The next evening, Miwa Yoshida went to his place of work to wait for him.
Iwahashi Shin got off work and came out of the store. He immediately spotted Yoshida Mi and said hello to the two of them. The colleague who came out with him quietly looked at the two of them with inquiring eyes. Neither of them paid attention.
The two of them walked into a small coffee shop at a distance. After placing their orders, Yoshida Miwa said: "Now let's talk about the band yesterday, Shinichi-san."
"The situation is basically as I told you on the phone."
"That's it," Yoshida Miwa went straight to the point, "Where can we form a band and then rehearse and run in? Next Monday."
"Next Monday," Shinichi Iwahashi took over, "isn't there still nearly four days until then?"
In this small amount of time, we have to form a band and pass the live house audition to perform...
"How is this possible?" Miwa Yoshida sighed, "Shinichi-san, although I also want to get decent performance opportunities, I should also consider the actual situation."
"How do you know if you haven't even done it before?" Shinichi Iwahashi said, "I didn't just say it casually or act impulsively, but I really thought about it and I should try to form a band for you."
"How do you say that?" Yoshida Miwa looked at him. Even if she was not rushing to sell something, in her heart, she didn't have much enthusiasm for forming a band.
"After visiting so many livehouses recently, I deeply feel how popular the band is now. The fact is that if you perform as a band, you will definitely get many more opportunities than if you work alone."
"Besides, the trends in the underground music scene are also closely related to the future trends of the music scene." Shinichi Iwahashi recalled the piles of music history and magazines he had read, "The period when groupsounds were unprecedentedly popular was originally due to the spontaneous formation of young people at that time.
The band attracted the attention of record companies."
After that, a large number of groupsounds bands got the opportunity to sign and jumped onto the stage.
And just like when the Bamboo Sons were making waves in Walkers' Paradise, talent scouts went there to discover new talents. Now, when amateur bands replace the Bamboo Sons and occupy Walkers' Paradise, underground bands are booming, and talent scouts
I will never let go of this new trend.
Shinichi Iwahashi looked at Yoshida Miwa, "So, this is a possibility based on the current reality. This interview opportunity is just an introduction. If you have no prejudice against the band
…”
"There's certainly no prejudice against the band."
"So……"
"But, Shinichi-san." Yoshida Miwa interrupted him, "I am very picky about the members I work with. When I was still in Hokkaido, I was invited by my middle school classmates to join a band and perform in local clubs. But
, that team-building experience was quite unpleasant.”
"oh?"
"I don't get along conceptually, and there are some things that cannot be compromised no matter what." Miwa Yoshida said, "The band is a place where personalities collide with each other, but at the same time, they must tolerate each other. Therefore, if you want to get along for a long time, just relying on a good relationship will not work.
of."
"You mean," Shinichi Iwahashi understood quickly, "teammates must respect each other?"
In other words, everyone must have two brushes, but they must also restrain their brilliance appropriately, and each must show its talents, but at the same time respect each other. If we just have a good relationship and can eat and drink together, that is obviously not enough.
"That's pretty much what it means." Miwa Yoshida looked at him, "It may not be difficult to form a band, but it's a lot of trouble to recruit such teammates."
"So, I just want to try this possibility first this time." Shinichi Iwahashi was unmoved. He took out a piece of tape from his pocket and handed it to her, "Take a look."
Miwa Yoshida took it, and there was a rental store logo on the tape cover.
I am a bit stingy, but as an agent these days, my income has not increased a bit, but it has given me a lot of supplementary money. If I hadn't had a more serious job, I would have been raising grass in flower pots for vegetables.
Eat, even less reluctant to buy records.
Having said that, in the 1980s, the most important reason why the record market suddenly declined so much was the emergence of record rental stores. After borrowing a record from a rental store, you could then rip it down without paying any money.
You can just listen to the music, so why spend money on it?
In addition, the large number of music programs on TV is also one of the reasons that discourages listeners from purchasing. You can hear it on TV, so why bother buying it with a tape recorder and dubbing it.
"Rebecca?" Miwa Yoshida looked at it carefully, "The band?"
"It seems to be a band that debuted in the mainstream last year." Shinichi Iwahashi asked, "Does Miwa-san know about it?"
Miwa Yoshida shook her head, "I didn't pay much attention to it."
"If that's the case, you might as well take this tape back and listen to it later. It's very mature and stylish music." Shinichi Iwahashi introduced, "Of course, the main purpose is not to recommend music to you, but to ask you to understand it.
Their composition.”
The band Rebecca is composed of female vocalist Nokko and three other male musicians.
"Female vocalist?" Yoshida Miwa turned the tape over and over and looked at it.
"It's not very common for a female lead singer to be paired with a male musician, right?" Shinichi Iwahashi said, "But in fact, after understanding it, most of the creative parts are still handled by male musicians, or it can be said that they were previously hidden in
The people in black behind the scenes appeared on stage in this way."
Miwa Yoshida became slightly more interested, "So?"
"The form of female singer is very common, but when it comes to female lead singer, it suddenly becomes a lot more strange, right?" Shinichi Iwahashi explained, "In this way, it is easy to have characteristics that distinguish it from ordinary singers."
If it is Miwa Yoshida who is active as a solo singer, then she is just an ordinary girl who sings well. If it is Miwa Yoshida, the female lead singer of the band, she has jumped out of the original circle and gained more attention.
"That's why I thought about forming a band for you." Iwahashi Shin said, "You will undoubtedly be the lead singer. I can play the keyboard and write tracks, so I won't have half a band."
The band. Don’t you like me?”
"Of course I like you." Miwa Yoshida did not hesitate. But she did not forget the key question, "What about the other half? What should I do?"
Iwahashi Shinichi smiled and said, "Let's 'borrow' half of one from somewhere else. We'll go to a show and have a look, and then we'll find it slowly. In a band, it's common for members to change several times."
"Shinichi-san," Miwa Yoshida couldn't help but laugh or cry, "you are really a genius."
"The scale of the performance is 250 people." Shinichi Iwahashi said, "How could you miss such a good opportunity?"
