Not going to work, not going out much, not having much desire to shop, just want to dance with the soul of African music, this is the most real life state of a couple bathed in the sea of music.
Xiao Yu graduated with a master's degree in accounting, but now she is a manding musician and African dance teacher.
Kiki graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, and when he was in college, he participated in the African Music Society, and gradually fell in love with the passionate African music.
After returning from Guinea in the year he graduated, he began studying African drums.
The couple's studio was originally located in a 70-square-meter basement in downtown Fuzhou.
Xiao Yu has always hoped to experience the more original style of African music in a place where he can see the sky and the earth.
So, they moved to Baiyun Township, Yongtai County, Fujian Province, and rented a building that had been abandoned for more than 20 years.
Today, they are located in a small suburban building more than an hour's drive from the city, between heaven and earth, music can be fearless and fearless.
There are often birdsong to accompaniment, and the sound of drums gradually blends into the natural environment where heaven and earth are connected, transparent and clear, and surrounds the beam for three days, endlessly.
The rice fields in front of the gate offer a panoramic view of the scenery of the four seasons and the colors of the four seasons are pleasing to the eye.
They also found some ferns that were thriving and made musical instruments using traditional Chinese weaving techniques.
Kiki has restored many African drums, through the observation and experience of daily life, combined with the maintenance and production techniques of traditional Chinese woodwork, such as repairing the damaged parts of the drum with a magical mortise and tenon structure, and then reinforcing it with lacquer.
In fact, using the Chinese guqin to repair and make African drums can make the texture of the sound more gentle.
Xiao Yu and Kiki admit that financial pressure will definitely exist, and the rent of the studio is a very tricky problem.
When they went to Guinea in 2019, after buying the plane ticket, the two of them only had 500 yuan left in their pockets, but they were still very excited, enjoying it, and enjoying the most authentic African music and regional customs.
Many of my friends are very supportive of their true love and often come to play African drums with them.
The African drum is an instrument with different voices, and when the rhythms and voices are fused together, they form a greater groove.
Immerse yourself in it, and you will feel that it is not you alone, but many people playing and resonating together.
Even if you play with someone you don't know, you will start a cultural and artistic exchange journey because of the common nature of music.
The style of life is a thousand people, born to live, can make people unswerving, the original intention does not change the belief and ideals are also different.
All loving life should be worthy of respect and understanding, body and soul, there must always be one who can be free, if you can, both, such a life may be more fascinating and comfortable.
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