Walking to the recommended new song area, Makoto Kamiki saw Kiyoshi Sakamoto's single "Close Your Eyes Lightly" quietly placed on the shelf. Next to it is already last month, the first compilation album "Wish You The Best" released by Mai Kuraki of Being's company, after a month of strong sales, was still placed in the recommendation area by the store staff. As one of the four great singers of Heisei, Mai Kuraki, will definitely be recommended by major CD stores when she releases a selection album, and now Kiyoshi Sakamoto's new song appears next to Mai Kuraki.

I already thought that Sony would strongly promote Kamiki Makoto of Sakamoto Kiyoshi, and I also thought that this move was a bit risky. After all, if you take the song of a newcomer who has just debuted and put it together with the song of the four major singers, although it is topical, it is also possible to be scolded to death by Mai Kuraki's fans. After all, the difference in status between the two is too far.

However, if the quality of Sakamoto Kiyoshi's songs is really good, then it is possible to use the topic of Mai Kuraki to let more people know about Sakamoto Kiyoshi, after all, there will definitely be people who are right, "What kind of person is the newcomer who puts his debut single and singer compilation together?" This question will make more people want to know about Sakamoto Kiyoshi as a singer.

Makoto Kamiki picks up the single CD, and the cover is Kiyoshi Sakamoto's face with his eyes closed. Looking at Kiyoshi Sakamoto on the cover, Makoto Shenmu felt that this newcomer was really handsome, giving people a feeling of cleanliness and sunshine, and the voice was so warm, Makoto Kamiki's interest in Kiyoshi Sakamoto was getting bigger and bigger. Then I turned the CD over and looked at the back, and the back was a photograph. Under a pure blue sky, a boy with a guitar on his back, standing on the asphalt with sadness on his face.

Makoto Kamiki took Kiyoshi Sakamoto's "Close Your Eyes Lightly" and walked to the cashier to pay.

The price of 1,200 yen is not expensive for a single CD with only one song, after all, Sony has suppressed 20,000 copies. The amount of money invested in this single is much more than every newcomer who has debuted before. And speaking of which, the contract signed by Sakamoto Kiyoshi and Sony is divided into seven three, Sony seven, Sakamoto Kiyozo, this is a big discount, especially for a newcomer who has no background and no fame. After all, as a company, it takes a lot of money and time to train an artist, although Kiyoshi Sakamoto, as a singer-songwriter, doesn't have to work so inviting songs, after all, you can write it yourself. But in other aspects, including publicity, suppression of CDs, promotion of Sakamoto Kiyoshigami variety shows and music fan, etc., are also essential links.

Therefore, generally speaking, in RB's artist office, it is more common to divide into eighty-two, and even ninety-one abounds. Sakamoto Kiyoshi's seventy-three points,Or Sony is optimistic about his future development.,Will give him such conditions.。。 So, in RB, a singer-songwriter, how much he is loved by music companies.

Because there is such a thing as musical talent, it is not something that can be practiced the day after tomorrow, but more of an innate condition. I have to say that after being reborn, Kiyoshi Sakamoto brought an unforgettable head, so that he can surpass himself to the greatest extent in learning, and there is a powerful singer like Masaharu Fukuyama as a teacher, if you can't become a talent, then it's really a pig.

Getting back to the point, after Makoto Kamiki bought Kiyoshi Sakamoto's single "Close Your Eyes Lightly" in a CD store, she immediately returned to her home and wanted to hear the full version of "Close Your Eyes Lightly" for the first time.

Opening the CD case, Makoto Kamiki saw the lyrics book and a small poster of Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

I took out the CD and put it in the player, and soon, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's singing voice came out of the player.

As a professional music critic, Makoto Kamiki has long thought that he is a superstar after briefly hearing Kiyoshi Sakamoto's songs last night, and his future achievements are limitless, after all, a person who is so handsome, can create by himself, and sings well by himself, as long as he doesn't die by himself, he will definitely become popular, depending on when it happens.

Sure enough, after hearing Kiyoshi Sakamoto's full version of "Close Your Eyes Lightly", it was still so warm and beautiful, even though it was a sad song. Especially in the climax, Kiyoshi Sakamoto handled both falsetto and transposition just right, making people completely surprised that this was sung by a 13-year-old boy.

The piano sound was accompanied by Kiyoshi Sakamoto's unfading green voice, which gently flowed into Makoto Kamiki's heart, and in the climax part, the addition of the drum kit made the whole song sound more sad, but Kiyoshi Sakamoto's warm voice diluted the sense of sadness, making the regret of separation in people's hearts much less.

This is undoubtedly a good song, and the singer's rendition takes this song to the next level.

After listening to it several times, Makoto Kamiki thought about it, no, such a good song, I want to recommend him to more people, so Makoto Kamiki started a music review of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's single "Close Your Eyes Lightly" on his blog.

"On February 5, 2004, I heard what was probably the best song of the year. The specific time to hear this song was 0:00 in the morning on the 5th. At this time, I hadn't gotten off work yet, and I saw the appearance of a new person on Sony's official website. When I saw this teenager who was only 14 years old, I thought, are you kidding me? When I think about it, would a company as well-known as Sony make a mistake on its official website? Apparently not. Then, I clicked in and heard the singer's song. Although it was only a short minute, to be honest, I was detached from the singer's singing ten minutes after the song ended。。。。。 Finally, I recommend that you listen to this song, the song is called "Close Your Eyes Lightly", and please remember this rookie singer, he will definitely become a singer who will continue to surprise everyone in the future, this singer's name is Kiyoshi Sakamoto. ”

After writing it, Makoto Kamiki uploaded the blog post to his blog.

