Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 165
"I just came from the office in Kawasaki." Akamatsu Haruko said, "Everything went well today."

"Thank you." Yanqiao Shinichi said.

The furniture in the recording studio was poor, not even a decent sofa.

Masato Nakamura came over with a chair, and Haruko Akamatsu thanked her and sat down at one side of the square table.The three of them each occupied one side of the table. With this configuration, if Meihejiang didn't go to the hometown meeting today, it would not be a problem to have a table of mahjong.

There were scores scattered on the table, and Akamatsu Haruko confirmed to him: "Can I take a look?"

"Please." Yanqiao Shinichi said.

Haruko Akamatsu picked up the one closest to her, read the score silently, and asked, "Are you sorting out Yoshida-san's music?" She probably knows the production process of this band.

"Miwa-chan's words, Masato-san's music." Iwahashi Shinichi said, "How does it feel?"

After reading the one in her hand, Haruko Akamatsu picked up another one, ""BIG MOUTHの反攻"?" She couldn't help laughing, "What an interesting theme."

"It's a lyrics that only our Miwa-chan could have come up with," said Iwahashi Shinichi.

Akamatsu Haruko said, "You sound very proud of Yoshida-san."

"After all, she's her 'guardian'." Yanqiao Shinichi took advantage of Meihechan's absence to make a profit.

A "third party" who understands music came, and Masato Nakamura couldn't wait to hear the opinions of outsiders, so he showed the finished demo to Haruko Akamatsu, "Let's listen to the actual effect, Akamatsu-san."

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"The flavor of Western music is very strong." Akamatsu Haruko expressed her thoughts after listening to the demo.

Both Yoshida Miwa and Nakamura Masato are deeply influenced by Western music, and the songs they write have a very strong Western flavor, which is different from traditional Japanese songs.

Akamatsu Haruko can hear the key points with one ear, which is quite amazing.

"It took a lot of effort to match Miwa-chan's style and maintain my own style," Masato Nakamura explained.

"It took a lot of effort, that's for sure." The person who answered was Shinichi Iwahashi.

As the first person who worked on Miwa Yoshida's lyrics and music, he has the deepest understanding of Miwa Yoshida. For the few songs produced by Masato Nakamura this time, Shinichi Iwahashi imagined that Miwa Yoshida would sing them, and there is no sense of disobedience.

Tailor-made, but also fit very well, it can be seen that a lot of effort has been made.

Haruko Akamatsu, who came to visit suddenly, was entangled by two people and asked about her feelings after hearing it.After the topic came to an end, Akamatsu Haruko paused and mentioned another matter, "Actually, this time, there is a musician who wants to introduce Iwahashi-san."

"Oh?" Shinichi Iwahashi was very interested.

"I'm an all-around musician. I can play bass and keyboards, and I can play drums a little bit. In terms of composition, I am deeply influenced by the Police Band. I am also very good at writing AOR (adult lyrical rock-replace it with adults for harmony)."

"Well, it's quite detailed." Yanqiao Shen nodded, "Could it be the treasure you dug up in the underground music circle?"

"If it's digging treasures, how can I dig so detailed in a short while." Akamatsu Haruko smiled.

Compared with when she first came to Iwahashi Shinichi, Akamatsu Haruko's personality has become a little more easy-going.This is probably due to the fact that after the attack, she worked hard to learn to be an audience.

Being an audience not only taught her how to appreciate the performance, but also learned how to feel the mood of others from the performance, which made her more humane.

People who have been ill for a long time will be weakened by the disease.

Watching performances cannot cure this side effect, but for Akamatsu Haruko, she seems to have discovered a new feeling from understanding others and feeling empathy.

"That's true."

"Actually, he is the son of my mother's friend. Although he was born in Tokyo, the whole family moved to Kobe because of his father's job transfer. During that time, he and my family often walked around."

"You have also heard from my brother that I was in poor health when I was a child. I hardly went to school and rarely had contact with peers. My mother was worried that I did not have friends of the same age, so she specially introduced him to me."

"At that time, he had been visiting my house with his mother. About three years later, his father was sent to the corrupt country again, and the whole family moved with him. I haven't seen him since then."

"When the cherry blossoms in Kyoto are in bloom, I make a special trip home to enjoy the cherry blossoms."

