Chapter Ninety-One: Taking the Stage
"It's not interesting to live in a pile of all your life and have fun with it. Hahaha, to put it well, musicians must have a minimum of dignity. ”
"Musicians are like chefs, if the food you cook is disgusting, it will definitely not last long. ”
“……”
Second, there was a lot of discussion among the people at the scene.
Zhang Fei has been a livehouse for many years, and he knows the embarrassing situation of those underground bands, so he sighed when he heard it, and said:
"Cui Chao's guy went to make the Divine Comedy and frequently appeared on variety shows to be funny, at that time, his original fans lost their fans one after another, and everyone who played in the band in the circle also felt that he betrayed rock and roll, and I don't know how many people scolded him.
However, everyone has to eat, Cui Chao is okay, he is quite popular, many people who play music are much worse than him, there is a popular saying in the circle, you must have a serious career to be a band in order to play a band. ”
Zhang Fei said regretfully:
"Over the years, I've seen too many talented young people, who were full of enthusiasm at first, but eventually hit their heads in the face of reality, and they couldn't hold on anymore and stopped playing bands. ”
Listening to Zhang Fei's words, Li Bi's expression was gloomy, he just couldn't hold on back then, and chose to change careers.
Li Xiong and Bei Bei also sighed.
Lin Xuan comforted:
"Brother Fei, don't be so pessimistic, China has a population of more than one billion, and any niche music genre actually has a lot of potential listeners, but there has been no program to promote the band before, I believe that through this program, people will pay attention to the band, and the band's survival situation will change in the future. ”
Zhang Fei's eyes flickered, "Hopefully." ”
After the performance of Cui Chao and others, when they returned to the second scene, everyone gave him warm applause.
The recording in the morning was over, everyone got together to eat, talk and laugh with each other, acquaintances teased each other, and the atmosphere seemed quite harmonious.
The afternoon recording continued, and at this time, two bands appeared to make Lin Xuan's eyes light up.
One of them is a funk band called street14, the band has three people, a lead singer who doubles as a guitarist, a keyboardist, and a drummer.
This band has only been established for two years, but it performed very well, the lead singer is very charismatic, the keyboardist is super skilled, and the drummer is steady, which has attracted unanimous praise from many bands in the second scene.
During the interview, Wu Weixin asked them why they came to join the band.
The lead singer is very frank, "Naturally, I came to this show to have more listeners, funk is a very niche music genre in China, we never thought about how popular we should be, we just want to be able to perform in the future, not only one or two hundred listeners in front of the stage, we hope that there will be more people who like funk." ”
When the lead singer spoke, there seemed to be a flame flowing in his eyes, and the strong hope moved everyone.
There is also a rock band called Immortal Birds, which has been in existence for eight years and is also doing very well.
The voice of the lead singer is very juvenile, the lyrics are confused and firm, full of young people's enthusiasm, restlessness and youth, especially the roar of the lead singer during the singing, which is very moving.
Lin Xuan listened to it with enthusiasm, and Zhang Fei and the others around him couldn't stop praising him, his eyes were full of reminiscence, as if he saw the self who was once in his prime and enthusiastic.
What surprised everyone even more was that the lead singer turned out to be a programmer, who only spent all his spare time making music, and asked the leader for leave to participate in the show.
The lead singer wore sunglasses, hiding his emotions, and only heard him say in a seemingly indifferent tone:
"Every time I saw that playing music seemed to be a bit of a sign and I could support myself, I quit my job directly, and after a while, I found that it was still not good, so I found another job, and so on several times.
Sometimes I also said to myself, I just gave up, why did I toss so much, I felt that the band was going to break up several times and couldn't hold on, but in the end I couldn't give up, and I stumbled all the way. ”
The persistence of the boy in his thirties touched Lin Xuan again.
This also verifies what Zhang Fei said, the vast majority of domestic bands want to support themselves, which is tantamount to fantasy, especially young bands.
During the competition, Lin Xuan found that almost all young people who play bands have main occupations, including teachers, programmers, and engineers, and they only persevered with a love.
Wu Weixin will interview each band to learn about them, the embarrassing situation that many bands have experienced, and those bands that have become famous have also experienced it, and they are very touching.
With the recording of thirty-six bands, one day is not enough.
The appearance of the White Night Band was arranged later, and Lin Xuan spent the first day in communicating with other bands and watching the band's performance.
For a person who loves music, he doesn't feel bored at all, and in the process of watching, he has been moved by the performances of other bands several times, especially the experience of seeing those young bands chasing their dreams, which makes his eyes red several times.
By noon the next day, it was finally the turn of the White Nights.
"White Nights, please go backstage to prepare. The staff informed.
"Lin Xuan, come on!"
"Come on, Brother Fei! Come on, Brother Xiong!"
"I've heard you're going to sing a new song, and I'm really looking forward to it. ”
Many bands laughed and gave them encouragement.
Lin Xuan and the others stood up, laughed and high-fived the band members around them, and then walked to the backstage one after another.
"Xiaolin, the first time on stage, it is inevitable that you will be a little nervous, relax a little. Li Bi said with a smile.
Lin Xuan nodded, saying that he was not nervous, but when he was really going on stage, he would inevitably be a little nervous.
In his previous life, Lin Xuanke had never sung on such a big stage, and after the show was broadcast, he had to be responsible for so many listeners who loved rock music on the Internet, and he couldn't allow himself to make mistakes.
Besides, the fans and critics in attendance, as well as the bands seated in the second scene, were all professionals, and if there was anything wrong with the performance, it would be obvious to the insider, so he had to put on a perfect performance.
Lin Xuan took a deep breath, hugged the guitar, and took his seat on the dark stage with everyone, making an OK gesture to the staff on the side.
Then, I heard Wu Weixin's introduction, "Next, there is a band that has been established for less than a month, and it is also the band with the largest age span, the youngest lead singer and rhythm guitarist is only 22 years old, and the oldest lead guitarist is 52 years old."
Although this band has been established for a short time, except for the lead singer, all members are veterans in the circle, speaking of which, some people should be very puzzled, which young man can make so many veterans willing to team up with him.
You may be more familiar with the lead singer, he is Lin Xuan!"
The audience didn't know which bands participated in the show, and they all let out exclamations and applauded vigorously at the moment.
Many people are shouting the names of the two songs, "Life is more than what is in front of you" and "Alive".
Wu Weixin continued:
"Yes, I thought they would sing one of these two songs, but they chose to sing a new song very willfully, and this new song is a new song that was recently written.
This is the first time this song has been sung, so let's welcome, White Nights!"