Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Best of Years
Regarding the title of the debut single, Ye Zhao finally decided to use the song "Rainbow" by Masaharu Fukuyama that he sang when he sang on the street, anyway, he had already sung this quasi-million single on the street, so he simply took it out now, lest when Masaharu Fukuyama had a flash of inspiration, then the matter would be a big deal. Besides, as a folk rock, this song will neither be too detached from BEING's style, nor will it make him be labeled as BEING by the public when he first debuted.
Ye Zhao's fingertips deftly plucked the strings and sang this song. In all fairness, Masaharu Fukuyama's songs don't have much to do with art, but without exception, they are all pleasing to the ear, which is also a guarantee that they will be able to sell well.
Nagato Daiyuki nodded while listening, he listened to countless songs, and naturally he could discover the value of this song at once, and he was originally worried that Ye Zhao would have a flash of inspiration when he wrote "Summer Color" and "Secret Base", but now he is a lot more relieved.
When Ye Zhao stopped playing, Nagato Daiyuki clapped his hands lightly and praised: "It's really a good song, I have a hunch that it will definitely sell well." Then the conversation changed, "It's not like a song that BEING would make, though." ”
Ye Zhao smiled, "I just joined BEING, and I still have to explore the specific style." Besides, the song "Summer Color" is not rock 'n' roll, if I change my style just after my debut, the audience will definitely think that I am an impostor. ”
Nagato Daiyuki acquiesced to Ye Zhao's statement, "In that case, let's finalize this title song, what is its name?"
"The name of the song is "Rainbow". ”
"Nice, easy to remember. Nagato Daiyuki nodded, "By the way, have you prepared the C/W song? It doesn't matter if you don't, anyway, the main song is decided, and you can choose one of the C/W songs from the music library." ”
"That's not necessary," Ye Zhao said while adjusting the guitar, "I have been singing in Shibuya before signing with BEING, and I also prepared a few new songs at that time, and I will tell you the truth, the song "Rainbow" just now was sung at that time, and this C/W song has already been decided, its name is "Because of You by Your Side". ”
The song "Because I'm by Your Side" itself is not famous, and it's even just a single's C/W, but when it comes to the title song of this single, anime fans should be very impressed, and the title song of this single is called "Chest がドキドキ", which is the first opening song of the Detective Conan TV version.
In the 13th episode of Detective Conan's TV version, Ayumi said to Conan, "When I am in danger, you will definitely protect me, so I am not afraid." After that, the song slowly sounded as an interlude to the episode.
THE HIGH-LOWS, LEAD SINGER HIROSHI KOMOTO AND GUITARIST MASATOSHI MASAJIMA, WERE THE MAIN CREATIVE MEMBERS OF THE BAND BLUE HEARTS, A PUNK PIONEER IN THE 80S RB, AND THE BLUE HEARTS RANKED 19TH AMONG THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL SINGERS IN RB MUSIC HISTORY BY RBHMV.
Sure enough, after Ye Zhao finished playing this song "Because of You by Your Side", Nagato Dayuki hesitated for a long time, and finally only said one sentence: "You are really a genius!"
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determined the tunes to be included, and Ye Zhao's life suddenly became busy. Except for the compulsory vocal lessons in the morning, the rest of the time was spent agreeing on various details of the two songs.
The person who arranged the two songs was Masao Akashi, as Ye Zhao's arranger teacher, when he learned that Ye Zhao was going to make his debut, he naturally took over the arrangement work, and the master and apprentice hid in the recording studio at the BEING headquarters, and agreed on the specific orchestration arrangement, during which Oda Tetsuro also came over a few times, and put forward some opinions on the melody and arrangement of the two songs, with the joint help of these two gods, a week later, the final version of the two songs was finally finalized.
Akashi Masao's arrangement has a strong personal style, which is an important element of the so-called "BEING flavor", under his arrangement, a song that was originally a folk rock style "Rainbow", the rock flavor has been enhanced a lot, and it is quite a bit of a reborn feeling, as for "Because of You by Your Side", it is with the assistance of Akashi Masao, Ye Zhao set the main tone of the arrangement, and then modified by the two, so the style of the original version is basically the same.
