Flying over the bubble era

CHAPTER 20 020. Chemical Reaction
Lady~Aha!

Jokes aside, Iwahashi Shinichi really thinks that although he is acting as a manager for Yoshida Miwa in name, in fact, their current model is more like partners fighting side by side with the same goal.

This makes them different from the pure manager-musician relationship between Mine Island and Mimi CLUB.

The day after the recording ended, Mine Island called Iwahashi Shinichi, saying that there was a special performance, and asked him to come over to help.As soon as Iwahashi Shin answered the phone, after work the next day, he went to see Feng Dao and helped with chores.

Today's performance is a punk band called "ABNORMAL".Iwahashi Shin and the band moved the equipment into the car, and a member reminded: "Please be careful, please."

"Understood." Iwahashi Shinichi replied.

Take it easy.Understand the reason.How to maintain a good relationship with your musicians is also the manager's responsibility.To this end, try to meet their requirements.Of course, don't be afraid to offend them and hide your true thoughts. Say what you need to say.That's the way it works in a healthy way.

In addition to the equipment, there are also records made by the band that are going to be sold at the venue, and they are also loaded into the car.Selling their own records is a very important source of income for underground musicians.

It’s not bad at all to say that the job of an agent in the underground music industry is very trivial, and the contact work is only basic.At this time, it is possible that what comes into sight is his own work.

Iwahashi Shinichi feels like an intern following an old senior, and everything starts from the most inconspicuous place.

When they got there, Shinichi Iwahashi followed Mine Island to confirm the venue—not only that, Mine Island also introduced him to the person in charge of LIVEHOUSE.For Iwahashi Shinichi, this was the most precious part of the trip.

In Tokyo, where underground music culture is developed, there are countless places to perform.Even so, there are thousands of doors, no one leading you and no idea how to get there.

Compared with running around and bumping all over the place, being able to have an old senior leading the way, I don’t know how many detours I need to take.

ABNORMAL's popularity is very high, and the LIVEHOUSE is filled to the brim, and the fans are also very enthusiastic.

Mine Island told Iwahashi Shinichi that it was a very labor-saving job to approach a popular band like ABNORMAL for performances, because the band itself has its own popularity, which can save a lot of effort in publicity and promotion.

"Moreover, because the band itself is popular, it is easy to apply for prime time, and the box office share is also good. The band can get about [-]%, and there is no guarantee."

If an unpopular singer wants to perform here, LIVEHOUSE will set an indicator in order to preserve the capital, such as how much of the ticket revenue will be owned by the venue. Only the ticket revenue that exceeds this line can participate in the share.

"In prime time like weekends and holidays, popular singers are basically singing. If it's your Yoshida-san, there's no other way than renting the place to take care of your own profits and losses, but it doesn't make sense. So, you might as well start with Monday and Tuesday. 、Thursday, the quiet period starts, and gradually accumulates popularity. When doing business, when you first start, don’t think about making money, although the ultimate goal is to make money.”

No matter how precious and important music is to musicians, performing is a business.If you can't have such a clear understanding, then unless you stay in the underground and become an amateur band, you can't go mainstream.

Iwahashi Shinichi played with Fengdao for two days, and his knowledge rose steadily. Not only that, after he had a comprehensive understanding of the world of underground music and clearly and intuitively understood what he was doing, the initial motivation was purely ideal. Subtle changes followed.

The ideal is still there, but compared to the beginning, it is not so enthusiastic, but more sober.For him, there is no need to be enthusiastic all the time, as long as the enthusiasm has enough weight to support him to persevere, the rest is seriousness and restraint.

Just in time, the recording studio called him and told him that the semi-finished song recorded was out.As soon as Iwahashi Shin put down the phone, he called Yoshida Miwa again. The two agreed on a place to meet and went to the recording studio together in the evening.

After listening to their semi-finished products, Yoshida Miwa did not speak for a while, pondered for a long time, and pointed out a few places that she thought needed to be revised.She didn't know any kind of musical instrument, so she could only describe it by oral description. Iwahashi Shinichi was also on the side to help.

After waiting for two more days, the finished product finally came out.

Iwahashi Shinichi couldn't do the arranging work, and the effect of the final product was unsatisfactory.For example, I originally planned to make tailor-made clothes, but in the end I didn't, but went to the mall and tried one on.

Clothes are good clothes, but they lack something compared to what the tailor measures for you.

He told Yoshida Miwa this idea, Yoshida Miwa was silent for a while, nodded in understanding, and said slowly: "It's just so easy."

There is something mysterious and mysterious between lyricists, composers, arrangers, and singers. There is a chemical reaction between some songwriters and singers.

Otherwise, why did Yumi Matsutani marry the arranger Masataka Matsutani in order to have someone arrange the music for him (by mistake), and Miyuki Nakajima felt that it matched the aura of Kazusan Seo, and worked together dozens of times in one go year.

In terms of songwriters and singers, there are Fang Wenshan, who is in love with Jay Chou, and Yang Qianfa, who sings about Lin Xi's thoughts.

The record company selects a few suitable songs from the hundreds of songs in the music library for the singer. The reason why the members of the underground band change repeatedly is that, in addition to the high mobility of this line, this change is also looking for the kind of resonance.

It's just that this kind of "just right" is really hard to come by.If you can meet it, it is absolutely lucky.

Both of them understood this in their hearts and didn't mention it again.

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At nine o'clock in the morning on Saturday, Yoshida Miwa went to see Iwahashi Shinichi's apartment.

These days, I have been living a daily life of working during the day and doing errands at night. It is rare to have a vacation. Iwahashi Shinichi slept in.When Yoshida Miwa came to knock on the door, he was still lying in the bed, maintaining a state where his eyes had been opened, but his consciousness had not yet awakened, and his thoughts were empty.

It wasn't until he heard the knock on the door that Iwahashi Shinichi remembered that he had an appointment with Yoshida Miwa today, and as soon as his mind became clear, he immediately got up as if he had knocked on a Snickers bar.

In order not to let her knock on the outside for too long and make the landlord dissatisfied, he opened the door first and said to Yoshida Miwa, "Wait for me a moment."

"Have you not gotten up yet? Iwahashi-san." Yoshida Miwa said, her eyes falling on the pattern on the shoulders of his pajamas.

"Well, it'll be fine soon." Iwahashi Shinichi replied, seeing Yoshida Miwa nodded in understanding, and closed the door again.

Then he put the bed into the closet as quickly as possible, changed his pajamas, put on his normal clothes, picked up the cold water, washed his face, brushed his teeth, and without shaving his beard, he went to open the door for her first.

　Since I broke the six points, I dare not use the six points as a separation.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)