The bottom of the kettle heats up and makes a clicking sound.
Shinichi Iwahashi entered the kitchen and stood in front of the gas stove, waiting for the water to boil. Akina Nakamori sat on the short sofa and looked at the living room curiously.
After moving from the previous small room where you could see everything with just a blink of the eye during eye exercises, Iwahashi Shinichi now lives in an apartment with all the amenities.
Of course, the most important thing is that there is a bed, and there is a simple partition between the bedroom and the living room. So although the area is not large, it is comfortable for one person to live in. It can also be shared by two people with less effort.
But outside of this, although there is a bathroom, there is only an integrated bathroom and toilet. The narrow kitchen is integrated with the living room. When Akina Nakamori looked at his living room, he could also look at it from the kitchen.
Watch her look at her living room, and accept the compliment from Nakamori Akina after looking at it.
"Shen Yijun's room is quite neatly tidied," she said.
Although it wasn't spotless, it was well organized, which fit the impression Shinichi Iwahashi gave her.
"Actually, you're coming today, so I'm planning on doing it at the last minute." On the phone before, he told her that he was tidying up the room in order to invite her to come as a guest. What Iwahashi Shinichi said now was purely self-deprecating.
Nakamori Akina heard what he meant and joked along with his words, "Should I open the closet now and make a 'crash', and a lot of things will fall out."
"Akarina-san, do you want to open the closet and try it?" Iwahashi Shinichi deliberately encouraged her, joking with her, "Maybe this is really the case."
Hearing Akina Nakamori's laughter and denial of "No one would do that, right?", he turned around, opened the kitchen wall cabinet, and went to get the cup.
Iwahashi Shinichi has a tall and tall figure, and Nakamori Akina stares at his back and can't help but imagine him dancing on the disco dance floor.
Two days ago, Yukiko Okada told Akina Nakamori on the phone that she insisted that Shinichi Iwahashi accompany her to the disco. After going there, she found out that Shinichi Iwahashi is a master who is very comfortable on the dance floor.
It turns out that Shinichi-kun is very good at dancing.
Knowing this, looking at his back, I felt more and more handsome.
"Do you want lemon in Akina-san's tea?" Shinichi Iwahashi picked up the lemon slice and asked her.
Nakamori Akina shook her head, "I don't need my share."
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The top of the tea cup was filled with steam. While talking to him, Akina Nakamori stretched out her finger, touched the wall of the cup, and quickly took it back.
"Yukiko said I'm good at dancing?" Shinichi Iwahashi laughed after hearing this. It wasn't the words he laughed at, but: "She has to tell you whatever she has to say."
Akina Nakamori made him smile sheepishly, as if she had said something bad about him in private.
"When I was working in a nightclub, I often danced with the bartenders in the shop. Sometimes, female customers followed me and danced with them," Iwahashi Shinichi told her.
Akina Nakamori listened with great interest. She was very interested in the life of Shinichi Iwahashi that she didn't know about.
Iwahashi Shinichi stood up and got the photo album, "I went to Atami before, and thanks to your help, I wore a blue shirt." Nakamori Akina had read Okada Yukiko's book, which was one thing, but this one was another.
One thing.
After the New Year, Okada Yukiko deliberately arranged a meeting between Iwahashi Shinichi and Nakamori Akina, and was extremely disappointed because she could not get Iwahashi Shinichi to send them both home.
Both of them knew that Okada Yukiko was keen on the detective game of finding evidence, so they continued to play with her without telling her.
When I went to Atami, everyone had a camera and took pictures of different things. In this photo album of Shinichi Iwahashi, there are many that Akina Nakamori has never seen.
"Let's just say that Shinichi-kun will look good in a blue shirt." Nakamori Akina opened the photo album, looked at the photo of Iwahashi Shinichi, and praised her own vision.
Iwahashi Shin nodded, "Next time I go somewhere to play, I'll ask you to help advise me on what to wear."
"Now I'm thinking about next time..."
Akina Nakamori lied to him, "Next time if I go to play with you, then I'll tell you how to dress. Otherwise, I won't care."
"It's so strict," Shinichi Iwahashi said of her.
Nakamori Akina made a "so what" expression. Iwahashi Shinichi suppressed a laugh and said deliberately: "Okay, then I will only dress nicely when I go out with you."
"Haha!" Akina Nakamori called him, which made her laugh.
She was satisfied and then relaxed: "I won't ignore it until I go out to play with you next time, but I won't ignore it in the future."
