The same musical instrument?" Tatsuya Hirakawa still didn't quite understand.
Not only Hirakawa Tatsuya, but also everyone else present was a little confused by Iwahashi Shinichi.
Iwahashi Shinichi explained, "We must consider the situation if teenagers or freelancers watch your performance and want to imitate you and form a band."
"If you use high-end instruments, there will be a sense of distance between you and these people. Use domestically produced affordable instruments, so that teenagers who want to imitate you and form a band can afford the same model."
His perspective on things made everyone present feel a little bit incredible.
“That’s right,” he said, “Although it is necessary for musicians to pursue good instruments and good recording quality, pop music for the public, especially rock music, should still try to retain its civilian side.
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"Domestic affordable musical instruments lower the threshold for them to imitate, which also lowers the threshold for forming a band, and can shorten the distance between the band and its supporters. Using the same model can also stimulate the enthusiasm of imitators."
"Looking further afield," Shinichi Iwahashi said this, he smiled first, "Although the band has not yet debuted, when the company was planning, it was also aiming to make the band a well-known first-line band."
"The so-called take one step and see ten steps, that's what it says." He went on to say, "So, we must also consider the key point of 'has anyone formed a band because of your influence?'"
Don’t underestimate the power of the same style.
Having the same thing as the person you admire is like getting closer to the person you admire.
If you like a certain band, when playing their music, it will be more authentic if you use the same instrument. Not too many people think this way.
Taking a longer-term perspective, teenagers are driven by a band to choose a certain cheap domestic piano. When they mention this piano in the future, they will think of their band. This influence is also considerable.
For Shinichi Iwahashi, he has heard so many times that celebrities driving sales have become a hot topic.
Of course, the most important thing is the threshold issue he mentioned at the beginning.
The threshold for forming a band should never be too high. Although as long as you are determined to do it, you can play the cheapest fire stick, but if expensive instruments become standard equipment for a band that is active on stage, it will be discouraged to a certain extent.
To the enthusiasm of ordinary people to form a team.
Kamai Sachiko's band is composed of three members of the most classic four-piece group. It is aimed at the general public. The goal is to make songs that the public can sing in karaoke. Because of this, additional considerations are required.
The point of "affordability".
And if today's teenagers decide to form a band because they saw the band's performance, in the future they will successfully debut as latecomers, and then tell the public that they decided to form a band because they were influenced by a certain band.
This intangible, temporarily invisible but far-reaching influence is another key to the band's ability to leave a name in the industry.
It seems meaningless to make such a request to a band that has not yet debuted. But it is still the same business band. Before their debut, they have already considered various possibilities for their various plans.
"I understand, Iwahashi-san." Tatsuya Hirakawa nodded in agreement.
"It doesn't matter to me. Anyway, when I first started making music, I started with the cheapest bass. If someone really wants to become a bass player after watching my performance, that would be very happy." Kawazoe Tomohisa also expressed his opinion.
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There's a hint of lemon in the bassist's voice.
In a band, although the bassist is very important, the probability of being ignored is extremely high.
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After Sachiko Kamaike's audition was completed, Shinichi Iwahashi and Wan Yumi Watanabe began negotiating a contract with Star Agency.
The individual management contracts of the band's three musicians, as well as the management contracts signed in the name of the band, will be managed by Xingchen Office, and the recording contract will be signed with genzo.
There are a lot of things involved, including the modeling contract that Sachiko Kamaichi has yet to complete, including a rough plan for Kamachi Sachiko, the three members of the band, and how the band as a whole will be planned.
There is another issue that needs to be reached regarding Sachiko Kamaike's management contract, which is her current model status. How will her work be arranged after becoming the lead singer of a new band?
There is nothing noteworthy about this period of Sachiko Kamaike's modeling career. The Star Agency probably also saw that this girl is not suitable for the job of photo model.
Now, being selected to be the lead singer of the band is a rare opportunity in life for Kamaike Sachiko, and for Star Office, it is also a "cheap lottery ticket" in his hand that unexpectedly won a special prize.
Therefore, when it comes to dealing with Sachiko Kamaike's next route, Star Agency made a straightforward decision to let her give up her modeling career.
