Paradox and controversy
Singer Phuong Linh once shared that the song "Con gio la" composed by musician Manh Quan, which was given to her for 2 million VND, later became a hit, helping Phuong Linh buy a few houses and a car.
There have been such tragic stories in the music world. A musician who sells cheaply even gave singers no songs, when the song was "commissioned" to the market and became a hit (a song loved by many people) - the singer earned billions of dong by running shows, and his salary increased.
This situation is explained from many perspectives, maybe the musician himself could not predict that the song would become a hit. In addition, the musician subjectively thinks that his career is still long, he has composed many other works that are better, easier to become hits, now just need to transfer to singers so that the audience can "know the author's name".
It is not uncommon for musicians in the early stages of composition to encounter countless difficulties when the song is not sung by anyone. As musician Nguyen Van Chung once said, when he first composed, he sent the song to all the singers at that time, but no one responded. Even many of Nguyen Van Chung's later hits were paid very well, only 2 million VND. Seeing the price was too cheap, Nguyen Van Chung did not agree to sell.
Standing on the stage of Say Hi Brother, RHYDER also talked about the early stages of his composition, when all the songs he sent were rejected. RHYDER fell into confusion, even doubting his own composing ability. It was not until he shined at Anh trai say hi that RHYDER proved his ability when the song "Hao quang" was widely accepted by the audience.
Musicians in the early stages - when they are not famous, are easily in a weak position, because they need singers. The musician created the work, but it was the singer who made the work famous. Because of this relationship, the income of musicians and singers became a controversial topic.
"There are cases where musicians sell their entire song to singers at cheap prices. Later, the song suddenly became a hit, and the singer also had full rights to collect copyrights. The musician also had to accept it" - a representative of a copyright collection company told Lao Dong reporter.
The hit song has an unpredictable fate. Not everyone can predict.
The time of an all-powerful artist
Currently, the music market is expanding, especially the explosion of digital music platforms. As the digital music market expands, musicians earnings from tactions are also better.
A representative of BH Media Company - a copyright management unit (authorized) in digital space said, "There was a time when musicians did not care about copyright, as long as the song was distributed as widely as possible, the more singers sang better. Now, the technology era, the digital era has changed rapidly. Musicians can now receive copyrights from many sources. For example, the programs Call Me by Fire, Sister Who Makes Wave... they have to pay for many times the copyright, when producing the program, it is both for broadcasting on television and selling concert tickets. When the performances are posted on YouTube, the platform will also pay the copyright of the works authors.
Discussing this topic with Lao Dong reporter, musician Giang Son said, It is true that copyright fees on digital platforms are bringing good income to musicians. Many "hot" musicians, trend-catching, and good market access are living very well. They have many different sources of income, the singer orders songs with prices ranging from 300-500 million VND. When the song becomes a hit, is used and listened to a lot, the musician will receive pre-writing rights from many different fields and platforms.
The singer can buy a house and a car thanks to a hit song. Musicians now have the same opportunity to earn big.
BH Media representative said, Each different platform will have a different way of calculating taction rights. From television, YouTube, digital platforms, concert organizers, ticket selling nights... to other art fields such as cinema, stage, dance... when using music, works must be copyrighted by the author".
With the optimization and increasingly tightening the pre-writing rights and copyrights, multi-talented and multi-talented musicians who can compose, sing, perform... will have a "huge" income.
According to experts, this is the time of versatile, multi-talented artists, when they compose well, have many hits, and are also able to sing and perform like a singer.
Many "powerful" names are dominating the performance market with high salaries and many income from tac pham rights, including Son Tung M-TP, Phan Manh Quynh, Bui Cong Nam, Quang Hung MasterD...
The series of reality TV shows is following the market trend of finding all-rounder, multi-talented faces. When entering the market, they are the stars with the most "peak" income, both singer and musician.
