"Haruko? ”

At this time, in the recording studio, only Seiichiro Kuribayashi himself was here. Before Haruko Akamatsu went to the appointment, she called the recording studio and said that she wanted to bring a friend over.

Therefore, seeing a girl with an eye behind her, Seiichiro Kuribayashi was not surprised.

"Excuse me. "Sachiko Kamaike owes herself.

"Hello. Seiichiro Kuribayashi nodded in return and quietly looked at Haruko Akamatsu's friend. She looked to be several years older than Haruko Akamatsu and was clearly not her friend from college.

"Kun Kuribayashi is a composer of GENZO. Haruko Akamatsu acted as an introducer, "This is Kamaike-san, my friend. ”

The identities were clear, and the two people who met for the first time greeted each other again.

Seiichiro Kuribayashi acted as a hostess and went to make tea for the two visitors.

During this time, Sachiko Kamaike's gaze looked around the room. The first time I entered the recording studio, I used to only be on TV, and when the camera swept by, I followed the music equipment I had seen, but now I am close in front of me.

She was curious and amazed.

Looking at these devices that I don't know anything about, I can't help but feel a sense of reverence for musicians when I think that music producers manipulate these things that make laymen don't know how to make beautiful music.

Seiichiro Kuribayashi came out with a tea tray and saw the curious gaze of this Kamaike-san. Judging by this reaction, it must be a layman who has entered the recording studio for the first time.

He guessed that it wasn't because she wanted to see the real recording studio that Haruko Akamatsu brought her over for sightseeing, right?

Besides, this Puchi-san didn't look frivolous at all in the recording studio, and he didn't look like a lively tourist.

"Kuribayashi-kun. ”

Haruko Akamatsu didn't let him wonder for too long, revealing the answer, "Can you help me supervise the shed?"

"Prison shed?" Seiichiro Kuribayashi was a little surprised, "Haruko, do you want to sing?" "Isn't she going to sing and is bent on going behind the scenes?"

"Not me. Haruko Akamatsu smiled.

The person in the studio today is Seiichiro Kuribayashi, which is much more convenient for Haruko Akamatsu. The two are old acquaintances, and now they want to ask him to give outsiders a prison shed, and it is more comfortable and convenient to say it.

"To this Puchi-san prison shed?"

Seiichiro Kuribayashi once again set his sights on Sachiko Kamaike, and his outlook changed a little. I thought I was here to visit, but did I come to audition?

Sachiko Kamaike looked shy, bothering people she didn't know, and she was embarrassed, "I'm sorry for your trouble." ”

"Not necessarily. When she said this, Seiichiro Kuribayashi softened his attitude and stood up, "Please, come and sing and watch." ...... Seriously, ordinary people may be shocked when they first enter the recording studio and hear their own singing. ”

Singing in the studio is completely different from singing in karaoke, and the sound sung through the studio's equipment, without reverberation, without echo, without any embellishment, sounds dry.

Because there is no embellishment, the slightest inadequacy, the slightest change in pitch, cannot escape. People who are very confident in their singing voice may be hit by their own voice if they enter the recording studio.

Haruko Akamatsu got up with Sachiko Kamaike, stood in front of the console, and watched Sachiko Kabaike walk into the recording studio opposite. A glass wall, she could see Sachiko Kamaike on the other side, and Sachiko Kabaike could see everything outside the studio clearly.

As soon as I entered the recording studio, my biggest impression was that it was so quiet, quiet to a somewhat depressing level. On one side, it was so quiet that it seemed as if he was the only one in the world, and no matter what happened, no one would appear beside him.

But on the other side, through the glass wall, on the other side of the "real world", everything can be seen clearly.

Such a contrast made Sachiko Kamaike, who entered the recording studio for the first time, feel uncomfortable that is difficult to describe in words, as if she had stepped into a strange world.

Through the glass wall, Seiichiro Kuribayashi on the other side pointed to the microphone.

Sachiko Kamaike came to her senses, stood in front of the microphone, picked up the monitor headphones and put them on.

"So, what are you going to sing?" asked Seiichiro Kuribayashi.

Sachiko Kamaike told him, "Is it okay with Ann Lewis's Roppongi Kojo?"

"That's amazing. Seiichiro Kuribayashi got such an answer and sighed with emotion, but he just said that people should not be disgraced.

