147. Success Profile
What is a music production company?
It is different from an agency and is not a record company, as the word "production" means, it is exclusively for the production of singers, including but not limited to songwriting, remixing, and route establishment.
After the brewing of the 70s and the development of the 80s, now, the record industry is becoming more and more developed, and the record industry is showing signs of streamlining, especially since the explosion of idols, the number of singers who debut every year is as high as hundreds and nearly 1,000 groups, and the singers who only release a single are grabbed one by one.
Go to the convenience store to buy water, and the girl who checks out may still love to shake the dew before, it's so magical.
Regular record companies naturally integrate record production and distribution, but even so, as a super-large newcomer, a considerable number of newcomers are outsourced to outside music production companies. For example, it's a bit like a brand entrusts a factory to produce it, then ships it back with its own label, and then sends it to the market for sale.
Of course, it can also be the other way around.
The music production company finds potential newcomers by itself, researches a suitable style route for the newcomers, and then takes it to the record company to promote it, and after the production is completed, it is sent to the market through the record company to sell, and then happily divides the money.
In countries with perfect copyright, music copyright is divided into fine and fragmented pieces, the producer holds the production copyright, the distributor holds the distribution copyright, and the songwriter holds the copyright of the lyrics and songs. Flash Dance
In addition to these, there is also a more magical thing called the copyright of the original disk, which is usually owned by the firm, and the arrangement is clear to you.
After talking to Misa Watanabe, Shinichi Iwahashi thought about many ways out, and finally, set his sights on this aspect. In a sense, being a music production company is in line with the original concept of "selling excellence".
Music itself is his strong point, and now, he is becoming more and more famous in the underground music circle, and some underground musicians, as long as they don't regard business as dung, have already had a good impression when they hear his name.
In this way, it is much smoother to find songwriters to join your team or to make records for underground musicians.
Just as the actor's favorability is favored by advertisers, Shinichi Iwahashi hopes to recruit him and find new talents for them just by borrowing the favorability of the underground music industry, even if he is not the manager of the studio.
It's an intangible resource, an advantage that others don't have. Even Manyumi Watanabe, who is also eyeing the next effort in the band, does not have such appeal as him.
Although she was a supporter behind Shinichi Iwahashi in preparation for the festival, it was something that no one in the underground music scene could see. Flash Dance
I think at the beginning, when I first came to Tokyo, I didn't have any goals, and then I decided to sell excellent and become an agent, and I joined Watanabe Productions in order to learn experience, and after achieving success, I was forced by Misa Watanabe to choose one of the two, and finally decided to take the third path.
These things are one after another, and when Iwahashi thinks about it for himself now, he also feels incredible. How did you get the strength to fight so hard?
If he had returned to the time when he was still in the Odyssey, he would never have imagined that in just a year and a half, his ambitions would swell so many times.
At the end of the day, it's because the contours of success are touched.
When I heard Miwa Yoshida's singing, I was determined to sell it to the world, and I wanted to find my own place in life and strive for it through the idea of selling excellence.
To achieve this, a women's rock festival was planned. As he watched the audience's enthusiasm ignite, he was stimulated again and pushed himself forward.
It's not a lie to say that you can see the scenery wherever you stand.
From this point of view, Iwahashi Shinichi may have to thank Misa Watanabe for giving him the idea of opening the road in front of him.
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On March 31, the fiscal year ended.
On April 1, the new fiscal year begins.
The entrance ceremony and initiation ceremony are also the most important ceremonies after entering April.
With the advent of the academic society, a good academic qualification means being able to enter a good company. The company that pays attention to the lifelong system is called a lifelong enterprise, and the company is set for life on one day.
These two ceremonies may seem like they can't be beaten, but they are actually very related.
Since it is a "lifelong event", it is normal for the entrance ceremony and the admission ceremony to be more solemn.
In April, Watanabe Productions also recruited a group of new employees to join the company as usual, and the new employees recruited by the planning department, production department, public relations department and other departments were all university graduates, which was normal, but this time, even the agent recruited a group of college students.
Miki Yoshida attaches great importance to academic qualifications and favors highly educated employees.
As soon as the newcomer joins the company, the handover is completed, and Shinichi Iwahashi will officially resign from Watanabe Production and return to his free body.
The amount of severance allowance has also been calculated, and Misa Watanabe has to be a non-mean boss and treat employees who have done credit to the office - this is what they have to do. Although it was Shinichi Iwahashi's own intention to resign, if the aftermath was not handled well, it would inevitably end up with a bad reputation for meritorious service, which would also affect the morale of the staff of the firm.
Even so, it is impossible for Misa Watanabe to throw him 10 million yen as compensation for leaving Manyumi. In the end, if you count your salary, you can get about 3 million yen at a time.
Counting the savings he has, he is now barely able to become a man with 5 million yen in his hands.
The initiation ceremony was held one after another, and the suit shop was doing a prosperous business.
A few days later, Iwahashi Shinichi received a pager from Akihito Takeuchi, and when he called back, he said on the other end of the phone that he was going to hold an induction party, and even Iwahashi Shinichi's friend was not left behind.
In the evening, Iwahashi took a shift and went to the appointment on time.
has become a real social person, Takeuchi Akihito looks like an elite, wearing a high-end suit, just cut his hair, and looks very high-spirited.
After playing a trick on Dayang Electric, Akihito Takeuchi finally joined Fuji Bank, becoming the most popular bankan at the moment, with high education, high income, high requirements, and full of "three highs".
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Akihito Takeuchi teased him, "Iwahashi, you are also a little famous now, when will you make a fortune!"
"I'm getting ready to get rich. Shinichi Iwahashi replied jokingly.
As a result, Akihito Takeuchi took it a little seriously and asked, "What's the matter?
"That's pretty much it. He was vague.
Akihito Takeuchi listened to this and said to him with a smile: "Then, if there is a need for money, welcome to me." If it's you, I'll be able to put a little water. ”