Author: Yingying
Gender, age, and occupation are definitions and problems that human beings cannot escape, and in the current environment, it seems to be particularly obvious in women.
Today is International Women's Day, street sound StreetVoice invites thirteen musicians to answer five questions at the same time and share some personal feelings about "female musicians".
Is it convenient to disclose your age?
Favours！ Keyboard hand hot: 31.
Qi Zitan: The wind is flourishing.
ETA Lead Singer Zoe: Very convenient, 28.
Crooked: 28.
Sweet John Keyboard Mandark: 27.
Lang Wei Xianbei lead singer/guitar Feng Huan: 27.
Down with Sandwich Lead Singer Shinru: In 1992, after this year, I was 29 years old.
LÜCY: I'm 20 now.
Miss Baker Miss Bac Lead Singer Xiaoqing: 25 years old.
Humor Cake Lead Singer Laughs: In the spring of 1997, I became a glorious Young Pioneer!
Green breeding base lead singer Gourd: 22 years old.
Wenger Watson Sos Wenger: 26 years old.
Lion Boy Bass Sharks: 29 years old.
As a female musician, do you have any special feelings in the music industry?
Favours！ Keyboard hands are hot
In the band industry, it will be despised. Even if you don't explain it, you can feel that male musicians and some staff members who are engaged in music will subconsciously feel that you are not as professional or powerful as male musicians. If there are male musicians who use the same instrument and do the same thing with me, everyone doesn't seem to say that he is good, because everyone thinks it should be. But when it comes to female musicians, it becomes "special" and "powerful". Of course, this contrast is also an advantage that makes it easier for me to be remembered by others.
In the band's large circle, male musicians dominate, and they discuss how hard they are, how poor they are, and how incomprehensible they are to their families. But they don't realize how difficult it is for female musicians to be more difficult than them. We face the same dilemma as they do, but we also face such a realistic problem of having children. Once you choose to have children when you're not surviving, your band career may end. That's why many all-female bands don't last long.
The keyboardist is hot
Qi Rosewood
At present, it does not feel particularly stinging, but the people who create, produce and musicians are still mostly men.
Zoe
There is gratitude and helplessness. It will be because women are treated superiorly, and it will also be because women have many restrictions.
Crooked
No different. Because my upbringing doesn't limit what I should and shouldn't do because of my gender, gender is never a factor in my thinking when I do anything, and if you take your identity as a woman or a man too seriously, it will make gender limitations and prejudices come true.
Mandark
at last...... Loved? But I'm not sure if it has to do with gender.
Feng Xun
As a musician, I basically don't realize my "female" identity. It may be a blessing to have no experience of being treated or discriminated against because of being a woman.
Shinru
No, I'm in a situation where I'm mostly the same. Maybe I myself have never had the self-consciousness of "being a woman". (The only benefit is probably that you can sleep in your own room when you go out with the members of the group, ha!) )
LÜCY
I don't have any special feelings at the moment, because I'm all a solo artist, I don't have any acting experience, and I don't have the opportunity to meet other female musicians.
Xiao Qing
At present, compared with other industries, we are fortunate not to encounter more unequal treatment.
Laughter
People always expect female musicians differently than men. Expect our voice to be more gentle, more delicate in expression, more tortuous in love, and even appearance and figure are often taken out as important criteria in the evaluation system. But heterosexual romanticism is no longer the feminine zeitgeist I think. In addition to the eternal theme LOVE in the works of female musicians, there is a more complex and huge narrative context, which is a sense of identity that slowly develops from self-exploration. We are daughters, wives, mothers, musicians, expressors, dreamers, and hermaphrodites with wonderful souls. So when the creators express themselves as vivid individuals, I think the best value of "gender" is to become a note, embedded in the work.
calabash
Okay, my teammates and I have a good relationship and an equal way of getting along. Everyone has a lot of say, and the proportion of discourse power may be slightly off, but it depends on each person's ability in different fields, not gender or other emotional factors. As for people outside the team, everyone thinks differently, and those who make us feel uncomfortable are not exposed, and uncomfortable things are not involved. So far, I have not met any people with different aspirations, and everyone wants to do a good job of music and performance. The above is just the solution I choose when similar events occur, and actively minimize the discomfort.
