raknovel Chapter 6: Song Signing with Music Platforms
Chapter 6: Song Signing with Music Platforms
"You're saying this is a song you wrote yourself? Are you sure?"
At home, Zhang Qin, the younger sister, was completely incredulous after hearing the song composed by Zhang Zeyan.
Zhang Zeyan's songs are very beautiful; she liked them the moment she heard them.
However, her 12-year-old nephew told her that he created it himself, which was truly astonishing.
"Auntie, this is indeed my own composition. I even have the arrangement information for this song here!"
Zhang Zeyan showed the information about his AI training to his aunt.
The aunt stared at Zhang Zeyan's phone for a long time, and in the end, no matter how much she couldn't believe it, she had to admit that it was indeed created by her nephew.
That evening, when Chen Hongtao, Zhang Zeyan's uncle, came home from get off work, he was shocked to learn that Zhang Zeyan had actually created a very beautiful song.
He never expected that Zhang Zeyan was not only good at studying, but also so good at songwriting.
"Auntie, my idea is to upload this song to a music platform, but I don't have an ID card yet, so I can only register an account using your ID cards..."
Zhang Zeyan shared his thoughts with his aunt and uncle.
If he wants to make money from this song as soon as possible, he still needs to rely on music platforms.
As long as he signs a contract with a music platform, he can receive a share of the revenue when someone pays to download the song.
Now, clips of this song have gone viral on short video platforms. I believe that once the full version is uploaded to the platform, many people will definitely pay to download it.
"Let's register using your aunt's ID card," Uncle Chen Hongtao decided.
"If we just want to charge a fee, we can only sign with a music platform. Which platform should we choose?"
Although the decision was made to upload the song to a music platform, deciding which platform to upload it to proved difficult.
Just then, Zhang Zeyan's phone rang.
"Hello, is this Ms. Zhang Qin?" A middle-aged man's voice came from the phone.
"Auntie, it's for you." Zhang Zeyan handed the phone directly to his auntie.
"Hello, this is Zhang Qin. May I ask who you are?"
"Hello, Ms. Zhang Qin, I am a staff member of Cool Music Company. We have seen an account registered with your identity information."
"This account posted a nice song on our platform today called 'Night in Hezamu City.' May I ask what your relationship is with the child who sang this song?" The middle-aged man on the other end of the phone asked very politely.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Qin thought for a moment and explained, "The child who sang is my nephew. Because he is not yet an adult, he cannot be registered with his real name, so my identity information was used for registration."
Upon hearing Zhang Qin's words, the person on the other end of the phone continued, "It's like this, we saw the song your nephew sang in the video, and I'd like to ask where that song is from?"
"Oh, you mean that song? My nephew wrote it himself," Zhang Qin explained.
"Was that song written by your nephew? How old is your nephew? Are you sure that song was indeed written by your nephew? Is the copyright also in his hands?" the middle-aged man asked, somewhat incredulously.
"It was indeed created by my nephew, I can guarantee that," Zhang Qin said with certainty.
"That's great! Our company's Cool Music platform wants to sign this song. What are your thoughts?" the middle-aged man asked on the other end of the phone.
"This..." Aunt Zhang Qin looked at Zhang Zeyan, seeking his opinion.
"Okay," Zhang Zeyan nodded and said.
Anyway, signing with any music platform is still signing a contract. The fact that Cool Music approached us first means that this song is destined for them.
"My nephew has agreed to sign a contract with you," Zhang Qin said hurriedly into the phone.
"That's good. By the way, may I ask if you produced the instrumental track for this song yourself, or did you use AI to generate it? If it's AI, which company's AI did you use?" the middle-aged man continued to ask.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Qin looked at Zhang Zeyan again.
"I used a kingfisher to generate the accompaniment," Zhang Zeyan said into the phone.
"Kingfisher, huh? That's a bit troublesome." The middle-aged man's voice was somewhat heavy.
"What's the problem?" asked Chen Hongtao, the uncle-in-law, who was standing nearby.
Upon hearing the inquiry, the middle-aged man on the other end of the phone said, "According to the law, AI companies can obtain up to 50% of the copyright for music created using AI. Kingfisher doesn't belong to our company, which makes things more complicated."
"Huh? An AI company can take half of the copyright from me?" Zhang Zeyan was taken aback when he heard the middle-aged man's words.
"Yes, the highest is half the copyright, and the lowest is 10%, depending on how much AI is involved. If most of the content is created by AI, then the AI company can get half the copyright," the middle-aged man explained.
"What if I wrote both the lyrics and the melody myself, and the AI just generated the accompaniment?" Zhang Zeyan asked into the phone.
"Are you sure you wrote both the lyrics and the melody yourself?" came the surprised voice of the middle-aged man.
"I'm sure. I have the original file from when I uploaded it, which proves that I wrote both the lyrics and the melody myself," Zhang Zeyan confirmed.
"That's great! You can download our company's Doubao app and use it to regenerate a backing track, which will avoid any copyright disputes."
"And don't worry, as long as you sign a contract with us, we won't take any of your music copyrights for the accompaniment you generate with Doubao," the middle-aged man said to Zhang Zeyan.
"Okay, then I'll generate it again using bean buns."
After exchanging a few more words, the two parties hung up the phone.
"Zeyan, are you sure you want to sign with Cool Music?" Aunt Zhang Qin asked Zhang Zeyan.
"It's settled. Sign the contract as soon as possible and start making money as soon as possible." Zhang Zeyan nodded.
Soon, Zhang Zeyan downloaded a Doubao app.
He spent two hours using the Doubao app to regenerate a backing track that he was more satisfied with.
After generating the accompaniment, Zhang Zeyan recorded another version of the recording.
After doing all that, Zhang Zeyan asked his aunt to upload the song to the Cool Music platform.
After uploading the music, the next step is to sign a contract with the platform.
Fortunately, it was an electronic contract, and with communication between both parties, the signing was completed in less than ten minutes.
"Ms. Zhang, Ms. Zhang, we will increase the promotion of your song on the platform. Also, please release another video on the short video platform. I will ask the platform to promote it for you."
"Okay, we'll send the video right away."
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Zeyan quickly sent a new video, with the same background music generated by Doubao.