Mari Amaya and Takashi Gomi, who stayed in the rehearsal room, were chatting together, waiting for Shinichi Iwahashi to come back.
Gomi Takashi started playing guitar at the age of twelve. After graduating from high school, he worked as an office worker for a year. This experience not only did not make him give up music and live an ordinary life, but instead confirmed his determination to make a living through music.
He quit his job and became a guitar teacher in a music classroom, and also participated in underground music activities.
Mari Amaya went to the music class three times a week for half a year. Once, Takashi Gomi took her band to a performance and unexpectedly met her backstage.
Not only that, she is not a musician, but a dancer.
A dancer in the band...and now he is going to make his debut as a dancer through the band.
Friday night is a popular time, and it is difficult to borrow musicians from the band. For Gomi Takashi's band, the drummer and bassist are both office workers now, and the company they work for implements a Sunday off-day system, so the hours on Friday night are reversed.
Empty out.
When Amaya Mari came to see him, seeing how serious she was, he thought she was helping her boyfriend. But when we met today, it seemed that was not the case. He was very easy to talk to, and after discussing it, he agreed to come and see him. To this
There is not much curiosity about the relationship between the two.
In contrast, what he was more interested in was the strength of the upcoming female lead singer.
Twenty-year-old female lead singer...
Amaya Mari was the same. Her heart was filled with the upcoming Yoshida-san. She was really curious. She secretly guessed in her heart that she could make a layman like Iwahashi Shinichi decide to become a manager and take the trouble to form a band for her.
What kind of person is the child?
In addition to curiosity, there is also some unspeakable envy.
Because no one has ever made such a huge determination for her.
For different reasons and the same expectations, footsteps and voices sounded in the corridor from far to near. After a while, Shinichi Iwahashi came in first, "Long wait, you two."
"Miwa Yoshida, please give me your advice." From behind him, a young girl with short tomboy-like hair walked out and introduced herself cheerfully.
Her eyebrows are pretty, but her skin color is not white enough, and her mouth is a bit big, which has nothing to do with beauty. But she has a hearty smile, like the kind of girl whose thoughts are not bound and who has grown up from a girl to an adult carefree. Her temperament makes people feel
Comfortable.
As soon as Amaya Mari saw such a girl, he couldn't help but feel fond of her, and Gomi Takaji also smiled.
The basic situation was almost covered during the meal, so now we will go straight to the point and start the sound check.
The audition method was very simple. Gomi Takashi played the two original songs by Miwa Yoshida on guitar, and then joined Shinichi Iwahashi and Miwa Yoshida to perform together.
Gomi Takashi listened to two songs first and asked, "Is this an original song?"
"It's Miwa-san's original song." Shinichi Iwahashi explained.
Gomi Takashi nodded and looked at Yoshida Miwa, his eyes seemed to be making a new assessment of her.
In the underground music circle, strength is king. If a young girl has no extraordinary skills, she will be looked down upon by others, who will think that she has just rushed into the circle to take advantage.
Even if you are not required to be particularly strict or even treated favorably, if this specialness is obtained by gender rather than strength, it is itself a form of contempt. If you want to enter this circle in a down-to-earth manner, you have to show your skills.
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Iwahashi Shinichi understands this, so even if it’s troublesome, he still chooses Yoshida Miwa’s original works as the performance track, in order to give her more confidence.
Now it seems that this approach is quite effective.
Shinichi Iwahashi borrowed the electronic keyboard in the rehearsal room and worked with Takaji Gomi to arrange the music.
He studied piano in his previous life, but it was not like he had never touched an electronic keyboard. The subtle differences did not stump him. To say it was difficult was because he had not touched the piano for a long time since time travel. Before the audition, he actually had to practice his hand.
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Gomi Takashi saw through it at a glance, "Iwahashi-san hasn't touched an instrument for a while, right?"
"Uh, yes."
He had the memory of this body, but this body did not have his memory. He wanted to practice in advance, but he had no piano to play, so he could only review the fingering techniques in the air when he was at home.
