"As a band, I don't even want to tip ten yen for a performance of that caliber just now."
Shinichi Iwahashi's words left Watanabe Wan Yumi even more confused.
"However," he changed his subject and asked, "Wanyumi-san, putting on makeup is quite troublesome, isn't it?"
"What?"
Watanabe Mayumi, who didn't know what Shinichi Iwahashi wanted to say, could only be led by him and answered the question, "It's not that simple."
"How was the makeup of the members of that band just now?" he asked next.
Watanabe Manyumi thought about it for a moment, "It's quite good...at first glance, it seems that it has been painted well."
"So, I specially prepared such gorgeous costumes and put on makeup. It was so formal that it didn't look like a road show in Osaka Castle Park, but more like a solo concert at a Budokan."
"Such a band can't work so hard just to entertain passing audiences by performing a comedy," said Iwahashi Shinichi.
Watanabe Manyumi sensed some clues and didn't answer, waiting for him to continue.
"Not being deterred by the boos from the audience during a performance is of course a quality that singers must have. It's really good that they can have that kind of mentality. If it weren't for the overly solemn dress, I would be happy to watch it.
"
However, for a band that takes roadside performances so seriously, Shinichi Iwahashi doesn't think they are just here to join in the fun.
"Perhaps the talent of Kansai people is to resolve embarrassment, but I think there must be a line that cannot be crossed between the singer and the audience. Turning the audience's boos into interaction and mingling with the audience looks very free and easy
, but it is not advisable.”
"If this line is eliminated, the singer will no longer be a singer."
This is why Shinichi Iwahashi couldn't stand it after seeing Sheran Q playing with the audience. Once he did this and forgot the theme of his performance there, in his opinion, the band was no longer a band.
Already.
...might as well be a singer who rolls up his sleeves and jumps into the audience to fight with the booers.
"That's right." Watanabe Manyumi thought thoughtfully.
"After the band started interacting with the audience, it felt more like watching a comedy show than a music scene," she said.
"If you don't think of them as a band, but as a comedy performance, they're probably worth a hundred yen."
When Iwahashi Shinichi said this, Watanabe Wan Yumi couldn't help but think to herself, this sentence is quite poignant whether one considers Shotran Q as a band or a comedian.
——The ticket for Yoshimoto Little Theater is 500 yen.
"That's why I feel a little pity." Shinichi Iwahashi told her.
"We have probably seen it in Osaka Castle Park. There are not many formal bands like them. In a place where everyone is relaxed and performing, it actually takes courage to be so serious and fully armed."
"Playing with the audience may be the best way this team of recruits can think of to resolve the audience's boos. However, blindly relying on this method of resolution will undoubtedly resolve their original musical possibilities."
Iwahashi Shinichi's considerations were reasonable. But Watanabe Manyumi was obedient and asked: "So, do you think they are optimistic about their musical possibilities?"
“It can’t be considered ‘optimistic’, but it does exist as a possibility.”
Iwahashi Shinichi said, "Tokyo's visual kei scene is pretty good now, but authentic glam rock is rare. Although the band just now was amateurish, it sounded like they were all novices. How much room for improvement is there?
It’s still not good. But as a band, there are at least two merits.”
"oh?"
"One is that the song they just played is original. Although the writing is not very good, it is indeed a creation." Shinichi Iwahashi said, "Second, although the performance level is not very good, but the consciousness of being a gorgeous rock band
It’s already enough.”
As long as they don't start their performance, it's quite intimidating to stand there.
This saving grace sounded so sarcastic that Watanabe Wan Yumi couldn't help but laugh.
Of course it's not a sarcasm.
"A novice amateur band has two great features. What's more, it's a rare glam rock band."
However, to know whether they have this possibility, we must first correct the way they interact with the audience. Put this aside, and then there is "possibility".
"So, I left the record company's business card." Shinichi Iwahashi told Watanabe Manyumi, "A band that prepares to this level should give me a call after receiving the record company's business card."
Any singer who wants to make his debut dreams of having a talent scout hand him a business card during a performance.
Watanabe Manyumi started to speak but stopped.
Iwahashi Shinichi guessed what she wanted to say, "If the record company employees who suddenly appeared after the performance and their minds were excited directly pointed out the way they had finally figured out how to deal with it, it would actually be irritating.
Arouse their rebellious mentality."
Leave a business card and leave, giving them the initiative, which will make it easier to communicate later.
"That 100 yen, shouldn't it be the phone bill you paid them?" Watanabe Manyumi half-joked.
Iwahashi Shinichi was very cooperative, "That's okay."
Seeing that her expression became subtle, she explained with a smile, "This is the step to pass over. Putting the tip and business card together will give them a hint that 'we have been chosen', and the enthusiasm will be higher."
.”
"Of course," Shinichi Iwahashi smiled, "it's not wrong to say it's to pay their phone bills."
Watanabe Manyumi, who said it casually and hit the mark, didn't know whether to laugh or be speechless for a moment.
However, I was convinced by his ability to figure out people's hearts. "As expected of you." He then asked, "So, are you going to sign them?"
"It's not that far yet. I just want to invite them to perform at the live house first." Shinichi Iwahashi said, "Since we are going to open a live house and return to the mode of discovering new talents from underground to above ground, it is inevitable to cast a wide net."
First invite them to perform, correct their problems, discover their possibilities, and then decide whether to give them a contract and what kind of contract to give them.
The two left Osaka Castle Park.
In the evening, Shinichi Iwahashi and Manyumi Watanabe went to see zard's performance again.
The number of spectators present tonight is almost the same as yesterday. Not only that, after entering the venue, one can clearly feel that compared to the indifferent attitude of the audience last night while waiting for the opening, there is some heat in the flowing atmosphere in the auditorium tonight.
.
It seems that last night's performance was well received by the audience.
When the time is up, the band steps onto the stage.
Sachiko Kamaiike, who was surrounded in the middle, finally did not forget the greeting "Osaka audience" at the beginning this time.
Facing the audience, she was still very young and looked no different from last night.
Shinichi Iwahashi looked at the young Sachiko Kamaiike, and then recalled the Sachiran Q who he saw interacting slickly with the audience in Osaka Castle Park. This time, he finally made up his mind about Sachiko Kamaiike's stage style.