In the next plan for Kamaike Sachiko, it is the consensus of both parties that Kamaike Sachiko will not be allowed to take cool photos again.
What Star Agency means is that they will no longer take modeling-related jobs for Kamaike Sachiko, and will only complete her existing work contract, end her modeling career, and fully prepare for her band career.
Watanabe Manyumi also agreed with this.
In her opinion, it is the first step to let Kamai Sachiko cut off her work as a photo model as soon as possible.
Although among the people who are here to decide Sachiko Kamaiike, no one will look down upon Sachiko Kamaiike, who is a former photo model, but the entertainment industry that entertains the public must first consider the opinions of the public.
Being a photo model is a low-level job.
Now that I have become the lead singer of a band, I should go all out to focus on music. This is the opinion of Star Office and Watanabe Manyumi.
Shinichi Iwahashi certainly agrees with Sachiko Kamaike not to be a photo model anymore, but he doesn’t agree with the crude “one size fits all” approach to her future plans.
It's easy to say in this regard, there is no such thing as a "one size fits all" contract at the beginning, and it can be adjusted later according to specific circumstances.
In addition to the planning of her route, there was also a discussion of her own stage image.
Star Studio had no experience in producing the band, so they honestly let it go and let Shinichi Iwahashi take the lead.
However, he had been with Tatsuya and Hirakawa for a long time, and he knew the personalities, pursuits, etc. of these three people very well, but he knew very little about Sachiko Kamaike. Therefore, it was difficult to make immediate decisions on some things.
He was thinking about whether he should meet with Sachiko Kamaichi to discuss something during the contract negotiation.
He had such an idea, but he didn't expect that the person who contacted him first was Sachiko Kamaiike.
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After the audition, it was a foregone conclusion that I was going to join the band.
Kamaike Sachiko felt both the joy of realizing her dream and a sense of unreality that her dream had come true. At night, in the apartment, Natsuki Okamoto rang her doorbell. When she opened the door, her friend was holding a small cake in her hand.
"To celebrate Yuki-chan, your dream has finally come true!" Natsuki Okamoto announced happily, as if she was the one who realized the dream. This person is keen on being happy for all kinds of good things.
"Thank you, Natsuo-chan." Sachiko Kamaike was also happy that someone could share her joy.
She went to make some coffee and brought it over. Natsuki Okamoto said carelessly, "Xingchan, you've never really liked the job of modeling, right? Now you can finally do what you've always wanted to do. It's really great."
"I knew you could do it."
Natsuki Okamoto thought about himself and was moved, "I have always had good taste, so I have never had a bad boyfriend. If Iwamura-san can pick you, he must have good taste like me, so you will definitely succeed."
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"..."
Sachiko Kamaike was touched by Natsuo Okamoto's sincerity, but she really didn't know where to pick up the words. After a pause, she could only remind her, "It's 'Iwahashi-san'...Natsuo-chan."
"Really?" Natsuki Okamoto said nonchalantly, "Anyway, thank you to the producer Sang Xiang for choosing Yuki-chan!"
Sachiko Kamaike looked at her friend and couldn't help but smile. She no longer struggled with whether it was "Iwabashi" or "Iwamura". But in her heart, recalling what Natsuki Okamoto said before, an idea came to her mind.
Natsuki Okamoto sat here for a while, then got up and left.
After Sachiko Kamaike saw her friend off, she stood in front of the phone, flipped through the address book, and found Shinichi Iwahashi's contact information. She received Shinichi Iwahashi's business card when she met him for the first time, and copied it from the business card.
She paged Shinichi Iwahashi.
Not long after, the phone call came back, "This is Iwahashi."
"Iwahashi-san, I am Sachiko Kamaike." Sachiko Kamaike said.
On the other end of the phone, Iwahashi Shinichi was a little surprised when he heard who it was, "Tachichi-san? Good evening."
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Sachiko Kamaike was probably not good at polite words. After saying hello, she quickly got down to business. The theme of the phone call was also very simple. She told Shinichi Iwahashi that she wanted to make an appointment with him to meet in private.
"There are some things about me and the new band that I want to tell you in person."
Iwahashi Shinichi felt a little strange about her wording, and thought about it for a moment, "Then, let's make an appointment at a time and place to meet."
