The Warner Vanguard producer was still thinking about the coincidence he mentioned, but Shinichi Iwahashi turned the subject back to what he had just mentioned, "You also said that times have changed, so it won't work with the cover as it is." ”

After going around in a circle, the initiative of the words completely fell into the hands of Iwahashi Shin.

It's a thief. ...... The producer who was led by his nose thought silently in his heart.

Shinichi Iwahashi, who pretended not to know, couldn't feel the producer's thoughts at all, and said, "Since the times have changed, let's rearrange and rearrange the old songs in a new-age way." ”

When Nansha Weaving released "17 Years Old", the music style of the book was still relatively simple, from the perspective of the 80s, it was also very simple in the arrangement, if you really want to talk about it, if you take it out as it is, it will probably make people have a kind of "really nostalgic~" or "good soil~" such thoughts.

To keep up with the times, the same goes for covers.

The so-called need to pay attention to skill is also reflected in this place.

At this stage, pop music began to use a lot of electronic synthesizers, powerful chords and keyboard rhythms in the arrangement, which also formed part of the current pop music.

The Bubble Age - Of course, I see this as a golden age, and in this era, there was also the birth of a so-called "CITY POP", a fusion of funk, jazz, AOR and other elements, characterized by a hazy artistic conception, a smell of alcohol and drunkenness, especially suitable for car stereos.

In Tokyo, discotheques have sprung up.

Akemi Ishii defeated Musokina Nakamori to win the singles chart with a cover dance song "CHA-CHA-CHA", and Yoko Ogino became famous by covering European dance music. At this stage, idol songs have more or less begun to bring dance music elements. When Iwahashi Shinichi decided to make the band his future goal, the dance music style was also blowing rapidly in the music industry, and the idols who were on the decline relied on this new popularity to renew their lives.

The bigger the bubble, the more joyful the dance. The more joyful the dance, the more people are sent to the clouds by the foam.

Electronic synthesizers, which have been used in the 70s, have become indispensable in recording studios today.

Drunk on gold to a somewhat unreal era, with dreamlike electronic music, there is a subtle match.

"Rearranging the music and making it more relevant to the current trend is tantamount to a rebirth. Iwahashi said.

Not only that, seventeen years of "17 Years Old" has created an era of idols, and seventeen years later, it will be remade in the current way, which has a touch of inheritance and innovation compared to a simple cover.

deliberately diverted and pulled back the topic, not just to set up a maze for the Warner Pioneer people. It is precisely the coincidence about "17" that must be presented first that it is convenient to explain his plan.

This is a coincidental year to re-release the song in this way......

"It's like Iwahashi-san. The producer of Warner Vanguard praised.

After the planning meeting was held, and it was almost passed, the next meeting, Chisato Moritaka who was a singer attended with the agent, too.

Shinichi Iwahashi asked a confirmatory question, "Does Moritaka-san know about Nanshaori?"

Sensato Moritaka's answer was unexpected, "Yes." ”

Although Nansha Weaving has been retired for ten years, when she was popular, Mori Takachi happened to be a six or seven-year-old child. At this age, and in the idol era, when the family gathering, she was encouraged by adults to imitate popular idols, and this kind of thing is probably not uncommon, maybe she also sang "17 Years Old".

Being encouraged to imitate idols bouncing for fun, in this day and age, for little girls, it is similar to "girls want to play with dolls".

"That's right," the foreshadowing of the communication ended, and the executive producer of Warner Pioneer announced to her the production plan for the next single, "Regarding the plan for the next single, I want you to sing Nansha Zhisang's "17 Years Old". ”

Although she was also asked to attend the meeting, the significance of the notice was greater than the significance of discussing with her.

Hearing this, Chisato Moritaka subconsciously took a quick look at Shinichi Iwahashi.

She already knew that the new single would continue to be entrusted to GENZO, and since this was the case, she decided to cover Nansha Weaving's "17 Years Old", which was his idea.

After the executive producer announced the incident, Shinichi Iwahashi took over and explained it to her.

A sense of trust, once you have it, will make people let down their guard, and Senri Moritaka is no exception. She listened intently.

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Deciding on a cover plan is just the first step.

Next, before making a formal production plan, we first had to communicate and negotiate with Nansha's record company.

If a singer who officially debuted wants to cover an old song as the main track of a new single, he must be thoughtful and solemnly obtain the consent of the record company.

Using the copyright system to pay money directly to the music association to cover the song, that kind of practice is something that only underground musicians and cover albums that can't get on the stage do.

The process of communication and negotiation is usually smooth, and it is rare for a company to get stuck in this kind of thing. The copyright of Nansha's records is all in CBS Sony, and CBS Sony is also fully responsible for the copyright management after retirement, which Iwahashi Shinichi has confirmed in advance.

In addition to asking for the consent of the record company, because it involves an adaptation, it is still necessary to say hello to the songwriter and the original singer of the song.

Even if he was the first original singer to sing, he had more than once been approached by the lyricist because the singer changed a sentence in the lyrics in his concert or some TV show, and even asked the singer not to sing the song again.

In the end, the only way to resolve it is for the singer himself to obediently go to the door to ask for forgiveness, otherwise, the song will be permanently sealed, and at worst a lawsuit.

This kind of strict unspoken rules of the industry, rather than respecting the achievements of creators, has developed to the point of using this kind of rules to show the authority of the black clothes behind the scenes.

From this kind of place, you can also feel that singers who don't have the ability to create and rely on the black-clothed people have actually been in the position of being ordered.

In the era of idols, packaged idols need to rely on other people's tunes to survive, because in this way, they don't dare to offend the creators, and even if they receive a song that is not very suitable, they will pinch their noses and accept it.

A small number of idols who have opinions about their careers have the courage to refuse - of course, they must also have the confidence to refuse.

For example, Nakamori Musequina is one of the idols who dares to refuse a famous artist's song.

The rejection is justified, and you can choose a more suitable song after refusing, only in this way can you have the confidence to refuse.