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Old 12th July 2005, 02:41 PM
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[12 July 2005] max matsuura's letter on ayu's official HP

松浦社長が日々書いているブログの中に今日、ayuについての書き込みがあって、その内容がとてもヨカッタ ので、ぜひコレはみんなにも読んでもらいたいと思って Team AyuのHPとayuのオフィシャルのHPに緊急掲載しました♪


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こないだ浜崎と二人で飯を食った。
場所は六本木の「マックロー」だった。
なぜここかって??
なんとなく前に俺がこの店で食べてたらあゆの友達のミカジョン(ピーチジョンの社長)に
会って、そこから俺がこの店にいたという情報があゆに入って
連れて行ってくれとまぁこういう話になったわけだ。
で、テーマは特にない。
たまに2人だけで飯食う。いつものことだ
いろんな話しをした。今年後半どう攻めるか。
実はシングルでいい曲がかなり出来てきてるし年末にはアルバムの可能性だってあり得る。
そしたらすぐツアーってことも今のところ僕からは可能性としか言えないけどあり得る
僕が考える浜崎の10年後はマドンナでありユーミンであり誰でもない。
この日本において30代半ばで
なおかつ若者に支持しし続けられるという
存在の女性に彼女は日本人として
初めてその位置に着く。
まちがいない。
やれ、もうあまり売れてないとか浜崎は終わったとか
三流紙は色々というけどまったく彼女の事をわかっちゃいない。
あいつの実力とクリエイティブはもっと正当に評価されるべきである。
それがされないのはスタッフの責任でもあると思っている
やっていることがやっているだけの評価を受けていないのは、悲しいものである。
はなから浜崎というものをある特定の人たちは色眼鏡で見ているのだろう
そのめがねを取ってみたとき、素晴らしさに気づくはずだ。
彼女と仕事をしても彼女と話しができないクリエーターがたくさんいる
彼女は話したがっているのに。
ここをどうにかする必要がある。これからはそういうところにあゆは出て行くべきだ
ほんとうの彼女の実力や才能がじかに伝わる。
浜崎みたいな子は早々は出てこない。
僕自身、もう一人浜崎を探せといわれても無理だ。
浜崎あゆみはこの世の中にひとりしか存在しないからだ
別の才能と別のビジュアルを兼ね備え
優れたセンスとファッション性を持ち,
なお且つ詩を書き、曲を作り、時代を見抜く。
そんな人なら見つけられるかもしれない
でも浜崎あゆみは絶対見つからない
比べるものではない。彼女はオンリーワンだ
こないだ「あゆがエイベックスから干されている」
なんて記事が出ててあゆと大笑いしてた。
どこぞの馬鹿な記者が何の根拠もなく書く記事だ。
でも今の時代そんな三流紙の記事でさえブログ等でひろまり
あたかも本当かのようになってしまうという笑えない時代。
浜崎と俺で
「この記事ウソでーす」
「あたし干されてませーん」
「僕干してませーん」
ってCMでもやろうかといって笑った
でも、あんな記事を信じてる人やファンの人達もなかにはいる
ということの事実には、やはり注意するべきだと思った
あゆは僕にとってそしてエイベックスにとって
最初で最後の特別な存在であり才能だと思っている。
そしてもうこれから先、「produced by max matsuura」 という表記は
僕が今後誰をプロデュースしようと浜崎のクレジットにしか載せるつもりはない。
あまり語ったことはないけど浜崎と俺の関係はともに戦った戦友であり、
お互いにとってかけがえのない存在だ。
どちらかがいないというのはありえない
俺たち2人は誰も割って入れない関係
まぁそんなとこだ
それはそうと次の新曲のPVは2億4千万かかりました。
日本一じゃないかなぁ。そんな制作費。映画出来ちゃうよ(笑)
PVってふつう400万円から1000万でくらいで作るものです。
EXILEでも4000から5000万かな。
かければいいというものじゃないけど
まぁつぎのPVは見てみてください。
ちなみにmy name's WOMEN あれも一億以上かかってるね。
まぁ、あゆは半端じゃないですから。。まじに。。
僕が唯一かなわない相手です。

http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/050712/index.html
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Old 12th July 2005, 02:43 PM
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Max Matsuura's blog

http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/index.html

You can now see Avex President/Ayu's producer's blog on Ayu's site, it should popup when you visit.

