Beijing News (reporter Yang Chang) After months of fierce competition, on November 10, the final of the 2018 Shrimp Rice × Rolling Stone Original Band Competition officially ended in Beijing. In the evening, after the comments and scoring of Zhang Yadong, Gao Qi, Hao Yun, Yan Zhongkun and others, the winner Jiulian Zhenren, the runner-up Monkey Army, the third place Mint Green Band, as well as other awards such as best lyrics, best composition, and best singing were finally selected. It is reported that the band Jiulian Zhenren, which won the championship, will receive more than one million yuan of cultivation rewards including the production, distribution, video production, promotion, promotion and cooperation with well-known artists and signing opportunities with Rolling Stone Records, including the production, distribution, competition performance video production, and other awards for winning works.
Compared with the music scene environment ten or twenty years ago, some people have lamented that it seems increasingly difficult for the current newcomers to get public recognition. But at the same time, due to the development of new media, in recent years, there have also been many excellent musicians who have emerged from the Internet and are well known to listeners. On this question, one of the judges of the competition, The Chinese rock musician Gao Qi, told the Beijing News reporter that the answer in his mind was: It seems to be more difficult.
"But that's a good thing," Gao Qi said, "because there are a lot more good bands and good musicians than we did then, so they're more competitive in comparison." But the best part is that they have a lot of creations that are beyond our imagination, illustrating the spirit of life and rock 'n' roll from different perspectives. A lot of people are singing rock 'n' roll right now, but I'm sure they don't see how the younger generation plays music today. ”
Yan Zhongkun, a well-known music producer who also served as a judge of the competition, also said, "Coupled with the fact that there are many music festivals and various performance opportunities now, this is actually an opportunity that many bands did not have in the 1990s or even before 2010." As long as you are good enough, then you will be able to stand out. Gao Qi said very well just now, today may seem to have a lot of opportunities, but maybe at the same time it is particularly difficult, in fact, it is very normal, because there should be competition. Only when there is competition, good bands will stay. Our domestic friends and consumers who listen to music have actually been improving their standards, and the result of improving all the way is to be able to let good bands survive, and bands without characteristics will naturally be brushed down. ”
From left to right: Gao Qi, Hao Yun, Yin Liang, Jiulian Zhenren, Rolling Stone China General Manager Huang Suzhen and Yan Zhongkun. Courtesy of the official image
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