"China Visit Network" reported: Lijiang Xiaoqian, formerly known as Li Qian, a native of Hubei. After graduating from university, she worked as a kindergarten teacher, and in 2008, she was attracted to Lijiang Ancient City and fell in love with that place, so she quit her kindergarten teacher job to become a bar resident singer in the ancient city, realizing her dream of becoming a singer since she was a child. Today, she is a well-known female singer in Lijiang, Yunnan, walking in the ancient city of Lijiang, you can hear her singing everywhere.
Written by: He Huidong
"At this moment, I found that you are right next to me..." This simple song with a simple melody appeared in the streets of Lijiang. Hearing "A Moment" can think of Lijiang, mentioning Lijiang can remind you of "A Moment", this song has wonderfully become a label of Lijiang. And the singer of this song, Xiao Qian, is known as "Lijiang Xiao Qian".
Lijiang Xiaoqian, formerly known as Li Qian, is from Jingmen, Hubei Province. She came to Lijiang in 2008 and it has been 6 years now. Like many musicians in Lijiang, Xiaoqian said: "I like to sing, and Lijiang is the place where my dreams take root." ”
Now, Xiao Qian is no longer a singer in a singing bar, and there is no sign from an acting company. After coming out of the "Bambu Bar" last year, she went her own way. After receiving notices, he went to various places to attend shows and participate in commercial performances; occasionally, he would make cameo performances in friends' shops. She doesn't just want to be Xiaoqian in Lijiang, she's also looking for a bigger stage.
Lijiang Xiaoqian is a very housewife
At 7:00 p.m., Xiaoqian appeared in her newly opened restaurant "Xiaoqian Little Chef". Short hair, tied bangs into a small flower bud, wearing leopard print glasses, Xiao Qian put on some light makeup, and her spirit was very good. As soon as I entered the restaurant, a tourist who was eating in the hall greeted Xiao Qian in a loud voice, "Xiao Qian, you are here, I like your songs very much..."
Compared with last year's "Voice of Chinese Dreams" program, Xiao Qian has lost a lot of weight. In order to look good, she is trying to lose weight, "Since I have to stand on the stage and sing, I want to be worthy of the audience, of course, everything must be the best." 」 ”
Sitting at the table, Xiao Qian kept looking at the favorite dishes on the table and did not move her chopsticks. It wasn't until the agent Wenwen added a little food to her that Xiao Qian laughed, pointed to the bottomless rice in the bowl and said, "Well, this is my meal for three days." ”
Xiao Qian, born in 1984, is a Pisces. She considers herself emotional in life and rational at work.
"I'm a Pisces, sentimental, and I'm very emotional." Xiao Qian said that she will have a lot of emotions because of the small things in her life, and when she sings, she can think of her own personal experience, and she can sing more emotionally.
Xiaoqian has been practicing at home in recent days, preparing for the personal signing party in Kunming on April 26. In addition to singing and chatting with friends in life, all that is left is sleep, and she describes herself as a very homely housewife.
Participating in the Super Girl was criticized for not looking good
"I can't remember when I started singing, but I've loved singing since I was a kid." Xiaoqian said that her parents used to think that if they wanted to sing, they were dreaming of stardom, which was unrealistic, so they did not let her learn music. Xiao Qian's father was a middle school teacher and later became a civil servant, and her mother was a middle school accountant, and her parents always wanted her to live a simple and stable life.
When Xiao Qian was in junior high school, her family opened a KTV with only two rooms, and as soon as school ended, she would rush into the room to pick up the microphone and sing. Xiao Qian liked the state at that time: "My favorite song is "Wait for a Thousand Years", I have been singing, and I think singing is very interesting. ”
In high school, her parents did not agree to Xiao Qian's music class, and the rebellious Xiao Qian did not listen to the class every day, often running to the window of the music class students' piano room to listen to them practice. Because she went every day, she was very familiar with the music class students.
The rebellion of the young was finally exchanged for the compromise of his parents. In the third year of high school, her parents agreed to transfer Xiaoqian to a music class, and that year, Xiaoqian learned piano for the first time. After graduating from high school, Xiao Qian was admitted to a normal university in Jiangxi, majoring in kindergarten teachers. After going to college, Xiaoqian did not give up singing, she took vocal lessons, and actively participated in the school's singing competitions on weekdays. Xiao Qian said: "I have had a dream since I was a child to be a singer, and when I used to listen to tapes, I would close my eyes, silently read the lyrics in my mouth, and think in my head that I would sing on a big stage. ”
In 2006, Xiaoqian graduated from university. With a musical dream, she went to participate in the hottest and only talent show in the country at that time, "Super Girl". In the Guangzhou division, after singing a few songs, a judge said to Xiao qian: "The singing is not bad, but your appearance is not good." Such words undoubtedly hurt Xiao Qian, who was only 22 years old.
Now, Xiao Qian talked about this matter like a joke. She said: "When I was a child, I didn't think I was pretty, and I didn't know how to dress up at that time, I was completely plain, I took off my glasses, a blur went up, I didn't see who the judges in front of me were." "Grassroots draft dreams are stillborn like this. In order to live, Xiaoqian worked hard in Guangzhou, "handing out leaflets, doing clerical work, sales, I do everything." ”
In 2008, Xiaoqian was already a kindergarten teacher in Shenzhen, and in her spare time, she also planned to open a cram school with friends, and her income was very stable. That summer, Xiaoqian and her colleagues came to Lijiang for a vacation. Accustomed to the glitz of the city, she fell in love with Lijiang at once. She said: "Blue sky, white clouds, here can sing, and so many friends who play music, Lijiang is a paradise." ”
When she came to Lijiang, Xiaoqian liked to go to the bar to listen to songs. Once, in an unknown small bar in Bar Street, Xiao Qian spent money to order songs and stood on the bar stage for the first time. "I remember that I sang 'A Thousand And One Songs'," Xiao Qian said, "I can sing, I feel very good." ”
What Xiao Qian did not expect was that after she finished singing, the singer of the small bar said, "Well, you come to sing, and you are not charged for singing." Then Xiao Qian stayed in the bar every day, and when the singer was resting, she unscrupulously picked up the microphone and sang.
