When Nakamori Akina is really in a business-focused state, she is focused on nothing else.
After the collaboration album was finalized, in order to accommodate Shinichi Iwahashi's time, she delayed entering the recording studio for the first time until now. She felt a little impatient and wanted to start quickly. For the first recording, she waited in the studio.
Iwahashi Shin spent half an hour. Although he felt irritated about waiting for too long, he still chose to get into work quickly.
Shinichi Iwahashi went to get the music score for the album, and Akina Nakamori came over to communicate with him about the singing method of the song before the official recording.
This time, there was finally no situation where two people had their own opinions and quarreled in the recording studio.
When formulating the album plan, Iwahashi Shinichi was thinking about music production. According to Nakamori Akina's ideas, he was responsible for grasping the general direction and ensuring the album's commercial success.
This is not the first time for Akina Nakamori to be a music producer, nor is it the first time for him to be an executive producer. Everyone performs his or her duties, and it is possible to put all efforts in one place smoothly from the beginning.
Only by letting her do it did I gain a deeper understanding of Akina Nakamori's thoughts on music and her singing talent.
The first audition went very smoothly. If we just sang the songs according to the score, the album would have been recorded in about ten hours and delivered to the computer room for post-production. Akina Nakamori's singing skills are so good.
However, the reason why this round is an "audition" rather than a formal recording is to explore the characteristics of the song through actual singing, and then consider a suitable singing method.
On the one hand, Akina Nakamori changed her singing method over and over again to find the most suitable one. On the other hand, Shinichi Iwahashi didn’t really just take charge of the job. He was responsible for participating in the album’s arrangement and recording engineer.
, studio musicians, and arrangers from Warner to communicate and create an arrangement that can complement Nakamori Akina.
This album is scheduled to contain ten songs, and Shinichi Iwahashi participated in the arrangement of about half of them. However, considering his schedule, several arrangements were made in collaboration with arrangers from Warner. He is responsible for
The arranger determines the direction of the arrangement.
Arrangers cannot exist apart from musical works, so they do not have independent copyrights. Big-name arrangers can also participate in the division of records. Shinichi Iwahashi and Brother Nakamura are responsible for arrangers at DREAM Color T Milk E. They are two members of the band.
The pillars, therefore, each get 1% of the arrangement share. But this is a special situation.
Arrangers who are really unknown can only receive a one-time payment. Shinichi Iwahashi cooperates with arrangers from Warner, and the arrangement is a one-time buyout from Warner. As long as Shinichi Iwahashi is arranging
He signed his name in the column of composer, and the arrangement fee paid was half for him and the arranger. However, the majority of Iwahashi Shinichi's share was the producer's share, so the arrangement fee was a drop in the bucket.
In addition to participating in the arrangement himself, Iwahashi Shinichi also brought his own studio musicians to participate in the recording of accompaniment. When a singer like Nakamori Akina records, the accompaniment recording and vocal recording are basically done separately. This will
Son, I just made the first version of the accompaniment for today’s audition.
After Nakamori Akina finished auditioning the sound and decided on the singing method of the song, she had to re-produce it.
If a singer is the absolute center in the recording studio, it means that everyone will be directed around by her. If she is not satisfied at all, she will have to overturn what she has produced and start over.
Akina Nakamori called Shinichi Iwahashi a "tyrant" in front of Shizuka Kudo, but it turned out that she was the one who really said that.
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Of course Kudo Shizuka would not know about this kind of thing.
After the first round of auditions, Akina Nakamori came out of the recording room. Shinichi Iwahashi and her sound engineer accompanied her to listen to the recording just now, and the recording assistant was responsible for recording the opinions of the three people.
Assistant Momoi went to prepare drinks for these people, and after running around, she waited aside and looked at the console. What Akina Nakamori was saying, Shinichi Iwahashi listened carefully, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
It's completely different from the way they were tit-for-tat with each other after the last sound check.
Ordinarily, the atmosphere would be better if it were harmonious. However, having seen those two people fighting swords and guns against each other, for some reason, I felt that something was missing.
This thought swirled in her mind for a moment and was immediately driven out of her mind. The assistant read her assistant manual silently, calming down and not making random guesses about what was going on between the two people.
As an assistant, is there anything better than a peaceful workplace?
