Text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Hu Guangxin
Photo/Cool Dog Music provided
【Cool Dog Musician "Star Project"】
Singer: Aunt Cai Yisheng
Song: "Burning Plains"
Aunt Two is a boy.
"My name is Cai Yisheng, my English name is Eason, and my friends will directly type them as 'an aunt'. Later, they found out that I was quite 'two' and became 'second aunt'. ”
In 2011, the second aunt who had just returned from the army participated in a game song cover competition, met friends who played antique music, and accidentally hit and bumped into the "circle". Nine years later, he is now not only famous in the ancient wind circle, holding popular songs such as "Wukong" and "Nezha", but also won the championship in the music program "National Wind and Beautiful Youth", which is only one step away from "going out of the circle".
In the subculture circle of ancient wind music, whether to "go out" or "encircle yourself" has always been a debate, and The Cool Dog musician Aunt Yi chose the former.
Out of the circle: I would like to recommend ancient music to the public
Aunt Yi is a native of Chaoshan in Guangdong, grew up in the head of the Chao opera troupe, was once a student of bel canto, but wanted to sing pop songs, and finally joined the Luan Fengming team based on ancient style songs by chance.
In aunt Yi's view, ancient wind music is a branch of popular music, and has a special style: "Each song of ancient style is like a story, with more room for aftertaste and interpretation." "The rise of ancient style music is inseparable from online games such as "The Legend of the Paladin Sword", and "net life" and "two-dimensional" have become its most prominent labels, but it has also built an invisible "dimensional wall" to isolate ancient music from the mainstream music scene.
With the gradual subdivision of popular music, ancient wind music is now ushering in a good time to "break the circle". The ancient style concerts have successively entered the Great Hall of the People and the Bird's Nest Stadium, and the recognition has been greatly improved. Aunt Yi confessed: "My parents didn't understand what I was doing at the beginning, until they watched my performance in the Great Hall of the People and felt that what I had done was quite meaningful." ”
In 2018, Aunt Yi also participated in the video program "National Style and Beautiful Youth" with the theme of ancient wind music, which he believes is a good platform: "There are many very good songs in the ancient style itself, but because this circle is relatively small and developed from the network platform, there is rarely a chance for more people to hear." Just can borrow this program to recommend ancient music to everyone. ”
After 11 episodes of the program, the second aunt won the championship in "National Style and Beautiful Youth" and opened a national tour in 2019, and her popularity has risen.
Does antique music need to go to the masses? Aunt Two gave a very firm answer: "Needed! It needs to be liked by more people, and I will work on it. ”
Innovation: It is planned to integrate elements of Chao opera into ancient music
In 2014, aunt Yi released his solo album "No Two", which also became the opportunity for him to transform from an amateur to a professional musician. "I started working normally during the day and using my breaks at night to sing and write. In 2014, when he was making an album, he felt that he did not have enough energy to balance work and music, so he quit his job. ”
Originally, I planned to continue to apply for a job after the album was completed, but just when my friend opened a music-related company, aunt Two helped to do some behind-the-scenes work and had a deeper contact with the music industry. After winning the championship in "National Style and Beauty Youth", he began to receive training in vocal music, performance, musical instruments and other courses, arming himself with more professional knowledge.
After more than ten years of development, the ancient wind circle is no longer as simple as the original filler cover, and there are more and more musicians who have turned from amateur to professional like Aunt Yi. It is still difficult to define the ancient music accurately, but it is certain that the spark of the collision of traditional Chinese elements and popular culture is the charm of ancient music.
This year, Aunt Two's second album is also on the agenda. This time, he is ready to add Chao opera elements to the ancient style music. "My mother is a Teochew opera actor, because of family reasons, I have been in contact with more since I was a child, and I am also very interested. But many of my peers don't know much about this traditional drama, and I hope to be able to make such a song with my own ability. ”
He said modestly: "I don't have any grand goals, but I just want to share the charm of Chao opera with everyone." At least let everyone know the existence of Chao opera, if someone likes Chao Opera because of this, it is the best.
【Dialogue】
Yangcheng Evening News: "Burning Plains" was selected into the song list of this "Go Back to the Youth Time" activity, introduce this song.
Aunt Two: This song is very difficult to sing, and the range is particularly large. By the way, the composition of this song is still a foreign friend, so the song is not the same as the traditional Chinese style, it is a more rock, fast-paced, and powerful song.
Yangcheng Evening News: Among so many musical styles, why did you choose the ancient style?
AUNT TWO: Go with the flow. At first, I was exposed to some ancient songs because I was playing games, and I slowly became interested in this style. With the whole circle developing, I slowly went up with it. My style of playing music is quite mixed, but maybe the ancient style is more for my taste, and the future music style will definitely be dominated by the ancient style, but I do not resist trying other styles.
Yangcheng Evening News: For those who aspire to become professional musicians, what advice can you give them?
Aunt Two: First of all, love is the most important thing. Only by loving it very much can we persevere and overcome difficulties. Second, it is necessary to learn and strengthen professional skills such as musical instruments and vocal music. Third, don't have the idea of "I want to learn art, so the culture class is not important", the book is used to hate less, the culture class is really the foundation of everything, learn it well.
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