If he doesn't care about it from now on, wouldn't it be true that he only wore the right blue shirt once in a while, but was written into a song by Yoshida-san?
Then let him wear it right every time... I don't believe that Yoshida-san can have new inspiration every time.
Nakamori Akina secretly made a plan in her mind. However, while competing with Yoshida Miwa's inspiration, she was also curious about what kind of song Yoshida Miwa wrote.
“Is that new song coming out soon?”
Iwahashi Shinichi told her, "It won't be until March." He guessed what she was thinking, "Would you like to hear it in advance?"
Nakamori Akina shook her head, "I'll wait for you to send me a 'sample'."
"Okay," Iwahashi Shinichi agreed, "I'll also give you my thoughts on trying it."
Hearing what he said, Nakamori Akina felt comfortable.
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"Yoshida-san looks so pretty when she smiles."
Not counting group photos, there are two or three single photos of Miwa Yoshida in the album. Akina Nakamori flipped through the album, looking at Miwa Yoshida's unrestrained and unadorned smile in the photo, and said so.
"Let her know that you said this, and she will feel proud again." Iwahashi Shinichi said.
Akina Nakamori smiled and said, "But, I really think so. Yoshida-san seems to be a person with an aura." This kind of Yoshida Miwa has a quality that attracts love and is liked by others, making it hard for people to dislike her.
.
Not only do I not dislike her, I am unconsciously attracted to her.
"The more you talk about it, the more mysterious it becomes." Shinichi Iwahashi shook his head, "If it were Yoshida-san, he would have replied to the previous sentence: 'Am I Saturn?'"
Nakamori Akina also felt that what she said was incomprehensible, so she smiled exaggeratedly. She avoided his face, looked around, and landed next to the TV.
"Shen Yijun, there are a lot of records here." She was surprised by the pile of records.
Next to the TV are two small baskets with rollers, each holding records. Next to it is a modular bookshelf with a pair of small speakers.
There were also some records lined up on the bookshelf, and Akina Nakamori even saw her own.
That was a record sent to Shinichi Iwahashi as a "taster".
"Those are all rented from record rental stores." Shinichi Iwahashi pointed to the two small baskets and explained: "The ones on the right are the ones I have already listened to, and the ones on the left are the ones I haven't listened to yet."
As a producer, you have to listen to new songs constantly and be familiar with all kinds of new music on the market. Iwahashi Shinichi spends a considerable part of his time listening to songs.
Fortunately, the apartment I moved to was soundproofed, otherwise I would have been warned by the landlord.
He listens to a lot of mixed songs, so unless they are just released and he is eager to listen to them, or he likes them very much and will go out of his way to buy them, the rest are rented from record rental stores. This saves money and also gives him a lot of money.
Doesn't take up space.
In addition to a large number of records, the living room is equipped with a vinyl record player, CD and tape player, and other equipment.
Akina Nakamori saw the records but forgot the photos. She was very interested in the pile of records. She put down the photo album, got up from the sofa, and walked over. There was a blended carpet under the bookshelf. She guessed that Shinichi Iwahashi would usually sit here and listen to music.
Sit down and check out these records too.
She lowered her head and concentrated on checking the records in the basket. From the side, her fair and slender neck was very beautiful and aroused her heartstrings. Shinichi Iwahashi followed him over and sat down on the other side of the carpet.
I wanted to move closer to her, but seeing how serious she was, I changed my mind, reached to the bottom of the bookshelf, and pulled out a notebook, "Here are my thoughts after listening to it."
Akina Nakamori took it, opened it, and sighed: "It's amazing~"
In his notebook, Shinichi Iwahashi wrote down the chord progression of every song he listened to.
"Shinichi-kun is so awesome." Nakamori Akina turned around and spoke to Iwahashi Shinichi.
Her sparkling eyes made Iwahashi Shinichi look a little proud, and he felt itchy in his heart. Finally he couldn't help it, he sat closer to her and hugged her gently from behind.
Akina Nakamori smiled softly, leaned back, and rested her head on his shoulder. Then... she raised the notebook and read the songs he wrote in his arms.
Well...he is truly a Taopusda who is passionate about music.
Shinichi Iwahashi, who took the initiative to hand over his notebook, had no choice but to cooperate with her and discuss music together.
In his arms, his girlfriend chatted with him about music production and music popularity, and expressed and exchanged opinions on the comments he wrote in his notebook. The love between musicians is so unpretentious and boring.
