Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 12
Makoto Shenmu walked to the recommended new song area, and saw Kiyoshi Sakamoto's single "Close Your Eyes Lightly" quietly placed on the shelf.Next to it is the first selection album "Wish You The Best" released by Mai Kuraki of Being company last month. After a month of strong sales, it was still put in the recommendation area by the clerk.

As one of the four great divas of Heisei, Mai Kuraki, her best album will definitely be recommended by major CD stores, but now Kiyoshi Sakamoto's new song appears next to Mai Kuraki.

Makoto Shenmu, who had already thought that Sony would force Kiyoshi Sakamoto, also thought that this move was a bit risky.After all, if you put the song of a newcomer who just debuted with the songs of the four major divas, although it is topical, you may be scolded to death by Mai Kuraki's fans.After all, the status of the two is too far apart. .

However, if the quality of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's songs is really good, then it is possible to use the topic of Mai Kuraki to let more people know about Kiyoshi Sakamoto. What kind of person is the newcomer who is together?" Such a question will make more people want to know about the singer Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

Makoto Shenmu picked up the single CD, and the cover showed Kiyoshi Sakamoto's face with his eyes closed.Looking at Kiyoshi Sakamoto on the cover, Makoto Shenmu feels that this newcomer is really handsome, giving people a clean and sunny feeling, and the voice is so warm, Makoto Shenmu is more and more interested in Kiyoshi Sakamoto .

Then turn the CD over to look at the back, and the back is like a photo.Under a pure blue sky, a boy with a guitar on his back stands on the asphalt road with a sad face.

Makoto Shenmu took Kiyoshi Sakamoto's "Close Your Eyes Lightly" and walked to the cashier to pay.

The price of 1200 yen is not expensive as a single CD with only one song. After all, Sony has suppressed [-] copies.The money invested in this single is much more than that of every newcomer who debuted in the past.

And speaking of it, the contract signed by Sakamoto Kiyoshi and Sony is divided into eighty-two, Sony eight, Sakamoto Kiyoji, this is a big discount, especially for a newcomer with no background and no reputation.

After all, as a company, it takes a lot of money and time to cultivate an artist. Although Kiyoshi Sakamoto, as a singer-songwriter, doesn't have to work so hard on inviting songs, after all, he can write it himself.

But in other aspects, including publicity, suppressing CDs, promoting Kiyoshi Sakamoto's variety shows and audio shows, etc., are also essential links.

Therefore, generally speaking, in RB's artist agency, it is more common to divide into ninety-one, and slave contracts abound.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto's [-]% share is because Sony is optimistic about his future development, so he will give him such a condition. .So, in RB, a singer-songwriter is loved by music companies.

Because musical talent is not something that can be acquired the day after tomorrow, but more of an innate condition.It has to be said that after being reborn, Kiyoshi Sakamoto brought with him a mind that never forgets, enabling him to surpass himself to the greatest extent in terms of learning, and there is such a powerful singer as Fukuyama Masaharu as a teacher, if he can no longer become a talent, then It's really a pig. .

Closer to home, after buying Kiyoshi Sakamoto's single "Close Your Eyes Lightly" at a CD store, Makoto Shenmu immediately returned to his home, hoping to hear the full version of "Close Your Eyes Lightly" as soon as possible.

Opening the CD case, Makoto Shenmu saw the accompanying lyrics book and a small poster of Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

He took out the CD and put it in the player. Soon, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's voice came out from the player.

As a professional music critic, after hearing Kiyoshi Sakamoto's song briefly last night, Makoto Shenmu has long thought that he is a superstar, and his future achievements are limitless. After all, he is so handsome and can compose and sing by himself People who have a good life, as long as they don't commit suicide, they will definitely become popular, it's just to see when it happened.

Sure enough, after hearing the full version of "Close Your Eyes Lightly" by Kiyoshi Sakamoto, it is still so warm and beautiful, even though it is a sad song.Especially in the climax part, Kiyoshi Sakamoto handles both the falsetto and the transliteration properly, making it completely unexpected that this is sung by a 14-year-old boy.

Accompanied by Sakamoto Kiyoshi's youthful voice, the sound of the piano gently flowed into Shen Mucheng's heart. In the part waiting for the climax, the addition of the drum set made the whole song sound more sad, but Sakamoto The clear and warm voice lessened the sense of sadness, and made the regret of separation left in people's hearts much less.

This is undoubtedly a very good song, and the singer's interpretation has taken this song to a higher level.

After listening to it several times, Shen Mucheng thought about it, no, such a good song, I want to recommend him to more people, so Shen Mucheng started to review Sakamoto Kiyoshi's single "Light" on his blog. Close Your Eyes" music review.

"On February 2004th, 14, I heard a song that might be the best song of the year. The specific time I heard this song was midnight on the 1th. I saw a newcomer appear on the official website. When I saw this 10-year-old boy, I was thinking, are you kidding me? I thought, would a company as famous as Sony make mistakes on the official website? Obviously No. Then, I clicked in and heard the singer's song. Although it was only a short [-] minute, to be honest, I didn't hear the singer's singing until [-] minutes after the song ended. Finally, I suggest everyone to listen to this song. The title of the song is "Close Your Eyes Lightly". Please also remember this newcomer singer. He will definitely become a singer who continues to surprise everyone in the future. Yes, the singer's name is Kiyoshi Sakamoto."

After finishing writing, Shenmucheng uploaded this blog post on his blog.

