Seeing Iwahashi Shinichi's reaction, Mineshima understood clearly, "Are you not prepared? This is not possible."
If you want to promote something, of course you can’t do it without “samples”.
The same goes for promoting a singer. Prepare an audition tape, and preferably record a video of her performance, so that the person receiving the promotion has a general understanding of her. In addition, a resume is also indispensable.
Minedama is not a person who hides things. In other words, he is very willing to share everything about his agent with others and is proud of his work. Otherwise, he would not be so interested in Iwahashi Shinichi when they first met.
Say the words "selling excellence".
At this time, Iwahashi Shinichi asked for his help, and he also taught him everything he could and helped him analyze it seriously.
Mineshima said, "Although there are various ways for singers to make their debut, whether it is being discovered by a record company or a talent scout, or participating in a music competition, the most important thing is to really get to the bottom of it. In order to achieve the goal, '
Self-presentation'."
Choosing singers is not about choosing models and actors. Talent scouts can talk to people with outstanding appearance in places like Takeshita Street where young people hang out, ask them "if they are willing to become a model (actor)", and then invite them to participate in an interview, but they cannot
When asking someone who doesn't know anything about "Would you like to be a singer?", you must fully and clearly understand the singer's ability in advance.
In Tokyo, which is so big, there are always hundreds of record companies. Before self-promotion, record companies must also be screened. A mainstream debut is not just about pursuing a "debut".
Although as an unknown little person, he is picked and picked by record companies most of the time, the choice is always mutual. While being chosen, he will also choose the other party.
For Yoshida Miwa, Mineshima gave quite simple advice, "As you said, Yoshida-san's style is not popular enough, so you might as well actively contact performances, clubs, livehouses, or street shows. In short, perform as many performances as possible to accumulate fame.
.”
Fengdao casually took Mimi Club as an example, "For example, this troublesome team started performing in the club three years ago. I met them because they wanted to hold a concert in a live house, and they found me for help through others.
Contact. I thought it was some popular band, but after the show started, only twelve people came in."
"Mineshima-san was so impressed by our desolate scene that he became our agent." Ryuya Ishii laughed at himself.
Mineshima laughed, "I was really impressed. Just like that, they finished the performance happily and distributed free videos of the band to the audience."
"The livehouse can accommodate 150 people. We thought it might be overloaded when it was full, so we specially prepared 200 videotapes." Yasuhide Onoda said.
Iwahashi Shinichi couldn't hold it back and laughed. Wasn't this meant to be funny?
"However, starting from there, it is now a relatively famous band, and it has successfully signed with a record company." Fengdao smiled, and his expression became serious again, "In short, that's how it goes from underground to mainstream.
Hard."
Nowadays, Shinichi Iwahashi lives in an era where idols are becoming popular. At the same time, the record market has shrunk a lot compared to previous years. Even Nakamori Akina or Fanggezi Band, who are killing everyone, even if they are phenomenally popular, they are limited to
The market environment also makes it difficult to reproduce the sales glory of the 1970s.
As the market shrinks, record companies have also become cautious. What's more, in a country with a highly developed and complete entertainment industry, as a grassroots country, there is no good time and place. The only way is to accumulate on the ground and look for opportunities in the gaps.
This is something that even if you are good at singing, can write best-selling songs, and are impeccable in every aspect, there is no way around it.
"By the way, Iwahashi-kun, can you drive?" Mineshima asked him.
Iwahashi Shinichi replied: "If it's a normal exemption, yes."
This body had already obtained a driver's license before coming to Beijing, and its qualification was an ordinary license exemption, which was approximately equivalent to the domestic C1 license.
"That will be much more convenient." Fengdao said, "I sometimes take the band out to perform. If you can drive, you can follow me to help. Basically, it is just doing odd jobs, which is quite hard and boring work. However, maybe you can learn something from it.
experience."
"That's what I want." Iwahashi Shinichi said, "If you need it, please be sure to call me."
Mineshima came over in a hurry, and after saying this, he was about to leave again. Before leaving, he exchanged contact information with Shinichi Iwahashi.
Shinichi Iwahashi wrote down the phone number of his apartment, and Mineshima took it, "Don't you have a pager, Iwahashi-kun?"
"No." Shinichi Iwahashi said,
"Since you want to be an agent, it's best to have a pager that can contact you at any time." Minedama gave the last suggestion of the trip and left in a hurry.
As soon as Mineshima left, the band members stopped thinking about rehearsing. They surrounded him and asked him about various details about being a manager. Iwahashi Shinichi had no choice but to tell the truth.
He said that the reason why he met Yoshida Miwa was because he heard that the piano was out of tune. Everyone in the band had an unexpected but appreciative reaction of "You kid can do it."
In this atmosphere, Iwahashi Shinichi was not proud, but he felt a sense of recognition, and his yearning for this industry increased.
Takuji Sakamoto said of him, "With such talent, it would be better to be in a band than to be a manager."
"How can it be so easy to be a band?" Shinichi Iwahashi said.
"There's a band," Ryuya Ishii joked. "There are many root bass players and 1645 guitarists. Can you play c, g, f?" Seeing him nodding, he encouraged: "That won't be a problem, come on.
Bar."
Hearing what he said so casually, Iwahashi Shinichi simply started joking, "If I had known it was so easy, I wouldn't have been Yoshida-san's manager."
After chatting for a while about the Three-Legged Cats band, the focus of these people finally came back.
After a while, Minako Ishii's foot injury has healed and she can continue dancing. Ryuya Ishii is still very talkative and likes to add his rakugo to her performances.
During this period, the members quarreled over a rhythm and contacted each other tirelessly. Iwahashi Shinichi watched from the side and stayed with them until the rehearsal was over before leaving.
Shinichi Iwahashi followed Mineshima's suggestion and decided to record a demo tape for Miwa Yoshida first.
Mineshima introduced him to a reasonably priced recording studio. After settling on it, Iwahashi Shinichi called Yoshida Miwa and asked her out.
As a result, after meeting her for a few days, she also changed her hair style and got a very short haircut. The bangs on her forehead were uneven and she looked like a little boy.
Thinking of Mari Amaya, whom he had just met, Shinichi Iwahashi was a little amused, "Is there any 'hair loss fad' these days?"
