Rebirth in a Perfect Era

Chapter 23: Exchange of authorship rights

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Not a minute after Li Mu finished speaking, Zhang Kexuan ran to the lounge, took 20,000 yuan in cash, and stuffed it directly into Li Mu's arms.

"Brother Mu, keep the money first. As for the music website, you can give orders to the four of us at any time. We will be in danger with just a word."

Li Mu couldn't help but be surprised, he didn't even listen to the song, why did he throw away 20,000 yuan? Anyway, the more such a person is, the better they can work together.

"Don't worry about the music website. I haven't started it yet. I'll tell you when it takes shape."

The four people nodded like garlic.

Chen Wan felt that her worldview had collapsed. How could these four people, who had always been coaxing and refusing to accept anyone, be completely subjugated by an eighteen-year-old boy? Especially the drummer Ye Tianming, he is one of the most arrogant real estate developers in Jinling. I have known him for several years. When has he ever convinced anyone

But who told these four rich second generations to ignore the good second generation rich people and have a rock and roll dream? The most damning thing is that with the family strength of the four of them, anyone can save a little money from their pocket money to hold a national band competition, but they can't. They can use the money to buy equipment, or they can use the money to buy equipment from Li Mu. Songs are bought here, but they don’t buy rankings, which is still a bit moral.

Li Mu received 20,000 yuan and waved his hand: "Here is a pen and paper, I will write the lyrics for you first."

Although Li Mu can play some guitar, to be honest, he can't write music scores. This requires a sufficient foundation in music theory and a long period of sight-singing and ear training, so he can only write down the lyrics and then formulate the chord routines. Write it out and teach the four of them roughly how to play it. After they become familiar with the accompaniment, you can teach them to sing it yourself.

Zhang Kexuan looked at the lyrics and was a little confused: "Brother Mu, I can roughly understand the previous part, but 'if I could do it all over again, I would choose Li Bai', what does the lyrics mean?"

Li Mu waved his hand: "It's just for rhyme, why do you think so much about it?"

"Yes." Zhang Kexuan shrugged, and he and the other three continued to read. Although the specific meaning of the lyrics was not clear, it seemed to have a subtle rebellious mentality!

In order to help them complete the accompaniment of this song, Li Mu asked Zhang Kexuan to give him the electric guitar and let him listen and learn to sing.

Fortunately, although the technical skills of these guys are very average, their basic accompaniment is still good.

This song "Li Bai" by Li Ronghao, the rhythm comes together and the feeling comes out immediately.

Zhang Kexuan was listening to the prelude played by Li Mu and the band, and couldn't help but beat the time, holding the lyrics in his hand, waiting for Li Mu to start singing.

Chen Wan also joined in. She was looking forward to Li Mu's "original" music more than the four members of the band.

"Most people want me to learn to see with a secular perspective; I have seriously learned the secular perspective, and I will be secular until dawn..."

Li Mu doesn't like this song very much. If there is a reason, he doesn't like the lyrics of this song. Although it is enough for a pop song, if you think about the lyrics carefully, it does feel a bit cobbled together, but his The melody line is still very solid. It not only sounds good, but also has a sense of rhythm. It is easy for people to follow the beat and the atmosphere on the scene will be very good.

Therefore, when Li Mu just finished singing the first two lines, Zhang Kexuan was already jumping with excitement.

Besides being awesome, it’s still awesome!

The other three buddies also had to accompany them, so they didn't dare to be too presumptuous, but the happy expressions on their faces, as if they had eaten honey, were really beyond words.

Li Mu sang three times in a row, and Zhang Kexuan had almost learned it. This guy had a good sense of music. After Li Mu sang several times, he was completely familiar with the tunes and rhythms. All that was left was to find that carefree feeling. .

For the four people who play in the band, they feel that Li Mu's song is better than the two songs just now. After all, they are junior rock youths. They can be forgiven for not understanding the connotation. However, Chen Wan is more knowledgeable than the four of them. She It can be felt that the gap between this "Li Bai" and the other two folk-style songs is actually not small.

When the four members of the band were rehearsing "Li Bai" vigorously, Chen Wan quietly asked him why he wrote songs with such a huge difference in style. Li Mu's words left her speechless.

""Li Bai" was written when I was a freshman in high school. At that time, I was young, energetic and impetuous."

It's a shame.

