The performance at the livehouse that night was very successful.
The effect of such a small compilation performance is not necessarily worse than that of a large music festival. In a closed bar, under dim lights, the bands perform on a stage not far from the fans. In between performances, they can interact with the fans in the audience. Because there are fewer people, the performance is more casual, and even some fans' requests, such as which song to sing, how many songs to sing, or even a chorus, can be met.
The small bar was bustling with noise, everyone got what they wanted, the smell of alcohol and dazzling lights lingered around the crowd in the bar, creating a restless yet happy atmosphere.
The performance that whizzed by was in the middle. During the performance, there were enthusiastic shouts and choruses from the fans. At the end of the performance, the fans were left with regret. At the request of the fans, He Xiao sang one more song. But after only one more song, He Xiao and Qi Yuan and the others left the stage.
The fans were obviously still a little unsatisfied, but soon the bar owner informed them that Howling Pass would perform here again tomorrow. It's like watching a favorite band perform for three consecutive days without getting tired of it. Moreover, every performance of Howling Pass always feels different from the last one.
They have many songs and different styles, but the mesmerizing performances of these four people are always consistent.
With the boss's comfort, the fans calmed down and began to cheer for the next band. Amid the cheers, the next band came on stage and started the next performance.
The performance of Whizzing Past at the bar today is over, but the journey at the bar is not over yet. After the performance, the band will also socialize. Whether it is the new band they met today, or the owner and manager of the bar, the end of the performance means relaxation. The owner has already opened a booth in a secluded place, and the band members are there drinking and chatting while watching the performance on the stage.
Some of the bands that came today were newly formed bands. The owner of this bar has a similar business philosophy to Huang Zhi. In addition to inviting some famous bands to satisfy music fans, he also invites new bands.
The new band was quite new, so they introduced themselves to the old band members and said hello. Since it was their first meeting, it was hard to start a conversation. Most of the conversations revolved around the new band's songs, their admiration for the old bands, and their evaluation and appreciation of the songs of the bands currently performing.
Although they were not familiar with each other, the conversation was not awkward with just these three topics. The atmosphere became heated as they gradually got to know each other better, and Qi Yuan and Ji Bang soon became familiar with the others.
Among the four people, Qi Yuan and Ji Bang are better at socializing, Lin Ye is also someone who can handle things, and only He Xiao is not very talkative.
However, even though he is not talkative, having three teammates around him does not make his image too aloof, which would cause criticism from the musicians in the new band.
In this way, the chat became more and more heated as more bands joined in. Some other music fans, after discovering them, boldly came over to ask the band members for autographs and photos.
The small bar was filled with people, and it seemed as if even the air was blocked.
After drinking for a while, He Xiao said something to Qi Yuan, then got up and left the bar.
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This bar is the largest bar in Haicheng.
The bar exclusively occupies a building by the sea. The bar owner was a singer before and had some assets. After retiring, he came to Haicheng, bought this piece of land directly, and then built a four-story villa.
The villa is located by the sea, and the bar is on the first floor. The upper floors are the owner's private property, which is not closed. After leaving the bar on the first floor, He Xiao went up the stairs outside the villa to the balcony on the fourth floor.
The construction style of this villa is European. Because it is a bit old and has been exposed to the wind and sun by the sea all year round, the owner deliberately did not do too much repairs on it, which gave it a different flavor.
The balcony on the fourth floor is very large. Rather than a balcony, it is more like a rooftop platform. Except for a small attic with a roof, other places can be walked around.
Naturally, you can also see the scenery of this island from all directions.
This place is originally high, and it is on the fourth floor, so the view is much wider. Now it is night, and standing on the fourth floor you can see the night view of Haicheng.
Compared with other cities, the night view of Haicheng seems to be much quieter. There are not so many bright lights, but there are vague outlines of vegetation illuminated by the lights.
The huge treetops and lush forests are dotted with lights, like the starry sky at night. When you look up from below, there is the real night and starry sky above your head, like a dome of colorful lights hanging upside down on this land.
The sky and the earth are so close that the stars seem to be within reach and shine very clearly.
Looking up, you can see the boundary between heaven and earth.
