These two days, when listening to folk songs on QQ Music, I brushed up on a treasure girl, Chen Yimiao.
Only 16 years old, she relies on wonderful erhu performances and countless fans.
In addition to playing musical instruments, Chen Yimiao is also a music composer.
At the end of last year, with her love for music, she participated in the Tencent Musicians" Bole Project Songwriting Competition, successfully selected into the TOP30, and thus entered the songwriting camp to study, benefiting a lot.
It was at this camp that I had the privilege of meeting many creators with musical dreams.
For example, "Erhu Maiden" Chen Yimiao, independent musician Song Daiting, "Ancient Wind Talent" Qing Sang, rap singer-songwriter Franky French and so on.
Musicians of different ages, different personalities, and different styles have come together because they love music.
In the face of the reporter's interview, the trainees expressed their achievements from participating in the creation camp.
Chen Yimiao bluntly said that he learned music knowledge outside of the campus; Song Daiting said that he had the confidence to continue to make music; Qingsang learned the importance of subtraction; And Frankie understood that a good creator should dare to speak out for the times.
Speaking of the songwriting camp, I have to mention the "Bole Project" launched by Tencent musicians at the end of last year, through the fierce competition of the songwriting competition, 30 groups of musicians who love music and persist in their dreams stand out, and these musicians also came to the second stop of the "Bole Project" - the "Bole Project" Songwriting Camp jointly organized by Tencent Musicians and TME Conservatory of Music.
On April 24th, musicians rushed to Chengdu from all over the world to gather with Jia Minshu, Wen Zhen, Chen Weilun, Wu Xiangfei and many other music seniors, and the musicians will carry out a four-day study and co-creation to deliver more good music with weight and temperature to the music scene.
A creative journey to chase love begins.
With a full desire for knowledge, as well as the confusion and confusion on their respective musical roads, 30 groups of students came together.
In the four days of closed learning, several senior chinese music senior instructors poured out their teachings, from the whole process of word, song, arrangement, mixing and recording, to the high-energy output of songwriting skills and music production, which not only let the students understand the whole process of the birth of a song, but also guided and pointed out the creative difficulties faced by the students at present, which pointed out the direction for their future music creation.
This kind of help will also accompany them on their future musical journey.
Qing Sang: I am not from a science class, and I want to be a good music producer
Trainee Qing Sang, former employee of a state-owned enterprise. When he was a child, he pulled an erhu, and out of his love for music, he resolutely resigned and embarked on the road of music creation.
Qing Sang prefers ancient style creation, and his "Junxin Tianxia" and "Hidden Traces of Mingming" have received good responses in the circle.
When talking about the difficulties in creation, Qing Sang humbly said that he had not received systematic professional music training and was still at the middle and lower levels of the circle.
Wanting to be a good producer, this is The Future Plan of The Passion.
After joining the creation camp, several instructors' practical dry goods courses made him feel full of rewards. Among them, the senior producer Wen Zhen helped him the most in his guidance, and in the exchange with Wen Zhen's teacher, Qing Sang clarified the direction in which he should strive to become an excellent producer. In terms of specific songwriting, Qingsang also understood the importance of subtraction. "A song often doesn't need to express too many things, and leaving essence in the dross will make people sound more comfortable and textured."
Franky French: I wanted to go to the front of the stage and sing the songs I wrote
Student Franky French, who previously worked behind the scenes, mainly helped others write songs, while also playing the role of producer.
This year his plan is to walk to the front of the stage and sing a few songs that he has written to let people hear his thoughts and expressions.
Referring to his feelings at the camp, Franky Frankie said: "The creative atmosphere of the camp is very good, and I discuss art and life with like-minded friends, and every day is laughter. ”
Of course, the biggest purpose of coming here is to learn knowledge.
A sentence by teacher Wu Xiangfei in the lecture made him feel very deeply, he said that when creating, we must think of the sense of social responsibility of the work.
Franky Frankie agrees. In the interview, he said that in the future, he will pay attention to this point and keep in mind the creative mission of "speaking out for the times".
Song Daiting: I hope to support my musical dreams on my own
Independent musician Song Daiting has also attracted much attention.
Song Daiting's musical road is relatively bumpy. After graduating from university, she returned to China to work as an English teacher at a well-known training institution in Beijing.
After a while, I found that I was not suitable for this profession.
She longs to sing, to create, to have her own musical blue ocean.
Recalling a few years ago when she toured Europe with a wandering musician, Song Daiting's eyes shone brightly.
She told reporters: "I watched him live and I felt very happy.
The persuasion of her family and the prejudice of the outside world have not stopped her determination to bravely pursue her dreams.
Finally, she chose to quit her job and began to do what she wanted to do: sing, create.
However, this presents a problem of survival.
As we all know, in the previous record era, musicians could only rely on record companies to release albums and start touring to survive.
In the internet age, things are starting to get a lot better, and really talented people can be heard by more people.
Song Daiting admitted that she is currently using her previous savings to make music, and has also begun to actively contact others to find creative work, and she is relatively passive in this regard, and is trying to find various opportunities to promote.
This is also one of the reasons why Song Daiting participated in the songwriting competition, through participating in various activities on the platform, getting to know people in the creation camp and finding suitable promotion channels. Another more important reason is that she needs to clearly find a creative way that suits herself, and through communicating with the teachers, the direction that she has blurred is now more clear, which makes her feel more determined.
Speaking of this year's planning, she said that she is 28 years old and hopes to sort out her current life ideas before the end of the year to make an album.
Yimiao Chen: As a resident of the ivory tower, I collaborated with others for the first time to create something
The creative camp not only supports mature musicians, but also welcomes young musicians who have just entered the circle.