Anyway, he had planned to talk to Kamai Sachiko.
The two made an appointment at eight o'clock in the evening the next day, at a cafe near Yoyogi Recording Studio.
When Shinichi Iwahashi arrived at five minutes to one, Sachiko Kamaike had already arrived. When he saw him, he stood up from his seat and greeted him.
They had only met each other a few times before, but now they had arranged to meet in private, and no one else was around. Not to mention Shinichi Iwahashi, Sachiko Kamaiike who took the initiative to invite him was also a little uncomfortable.
However, after everyone sat down and ordered something, her condition improved a little.
"Iwahashi-san, I'm sorry for being so presumptuous in asking you out," Kamaiike Sachiko said.
Iwahashi Shinichi noticed that she was still a little nervous, so he smiled gently, and instead of saying it didn't matter, he asked her, "Do you have anything to say?"
"Yes." Kamaike Sachiko straightened up with a serious expression.
From this serious expression, Iwahashi Shinichi also saw that she seemed to have made a certain decision.
Then, she turned sideways, took her purse, took out a few things from it, and put them on the table. It was a cool magazine and several phone cards.
Iwahashi Shin glanced at it and recognized that the girl printed on the phone card was Sachiko Kamaike. He looked at her with a slight expression of surprise.
Now, there is no need to flip through the Qingliang magazine, you can already guess what is in it.
Shinichi Iwahashi looked at her, and Sachiko Kamaike straightened her waist straighter and straighter without showing any shame or similar emotions. She calmly introduced: "Iwahashi-san, this is the job I have been doing since signing the contract."
"oh."
Iwahashi Shinichi's eyes did not leave Kamaike Sachiko's face. The nervousness and discomfort when they first met seemed to be far away from her.
Of course he knew about Kamai Sachiko's work, but he vaguely understood that she didn't call him out just to talk about this.
"Thanks to this job, I have seen many things I have never seen before, and I have had many experiences that I did not have when I was an office worker. Also, thanks to the friends I met in this job, I have met Haruko." Puike.
Sachiko said.
If she hadn't met Akamatsu Haruko, she wouldn't have had the chance to be brought to Iwahashi Shinichi. In that case, her life would probably be different.
"So, I'm very grateful for this job. I'm also very grateful that you agreed with my willful ideas and did so much for me." Sachiko Kamaike bowed her head slightly to him.
Iwahashi Shinichi didn't look away because she lowered her head and moved it from her face to her hair.
Kamai Sachiko has no dyed hair, her black hair is thick and full of vitality.
He now understood Sachiko Kamaike's intention of inviting him out to meet.
She was just telling him one thing. She was not ashamed of her experience as a model, and she was grateful for the experience. She also did not try her best to draw a line with the past just because she finally realized her dream.
The job of photo model is really not on the table, it is the real bottom of the industry. Being selected to be the lead singer of a band can be said to be a leap forward.
But even so, she has no regrets about the past, nor does she feel ashamed, nor does she intend to avoid it. She is not the kind of person who desperately rejects the past when good things happen.
This girl is a bit too frank, but she is also so frank that it makes people sit up and take notice.
Iwahashi Shinichi thought for a moment, "I'm also very grateful to Kamachi-san for this job."
Only then did Kamichi Sachiko raise her head and look at his face.
"If it weren't for this modeling job, you wouldn't have met Akamatsu, and I wouldn't have had the chance to hear you sing." Iwahashi Shinichi said this, remembering that the first time he met her was at a real estate office.
With her outstanding appearance alone, no one would have guessed that she could sing so well. In addition, compared to that time when they met at Kanzaki Real Estate, Kamai Sachiko's condition looks different now.
Iwahashi Shinichi didn't know if this was a part of Kamaike Sachiko's nature or if it was a trait she acquired after being trained as a model.
However, there is no doubt that compared with the two Sachiko Kamaike, he feels that the current Sachiko Kamaike is more attractive. The current Sachiko Kamaike is even more dazzling when she stands on the stage.
Therefore, he added: "Besides these, there is another reason to be grateful."
"If it weren't for this job, Tachi-san wouldn't be what he is now."
