old events in tokyo

Chapter 87 Sakura

The bass part of Seiichiro Kuribayashi, the instrumental accompaniment, was recorded first. He is not only good at playing bass, but also good at composing and singing.

Strictly speaking, composing and singing are what he is best at, and musical instruments may just be incidental.

In the first three albums of ZARD, Seiichiro Kuribayashi provided almost three songs for each album, and he is currently the person who has contributed the most songs to ZARD except Tetsuro Oda.

Taking advantage of the interval between Seiichiro Kuribayashi's recordings, Maji Daikoro and Izumi Sakai chatted on the side, and Kazuki Akiyama occasionally added a sentence or two.

At some point in the recording studio, there were already one or two more staff, holding cameras and silently recording everything.

Kazuki Akiyama sized it up curiously. At this time, he started shooting materials to prepare for the follow-up publicity?Is it too early?

Izumi Sakai occasionally feels the presence of the camera, and whenever he faces the camera, he feels a little uncomfortable and subconsciously avoids his eyes.

"When is this single expected to be released?" Daikoku Moji chatted softly with Sakai Izumi with his head tilted.

"Well~, probably at the end of the month."

"Well, my single will be around the beginning of next month. I will start recording in a few days."

"Moji, please do your best." Izumi Sakai said softly with a smile.

In private, she actually likes to chat with people she knows a lot, about hobbies, music, and clothes, makeup, etc. that girls are interested in.

At work, she is the serious, careful, and rigorous Izumi Sakai, and in private, she is Sachiko Kamachi who occasionally worries about what clothes to wear today.

"In two or three months, it will be the flower viewing season. I am really looking forward to this year's cherry blossoms." Daikoku Moji looked yearning, as if he couldn't wait for that day to come.

"Hey, cherry blossoms, the moment they wither from the branches and leaves, the petals flying all over the sky are really exciting." Izumi Sakai also looked nostalgic, and opened his hands as if wanting to embrace the petals flying all over the sky.

Kazuki Akiyama was amused by some of her cute movements, but she didn't disturb her aloud. This feeling of secretly listening to girls chatting is also very interesting.

...

servant ga soba nii ru yo
i will always be by your side
をわせるから
make you laugh
sakura dance う season かぞえ

Counting the seasons of cherry blossoms

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"When I went to enjoy the cherry blossoms, a gust of wind blew, and there were pink and white petals in the bento, wine glasses, and on the street. At that time, I thought this was the most beautiful moment of cherry blossoms." Daikoku Moji nodded frequently, quite approving He described what he had seen in the past.

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やわらかな风に吹かれ
with the soft breeze

jun to walk ite kou
walk with you
I'm always by my side

always have you by my side

...

Kazuki Akiyama imagined a picture, and sure enough, in the eyes of neon people, the ultimate beauty of sorrow is the soul-stirring.

"Sakura" will only be remembered by people at the moment of withering.

Kazuki Akiyama couldn't help humming softly, nodding his head in time.

Daikoku Moji and Sakai Izumi couldn't help turning their gazes here, but he didn't seem to notice it, immersed in his own world.

Seiichiro Kuribayashi, who had just left the recording studio, also watched this scene with great interest.

Kazuki Akiyama hummed, picked up the guitar beside him, and gently plucked the strings with his fingers following the rhythm.

After the first round, he paused for a while, closed his eyes and thought about it for a while.He began to pluck the strings again.This time was different before, the melody was more complete, and he no longer hummed softly, but began to sing the lyrics that had just appeared.

This time he did not use his real voice in singing, but changed to a high-pitched and soft voice, with a slender and soft voice coming out of his lips.

Have you by my side

always have you by my side

...

At the end of the last line of the lyrics, the gentle and affectionate aftertaste seems to still reverberate around.

He exhaled lightly, recovered his senses and put down the guitar in his hand, only to realize that everyone in the recording studio was staring at him intently.

It was only then that Kazuki Akiyama realized that he was still recording, and hurriedly stood up and bowed, saying sorry.

Especially Kuribayashi Seiichiro, who went over to apologize in person.

"Kuribayashi-san, I'm really sorry for causing you trouble."

Kuribayashi Seiichiro shook his head and didn't mind, he even raised his hand and applauded gently.

"Si Guoyi!" Dahei Moji clapped loudly with an unbelievable expression.

Izumi Sakai also looked surprised and curious, spreading his fingers and clapping his hands briskly.

It was also the first time she saw Kazuki Akiyama sing a song with such a high degree of completion directly live.If he hadn't watched him gradually perfect the melody and lyrics, he would have thought that he had already written this song.

The last time I saw him humming the melody casually on the phone, but it took a while before he wrote the lyrics and composed the music.It's far less amazing than what I saw at the scene this time.

Takeshi Hayama and sound engineer Hirokatsu Shimada also gave Kazuki Akiyama a thumbs up, sighing in their hearts that this is a genius.

"Why did you suddenly write such a song?" Dahei Moji was still shocked.

"Hey, I just heard you guys talking about cherry blossoms, so I suddenly got inspiration." Kazuki Akiyama replied casually.

"that's it?"

Akiyama Kazuki nodded silently.

"Qiu Shan-kun, do you know that you are so enviable." Dahei Moji complained a little frantically.

"Hey, is there?" He looked around innocently, and when he glanced at the spring of Sakai, she smiled and nodded.

"But it's really powerful." He explained gently again.

"It's a very beautiful melody. Please be sure to call me when you arrange the music." Takeshi Hayama and Kazuki Akiyama introduced themselves jokingly.

"It's an honor for Hayama-san to come to help." Akiyama Kazuki agreed with a smile.

In BEING, apart from Masao Akashi, another master arranger is Takeshi Hayama.He used to arrange music for Daikoku Moji, WANDS, DEEN and other artists, and now he also occasionally arranges music for ZARD. There is no doubt about his level.

After joking a few words, he didn't forget his business, and walked into the recording studio with the guitar in his arms.

As Masao Akashi once praised, besides Takahiro Matsumoto of B'z, he is the best guitarist in BEING.Accompaniment for a single is naturally a no-brainer, and it can be easily done twice.

However, a little fun happened during the recording of the guitar accompaniment.Kazuki Akiyama first played one side according to the score, and Takeshi Hayama thought it was very good as an arranger and could be used as a radio version.

But Izumi Sakai felt that it was not strong enough, so Kazuki Akiyama played it again according to her request, with a brighter rhythm and a higher range.

She nodded after listening to this version, and insisted on using this version for radio.

This also allowed Kazuki Akiyama to see Izumi Sakai, who was put into work, and took his music very seriously.Even if there is a note that feels wrong, I will ask to overturn it and start over.
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PS: There are more at night. .

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