"Still Miss" invited Nie Yongzhen to design the cover and overall style.
What was it like to have three consecutive albums nominated for the Golden Melody Award for Best Female Singer? This has to be known to the family.
From "Forget It", "Sing for Your Loneliness" to "Still Miss", the three solo albums released by Jia Jia (Ji Jiaying) so far have all been nominated for the Golden Melody Award. Recently, she finally came to the mainland with "Still Missed", released at the end of last year, to meet with fans in the form of a tour sharing meeting.
The most well-known identity of the family is the "Little Sister of Mayday". Once in the Mayday concert with a song "contentment" stunning appearance, and now everywhere as the opening guest of the "Life Unlimited Company" tour, the family frankly thanked the teachers and brothers for their appreciation and care. With the help of Mayday Martha, "Still Missing" gathered Huang Weiwen, Chen Lerong, Ge Dawei, Wei Li'an, Arai Eleven, Kameda Seiji and other big names in the music world, on the eve of meeting with fans in Beijing, the family shared the story behind this hard-won album to the Beijing News reporter in advance.
"This is the first time since I released my album that I have come to the mainland to hold a sharing meeting in my personal name. When I was going to sing the song of Mayday, many people reacted with great excitement, and I thought to myself, Ah, it was a fan who intercepted halfway from the master's side, I thought it was too good, but I still pretended to be angry and joked, Are you all Mayday fans? They'll laugh a lot. ”
Pre-planning Music director Martha knows me well
Continuing the tradition of the second album, Still Missed is still music director by Mayday bassist Martha. Martha not only solicited opinions from Li Zongsheng, but also invited gold medal musicians such as Seiji Kameda, bassist Seiji Kameda, Taiwanese composers Chen Lerong, gong Shuoliang and other gold medal musicians to participate in the help, but also personally served as the producer of the single "Still Missed", and was nominated for the best single producer at this year's Golden Melody Awards.
"It took three years from the last one to this one, and Martha told me to keep a record of my thoughts. My expression ability is not too good, when I can't say something clearly, I will give up, but Martha will use other methods to ask me, such as 'do you think this is not good', he is a very good communicator, I have always trusted him, can not do without him. Today, the family has once again booked Martha for the "director" work of the fourth album.
Musical Concepts Soaring high notes may not convey emotions
The title of the album "Still Missed" comes from the title of the same name created by Hush, "After the whole album was recorded, my mother passed away, so each song has some different degree of missing, like "Family Wine" may miss the person who was ambiguous with you in the past or the time of love, "Family Song" is to miss hometown. ”
On January 8, 1983, the family was born in the Nanwang tribe of Taitung County, Taiwan Province, and she formed the "Hao'en Family" group with her uncle Hao'en, which won the Best Singing Group Award at the 18th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards. Singing, for the family with talent flowing in the blood, has not been a difficult thing, high notes, skills, she is not lacking, but in this album, the family and Martha reached an agreement - no longer blindly pursue difficult skills, but to be a storyteller.
Martha said, don't be so hard, can the soaring high pitch convey good emotions? You can also be a storyteller. "This time I want to express my heart with a relaxed attitude and voice." ”
01 "Family Song"
Words: Shumien + Chen Wu
Music: Home
lyrics:
Flowers bloom in your beautiful clothes
There's a bell ringing on the skirt
See you in the dream
Sing softly
As the beginning of the album, this "Family Song" written for the hometown incorporates an ancient tune of the Ami people. The family said that when it was determined that this ancient tune was chanted at the beginning of the song, she found the Ami tribe's Shumien and Eli Gaolu to lead the song, "This is the Ami tribe at the festival everyone holds hands and dances, and the Ami people's songs must be sung first, and then answered, this is the rule." ”
Since the song was composed by the family themselves, when the album held several production meetings, everyone called it "family song", and later "Family Song" became the official name.
02 "See Through"
Composer: Wei Lian
You think you've seen me through
But people who have seen through
It's just me
The lyricists, composers and producers of this "See Through" are all Wei Lian. "He and I were nodding friends, and once we met backstage on a campus performance, I said to him, can you write a song for me? He said, okay. When the first wave of songs was received, I got this "See Through". ”
The family said that Wei Lian not only fulfilled his promise, but also handed over a different work, "What he wants is a girl's strength, see through everything, I have nothing for you, only one life." He's not a harsh producer, he's a crazy producer, he keeps calling me a little 'perverted', that is, he has to be neurotic in his voice, and he always thinks I can do it. ”
03 "Still Missing"
Composer: Hush
Some people remember you
Long back
Some people speculate about you
Seems to be with whom
The title of the album is the title of the album, written by Hush, who wrote "Kepler" for Sun Yanzi. After the first recording, Martha said that she sang well and had good skills, but there was still something missing, "He wanted me to go back and talk to hush again." After talking, the family knew that it was written by Hush to himself. It turned out that hush returned to his hometown in Pingtung and went to the former secret base - an old air raid shelter. When he was a student, hush used to hide inside and smoke, and he also carved his name on the wall, and he found that the handwriting was still there, so he remembered it. The family was suddenly cheerful, and singing again the next day quickly captured the emotion.
Written by/Beijing News reporter Yang Chang
Courtesy of the artist
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