In these days when they are in full swing to arrange songs, the ORICON singles chart is also very lively, first Chuck and Asuka debuted on August 3 with their new singles, followed by ZARD of BEING company, Sakai Izumi released a new single "Even If This Is By Your Side" on August 6, under the bombardment of popular singers one after another, Ye Zhao's "Summer Color" Of course, he lost the qualification to compete for the weekly champion Zhou Ya, but he maintained the rhythm of selling 20,000 to 30,000 tickets a day, firmly occupying the third place in the weekly list.
At this time, whether it is the media or the public, the curiosity about this mysterious singer named Ye Zhao has reached its peak. Nagato Daiyuki took this opportunity to inform the major media that BEING had signed with Ye Zhao and would release his debut single in the near future. Nagato Daxing, who tasted the sweetness of the faceless strategy, also deliberately sold Guan Zi and did not release Ye Zhao's portrait, so that when the media reported on this matter, they could only use the silhouette of the character as a photo.
When the outside world was sensational because of the big news released by Nagato Daiyu, the production of the accompaniment tape of Ye Zhao's two new songs also came to an end. One of the most noteworthy things is that when recording the accompaniment tape of "Because I'm by Your Side", both Ye Zhao and Masao Akashi felt that the biggest charm of this song was the guitar accompaniment mixed in it, but the guitarists involved in the production couldn't play the feeling that the two people wanted anyway.
Just when they were troubled, Daikoku Moji, who had been busy preparing for the new album and had been in retreat for a long time, gave Ye Zhao a big gift: she had a good relationship with B'z and invited Matsumoto Takahiro to play this part of the guitar accompaniment for Ye Zhao, of course, Matsumoto Takahiro himself did not show up, but recorded the accompaniment in the studio and entrusted the assistant to send it to the company. With Matsumoto Takahiro's seniority, this is already a great favor. Takahiro Matsumoto has RB's top guitar playing level, and under his interpretation, the gentleness and tactfulness of this part of the accompaniment is more moving than the original version in Ye Zhao's memory.
The production of the accompaniment tape was completed, and the recording of the studio was also put on the agenda.
The recording took place at the birdman West studio in Roppongi, Tokyo, and it took about a 10-minute walk from Roppongi Station.
Although the nominal song producer of the new single is Daiyuki Nagato, in fact, it is Masao Akashi who is in charge, and this single can be said to be escorted by him. However, since Masao Akashi also worked as an arranger for several groups of singers, he couldn't serve Ye Zhao alone, and Nagato Daiyuki asked that the production be completed by the end of August, so after adjustment, the time for the first time to enter the studio was set at 10 o'clock in the evening.
Different from the Submarine recording studio where Ye Zhao recorded for the first time, this recording studio is not only equipped with advanced equipment, but also has a complete kitchen and lounge, which is very considerate of those musicians who forget to sleep and eat.
With the experience of recording "Summer Color", Ye Zhao quickly entered the state, the whole recording process was very smooth, time passed in a hurry in the busy and fulfilling work, unconsciously, the time was almost 12 o'clock, Ye Zhao was discussing the recording part of the song with Akashi Masao in front of the console, and the door of the control room was gently knocked.
"Please come in. Akashi said.
With the click of the door lock, a clear voice sounded softly: "Good evening, Akashi-sensei~"
Ye Zhao subconsciously looked over.
The woman standing in the doorway, wearing a loose light blue embroidered shirt, the cuffs are casually rolled up, revealing the graceful forearms, the woman is wearing her trademark, undyed black ponytail hair, her white face is facing the sky, and she is not even wearing earrings, but even so, or because of this, her own natural beauty is not covered by any superfluous makeup.
The woman had a shallow smile on her face, and under the soft light, the figure was as quiet as a painting. Ye Zhao, who almost lost his voice and called out the woman's name, felt as if his throat was suddenly blocked, and he couldn't make any sound.