ビルボード・レコードとの契約とカバーアルバム制作
Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello, hello.
What's up, guys?
Hello.
How was your week, man?
I was at my house, making, yeah, sitting in mychair.
You've heard of the laptop?
Oh, yeah.
I made some songs, some videos.
Music videos?
Yeah, like short clips, little ones.
Anything new with your music career?
I'm going to release a cover album, I think I saidit before, from the Billboard Records.
Oh, I didn't know it was from the BillboardRecords.
Yeah.
Oh, shit.
Okay.
How does that work?
What do you mean, how does that work?
What do you mean, release a record from a label?
Can't you just release it from your own platform?
So, it depends on the contract between you and thelabel.
I don't know if I can say the contract things, butbasically, they help you to release songs.
Okay, okay.
Sometimes they pay you.
Sometimes they make songs to you.
Sometimes they, I don't know, they promote thesong sometimes.
Sometimes they do some live concerts.
Sometimes they do a big promotion things.
If it's like major labels.
Okay.
Or push you to some festivals or like some TVprograms and everything.
Sometimes.
It is completely depends on the labels and thecontracts and everything.
I see.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And it was enough of a merit for you to join in onthe contract.
Yes, yes, yes.
I see, I understand.
But you have to keep some sort of...
Yeah, I think so.
You can't really say everything on camera.
I think so.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I don't know.
I don't know.
Maybe I can say freely, but...
But you got to be careful, right?
Yeah, I don't know.
I have no idea.
You don't know what happened.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But yeah, they're not scary people.
Okay, well, that's good to hear.
Yeah, yeah.
So this time that was a cover album.
ビルボードライブツアーの開催と新展開
So I could choose what songs that I wanted to doand on how way, kind of like how the arrangementthings, like how should I do it.
Like you're talking about musically, right?
Yes, yes, yes.
Yeah.
And then they pushed me to like some maybe likeradios.
Okay.
So today I did Shuzai.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
So they also have like magazine.
Yeah.
They have magazines.
Okay.
Yeah.
I have no idea where should I like...
But I don't care.
I think it's okay.
They have like magazines.
And then they publish it.
Publish.
Publishes.
They publish it.
Publish it.
Publish it?
They publish it as a physical paper magazine andalso like internet web magazine.
And then they put me in those like magazines.
And so...
What kind of questions they ask you?
Yeah.
For about like the songs, the cover songs.
And also I'm going to do Billboard live concerttour.
Okay.
In this July.
Oh, sure.
Yeah.
So about the tour.
About the concerts.
Those things.
I see.
Yeah.
I see.
They took some pictures.
Did you pose?
Yeah.
No, I didn't pose.
I was just standing in this.
They tell you to pose?
Just like a...
Not pose pose.
But like just smile ones.
Okay.
Like not smiling ones.
Oh.
Like maybe...
I don't know.
They tell you to put your hand in your pocket?
Yeah.
Something like that.
Yeah.
Like this way.
Look at this camera.
Don't look at camera.
Okay.
Is it like...
Is it similar to La La Land?
Where, you know, the Seb was singing with JohnLegend.
Oh, yeah.
And there was this weird interviewer that was like...
Just bite your teeth.
Bite your teeth.
You're like that.
No?
No.
No.
It was very...
Way more natural than that.
Okay, that's good.
Yeah.
But true.
That's one of the labels.
Oh, okay.
Especially like major labels, they do thosethings.
Oh, really?
They promote you,
which means they have like this image of you
and they put that to you.
I see.
You wear this.
You do this.
Songs should be this.
They design you.
Yeah, design you.
Oh, sure.
And that's a good thing in a way.
Yeah.
I mean...
The professionals are selling artists.
Right.
They know how to sell you.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So, but, you know.
At the same time, right?
Where's your personality?
Yeah.
So, the Billboard label, Billboard Records,
is not something like that.
They're like rather like that side, like Seb'sside.
Yeah.
They prefer like some authenticity,
not like stars.
I see.
Yeah.
So, that's why I like that label.
