Here at Iwahashi-san, I am treated like a real musician.
President Nagato always said, "It's still early for you to be your own person." The staff also treated them as an ordinary, packaged performance band.
After the collaboration with Daikoku Moki was announced, I went to participate in a music magazine shoot arranged by the company, and was deliberately asked to pose in an idol-like pose for the photo. The interviewers also prepared perfunctory questions.
When you are a newcomer, you have to do a lot of things you don't like. This is something you should be aware of when you decide to sign a contract with a record company. This is not something that the three young men of WANDS are not aware of.
However, they are willing to stand on the cardboard and perform hard in front of passers-by who are unwilling to stop for them. When they polish themselves until they shine, they cannot bear to be denied themselves again and again, and are even sent to work for popular celebrities.
The singer acts as a foil.
If President Nagato thought they were not qualified, he shouldn't have signed them, let alone let them debut so soon.
However, when the three young men were personally signed by President Nagato and quickly got a chance to debut, they would be lying if they said they didn't feel excited and proud about it.
Since this path was chosen by themselves, then if it went further and further away from their own imagination of their debut, they could not only blame the "adults" for manipulating them. The three young people even thought that they had betrayed themselves.
idea.
Only now do I realize that the "awareness" I had when I signed the contract seems to be somewhat different from the "awareness" I should have after truly entering this world.
After being arranged to cooperate with Daikoku Moki, the three young men were all worried, and each of them reviewed the current situation.
When they were still students, the three young men had all heard of Iwahashi Shinichi's name. Although they had not joined his banner, they were full of respect and yearning for this legendary figure.
However, it was this person who took the lead in this cooperation. According to President Nagato, it was Shinichi Iwahashi who tried his best to promote this matter. This person had great energy. Although President Nagato was reluctant, he
In the middle, I had to nod.
The hero in the eyes of underground musicians is now a businessman who can trample on other people's dreams for profit. The idols in the hearts of the three young people were shattered, which also made them take to see Shinichi Iwahashi for the first time before the cooperation began.
, they were full of politeness and alienation towards this famous producer.
However, this collaboration, which was rejected by them in their hearts, allowed the three young people to experience for the first time how their ideas and opinions were respected. This producer, who disappointed them in their hearts, took them seriously as musicians.
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What kind of person is Iwahashi-san?
Among the three young men, Noboru Uesugi was the first to begin to face up to the hero he once admired.
However, the reason why he changed his mind towards Iwahashi Shinichi, besides Iwahashi-san's respect for the three newcomers, was that this Daikoku Moki was not like President Nagato.
As he said, he has a "bad personality".
When President Nagato explained this cooperation, he mentioned that Daikuro Maki had gone to BEING for an interview, but due to his arrogant and arrogant personality, the two parties could not reach a consensus. In the end, Daikoku Maki switched to GENZO.
However, the contact during this period, whether it was watching the communication between Daikoku Maki, Oda Tetsuro, Iwahashi Shinichi, and the staff of the recording studio, or when the three of them were invited to join by Iwahashi Shinichi, Daikoku
Moji's attitude has nothing to do with words like arrogance and arrogance.
On the contrary, she is still cheerful and enthusiastic towards others. She will listen carefully to the opinions that she thinks are good. She sincerely applauds those who think they are inappropriate and will never compromise. She is a true musician.
Maybe when arguing, we might occasionally get into a loud and fierce argument, but it's never unreasonable or arrogant.
If this collaboration was like making an ordinary single, both parties would record their respective parts and then send them to the computer room to produce the final product and put it into print. It would not be like now, where they would meet and collaborate from time to time, nor would they meet again and again.
Arrange it one at a time...
Just complete the cooperation.
Then there would be no chance to understand Daikuro Maki's personality, let alone the opportunity to be led by Shinichi Iwahashi and Tetsuro Oda to discuss music production and express his own ideas freely.
Although in the recording studio, Noboru Uesugi still looked serious, but when facing Shinichi Iwahashi, his attitude softened.