The three people over there pressed the pause button on the discussion and came over to take a break. The recording assistant took advantage of this gap to sort out what they had just said.
Leaving the console and sitting down in the small lounge, Nakamori Akina's head relaxed, and her tense little face softened again. She looked very energetic when she was working, but now she was holding a cup and taking small sips.
He looked like a small animal while drinking hot tea.
Iwahashi Shinichi's eyes fell on her face, which narrowed her eyes in contentment.
As if she was aware of it, Akina Nakamori opened her eyes wide and looked at Iwahashi Shinichi, "Is there something on my face?" She blinked innocently.
Shinichi Iwahashi caught her off guard. He paused and shook his head, "No."
"Um……"
She replied vaguely, as if humming a song. As if she wanted to use the heat of the tea to fumigate her, she lowered her head and continued drinking tea.
This look could not be described as naughty. Iwahashi Shinichi was a little surprised that she showed an unconcealed non-official attitude towards him. But it was unexpected, so he did not feel panic, but accepted it happily.
The sound engineer sitting here together also cast his eyes on Nakamori Akina's face because of the conversation between these two people, but he didn't take it seriously. He looked away and spoke to Shinichi Iwahashi again. Just now
We were busy working on Akina Nakamori's new album in front of the console. During the break, when we opened our mouths, everyone was conscious and didn't mention business matters.
Nakamori Akina sat on one side and raised her head. Opposite her was the sound engineer and Iwahashi Shinichi. The two of them first talked about the recently launched keyboard synthesizer. The sound engineer was very excited when he talked about it, and Iwahashi Shinichi also listened with interest.
She also pricked up her ears to hear what the sound engineer and Shinichi Iwahashi were saying. When she got serious, she heard Shinichi Iwahashi telling the sound engineer, "When technology advances, fashion changes."
There is nothing to say about the professional level of Japanese arrangers. They are especially good at all kinds of gorgeous and complex arrangements. They seem to have brought the craftsmanship of buttonhole carving into music. Their superb talents come from all aspects, but to a certain extent,
The reason why Japanese arrangers have such superb talents has a lot to do with the fact that Japan is a major country in the production and use of electronic synthesizers.
"It's hard to say whether it's popular or not..." the sound engineer laughed, "My son has been clamoring to buy a personal computer recently. What can a middle school student use for that kind of thing?"
Shinichi Iwahashi answered casually, "Maybe it will be of great use."
His tone was careless, and the sound engineer didn't take him seriously. "Thank God if I don't cause any trouble." Listening to his words, he had already decided to buy his son a computer of his own.
The two of them were chatting lively, leaving the Tao Pu Star aside to dry. Akina Nakamori suddenly spoke and said: "Iwahashi-san."
"What?" Shinichi Iwahashi looked at her.
Akina Nakamori told him, "On Thursday night, I will watch a new program planned by Iwahashi-san."
Iwahashi Shinichi saw the way she said this and couldn't help but smile, "Really? Thank you for your support."
"However, the TV set in the recording studio's tea room is not equipped with ratings statistics equipment..." She said her witty words as if she was deliberately teasing others.
Iwahashi Shinichi was not annoyed and cooperated with her jokes, "That's a shame. If statistics could be obtained, the ratings would be better."
The sound engineer next to me interjected, "Speaking of which, Akina-san also came over to record on Thursday night."
"We are going to record a new single." Nakamori Akina calmly added, "During the break, I was lazy and went to the tea room to watch TV."
Iwahashi Shinichi said seriously, "Watching TV during a break is not considered laziness."
Akina Nakamori laughed out loud at his words. However, what was even more funny than these words was the way he said them seriously.
The sound engineer was very impressed by Shinichi Iwahashi's ability to sing and harmonize, and he also laughed, "That's what happened."
On their side, the three of them were chatting happily.
On the other side, the assistant Momoi came to bring tea and water, and refilled the empty cup. After walking out, he met Da Ben who had returned from making a phone call, and nodded to him to say hello.
Ben glanced at the lounge and muttered casually, "It's quite lively."
It seems that the atmosphere is quite good.
Last time in the recording studio, I yelled "You guy!". Now they were sitting together chatting happily. Omoto thought so, and felt in his heart that Akina Nakamori is a soft-spoken person.