The boundary between heaven and earth is on the sea in the distance. Standing in front of the stone railing of the balcony, in the distance are mountains, forests, beaches, and the endless deep sea.
The deep sea is bottomless under the night sky, like an abyss of nothingness. Only the occasional light from a lighthouse in the distance makes the abyss come alive.
He Xiao stood in front of the stone railing and watched. The night sea breeze swept across his cheeks with some coolness. He took out a cigarette and lit it.
There is one more star between heaven and earth.
He Xiao smoked a cigarette, and the smell of tobacco made his mind clearer than before. He held the tobacco between his fingers and looked at the night scene in the distance. His originally light eyes became darker and deeper because of the darkness. Only when he took a puff of cigarette did a light flicker in his eyes.
He Xiao smoked half of his cigarette, the smoke lingering on his cheeks. He looked at the night scene in the distance for a while, then took out his phone and took a photo of the night scene.
After taking the photo, He Xiao did not put away his phone. He leaned his arms on the stone railing, opened WeChat, and sent the photo to Tang Miao.
It was already past nine in the evening, and Tang Miao had already left work. However, Qi Yuan and Ji Bang were busy chatting with other band members, and they had not been making noise in the group.
He Xiao sent the photo and Tang Miao quickly replied on WeChat.
[Tang Miao: You took this photo]
He Xiao's fingers vibrated as he received a reply from Tang Miao. He saw the message from Tang Miao in the chat box and typed a word and sent it back.
[He Xiao: Yes.]
After He Xiao sent the message, Tang Miao also replied.
【Tang Miao: It looks very nice.】
After commenting on He Xiao's shooting skills, Tang Miao also sent a thumbs-up emoticon. She had been chatting happily with Qi Yuan and others in the group recently, and she had received a lot of emoticons.
Seeing Tang Miao's reply, He Xiao lowered his eyebrows and did not reply to her.
【Tang Miao: Is the performance over today? 】
After he didn't reply, the chat box fell into a brief pause. Not long after, Tang Miao's message came.
She knew they had a livehouse performance tonight, so she asked this question.
After Tang Miao asked, He Xiao typed a word and replied.
【He Xiao: Yes.】
【Tang Miao: Is everything going well? 】
After Tang Miao asked, He Xiao typed two words and replied.
【He Xiao: Not bad.】
After He Xiao sent this message, Tang Miao replied with a laughing emoticon.
After Tang Miao replied with the emoji, the conversation between the two seemed to end like this. He Xiao looked at the animated emoji of laughing and pursed his lips slightly.
There was another brief silence in the chat box.
After a short silence, Tang Miao's name appeared above and it showed that the other party was typing. The input process was a bit long, and He Xiao waited quietly. Tang Miao sent a new message.
[Tang Miao: I watched your performance at the Pucheng Music Festival. Your fan Jiaojiao sent it to me. I thought it was very good, and it felt quite different from the performance at Qingcheng.]
Previously, Tang Miao received an invitation from Jiaojiao to go with her. She said that she would not go to Pucheng. Jiaojiao promised to send her the video of the Pucheng Music Festival, and she actually did what she said.
The video she sent only showed the performance of Whizzing Past, and this performance was different from the previous performance at the Qingcheng Music Festival.
The songs are different, the styles and states are all different.
It's still quite fresh.
besides……
【Tang Miao: But just watching the video doesn’t give me the same shock as being there.】
【Tang Miao: It turns out that you still have to go to the music festival. 】
Tang Miao's experience was very direct, because she had just experienced the music festival live the day before, and then experienced it through the screen the next day.
This feeling is more prominent than the 2D and 3D feeling of watching movies. One is to watch a performance that has nothing to do with you through the screen. The other is to be completely immersed in it, so immersed that it feels like a soul fusion with the band.
Tang Miao sent two messages like this. After sending them, she remembered that He Xiao and his friends were going to attend the music festival the day after tomorrow. Thinking of this, she typed a few words and sent them to He Xiao again.
