Chapter 175: Antecedents and Consequences
"Well, uncle, how do you know I have something to tell you?"
Hearing Shen Yiran's question, Bai Yao asked with some doubts, she felt that her intention should not be obvious, but for some reason, she was still seen through by the other party at a glance.
"Did you already know?"
Blinked, looked at Shen Yiran, who was sitting opposite and seemed to be smiling, after thinking for a while, seeing that the other party had not spoken, the girl finally couldn't help it, and took the initiative to speak:
"Uncle, if you know everything, I won't take up your time, today is also the last day of the performance, if you are free in the future, you can often come to our bar with Sister Ling Yi to play, you can rest assured, the drinks will be all free at that time!"
"You know I can't drink..."
Regarding Bai Yao's invitation, Shen Yiran deliberately laughed and teased, touched his smooth head as he spoke, took over the conversation and continued:
"Actually, I know that you must have something to tell me today, after all, there is only half a day left in the concert, if you don't say it now, there is a high probability that you will not have a chance to say it."
After a pause, he raised his head, looking at the girl standing directly opposite him, Shen Yiran pushed the sponge stool forward slightly, and after making an empty seat for the other party, he continued:
"To be honest, there were actually several times when I thought about whether to take the initiative to ask you some questions, but then I held back, I thought you should tell me when the concert started, but I didn't expect that your patience was so good, and you still didn't mention anything today."
Shaking his head with a smile, seeing the girl pursed her lips and stood there without saying a word, Shen Yiran finally didn't hesitate anymore, and directly asked a question that had been buried in his heart for a long time:
"Bai Yao, I'm curious, why did your band want to participate in my concert in the first place?"
As soon as the words came out, I saw the girl opposite sighing long, hanging her head, and sitting on the seat that was specially vacated by Shen Yiran with her fingers crossed.
"You told me some stories about your dad and your uncle, and you also told me that you were a rock band that you were specially transformed into a rock band after watching the performance of the band and media reports, but I have never been able to figure it out, your musical literacy is not low, and the personnel structure is very complete, why did you agree to my invitation without hesitation? You know, I didn't even mention the venue and the cost of the show at the beginning, don't you think it's strange that a mature band makes such a rash decision? ”
He talked a lot to himself, and after Shen Yiran raised all the doubts in his heart, he only heard a voice as thin as a mosquito and fly from his side:
"Uncle, do you remember some of the things I told you before?"
Without waiting for Shen Yiran to answer, the girl sitting next to her continued:
"Our band used to do red and white ceremonies, and we had to deal with musical instruments all year round, I should have told you, my dad and my uncles and uncles, they were very avid rock lovers when they were young, although they couldn't speak, but they had their own understanding and pursuit of rock music, most of the people who engaged in music in their era were more axial, and never considered some of their own circumstances, they liked to go to the end."
The girl's tone was slightly sad, she rubbed her eyes and continued to take care of herself:
"You also know that more than ten years ago, in order to sell discs, the four major record companies joined forces to push rock music into the grave with marketing, and since then, my dad and their young people have been trying to find a new way out for the sluggish rock music in their spare time. The old stubborn devoted himself to the creation of national rock, and it was during this period that I was officially pulled into the band by my father. ”
Speaking of this, Bai Yao raised her head and looked at Shen Yiran's eyes full of gratitude and admiration:
"In the past, the concept of spiritual rock was like a mountain, which overwhelmed a lot of musicians, like the emperor's new clothes, and everyone knew that there was something wrong with this point of view, but the market was there, and no one dared to break this matter, until you, oh no, until the emergence of the wanton band, they were the only ones who dared to question those so-called rock mentors, what is the spirit of rock 'n' roll, and more importantly, they had the work and the confidence to say these things, And the attitude shown by the national propaganda department after that also made my dad and their old stubborn see the hope of the resurgence of rock music. ”
The girl's praise made Shen Yiran couldn't help but blush, as a musician, about the essence of music, the teacher had already said when he was a child in his first music class, there is no complex concept, there is no spirit of endowment, and some are actually just the most simple questions:
"Children, do you think this song is good?"
That's right, that's the most important thing music is about.
"But you still haven't said why your band agreed to join me..."
Shen Yiran just wanted to ask her doubts again, but she was interrupted by Bai Yao in the middle of her words, only to see the girl slow down her speech a little, and said with a smile:
"The predecessor of the Air Swing Band was a red and white wedding band, and the last time this band did a wedding was at a wedding earlier this month, when we performed our band's latest work at the wedding, but the two couples and the guests didn't seem to like our music very much, in the words of the groom, although it was very good, but it was too earthy, as for why he felt earthy, I think it was probably because we used some more traditional instruments in the arrangement.
On the night of the wedding, the Air Swing Band was officially formed, and my dad was a little worried that our band's concert would not be mature enough, and what if the audience was as unacceptable as the couple during the day.
So, after the band was formed, according to my dad's idea, it was best for our band's first performance to be placed on someone else's stage, so that we could test the water and see the audience's reaction, and second, if it was really messed up, the audience would scold it, or it wouldn't be our band, but due to fame, no one was willing to ask us to perform until..."
Speaking of this, the girl stuck out her tongue a little embarrassed, in fact, at the beginning, in the eyes of Shen Yiran and their band, they were an out-and-out back-pot man who was used to test the waters.
"And then?"
"No, at the beginning of the rehearsal, we found that your work is very mature, and we originally wanted to discuss with you at the beginning of the concert to see if we can give our band some opportunities to perform our own works, but then we found out your identity, so my dad and they all dismissed these thoughts."
Biting her lip, after saying these words, the girl secretly cheered herself up in her heart, and said intermittently:
"But... Uncle... I still want to discuss something with you, which is... After your performance tonight, can you have our band perform a piece of our own before the end of the show? I don't really care, but I want my dad and my uncles to know that our music may be flawed, our band may not be as good as ordinary people, but we should have the courage to make a sound, national rock is also rock, and I don't want the air swing band to become dumb. ”