At this moment, Xu Wei finished performing his last song on stage and left the stage amidst enthusiastic applause from the audience.
After Xu Wei's band finished their performance, B An's band took the stage before Blue Shark.
The country invited six bands, but Liang Liang brought nine bands in the name of those six bands.
Since the foreigners are covering the round-trip travel expenses and providing food and lodging, why shouldn't we bring a couple more?
The six official bands are Blue Shark, B An, Xu Wei, Black Panther, Sea Waves, and Mayday.
However, Liang Liang's group also included the Hanmei Band, the Yinna River Band (one member short), and a mix of the Night Sky and Hanchuang Bands (each one member short).
When they applied for visas, these people were reported as accompaniment musicians.
Liang Liang's idea was to report it first, whether it was feasible or not. If it was approved, everyone would go and see what the foreigners looked like; if it wasn't approved, then forget about it.
Whether there are dates or not, it doesn't matter. If you don't hit anything, you won't lose anything. If you do hit something, you'll make a profit.
Liang Liang never dreamed that the government would approve it.
So these guys all came along, all swaggering and swaggering.
Since they've come, Liangliang will naturally let them take the stage and make their mark; otherwise, wouldn't their trip be in vain? They should at least leave their footprints and voices on foreign soil.
Liang Liang sees foreigners the same way, and foreigners see Asians the same way.
Anyway, they can't tell who's who.
Each of these bands performed at least two songs on stage.
B An Band took the stage without hesitation, quickly performing three songs: "Really Love You," "The Earth," and "Cold Rainy Night."
To foreigners, Cantonese and Mandarin are really indistinguishable; they can't understand either.
If you can't understand the lyrics, you can only listen to the melody.
As the B An band left the stage, the stage lights went out, plunging the entire stage into darkness.
A burst of electronic music, like an electric current, spread from the stage to the entire Valdney Forest Theatre.
The once noisy Waldensee Forest Theatre fell silent instantly.
I'm still dreaming, that impulsive moment
Transparent flames filled the entire sky.
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But you are gone, and I have awakened.
I saw the windowsill you walked past.
The flowers are in full bloom
I know I will eventually wake up and nothing will change.
Because I can't sense where my future is unfolding...
A woman's soft voice rose in the darkness, and the lights began to brighten as the song began, until they illuminated the entire stage.
On stage, two young Chinese girls, one on each side, each with a turntable, sang while nodding and swaying their heads. The song was "Starry Age".
Foreigners are born like grasshoppers, always jumping around. With this kind of catchy, leg-shaking song available, it would be a disservice to our ancestors not to jump around.
In the blink of an eye, everyone in the theater was jumping and dancing to the rhythm, whether they were locals or overseas Chinese.
It's quite interesting to see so many people bustling around, jumping and hopping.
After finishing their performance of "Starry Age," the Hanmei Duo played "La La La" continuously.
Both of these pieces are from the Star River Era series, and their styles are similar, so playing them together doesn't feel out of place at all.
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Schmidt is the head of a music company in Berlin.
He was here tonight on the advice of the Pumpkin Shredded Meat band.
A while ago, their company was preparing to sign the Pumpkin Shredded Meat band, but they were still hesitant.
Yesterday, the Pumpkin Shredded Pork band told him they had two new songs, and since the China Vanguard Music Week had invited them to be guests, they asked him to come and check them out.
Schmidt then went to the Waldney Forest Theatre and enjoyed the entire performance from the Far East.
He greatly admires the two new works by the Pumpkin Shredded Meat Band.
Whether these two songs would sell well if they were the main tracks of an album is hard to say, but they certainly wouldn't lose money.
This gave their company the courage to take a gamble.
But these two songs weren't his biggest discovery tonight; his biggest discovery was the performance by these Chinese people.
Schmidt had some early exposure to Chinese music, which consisted of disjointed and unpleasant tunes, and was mostly filled with songs praising the government.
So many years have passed, but his consciousness is still stuck in the world of N years ago. The idea that Chinese people simply cannot make any good music has become deeply ingrained in his mind.
When he sat down in the theater, his mindset remained unchanged. He was determined to listen to two songs by Pumpkin and Shredded Pork and then leave. He wasn't going to waste any energy on Chinese music.
But over the next three hours, his worldview began to crumble.
What did I hear? What did I see?
He was surprised to find that the music of these Chinese people was not only not backward, but also in line with the trend of the times, and some of their musical ideas were even ahead of the European music scene.
Schmidt had a keen sense that the music of these Easterners would also be popular in Europe.
Even if it might not be popular in a strict country like Germany, it would definitely cause a huge uproar in other countries.
Just like the music played by these two girls on stage, if it were published in Europe, it would likely be a huge hit.
As a music publisher, he keenly saw the business opportunity.
He decided to talk to these Chinese people about the issue of importing music copyrights after the concert.
He is preparing to make two albums with an Eastern theme.
Being able to showcase her skills in front of foreigners rarely excites Xu Mei.
I can brag about it for a long time when I get home.
Even after the two pieces were finished, there was still a sense of wanting more.
After finishing their two songs, the Hanmei duo did not leave the stage but remained there to continue providing accompaniment for the Yingna River Band and the Blue Shark Band.
Members of the Yinna River Band and the Blue Shark Band appeared on stage one after another.
Blue Shark primarily provides accompaniment and harmony for the Sound River Band.
"Oh~!" After a shout from the crowd, Zhao Muyang swung his arms and struck the big drum. After a short solo, the loud sound of the suona was like countless birds being released, echoing in every corner of the theater.
This suona solo left the grandmothers feeling as if firecrackers had exploded on their heads, leaving them dazed and confused.
What instrument is that so loud?
If the previous pieces played by the Chinese band still contained many elements of Western music, then this song is a piece with a pure Eastern folk style.
Europeans had never heard this style of music before, so they were filled with a sense of novelty.
After the "Drum and Gong" performance, the next piece was "Harvest".
These two songs were presented as a single, seamless unit.
Some foreigners were so shocked they were completely bewildered, while others were utterly dumbfounded.
It's normal that some people can accept something while others can't.
If you can accept being moved, then applaud enthusiastically; if you can't, then sit there dumbfounded.
The show was nearing its end at this point, and with Blue Shark having performed his three pieces, the first performance was over.
Liang Liang was the last to take the stage.
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