From what I can make of it, Max talks very, very positively about Ayu... He says that there is no idol that can replace her ever. That she is on her way to be the next Madonna/Yumi Matsutoya. He also confirms that 'fairyland' will cost 240 million yen, (2 million $US). He has very high expectations about the new single, and says that there will be a new album by the end of the year!

Also, I noticed on Avex's main page that Ayu is the #1 artist again. http://cavex.avexnet.or.jp/index.jsp
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Old 12th July 2005, 02:51 PM
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This is great news!
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That's great! I think fairyland single will be her "comeback" and she will be as big as I am.. -days! No-one will never replace her. And new album? SWEET!!
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Eh, can someone translate? ^^ Thanks anyway.
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WOWWW! that's GREAT news!!! I love fairyland, and can't wait to listen to alterna!
Thanks the awesome news!
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Sounds great to me! And its a nice confirmation that certain rumors are untrue! Thanks for sharing!
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Finally someone translates a little to me about the article...
V Happy to know she's no.1 at avex page again. Cant wait for new album
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eh?! i have seen this thread
want to know the detail of this too...
looks like a really interesting info and happy news
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hmm..so..a bad rumour about her lately is definitely just a rumour
i'm happy to know this..
i think ayu is still have a GREAT way for her carier she still can open the next door to make her carier is higher than now...
i just love to know this news
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YAY!! that makes me happy Thanks for news.

240 million yen?! :shock I want to see this PV!
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1st part of the letter:

Recently, Hamasaki and I have been eating together.
It was at Roppongi's "MAKKUROO".
"Why here??" you ask.
Well if we ate there, Ayumi's friend MIKAJON (PEACHJON's president) would meet us, and he said he would give Ayumi some information.
So, the theme was not special.
Sometimes it's just the two of us. It's normal and we talk about various things. I wonder how it will be later this year. Actually, if we are able to make fairly good singles, there might be an album by the end of the year. If that's the case, there'd soon be a tour but I don't really want to talk about these possibilities.
Now that I think of it, in 10 years Ayumi will be like Madonna or Yumin (?) but not just anyone.
In today's Japan, to have young fans still support a female artist while in her mid-30's would be a first.
No doubt about that. (in other words, he thinks Ayumi's fanbase will hold strong for the next 10 years)

[there were some words I wasn't sure of, correct me if I made mistakes. Especially with the names]
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1st part of the letter:
Yumin (?)
This is referring to Matsutoya Yumi, aka Yuming. She's a very famous singer that Ayu likes...she sang Sotsugyou Shashin (Ayu re-recorded it for A-Ballads) and Haru yo, koi (Ayu sang this on Music Fair 21 after A-Ballads came out).
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Thanks for the info! This is good to hear, I'm hoping that like Madonna she'll still be popular and making music years after her most massive period.

Talk about a new album makes me happy, but to avoid disappointment I'm still expecting a '06 release. At least this shows that Ayu/her company is thinking of the future and not of retiring.
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^ Ah, thanks. I think someone needs to merge the two Max threads. ^_^;;

In any case, I have read thru the article and it seems suspiciously like rumor control. Max more or less bashes reporters by claiming they don't do their research. He says everyone on Ayu's side has denied the rumors, blah blah blah. He also makes a big deal out of how, even if he found another idol who does things similar to Ayumi, they will never be like Ayumi because Ayu is the "only one" (Haha, reminds me of a SMAP song).

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Well if we ate there, Ayumi's friend MIKAJON (PEACHJON's president) would meet us

[there were some words I wasn't sure of, correct me if I made mistakes. Especially with the names]
The president of Peach John is Mika Noguchi. Thanks so much for the translation
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Hurray! That is great news! And a new album? That's even better! =D I hope it will be her best yet. (:
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2 million!? That's bigger than the budget that made Napoleon Dynamite! I hope it's as good of a comeback as he says!

