If I’m not there, the production team can just work harder and there shouldn’t be any problems.” There should be a but after this sentence, but Li Yiliang believed that Tan Lian could understand.

"Then let Lao Lu talk to the production team and ask them to bring over some of the copyrights of Bian Lang's songs. They will be used during the competition anyway, so who can guarantee who these songs will be used for?"

This method is feasible. After all, the live compilations of various competitions in these talent shows can also make money on the platform.

When Li Yiliang heard this, he started to feel conflicted. After changing his mindset, he no longer had any mental obsession with cleanliness. As long as he could make money, he didn't care whether he would be despised by everyone.

But he was worried that although he seemed to have let it go, he was still resisting in his heart, which would cause problems when he was performing.

As for whether someone would say he was shameless and was trying to ride on Bian Lang's popularity, he would be happy if someone would use this to hype him up. As long as he was popular, he didn't care about anything else.

Seeing that Li Yiliang remained silent, Tan Lian continued, "Just listen to me on this matter. I'll go talk to Lao Lu. Let's first listen to what Bian Lang's new song is like. Liangzi actually said it's a children's song written for adults!"

After saying that, he connected his phone to the Bluetooth speaker and pressed the play button.

As soon as he opened his first sentence, Li Yiliang felt like he was going crazy again!
"Why does this Bian Lang try everything?"

When he heard the chorus, the despair in his heart that had almost been eliminated suddenly began to surge in his heart again.

By the time a song was over, Tan Lian could already hum the chorus smoothly!

"What a great song! It's a pity that it's not officially released. It would be so cool if I could sing this song!"

If it were the old Li Yiliang, he wouldn't even bother to pay attention to Tan Lian of this level.

But it’s different now. In addition to wanting to gain a foothold in the entertainment industry through her relationship with Ou Lu, Tan Lian is indeed a good candidate for being a friend.

So he gave his suggestion after careful consideration: "The melody and motivation of this song are very good, but the lyrics don't really suit you. If you change the lyrics... Wait, you ask Mr. Lu to try and find Rolling Stone to buy some samples of this song? Forget it, no need to ask, I'll do it myself..."

(End of this chapter)