At this time, Seiichiro Kuribayashi was the only one in the recording studio. Before Akamatsu Haruko went to the appointment, she called the recording studio and said she wanted to bring a friend over.
Therefore, Seiichiro Kuribayashi was not surprised to see an unfamiliar girl following her.
"Excuse me." Kamachi Yukiko bowed.
"Hello." Seiichiro Kuribayashi nodded in return and quietly looked at Haruko Akamatsu's friend. She looked several years older than Haruko Akamatsu, and was obviously not her friend in college.
"Kuribayashi-kun is the composer of genzo." Akamatsu Haruko acted as an introducer, "This is Kamachi-san, my friend."
After their identities were revealed, the two people who met for the first time greeted each other again.
Seiichiro Kuribayashi acted as the host and made tea for the two visitors.
During this period, Kamai Sachiko's eyes were looking around the room. When she entered the recording studio for the first time, she had only seen the music equipment on TV before and when the camera swept by, now she was right in front of her eyes.
She felt curious and amazed at the same time.
Looking at these devices that I don't understand at all, I think that music producers use these things that laymen don't know how to do to create beautiful music, and I can't help but feel a sense of reverence for the musicians.
When Seiichiro Kuribayashi came out with a tea tray, he saw Kamachi-san looking curiously at him. Judging from this reaction, he must be a layman entering the recording studio for the first time.
He guessed that it wasn't because she wanted to see a real recording studio that Akamatsu Haruko took her here for sightseeing? If that was the case, it wasn't like Akamatsu Haruko's style.
Besides, this Kamachi-san didn't look frivolous at all in the recording studio, nor did he look like a tourist watching the fun.
"Kuribayashi-kun."
Akamatsu Haruko didn't leave him wondering for too long and revealed the answer, "Can you help monitor the shed?"
"Prison cell?" Seiichiro Kuribayashi was a little surprised, "Haruko, do you want to sing?" Didn't she not intend to sing and wanted to go behind the scenes?
"It's not me." Akamatsu Haruko smiled.
The person in the recording studio today is Seiichiro Kuribayashi, which is a lot more convenient for Akamatsu Haruko. The two are old acquaintances, and now they have to entrust him to monitor the studio for outsiders, so it will be more comfortable and convenient for them to speak out.
"Give this Kauchi-san a prison shed?"
Seiichiro Kuribayashi once again set his sights on Sachiko Kamaiike, and there was a slight change. He thought he was here for a visit before, but turned out to be here for a singing audition?
Kamai Sachiko looked shy, embarrassed to trouble someone she didn't know, "I'm causing trouble for you."
"That's not necessary." She said this, but Seiichiro Kuribayashi softened his attitude and stood up, "Please, come and sing... To be honest, it is the first time for ordinary people to enter a recording studio and hear their own singing.
, maybe you will be shocked."
I'm not saying this casually. Singing in a recording studio and singing in karaoke are two completely different things. The sound sung through the equipment in the recording studio has no reverberation, no echo, no modification, and it sounds dry.
of.
Because there is no embellishment, there is no way to escape any shortcomings or changes in pitch. People who are very confident in their singing voice may be shocked by the sound of their own voice if they enter the recording studio.
Akamatsu Haruko and Kamai Sachiko stood up together, stood in front of the console, and watched Kamai Sachiko walk into the recording studio opposite. Through a glass wall, she could see Kamai Sachiko opposite, and Kamai Sachiko could also clearly see everything outside the recording studio.
Chu.
As soon as I entered the recording studio, my biggest impression was that it was so quiet, so quiet that it was a bit depressing. On the other hand, it was so quiet that it felt like I was the only one in the world, and no matter what happened, no one would be around me.
But on the other side, through the glass wall, everything is clearly visible in the "real world" opposite.
Such a contrast made Sachiko Kamaike feel an indescribable discomfort when she entered the recording studio for the first time, as if she had entered a strange world.
Through the glass wall, Seiichiro Kuribayashi on the other side pointed at the microphone.
Kamai Sachiko came to her senses, stood in front of the microphone, picked up the monitoring headphones and put them on.
"So, what are you going to sing?" Seiichiro Kuribayashi asked her.
"That's amazing." Seiichiro Kuribayashi sighed with emotion when he received such an answer. He could only say that people should not be judged by their appearance.