Wenger
Not currently in the music industry.
shark
As a female musician, I actually have special feelings, such as getting more care and being more concerned. Although I am very grateful, in fact, I hope that everyone will first recognize me as a musician, and then there is anything else, in fact, I am the same as everyone.
Do you add some topics related to women when creating?
Hot
Absolutely. As I got older, I found myself caring more and more about women-related topics, more and more about gender equality, and more and more about son preference. Sometimes I just want to speak up for women in my own songs.
Yes, because I am a woman, I will naturally extend these things in my creation.
Yes, I think most of people's creations are related to pain points. Because of personal growth relationships, most of the uncomfortable points associated with women make me want to express my thoughts, either positively or negatively. It's just that in the later stage, I slowly feel that men also have a lot of helplessness, and many points are applicable to both sexes.
You don't deliberately join because your gender will naturally subtly make you see things from a different perspective. Of course, gender is only one of the factors, and your childhood, experience, educational background, and living environment will also determine the way you see the world.
In fact, I don't think about it in particular, because I feel that if I classify myself in advance, I will go against my original self.
Didn't deliberately join. But because it is a woman, the perspective when creating is naturally female.
Usually, when writing, I don't set it "specially", but I hope it is more neutral. Like "Romantic Scum" is based on "I" as the starting point... But there is currently a song written from the perspective of a modern woman to a traditional woman of Grandma's time.
Bring down sandwich lead singer Shinru
I don't actually add it when I write it, but because I'm a woman of my own gender, and my songs are inspired by my own experiences and feelings, every song is related to women!
Yes! Because the works I create are also from life, I want to talk about those things that I have encountered.
At present, the content of the group Project will not specifically include the discussion of women. We will focus on exploring the world's relationship to the self, because in addition to men and women, there are animals and souls in the world. In the actual creative process, many things are intertwined, such as the understanding of women or gender, which will be reflected in the understanding of other things in the external world, and these things will return to the creation.
The humor cake lead singer laughs
Wouldn't go out of his way to add it. Women's self-awareness and self-worth can only be found from the ontology, and the evaluation and support given by the outside world are all vain, which may make me self-examine for a short time, but it will not last long before my ontology makes a complete innovation. Personal self-doubt is only because I am dissatisfied with my own abilities, not my disapproval of my female identity. And what I think of as equality is equality as a whole, equality in each individual's ability, not the domination of either side over the other. We ourselves are stupid children, unable to persuade others what you should do, just write your own emotional story in the song, to show everyone that the bitterness of the world is generally the same, maybe you can find your own shadow in us, and then go forward with us.
I don't particularly want to join, and I don't have to, because I'm a female musician, and my expression is naturally the emotions and feelings of women in this world.
Wenger Watson sous Wenger
When creating, I don't think about adding women's topics, but I may be softer in the orchestration, and I don't emphasize this too much.
If I were to recommend one of my songs to other women, which one would I choose?
《Juvenile》。 Because I hate son preference. I think we should constantly find ways to improve the inequality between men and women, to pursue true equality.
Deeper Than the Sea. This song writes about a process of self-exploration for me. As a girl in the past or traditional education and expectations have a "restrained, shy, obedient, better than the boy's control, easy to sacrifice and dependent fragile" impression, but at the same time has been given the "mother" is not easy or even great responsibility, in the relationship between the sexes is the role that often needs to "stand behind" or applaud next to the role, until now, if a woman is too strong or strong, her heterosexual love or marriage is still easy to be frustrated.
They sometimes lack the opportunity to explore independent personality, figure out who they are, and liberate themselves and reconcile themselves. In particular, I see that many mothers' generation has been chaotically and even hastily pushed to marriage, from someone else's well-behaved daughter to a mother chaotically, so half a life has passed, only to realize that they have never become themselves. Now I think we have the opportunity and better conditions to grow ourselves, to find our own hobbies, passions, our own shackles, our own identity, so we want to think, read, absorb, keep our thinking active, reduce fear and become more and more open, and not be overly bound by any expectations and identity and gender. I hope they can all bloom.
《U Are The One》。 Related to the next question, this song is actually at home one time, my mother urged me, said a lot of words that girls now hear and feel harsh. For example, "it is better to find a stable job (the lead singer of the band in my parents' generation is unreliable, and the company staff is always working), so it is easier to find a partner." At that time, it was very helpless, especially, such words came out of the mouth of a woman. It seems that no matter what kind of effortS I make or what I personally find meaningful, in the eyes of the older generation of my family, the ultimate destination of girls is to please the other gender, to find a suitable job, to have a specific hairstyle, not to say things that are not like girls; I am working very hard outside, I feel that I have a good life, and once I come home, it is nothing in the eyes of adults, because you are so old and have not been married.
