There were only two of them in the car. Miwa-chan couldn't sit still and asked Iwahashi Shinichi, "We are participating in the Kohaku Song Festival as the red team, right?"
This matter was already known when the band was told that they were going to appear.
However, Iwahashi Shinichi was not bothered and patiently answered her: "That's right."
As a result, Miwa-chan raised a question, "The rules of the Red and White Song Festival, female singers are assigned to the red group, and male singers are assigned to the red group. Our band has two males and one female, but they are assigned to the red group.
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Speaking of this, she imagined in her mind the scene of Nakamura Masato and Giraffe Man mixing in the female singer team on the day of the Kohaku Song Festival, and she laughed first.
As a guardian, the little fox can guess what she is thinking by moving her tail.
Shinichi Iwahashi knew full well and did not reveal that she was actually a group of beautiful singers dressed up in costumes, with an emotionless giraffe and a smiling bear mixed in. The scene was quite interesting even when he thought about it.
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"Because the lead singer of the band is a girl."
We can't expose it. In this case, we can only answer the question well.
Because the absolute core of the band is Miwa-chan, during a performance, if he and Nakamura-chan are delayed due to something, they can hire a substitute musician to help support the performance. However, if Miwa-chan has something to do and cannot go, then they have to sign up for exemption.
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When a mixed group is divided into groups, it’s not about counting heads, but looking at who is the core person.
As a band, no matter what important roles the other members play, to the general public, their eyes are still on Miwa-chan, who is the band's signature.
The signature is a girl, so it is natural to be assigned to the red group. The opposite is also true. If the lead singer is Iwahashi Shinichi and Miwa-chan is helping to play the keyboard, then the band will be placed in the white group.
"But, what kind of song should I make?" Miwa-chan started to worry after laughing.
Shinichi Iwahashi comforted her, "Go back and listen to the stock songs first. This time is different from last time. We have more songs to choose from."
Not only are there more songs in stock, but also because Miwa-chan has become more comfortable writing lyrics for Nakamura-san’s songs, so the range of choices has become wider.
"You're not allowed to sing "So happy! So happy! I love it so much!"," Miwa-chan said angrily, "but none of these elements are what I want to share with him."
What that "him" refers to is immediately clear.
Only Iwahashi Shinichi was in the car with her, so Miwa-chan didn't hesitate to speak. And when he heard her words like this, Iwahashi Shinichi could only laugh.
Even if you laugh, don’t forget about business. “Anyway, let’s decide on the theme of the new album first.”
"What kind of album are we going to make?" Miwa-chan asked.
"Something related to the 'future', with a bit of a sense of the future." Iwahashi Shinichi felt a little confused.
Although the self-imposed order has led to the removal of items suspected of celebrating and cursing death, the current situation has made it clear that the locusts are not far away from being deceived.
When this album is released, it will still be titled "Showa", but there is a high probability that it will move from Showa to a new era.
Although it cannot be said on the table, this is an album born at the transition of the old and new eras.
The sense of the future mentioned by Shinichi Iwahashi does not mean making any major innovations in musicality or transitioning to new music before becoming completely popular, but the overall atmosphere of the album.
A sense of vastness heading into the future.
As night falls, traffic is rolling on the road.
Miwa-chan looked at the bright car lights in front of her and heard Shinichi Iwahashi talking about "a sense of the future", but it seemed a bit nonsensical and reminded her of that song.
"My willfulness will only cause you trouble."
"But the reason why I do this is precisely because I want to stay with you forever."
Iwahashi Shinichi heard her two lines of singing a cappella, and for some reason, he wanted to laugh. This was the first of the three "Future Visions" that Miwa-chan had asked him to produce.
In this song, a couple paints a picture of the future in their hearts: "I am holding your hand tightly and I am by your side."
The reason why he found it funny was because he wanted to laugh at the fact that when he mentioned "future sense", Miwa-chan thought of "future vision". This kind of idea is somewhat simple and crude.