Annlewis is a mixed-race Japanese and Japanese born in Japan. He first became a photo idol in Tokyo. In the early 1970s, he debuted as a singer. With the racial talent of a mixed-race person, his singing skills are unparalleled and his style is changeable. Sometimes he sings sweet songs, sometimes
Let’s add some more folk rock music.
In the 1980s, he married the rock singer Kuwana Masahiro, and his music style became more and more "heavy". He rushed in the direction of metal rock and became a pioneer of Japanese metal. After a few years of divorce and comeback, he released the song "
Roppongi Hearts".
In Japanese, "Heart" means to die for love. However, "Roppongi Hearts" is not a bitter love song about a man and a woman who meet to die for love, but a song that is bold and full of power.
Rather than saying that a man and a woman meet to die for love, it is better to say that they pursue the ultimate love with all their energy to die for love.
By the way, Annlewis lived in Roppongi when she came to Beijing from her hometown in Kansai to work hard to become a photo idol. By the way, when she first became a singer, the agency she signed with was Watanabe Productions, the father of Watanabe Manyumi's father.
Watanabe's influence is terrifying...
Kamaike Sachiko, a girl who looks quite quiet, said she wanted to sing "Roppongi Hearts". In the view of Seiichiro Kuribayashi, it was also a complete contrast.
However, for Sachiko Kamaiike, who loves rock music and has even thought about becoming a rock singer herself, singing this song in the recording studio is more to her liking than singing ambient ballads in karaoke.
Kamai Sachiko looked at the two people waiting in front of the console opposite.
The recording studio was so quiet, so quiet that no one seemed to care about anything done in it. However, there were always people looking at the recording studio from the opposite side. Such an environment made Sachiko Kamaike feel a disharmonious contrast.
She looked away, trying not to look at the other side, then took a deep breath and sang the first line of the song "Roppongi Hearts" "one! two! three! four!"
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Is this my voice?
After coming out of the recording studio, Kamaike Yukiko put on the monitoring headphones to listen to her performance just now. As a result, the shouts of "one! two! three! four!" made her feel strange, as if they came from another person.
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Kamai Sachiko was still surprised by the genuine voice, but on the other side, Akamatsu Haruko said: "Tamarichi-san's voice is really nice."
Seiichiro Kuribayashi said thoughtfully, "Indeed, a very nice 'sound'."
What both of them emphasized was the sound itself, rather than the performance of singing.
Although the recording revealed some unprofessional aspects of Sachiko Kamaike's singing, such as unstable breath, a slightly floating tail tone, not full enough in some places, and a bit cumbersome in other places, because she was nervous, she sang with her voice pinched in some places, etc.
All kinds of little problems exist.
However, even though she was singing in a cold recording studio, Kamaike Sachiko's voice was not compromised at all, and even in this state of no embellishment, her voice seemed more textured.
"There are too many problems."
Kamachi Sachiko felt quite embarrassed when she heard the little flaws in her singing.
But the thing is, if you are unprofessional, you can ask a teacher to correct you, and you can practice repeatedly, but this innate talent in voice cannot be copied the day after tomorrow.
On this side, she was wearing monitoring headphones and felt shy and entangled with her singing voice, and even felt a little unconfident. On the other side, Akamatsu Haruko and Kuribayashi Seiichiro were talking about other things.
"This Kamaichi-san is very powerful." Seiichiro Kuribayashi praised him. Thinking of Akamatsu Haruko specially bringing her to the recording studio for a sound audition, an idea flashed in his mind. He thought of something and said to Akamatsu Haruko: "Iwahashi-san today.
Go back to Tokyo?"
Akamatsu Haruko is not an idiot, and she will not regard Kuribayashi Seiichiro as an idiot. She understands, "It should be like this, but the performance is not over yet, and I can't move yet."
She is responsible for sitting on the bench for Shinichi Iwahashi at the TV station and knows more about his schedule.
"Just let Iwahashi-san listen to it," said Seiichiro Kuribayashi.
When Akamatsu Haruko heard what he said, she also thought in her heart that it would be great if Iwahashi Shinichi could listen to it, but she said nothing.
Kuribayashi Seiichiro didn't know, but she knew that Kamai Sachiko now had an agency and was a model. She was not an ordinary person she happened to meet in Walker's Paradise or a live house.