Looking at this music producer again, he is neither the "hero" when I first heard the name, nor the "businessman" that I once hated. Rather, he is someone I am working with and someone I am learning from.
Noboru Uesugi's views on this collaboration have changed slightly, and Hiroshi Shibasaki and Yasusuke Oshima, who are in the same band as him, are naturally aware of this.
Shibasaki Hiroshi and Uesugi Noboru have similar interests, and the two young men can maintain the same views on many things. At this moment, Shibasaki Hiroshi also realized that Daikuro Moki was not a "conceited and arrogant" person, and neither was Iwahashi Shinichi.
I wanted to bring them over to serve as foils, so I promoted this cooperation.
If we really want to talk about it, it would make sense to describe this collaboration as VER fan LLION actively asking WANDS to participate in the collaboration. Hiroshi Shibasaki even had the feeling that the band was forcing a burden on Shinichi Iwahashi.
However, despite being involved as a foil, Shinichi Iwahashi's attitude was obviously to let their new band learn the experience of song production from them, and he was getting along with them with this idea.
"Obviously he is the person in charge of another company, but he patiently guided us to participate in music production." Hiroshi Shibasaki said in private, in a joking tone, about Shinichi Iwahashi's approach.
Noboru Uesugi drank in silence and did not answer the question. But in his heart, he also thought of an answer.
This Iwahashi-san may be a heroic figure like the one in the legend.
Just out of moral reasons, he can lend a helping hand to a band in trouble. Even if he is not a singer under him, he can provide help and support. For newcomers, even newcomers from other companies, he is willing to teach everything he has to offer.
Although Iwahashi-san is the head of a record company and has launched many popular and best-selling singers, he has always had a pure heart towards music.
Although they were still reluctant to cooperate with Daikuro Maki, the two young men, Noboru Uesugi and Hiroshi Shibasaki, gradually began to respect Shinichi Iwahashi again in their hearts.
However, when I first heard about Shinichi Iwahashi's deeds, I didn't respect him as an idol, but after getting to know him up close, I respected him as a person and a good teacher.
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However, Noboru Uesugi and Hiroshi Shibazaki's attitude towards Shinichi Iwahashi changed. Yasuyu Oshima saw it but didn't take it seriously. Although Shinichi Iwahashi is a producer different from ordinary businessmen, he definitely doesn't think so as his two teammates.
So good.
Especially when Shinichi Iwahashi encouraged them to participate in music production, he also told them: "Creation is multi-faceted and ubiquitous. Writing lyrics, composing, arranging, singing, and live arrangements can be applied in any aspect.
Make your own mark."
Uesugi Noboru and Shibazaki Hiroshi took what Iwahashi Shinichi said seriously like good students attending lectures.
But listening to Oshima Yasuyu's ears, I felt that such words were no different from what President Nagato always said: "Your strength is not enough", but he made these words more pleasant, and really
Just listened to their opinions.
All in all, it's all about "it's normal to do things you don't want to do before you become famous, but even if it's something you don't want to do, you can still treat it as practice until you gain enough strength."
...Just changing the explanation made the two teammates accept it without thinking.
I don’t know whether I should say that the two teammates are naive, or that the producer is deceptive.
Producer Iwahashi encourages them to make use of the existing opportunities. When they have enough strength, they can naturally talk about innovation and make the music they really want to do. This process is not about patience, but accumulation...
Noboru Uesugi and Hiroshi Shibasaki, two young men, actually did this.
Accumulate popularity first. Once you have capital, you can naturally do whatever you want.
This kind of humiliation and burden-bearing statement is a kind of comfort to the three young people who endure the pain in their hearts. At least it is a comfort that makes Uesugi Noboru and Shibasaki Hiroshi think that their initial choice was not wrong, and there is nothing wrong with this path.
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Once upon a time, Oshima Yasuyu also believed in this idea. However, he was denied again and again and was sent to be a foil to a popular female singer. These things consumed his trust.
...In the future, even if the band becomes popular, can it be guaranteed that they will not be forced into a team of newcomers and let other newcomers serve as their foils? If the band's innovation fails, can it be guaranteed that the company will not ask them to return to the style when they became popular?