Not Chen Wan, but Li Mu.

He felt that his face was getting thicker and thicker.

Chen Wan was also speechless. When she was a freshman in high school, she was young and frivolous and had an impetuous attitude. Now she is only a senior in high school. Could it be that she has aged too early? What a strange boy...

No, it's a strange, god-like boy...

By the time the four members of the band had become proficient in practice, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon. If Zhang Kexuan had not lost his voice, he would still be willing to continue singing "Li Bai" ten times, oh no, twenty times. He felt that this song was too Wow, the general idea of the lyrics of this song is actually similar to the song "Mom, Please Take Me Home Quickly" that I always wanted to write, but it's a lot more sophisticated and obscure. It's awesome, it's really awesome.

The four members of the band collected their instruments, and the four brothers gathered around the corner and sent the bassist out. Zhang Kexuan then ran to Li Mu and said with a smile: "Brother Mu, I'll give you the two songs you just played. After I got it out, I was so busy working on "Li Bai" that I forgot about it."

Li Mu was also a little embarrassed: "Your brothers are older than me, so you should call me Xiao Mu."

After saying that, Li Mu added: "What do you call the others?"

The drummer, who had been pretending to be cool and then completely defeated, stretched out his right hand and said, "Brother Mu, my name is Ye Tianming, just call me Tianming. Don't be the same as me about what happened before."

Another guitarist also stretched out his hand: "Brother Mu, my name is Xia Tian, which means the summer in winter and summer."

Li Mu shook hands one by one and said politely: "Just call me Xiao Mu, otherwise I won't dare to come here in the future."

Then he asked: "Hey, where's the buddy who plays bass?"

Zhang Kexuan said: "His name is Gu Wei. He went out to do some errands and will be back later."

Zhang Kexuan said, and quickly took out two of Li Mu's songs, and burned several discs in lossless format, as well as several discs in MP3 and WMV formats.

After the engraving was over, bassist Gu Wei also came back, holding a brown paper bag in his hand and stuffing it into Zhang Kexuan.

Zhang Kexuan opened it and took a look, then pushed the bag in front of Li Mu and said sincerely: "There is 60,000 yuan in it. The four of us totaled it up. It is not appropriate to give 20,000 yuan for such a good song. Twenty thousand yuan per person."

Li Mu was a little puzzled and didn't answer it, just waiting for Zhang Kexuan's next words.

Zhang Kexuan blushed and hesitated for a moment, then said: "Well... that's it. The four of us think that to participate in the competition, this band must have an original song of its own, so..."

Li Mu understood instantly.

Zhang Kexuan wants Li Bai's songwriter and authorship rights.

To be honest, it costs 80,000 yuan to buy a good song and sing it. The price is neither expensive nor cheap, but it is sold to a singer. For example, if a singer sings Li Mu's song, the copyright belongs to that singer or his record. The company and songs are also included in his album, but the songwriters on the cover, lyrics, and MV must indicate: "Words: Li Mu, Music: Li Mu". The right of signature is very important, representing the creative aspect of the song. of blood.

Chen Wan understood the meaning of the form and felt that he was going too far. She immediately said dissatisfiedly: "Brother, Li Mu is very generous if he is willing to sing a song for you. How can you do this!"

Zhang Kexuan also looked a little confused.

Isn't this just for the sake of face? If you think about it carefully, all bands are original. How can any band ask others to write songs? It’s embarrassing to say this. Domestic Black Panther and Tang Dynasty are overloaded, and foreign Metal Guns N’ Roses Nirvana is a cover. But apart from the covers of classics, everything else is my own original work!

Li Mu thought for a moment and asked calmly: "If I write a song for you in the future, you will definitely want the right of signature, right?"

Zhang Kexuan looked extremely embarrassed, lowered his head and said: "Brother Mu, just ask for money!"

Li Mu nodded and said calmly: "It's not impossible, but in this case, the music website will have to rely on your money and efforts."

One code equals one code. Since they are participating in a national competition, there are several rounds of regional competition and one or two rounds of the finals. This requires at least three or four songs. If Li Mu gives them all the signature rights, then he must also get the corresponding ones. remuneration.

As soon as Zhang Kexuan heard this, he immediately said: "Hey, what do I mean? It's okay. You just tell me about the music website. We will provide the money and effort. The shares are all your own!"

"make a deal."

(End of chapter)