During the cover session of the concert, the song selection focused on the songs he provided to the singers he served as producer.

As for the songs provided to other singers scatteredly, this time it is not within the selection range.

Of course, although the lyrics are your own and the music is your own, if you want to sing these songs at a concert, you still have to pay the copyright fee to the Audio Association.

As for how much of these copyright fees are in the pockets of the Audio Association, how many will be given to record companies that hold the right to distribution and use rights, and even how many will eventually be transferred back to them... I don’t know these.

After being a singer for three years, I don’t know how much royalties I have eaten, but even so, every time I mention this so-called "copyright ownership", Ye Zhao is still the first and the most important thing, and I can’t explain it clearly.

Although it is a great thing to improve the copyright system, otherwise life as a musician in Japan would not be so pleasant, but sometimes the problem of being a quarrel is really troublesome.

...

Time passed slowly, and the originally empty whiteboard was gradually filled with notes with song titles. The venue was upgraded from a small venue with two or three thousand people to a large venue with ten thousand people, and the concert songs also increased by several correspondingly.

While sorting, Ye Zhao or the staff occasionally discusses and changes Qushun because they think that the two songs are put together and the upper and lower connections are not smooth enough.

In addition to confirming Qushun, we will also discuss what kind of interactions we should make with the audience when singing a certain song.

This concert still implements BEING's usual style, which is simple and cost-effective, of course, it can also be said to be safe.

For example, when discussing in the early stage, when choosing between three-sided tables and four-sided tables, the stage effect and safety issues were first considered, and the traditional three-sided tables were used.

If you want to talk about the four-sided table, if done well, the effect will not be inferior to the three-sided table, and it will even be surprising. However, some conservative young people still adhere to the principle of "not leaving their backs to the audience". No matter how the four-sided table is done, the audience on one side will see the singer's back at a certain moment.

In addition, the requirements for fire safety of four platforms are higher, which will undoubtedly add more manpower to the concert. Instead of adding so much trouble, it is better to choose the safest plan from the beginning.

The producer of the concert was Nagato Daiyuki. He had the final say, so he finally decided on the three-sided platform plan.

After discussing the order of the songs, the team members of the band and harmony are discussed next.

The band's main team is still the musicians who held the first concert. Considering that they had already cooperated before, it is easier to get it done now.

In addition, Deyong Xiaoren, who had just joined BEING, also became a substitute for the band with the recommendation of the company. The reason for doing this was nothing more than to experience him.

Ye Zhao had nothing to do with this matter, just to treat it as helping him bring a small trumpet.

"Then there is the choice of the harmonizer, and the audition will be held in two days..."

This time, Mika Kawashima's own band FEEL SO BAD was also in the tour period, so she did not come to help. Therefore, the harmonic lineup was all selected from the harmonic personnel within the company.

On the day of the audition, Ye Zhao still had to come forward by himself. Now he just agreed for the time being and knew that this was the case.

The SOLO singer who fights alone can only discuss these things with the staff.

The discussion meeting was held like this, which reminded Ye Zhao of the situation when he was discussing the details of the tour before with Minsheng Okuda and Shizuo Kurakita.

"Finally, there are some design drawings around the concert. Please take a look." Before the meeting, the staff presented the design drawings around.

If you rely solely on selling tickets, you probably won’t be able to make a profit. If you want to make a big profit, you still have to rely on the peripheral and subsequent videotapes released.

The surrounding area is the most profitable part. An ordinary pen or T-shirt, as long as it is related to the concert, its value will immediately double and it will also trigger a rush to buy it.

"It's so amazing..." After taking the folder over and looking through it, Ye Zhao couldn't help but sigh.

It’s not about how beautiful the surrounding design is, but about how wide the surrounding area covers. Hats, T-shirts, towels are just standard, and other things like picks, guitar-shaped hanging ornaments, folders, etc. are all included. In short, only unexpected things are not impossible.

While looking through, Ye Zhao thought nonsensely, thanking the company, he was not so crazy that he had to put his surroundings on things like shoehorns...

Of course, although everything around you is included, you still do something and don’t do anything. Therefore, there is no need to worry about the emergence of such embarrassing products.

Even if it really appears, as a singer, he still has the right to refuse.

There are harmony selections, meeting the band's team, and going to the recording studio to perform the first rehearsal and reorganizing the songs... These are the things he wants to do about music.

Confirm the costumes of the concert, confirm the physical objects around him, go to the hospital regularly to protect his voice, and train physically... These are things he wants to do beyond the music.

Being a studio singer, whether you are hiding at home or going to practice on a small island, you have plenty of time, but as long as you hold a concert, you won’t be able to live a leisurely life.

The next day, the sales of the first week of the planning album "message" were officially released.

When the sales were released, although others were still in the recording studio, they were not BEING's recording studio. Therefore, there were no dedicated staff members who came to show him the sales list as soon as possible.

Of course, Ye Zhao himself didn't care about the sales performance of this album, even if it was the first planning album released under his name.

However, in his opinion, such an album with the participation of a big-name singer and the signature of a gold medal producer, the quality of the songs is also excellent, and there is also a hot-selling lead single, and the basic balance is still very stable.

"Okay, let's take a break first." Ye Zhao issued an order for the intermission by connecting to the microphone in the recording room.

At this moment, Natsukawa Rimi had been singing in the studio for two hours.

The recording progress of the song "Auspicious Sea" to be released as a debut single has actually been completed. What is being recorded now are the tracks of the subsequent singles and albums to be released.