【Tang Miao: Haicheng’s music festival needs to do better. 】
【Tang Miao: I wish you a smooth performance. 】
In their chat box, Tang Miao sent four messages in a row. He Xiao stood on the balcony, enjoying the cool sea breeze. The tobacco between his fingers burned out during their brief chat, and the light in He Xiao's eyes also disappeared as the tobacco burned out.
The light from the screen illuminated the outline of his face. He Xiao looked at the screen. There were no more messages on the screen. And because there were no new messages, the screen slowly went out as time went by.
The light from the screen disappeared completely, and He Xiao also disappeared into the dark night.
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The music festival in Haicheng is held on a beach that extends into the sea in Haicheng.
This is a large open space, specially used for holding some large and small events in Haicheng. In addition to music festivals, some film award ceremonies have been held here before.
In short, the place is very large and the scenery is very beautiful.
As the sound of the music whizzed past the island, Haicheng became more and more lively. This change came from the fans who came to participate in the Haicheng Music Festival.
Normally, Haicheng is relatively quiet because the mountains and forests hide some sounds. But after the fans who came to the music festival arrived on the island, the whole island became visibly noisy and lively.
It is like a mountain that was silent in winter, stepping into the spring with the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers.
The four people who whizzed by also walked around the island again in the past few days. It was not that they wanted to, but mainly because Tang Miao had said in the group that he wanted to come to Haicheng, and Ji Bang kept it in mind. In the next three days, whenever he had nothing to do, he would run around the island with his mobile phone and take videos of the scenery on the island and send them to Tang Miao.
Even if Tang Miao hadn't come, the short video that Ji Bang sent her would have allowed her to piece together a 3D map of Haicheng.
When Jibang goes out to shoot, he will also bring the other three. The environment of the island is nice, and walking out and breathing fresh air is good for both the body and the mind.
The other three people didn't have any complaints, and even took some videos of Jibang shooting and sent them to Tang Miao, and then there was a heated discussion in the group.
However, in just three days, even though we didn't meet in person, our relationship seemed to have become closer through that group.
This kind of shooting continued until the day of the music festival.
On the day of the music festival, Jibang went out with a few people in the morning, but after returning at noon, he did not go out again in the afternoon.
There was a music festival performance in the evening, so a few people had a short meeting, and then went back to their rooms to rest. In the evening, the organizers of the music festival came to pick them up, and the four of them got in the car and went to the beach where the music festival was to be held.
There are already quite a few people on the beach.
The beach in Haicheng is a tourist attraction in Haicheng, and the scenery is very nice. In addition, the overall temperature in Haicheng is lower than that in other cities, so even if you come here in the afternoon, you won’t feel hot. So as early as two or three o’clock in the afternoon, music fans arrived one after another.
Now they are dotted all over the beach.
In addition to the fans, the stage for the music festival tonight has also been set up. It is still a solid black steel frame, three huge LED screens, expensive sound equipment, and dazzling lighting equipment. The sun has not yet set, and the restless atmosphere of the music festival has already begun.
The fans of the festival arrived early, and the bands also arrived not too late. At 6pm, the bands arrived one after another under the escort of the organizers.
With the entrance of each band, there were cheers from the fans, and the cheers reached their peak when they whizzed past.
"The sky is about to break apart."
A few people went backstage, and the members of the Cats who had already arrived laughed and joked about this. After they finished joking, Qi Yuan said, "That's right, we are still very popular."
"Compared to our entrance, it sounded like a cat's meow," Lizhen said.
When Ziermao entered the venue just now, only a few people knew him. Ziermao's band style is too niche, so there are not many fans, but they are very loyal. In fact, these fans are enough for Ziermao to maintain basic performances and band maintenance.
"You are the kittens, and the fans must be cats too."
After Li Zhen said this, Qi Yuan beside her said this with a smile.
After a few people entered the backstage, they took their instruments and tuned them. For the drummer, basically all they had to do was hold the drumsticks. Ji Bang didn't bring drumsticks, but instead brought a cell phone, taking photos. Li Zhen saw him taking photos and smiled.
"To your fifth person?"
