This day coincided with the regular gathering of the BEER Society, and compared to the last time, TUBE's Maeda Wataru and Haruhata Michiya did not come, MANISH's Mirei Takahashi and Mari Nishimoto were all present, and the two big brothers B'z were busy recording, came over to hold a show, and after a few drinks, they were busy going back to arranging instruments.

Goodbye Takahashi Meiling, Ye Zhao greeted: "Meiling, long time no see." ”

"'Meiling'?" Kawashima Mika looked like a cat that smelled a fishy smell, her eyes examined back and forth between the two, "It's so affectionate, what kind of situation should you quickly recruit from the truth." Coaxed by her like this, Takahashi Meiling's face suddenly rose with two blushes.

"It's just that she gave me a vocal lesson before, what can happen?" Ye Zhao was a little speechless, "Sister Meixiang, it's okay for a thick-skinned person like me to talk about it, don't bully other little girls." ”

"Just kidding. Kawashima Mika patted Ye Zhao's shoulder, "Meiling is such a well-behaved girl, in order to prevent her from being deceived by bad men, I, as a senior, have to take good care of her." Ye Jun, even you can't. ”

“…… I'm sorry, I'm such a bad man who cheats on women. ”

……

After the end of the show, Ye Zhao stopped Uesugi Sheng, "Uesugi San, if there is nothing to do next, let's go to the recording studio together?" I have a song I want you to listen to. ”

Hearing Ye Zhao's words, Uesugi rolled his eyes and asked rhetorically, "Could it be that President Nagato asked you to write to WANDS, right......?"

"Is it okay to listen before refusing? If I'm not satisfied, I can accept the return. Ye Zhao interrupted him.

Uesugi stared at Ye Zhao's eyes for three seconds, and finally nodded, "It's okay to listen." ”

Instead of returning to the recording studio at BEING's headquarters, the duo went to the Shibaura Stage in Minato Ward, not far from the restaurant, which serves as a recording studio owned by BEING, and when they arrived, they were quickly assigned a recording studio.

If you have a perfect balance between rock and pop, Okuda is one of them. Tracing the footsteps of Okuda Minsheng, the first was in a band called UNICORN, which debuted in 87 and disbanded in 93, with an active period of only seven years, and did not create any miracles in sales, but the impact they brought to the RB pop music scene was real, not only because they produced authentic Japanese rock, but also because their critical and satirical lyric writing style greatly impacted the idol singers at that time to dominate the charts. The flood of love songs has brought more possibilities for the writing of lyrics, and many singer-songwriters have been influenced by them, and Okuda Minsheng, who is the soul of UNICORN, has no doubt about his musical achievements.

After the dissolution of UNICORN, Okuda Minsheng made his solo debut, and at this time, the RB music scene was full of flowers, whether it was traditional JPOP or folk, pop rock, electronic music, R&B, metal and even HIPHOP, all kinds of music genres were able to survive well, and when many musicians explored and sought the transformation and integration of music styles, Okuda Minsheng always insisted on doing the purest rock music, and the music magazine "ROCKIN'ON JAPAN" once called him "rock general" Among the 100 greatest singers of RB selected by HMV, Okuda Minsheng ranked 25th, and B'z and Mr. Kid could only be ranked behind him.

As for why Okuda Minsheng's grasp of popularity has also reached the extreme, it is because he will serve as the producer of a girl group named PUFFY two years later, when the Komuro family dominated the music scene and the power of the V band gradually rose, PUFFY successfully stood out and set a precedent of "powerful idols", and even in the country of rice on the other side of the ocean, PUFFY has also achieved a considerable part of the popularity, which is a rare success among the RB artists in the United States. In fact, in the 90s, many capable singers or band members changed careers to become producers, Tetsuya Komuro, Okuda Minsheng, and Jun-kun, who later served as the producer of Good Morning Niang, were among the best.

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The song that Ye Zhao finally decided on was the single "さすらい" (Go Wandering) released by Okuda Minsheng in 1998. In the past few days of searching for songs, Ye Zhao has figured out one thing, that is, no matter how suitable the song he comes up with for WANDS to sing, it will not really satisfy Takeru Uesugi and Hiroshi Shibasaki, who want to make music that truly belongs to them, in this case, it is better to send them a song of blessings and encouragement.

They each found a chair to sit down, Ye Zhao picked up the guitar leaning against the corner and quickly adjusted the strings. Okuda Minsheng's music style is very free, you can say that he is not delicate enough, but the unadorned roughness is the most impressive. The first line of the song is: "Go wandering, in this world of flowers, swim and sing at the same time." ”

Hearing this, Uesugi Sheng's originally casual expression moved slightly, changed his sitting posture, and leaned forward slightly. Ye Zhao didn't care about his change, and sang this song by himself. In terms of the use of words, Uesugi Noboru's lyrics are very delicate, so they can touch the softest parts of people's hearts, while Okuda's lyrics happen to be rough and informal, full of the chic of the prodigal son. And this chic is exactly what Uesugi Shobo, who is still hesitating at this stage, lacks.