Ann Lewis is a Mi-Japanese mixed-race born in Yuben, first as a photo idol in Tokyo, in the early 70s, debuted as a singer, with the racial talent of a mixed-race child, invincible singing skills, and varied styles, sometimes singing sweet ballads, sometimes with a little added ballad rock.

In the 80s, he married rock singer Masahiro Kuwana, and the music style became more and more "heavy", and he ran all the way in the direction of metal rock, becoming a pioneer of Japanese metal. A few years after the divorce and comeback, this "Roppongi Heart" was released.

The word for martyrdom in Japanese is true, but "Roppongi Heart" is not a bitter love song about a man and a woman meeting to be martyred, but a song full of power.

It is not so much a couple of men and women who meet to be martyred, but rather to take out the strength of martyrdom to pursue the ultimate love.

By the way, Ann Lewis lived in Roppongi when he first came to Beijing from his hometown in Kansai to work hard as a photo idol. By the way, when she became a singer, she signed a contract with Watanabe Productions of Watanabe's father.

Watanabe's influence is terrifying......

Sachiko Kabuike, a girl who looks quite quiet, said that she wanted to sing "Roppongi Heart", which is also a complete contrast in the eyes of Seiichiro Kuribayashi.

However, for Sachiko Kamaike, who likes rock music and even thought about becoming a rock singer herself, singing this song in the studio is more to her liking than singing atmosphere ballads in karaoke.

"Then please get started. Seiichiro Kuribayashi called the shots.

Sachiko Kamaike looked at the two people who were waiting in front of the console opposite.

The recording studio is so quiet, so quiet that it seems that no one cares about what is done in it, but there are always people on the other side watching the recording studio, such an environment makes Sachiko Kamaike feel a kind of discordant contrast.

She looked away, trying not to look at the other side, then took a deep breath, "one! two !three !Four!" sang the first line of "Roppongi Heart".

......

Is this my voice?

Coming out of the studio, Sachiko Kamaike put on her headphones and listened to her performance. As a result, the cry of "one! two !three !Four!" made her feel strange, as if she was from another person.

Sachiko Kamaike was still stunned by this true voice, but on the other side, Haruko Akamatsu said, "Kamaike-san's voice is really good. ”

Seiichiro Kuribayashi pondered, "Indeed, a very nice 'voice'. ”

Both emphasize the voice itself, rather than the performance of the singing.

Although through the recording, the unprofessionalism in Kamaike's singing, such as unsteady breath, a little floating tail, some places are not full enough, and some places are a little cumbersome, because of nervousness, some places pinch their voices and sing, and all kinds of small problems exist.

However, even singing through the cold recording studio, Sachiko Kamaike's voice is not compromised at all, and even in this unrendered state, her voice seems more textured.

"There are too many questions. ”

Sachiko Kamaike felt embarrassed when she heard the little faults in her singing.

But having said that, if you are unprofessional, you can find a teacher to correct it, and you can practice it repeatedly, but this innate talent for voice cannot be copied the day after tomorrow.

On this side, she wore monitor headphones and felt shy and entangled in her singing, and even felt a little unconfident. On the other side, Haruko Akamatsu and Seiichiro Kuribayashi talked about something else.

"This Kamaike-san is quite powerful. Seiichiro Kuribayashi praised her, thinking that Haruko Akamatsu had specially brought her to the studio to audition, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he thought of something, and said to Haruko Akamatsu: "Iwahashi-san, will you go back to Tokyo today?"

Haruko Akamatsu is not a stupid person, and she will not treat Seiichiro Kuribayashi as a stupid person, and she will understand, "It should be so, but the performance is not over yet, and I can't move yet." ”

She was in charge of sitting on the bench for Shinichi Iwahashi on the TV station, and knew more about his schedule.

"Just let Iwahashi-san listen to it. Seiichiro Kuribayashi said.

When Haruko Akamatsu heard him say this, she thought to herself that it would be nice if she could let Iwahashi listen to it, but she didn't say anything.

Seiichiro Kuribayashi didn't know, but she knew that Sachiko Kamaike now had an office, and her job was a model, not an ordinary person she happened to meet in Walker Heaven or LIVEHOUSE.

Even if Iwahashi Shinichi listens to her sing, what can she do?