Unlike the band Howling, the Cats and the Whistling Passing did not have a live performance, so they had just arrived on the island today. After arriving on the island, a few people had a meal with the people from Howling Passing. The meal was at a seafood restaurant by the sea. Ji Bang did not miss it either, and took photos of everything for Tang Miao, and also commented on the taste of the restaurant.
It was also at that time that Li Zhen heard Qi Yuan complaining that Ji Bang had gone to the island and filmed a documentary for Tang Miao.
Regarding Tang Miao, Li Zhen had asked a few people who had passed by when she was in Pucheng before, and knew that she was He Xiao's female neighbor and also had a group with them.
At that time, I just thought that our relationship was slightly closer than just casual acquaintances, but now it seems that Ji Bang really regards Tang Miao as a member of the band.
After hearing what Li Zhen said, Ji Bang, who was filming, said, "Yes."
After he finished speaking, Ji Bang said, "You spoke suddenly just now, and your voice was recorded."
"What? Is my voice too shameful to be seen by others?" Li Zhen said with a smile.
"No, I just want to tell you." Jibang said with a smile.
After listening to Jibang's words, Lizhen also smiled and said nothing more. After talking with Jibang, Lizhen also looked at He Xiao who was standing beside him. He Xiao was not adjusting his keyboard, but was swiping his phone, not knowing what he was looking at.
Li Zhen looked at He Xiao for a while and called him.
"He Xiao."
He Xiao heard her voice and looked up at her.
"Should we do a crossover show?" Lizhen said.
The so-called crossover performance is that members of two bands lend their own bands to perform in each other's band. In fact, this kind of performance is quite common, a bit like improvisation.
This was something that Kitty Cat and Howling Pass often did in the past, and the results were pretty good.
After Li Zhen said this, He Xiao nodded.
"Can."
After He Xiao agreed, Li Zhen smiled at him and said, "Then let's sing..."
So it was decided, and the two bands got together and began to discuss the songs for the crossover performance.
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The performances of Whizz By and Cats Are Made for the Cat were in the same time slot, almost in the middle of the festival.
After the performance of the Cub Cats, the next performance was "Whispering Past". The crossover performance of the two bands started with the last song of the Cub Cats performance and ended with the first song of the "Whispering Past".
Although it was a crossover performance, it was not a full-length crossover, but just a single song. And that single song was enough to stir up the atmosphere of the entire music festival.
The style of the band is classical, with the melodiousness of classical music and a sense of weirdness. Li Zhen's voice is sweet when she speaks, but when she sings, it is as cold as an ice knife.
The songs of their band have large areas of blank space and Li Zhen's a cappella singing. This weird performance technique reveals a Gothic sense of weirdness, and at the same time it seems very high-end.
But compared to the popular pop music, the noisy heavy metal rock, or the emotional folk music, this style is really unacceptable to most people.
So the band of Ziermao seems a little less popular.
Like Howling Passing, the band Ziermao has been established for six years. Although it is not popular, it has attracted some fans. Especially Li Zhen, her performance is weird but also has a different kind of attraction. Their fans just like this dark feeling.
When Li Zhen was performing, her voice sounded like a mermaid with a fish tail hooked on the beach. Her appearance was naturally that kind of aggressive beauty, and when her singing came out, combined with the deep sea behind the beach, it had a unique flavor.
Even people who don't like their band's style can always be attracted by her in this atmosphere.
She is like a mermaid luring people to the deep sea, slowly, mournfully, enchantingly and charmingly, making people deeply immersed in her singing.
This seductively deep performance reaches its climax with the whistling addition of the last song.
The four members of Howling Passing participated in the crossover performance with the Cat and the Cat. He Xiao played the keyboard, Qi Yuan played the guitar, Lin Ye played the bass, and Ji Bang played the drums.
The four people came on stage early. The fans thought that it was the end of the performance of Ziermao and cheered for them. But unexpectedly, the lead singer of Ziermao, Li Zhen, did not leave the stage. She stood there, waiting for the four people to come on stage. After the four people came on stage, Li Zhen stood next to He Xiao's keyboard and smiled at him with a sidelong glance.
Her makeup is a little different from her usual style, a little more exaggerated and gorgeous than usual. Although the makeup is exaggerated and gorgeous, her beautiful facial features show off the makeup perfectly.