But all of this, you can't blame your parents, because your mother was treated like this and grew up. So in that case do not know who to blame and are very depressed to write the English lyrics of this song, very direct and simple a few lyrics, but the mood is very complicated, I hope to listen to this song regardless of the boys and girls, accept your reasonable stubbornness / eccentricity, self-reconciliation. There will be uncomfortable times, but everyone is different, you are you.
ETA lead singer Zoe
"Dancing Alone". If you take these externally attached standard templates and so-called limitations too seriously in your life, they may actually come true. If you don't take these mantras seriously in the first place, they will never be fulfilled in you.
"The Hospitality of Love". Later, I listened to this song myself to find that it was indeed from the perspective of a girl. However, the thinking about "selfish possession" and "giving" in this song should be the confusion shared by boys and girls when facing love.
"On the Eve of the Lights Go By" (a single released online on March 17). My grandfather is a very traditional patriarchal big man type. Once chatting with Grandma, she said: "Living to this age, it is like waiting for death..." I deeply felt her years of hard work and resentment, and the focus of all her life was home, but when her children had become a family or gone away from home, they did not know where their center of gravity should be placed.
A little bit of emotion, when I began to be able to listen to my grandmother sigh about this, in fact, Grandpa has changed a lot, but those fifty or sixty years can no longer be changed. This song probably describes my own state of mind when I was talking to Grandma. This is not a neutral conversation, because everyone has the right to choose their own interpretation of love.
Then recommend "CACTUS" haha, because I only have one song.
"Hey, the man who is still awake at three in the morning." The song was composed by Bing En, who wanted to inspire those who were confined by the social framework, and we struggled together.
Miss Bac. lead singer Xiao Qing
A new song "My Ego" is in the works. For this song, we want to discuss the relationship between the "body" and the "self", and think about the question of "self-existence" in the light of Descartes's "First Certainty". The body is our material form of existence, consciousness is the highest form of life existence, so can the "self" be defined as consciousness? In the dream, I broke away from my body, flew upwards, descended, turned into heavy rain, drifted into the sea... But after waking up from the dream, I still need to take the "me" to see the world with my body, and I still can't avoid the judgment of beauty and ugliness and externality. Is the relationship between self-consciousness and the body mutually perfect, or is it mutually restrained? At the end of the day, my ego, which is within me, cannot define me, including gender symbols, except myself.
"One", we are far more powerful than we think.
"Speculative Language". In fact, for no other reason, I just like this kind of natural song. I've always felt like just choose what you like.
Picture of lion boy band Bass Shark
What social problems have you encountered in life for women?
Favours！ The lead singer is hot
In this regard, I would like to thank my mum, who, when I graduated from college, always respected me, respected all my options, did not urge me to find a job, did not ask me to stay in her city, and was very supportive of me in doing a band. Of course, there will be no marriage now.
But as I got older, my own anxiety did grow stronger. Although I don't want to have children, I also consider whether I will regret not having children.
Although I want to strongly feel that the quality of music has nothing to do with appearance and state, in a few years, fans may call themselves on the stage as aunts, and at that time, in addition to music works, no fame and no money, will it be very lost?
Lately I've often asked myself what is the point of persistence? That may be when I am gone, at least I left so many songs.
The part involving the family and parents will choose to communicate first, after all, love will promote understanding, and the incomprehensible part can only keep a distance and maintain respect. Maybe be stronger and more resolute, economic independence will also be useful, and autonomy will be in your own hands.
Regarding appearance and body, I think that knowing oneself and then accepting one's own appearance, appreciating oneself, establishing one's own aesthetic system, distinguishing between self-requirements, the judgment of others and the direction of social orientation, perhaps more soul, talent, self-worth and social value emerge, making it greater than the brilliance of appearance. For me it was also part of the process of self-acceptance, growing up. As an individual, we are always looking for a suitable angle with society, the world, and ourselves, integrating, fighting, surviving, and then moving forward with determination.
As for age it is fair to everyone, everyone has to go through his 16 years and death.
As a creator, I also hope to write my feelings about life in my works, which is also a solution.