At the beginning, the female lead singer's original song was used to impress, but it turned out that the one who was unreliable was actually the band leader, which immediately exposed the fact that they were a band.
Gomi Takashi was a little helpless. What kind of good expectations did he have for these two people just now...
The female lead singer who was being held back had no sense of crisis at all. Instead, she watched with interest as Shinichi Iwahashi was searching for feelings. She knew Shinichi Iwahashi's talents better than anyone else, so she was not worried about him at all.
Mari Amaya was there to help him, but when he turned around, he saw that Miwa Yoshida was completely unaffected and calmed down. But in his heart, he was a little surprised at the mutual trust between the two of them.
When I was distracted, I suddenly heard Gomi Takashi say in a rather admiring tone: "That's pretty awesome, Iwahashi-san."
In any case, he has an absolute sense of sound, and in the fields where he has worked hard and has talent, he still has two brushes. As soon as he warms up, he immediately shows his difference.
As soon as he felt it, Gomi Takashi also took out his guitar from the case, and the two discussed the arrangement of the performance on the spot.
Gomi Takashi has many years of experience in performing and arranging songs, and Iwahashi Shinichi has an absolute musical sense that even a veteran like him would be impressed by. The two complemented each other and immediately arranged things clearly. After that, Iwahashi Shinichi
Use simple language to communicate with Miwa Yoshida.
Only then did Gomi Takashi realize that the female lead singer who could compose good music was a "music-notation illiterate" who couldn't read a single note.
"What a strange band." Gomi Takashi smiled bitterly. However, there was no bad intention in his tone.
Mari Amaya also felt that it was an eye-opener. She did not expect that Shinichi Iwahashi, who was asked by Minako Ishii to dance, not only danced well, but also had such piano skills. She also did not expect that Miwa Yoshida had an innate talent.
point.
Thinking of Yoshida Miwa's firm trust in him just now, she seemed to understand why Iwahashi Shinichi had such determination, and felt even more envious in her heart.
...She doesn't have the ability to make people make up their minds.
After arranging the music, the two tried it out first, pointed out to each other the parts that needed to be adjusted, and then played it a second time. Gomi Takashi played the guitar a little harder, and Iwahashi Shinichi made slight adjustments to match him.
The third time, Miwa Yoshida’s voice was added, and the three of them performed two songs together.
"Well enough."
After the performance, Shinichi Iwahashi said.
He didn't feel it was completely in tune, but as a first audition, the result was quite ideal.
"Gomi-san's guitar skills are really superb." He changed the topic and praised.
"You're the one here, you scared me twice in a row." Now that the joke was enough, Gomi Takashi said: "At first I saw you were so unfamiliar, I thought you were a beginner piano player, and I was shocked.
.As a result, I played so well that I was shocked again.”
If I hadn't noticed at first that he hadn't played the piano for a long time, and his level suddenly improved so quickly, I would have thought that he was pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger.
He then turned around and praised Miwa Yoshida, "Yoshida-san must have very deep jazz skills and amazing singing skills."
After all, he is also professional, and you can hear it immediately.
"So, about this audition..."
"I'm qualified here." Gomi Takashi said, "If you need it, I'll be happy to accompany you."
Since it was an audition, it was not only an audition for him by Shinichi Iwahashi, but also an audition for the two of them by Takashi Gomi.
There is no problem with Takashi Gomi. Shinichi Iwahashi went to see Miwa Yoshida again.
"It's quite a match," she said.
In this case, the result of the audition is decided.
With a lead singer, a guitarist, and a keyboard player, it was already a good band. Iwahashi Shinichi and the two of them thought it over and decided that it was a temporary team anyway, so they decided to go to the interview with this lineup to avoid any unnecessary interviews.
Iwahashi Shinichi and Gomi Takashi exchanged phone numbers and pager numbers with each other, agreed to call before the next meeting, and settled the matter.
Only then did Gomi Takashi ask him, "By the way, what's the name of the band?"
"Dreams e true." Shinichi Iwahashi answered him.
After hearing this, Gomi Takashi said: "Iwahashi-san's English pronunciation is quite authentic."