Therefore, Xiao Qian also knows many people who play music in Lijiang. She said: "I have never felt like this before, a group of people communicating together, someone who has made a new song will also be used to enjoy it together, it is very simple to make music." That kind of atmosphere made Xiao Qian's heart move, so she decided to stay and stay in Lijiang to sing.
Lijiang Xiaoqian's "A Moment" brings recognition
When I first came to Lijiang, I didn't have much savings, and I bought an electronic keyboard for the last 2,000 yuan. At that time, Xiao Qian was under great pressure, wanted to make more money, and wanted to prove herself. "I've sung in a lot of bars, one meter of sunshine, cherry blossom house, and a lot of small bars." In the first month, she took four performances a day, and finally she couldn't stand singing, so she slowly reduced her workload. "At that time, I didn't sing well", Xiaoqian was low-paid for singing at that time, and she was not famous, and she often had to bargain with her boss.
In her mother's heart, Xiao Qian is a very independent person. Mom said: "At that time, she quit her job and didn't tell us, but after three months in Lijiang, she told us." ”
"A friend said he liked my songs, but he couldn't keep my songs when he left Lijiang, so I thought of recording a disc to send to my friends." At the end of 2009, Xiao Qian recorded a disc in a friend's recording studio. The disc was mainly cover songs, with only two songs written by friends, including "A Moment" that was later sung in the streets of Lijiang.
Lijiang Xiaoqian did not expect that "A Moment" could be so popular with Friends in Lijiang. Because of "A Moment", Xiaoqian became a well-known singer in Lijiang, "Lijiang Xiaoqian".
Lijiang Xiaoqian's good friend Circus bar owner Fork, who is also the lead singer of the circus band, believes that Xiaoqian's songs make people feel calm, just like Lijiang gives people the feeling. He said: "Xiao Qian is a very sincere person, whether it is singing or making friends. ”
Fork recalled: "The first time I heard her sing, she was also a person on the stage while playing the piano and singing, I felt that she must have loved to be alone, otherwise how could she sing such a quiet song." ”
When "A Moment" was sung all over the streets of Lijiang, Xiao qian accumulated unprecedented popularity in an instant. At that time, Xiao Qian was already a member of the "Bambu Bar". Because of the popularity of this song, the new bar "Bambou", which was originally very weak, is getting better and better. Xiao Qian was recognized as the main singer of the bar.
"I am what I am, fireworks of different colors, the sky is wide, and I want to be the strongest bubble." This is the new background image of Xiao qian's mobile phone. She pointed to the picture and said, "I like to hear inspiring words because a lot of times I'm not confident. "'A Moment' brought her so much recognition, and she was grateful.
Will she be able to surpass "A Moment" in the future? Xiao Qian believes that the success of "A Moment" is difficult to replicate, and now she is doing her own original, and the song path and voice have changed, and it is not easy to compare. But she is confident that she can create a song that she likes, because the market is unpredictable, and it is not necessarily successful to surpass, "some people may be famous for many years, no one can say for sure."
Drafting is a shortcut
After singing so many songs, Xiao Qian's favorite is "Red Rose". "I am a beautiful red rose, not vainly spring comes and goes, blooms until dark, provokes passers-by to get drunk, and looks at myself blandly..."
On June 9, 2013, at the final audition of "The Voice of Chinese Dreams", Xiao Qian sang "Red Rose" and successfully advanced. Received praise from Han Hong: the voice is quiet, and the song is not boring to listen to. This time going out, so that Xiao Qian is known to more people outside Lijiang.
At that time, there was a competition, Xiao Qian and a female player who sang rock and roll sang "Flower Room Girl", "I thought I must not sing well, I have never sung this kind of song." 」 XiaoQian said that before she went on stage, she had been crying offstage, nervous and crazy, Xiaoqian recalled: "I was afraid that I was too nervous to wear high heels and would fall, so I took off my shoes and went out." After singing, I didn't expect to get a lot of praise from friends, and Xiao Qian was very happy to see this song with a high click rate on the website.
"Participating in the show tried a lot of other genres, exercising myself, being able to work with such a good band, and getting a lot of stage experience, which is something you can't learn singing in Lijiang." Xiao Qian said that the happiest thing about participating in the show is to be able to communicate with many music masters.
Today's Lijiang Xiaoqian is very busy, "this time first went to Kunming, and then went to Sanya, Haikou, Hangzhou, Nanjing..." Xiaoqian became a trapeze artist, and her mother complained that Xiaoqian rarely accompanied her and did not want her to break in again. "I don't want her to work too hard, it's better to start a family early."
But not giving up the music to continue to break in, is Xiao Qian's requirements for herself. She said: "With such an opportunity, of course, I want to develop outward. ”
Whether it is participating in "The Voice of Chinese Dreams" or leaving "Bambu", Xiaoqian knows that there are many voices of doubt and opposition around her, but she does not want to explain, and has made a decision to keep moving forward, "I thought that I would fail, who can predict in the future, but if I don't do it now, I can't do it." Xiao Qian felt that her choice was inevitable.
Friend Fork understands Xiao Qian's mentality very well, "She sings really well, and she is also a good person, and once she has the opportunity, she can develop very well." After saying that, the fork gave a thumbs up to Xiao Qian, and the two laughed.
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