She stood beside He Xiao, her figure slender and soft, her eyes filled with light as she looked at He Xiao.
She smiled at He Xiao, like a mermaid tempting humans, or like a mermaid being attracted by humans. When she smiled, He Xiao also looked at her, and then He Xiao retracted his gaze, his fingers fell on the black and white keyboard, the music sounded, and Li Zhen also joined in this musical feast.
Their performance was very successful.
Cross-performance is to combine two bands together. Different band styles are not so easy to combine, but if the combination is good, the advantages of both bands can be shown, and at the same time, something different can be discovered in the collision of the two bands' styles.
This collision is like the impact point of a story, where a strong conflict and turning point occurs. It is fascinating and makes people look forward to the following. While enjoying the audio-visual feast in front of them, music fans are also excited about the next development.
The festival culminated with a crossover performance by Kittens and Whizzing By.
Although "Cat" is not very popular, but with the influence of "Howling Past" and the shock brought to music fans by this performance, it seems that they have also entered everyone's field of vision.
The fans cheered and applauded the performance, while also focusing on the lead singer of Ziermao.
"The lead singer of Cub Cat is really beautiful."
"She has a nice voice, too."
"Who on earth is she? She can even have four people whizzing by to accompany her."
"The other three are fine, but He Xiao actually accompanied her. It seems that He Xiao has never accompanied other bands before. He is the lead singer of Howling Past."
"Is there any relationship between the lead singer of that cat cub and He Xiao?"
"What's the relationship?"
"Haha, what else could it be, a man-woman relationship!"
The fans were immersed in the performance, and while immersed in it, they were also talking loudly. The conversation was full of love for the performance and gossip about the two bands.
This kind of conversation continued until the cross-performance between Kittens and Howling Passing ended.
During the crossover performance with Ziermao, the four members of Howling Past accompanied Li Zhen. After Howling Past's performance, Li Zhen held the guitar and accompanied Howling Past.
In the song that whistled by, she seemed to have completely changed her style, jumping around on the stage, fresh and cheerful. Not only that, she even sang harmony for He Xiao.
When Li Zhen was backing up with He Xiao, she used her normal voice. The woman's voice was sweet and magnetic, with the clear and melodious pronunciation of a female anchor, and mixed with He Xiao's voice, it was another kind of electric shock.
This feeling made the fans extremely excited. Even after Li Zhen and Howl Pass finished their songs, the fans were still shouting "Encore" in the audience.
However, an encore was not possible. After the song was finished, Li Zhen played the guitar towards the audience. The sound of the guitar spread through the microphone. Li Zhen smiled, and there was a bright light in her eyes.
Afterwards, she high-fived He Xiao next to her and walked off the stage.
After Li Zhen left the stage, Qi Yuan came up with a guitar. On the stage, three large screens showed the Whistling Passing logo. The performance of Whistling Passing officially began and the fans in the audience fell into a sea of joy again.
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The whizzing performances were almost nothing to worry about.
Whether they are arranged at the opening, in the middle, or at the end, their performance can always bring the effect that the band wants to bring to the entire music festival.
The four-member band’s performance was wild and passionate, which made the entire festival go crazy. In this exciting atmosphere, the next heavy metal band came on stage after the first one left the stage, and the atmosphere was perfectly connected.
After the performance, even at the beach, several people were still sweating. But fortunately, there were no sprinklers at the beach, so they didn't feel so uncomfortable.
Although they were sweating, the four of them were still full of energy and strength, it was just that their blood was heated up by the performance just now. After the performance, the four of them ran and jumped off the stage.
As soon as the four people arrived backstage, Li Zhen, who had already put away her guitar and was playing with her phone, looked up at them and smiled at them.
"Let's eat together." While Li Zhen was speaking, she stood up from the piano case and said something to the four people.
"As a thank you." Li Zhen said.
Li Zhen was thankful for the four people from Howling Past who accompanied her today. Ziermao is a niche band, while Howling Past is popular and very popular. When they perform crossover, fans of Howling Past will focus on her, and then on Ziermao, which is actually a kind of publicity.
