As soon as he transformed into a giraffe man and appeared backstage, he became a completely different person.
People were coming and going backstage at the Makuhari Messe. The singers who were scheduled to rehearse on the same day were led by different staff members and hurriedly shuttled through the corridors with their heads lowered. When they were with other singers who were going to share the stage
When they meet head-on, the younger generation salutes the older generation. Of course, there are also individual singers who are indifferent and do their own thing.
The staff hired temporarily for this special program treated the singers equally, but the TV station's own staff obviously treated the popular singers with extra consideration. The DREAM colored T-shirt and E came in a hurry, and did not stop after the rehearsal.
Leave. Even so, there is a lounge dedicated to the band backstage.
This arrangement was of course made with the intention of letting Shinichi Iwahashi, the giraffe man, breathe a sigh of relief.
When it comes to the live broadcast tomorrow, in order to prevent the singers from getting together and getting bored, TV Asahi has prepared rooms in a nearby hotel and arranged staff to be responsible for scheduling. The same four-hour special program will be held in front of a crowd of 5,000 people. Asahi
TV stations are much more generous than NHK.
Of course, the reason for this effort is that the advertisers for this special program are generous.
Last week, DREAM had just performed the song "Snowy Christmas" on TV. It would not be a problem to rehearse in a few days. After all, the so-called promotion period is to sing the same song until you vomit, including the rehearsal.
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In the narrow corridor, the band met two young men.
Brother Nakamura smiled and was the first to say hello, calling: "Matsumoto-kun!"
It’s two people from B’z.
Opposite him, Matsumoto Takahiro twitched his lips and responded, "Masato-san."
Takahiro Matsumoto and his partner Hiroshi Inaba, both had sweat on their faces. It looked like they had just finished their rehearsal performance. Brother Nakamura has a wide circle of friends and hangs out in various bars and clubs on a daily basis. From time to time, he reveals that he is not at all like Iwahashi.
The interpersonal relationship that Shinichi and Miwa-chan know is that they can be described as DREAM social butterflies.
Matsumoto Takahiro has a calm face, is not tall, but has a strong build. Set off by his ordinary face, his partner Hiroshi Inaba looks particularly handsome and sparkling. Of course, this guy is indeed a standard
handsome guy.
It is said that when Takahiro Matsumoto selected a vocal partner for himself, one of his requirements was that the singer should be handsome.
When Nakamura brother greeted Matsumoto Takahiro, Iwahashi Shinichi and Miwa-chan stayed away from the incident. Similarly, Matsumoto Takahiro's partner was also indifferent, just waiting for the two acquaintances to finish their greetings, and then go their separate ways.
After saying goodbye, and walking out for a while, Brother Nakamura talked about his friendship with Matsumoto Takahiro, and casually added: "I heard that Mr. Inaba abstained from alcohol in order to protect his throat. So, there is not much chance of meeting him."
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Miwa-chan was quite impressed and said, "That's amazing." For a moment, she was full of good intentions towards this lead singer who respected her singing career so much. Of course, this generous admiration was partly because she herself couldn't do it to such an extent.
Shinichi Iwahashi was listening and couldn't help but admire him.
He had listened to B'z's songs and had some idea of the lead singer's singing ability. He was a singing genius not inferior to Miwa-chan. Before his debut, this young man was a top student in the Department of Mathematics at Yokohama National University and a reserve mathematics teacher. However, life passed away
At a fork in the road, I changed from a math teacher to a band lead singer.
Before his debut, he had never engaged in any music-related work, and he did not have a professional background. He relied on his talent to sing. Of course, such a self-disciplined young man has absolutely strong ambition and willpower. With his knowledge of his voice
Pay attention to the level, master scientific singing methods, and improve your skills sooner or later.
There is also Matsumoto Takahiro, who looks as calm as a mountain and has no emotion or anger. He knows at a glance that he has a line in his heart. He seems to be easy to discuss, but he is definitely not the kind of person who will let others arrange it.
B’z’s performance this year has been quite good. It has accumulated a certain amount of popularity through hard work, and when Nagato Daiko collaborated with BURNING, the band merged into VER fans LLION Records. With the support of burning media resources, it is even more powerful.
Previously, B’z was also a member of the performance list announced by the Red and White Song Club.
Shinichi Iwahashi always pays attention to the trends in the industry, and it is impossible not to know about B'z's performance. However, the only time he saw this band was at the celebration party held by the organizing committee for the musicians after the previous music festival.
superior.