Miwa-chan sang a few words, then suddenly changed the melody and lyrics. As if she had entered her own world again without saying hello, she started singing happily.
"No matter how many years pass, I can maintain this feeling and it will not change."
"Because I have been living with you, I have been drawing a picture of the future in my heart."
The more she sang, the better and more satisfied she felt, "Look, it's slowly coming true as you imagined."
This song is the second song "Pictures of the Future".
In the previous song, the young couple who rode a scooter and bumped their helmets five times to express "あいしてる (Auntie washes the railway)" painted a picture of the future where I am right next to you has come true.
In this song, they are still together. However, the two people who used to bump their helmets as a sign of love while riding a motorcycle now have cars, and the way of expressing love has changed from bumping their helmets five times to using brake lights.
Step on it five times.
However, "although the ways have changed, the love has not changed."
Miwa-chan would sing when she was in a good mood, and Iwahashi Shinichi knew this very well. So, he let her go, and after singing the second song, he sang the third song "Future Vision".
After the third song was sung, Miwa-chan stopped singing, turned her head and looked at Iwahashi Shinichi.
Iwahashi Shinichi realized that she was looking at him. The traffic lights ahead changed, he slowly stepped on the brakes, and then turned his head to face her.
Miwa-chan smiled and said, "Is this a song related to 'Future'?"
Iwahashi Shinichi also smiled, "It is indeed related to the 'future'." ...The title is good, and the content is good.
Hearing what he said, Miwa-chan seemed to have made a contribution and suggested to him: "Since it is related to the 'future', can you include it in the album? Shinichi-kun."
Shinichi Iwahashi did not answer immediately, "Afterwards, I went to the recording studio and suggested it to Masato-san and listened to his opinion."
It's still inappropriate for the two of them to sit in a car and decide in private what songs to include in the album. Especially as a trio, no one can be excluded.
It's not like Miwa-chan didn't understand this, Iwahashi Shinichi said it, and she stopped there.
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The car stopped in the parking lot near the recording studio.
"Let's go." Iwahashi Shinichi called her.
Miwa-chan looked at him, thought about something, and stretched out her hand to him.
"Huh?" Shinichi Iwahashi's eyes fell on that hand, and then looked at Miwa-chan.
The little fox's tail seemed to be exposed a little more here. Iwahashi Shinichi thought for a moment, stretched out his left hand, and took the right hand she extended.
Miwa-chan immediately beamed, grabbed his hand and shook it with dignity.
"That's it, we will definitely be able to come up with a suitable song." She held on to Shinichi Iwahashi's hand, "just like when we went to Band Paradise."
Such words would be strange to Iwahashi Shinichi's ears.
Although she looked heartless, after hearing about this incident, Miwa-chan undoubtedly secretly sought help from her "god of inspiration".
Even though her "god of inspiration" didn't give her what she wanted.
"Yes, because we are 'dreamsetrue', all wishes we make will come true." Shinichi Iwahashi comforted her calmly.
"Let's go to the recording studio first," he said.
Iwahashi Shinichi did not pull away the hand held by Miwa-chan, and Miwa-chan did not let go, but held it tightly.
The two looked like elementary school students on an outing, holding hands and walking toward the recording studio together. Miwa-chan pulled him, swaying around like a child, and hummed a strange melody that might have been a sudden whim.
Until she came to the recording studio, Miwa-chan stopped, looked at Shinichi Iwahashi with a smile, and then let go of her hand.
"Go and discuss the "Future Vision" with Masato-san!" Miwa-chan finished speaking and rushed into the recording studio first.
Iwahashi Shinichi looked at her energetic back and had no choice but to follow her rhythm and be led around by her.
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"Three "Future Visions"?"
Nakamura Masato listened to Kazu-chan's words and recalled it. Iwahashi Shinichi knew it well, and together with him, he looked up the music scores and demo tapes of the three songs.
None of the three songs had an arrangement yet, only a cappella demo tape. The two of them found what they were looking for, and Miwa-chan brought the VCR and inserted the tape into it.
