Xu Wei finished writing a song and hurriedly went to Liang Liang to ask for her opinion.
Right there in the studio, in front of twenty or thirty nameless band members who practiced there every afternoon, Xu Wei sang his new song "Bluebird" while playing the guitar.
This song appeared a little later in my previous life; it was written in 1995.
In his previous life, Xu Wei was idle at home after his band disbanded. He then went to work at a radio station and partnered with a friend as a DJ host, recommending Western rock songs every day.
This went on for several months until Zheng Jun, who had already become famous, returned to Xi'an to do a program and encouraged him to go to Beijing to take a look.
He took the songs "Two Days" and "Bluebird" to Beijing and signed with Red Star Press.
The owner of Red Star Records at the time was Chen Jiantian, the manager of the Beyond band. Red Star Records signed singers such as Zheng Jun, Xiao Ke, Tian Zhen, and the Cobra band.
After Xu Wei joined the Red Star Society, his song "Persistence," which was later renamed, was made famous by Tian Zhen at this time.
This is Xu Wei's experience over the past few years in his previous life.
In this life, Zheng Jun has disappeared somewhere, so naturally no one would encourage him to go to the capital. He was brought to Lianwan by Liang Liang, and this song was released more than half a year earlier than expected.
After Xu Wei finished singing, the audience erupted in applause.
"This guy is pretty good!"
"Not just powerful, but extremely powerful!"
"You're quite the talker! The people Xiao Liang has his eye on are no pushovers at all."
The band members were chattering amongst themselves.
"Bluebird" is not the type of song Liang Liang likes. He doesn't really like it. He hadn't listened to it many times in his previous life. On the contrary, he had listened to Xu Wei's "Bluebird 2" many times.
In Liang Liang's eyes, the lyrics of "Bluebird 1" are somewhat gloomy and the melody is somewhat monotonous, but it cannot be denied that it is an excellent piece of music.
"Let's put all your songs on stage tonight and let the people of Lianwan appreciate your work. Then, in winter, we can organize the bands in Lianwan, select some of their songs, and publish a book on Northeast rock, how about that?" Liang Liang proposed an idea that no one present dared to even think about.
Xu Wei's eyes lit up: "I think it's a good idea!"
"You think it's okay? Then this task will be yours. Did you all hear that? Write two songs and try to get them selected for this Northeast Rock anthology. The condition is that there are no restrictions on style. Whether you're into Britpop, folk, or punk, it's fine. But it's best if the lyrics and music are upbeat. Do you all understand?"
"Understood!"
With so many bands in Lianwan City, putting together an album is no problem at all.
These band members also dream of releasing an album, or even if they can't release an album, a compilation album would be fine too.
You'll have something to brag about then. Look, my song is out. You should learn from me from now on.
That evening, Xu Wei stepped onto the stage of the Haiyun Dance Hall for the first time.
Although he had been at the Ocean Shipping Ballroom for three or four days, today was his first time performing on stage.
He sang all three of his songs at once, accompanied by the Blue Shark Band, which puzzled the regular customers at Haiyunlai.
Blue Shark personally accompanied the performance, and Liang Liang also took to the stage, showing them great respect.
Who is this singer?
It's worth noting that the Blue Shark band no longer provides accompaniment for others unless they are performing themselves.
Even with the Blue Shark Band's accompaniment, the response to "Two Days" and "Bluebird" wasn't very enthusiastic. Only after "Persistence" was finished did the applause become more intense.
Two customers even tipped the customer several tens of yuan.
"Brother Xu! You sang well! However, songs of your style are not often seen in the Haiyun Dance Hall. We mostly play heavy metal and hard rock, and the audience here is used to that. They are not used to your style of song yet. If you sing more of these songs in the future, they will accept them. So, you are welcome to come on stage and perform more often in the future."
After Xu Wei finished singing, Liang Liang first offered his congratulations.
In recent years, Xu Wei needs to have happiness and encouragement in his life; we must not let him develop depression.
Liang Liang directly pointed out the reason why his song wasn't receiving a very enthusiastic response, so as not to make him lose confidence.
After hearing Liang Liang's explanation, Xu Wei felt much better.
What Liang Liang said was indeed true. Influenced by the Blue Shark band, most of the bands performing at the Haiyun Dance Hall were heavy metal and hard rock.
Folk and punk styles are relatively rare.
There's nothing wrong with the fact that people here aren't used to his songs.
He plans to take Liang Liang's advice and perform on stage more often in the future, hoping to gain acceptance of his singing style from the audience.
It seems there's nothing going on at the Ocean Shipping Ballroom for the time being.
After Liang Liang finished explaining to Mu Shuihua and Yan Liang, he took a taxi home on the morning of the 19th.
Mater was responsible for taking him to Landy City.
Since we were passing through Landi City, we naturally had to stop by my godmother's place to see how her nightclub was doing and whether the Azalea Band's skills had improved.
They set off from Lianwan City at seven o'clock in the morning and arrived in Landi City at around eight-thirty.
With the doors of the Kinmen Dance Hall tightly shut, Liang Liang went directly to Zhao Fang's house.
Liang Hongyu was dancing the Yangko with several middle-aged women in the square below her house.
She was clearly the leader, correcting others' actions from time to time.
Liang Liang applauded her as soon as she arrived.
"My godson is here, so I'm not playing with you guys anymore. You guys play by yourselves!"
Liang Hongyu left her group of sisters and came to Liang Liang's side.
"Why did you suddenly decide to visit your godmother?"
“I’m going home to take care of some things, and I just happened to be passing by so I thought I’d drop by to see you. This is for you and your godfather.”
Liang Liang took the gifts she had brought out from the trunk of the car she was riding in.
Here are some saffron, snow lotus, and other things he brought back from Tibet.
"Why bring a gift when you're here?"
“I went to Tibet a few days ago and got some local nutritional supplements. I don’t know if they’ll work, but I brought them back for you and my godfather to take care of.”
When Liang Hongyu heard that the item was brought back from Tibet, she accepted it with a smile.
"Godmother! You've formed a Yangko dance troupe? Isn't that neglecting your proper duties?"
"What do you mean by not doing your proper job? This is called exercising. Look how well your godmother is dancing! I used to be in a song and dance troupe when I was young."
Liang Liang pondered for a moment and realized something was wrong.
"Godmother! Do you have a memory problem? Let's go through this together. You initially said you were on the wrestling team, right?"
"Of course! My godmother was a provincial games champion back in the day."
"You also mentioned that you used to work as a porter in a restaurant when you were young."
"Is that contradictory? After I left the wrestling team, I was idle for a while, so I did odd jobs in a restaurant. That's when I met your godfather."
"Then your claim that you went to nightclubs when you were young is clearly a lie!"
Liang Hongyu chuckled: "It can't be considered a lie, right? A Yangko dance team is a song and dance troupe, isn't it?"
What kind of song and dance troupe is a Yangko dance team? This is ridiculous!
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