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The decline of the Chinese music scene is already a cliché, except for Jay Chou, who is mentioned every time, mainland musicians Wang Feng and Dao Lang are the models of "although there is no figure in the jianghu, but there have always been their legends". Wang Feng is every time he releases a new album (or new song), the result is that there are bound to be big things in the Chinese entertainment industry. Dao Lang is more like a true legend, obviously not in the Chinese music scene but often see netizens miss him.
Wang Feng, the senior of Ying and Yang Kun? Dao Lang's song is "low-level"
As long as Wang Feng and Dao Lang are talked about, it is naturally inseparable from the public criticism of Dao Lang by Na Ying, led by Wang Feng, and others such as Yang Kun. This old story has the opportunity to write again, here is still to analyze the new specialty of Dao Lang and Wang Feng. In fact, not only Wang Feng and Dao Lang, but also Na Ying and Yang Kun, most mainstream pop musicians are ultimately the same, usually there are several standards.
One is a recognizable voice (singing skills are not strictly required), the other is to find a suitable or representative of their own musical style (singer-songwriters who can create their own songs and singers invited by music companies), and finally through packaging to form a hot song, of course, the key is to let the audience really like.
Pop musicians all over the world are like this, an album becomes famous, three albums or so position is stable, if there can be more than five albums, the song can always maintain a high level, each album has several popular songs musicians, even if not in the music world, is also a representative of the music style of the music world.
Musicians want to improve their status in the music world, basically have a comprehensive breakthrough in this musical style; either there is a pioneering breakthrough in singing, or a pioneering breakthrough in creation, and finally he creates and leads this musical style, and then you are the so-called rock godfather, folk godfather, R&B godfather and so on.
I think that Wang Feng and Dao Lang have not reached the level of godfather in the Chinese music scene, but they have achieved the degree that their respective musical styles are benchmarks in the Chinese music scene, with distinct styles, high popularity and popularity, and good influence, and the audience will know that they sing them when they hear this kind of song.
This Na Ying is a pop love song diva, and Yang Kun is a pop love song creator who knows some creation. If you don't talk about the entanglement of the interests of the music company behind them, their overall status is much worse than that of Wang Feng and Daolang.
While scolding you Jiang Lang is exhausted, while scolding you for not breaking through? Will Jay Chou's new specialty be scolded
In fact, whether it was Dao Lang or Not, Wang Feng and Na Ying. Their peak period is around 2000 to 2010 or so in the decade (creative career and album peak career), and then only the status has arrived, with network resources in the Chinese music industry to make money, occasionally out of the song.
Na Ying, Wang Feng and Yang Kun were all like this, and Dao Lang retired early.
In 2022, they have already passed the peak of their creative careers, Wang Feng, Daolang have released new albums in the past two years, but ordinary audiences know less. But I personally happen to focus on the music scene, and both of my new albums have been heard.
What these musicians are most worried about is that not musicians but artistic creation will face a problem. That is, as we grow older, it is difficult to break through after the creation reaches its peak. Artistic creation really has a peak period, and a musician can have a peak period of about ten years.
You see as strong as Jay Chou's peak period is only about ten years, he is already a unique singer-songwriter in the Chinese music scene.
This breakthrough faces two problems, one is that if you continue to walk the set that you are good at, it is difficult for you to write the golden songs of the peak period, it is difficult to listen to the same, and the audience will scold you for not having Jiang Lang to exhaust; if you abandon the style you are good at and take a breakthrough in different styles (you can also get closer).
A musician may be good at these two styles, and the voice and singing method have long been fixed. This means that you must not only make a comprehensive breakthrough in creation, but also write a work that does not lose the peak period, and most importantly, it must be good, and even the singing method must have a certain change; the audience feels very powerful and likes the new song, and then thinks that your previous music will not be scolded as a tune.
Most musicians are after their peak period, facing challenges and new styles in the new era, and they cannot fully break through the state of being good at musical styles. A common phenomenon is that the music style of the new album does not change, and the audience scolds you for jiang lang to the end; the new album style has some breakthroughs but is not complete, and the audience will scold you for not having that taste.
This kind of musician who can make a breakthrough through the peak period is, as far as I know, there are very few in the world. Of course, with Jay Chou's current status in the Chinese music scene, his new album is just playing with no breakthrough, and Chinese audiences have also blown up his new specialty because of their feelings.
The same is the new album, put Wang Feng and Dao Lang together, the gap will come out
In the past two years, the new albums of Dao Lang and Wang Fengfa have been like this, but the music style of Dao Lang's two new albums has made a comprehensive breakthrough, and the music level has gone up to a higher level, but except for a few songs, these breakthrough songs seem to be somewhat niche, and the degree of singing is not too high.
In the past two years, Dao Lang has released two albums, "Playing Words" and "Everyone in the World".
