Recently, Shinichi Iwahashi has heard the most words: "I'm sorry, but the Friday and Saturday performances here are full......"

Or another line, "She's good at singing, but her style doesn't quite match the theme of this show." ”

In other words, he's been eating behind closed doors lately.

According to Mineshima, it was easy to apply for LIVEHOUSE's unpopular period, and when he actually started to do it himself, Shinichi Iwahashi felt the same way. Especially when compared to the difficulty of applying for primetime.

As the name suggests, the cold season is a time when not many people will frequent.

Mondays and Tuesdays, which have just been off for the weekend, and the Thursday before the weekend, are nights without time for fun. Shinichi Iwahashi worked as a waiter in a nightclub and is well aware of this.

Famous and popular underground singers don't consume themselves in unpopular times, because for them, charging tickets for performances during popular times and selling homemade records on the spot is a very important source of income.

Some venue managers will choose to close the store for maintenance during unpopular periods, but there are always a few days of the week when the venue is idle, and it doesn't hurt to find some unknown amateurs to warm up the venue.

Of course, since it's here to warm up and there are few audiences, don't think about the performance fee.

This kind of job is the best to find, and Shin Iwahashi and Yoshida Miwa also sang a few times.

Performing on the same stage with her is either a karaoke singer or a three-legged cat band that can only play 1645, and every time she performs, the atmosphere is like the kind of tavern karaoke outside where anyone can sing after drinking a little wine.

After coming here a few times, Iwahashi Shinichi felt that it was not good.

It's not okay to rest on your laurels. A person who is already level 20 brushes a level 1 monster outside the novice village every day, hoping to upgrade to level 30 to change the map by accumulating experience points at a time at a time, but he is afraid that he will have to stop serving.

Singing alone is not enough.

The two of them are not the kind of people who can say anything else as long as they can sing happily, but are greedy for a stage, their goal is to go mainstream. There is too little hope of putting yourself on such an unpopular period.

In the end, Miwa Yoshida's style is not good either.

If this had been in time for the RB jazz fever in 1952, she might have been caught up in the Odyssey by the head of the record company or the producer of the film company who came to the store, and became a star like Emi Emi.

But right now, her style isn't very popular. Recently, there has been a lot of activity in the underground music scene, and LIVEHOUSE is also preferring bands that can stir up the atmosphere. A female singer who fights alone, and a female singer of this style, really has no market.

Climb the peak, challenge yourself, and attack the golden time -

Then, Iwahashi Shinichi began to binge-eat closed-door soup.

"Excuse me. After being rejected again, Shin'ichi Iwahashi walked out of the LIVEHOUSE and went out into the street.

In the winter at the end of November, it gets dark earlier and earlier, and the streets of Roppongi are bustling with people. Shinichi Iwahashi stood in front of the shop window, looking at his own shadow reflected on it.

The palatial decoration in the window and his face reflected on the glass are subtly overlapped.

Shinichi Iwahashi took a deep breath, withdrew his gaze, and stepped forward.

There is one last LIVEHOUSE that I didn't visit today.

This LIVEHOUSE venue can accommodate 250 people, which is not small. In this kind of field, Iwahashi Shinichi came over to ask, and he didn't have the idea that it could be done, just a few more words.

The result was not what he expected, and when he handed over his business card, he heard that it was a female singer, and the person in charge didn't even listen to the audition tape, so he directly refused.

Iwahashi was prepared early in the morning, so he was not disappointed, and thanked the person in charge calmly and politely. Just as he was about to say goodbye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a stack of leaflets on the table, with colorful words written on them such as performances.

The person in charge had a good impression of his response when he was rejected just now, and felt that he was so calm and calm at a young age, and that he was a good young man. At this time, I noticed his gaze and took the initiative to explain to him: "It's a band platter planning performance that is being planned here." ”

"Band?" said Iwahashi Shinichi's heart.

This visit made him deeply feel the terrorist power of the band in the underground music circle.

"Yes. The person in charge showed him a leaflet, "If you want to stir up the atmosphere, there is no better than the band." Now that the band is very popular among young people, we plan to do a two-night band platter next Friday and Saturday night, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. ”

Shinichi Iwahashi remembered the show he went to with Mimi Club.

"If you want to talk about the band, it's very good. However, there are enough troubles about the interpersonal relationships in the band. A band was supposed to come on Friday night, but the bassist and lead singer got into a fight, and even the police were alarmed, and the band broke up on the spot. The person in charge smiled helplessly when he said this.

This gossip is powerful enough. Iwahashi Shinichi thought.

"It's not easy enough to get together so many bands. Thanks to the good impression he left just now, speaking of which, the boss mentioned to him, "Although there is no need for female singers here for the time being, if you know any bands that are passable, you might as well introduce them to an interview." ”

Band! It's a band again!

Iwahashi Shinichi suddenly had a ghost idea in his head, paused, and said, "Yes." ”

He looked at the person in charge and said to him, "I also approached the band to perform, and I just happened to have such a band on hand." ”

"Really?" the person in charge was interested, "Is there a video of the band's performance or something?"

"It's not a coincidence. Iwahashi Shinichi lied, "I just came from Ginza and left the last videotape there." ”

"That's fine. The person in charge didn't pursue it, and asked him: "Your relationship with the members of the band is okay, right?"

"It's quite harmonious. Iwahashi said.

The boss thought for a moment, "There will be an interview at four o'clock in the afternoon next Monday, if you are interested, you can bring the band over and try it." ”

"Yes, next Monday at four o'clock in the afternoon. Shinichi Iwahashi confirmed, "I'll bring them here." ”

When he left the LIVEHOUSE and came to the street, the cold wind hit him, making him shiver subconsciously. Iwahashi Shinichi lowered his head and looked at the leaflet he had just gotten in his hand, thoughtful.

In the evening, Shinichi Iwahashi called Miwa Yoshida, "Miwa-san, I found a good interview opportunity." Would you like to give it a try?"

Miwa Yoshida asked him to be specific.

Shinichi Iwahashi told her about this afternoon.

"Shin Yi-san," Miwa Yoshida calmed down after listening, and corrected, "What they want is a band." ”

Shinichi Iwahashi reacted calmly, "I know, they want a band. ”

"But we-"

"So. Shinichi Iwahashi interrupted her, "Let's form a band." ”