And in Sony, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was taking classes, never imagined that he would be taken by a professional music critic so soon. At this time, Sakamoto Kiyoshi was in Sony's variety show department, taking classes. This is because, tomorrow, Kiyoshi Sakamoto will be arranged by Sony to appear on RB's famous music program - MUSIC STATION!

MUSIC STATION, RB'S LONG-ESTABLISHED MUSIC PROGRAM, WAS BROADCAST ON TV ASAHI EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT STARTING ON OCTOBER 24, 1986. IN RB, THERE ARE THREE MAJOR TONES, AND THAT IS MUSIC STATION HEY3 UTABAN.

And MUSIC STATION can be said to be the most influential and highest-rated one. And the host of this show also has a great background, it is none other than Tamori, one of the three big funny giants! Tamori has taken over as the host since April 1987, and it has been nearly 17 years now.

Originally, as a newcomer singer who had just debuted, it was impossible to be on a national program like MUSIC STATION, but Sakamoto Kiyoshi had Sony's big backer behind him, so he forced Sakamoto Kiyoshi into it, and gave him two and a half minutes to sing his new song "Close Your Eyes Lightly", so it's still the same sentence, Sony Dafa is good!!

And MUSIC STATION, for this small request from Sony, did not dare to slack off, so, in this way, the Young Guns link, which originally appeared in 2005, was brought forward by the MS program planner by a year because of Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

In this way, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who has a good background against the mountains and enjoys the shade, made his TV show debut, which is the famous MUSIC STATION.

February 6th, morning.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto has lived in Tokyo for almost two years and has slowly become accustomed to the pace of life in a cosmopolitan city. The bad habit of sleeping lazy has slowly turned into being late. But it was ok, just a few minutes late. However, today is Kiyoshi Sakamoto's TV debut, and it is still a show like MS, Kiyoshi Sakamoto didn't dare to slack off, so he got up early to prepare.

Under the collocation of the costume designer, Kiyoshi Sakamoto wore a turtleneck sweater on the upper body, a pair of slim jeans on the lower body, and a pair of canvas shoes, which looked very youthful, after all, he was still a fourteen-year-old boy, although he didn't look like it. The style Sony chose for Kiyoshi Sakamoto is a clean and sunny, handsome guy who is a talented singer-songwriter. There's no way, there are too many advantages in Kiyoshi Sakamoto, these are all selling points!!

The hair is not dyed, one is that Kiyoshi Sakamoto likes black hair very much, and the other is that after all, he is too young, and if he dyes his hair again, the selling point of clean and sunny will be gone.

In this way, accompanied by his agent Uncle Ishida, Kiyoshi Sakamoto took the nanny car and set off towards Asahi TV.

In this issue of MUSIC STATION, the guest lineup is not too strong, but there are still superstars in the field. The big name in this issue is undoubtedly the Rainbow Band.

The Rainbow Band, which debuted in 1991, has long been a veteran band of RB, and in the first two years, when the RB record market began to decline, the singles sold by the Rainbow Band were stable over one million. It can be said that the current Rainbow Band is a national band with high recognition by RB, and it is also the No. 1 artist group under Sony.

And coincidentally, this issue of Sakamoto Kiyoshi's senior sister, the ZONE group is also going to be on MS, plus the Rainbow Band, there are actually three groups of artists in this issue of MS who are from Sony. Therefore, before Sony's departure, the company's music director Yuichi Yamada also asked Sakamoto Kiyoshi to learn from these two seniors.

So,This is the Sony pie tuba rainbow band and ZONE to bring me this trumpet?

The feeling of hugging your thighs is so refreshing!!!Sakamoto thought about this as he walked into TV Asahi.

As a newcomer, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who has just debuted, will definitely take his new song and visit the waiting room of your seniors. This is politeness, and in RB, many etiquettes are unavoidable, but fortunately Sakamoto has long been used to it.

With his single "Close Your Eyes Lightly", Kiyoshi Sakamoto began the road of visiting his predecessors.

The first one must be the host of the show, Old Man Tamoli.

In the waiting room of the old man Tamori, Kiyoshi Sakamoto handed over his single, and bowed, "Tamorisan, first meeting, I am Sony's singer, Kiyoshi Sakamoto." This is my single, so please take care of it. ”

Compared with the other two funny giants, Tamory's image on the show is generally wearing sunglasses, which is a bit serious. But the Tamori that Sakamoto Kiyoshi saw, in private, was a very amiable old man. After taking Sakamoto Kiyoshi's CD with a smile, he also jokingly said, "You kid, why did you debut so quickly, don't you need to study?" ”

As a result, Tamori was startled, and he didn't expect that the child in front of him was only fourteen years old and was in his second year of high school, was he a genius? ?

Immediately afterwards, Tamori, who was aroused by interest, and Kiyoshi Sakamoto chatted in the waiting room.

It wasn't until Tamori's agent saw that Sakamoto Kiyoshi had been in it for a long time, and Sakamoto was going to visit other seniors next, so he reminded the two who had already chatted. In this way, after getting the contact information of the old man Tamoli, Sakamoto Kiyoshi was let go by the talkative Tamoli.

It took too long to visit Tamori, so the next time was a bit tight, and Kiyoshi Sakamoto had to run.

Fortunately, before the show started, Kiyoshi Sakamoto still visited all his seniors in the music industry in this issue, and the singers, after hearing that Kiyoshi Sakamoto was a rookie singer from Sony, also said a few words to him very kindly.