10 singing concerts, nearly 50 groups of singers from 27 cities, collecting 160 original masterpieces... In the past two months, the "My City, My Songs" new era Chinese urban folk song series has been held from the shore of the harbor to the financial district. Then it went to large venues to sing Shenzhen’s own story, as well as the exchanges between Bay Area cities, and strive to create a new highland for Chinese folk songs.
This is a grand event that uses folk songs to connect people's hearts and convey culture. It demonstrates the charm of music exchange and shows the sincerity of a city's invitation.
The temperament of Shenzhen is closely linked to the essential attributes of folk songs.
Shenzhen has a long-standing relationship with folk songs. As the forefront of reform and opening up, Shenzhen’s original music has always been the city’s spiritual sustenance. The large migrant population brought dialects and music from various places, as well as the desire for life and the pursuit of freedom. In such a city, a group of young people with musical dreams use guitars and singing to express their voices and emotions, creating batches of Shenzhen folk songs.
Zhang Baisheng, music library content director of Tencent Music Entertainment Group, told Nandu reporters that the origin of Chinese pop music after the reform and opening up was in the Greater Bay Area, and cities such as Guangzhou and Shenzhen played a crucial role in the development of Chinese pop music. As an important type of Chinese pop music, folk songs are deeply loved by the masses for their infectious and resonant lyrics. The development of folk music cannot be separated from the support of Shenzhen.
Hezong Culture Group is one of the organizers of Wuchengwuge this time. It brings together its Spring Bee Folk Label, Beautiful Southern Music Label, Gozheng Music Label, Baidou Famous Rap Label, and Golden Snail Lyrics Factory brand, Jiangxing Music Academy, etc., to tap into the potential and high-quality young people's new folk songs and send them to the platform, presenting more than 20 original masterpieces. In fact, not only that, Hezong is also a famous folk incubator of original music in Shenzhen. Xu Xiaoying, co-founder and general manager of Hezong Culture Group, said that in the past 30 years from Bense to Hezong, it has trained 3,786 musicians and singers, of which folk songs accounted for 45.8%. Most folk musicians were incubated and supported by the original music scene and Hutaoli Music Tavern. Many well-known artists have been trained, including Anqi, Shangguan Favorite, Fashion, Jiayi, Tigo Boy Group, Lin Jun, Jinchi, vava, etc., including the popular Chen Chusheng, who are still active on the front line of Chinese pop music. "They represent Shenzhen and China, and they carry out cultural exchange activities in major music halls around the world to showcase the charm of China's original music."
Xu Xiaoying said that Shenzhen embraces all rivers, gathers elites from all over the world, and cultivates various styles of literature and art. Based on the three unique ethnic groups and cultures of Canton, Hakka and Chaoshan, and combining the local dialect characteristics of the new Shenzhen people with diversified international trend music, Shenzhen's folk songs are the model and development trend of urban folk songs in the new era. In terms of creative themes, it highlights the inspiration of more small people, changes in the times, environmental protection themes, etc. Most of the folk song creators in Shenzhen come from the output of new era feelings and the inheritance of local dialects. Many of them are not majors, and use their own My hobby is composing songs while experiencing life. Southern folk songs are relatively delicate, lyrical, and melodious. The melody progression is mainly progressive, the structure is short and concise, and there are many introductions before the songs. Wang Jun, a senior music critic at
and director of Pingshan Cultural Center, believes that Zhou Feng's "Land of Night" and later Li Chunbo's "A Letter from Home", Tang Lei's "Lilac", and Chen Chusheng's "Did Someone Tell You", They have already stepped on the footsteps of folk songs. "As a city of immigrants, Shenzhen's urban temperament is closely linked to the essential attributes of folk songs of 'singing life, singing about the city, and singing about youth', providing fertile soil for the sprouting of folk songs to sprout," Wang Jun said.
