"Anyway," Shinichi Iwahashi met Miwa-chan's expectant gaze, "Let's make the music first and listen to it to see how it goes."
In this way, although it was not a rejection, he did not agree to her proposal. In fact, Iwahashi Shinichi was not completely sure about this piece of music.
It's not a problem that the music isn't good enough, it's a problem with the occasion of the Red and White Song Concert.
However, when it comes to music-related matters, neither Iwahashi Shinichi nor Nakamura Masato can refuse Miwa-chan.
It's not because the team darling who carries a gun is dominating the group, but because when Miwa-chan's genius and her non-professionalism are put together, they must take her seriously.
Every idea.
So as not to regard her genius as whimsical.
Of course, you can't just obey Miwa-chan in everything, because she does have her own whims sometimes.
Therefore, as a compromise, when she made a suggestion, Shinichi Iwahashi and Masato Nakamura tried their best to implement what she proposed first, and then speculated on what effect it would have before making the final decision.
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Iwahashi Shinichi spoke, and Brother Nakamura fully cooperated.
The two immediately started arranging the song "Future Vision II". The finished product would definitely not be ready for a while, and Shinichi Iwahashi was very busy at the moment and couldn't stay in the recording studio and study with the musicians.
How to contribute.
So, take a step back and study the chord direction with Nakamura-san, how to arrange the orchestration, and record it on paper while imagining what effect it will produce.
After that, according to the plan written on paper, Nakamura brother communicated with the musicians in the recording studio to produce the arrangement.
The number of arrangements produced in this way will obviously increase as Shinichi Iwahashi works more and more. As for the right of authorship, Shinichi Iwahashi and Brother Nakamura have already agreed that this type of arrangement will be done at the same time.
Write the names of two people.
The arrangement direction of this song has been determined, and the specific implementation is left to Brother Nakamura.
During this period, Shinichi Iwahashi, as the band's producer and representative, called Watanabe Manyumi, the head of the agency who had a management contract, to hold a meeting with CBS and Sony to discuss the album plan with the record company.
There is no separate project. The band prepares to choose songs, and the company fully supports it. Everyone seems to be doing their own thing, but in the end, it is like putting together the parts produced separately to form a complete project.
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u-miz office.
Watanabe Manyumi heard that they planned to sing "Future Vision II", she thought about it for a while and said to Iwahashi Shinichi: "I remember you mentioned this song to me."
"Yeah?"
Watanabe Manyumi nodded, "I'm deeply impressed by the 'brake light flashes five times.'" Speaking of this, she smiled mischievously, "I still remember you said that it was because of such roundabout ways that we couldn't fall in love."
"Haha!" Iwahashi Shinichi laughed and joked to himself, "It seems like something I would say."
Joking aside, Watanabe Manyumi still said, "As a woman, I still think that way of expressing one's love is implicit, romantic, and very touching. To be honest, if this is a code between two people, then even if they are just sitting together,
When I think about this in the car, I feel very good."
"A secret code between two people", Shinichi Iwahashi thought this was an excellent statement.
At this time, Watanabe Manyumi added, "Speaking of it, the lyrics are pretty good, but I haven't heard the music of this song yet."
"Want me to sing for you?" Iwahashi Shinichi was not joking.
With his absolute musicality, he can definitely present this song to Watanabe Manyumi completely.
As a result, after hearing what he said, Watanabe Wan Yumi quickly refused, "Let's forget it." As someone who had sung with him in the karaoke box, Watanabe Wan Yumi knew very well what was going on with his singing voice.
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"..." This refusal was too straightforward.
Fortunately, although Shinichi Iwahashi was confident in his absolute sense of sound, he was not confident in his singing voice. Watanabe Manyumi refused to give up the idea of demonstrating it in person.
Then he said, "Next time, bring me a copy of Miwa-chan's audition tape."
Watanabe Manyumi thought about it and suggested: "If it doesn't cause any trouble, how about letting me go to the recording studio to take a look when the finished arrangement is released and recorded?"
"Do you feel the atmosphere in the recording studio is good now?"
She smiled slightly and said, "As a layman, I can at least contribute some opinions from ordinary listeners."
"Okay, ordinary listeners." Shinichi Iwahashi agreed with a smile.