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Okeeb, here's the full blog, as appears on Ayu's official site. I broke it in to segments to make it easier to read. There were two spots though that sort of baffled me, but after reading the whole thing I just got too woozy to think about it more. I put those things in bold.

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松浦社長が日々書いているブログの中に今日、ayuについての書き込みがあって、その内容がとてもヨカッタ ので、ぜひコレはみんなにも読んでもらいたいと思って Team AyuのHPとayuのオフィシャルのHPに緊急掲載しました♪


Team Ayu管理人・ミスターkaz

Today in the blog President Matsuura keeps, there was an entry regarding Ayu. The contents of the entry were very good, and I felt I wanted to definitely have everyone else read it as well, so I've made it a pop-up on the Team Ayu homepage and Ayu's official homepage.

Team Ayu manager, Mister Kaz

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こないだ浜崎と二人で飯を食った。
場所は六本木の「マックロー」だった。
なぜここかって??
なんとなく前に俺がこの店で食べてたらあゆの友達のミカジョン(ピーチジョンの社長)に
会って、そこから俺がこの店にいたという情報があゆに入って
連れて行ってくれとまぁこういう話になったわけだ。
で、テーマは特にない。
たまに2人だけで飯食う。いつものことだ

いろんな話しをした。今年後半どう攻めるか。
実はシングルでいい曲がかなり出来てきてるし年末にはアルバムの可能性だってあり得る。
そしたらすぐツアーってことも今のところ僕からは可能性としか言えないけどあり得る

僕が考える浜崎の10年後はマドンナでありユーミンであり誰でもない。
この日本において30代半ばで
なおかつ若者に支持しし続けられるという
存在の女性に彼女は日本人として
初めてその位置に着く。
まちがいない。

やれ、もうあまり売れてないとか浜崎は終わったとか
三流紙は色々というけどまったく彼女の事をわかっちゃいない。
あいつの実力とクリエイティブはもっと正当に評価されるべきである。
それがされないのはスタッフの責任でもあると思っている
やっていることがやっているだけの評価を受けていないのは、悲しいものである。

はなから浜崎というものをある特定の人たちは色眼鏡で見ているのだろう
そのめがねを取ってみたとき、素晴らしさに気づくはずだ。
彼女と仕事をしても彼女と話しができないクリエーターがたくさんいる
彼女は話したがっているのに。
ここをどうにかする必要がある。これからはそういうところにあゆは出て行くべきだ

ほんとうの彼女の実力や才能がじかに伝わる。
浜崎みたいな子は早々は出てこない。
僕自身、もう一人浜崎を探せといわれても無理だ。
浜崎あゆみはこの世の中にひとりしか存在しないからだ
別の才能と別のビジュアルを兼ね備え
優れたセンスとファッション性を持ち,
なお且つ詩を書き、曲を作り、時代を見抜く。
そんな人なら見つけられるかもしれない
でも浜崎あゆみは絶対見つからない
比べるものではない。彼女はオンリーワンだ

こないだ「あゆがエイベックスから干されている」
なんて記事が出ててあゆと大笑いしてた。
どこぞの馬鹿な記者が何の根拠もなく書く記事だ。
でも今の時代そんな三流紙の記事でさえブログ等でひろまり
あたかも本当かのようになってしまうという笑えない時代。
浜崎と俺で
「この記事ウソでーす」
「あたし干されてませーん」
「僕干してませーん」
ってCMでもやろうかといって笑った

でも、あんな記事を信じてる人やファンの人達もなかにはいる
ということの事実には、やはり注意するべきだと思った
あゆは僕にとってそしてエイベックスにとって
最初で最後の特別な存在であり才能だと思っている。
そしてもうこれから先、「produced by max matsuura」 という表記は
僕が今後誰をプロデュースしようと浜崎のクレジットにしか載せるつもりはない。
あまり語ったことはないけど浜崎と俺の関係はともに戦った戦友であり、
お互いにとってかけがえのない存在だ。
どちらかがいないというのはありえない
俺たち2人は誰も割って入れない関係