In Sony, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was in class, never imagined that he would be spotted by a professional music critic so quickly.At this time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was taking classes in Sony's Variety Department.This is because, tomorrow, under the arrangement of Sony, Sakamoto Kiyoshi will appear on RB's famous music program - MUSIC STATION!

MUSIC STATION, RB's old music program, began on October 1986, 24, and was broadcast on TV Asahi every Friday night.In RB, there are three major music bands, namely MUSIC STATION HEY3 UTABAN.

And MUSIC STATION can be said to be the one with the highest ratings and influence.And the host of this show is also very famous, it is Tamoli, one of the three giants of funny!It has been nearly 1987 years since Tamoli took over the host position in April 17.

Originally, as a rookie singer who just debuted, it was impossible to appear on national programs like MUSIC STATION, but behind Kiyoshi Sakamoto, there is a big backer of Sony, so he forced Kiyoshi Sakamoto into it, and gave two It took me half a minute to sing his new song "Close Your Eyes Lightly", so, again, Sony is doing well! !
As for MUSIC STATION, they did not dare to neglect this small request from Sony. So, just like this, the Young Guns segment that originally appeared in 2005 was under the sway of the program planners of MS, because Kiyoshi Sakamoto , and one year earlier.

In this way, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who is backed by the mountains and enjoys the cool air, made his TV show debut, which is the famous MUSIC STATION.
February [-]th, morning.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto has lived in Tokyo for nearly two years, and has gradually gotten used to the rhythm of life in Tokyo, an international metropolis.The bad habit of sleeping late has gradually turned into being late.But okay, just a few minutes late.However, today was Kiyoshi Sakamoto's TV debut, and it was on a program like MS. Kiyoshi Sakamoto didn't dare to neglect, and got up early to prepare.

Under the matching of the costume designer, Kiyoshi Sakamoto wore a turtleneck sweater on his upper body, a pair of slim jeans on his lower body, and a pair of canvas shoes. He looked very youthful. After all, he was still a 14-year-old boy. Although it doesn't look like it. .The style Sony chose for Kiyoshi Sakamoto is a clean, sunny, handsome guy who creates a talented singer. .No way, Sakamoto Kiyoshi has too many advantages, and these are all selling points! !
The hair will not be dyed. One is that Kiyoshi Sakamoto likes black hair very much. The other is that, after all, he is too young. If he dyes his hair again, the selling point of clean and sunny will be gone.

In this way, accompanied by his manager Uncle Ishida, Kiyoshi Sakamoto set off for TV Asahi in a nanny car.

In this issue of MUSIC STATION, the lineup of guests is not too strong, but there are still superstars pressing the stage.The big name in this issue is undoubtedly the Rainbow Band.

The Rainbow Band, which debuted in 1991, is already a veteran band of RB. In the past two years, when the RB record market began to decline, the sales of singles released by the Rainbow Band have steadily exceeded one million.

It can be said that the current Rainbow Band is a national band with high awareness of RB, and it is also the number one artist group under Sony.

Coincidentally, this issue of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's senior sister, the ZONE group will also be on MS, plus Rainbow Band, there are actually three groups of artists from Sony in this issue of MS.So, before Sony set off, the company's music director Yuichi Yamada asked Sakamoto Kiyota to learn from these two seniors.

So, this is Sony sending the big rainbow band and ZONE to bring me this trumpet?My brother is covered by someone. .

It's so cool to hug your thighs! !Sakamoto walked into TV Asahi while thinking about this.

As a newcomer, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who has just debuted, will definitely visit the waiting room of the seniors with his new song.This is politeness, and in RB, many etiquettes are unavoidable, fortunately Sakamoto Kiyoshi has long been used to it.

With his single "Close Your Eyes Lightly", Kiyoshi Sakamoto started to visit his seniors.

The first one must be the host of the show, Mr. Tamoli.

In the waiting room of Mr. Tamori, Kiyoshi Sakamoto handed over his single, and bowed, "Tamori-san, this is the first time we meet. I am a singer under Sony, Kiyoshi Sakamoto. This is my single, please take care of me .”

Compared with the other two comedy giants, Tamoli usually wears sunglasses on the show, looking a little serious.But the Tamori that Kiyoshi Sakamoto saw was a very amiable old man in private.After taking Kiyoshi Sakamoto's CD with a smile, he jokingly said, "You kid, why did you debut so soon, don't you need to study?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto replied in a daze, "I'm in the second year of high school now. gone."

The result shocked Tamoli. Unexpectedly, the kid in front of him was only 14 years old and a sophomore in high school. Is he a genius? ?

But, by the way, don't you have to go home at the age of 14?You can't be on the show at eight o'clock.

Immediately afterwards, Tamori and Sakamoto Kiyoshi, who were aroused, chatted in the waiting room.

Tamori also learned from Kiyoshi Sakamoto that Sony has already completed the application for him, and he can be on the show no later than ten o'clock.

After all, it is Sony, and the relevant departments will save face.

It wasn't until Tamoli's manager saw that Kiyoshi Sakamoto had been inside for a long time, and that Sakamoto would visit other seniors next, so he made a sound to remind the two who had already chatted.In this way, after getting the contact information of Mr. Tamoli, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was let go by the talkative Tamoli.

It took too long to visit Tamori, and the next time was a bit tight, so Sakamoto Kiyoshi had to run.

Fortunately, before the show started, Kiyoshi Sakamoto visited all his seniors in the music industry in this episode, and each singer, after hearing that Kiyoshi Sakamoto is Sony's newcomer singer, also told him very kindly A few words.

(End of this chapter)