It was the first time that he really took everything from a project producer to an executive producer, so Ye Zhao also devoted considerable energy and expectations to her.

"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Xiachuan."

"Thank you...you are, please trouble you."

Natsukawa Rimi once made a failed debut in the name of Hinmiri. Before this debut, Ye Zhao also discussed with her whether to debut under her real name or to make a stage name again.

The ownership of Xingmiri's stage name belongs to her original record company Polika Ink, and all the songs she sang in Xingmiri's name have been sealed. Even if the stage name has not been taken back by Polika Ink, since she is about to make a comeback, it is impossible to continue using that name.

"Continue to use Rimi's name, change the surname, how about it? "Ya Chuan"?" Ye Zhao suggested.

"Is Natsukawa Rimi?" She also used the real name Kasukurimi, and after reading this name several times, she chose to accept it.

In order to make her adapt to her new name in advance, now in the recording studio, Ye Zhao and other staff have changed their words to call her "Miss Xiachuan".

Of course, although this recording studio is not from BEING, it will not be from Ye Zhao, it is just a temporary rental. If you want to buy a recording studio with a large amount, he does not have the determination to do the same as Kitakawa.

Even if he really has the money to buy a recording studio, it is impossible to spend the money in these irrelevant places when no work has been released and the future of the label is unknown.

Even BEING was not until the establishment of the BEING dynasty that he bought the company's recording studio. Another reason why Kitakawa is so generous is that Johnny was the kingdom.

After the greetings, Xia Chuan Rimi did not rest. Instead, she confirmed her recording just now, and then heard Ye Zhao point out some shortcomings and areas that need to be corrected.

During this period, Yuri Nakamura was silently acting as a listener next to him, secretly remembering their conversation.

After Yuri Nakamura signed the contract, Ye Zhao acted quickly and immediately arranged her to Nakagawa Rimi to help. He helped with chores when there was recording, and went to class when there was no recording.

As for the future, Ye Zhao has decided to ask Yuri Nakamura to do some tricks when the arrangement work is carried out. Not only that, he also plans to wait until she accumulates some experience and the right time, and discuss with Masao Akishi, a teacher who has become a freelance arranger, and ask him to help bring newcomers in the area.

Anyway, anyone who is used as an assistant is used. Besides, Masao Akashi, who has become a freelance arranger, takes orders from the entire music industry and handles a considerable number of songs every year. Following him to get experience points, it is definitely very fast.

In the future, regardless of whether Yuri Nakamura debuted as a singer, Ye Zhao would cultivate her as an all-round talent.

"Miss Xiachuan, what day will it take to climb the dragon boat in Okinawa?" After confirming the recording, Ye Zhao asked her.

"Well..." Natsukawa Rimi thought for a while, "If this year, it should be June."

The dragon-climbing boat in Okinawa, also known as the dragon-climbing boat racing, is held on May 4 of the old calendar every year, in the fishing ports in various parts of Okinawa Prefecture. If you trace it back, the dragon-climbing boat celebration was also passed down from ancient China.

"Is that so? Then it's better to avoid this period of time, otherwise, you'll just bump into the tourists." Ye Zhao said casually.

"What?" Nakagawa Rimi was a little confused.

"By the way, I forgot to tell you," Ye Zhao knocked on his forehead and smiled: "Actually, it's the MV of "Auspicious Sea". I plan to take you to Okinawa for filming."

"Hey? Are you going to Okinawa to shoot an MV?"

"That's it," Ye Zhao nodded, "because the lyrics mentioned the dragon boat climbing, I remembered to ask you about this."

"It's really so grand to go back to Okinawa to shoot the MV... Natsukawa Rimi is still digesting the previous news.

As a singer who debuted after the revenge, Ye Zhao's treatment was quite generous.

I heard that when Ai Hui helped Alan shoot the MV of his debut single, he spent 15 million yen in one go. Of course, Ye Zhao would definitely not take out 15 million yen to help Nakagawa Rimi shoot the MV of his debut single.

Even if I decided to shoot MVs in Okinawa now, it was not so luxurious to put the finished product on TV as an advertisement to play it, but for another plan.

"Miss Xiachuan, about your debut single..."

"Yes!" When talking about his debut, Nakakawa Rimi put down the cup in her hand and sat in a straight position.

"I plan to release it in a different way. We won't do CDs anymore." Speaking of this, Ye Zhao glanced at Nakakawa Rimi. Because of his speech, Nakakawa Rimi's expression became very nervous.

He slowly said his true thoughts, "I want you to release your debut single in the form of a VHS single."

...

After coming out of the recording studio and going to the parking lot, he just got into the car. Ryu Takahashi also opened his small notebook and reported to him: "The phone call from the office, "Xing's sales this week were 174,000, ranking third on the list, and the cumulative sales exceeded 870,000."

"Then there is the first week of "message", with 462,000 copies. Of course, the first record is the first."

When Ye Zhao heard these numbers after another report from Takahashi Ryuya's mouth, he couldn't help but feel very wonderful in his heart.

In another twenty years, those whose cumulative sales volume exceeds 100,000 can be considered popular people, but in this era, they often have hundreds of thousands or millions, and everyone is still accustomed to it.

In the future, the total sales rankings are all accumulated in this era of sales explosion.

Ye Zhao, who had already known it, did not respond much to the performance of this project album, but just accepted it normally.

Planning an album is like a limited band, which is something you can throw away from yourself in the SOLO state and do what you want to do. If you just work with a best-selling singer, you will lose a lot of fun.

"Message" is his first project album. In the future, there may be a second, third, partner, and content of the album.
Chapter completed!