At that time, this band performed at the music festival as an invited member.
However, the celebration party was crowded and mixed, and the band was just introduced to him and greeted him, so it was not considered acquaintance.
If I really want to say it, it is thanks to Brother Nakamura today that after watching him greet and greet Matsumoto Takahiro, I have a more three-dimensional understanding of the two members of this band.
Shinichi Iwahashi and Daiyuki Nagato were somewhat at odds with each other. For this reason, although B.B.QUEENS had released "Let's Dance" through his record company, after the cooperation ended, the two lead singers of the group were very self-conscious.
He kept a distance from Iwahashi Shinichi.
Even so, after understanding B’z as much as he did now, Shinichi Iwahashi was quite interested in the two young men.
Of course there is such a thing as family differences, but if you care about it to the point where you can't even distinguish your personal relationship, it would be meaningless. There is nothing wrong with the two lead singers of B.B. QUEENS doing that, but Shinichi Iwahashi felt that it was unnecessary.
Of course, so-called interpersonal relationships also depend on whether they are compatible or not.
Shinichi Iwahashi vaguely remembered that Takahiro Matsumoto also worked as an accompanist for TMWORK. In this way, he and Tetsuya Komuro are also closely related.
Ever since Tetsuya Komuro and Kasaki Hayashi entrusted Shinichi Iwahashi as the agent for the cooperation between the two of them and Toshihiko Takamizawa, Shinichi Iwahashi has become very close to that true romantic talent and has had many exchanges with him.
I met Takahiro Matsumoto today and thought of this. Shinichi Iwahashi thought about it and mentioned it to Tetsuya Komuro next time he met.
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They met Nakamura Masato from DREAM's sexy T-cup E by chance. After saying hello, Matsumoto Takahiro and Inaba Hiroshi continued to walk forward.
After the rehearsal, the band will return to Tokyo. In the evening, they will attend a class reunion organized by former BEING veterans.
This year, B'z's commercial performance was excellent. It won the band's number one single and number one album, and became a prominent star in this era of the band. With outstanding performance, it naturally became the focus. At the end of the year, various tasks were arranged.
It's full.
It also includes the Red and White Song Concert on the last day.
It is a great opportunity for a singer to be able to get a ticket to the Kohaku Uta Music Club one year after his debut. However, regarding the matter of being selected for the Kohaku Uta Music Club, from the day the list was announced, Matsumoto Takahiro and Inaba Hiroshi
, the two of them never mentioned it.
Because from the beginning to the end, neither of them was interested in participating in the Red and White Song Concert.
Being in the BURNING department, there is never a shortage of various media resources. The reason for the band's rapid advancement is certainly not unrelated to the fact that Nagato Daiko got close to the big tree of Shufang Ikuo.
Matsumoto Takahiro believes that the band has accumulated experience and gained experience from the successful mini-album before joining the BURNING group, and has already found the right direction for the next step. Even without the media resources of the BURNING group, it can still become popular.
However, he also admitted that the rich media resources added fuel to the band's fire.
Takahiro Matsumoto has no objections to the matter of Nagato Daiyuki joining the B-Ning series. In other words, there should be a tacit understanding between him and Nagato Daiyuki.
He and Hiroshi Inaba are responsible for the music, and Nagato Daiyuki is responsible for taking care of things other than music.
Compared with other people in the original BEING, Matsumoto Takahiro is more independent and more independent. He does not consider himself "a subordinate of Nagato Daiko", although Nagato Daiko looks friendly, but actually thinks that he is a member of the company.
Absolute authority. Similarly, Matsumoto Takahiro looked at everything as indifferent, but actually had his own ideas. At that time, he listened silently to Nagato Daiyuki's words, and then continued to go his own way.
Nagato Daiko joined the BURNING group, and with that, B’z entered a period of growth. Taking advantage of the media resources of the BURNING group, the band quickly became popular, and conflicts arose unexpectedly.
But on the other hand, conflicts will arise, and the seeds are actually planted long ago.
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After Ikuo Zhou incorporated BEING and formed VERMI LLION Records, he was eager to make a name for himself and expand the influence of the record company.
Although B.B.QUEENS gained a lot of attention this year with "Let's Dance" and sold up to 1.5 million records. However, apart from this single, the group did not have another song that was remembered by the audience.
live.
This is actually something that was foreseen when the group was formed. A group created for the theme song of a cartoon means that it will become a part of the cartoon and leave
The combination is nothing.