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Brother Nakamura is extremely efficient, of course, it is also related to the tight time. Therefore, after the last discussion, he temporarily put aside other things at hand and concentrated on completing the arrangement of the song "Future Vision II"
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Within three days, the first arrangement was released. Miwa-chan tried it out once, and then sent the track to the mixing room, where she made the first version numbered 001.
Iwahashi Shinichi had a meeting with people from CBS and Sony. When the songs included in the album had not yet been finalized, he had to first decide on the release time and promotion channels, contact the printing plate factory in advance, and prepare for the shooting of the album's interior pages.
The debut album went to London for recording and filming. Due to time constraints, most of the inside pages will be shot in China or even in Tokyo.
After the meeting, Iwahashi Shinichi still remembered the agreement and called Wan Yumi, a general audience member, and they went to the recording studio in Shinano Town together.
Brother Nakamura and Miwa-chan were both there. When Shinichi Iwahashi and Mayumi Watanabe arrived, Brother Nakamura was checking the music score at the table, the sound engineer was at the console, and Miwa-chan was recording in the recording room.
Shinichi Iwahashi and Manyumi Watanabe went in, exchanged greetings with Masato Nakamura, and sat down at the table together.
Watanabe Mayumi didn't know much about music, and one of her goals was not to dictate the music of singers. So, she calmly looked at the music score on the table and turned her attention to Yoshida Miwa.
Previously, when I went to Zard's recording studio, the curtains connecting the recording rooms were closed. However, in Dreamsetrue's recording studio, the curtains were open, and you could clearly see Miwa Yoshida opposite.
Of course, Yoshida Miwa can also see the other side clearly.
For Sachiko Kamaike, if the curtains were open and she watched the staff coming in and out, it would probably be difficult for her to get into the mood. However, Miwa Yoshida was not affected by outsiders at all. As soon as she entered the recording room, she focused all her attention on the recording.
Miwa-chan came out after the recording, and greeted Watanabe Manyumi as if nothing had happened, completely ignoring the fact that Watanabe Manyumi was watching her recording just now.
Moreover, it seems that she quite welcomes Watanabe Mayumi's arrival.
Watanabe Manyumi is a very popular boss. Artists signed to u-miz all have a good impression of her, and the atmosphere in the entire office is quite harmonious. Although the three members of the band do not return to the office many times.
As soon as Miwa-chan came out, Iwahashi Shinichi did not hesitate and directly brought up the business, "Watanabe-san and I came over to listen to the semi-finished product of "Future Vision II"."
When the arrangement has not been finalized, they are used to calling it a "semi-finished product".
"I'll go get ready." Masato Nakamura stood up.
Shinichi Iwahashi and Manyumi Watanabe followed. Miwa-chan sat on the seat vacated by Brother Nakamura, drinking the tea sent by the staff while looking at the pile of music scores.
It was as if the song the three of them went to audition had nothing to do with her.
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When Watanabe Manyumi heard this song for the first time, just like her status as an "ordinary audience", she focused on the lyrics and whether the melody was catchy.
There is no need to say more about Yoshida Miwa’s singing skills, the word “free and easy” is enough.
After the piano intro, Miwa Yoshida sang the first line of the lyrics.
"It's already the third spring since graduation."
The simple lyrics are like a narrative. At first listen to the first sentence, it seems to be nothing special. However, as the song gradually unfolds, the story in the lyrics unfolds before your eyes. This simple way of writing the lyrics can be called wonderful.
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It is this plain and simple way of writing that gives this song a sense of life.
During the writing process, no writing skills were used, but it was precisely this straightforward description that gave me the feeling that a "picture of the future" was unfolding before my eyes.
As ordinary people, an ordinary couple.
There are little secrets that belong to ordinary people, and little secrets that belong to ordinary lovers.
"After I get out of the car, when you see me coming around the corner, the brake light will always flash five times."
"That's the 'I love you' signal."
Watanabe Manyumi finally heard the lyrics about "step on the brake light five times" that Shinichi Iwahashi mentioned before. And in Yoshida Miwa's simple singing, her feelings about this lyrics became clearer.
The reason why it can be a signal that I love you is because I carry the idea of I love you in my heart.
Because there is love in the heart, touching the helmet five times and stepping on the brake light five times can become a signal to express love.