Dao Lang's recognizable voice singing method in "Bullet Words" cannot be changed, this is too distinct. The biggest change lies in the musical style, arrangement and instrumental music collocation, if Daolang's previous songs were rough folk songs in northwest Xinjiang, combined with Daolang's vicissitudes of voice singing lyrical pop.
This album is more like the Northwest Hanzi Daolang coming to a modern Jiangnan town and singing local Chinese folk songs. The arrangement of the song, the instrumental collocation and processing are more exquisite and more standard, and there is a great breakthrough compared with before, and a large number of traditional instrument arrangements are skilled.
The evaluation is that the songs are of a level, but in terms of good sound, they are worse than the same Chinese songs.
This led to the fact that the whole album of "Bullet Words" was not very good, if you say that the circle degree is in addition to the best "Guazhou Ferry" (I like "Soul Umbrella" and "Cardamom Box"), the best song is "Zhizhen", and this song is the most similar to Daolang's previous songs.
Another album "Everyone in the World" has a bigger breakthrough, and the previous album "Playing Words" is different (of course, the singing method is still similar), the first "Everyone in the World" at first glance sounds similar in style, but uses the popular electric sound, and there is a kind of Xu Wei Buddha's sense of life, the song is very good.
The second song "My Constellation" is similar to the previous style, more refined but not as good as before, and the third song "Towards the Sea" and "South Gate" are also similar, but the rough winds of the past.
The fourth song "Qitai Thirty Miles" and "Wind Towards the West" should be relatively complicated in the arrangement of the entire album, and the other songs are not evaluated one by one.
Overall, Daolang's two new albums have indeed made a comprehensive breakthrough in the past style, but retained their personal musical style, and there are several good features. Of course, strictly speaking, Dao Lang may have to express emotions, so most of the songs are not so good, but the overall musical level has definitely risen a step.
Wang Feng's new album is only "2020", first of all, the voice and singing method are fixed like Daolang, at most it is still in the style, arrangement and instrumental music collocation for the breakthrough of musical style, or in the past good at the style of music to join the new era of arrangement, express the creator's current views.
Among them, "The Weeds of the Past" and "When You Come to My Heart Again when Lonely" are still good, but they sound quite like the previous "When I Think of You" and "Change". "Nothing Is So Bad", "Second-Hand Soul", "From Cold Film to Banknote" belong to Synth Pop, and the lyrics and songs all continue the style that Wang Feng was good at before.
The biggest breakthroughs in this album song are "Broken" and "Just Like This", "Broken" has some funks, and "Just Like This" is relatively lyrical. But not only is it not pleasant enough, ordinary listeners at first glance listen to the previous work is too strong, like the chorus part of "Broken" is like "swing together, swing together"——
In addition, "Dirty Song" sounds like the previous "Youth" and is another tune. "The Weeds of the Past" is also the flavor of "Good Night Beijing" and "Beijing Beijing", and several other songs more or less have this problem.
We can't say that Wang Feng's new album is not good, his style has a breakthrough and continues the style he was good at before, the key is that for listeners, at first glance, there is not much difference between the previous style and the previous style, and it is not much better in comparison. Most people can't tell the difference between good and bad arrangements, pleasant melodies, simple rhythms and pleasant singing are king.
That Ying has no new songs, Wang Feng's new album lost? I finally understood where Dao Lang was powerful
I feel that Wang Feng's new album has a kind of richer and more refined, but there is no way to make a comprehensive breakthrough in creation and cannot abandon the entanglement of good style. Although the new album "2020" is good and out of the circle, but you talk about the arrangement, production, style, these song standards are still excellent.
This can best reflect Wang Feng in the new era want to break through, but can not adapt to the two singles, if "Lucky" is a more well-made mediocre, the rap "Nobody Cares" with GAI and Zhang Yixing, simply reflects an old musician's attempt to conquer the audience with a new era of music style.
This song can be listened to, Wang Feng's rap embarrassment is really maddening.
Dao Lang's new album is not more than a circle, but he is breaking through and maintaining his own style at the same time, there are songs that are different and good, at least several capitals, this is where Dao Lang is stronger than Wang Feng, similar singer-songwriters and Xu Song's 2021 album "Breathing Wild".
Finally, although Wang Feng's new album is not enough to break through the song, it is not out of the circle, but people are still trying to find a breakthrough in the new era, and what about Na Ying and Yang Kun who criticized Daolang? Na Ying became the boss behind the scenes and made a lot of money, singing only two commercial songs without any pursuit. Yang Kun frequently variety shows to make money, or live diss this singing ability is not good, that creation is not music.
We will not mention the past things, the current Na Ying and Yang Kun should come out to apologize to the current Daolang, at least in the current music creation is absolutely so.