Haruko Akamatsu inexplicably had a trace of regret, if only she had met her earlier and brought her to Iwahashi-san.

However, what has happened cannot be changed, and besides, Sachiko Kamaike has no regrets about doing her current job. Haruko Akamatsu thought to herself that if she felt sorry for her, she would not respect her personal life and ideas enough.

In that case, let's not think about the problems in front of me for now, and just introduce her to Iwahashi-san as my friend, so that Iwahashi-san knows that there is such a person, which is enough.

After that, be sure to show the record left by this audition to Iwahashi-san.

Haruko Akamatsu made up her mind. At this time, after listening to her recording, Sachiko Kamaike also took off her monitoring headphones.

Seiichiro Kuribayashi praised her, "Kamaike-san, you're doing pretty well." ”

The composer of the production company, this is a professional in the eyes of Sachiko Kamaike. Being praised by professionals, Sachiko Kamaike was a little embarrassed, but the lack of confidence just now was also dispelled.

......

Haruko Akamatsu wanted Iwahashi Shinichi to listen to Sachiko Kamaike's recording, but it backfired.

After returning from a performance in Nagoya, Shinichi Iwahashi received a call from Kenichi Yamauchi, and when they met, they learned that the studio and WINK's record company had agreed to give Shinichi Iwahashi a try.

Since the idea was adopted, it was logical to win a contract and take over the production of the next two singles from WINK.

WINK'S RECORD LABEL IS POLYSTAR, WHICH IS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE BAND HEAVENLY KINGDOM, AND THE COMPANY SENT REPRESENTATIVES TO MEET WITH SHIN IWAHASHI AT MEETINGS FROM TIME TO TIME.

After taking over WINK, when I met with their representatives again, the other party's attitude became more polite. Anyway, he participated in the production of their company's singer, and Shinichi Iwahashi's identity changed with him.

The record company handles at least twenty or thirty newcomers a year, and concentrates resources to support a few of them, and if one of them can become popular, it is a great opportunity.

As for the other debuts at the same time, it's like a giveaway when you buy something, it's best to use it, and that's what it doesn't work if it's not good.

Even sometimes the newcomers of the same record company, the company intends to push A, in order not to affect the upward momentum of A, it will deliberately suppress B, which has a similar style to the company.

The firm knows that eggs can't be put in the same basket, and it is rare for newcomers to be promoted at the same time to sign with the same record company.

Obviously they are singers from the same firm, and they sing blessings to the boss at the company's annual meeting, but they are opponents in the music industry at the same time, and the producers jump between different companies and singers, and the industry is such a magical place.

If WINK is packaged according to Iwahashi Shinichi's plan, both production and publicity costs will rise sharply, and because of this, taking over these two girls will put a lot of pressure on him and Kenichi Yamauchi, who introduced him.

Of course, the same goes for the two girls. has overdrawn so much funds in one go, if it is not popular, then it will only be directly abandoned.

But it doesn't matter, since they are all under pressure, pressure can also make them form the same front, and they can be more united. After all, if you don't do it well, the game ends here.

......

On the one hand, I just took over WINK, and before the work officially started, I had to have several meetings and communication with the record company, the studio, and the two girls themselves, and on the other hand, on Friday afternoon, I had to go on tour as a giraffe man.

During this period, I also had to go to the TV station and participate in the recording of the music group.

Although it is not enough to be on the prime-time music series, however, some other programs that have the opportunity to play songs as long as the company is strong can still be on, however, there are not many sessions arranged, and only two shows have been recorded during the entire publicity period.

The reason why this is so is that there is also a deliberate ingredient in it.

Rather than making it easy for the audience to see the band on TV, I want them to buy records if they want to listen to a song and buy tickets if they want to see a show.

This is not only simply falling into the eyes of money, but also because it is easier to cultivate fans on the spot than on TV.

When you first debut, you need to have loyal supporters. After the basic stability is stabilized, it needs a wide range of popularity.

With such a dense schedule, it is not easy to meet him in private. Haruko Akamatsu knew this, and paged Shinichi Iwahashi and told him, "Iwahashi-san, I have an audition tape that I would like you to listen to." ”

Iwahashi Shinichi answered the matter on the phone and told Haruko Akamatsu that he would definitely listen to it when he had time to go to the recording studio.

As a result, the phone was put down, and it was a busy week.