Anxiety as described in the previous question.
There is also a figure anxiety, before than now fat about twenty pounds, fat when the elders / friends will be half joking and half serious to say "eat less", every time I feel that it is okay I am bumpy haha, the real crazy thing is that I feel that I feel fat on the stage after voluntary weight loss, and then someone will say "you don't lose weight, the face is sunken in". There will always be people who are not satisfied, there will always be people who like to point, listen to their own ideas, and make more ideas about yourself. Recently, I liked a sentence "I am so unique, you only care about whether I am beautiful or not".
All the problems that should be encountered will be encountered, but the thought of people who care about these problems may be a mess behind their own lives, and there is no "living happily ever after", this is just everyone's desire to survive, you will not care about these superficial problems, after all, at the end of life, only you know what your biggest regret is, and no one can replace your remorse.
Body and age anxiety is more felt, others are fine.
I often look in the mirror and feel like I'm sorry to cry, but after makeup, it will be slightly better.
Again, I feel lucky that my parents, including the environment around me, don't seem to be under pressure to be exclusive to women like me. It is true that there will be physical anxiety during adolescence, and the tangled state of unconfidence will continue until college graduation. Later, I suddenly regained the childish arrogance of pre-puberty. Children are not very gender conscious, both boys and girls, can bravely move forward to do what they want to do. Find this feeling and stop worrying about yourself.
Lang Wei Xianbei lead singer/guitar Feng Huan
My parents only had two children, my sister and me, especially my father and I were more like friends, so my personality traits would be more straight. Occasionally when I encounter those things, I will lose the straight ball head-on and discuss it mostly... The above problems are actually my own problems with the occasional mediocre self-disturbance at different stages of life, and the probability of really encountering gender problems in real life is very low, probably because I am too fierce (laughs).
20 years old marriage is too early, my parents are very respectful of my personal wishes, so I don't feel the pressure of this aspect from childhood to adulthood.
I think the first step to not messing around is to see your current situation, and then accept it, no one is perfect, there are really some places that can be improved, want to improve to change, I think only if I am completely in the "own" state, it will be the most natural and comfortable. Then find something you have a passion for and pursue it.
Focus on the things that will make you happy and fulfilled, and others will unconsciously divert their attention, if there are still people who talk about it, so what? I thought that at that time, I wouldn't care anymore.
It's just that this process is not easy, I am still learning, often I will still be hurt by some words, and I feel that what I am doing now is in vain... But then back to the music, back to the stage, back to these things that I have passion for, those doubts will disappear all at once, so I think it's important to find a passionate belonging, it will help you find your way back when you are lost.
As the first batch of Young Pioneers after the 90s, I have more or less experienced the problems that society has given to women, but I have found a way to drive them out of my life. The bad feelings brought to us by society and others, I finally broke my emotions by adjusting myself. In the early years of mental immaturity, he was always carried away by the outside world, in fact, he cared too much about other people's evaluation of himself, and to solve this sense of weightlessness surrounded by gains and losses, he had to break himself and reshape himself! Change is much more difficult than shouting slogans, which is a long and arduous process. Reading, creating, and constantly pursuing truth and beauty can help me find the balance of my inner world, and when I am consistent in my own small world, I have the strength to resist the disturbing outside world.
Don't listen to the Eight Prayers of the King. I always think that I am happy and the most important thing, and there is no grandfather here. Life gives me problems big deal I don't stay with you anymore. But to say so, to do or not to do is to be said separately.
Green breeding base lead singer gourd
In addition to seemingly common family problems, there are actually some other derivative problems, the way to deal with it is: when you face a lot of suggestions, evaluations, to learn to sort garbage, which requires a very strong heart, recyclable recycling, what should be thrown away is thrown away. Because you can't escape this environment, you can only calmly sort the garbage.
I belong to the kind of luck that I really didn't have any female problems. But I know that there are definitely many girls who have encountered, so I hope that with the development of society, girls can slowly get equality in the true sense, so that girls can really freely choose the life they want in life, of course, I hope that boys will do the same.
At last
Happy Holidays to all women!
Author: Yingying
Image from the interviewed musicians
Typography: Nuut
Source: Street Voice Events Female Musicians Special: If You Don't Take These Spells Seriously, They'll Never Fulfill on You http://dashi.streetvoice.cn/article/20210308/001/