Episode 26: The Magic Happened
I finally had three songs.
I went online to look for a vocalist who fit them.
I met a lot of people.
One male vocalist got in touch.
He played me a demo from the band he'd been in.
A really distinctive voice, and he looked the part too. We decided to record my songs together.
The result was magic.
I reworked the songs for him, and good songs came out of it.
One way or another, we ended up with six songs. The two of us sent them off to be pressed as a CD, and decided to promote and sell it ourselves.
I sent the finished CD out to music agencies again.
Eleven companies got back to us, including the agency that managed Namie Amuro at the time.
Among them came an offer: would we like to appear on an audition program, hosted by a radio show, where the winner would debut on Nippon Columbia?
And that show was...
To be continued.