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When he first decided to cooperate with Daikoku Moki, Oshima Yasuyu was full of opinions about this cooperation. But after experiencing so much, and after reflection, he began to realize that as long as he stayed in this entertainment industry, he would be recognized.
All its rules.
If you agree with this rule, you cannot gain true freedom. So, do you want to agree with this rule?
Oshima Yasuke himself was still hesitant, but looking at Uesugi Noboru and Shibazaki Hiroshi, the two teammates, Shinichi Iwahashi, who seemed to really support each other, and the company's president Nagato, both
I still have respect and hope for the future.
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Shinichi Iwahashi treated the three young men WANDS the way he usually treated musicians, which unexpectedly softened their attitudes, especially Noboru Uesugi and Hiroshi Shibasaki. These two young men became as humble as two good students in front of him.
This change was beyond his expectation. But in retrospect, he could understand why there was such a change. It was actually a kind of well-intentioned feedback after being taken seriously. Other than that, Iwahashi Shinichi didn't think too much about it.
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Anyway, there is no way he would risk starting a war with half of the industry to poach the band just to support them in making the music they want to make.
He is neither that idle nor that narcissistic.
In the final analysis, this band will either disband on the spot after the cooperation ends, and the members will bravely pursue their dreams. Or they can remember the taste of patience and wait until they become successful and famous, then challenge the record company and make the music they want to do.
Apart from this, there is no third way to choose from. In other words, for most singers, it is like this. You have to endure compromises before becoming famous, and only after becoming famous can you have the opportunity to be yourself.
If you were able to start your own band from the very beginning, you would probably have accumulated quite a number of fans in the underground era.
After this collaboration, if this band can ride on this gust of wind and soar into the sky, it won't be long before they use the chips brought by their fame to ask record companies to make the music they want to do. By then, either
As soon as they become a national band, they can either destroy their popularity with their own hands.
By the way they behaved, these things were obvious.
For Shinichi Iwahashi, the future of WANDS actually has nothing to do with him. It has nothing to do with him that the band became a national band, and it has nothing to do with him that the band fell apart.
Only related to VER fan LLION.
Either VER fans LLION can have a national band, or they will lose a key player when they first brought the band to its peak.
The former possibility is a blessing for VER fans LLION. The latter possibility is an immeasurable blow.
For GENZO, it is a good thing for WANDS to take advantage of this gust of wind and take off first, injecting fresh power into the record market and prolonging the popularity of the band. It is also a good thing for them to challenge record companies after they become famous.
It is a good thing that WANDS has become a national band with a unique style. It is also a good thing to destroy their own popularity at the peak and hurt the vitality of VER fan LLION.
As long as WANDS participates in this cooperation, it will only be good for GENZO.
Iwahashi Shinichi treats WANDS as professional musicians, leads them to participate in discussions about music production, treats them like his own band, and hopes that they can take off on this wind and become a rising star.
As for the future of the band, whether VER fan LLION will get a trump card or a bomb depends on what kind of talent the band has and what choices it makes.
For him, the more important thing about this cooperation is that he took advantage of this opportunity to cooperate with the BURNING department to promote Tetsuro Oda to participate in the selection meeting hosted by GENZO.
No matter how unhappy Oda Tetsuro is with VER fan LLION, since his contract with the company has not ended, if he wants to invite him to participate in the selection meeting of GENZO, he has to do a good job with VER fan LLION.
During this collaboration, the opportunities for Shinichi Iwahashi and Tetsuro Oda to come into contact greatly increased. In addition to communicating in the recording studio for the production of singles and working, they also went out to drink together in private.
This shy composer loves all kinds of taverns and has little interest in places like social clubs or discos. Not only that, because he has to take care of several cats at home, he often doesn't stay out too late
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Living alone, with a few adopted stray cats as companions, staying up late from time to time to get unkempt, and wandering around the recording studio with light steps. To a certain extent, Oda Tetsuro is a stray cat in human form.
For Shinichi Iwahashi, this was the first time he came into contact with someone with such a wonderful personality.
