Does anyone notice " All produced by ayumi hamasaki"

yamogi · #1 28th April 2007, 02:53 AM

Does anyone pay attention to the credit of CDL 2006-2007?
After "produced by max matsuura" ,it has line said "All produced by ayumi hamasaki".
(ayu's name come the last and the font size is the biggest. It means she had bigger role than max in this tour)

Does anyone find out that ?
As ayu said in interview that she had produced Aisa tour,
I believe in the coming tour DVD, we'll find the same line again!!

evolution7931 · #2 28th April 2007, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by evolution7931

Ayu is SO in charge. At some points it was even frustrating because Ayu would want them to fix a certain thing and they'd keep screwing up.. I love how Ayu really is strict on everyone during the rehearsals but she does it in a good-spirited way and it's how she gets the results that she's trying to produce. She's really a producer at heart, I can see.

I think it's lame that all Ayu's products say "produced by max matsuura" while its Ayu herself who's producing... Max was nowhere to be found during the production of CDL but he still got credited for producing it. At least this time Ayu got credit too.. "All Produced by Ayumi Hamasaki" <- A well-deserved credit!

I posted that in the Documentary Discussion thread. I think I summed up my thoughts pretty well XD

WillofDusk · #3 28th April 2007, 07:36 AM

Actually, I think that line mean Ayu is a product of Max, that's why it has a line procued by Max

extepan · #4 28th April 2007, 11:29 AM

^ LOL!

alternarist · #5 28th April 2007, 11:59 AM

haha.. oh well.. i think ayu has the idea. and max helped ayu realised her ideas..

Yukitora · #6 28th April 2007, 01:04 PM

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After "produced by max matsuura" ,it has line said "All produced by ayumi hamasaki".

Doesn't that contradict itself?

yeah it used to say 'visualized by ayumi hamasaki'... i wonder if she became more involved or if they just changed her 'title'.

yamogi · #7 29th April 2007, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Yukitora

Doesn't that contradict itself?

yeah it used to say 'visualized by ayumi hamasaki'... i wonder if she became more involved or if they just changed her 'title'.

Because ayu participated enough this time. She had really taken the producer role so she got a bigger title.

Ayu's line come after max's. That means Ayu is that biggest producer. It just like koda kumi's live. It is "produced by koda kumi" and max is the "executive producer"

xxjonxx · #8 29th April 2007, 12:09 PM

in a best 2 black u can see that she actually plans most of the things and all those stuff so...
i guess it should be produced by her and max maybe?

AyuGAME · #9 30th April 2007, 02:36 AM

i think she deserve it very much
and she has say that she love to produce very much

slowmoth · #10 30th April 2007, 06:06 AM

hmmm and what does Max produces?

cool_kickin_dude · #11 30th April 2007, 05:39 PM

I think he produces Ayu, but I doubt it. I think her visions of concerts and videos are what she produces

walking proud · #12 30th April 2007, 05:47 PM

I'm a little confused as to what max actually produces too.

DA1SUK1DAY01691 · #13 30th April 2007, 05:52 PM

I'm just thinking his role in producing isn't as big as it was before. I think they just tag his name on as he is the one who really helped her out, and problably let her go to whatever budget she would need for that project (within reasonable amount).

Zeke. · #14 30th April 2007, 09:32 PM

Yes. I made a thread in this section about this when A BEST 2 first came out. I thought it was very touching and much deserved towards AYU!

Zacek · #15 12th May 2007, 07:44 AM

I think what happens is that Ayu is the Producer of everything, but she has to be on camera, so, Max it's something like the supervisor of all the things that happend when she is on the stage. I mean, Ayu can't control everything up there. She has to be helped by someone.

Chibi_Venus · #16 13th May 2007, 06:25 PM

It's because Max is her manager that his name comes first, right? Anyway, I think everybody's pretty much said what Max's role is.

*pulls out the song "I Wanna Be a Producer"*

Dustie · #17 14th May 2007, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by yamogi

Because ayu participated enough this time. She had really taken the producer role so she got a bigger title.

Ayu's line come after max's. That means Ayu is that biggest producer. It just like koda kumi's live. It is "produced by koda kumi" and max is the "executive producer"

She doesn't really produce. They wrote that becouse it looks cool in English. Producing is something that involves different acitivities to what Ayu does, Max can be called a producer, since he's the one who manages budget expenses and basically is responsible for running the whole Ayu-business. Hamasaki is like a 'creative director', who makes decisions concerning how the things produced will look like.

They switched from 'visualised by' to 'produced by' becouse visualising kinda sounds as if it was only in her imagination, while she actually does physically do efforts to bring her imagination to life.

If Ayu and Max were in a shop, Ayu would be the one to choose things from the shelves, while Max would be putting them into the basket and then pay for them - using Avex's credit card.

That's the best way to describe Avex - Max - Ayu business dependency.