Mm-hmm.
Wait.
So, you know how the K.E.R. is under the cocktaillabel?
Is it kind of like that?
That you're musically under the Billboard label?
So, for this one, as I didn't want to like becontrolled,
it was just one album contract.
Oh, I see.
So, we do...
This is the album that we do together.
I see.
And then do a tour for that album.
Tour is a different thing.
Oh, it's a different contract.
It's a tour.
I see.
So, I have completely free to do whatever I, youknow.
Mm.
Like whatever.
Do whatever you want.
Yeah.
Like P songs I can create if I want to.
What the hell was that?
What the hell was that?
But anything, right?
Anything.
Okay, I see.
I see.
新曲制作とファンキーサウンドへの挑戦
What kind of songs have you been writing recently?
So, right now I'm writing some a bit like funkysongs.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Funk?
Very funk song.
Okay.
Yeah, originally I wrote very...
It's like what makes funk is you're using the samechords.
Mm-hmm.
Like, for example, like a guitar guy is likeplaying the same chords for like three minutesstraight.
Mm-hmm.
And that makes funk funk.
Okay.
It's like repetition and then you...
And the vibe goes higher and higher and then...
Okay.
You kind of...
The groove gets tighter and, you know, things likethat.
Okay.
And I wanted to do that and I wrote it.
Mm-hmm.
But, you know the guy, the keyboard guy?
We talked about that and maybe we should put somelike a J-pop essence in it.
Okay.
To, I don't know, to reach many people.
Mm-hmm.
And, yeah, I was like, makes sense.
And I put some, just some little savvy things.
Okay.
Coming in and then, yeah, just like that.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
Okay, so it's got a twist of...
Yeah.
Like a little splash of J-pop.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay.
It's kind of a fun song but I got some subbiesand, you know, like a...
Tenkai.
Mm-hmm.
Like you got subbie, you got bridge, you got pre-chorus and...
So that's coming from J-pop.
Yes, yes, yes.
I see, I see.
Some chord changes and, yeah.
Oh, okay.
That's nice.
Yeah.
Sounds fun.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's fun.
Yes.
Yes, yes, yes.
So that's what I've been doing.
Yeah, for the week.
ビルボードツアーへの期待と感謝
For this week, yes.
That's great.
That's great, man.
All right.
Yeah, so it's July, the Billboard tour.
The Billboard tour is July?
It's coming, yes.
Oh, shit.
It's crazy.
How...where are you going?
Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka.
Oh.
Ooh.
The Billboard stage?
Yes.
I remember you doing a Billboard stage...
Yes.
several months ago.
Last year, yes.
Two cities, right?
Yes, that was Yokohama and Osaka.
Same stage?
Yes.
Oh.
But this time we have Tokyo.
Right.
Right.
Wait.
What was that last time?
Yokohama and Osaka.
Osaka.
I see.
I see.
Now, OK.
Now with Tokyo.
Yeah.
So Tokyo's new.
Yes.
I guess biggest?
The size, it's basically the same size.
OK.
But Tokyo is one of the highest as a...
culturally, like it's the main.
Yeah.
To be able to say that you've performed at theBillboard Tokyo was sort of...
Such a privilege.
Oh.
OK.
I see.
I'm still very surprised that if I see the lineups.
Yeah.
The schedules of the Billboard.
Not only Tokyo, but Yokohama and Osaka.
Mm-hmm.
Everything, but you see the lineups,
you see the artist that plays at the Billboard,
like me, Next Day, Eligibadu and Tokyo.
That's like crazy super musician and like.
Mm-hmm.
It's like it's still.
Surreal.
Surprise, yeah.
Yeah.
It's crazy.
Oh, man.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Wow.
It's like honestly.
Congrats, though.
Oh, yeah, thank you.
It's like still in dream kind of.
Yeah.
Still don't know what.
Yeah.
Right, right, right, right.
Hope you'll be successful.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Yeah.
All right.
Good luck on that.
Thank you.
Thank you.
All right.
Thanks for saying, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.