After Li Zhen finished speaking, Qi Yuan took down his guitar and said with a smile, "You are being a little distant."
Qi Yuan naturally understood what Li Zhen wanted to express. However, they were both bands that debuted in the same year, and they had supported each other since they were small bands. They had always had a good relationship, so it would be awkward to express gratitude.
Even though they knew that it was polite for Li Zhen to say that, they also knew that Li Zhen and the others were truly grateful.
After Qi Yuan finished speaking, Ji Bang asked, "Where are we going to eat? The seafood restaurant for lunch?"
"Isn't it enough that you've eaten it once?" Li Zhen looked at him and said with a smile.
"It's delicious." Jibang shrugged.
"The restaurant has been booked. It's the bar where you performed a few days ago. Their private dishes are pretty good. It's on the second floor. After dinner, we can go to the first floor for a drink." Li Zhen has already arranged everything.
"Okay." Li Zhen said, and Qi Yuan responded with a smile.
After he responded, Li Zhen smiled and glanced at He Xiao and Lin Ye beside him, and said, "Let's go."
After that, several people left the backstage together.
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In the front of the backstage, the band is still performing and the fans are still going crazy.
At the backstage, where the band left after the performance, some fans gathered. These fans usually come here after their favorite bands have finished their performances. When the bands leave the backstage, they can ask for autographs or take photos with the bands' musicians.
Generally speaking, there aren't that many fans here, and those who give up watching the show in the front and want to meet and take photos with the band are mostly die-hard fans of the band. The band members generally won't refuse their requests.
As soon as the few people who whizzed past came out, they were surrounded by a group of music fans.
The fans who gathered around had things in their hands and asked several musicians to sign them. Some even saw Li Zhen who was with them and stuffed a pen and paper into her hand.
Because Li Zhen was with them, she was also pushed to the middle position by the fans. After a while, she was pushed next to He Xiao.
When He Xiao was squeezed to the middle by the fans, he stood still in his original position, lowered his head to take their paper and pen, and signed for them.
Li Zhen came over and their bodies bumped into each other. Li Zhen smiled and said to the fans who were crowding over, "Don't push, don't push, you're all squeezed together."
As she said this, He Xiao also noticed that she was squeezed next to him. Compared with the four of them, Li Zhen was much smaller and it was indeed a bit uncomfortable to be squeezed.
He Xiao glanced at her, raised his arms and spread them around her. After giving her some space, He Xiao brushed past her and moved her between him and Qi Yuan.
After He Xiao did this, Qi Yuan also noticed his actions. After Li Zhen came between him and He Xiao, he automatically used his body to create some space so that Li Zhen would not be crowded.
Surrounded by the space created by two people, Li Zhen seemed to be in a safe area. She stood there steadily, said thank you to Qi Yuan, then turned around and looked at He Xiao with a smile.
Originally, He Xiao's previous action was also done casually. He changed his position very quickly and his movements were subtle, so much so that even the fans who asked for their autographs did not notice it.
After Li Zhen said thank you to Qi Yuan, she wanted to say something to He Xiao as well. But when she looked at He Xiao, she found that He Xiao, who had been signing with his head down, had raised his eyes and was looking at a place not far away.
Seeing He Xiao's gaze, Li Zhen subconsciously raised his head and looked in the direction he was looking.
In the direction He Xiao looked, a woman in plain clothes and a low ponytail stood there. She was not standing far away, but because she was afraid of being squeezed, she stood in the outer circle where the fans were whizzing by.
Even though she was in the outer circle where fans gathered, there were so many of them that she seemed a little far away from the whizzing by. And because there were so many people, it was not easy to be discovered.
Tang Miao originally thought that she would have to wait until they finished signing before she could go over to greet them. Unexpectedly, when He Xiao was signing, he swapped seats with Li Zhen in the middle. While switching seats, he raised his head and saw her standing in the outer circle.
The two people's eyes met across the noisy crowd of fans.
There were sounds of music, talking, and the sea breeze blowing against the moon. Tang Miao stood in a quiet corner, looking at him with dark, bright eyes.
As he looked over, Tang Miao lowered his eyes and smiled faintly at him.
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