Chen Yimiao in 2004 was an old man in the creation camp.
Still in school, she rarely communicates with others except for practicing and going to school. As a new generation of erhu inheritors, she wants to integrate more new elements into the erhu, create works that belong to this era, and let more young people accept it.
But the difficulties she faced were also obvious:
On the one hand, I am still in school, and I am only exposed to music creation, and I need to learn a lot of things;
On the other hand, I always feel that my music cannot accurately express my inner thoughts.
After joining the creation camp, Chen Yimiao experienced a lot of "firsts in life", including the first time to cooperate with others, to understand the experience of other people's creation, the first time to listen to the lyrics and composition teacher's lectures, the first time to have a professional teacher talk to her about creation...
All this made her feel fresh and curious, which was completely different from the classes taught in the conservatory, and such an opportunity was so rare for her that every time she heard the teachers talk about dry goods, she carefully recorded them in small books.
Because she is familiar with erhu, the teacher also specially focuses on this traditional instrument and conducts targeted creative guidance for her.
In an interview with reporters, she said happily: "This time I learned to cooperate with others, and I like this activity too much." ”
Musicians like Yimiao Chen, Daiting Song, Qing Sang, Franky French, there are many, many.
There are former idol trainees who aspire to improve their creative ability, there are students who are studying at berkeley, a world famous music school, and there are many newcomers who have just entered the industry.
Whether it is a nascent generation of musicians or mature musicians, everyone has received unexpected gains in the creation camp.
The "Bole Project" Songwriting Camp brings together people who love music, allowing them to create freely, communicate with each other, and work together with their peers in the music industry, and the goals in everyone's hearts are gradually clear.
The big coffee instructors mentioned by the students actually have a lot to offer.
Including Wen Zhen, a famous music producer who created songs for singers such as Zhang Jie, Xiao Yaxuan, zhang Shaohan, etc.;
Chen Weilun, a veteran producer who has served as the producer and arranger of the song "Priceless Sister", is good at different fields;
As well as Wu Xiangfei, a well-known lyricist who has created blockbusters for superstars such as Faye Wong, Eason Chan, and Rene Liu, and won numerous awards.
Wang Lei, general manager of Tencent Musicians and senior music critic, as the general initiator of the songwriting camp, had carefully considered it before the opening of the camp.
In Wang Lei's view, the three mentors currently have different emphases.
Wen Zhen is a teaching-oriented instructor, even if the student is a blank piece of paper, he will put in a lot of patience to pass on his experience in music production;
The music label on Chen Weilun has always been favored by young people, so there will be more interaction with the students;
Wu Xiangfei is an excellent lyricist, his sense of text is unique, and he is also an excellent record planner, not only has a lot of entrepreneurship, but also a lot of behind-the-scenes work ideas, can help the new force.
In fact, this is exactly the case.
During the camp, Mr. Wen taught everyone the skills of music production, from the selection of Mike, to the whole process of music production, how to coordinate the songwriting and other key issues, so that the students enriched their understanding of music production from the micro and macro levels.
Student Ying Jiali felt very deeply: "The teacher even mentioned such a small problem as the microphone, which solved a long-term doubt of mine, which is a very small point, but it is very important to me." ”
In the first class of the second day of the camp, Mr. Chen Weilun talked about composition, from the capture of composition inspiration, the development of melody, to the stimulation of inspiration, Mr. Chen's theory plus example teaching method, so that students can intuitively understand what the process from creative motivation to songwriting works looks like.
Song Daiting, Flying Elephant Areya, Dong Jiahong, Zhan Xuewen, Zhu Ge and many other students improvised on stage under the teacher's point, and the scene became a live house in seconds, and the atmosphere value was pulled to the fullest. Teacher Chen sighed: "Everyone can experience the deep content of musicality and play together, which makes me very happy and hopes to help them." ”
Teacher Wu's dry sharing of filler words is vivid and passionate, and each sentence can point directly to the core of the filler, including how to do rhyme, appropriate addition and subtraction, and thinking about problems from the perspective of music producers, etc., all of which are Teacher Wu's experience and effective skills since he started practicing, which makes many students shout "Daigo empowerment".
After Teacher Wu's passionate speech, he helped the students revise the lyrics on the spot, which caused everyone to sigh. Dong Xiaoliu, who wrote lyrics on a small onion, listened to Teacher Wu's class and said excitedly: "From the bottom of my heart, I immediately discovered the problems in my own works." ”
These industry leaders not only create special music courses for students, but also provide one-on-one guidance for young musicians to help them clarify their own strengths and future development directions.
The TOP10 winners selected by the creation camp will not only receive generous cash rewards, but their works will also have the opportunity to be produced into a music collection by three mentors and sung by high-quality artists, so as to achieve the wider dissemination and value realization of excellent works.
With the rapid growth of the scale of musicians on the platform and the emergence of different music creators, Tencent musicians are focusing their attention on musicians such as songwriters and behind-the-scenes musicians, hoping to start from creation and help music newcomers and "online students" musicians, so that they can get the opportunity of systematic learning and achieve rapid growth and advancement.
The "Bole Project" competitions and songwriting camps, from digging up new talents to helping good works debut, open up the "one-stop dream cultivation path" of growth, talent and fame, so that musicians can chase love more confidently.
Guard every love of music and let the musicians who chase their dreams shine. Tencent musicians who are committed to being original musicians "runners" and service providers, so that all musicians can look forward to the future and have dreams to come true. As Wang Lei expected: "All people who hold dreams can see the hope of the road ahead, embrace love, and move forward bravely, the road has always been there." ”