Especially this year, Fuji TV tied songs and animations for promotion. There was even a case of Boys' Day on May 5th. The group linked up with cartoons. One played animations about Boys' Day and carp streamers, and the other on the stage.
There is something like the ultra-luxurious carp streamer performance worth 3 million yen that has become a hot topic.
The person who planned this performance was Shinichi Iwahashi. He is not the boss of B.B.QUEENS and is only responsible for this song. Therefore, he does not have to think about how the group will get rid of its status as "Chibi Maruko-chan's official group" in the future. He only needs to consider
For now, just think about how to maximize the publicity effect.
But on the other hand, when Lian Nagato Daiko formed this group, he knew in his heart that the group might face a situation of failure after the group was formed. The future and destiny of this group had been doomed from the beginning, and Iwahashi Shinichi was just following the trend.
And for.
Although VER fans own LLION Records and have won a bunch of awards as a record company representative at the end of this year, everyone can see that this group is about to be short-lived.
If you want to seek transformation, you have to climb the mountain called "Let's Dance Together".
Not only that, "Let's Dance" was released through GENZO, and the world knew that this was a group that "Producer Iwahashi" participated in, but LLION Records, a VER fan who later took over the group, fell behind.
The more things go like this, the more eager Ikuo Sue is to create a brand that is a VER fan of LLION records. But now, in the entire company, apart from the two young men from B’z, there is no other candidate who can take on this important task.
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The road conditions back to Tokyo were not good, and Matsumoto Takahiro and Inaba Hiroshi were the last to arrive at the party location.
Those who appeared at the party were all people from the BEING era of the production company. Before Takahiro Matsumoto met Hiroshi Inaba, he was active as a recording studio musician and stage accompanist. It was relatively standard to move from behind the scenes to the front.
Because of this, the people he has good connections with at BEING are all people behind the scenes who have been together since the establishment of the production company.
Takahiro Matsumoto is not in a group, but he obviously gets along better with his former partners. Besides, most of the production team used by B’z are from the BEING era.
As for Hiroshi Inaba, until he joined BEING, he was a blank slate and had nothing to do with the music industry. Following Takahiro Matsumoto, he was introduced to the musicians of BEING.
The relationship between the two members of B’z is not close, and they are relatively compatible colleagues. However, Matsumoto Takahiro also served as Inaba Hiroshi’s boss and guide. In the beginning, it was Matsumoto Takahiro who selected Inaba Hiroshi.
For Hiroshi Inaba, everyone attending this "class reunion" was the first person he got to know after joining the industry.
Matsumoto Takahiro and Inaba Hiroshi, who were the last to arrive, took their seats and everyone raised their glasses together.
"cheers!"
Of course, only Inaba Hiroshi's cup was filled with water. Water without ice.
When he was first invited by Matsumoto Takahiro to form a band, his level of restraint was more than that, but since the band got on the right track, he has become more and more concerned about these details, maintaining his voice like a neurotic.
Akashi Masao, who was in charge of the band's arranger, took a swig of beer and teased him, "Inaba-kun's voice can sing until you are eighty-eight years old."
After hearing this, Inaba Hiroshi added a wisecrack, "That's not enough." From the outside, he seemed not to be approachable, but he was quite relaxed in front of acquaintances.
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After three rounds of drinking, except for Hiroshi Inaba, who never drank, everyone else was slightly drunk, and their speech became more casual and unrestrained.
"This year, the two signs of VER fan LLION were brought by President Nagato."
Musician Shigeaki Ogiso, who joined the production company not long after BEING was founded, murmured, "To put it this way, joining VER fan LLION is different from President Nagato setting up his own record company?"
"That being said, it may not happen next year." Masao Akashi added.
Nagato Daiyuki merged BEING into VER fans LLION Records. The new record company initially used BEING's team, including the band REV, which was also produced by the old BEING people present here.
However, with the strength of the BURNING department, naturally they will not just rely on the team brought by Nagato Daiyuki from BEING. This year, on the one hand, they are relying on the team of BEING to develop, and on the other hand, the new record company is also recruiting new musicians. In addition,
In addition, offices related to the BURNING department have also joined the team to help VER fans select new talents for LLION Records.
And these are all things that cannot be obtained simply by being lucky enough to be a Nagato.
Akashi Masao was telling the truth, but Ogiso Nariyoshi was not happy to be refuted. He looked at Matsumoto Takahiro and said, "No matter how powerful BURNIG is, why don't you force Matsumoto-kun and Inaba-kun to support the scene?"