まぁそんなとこだ
それはそうと次の新曲のPVは2億4千万かかりました。
日本一じゃないかなぁ。そんな制作費。映画出来ちゃうよ(笑)
PVってふつう400万円から1000万でくらいで作るものです。
EXILEでも4000から5000万かな。
かければいいというものじゃないけど
まぁつぎのPVは見てみてください。
ちなみにmy name's WOMEN あれも一億以上かかってるね。
まぁ、あゆは半端じゃないですから。。まじに。。
僕が唯一かなわない相手です。

Recently Hamasaki and I went out to eat together.
We went to "Makkuroo" in Roppongi.
Why there?
For some reason or another I was at that restaurant and met Ayu's friend,
Mika John (the president of Peach John). Afterward, Ayu heard that I was there
And asked me to take her, or something like that.
So there's no particular reason.
Occasionally we'll eat together. It's a normal thing for us.

We talked about different things. How she should attack the second half of the year.
She's been coming out with a lot of songs that make good singles
And the possibility of a new album at the end of the year is likely.
If so, a tour shortly after is likely, but right now I can only say it's a possibility.

In 10 years I think Hamasaki will be a Madonna or a Yuming, not just anyone.
She will be the first Japanese woman in today's Japan
To be in her mid-thirties and still continue
To be supported by young people.
Make no mistake about it.

Jeez, the tabloids say all sorts of things like she's not selling as much anymore,
Or that Hamasaki is over, but they simply don't know her at all.
Their merit and creativity should be more properly evaluated.
I believe it's the staff's fault that it's not.
It's sad that no one takes evaluations as much as doing it is doing it.

Certain people have been looking at Hamasaki through rose-colored glasses from the start.
When we've taken away those glasses, I bet they'll realize how wonderful she is.
There are so many creators who can't speak with her even if they're working with her,
Even though she wants to talk.
Something needs to be done about that. [Kore kara wa....]

I'm telling you of her true strength and talent firsthand.
Girls like Hamasaki don't come along very often.
Even thought I'm told to go find another Hamasaki, it's pointless.
Because there is only one Hamasaki Ayumi in this world.
Her distinct talent combined with her distinct visual,
Having her superior taste and fashion sense
And still she writes poetry, music, and sees through her generation.
Maybe I could find a person like that.
But I definitely won't find Hamasaki Ayumi.
It's not a matter of comparison. There's only one of her.

When an article saying "Ayu has been dried out by Avex"
Came out recently, Ayu laughed so hard.
It was an article written by a foolish reporter with no grounds at all.
But nowadays it's not so funny when even those kinds of tabloid articles
Get around in blogs and stuff, and it seems as if they were true.
Hamasaki and I said, laughing,
That we should do a commercial saying
"These articles are lying."
"I'm not dried ou~t."
"I'm not drying her ou~t."

But among the people that believe these articles are fans.
Naturally we thought we should pay careful attention to the reality of that fact.
For myself and for Avex
We think of Ayu as the first and final specially existing talent.
And from now on, no matter who I produce, I have no intention of writing
The inscription of "produced by max matsuura" in anyone but Hamasaki's credits.
We haven't discussed it much, but my relationship with Hamasaki is that of war buddies
Who have fought together and who are irreplaceable to eachother.
There's no way we could not have eachother.
Our relationship is one that no one can cut into.

Well, that's that.
And the next music video cost 240,000,000.
I wonder if that's an all-Japan record. With that sort of production cost, you could make a movie! (LOL)
Usually a music video is made on 4,000,000 to 10,000,000 yen.
I think EXILE's are like, between 40-50,000,000.
It's not really great to spend that much,
But please try to see her next musc video.
Incidentally, my name's WOMEN cost more than 100,000,000.
But it's because Ayu doesn't half-ass anything... Seriously...
That's my unrivaled partner.
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