old events in tokyo

Chapter 21 Finished
In the night sky of Tokyo, the moonlight is a little dim.It was the first time for Kazuki Akiyama to walk on the streets of Tokyo so late, and the noisy city rarely showed its peaceful side at this time.

Standing on the pedestrian overpass, the sparse traffic flowed under your feet. After a busy day, it was rare to let yourself go, and then turned and walked towards the apartment.

The night in the city always reminds people that being alone is a little small.

When I came downstairs to some old apartments, I bought a can of coffee in front of the vending machine, raised my neck and took a sip, finally cheering up my tired spirit a little bit.

The face with a slight smile appeared involuntarily in front of my eyes, raised the corners of my mouth and smiled silently, Mr. Qiu Shan wants to work hard.

ぼんやり过ごせば in a day
in a daze for the whole day

月も混るTokyo no night

Tokyo's dark moonlight night

そしてひねり出したとえは
I racked my brains and finally came up with the answer
I like you
I like you
I like you
I like you
Ko no sound
In this sentence
匂いがしても
Warm and lazy breath
Repeat repeat
Continuously
Kazuki Akiyama got up early in the morning and went to the recording studio to discuss the final details with Masao Akashi today.

I'm about to start formal recording in the studio. As my first time in the studio, I'm a little excited and looking forward to it.

Masao Akashi and Masao quickly determined the final arrangement version, and then started recording in the studio for the first time in the afternoon.

Because it is the first time recording, singing is still very different from normal singing, and the requirements for breathing and vocalization are much more refined.

Fortunately, Kazuki Akiyama has also undergone professional training for a period of time, and after an hour of adaptation, he has almost run in.

After recording for about two hours, Kazuki Akiyama came out to take a rest, and his voice was a little tired.

At this time, the staff brought a glass of honey water and asked Kazuki Akiyama if he needed to add lemon and chrysanthemum, Kazuki Akiyama quickly refused.

In his previous life, he didn't like to eat sour food, let alone a very sour fruit like lemon.As for chrysanthemums, although RB people like chrysanthemums very much, but thinking about the other meaning of chrysanthemums in his previous life, he really can't taste it.

After drinking some honey water and resting for a while, I started my intense recording career again.

After that, Kazuki Akiyama basically spent every day in the recording studio. It took about a week or two to complete the recording of musical instruments, vocals, and harmony.

The time has entered the middle and late August, and Izumi Sakai's fourth single "Embracing the Sleepless Night" has already been released, and it ranked 18th on the Oricon singles chart in the first week of its release.

And the ranking is still rising, and it will enter the top ten immediately. This is the best performance since Izumi Sakai released a single.

In order to promote her single, Being specially arranged for her to go to the Music Station program to promote her latest single.

This is the first time Izumi Sakai has appeared on the show, and Kazuki Akiyama is also very curious about what Izumi Sakai looks like on TV.

So I specially turned on the TV and watched this episode of the program. On the TV, Sakai Spring was wearing a white shirt with long hair hanging down, her lower body was a rare pair of black shorts and stockings, and she was wearing black high-top high-heeled shoes.

It is completely different from the refreshing dress that Kazuki Akiyama has seen in his previous life. It is really a precious and rare picture.

It could be seen that she was very nervous, and she felt a little at a loss sitting next to the two hosts.In the interview session, the host was basically asking questions, and she thought about it for a second or two before answering in a soft voice.

The host saw that she was nervous and asked her to take a deep breath, but she foolishly did so. The host asked her if she was not nervous anymore, nodded first and then shook her head quickly, watching Kazuki Akiyama couldn't help laughing.

Only at the singing stage did she feel liberated, and she got up and walked to the stage. Kazuki Akiyama had never heard this song before, but this time when she sang it on stage, she unexpectedly felt that it was very good.

Looking at her swaying body gently in the picture, Kazuki Akiyama's mood also rippling, what a beautiful time.

After the singing, she changed back to a tense and cautious appearance. Kazuki Akiyama was really worried that she would be too tired to stand up after the show.

Seeing her on the stage, Kazuki Akiyama couldn't help but look forward to the moment when he would also stand on the stage in the future.

After the recording is complete, there is mixing, that is, putting all the tracks together, adjusting their timbre, sound field, order, and correcting possible flaws in them.

Kazuki Akiyama was basically unable to help with these tasks, and he basically needed him to make up the flawed places occasionally.

The production of the first master tape was completed in about a week. During this period, Nagato Taiyuki also visited several times and proposed some adjustments in details.

After all, he is the producer of this CD, and he still attaches great importance to Kazuki Akiyama's first single.

After the master tape is completed, it will be pressed into a disc by an audio-visual company, which is the last step in the mass production of CDs.

At this point, Kazuki Akiyama finally has a general impression of the production of a CD, which roughly includes the division of labor such as lyrics and composition, arrangement, recording, mixing, post-mastering, and distribution.

Only after I learned about it did I realize that I still need to learn a lot in the future. I used to think that releasing a song is just to sing and record it once, but that is purely a layman's view.

But before that, we still need to take the cover photo of the single. According to Being's consistent style, it is either the singer's profile picture, or a side view, or a photo taken during work.

There were hardly any new tricks to be played, and Kazuki Akiyama was also taken to the studio, sitting or standing in various poses, and it took a whole afternoon to get this step done.

Finally, I chose a picture of Kazuki Akiyama holding a guitar and sitting on a stool with one leg on the ground.

Not to mention, this photo taken from the side looks very impressive. The tall and thin figure with a touch of bookishness and the dark background looks handsome and mysterious.

Well, the photographer brother is good at technology, he should add a chicken leg.

So far, Akiyama has basically completed the production of this single. Because of the limited stock of the 8cm CD, there is no MV. After shooting the cover photo and poster, basically all the work has been completed.

Regarding the suppression of the first batch of CDs, Kazuki Akiyama certainly hoped that the more the better, but that was obviously impossible.

Nagato Taiko weighed it a lot, considering that Kazuki Akiyama is a newcomer and does not have his own base of fans.

But he is very optimistic about Kazuki Akiyama's development, excellent voice, young and good-looking appearance, creative genius, and currently has no bad habits.

Not to mention becoming a Top Star in the future, but definitely has the potential to become the top group.

In the end, Taiko Nagato set the first batch of CD shipments at [-], and prepared another [-] in stock.This is already a very high number for a rookie.

You must know that the total shipment volume of the first single of a general newcomer can reach [-] copies, which is very good, not to mention that this is only the first batch of shipments.

Although Kazuki Akiyama has confidence in his songs, and the follow-up sales will definitely exceed this figure, he also understands that there is no achievement now, and he can't come up with something to persuade Nagato Taiko to print.

What he has to do is to keep an eye on the trend of his CD sales, and once there are obvious changes, he must persuade Nagato Taiko to increase the number of copies as soon as possible, so as not to be caught off guard when it really explodes.

Since it is the first male solo launched by Being, there must be some publicity. A week ago, it was announced to the media that Being would launch its first male solo, but Kazuki Akiyama was not allowed to show up.

Being's consistent style is to maintain the mystery of the artists, and rarely expose its artists to the spotlight early, such as Daikoku Moji, who debuted before himself, and has not shown his face in front of the media until now.

The well-known Izumi Sakai also released her fourth single before Being arranged for her to appear on the Music Station stage, which shows Being's conservative style in this regard.

The outside world is also curious about the male solo launched by Being. You must know that the only male solo that is somewhat famous is Masaharu Fukuyama of AMUSE.

For the first male solo in his company, Nagato Taiyuki also very interestingly pulled a TIE-UP for Kazuki Akiyama, the theme song of a TV series.
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