The whole song lasted only three and a half minutes, with a simple and intense melody and simple and atmospheric lyrics, every time Ye Zhao repeated "Let's go wandering", Uesugi felt that he was using this song to encourage him to live according to his heart.

When Ye Zhao gently covered the guitar sound hole, Uesugi nodded, and the expression on his face was a little more kind. "It's a good song, but I don't think you have an ulterior motive. ”

"Uesugi-san said with a smile, what can I do?" Ye Zhao put down his guitar, "It's just that after experiencing something a while ago, I figured out some things, so I poured this part of my feelings into the lyrics." Ye Zhao said half-truthfully.

"Yes. Uesugi smiled, the conflict between WANDS and the company has not yet reached the point where everyone knows about it, and it is impossible for him, a newcomer, to know these things, "I underestimated you, I didn't expect you to be able to make such a rock." ”

"In Uesugi-san's eyes, I guess I'm a person who only writes best-selling songs and chases fame and fortune. Ye Zhao also smiled.

"I didn't say that. "This song is really good, but I want to use this song as the title of my new single, and I want to make a little change in the lyrics." ”

"Actually, I think it's a bit rude to write the lyrics together, so if Uesugi-san has any opinions, don't hesitate to mention them. "The RB copyright system is clear, and there are not many opportunities for singers to make money, so almost every singer who debuts is working hard to get involved with creation, and all the lyrics and songs can be all-inclusive, and if you can't do it, you have to learn to write lyrics, and strive to get an extra royalty. In BEING, basically the lyrics are filled in by the singer himself, and it is actually a bit unkind to take out the lyrics and songs directly like Ye Zhao.

"I don't think it's rude or not, this lyric is very well written, and it can even be said that it is because of this lyric that I want to sing this song. I would like to change only the last sentence. ”

The last line of the song is, "If you haven't even wandered once, you can't die in vain." ”

Uesugi pondered for a moment and said, "I would like to change the last sentence to, 'If you haven't even wandered once, you might as well die like this.'" If I could change it to this sentence, I would sing this song, and even if Shibasaki and Kimura had an opinion on the band's side, I would do my best to convince them. ”

"It's better to die like this", such a strong emotion made Ye Zhao realize that Uesugi had made up his mind. Thinking of this, he nodded, "Yes, I agree to this change. Next is the president of Nagato's side......"

"You haven't shown it to the president yet, have you?" Uesugi was a little surprised.

"I think that since we want to provide songs for WANDS-san, we must first satisfy Uesugi-san and the band's seniors. ”

Uesugi Sheng seemed to know him again, "Ye Jun, you are really an interesting person. ”

"I'll think Uesugi-san is complimenting me. Ye Zhao said.

In the evening of the next day, Ye Zhao received a reply from Uesugi: Shibasaki Hiroshi and Kimura Shinya agreed to sing the song. After getting a positive answer, Ye Zhao found Nagato Daiyuki and handed him the song sample of "Let's Go Wandering".

Nagato Daiyuki was full of praise for this song, and his eyes were full of appreciation when he looked at Ye Zhao, "I really can't imagine that your style changes so freely, it's amazing." In my heart, I felt that it was extremely correct to protect Ye Zhao. After praising the tune, he turned to criticize the lyrics, "Uesugi-kun's lyrics are very literary, and the lyrics you provided seem to be a little too casual, so it might be better if Uesugi-kun could write the lyrics." ”

"If Uesugi-kun is not satisfied with the lyrics, I will allow him to rewrite them. Ye Zhao's cheerful attitude made Nagato Daiyuki very satisfied, but when he handed over the song to WANDS, Uesugi Sheng readily agreed to the lyrics provided by Ye Zhao, and only proposed to revise the last sentence of the lyrics, and Ye Zhao, who had already reached a consensus, naturally had no opinion. Such a smooth progress surprised Nagato Daiyuki, but he didn't know that the two of them had been reconciled in private.

WANDS's new single "Let's Go Wandering" quickly entered the recording session, and although the lyrics were only revised by Noboru Uesugi in the last sentence, Ye Zhao still insisted on co-signing with him in the lyricist column. After completing the task of writing songs for WANDS, Ye Zhao's own new single was also put on the agenda. After the scandal, no one knows the future of this single, and although it is well known to have produced conclusive evidence and prosecuted Weekly New Wave, it can only eliminate the prejudice brought by the scandal to the public, and make up for the original negative score to zero.

In order for his zero score to slowly increase until it is full, he must make good music and continue to produce good music. If not, then the audience who likes the new and hates the old will immediately abandon him, and his future career as a singer will fall into a bleak again.