Even if Iwahashi Shinichi hears her singing, what will happen?
Akamatsu Haruko felt a trace of regret inexplicably. It would have been better if she had met her earlier and brought her to Iwahashi-san.
However, what has happened cannot be changed. Besides, Kamai Sachiko has no regrets about doing her current job. Akamatsu Haruko thought that if she felt sorry for her, it would not respect her personal life and thoughts enough.
In this case, it is enough not to consider the problems before us, but to introduce her to Iwahashi-san as his friend and let Iwahashi-san know that there is such a person.
I must show this audition record to Iwahashi-san later.
Akamatsu Haruko made up her mind. At this time, after listening to her own recording, Kamai Sachiko also took off the monitoring headphones.
Seiichiro Kuribayashi praised her, "Kamoike-san, your performance is quite good."
The composer of the production company was a professional in the eyes of Kamai Sachiko. Being praised by professionals, Kamai Sachiko was a little embarrassed, but the unconfidence just now was dispelled.
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Akamatsu Haruko wanted Iwahashi Shinichi to listen to Kamai Sachiko's recording, but it backfired.
After returning from the performance in Nagoya, Shinichi Iwahashi received a page from Kenichi Yamauchi. Upon meeting, he learned that the agency and Wink's record company agreed to try out the production plan proposed by Shinichi Iwahashi.
Since the idea was adopted, it was logical to get a contract and take over the production of Wink's next two singles.
Wink's record company is Polystar, which is also involved in the band Heavenly Kingdom. Representatives sent by the company meet with Shinichi Iwahashi at meetings from time to time.
After taking over Wink, when I met with their representative, the other person's attitude became more polite. Anyway, after participating in the production of their company's singers, Iwahashi Shinichi's identity also changed with him.
Record companies deal with at least 20 to 30 newcomers a year, and they must pool their resources to promote a few of them. If one of them can become popular, it is a huge opportunity.
As for other products that debuted at the same time, they are like gifts when you buy something. If they are easy to use, they are the best, but if they are not easy to use, they are like that.
Sometimes there are even newcomers from the same record company, and the company intends to promote A. In order to prevent A's rising momentum from being affected, it will deliberately suppress B, who has a similar style to the company.
Everything has a priority and a priority. The agency knows very well that eggs cannot be put in the same basket, and it is rare for newcomers who are promoted at the same time to sign with the same record company.
Obviously they are singers from the same agency, and they sang blessings to the boss at the company's annual meeting. However, they are also rivals in the music industry, and the producer jumps between different companies and singers. The industry is
Such a magical place.
If Wink is packaged according to Shinichi Iwahashi's idea, both production and publicity expenses will increase significantly. Because of this, taking over these two girls will be a big deal for him and Kenichi Yamauchi, who recommended him.
Bearing considerable pressure.
Of course, the same goes for the two girls. They have overdrafted so much money in one go. If they are not popular, they will be given up directly.
But it doesn't matter, since they are all under pressure, the pressure can also make them form the same front, and they can be more united. After all, if they don't do well, the game will end here.
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On the one hand, I have just taken over Wink. Before the work can be officially started, I have to hold several meetings and communicate with the record company, the office, and the two girls themselves. On the other hand, on Friday afternoon, I have to go on tour as a giraffe man.
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During this period, I also have to go to the TV station to participate in the recording of the music group.
Although it is not qualified to be on the prime-time broadcast, it can still be included in other programs that have the opportunity to sing songs as long as the company is strong enough. However, there are not many performances arranged. During the entire promotion period, only two recordings have been recorded so far.
The reason for this is also intentional.
Rather than letting the audience easily watch the band's performance on TV, we still want them to buy records if they want to listen to music, and buy tickets if they want to see a show.
This is not just because of the money, but also because it is easier to cultivate fans in person than on TV.
When you first debut, you need loyal supporters. After the basics are stable, you need widespread popularity.
With such an intensive schedule, it was not easy to meet him in private. Akamatsu Haruko knew this, so she paged Iwahashi Shinichi and told him: "Iwahashi-san, I have an audition tape.
I want you to listen to it."
Iwahashi Shinichi settled the matter on the phone and told Akamatsu Haruko that he would go to the recording studio to listen to it when he had time.
As a result, I put down the phone and was busy for a whole week.
