Five years ago, the movie "Roadside Picnic" directed by Bi Gan was released. This long shot of the literary role of Kaili Blues, titled Kaili Blues in English, interprets poetic dreams. Eight poems in the Kaili dialect have made countless literary and artistic young people fall in love with this mysterious and humid subtropical land in southeastErn Qiandong.
There is a poem in the movie that reads: "Without music the ears degenerate, without the precepts the candle flame is extinguished." Also in 2016, Yang Shan, a singer from Kaili, Guizhou, stepped onto the stage of China's Good Voice and was called "human jukebox" by Na Ying.
Singer Yang Shan has been a singer since 2002 and has been working as a singer for 18 years. He has the characteristics of an ethnic minority - a clean and delicate voice, once impressed many well-known musicians in the industry with a high-pitched folk song "Sister", and was praised for his transparent voice with a sense of crossing.
This time, we chatted with Yang Shan about music and the road, two very important things in his life.
Many folk songs in Guizhou are very famous, do you have any special Guizhou folk minor keys or mountain songs?
I am a Hmong person, and I play a lot of mountain songs and minor keys, but because I don't know much Hmong, I don't know the names of many songs!
I heard that you came to Beijing by car, how did you make up your mind to become a "North Drifter"?
At that time, Lhasa, which was leaving from Guiyang, originally planned to travel around the country, working and traveling at the same time. The daughter-in-law is studying red wine and needs to go to Beijing to take a red wine master, so when she went to Beijing, she did not expect to stay in Beijing for eight years.
He was once listed alongside Ren Boru and Su Lisheng as the "Three Musketeers of Houhai Music". Let's talk a little bit about that time with the music!
In fact, this is just a title, and there is no practical significance, everyone is a musician in the north drift, and I am lucky to have the opportunity to meet in this big city in Beijing. The singers and musicians in the bar have a relatively good relationship, and everyone can play music together and earn money to live a life, which is still quite refreshing.
"Houhai Music Three Musketeers" at the performance site
Your Weibo name is "Walking Yangshan", and I also see that you often travel by bicycle, where have you been? What music do you listen to along the way?
There are still more places to go, and both of us like the feeling of being on the road, to see different cultures and different scenery. On the road, you will generally choose some lighter music, such as country, R&B, blues or whatever, and of course, some rock music.
What was the opportunity to invite you to participate in The Voice of China? What impressed you the most on that stage?
In fact, there is no unexpected opportunity, that is, the program team came to Houhai to select singers, and the place where the audition happened was one of the shops of our bar, so I went. What is more impressive is that when I sang on stage, when the first sentence was sung, I silently read in my heart: I went, this microphone sound singing is not difficult, it is really cool, haha!
You have sung the song "September" on the good voice, and also sang with Teacher Zhou Yunpeng, and not long ago, you also heard you sing this song in the live broadcast, what makes you particularly fond of this song?
The teacher on the show also asked me the meaning of this song, in fact, my personal understanding of this song is still not very deep, just a singer's personal preference, that is, I think this song is very good. Some good songs can only be understood as indescribable!
Recently there is a new song "Nine", can you introduce this song to you?
This song was recommended to me by a friend, just cuckoo music company needs someone to sing this song, personally feel very good a song, so with the company invited this song, the lyrics are very well written, and my personality is also more compatible: why not but the heart, nine days of free travel! A more open-minded outlook on life.
You once said, "Either singing or on the road... Life is more than music that doesn't stop", how does music look like to you? Are there any music plans after that?
Personally, this sentence is more of a state of mind, music is like breathing, she has filled every part of your life, and you do not have to deliberately pay attention to her. Good songs can not be sought, everything follows fate, music is a very casual and subjective thing, just go with the flow. If you encounter a song you like, you will try to win the opportunity to sing, and of course, you will try to create your own songs.
Either singing or on the road
I look forward to more works by Yang Shan that directly hit people's hearts