old events in tokyo

Chapter 203 Work Planning
"Waste?" Kazuki Akiyama was a little confused.

"Yes." Taiko Nagato took the sheet music, walked to the desk and sat down while reading it, "It's no problem to take out many songs separately and make them into A-side songs."

"For example, "Until the End of the World", "Bridge of Glory", "Cross Road", as the main title is no problem.

One or two songs of good quality in an album can basically guarantee sales.

What's more, your album contains two million-dollar singles and one two-million-dollar single.

Even if the quality of other songs is average, it will not affect its performance.

So in the future, if there are singles with good quality, don't put them in one album at a time.

There is always a time when inspiration runs out, or when creativity is at a low point.

At this time, the previous inventory is particularly important, and it is necessary to understand the long flow of water. "

Nagato Taiko took a sip of his coffee and sighed secretly.

After all, you are young, wishing to take out all your good things at once, but don't know how to properly keep some inventory for yourself as a buffer for special times.

"What President Nagato said is that there are really no more suitable songs for the time being. I will pay attention to this convenient consideration in the future."

How could he not understand the truth, it was just because he didn't have any stock left.

The remaining few singles are of good quality and are reserved for future CD releases.

So I can only choose some lesser ones to put into the album. As Nagato Taiko said, use the singles released before as the main title of the first album.

Sorry, his face is really not that thick.After all, it is his first album, and it is also the album he treats with the most care. Outside fans have been looking forward to it for a long time.

If there is no new song of acceptable quality as the main feature, he is really embarrassed to promote it and encourage fans to pay for it.

In the final analysis, the heart is not dark enough, not snobbish enough.You can see that Nagato Taiyuki has no burden to do this kind of thing, and even enjoys it.

And the main title he prepared for this album is "Until the End of the World". Of course, "Bridge of Glory" is also good, and double titles can be considered.

Nagato Taiko also knows that he has always had a quirk, that is, he wants to use his own songs.I don't want to sing what others wrote for him.

Moreover, this album has already promised him that he would choose the songs by himself, and write the lyrics and compose the whole lineup by himself.

So he is not too entangled, Being still has Oda Tetsuro and Kuribayashi Seiichiro, and there is no shortage of music library for the time being.

Moreover, the B, Z, lyrics and music he relies on most are almost arranged by two people inside.

"By the way, what name does Akiyama-kun plan to call this album?" Taiko Nagato asked him about his arrangement for the title of the album.

"The End of the World" was something he had thought about a long time ago. It was simple and clear, and it also echoed the name of the title song.

As for the traditional arts of the Being family, the names are not only long, but also have various combinations of strange characters, which he really can't appreciate.

"The end of the world?" Taiko Nagato repeated again, and he knew what he meant when he heard the name, but that's okay, at least the main song is highlighted.

"When can I start entering the recording studio?" The track has been determined, and the next step is to start preparing for production.

But what he wanted to ask was when Kazuki Akiyama would finish filming the show and devote himself to the recording.

An album is different from a single, it takes much more time and energy, and it is best not to interrupt and ensure that it is completed within the production cycle.

"I can enter the studio at the end of the month." The shooting progress has been much faster than expected, and it will be completed by the end of May.

Taiko Nagato nodded, he still had plenty of time.

Afterwards, Akiyama Kazuki and Nagato Taiko confirmed some details of the album before leaving.

In May, he was not only busy filming, but also an unexpected thing happened to him.

To be precise, it is a good thing, the Japan Music Copyright Association will give him an award.

Also known as the JASRAC Award, the awards are awarded from among the music whose copyrights are entrusted to JASRAC.

Generally, music with a large amount of copyright royalties allocated in the previous year will win the award.Therefore, it is different from many other music awards that use sales or popularity as the judging criteria.

The JASRAC Awards are a comprehensive consideration of music sales and usage, such as karaoke on demand, TV broadcast, and usage in movies.

And this award recognizes not the singer, but the three of them, the lyricist and the composer or the music production company.

Kazuki Akiyama's award-winning work was his "Powder Snow" released last year.

So it is also very popular in karaoke, and it is also widely used in TV and radio broadcasts.

So this single also won a silver award as a lyricist and composer.

It can also be seen from this that, in fact, making music, especially singer-songwriters.

In terms of royalties, the income is actually very impressive, and the share on the record is only the fastest and most direct part.

Others such as TV, radio, movies, DVDs, karaoke, games, including the Internet in the future, the income of these places is a steady stream.

Even after a long time, this part of the royalties income is more than the original record share.

So in Japan, as long as you have a few songs that are nationally famous and popular, even if you are too old to be forgotten by the public.As long as you don't do too much work, you will basically have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life, which can still be guaranteed.

As for the matter of receiving the award, because after all, his qualifications are still young, he didn't let anyone lead him.I also personally went to Yoyogi Uehara to receive the award.

It was said to be a silver award, but it was actually a certificate like a certificate of merit. He thought he would come back with a trophy, but it turned out that he was thinking too much.

Throwing the certificate on the desk casually, Kazuki Akiyama sat on the chair a little bored, whirling in boredom.

The filming of the TV series will be finished soon, and the album will also be picked up and production will begin.The work schedule is full all the time, what interesting things can I do to pass it off?

He glanced casually at the desk, while thinking about whether to do some work.

Is it too boring to only earn money and not spend it?

Are you buying a house?But if you buy a house at this time, people around you may think you are a fool.

Do a side job?He doesn't understand brother either, and his cognition of most things is basically superficial, without a clue.

It would be great if someone would give me an idea, tsk~, the troubles of happiness.

His eyes swept over the pile of manuscript paper on the desk, hey, that's right.The last time I asked Sakai Noriko to contact the editor of the publishing house, there has been no success.

It seems that the meeting was postponed because of the recent job change.

I don't know what happened after so long.

Should I contact Masaya Nakagawa, who I met last time, and he seemed to be intending to recommend the editor to me.

"Dingling..." The ringtone of the mobile phone interrupted his cranky thoughts.

Picked up the phone and looked at it, what a coincidence?
"Good evening, Sakai-san....Tomorrow?...Hay, it's all right...Okay, see you tomorrow then."
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PS: there is still at night

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