Not only are the lyrics touching, but the melody that sounds simple at first glance, as the lyrics progress layer by layer, it's like the emotions are gradually accumulating in one place, and finally reach the breaking point.
Listening to this song, it seems that my mood follows the music.
When she came to that breaking point, Watanabe Wan Yumi was filled with emotions.
A vision of the future.
You see, it's slowly coming true as you imagined.
She took off her headphones and wanted to give her praise for the song as an "ordinary audience".
However, when I looked at Shinichi Iwahashi, his expression looked a little serious. After the song was played, he didn't take off his headphones and played the song again.
Watanabe Manyumi looked at him and then at Nakamura Masato.
"Shinichi-kun seems to think something is wrong." Masato Nakamura observed Iwahashi Shinichi and said to Watanabe Manyumi.
On the other side, Miwa-chan noticed their movements, left the pile of music sheets, and came over.
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After listening to the half-finished song again, Iwahashi Shinichi took off his headphones.
"Is there any problem? Shinichi-kun." Masato Nakamura asked.
Iwahashi Shinichi thought for a while, "The arrangement effect is almost as we imagined, which feels very good." Brother Nakamura's talent as an arranger is beyond doubt.
"However." He pointed out something, "I always feel that there is still something missing."
"What's the disadvantage?"
When Masato Nakamura heard this, he subconsciously picked up the headphones and prepared to listen to it again. But before that, he looked at Shinichi Iwahashi and waited for his next words.
"As I said before, this song sounds gentle at first, but then it slowly advances and then reaches a climax."
Shinichi Iwahashi ignored Brother Nakamura's gaze and looked at Miwa-chan, as if he was saying to her, "But, this made-up product, I always feel that it is not enough and is not real."
"So, when I listen to it like this, I feel like I gave up halfway, almost breathless." Shinichi Iwahashi explained.
After listening to what he said, Masato Nakamura put on his headphones.
"How do you feel after listening to Wan Yumi-san?" Shinichi Iwahashi asked her.
Watanabe Manyumi said: "It's a very plain, yet very touching song." After saying that, she hesitated a little. This hesitation came from what Shinichi Iwahashi mentioned just now: "it's not real."
The song stops at "Look, it's slowly coming true as you imagined." Are you still short of breath?
On the other side, Brother Nakamura also frowned after listening to the music. It was okay when he didn't talk about it, but once he raised the issue here and started thinking about it, it seemed that something was missing.
"Miwa-chan." Iwahashi Shinichi discussed with her, "Can you think about it again and add something to the end of the song?"
"Add something?"
Miwa-chan's face wrinkled up as if she had eaten a sour plum.
"It's probably a kind of explosive, accumulated emotion pouring out at this moment, reaching a feeling similar to that." Shinichi Iwahashi described his thoughts to her.
Anyway, it’s a semi-finished product stage. At this time, if you change the lyrics and arrangement, anything can happen. Of course, it’s also possible that you make a lot of changes and finally overthrow them all, and still keep the same.
Miwa-chan didn't say a word after receiving such a task.
Wan Yumi, an ordinary audience member, watched everything and was curious, what else could be added to it? From her layman's perspective, the lyrics of this song were already perfect, but adding a few more lines would make it seem cumbersome.
Miwa-chan thought for a while, then raised her head and said, "Shinichi-kun, can you help me monitor the shed?"
Shinichi Iwahashi responded with action, picking up his headphones and putting them on.
Not to be outdone, Masato Nakamura stayed in front of the console together, wanting to see Miwa-chan's new inspiration. Inspired by this, Wanyumi Watanabe glanced at Shinichi Iwahashi.
At this time, an earphone was handed to her, given by Shinichi Iwahashi.
Watanabe Manyumi quietly breathed a sigh of relief and put on her headphones.
Miwa-chan, who re-entered the recording room, did not turn to the music stand, but thought to herself.
After thinking about it for a while, she started singing.
Instead of running directly to the place that Iwahashi Shinichi pointed out was still a little short of, she started singing from the beginning. After singing once, she went back and sang again.
It's like finding a feeling while singing.
Until she got better, she forgot about the three people opposite her and indulged herself to the fullest. Then after the last sentence "Look, it is slowly coming true as imagined", Miwa-chan joined in an improvisation.