What is a mini album?

Generally speaking, a regular single should have a title song and a C/song, and a regular album should contain at least ten songs.

The mini-album format is just somewhere in between, with more songs than singles, but not enough to make a full-fledged album.

Of course, since the content included is somewhere between a single and an album, in terms of price, the same is naturally true.

Compared with regular albums, the mini album is not as demanding in terms of production as the former, and the songs included are also fewer, and the form of the mini album is quite suitable for Ye Zhao and Okuda Minsheng and Kuramochi Yoichi, a limited band that only plays one ticket and does not have time to determine a theme and then carefully produce a regular album.

In fact, if you remove the technical reasons in the first place, or the way to make money that record companies later discovered from mini albums, mini albums still have a very important role.

For unknown singers who have just debuted, or singers whose personal style has not yet been fully established, it is a more secure way to test the market by launching mini-albums, which is cheaper than regular albums, or by accumulating experience by making mini-albums and exploring the style of music.

At this moment, Kuramochi Yoichi mentioned the release of the mini album, and after only a little consideration, Ye Zhao and Okuda Minsheng both nodded in agreement, "Good idea." ”

"It's a rare team, and if it were only my songs, the supporters of Okuda-san and Kuramochi-san would have been disappointed. Ye Zhao said, "If you release a mini album, this problem will be solved." ”

"But...... How many songs should I include? five, or six?" Okuda gets straight to the point.

"Since it's three people," Kuramochi drew a circle with his fingers, including all three of them, "Why don't you just take out two songs per person and make up six songs?"

Ye Zhao didn't have a different opinion here, Okuda Minsheng also nodded and agreed, and Kuramochi Yoichi, who was the proposer, only agreed, so this matter was decided.

Once the name of the band was decided and the format of the work to be released, the next step was to negotiate with the record company representatives and the executive producers to determine the specific production matters.

In terms of song selection, Ye Zhao, who had already taken out the song "Born in Heaven" that prompted the trio to form a team, only needed to provide one more song, so his task was naturally the easiest. What's more, he also has more "inventory" on his side.

In terms of the recording of the songs, it is worth mentioning that the six songs of this mini album have been verbally agreed by the three of them during the discussion, that is, when the accompaniment tape is made, they will also participate in the recording as musicians.

Minsheng Okuda and Yoichi Kuramochi, as veteran musicians for many years, know two or three instruments in addition to the basic guitar, whether it is out of interest or to arrange the music more conveniently.

As for Ye Zhao, thanks to the blessing of Watanabe Lu, he went further and further on the road of learning for bass. And he thinks that he will have to learn an additional instrument or two after that.

……

The matter of the collaboration album was put aside for the time being, and that night, at the small izakaya called HOTARU that Yukihiko Tsutsumi had taken him to before, Ye Zhao and Yukihiko Tsutsumi sat together again after a long absence.

After drinking two glasses of sake, Yukihiko Tsutsumi opened his mouth to chat, "The second season of "Kanedaichi Shonen Incident Book" has begun preparations. …… However, I think Ye Jun should also know, right?"

Ye Zhao nodded, noticing that the wine glass in front of Tsutsumi Yukihiko was empty, and just about to go to get the wine jug, Tsutsumi Yukihiko took the first step to pick it up, poured it for him first, and then filled it for himself.

Ye Zhao said "thank you", and continued: "I received a fax from the production team before, because the second season will continue to use the soundtrack of the previous season. "As the author of those soundtracks, of course, you have to be notified in advance.

"If it were now, I would like to ask you to make the soundtrack for this TV series, probably not anyway. Tsutsumi Yukihiko made a joke, "Now, if you want to get Ye Jun, you have to be a Yuejiu drama." ”

"Spare me," Ye Zhao also complained jokingly, "It's really shameful to say this." In addition, being involved in the production of Kanedaichi also gave me a lot of valuable experience. ”

"Yes, not only with music, but also in the role. ”

Not only that, but the murderer is also played. Ye Zhao added with a smile.

"But the acting is quite good, and after watching your performance, I was really impressed with you. ”

"So you let me play Kikuchi-kun after that?"

"Yes...... Out of a strong sense of trust in Ye Jun...... "Tsutsumi Yukihiko took over with a smile, and then asked: "Ye Jun has been so strong in music recently, so what about movies, do you have any good ideas?"

"Well...... Ye Zhao asked rhetorically, "What are your good ideas?"

The movie "I Heard that Kirishima is going to retire" has become Yukihiko Tsutsumi's famous work, because of this movie, his name was suddenly known to many people, and now he is walking on the road of directing, which has suddenly become much broader.

"I was about to say," Yukihiko Tsutsumi looked up as he tasted some sashimi, "and I don't know what to shoot." That's why I want to meet with Ye Jun and have any interesting ideas here. ”

"If you want to say something, there really is a ......" Ye Zhao thought about it and replied.

Yukihiko Tsutsumi was interested, "Can you tell me about it?"

"Of course, since I mentioned it, I just wanted to share it with Tysang. Ye Zhao said, "Actually, I thought of it when I was preparing for the university exam, and I thought of a story about how a bad student was admitted to Keio School with hard work." ”

"Is this a traditional youth movie?" quipped.

Scrap wood in several schools.,Or students who don't know anything about a certain activity.,For some reason, I have to put together a temporary group.,Desperately working hard for an upcoming competition or an event like a school festival.。 During the period, there must be a little bit of dreams, disputes, giving up, perseverance, etc., and finally overcoming all kinds of pressure and difficulties to successfully complete the competition or performance.

…… Isn't it possible to think of several related movies at once? And this is a routine often used in Japanese youth school movies.