Invite with the sincerity of a city to promote cultural exchanges in the Bay Area
In this event, what is particularly worthy of attention is that Shenzhen used the sincerity of a city to bring together the power of folk songs from all over the country and use folk music to sing the story of Shenzhen. Build Shenzhen brand.
In the "Sound of the Four Seas" special performance, Chaoshan folk songs sang the story of the ocean and the land, inheriting the excellent folk culture of Chaoshan.In the "Hakka Style" special performance, Hakka folk songs sang the feelings of mountains, rivers and bamboo forests, conveying the hometown complex of the Hakka people. In the "Voice of the Bay Area" special performance, 19 folk musicians from Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Macau and other places sang hot and scalding sound waves, showing the sense of the times and creativity of the Bay Area people and conveying the message of the Bay Area people. of confidence and pride.
A series of special concerts, closely following the core of urban folk songs, embracing music from all over the country with an open attitude, meeting citizens in the name of folk songs, expressing my feelings with my heart, singing my city with me, blooming the music of different regions Folk color. This music feast not only enriches Shenzhen's music culture, but also pays tribute to China's excellent traditional culture. It also promotes music and cultural exchanges between Lingnan and the Bay Area, and jointly explores and develops the diversification and internationalization of folk music, forming the Bay Area. cultural consensus and identity of the district.
Activate the folk song creation ecology and look forward to a new city song
It is particularly worth mentioning that "My City My Song" not only creates a stage for singing folk songs, but also innovatively creates the "Shenzhen Launch Center for Chinese Urban Folk Songs". I hope Fully tap into the power of folk songs and present more possibilities for folk songs through multi-party participation. During the event, a large number of people from the literary and artistic circles and young musicians came to Shenzhen to participate in the creation of folk songs. The organizers collected 160 original masterpieces during the event, and many musicians performed through the "My City, My Songs" China Urban Folk Songs Shenzhen Launch Center platform. Song debut.
Xu Xiaoying believes that "My City, My Song" is the central platform for the launch of urban folk songs in the new era. The positioning from the beginning has given it core content and meaning. It not only activated the original Shenzhen folk song creation ecosystem, but also further assembled a lineup of popular bands from 27 cities across the country. During the performance, it told the story of Shenzhen and also created a new Shenzhen story. "It is a new milestone in the history of music, witnessing the diverse collision and international development trend of contemporary folk songs."
Zhang Baisheng shared his feelings from the perspective of the music industry. "Tencent Music has always been based in Shenzhen and spares no effort to discover, promote and support musicians. The Tencent Music platform has a large number of playlists created by folk musicians and users who like to listen to folk songs. Among them, the official playlist "Folk Ballads - Where Is the Ideal" "It has reached 350 million views and is well received by users." In his view, the creation of special music festivals or event IPs, such as "My City My Songs", can allow folk songs to enter more ordinary people's homes in the form of performances. , can effectively enhance the influence and popularity of Shenzhen folk music. "The urban characteristics of Shenzhen are destined to be extremely diversified in the city's music. Through folk songs, outstanding folk talents from all over the country are gathered to perform and create. At the same time, Shenzhen's musicians We are also actively trying to integrate modern music and traditional music. We hope that this international metropolis will give birth to more music of the new era and at the same time contribute to the spread of traditional culture."
Wang Junze said that folk songs and Cities grow together, and their development will resonate with the development of folk songs. "Just as there would be no Bob Dylan without the rapid development of New York in the 1960s, and there would be no Luo Dayou and Li Zongsheng without the economic renaissance of Taiwan in the 1980s, the urban prosperity of Shenzhen will surely drive The rise of folk songs and the development of folk songs will also become the emblem of the city's singing."
In his opinion, 30 years ago, the soil of Shenzhen could produce "The Story of Spring", and Shenzhen in the future can grow more A brand-new "city song" full of vitality and vitality.
Written and written by Nandu reporter Huang Lu
Pictures provided by "My City My Song".
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