Kyoto people have a special attachment to their hometown. Although cherry blossoms can be seen everywhere when the cherry blossoms are in bloom, the Akamatsu family, as a big family in Kyoto, still retains a wonderful idea, that is, if you can’t enjoy the cherry blossoms in Kyoto , then it is not considered to have completely passed the cherry blossom viewing period.

This year is the same, although in Tokyo, when the cherry blossoms in Kyoto are in bloom, Akamatsu Haruko chose a Saturday to go back to enjoy the cherry blossoms, and then heard from her mother that her friend’s son dropped out of college halfway through, and decided to make a living with music. I went to a music college and just graduated this year. I have nowhere to go, so I had to hang out in the underground music circle.

"When you heard it, you were secretly laughing, right?" Yanqiao Shinichi teased her.

Akamatsu Haruko is the lead singer of an underground band, and also works part-time in his production company. When she has free time, she watches performances in the underground music circle. It is completely different from the impression and expectations of her old family in Kyoto. I'm afraid it's no less than the son of my mother's friend who dropped out of school to make music (eat dirt).

"A little bit."

Akamatsu Haruko remembered her mother's regretful tone when she mentioned him, and admitted with a smile.She seems to have developed a strange taste in doing things that are not allowed without telling her family.

Then he continued, "A while ago, my mother told me to visit her friend Chengcheng's house for some things, and I happened to meet him to go home to pick up something, and we had a little chat."

"I asked him what kind of music he was doing, and he gave me a self-made album. After listening to it, I think his music is very good. He is still free, and I think maybe I can invite him to the company, I just made my own claim, told him that I am also making music now, and then asked him if he would like to come to the company as well.”

"I told you Iwahashi-san's name. I heard that you started a production company after you became independent. He was also very interested. He said that he would like to meet and chat with Iwahashi-san." Haruko Akamatsu said.

Yanqiao Shinichi's reputation in the underground music circle can be seen, not only that, but also a very positive reputation.

"Of course, it's not appropriate for you to decide whether to meet him by telling you so suddenly." Haruko Akamatsu thought thoughtfully, took out a tape from her bag, and handed it over, "This is his original song, Please listen to it."

Yanqiao Shinichi took it over.

Masato Nakamura, who listened to the stories with gusto, was also very interested in this boy who dropped out of university to become a musician. I felt that the major I studied was boring, so I simply dropped out of school and became a musician.

This courage to retreat as soon as it is said is very powerful in a sense.It's not that dropping out of school is so powerful, but that the confidence in music surpasses everything in my heart.

After pressing the play button, what Yanqiao Shinichi heard was a somewhat slender and soft male voice, he was a little surprised to hear such a voice.

He continued to listen, and the more he listened, the more pleasantly surprised he was. This person's music was written very well, and the style of the music was quite mature.I have listened to several songs in a row, and they have quite a personal style and characteristics.

It would be a great thing if such a composer could be recruited.

"Very good." Yanqiao Shinichi said, "If I can meet him and persuade him, I would feel honored instead."

"He will probably be very happy just to hear you say that about him."

"Then, Akamatsu-san, how about introducing us to meet?...By the way, I haven't asked his name yet."

Haruko Akamatsu told him, "It's Seiichiro Kuribayashi."

Kuribayashi Seiichiro.

Kuribayashi Seiichiro is actually one year older than Iwahashi Shinichi, but when we met, the one who appeared in front of him was a medium-sized man with long hair, slender like his singing voice, and a little girlish. youth.

Just by looking at it, it seems that the older person is Shinichi Iwahashi.

Akamatsu Haruko came to the recording studio with him.

After saying hello, Iwahashi Shinichi asked Kuribayashi Seiichiro to sit in a cafe near the recording studio, "There is nothing here to entertain you."

However, Kuribayashi Seiichiro is obviously more interested in everything in the recording studio than the coffee next door, "Iwahashi-san, are you making music now?"

After the Women's Rock Music Festival, Shinichi Iwahashi became famous in the underground music circle. At that time, Seiichiro Kuribayashi was about to graduate from the music college. He heard the name of Shinichi Iwahashi and was deeply impressed.

After graduating, Seiichiro Kuribayashi has been active in the underground music circle. During this period, there are companies that have expressed interest in him. However, Seiichiro Kuribayashi is either dissatisfied with the company's policy or their arrogant attitude.