After listening to the three acapella tapes, the three people sat around the table and each expressed their own opinions.
"It's not impossible to include "Future Scenarios"," Masato Nakamura said.
He knew that the two people must have communicated about this matter on the way here, so he did not give in now and took the lead in expressing his position.
"However, you can't include three songs at once." He said, "Just choose one from among them and include it."
Miwa-chan reminded them, "The three songs are arranged in order."
In order, the first song "Future Vision" is just right.
But... Masato Nakamura was about to say something, and Shinichi Iwahashi spoke immediately, "However, considering the album's broad sense of heading into the future and the current background of the times, the first song is not appropriate.
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"I think so too," Masato Nakamura said.
Miwa-chan pouted and did not respond immediately. However, this was not a sign of losing her temper, but she was waiting for the two teammates to explain to her in detail why the first song was inappropriate.
“It’s about taking into account the album’s audience.”
Iwahashi Shinichi explained to her, "The first song "Future Vision" depicts things during the student days. According to the age of our audience, the student days are undoubtedly the 'past' that has already happened, so this future vision is somewhat
It doesn’t live up to its name.”
The audience of their band, judging from the current situation, is still concentrated among young office workers. The innocence of banging the helmet five times in the song is not a "picture of the future" for young office workers, but a "picture of past memories"
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"That's right." Miwa-chan agreed.
When she wrote these three songs "Future Visions", she was still a high school student. To her, among the three songs, the last two are the real "future visions", and the first one is better said to come from
Her imagination at the time.
If one doesn't work, then it's two.
However, before that, Iwahashi Shinichi first pointed out, "It is not appropriate to publish the third song "Future Vision" now... The 'future' described in the lyrics is still too far away."
If the first song is about a young couple, the second song is about an intimate couple, then the third song is almost like an old couple.
Let young office workers listen to old-couple-style songs, I'm afraid they will make complaints. In contrast, "Future Vision II" is just right.
Compared to students, office workers are more likely to spend money to support albums.
Compared with an old married couple, an intimate couple who is intimate and has a tacit understanding and still retains some freshness is more popular with young office workers.
Moreover, the sense of the future shown in "Future Vision II" is also very clever.
It is said to be the future, but it is also the present. It is said to be the present, but at the same time it also contains imagination of the future.
"Future Vision ii" is not only ingenious in terms of lyrics, but the music is also the best among the three. This song sounds gentle at first, but then slowly advances, and then rises. It is full of layers and very listenable. Both the lyrics and music are just right.
, perfectly embodies the genius of Miwa-chan.
Being able to compose lyrics and music like this when I was in high school is definitely a good example of how God will reward you.
"Then include "Future Vision II"?"
The three people exchanged glances with each other and took out the tape with number 2 on it.
"One song is confirmed..."
At this time, Miwa-chan seemed to have a sudden idea and suddenly asked: "What if we sing this song at the Hongbai Song Festival?"
Sing this song?
Iwahashi Shinichi did not answer immediately. Nakamura Masato looked at Iwahashi Shinichi and said nothing.
Since Miwa-chan is making such a proposal now, it means that this is an idea that has not been communicated to Shinichi Iwahashi. In this case, Masato Nakamura respects Shinichi Iwahashi's authority as a producer and waits for Shinichi Iwahashi to speak first.
Iwahashi Shinichi likes these three "Future Visions" equally equally. However, in summary, if he chooses one, there is no doubt that he thinks the second one is the best.
However, if a song like "Future Vision II", which is highly regarded in his mind, is put into the Red and White Song Concert, things will be different.
It is necessary to use the five minutes of the Red and White Song Concert to capture the audience's ears, arouse the audience's emotions, and then promote the publicity to a new stage.
The song to be sung at the Red and White Song Festival this time should be such a song.
However, can this song "Future Vision II" be able to shoulder such a heavy responsibility?
Iwahashi Shinichi thought for a while, came to his senses, and looked up to see Miwa-chan looking at him.