"Tetsuya Komuro?"
Akina Nakamori flipped down the notebook and saw that Shinichi Iwahashi had written Tetsuya Komuro's song on the paper at considerable length, and read the name once.
"Tetsuya Komuro from TM NETWORK." Shinichi Iwahashi said.
Nakamori Akina nodded, her tied hair making him itchy, "I know, Komuro-san wrote a song for Watanabe Misato-san."
When TM NETWORK was still half-popular, Tetsuya Komuro, as a composer, wrote the song "My Revolution" for Misato Watanabe, which made her famous.
However, before Misato Watanabe, Tetsuya Komuro first provided songs to others and wrote album songs for Yukiko Okada.
In the era of big idols, songwriters who were shrouded in the shadow of their idols and couldn't find a way to stretch for a while, all invariably embarked on a path of being men in black, or taking turns appearing in front of the stage and behind the scenes. The same goes for Tetsuya Komuro.
However, the song written for idol Okada Yukiko didn't make much splash, but the song he wrote for solo singer Misato Watanabe later made him stand out.
With this momentum, he rose to prominence in the industry, and on the other hand, TM NETWORK's business was also booming.
It's time for Tetsuya Komuro to go uphill.
"This Komuro-san is quite powerful," Shinichi Iwahashi told Akina Nakamori.
He took out the notebook from Akina Nakamori's hand and flipped through two pages. "The reason why he is great is first of all because when he wrote the music for Mirisa Watanabe, he used a new chord routine that was completely different from the traditional one."
Akina Nakamori serves as her own record producer. Although she cannot write music, she is very familiar with professional terms in music, and it is easy to explain during a conversation.
Iwahashi Shinichi explained to her the excellence of Tetsuya Komuro's compositions in a simple and easy-to-understand manner.
Pop music has its usual chord routines, but at the same time, musicians are constantly investing in innovation and changes to pop music.
However, like Tetsuya Komuro, after innovating and making changes, the songs he writes can still sell well and become best-sellers, which is remarkable.
The general public doesn't understand things like chord directions, arrangement and orchestration. The factor that determines whether they like a song or not is the simplest "whether it sounds good or not."
The fact that "My Revolution" can become a best-selling song and Misato Watanabe's masterpiece can already explain everything.
After Shinichi Iwahashi realized Tetsuya Komuro's talent, he went to listen to TM NETWORK as a supplement, as well as the songs that Tetsuya Komuro participated in composing.
He even considered in his mind that he should recommend Tetsuya Komuro's music to his composers.
Learn more, absorb more, use tricks as you see them, and use them for your own use. All these things also apply to music. - Of course, this is not plagiarism.
"Not only in terms of composition, but also in terms of arrangement, Komuro-san is also very good. In other words, compared to composition, arrangement is Komuro-san's strength."
The use of orchestration is good in all aspects, all showing his solid foundation and fluent ability. Iwahashi Shinichi praised Nakamori Akina and praised Komuro Tetsuya.
Akina Nakamori listened carefully. She was talking about music. Like a studious student, she listened hard.
Iwahashi Shinichi didn't tell this to Nakamori Akina just on a whim.
After talking about Komuro Tetsuya, he suggested to her, "Akina-san might as well listen to Komuro-san's music. If you think it's compatible with her, it would be a good try to invite Komuro-san to sing songs when making albums in the future."
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Now Tetsuya Komuro is starting to make a name for himself as a composer, but he has not yet reached the level of a big name. It seems that popular singers and idols have not yet begun to collaborate with him.
However, Shinichi Iwahashi was optimistic about his talent, and he also knew that Akina Nakamori always did not stick to the origin and qualifications of a songwriter. She valued talent more than fame and past achievements.
"Well, I will think about it carefully."
Nakamori Akina nodded and accepted Iwahashi Shinichi's suggestion. Her little head swayed back and forth, tickling him a little.
"However," Akina Nakamori didn't know what he was thinking, so she said her own thing, "Isn't Shinichi-kun also a producer?"
"It's true that he is a producer." Iwahashi Shin nodded, modestly, "However, he is still a bit of a crappy producer."
Akina Nakamori smiled and said, "Really? I think Shinichi-kun is very powerful. Moreover, he has successfully produced several singers, right?"
"That's true." He climbed up along the pole, or in other words, he climbed down when there was a step.
This tone made Akina Nakamori laugh.
She raised her face, tilted her head, and nuzzled him gently, "Whenever, Shen Yijun will also help me compose songs."