Recently, a small production company called BEING threw an olive branch at him. The representative's attitude was very good, saying that he would respect his choice and would not force him to do what he didn't want to do.

Kuribayashi Seiichiro accepted the business card and said that he would think about it.

After dropping out of university, he moved out of his home in Chengcheng to rent a house outside, and went home to pick up things this day, not wanting to run into Haruko Akamatsu whom he had known since childhood.

Akamatsu Haruko heard that he was making music and asked a few words.Seiichiro Kuribayashi, who has a gentle personality, directly gave her a tape he made himself.

Unexpectedly, after that, Akamatsu Haruko contacted him again and said that she is also making music now.

The little girl who was frail and sick in her teenage memories and didn't talk much said that she is now the lead singer in an underground band and also works part-time in a music production company.

Kuribayashi Seiichiro was startled by her derailed life trajectory, but then thought that when he was a child, he had not completed the first big resistance in his life, dropped out of university and decided to do music.

Music really has such a charm?
Thinking of his own decision, Kuribayashi Seiichiro felt that it was indeed so.

However, besides Haruko Akamatsu's current part-time job, what Seiichiro Kuribayashi pays more attention to is the production company she works part-time, which is the production company opened by Shinichi Iwahashi.

Although he had never met him before, he was someone he respected from the bottom of his heart.

Kuribayashi Seiichiro promised Akamatsu Haruko to have a face-to-face talk with Iwahashi Shinichi.The meeting place was Yoyogi's recording studio.

Kuribayashi Seiichiro is interested in the recording studio, and in this case, the step of the cafe is omitted.However, it was a little more grand than when Watanabe Wanyumi was entertained. Instead of making instant coffee, I went to the vending machine in the lobby to buy canned coffee.

Drinking canned coffee and chatting about music.

Seiichiro Kuribayashi was curious about the reason why Shinichi Iwahashi founded the production company, and was also interested in his future production policy. Shinichi Iwahashi answered them one by one.

Afterwards, Shinichi Iwahashi came to question Kuribayashi Seiichiro. He first praised the music on the tape he heard from Haruko Akamatsu, and then pointed out the interesting and deficient aspects of his music.

Seiichiro Kuribayashi has always been very confident in his music. He was a little dissatisfied with the shortcomings pointed out by Shinichi Iwahashi, but after hearing what he said, he couldn't help sweating quietly, and then felt that this Iwahashi-san's sharp ears were scary .

Yanqiao Shinichi may not be a good cook, but he is probably a good gourmet. He is very sensitive to music. He listens to a completely compiled song, and with his first ear, he can point out the beauty of it. advantages and disadvantages.

The balance in Seiichiro Kuribayashi's heart unknowingly tipped over to Shinichi Iwahashi.

"Please let me think about it." After all, he still remembered the business card of BEING in the drawer.

Moreover, compared to BEING, the shortcomings of Iwahashi Shinichi's GENZO are obvious. Now with Iwahashi Shinichi, he has nothing, but if he joins BEING, he can immediately start his career as a professional musician.

Seiichiro Kuribayashi was tempted by the fact that his music could be heard by more people.However, he also thought of the deficiencies in his music pointed out by Shinichi Yanqiao, those deficiencies that he himself admitted.

After thinking about it, Kuribayashi Seiichiro decided to go to Iwahashi Shinichi.With these deficiencies, make up for them while walking on the road.

This is of course out of trust in Iwahashi Shinichi.But beyond that, Kuribayashi thought to himself, now seemed a bit like the time to decide to drop out of university to attend a music academy.

Give up a road that everyone seems to be right, and go to an uncertain road.

Now he is zero, joining BEING, it is from zero to one hundred, and joining GENZO is from zero to ten.

However, Seiichiro Kuribayashi does not think that the road that seems to be correct is necessarily correct, because no one knows where a road leads to.

After deciding to sign the contract, Seiichiro Kuribayashi contacted BEING's representative and said that he would not join BEING.

The other party was very surprised. At that time, the two sides had a very happy conversation. They thought that the joining of this newcomer would be a logical result, but they did not expect this to be the result.

"Does Kuribayashi-kun have any other ideas?"

"No, your company is very good. It's just that I have another choice in my heart."

"Excuse me, which company do you want to join?"

"GENZO." Kuribayashi Seiichiro replied.

(End of this chapter)