When doing things according to her opinions, everything will be easy. When doing things against her, she will be more arrogant and domineering than anyone else. Ben looked at his watch, confirmed the timetable with his assistant, and ordered: "I'll go after nine-thirty."
Prepare for midnight snack..."
"I don't know what we are talking about." After finishing his instructions, Ben looked at the lounge again curiously.
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This evening, when I was having dinner with Momoko Kikuchi, she mentioned that Akina Nakamori would sing the theme song for the TV series for which she was the second-in-command.
When Iwahashi Shinichi heard her talk about it, he guessed that this theme song was Akina Nakamori's new single before the release of her new album. Therefore, now that she talks about it, he doesn't feel surprised at all.
Akina Nakamori told him, "...the heroine of the TV series is Momoko Kikuchi from the same agency."
"I see."
Iwahashi Shin nodded, "So, Yanyin took care of it." He changed the subject, "I guess he also brought new people from the office to participate in the performance."
This time, Akina Nakamori nodded again. She mentioned casually, "I heard from the manager of the office that Momo-chan was introduced to the office by Iwahashi-san."
"There's no introduction." Shinichi Iwahashi told her, "Kenichiro-san is in charge of Kenyin's acting department. When we met and chatted, he said a few words."
Nakamori Akina smiled and began to joke, "Peach jam was introduced by Iwahashi-san, and I am also the singer produced by Iwahashi-san. In other words, it was also Iwahashi-san who arranged it."
"Can it still be considered like this?" Iwahashi Shinichi laughed. She didn't think it was too far-fetched at all.
Just when she thought this in her mind, Akina Nakamori rolled her eyes and changed her words: "It doesn't seem to count..."
Judging from her suppressed smile, it was 120% that she was teasing others. Iwahashi Shinichi felt a little embarrassed and said casually, "If Akina-san acts in a TV series, she will definitely be the lead actor and the theme song."
The sound engineer also felt that Akina Nakamori would be good at acting, and he echoed the sentiment. The sound engineer didn't do it because he had seen her acting skills, but purely because he felt that Akina Nakamori could do things that other idols can do.
Akina Nakamori pursed her lips and showed an innocent expression, as if to say, what does acting in a TV series have to do with her.
This Taopusida, who acted innocent at first, looked very cute.
She didn't mean to tease Iwahashi Shinichi. After she finished her talk, she put away her mischievous energy and told him, "Iwahashi-san's show is very humane."
Iwahashi Shin was partly surprised that she suddenly brought the topic back to the prank show, and partly surprised by her statement, "Human touch?"
Akina Nakamori nodded her head, "While watching it, I was thinking that although it is a prank show, it is actually very gentle and gentle." Her honest viewing experience explains to some extent why the ratings of the show's premiere were mediocre.
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Nowadays, everyone is busy traveling around the world looking for excitement. It is not an era where we can experience and appreciate human touch.
The program's first broadcast was not a huge success in ratings, but it was not a failure. On Thursday night at 11 o'clock, TV Asahi's variety show slot will not be finished within one or two years as long as it can maintain the same ratings as the first broadcast. However, the producers of the program
At that time, no one thought about producing a show that was smooth and stable from the first episode to the last episode.
After hearing Nakamori Akina's words, Shinichi Iwahashi lowered his face and looked thoughtful.
He stopped talking. Nakamori Akina stared at his face and closed her mouth. She was still thinking a little foolishly in her heart. If Iwahashi Shinichi suddenly raised his head and said, "Is there something on my face?", then it would definitely be true.
very funny.
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After the break, the three people returned to the console from the lounge and continued the discussion. After talking for a while, they determined a few key places. Akina Nakamori simply entered the recording room and confirmed and tried with Shinichi Iwahashi and the sound engineer.
Sing.
Assistant Momoi looked at the time, and when it was nine-thirty, he followed Oben's instructions and went out to buy supper. After working all night, his stomach was empty. Nakamori Akina came out of the recording room for the second time and saw the table
Putting the prepared food on the table made my already empty stomach feel even more hungry.
She walked to the console and opened her mouth, saying, "Eat something first, okay?"
With that smile on her face, Iwahashi Shinichi began to feel like a child in a shopping mall.
