In the history of the Chinese music scene, the 9 years from 2004 to 2012 can be regarded as the "era of Daolang", and his songs have been sung in the north and south of the river. After "The First Snow of 2002", there are also popular works such as "Impulsive Punishment", "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", "Thank You", "Western Love Song" and so on.
In 2004, Dao Lang's album "The First Snow of 2002" came out, and this song can be heard in KTV, wet markets, taxis, barbershops... When this album was released, there was almost no publicity, and it was so hot and hot. At the height of his popularity, no one had even seen his true face.
In the end, the album sold 2.7 million genuine copies and more than 10 million pirated copies, which was higher than the sales of Jay Chou's album "Qilixiang" in the same period.
That year, Dao Lang was 33 years old.
In that era, the popular CRBT, in addition to the album, Daolang Music's CRBT download revenue reached 30 million.
In July 2005, at the 7th Music Festival Awards Ceremony held in Beijing, China Mobile announced the ranking of the number of RINGT purchases, and Daolang won the "Best CRBT Singer Award" with an overwhelming advantage.
One
Although Dao lang's songs are sought after by the broad masses of the people, Dao Lang is a voice that is despised by professional singers in the mainland music scene and is belittled by most of his peers. Na Ying, Wang Feng, Yang Kun, Xiao Ke, Luo Zhongxu, Lu Zhongqiang, Hao Fang, and Gao Xiaosong said that Dao Lang's music was not of the highest grade.
1. Na Ying
In 2010, the 6th year of Daolang's official debut, when daolang was selected as a "ten-year influential singer in the music industry" in the "Top Ten Festivals of the Music Chart", Daolang was selected as the first with his lyric sales.
At that time, the chairman of the jury was Na Ying, and in the discussion, Na Ying opposed Dao Lang's nomination. She believes that although Daolang's songs are selling well, in her opinion, Daolang's songs "do not have an aesthetic point of view" and "the works lack musicality".
In the end, Daolang was not shortlisted for the "Ten Years of Influential Singer in the Music World".
Later, it was reported that Na Ying 's songs in KTV are all peasants' songs" and "If Dao Lang goes to the Spring Festival Gala, I will smash the TV". These remarks not only hit Daolang, but also offended countless fans who loved Daolang. So much so that more than 10 years later, Na Ying is still scolded.
2. Wang Feng
Wang Feng believes that Daolang is a sad expression of Chinese pop culture, and a large part of the reason why everyone listens to such songs is because they listen to more delicate songs and want to listen to rough songs.
Wang Feng said that Daolang's music and lyrics are very general in both aspects.
"I've heard of Daolang's music, and from his music, lyrics ——— the two main trunks that make up the song, Daolang is very general. This is not criticism, it is fact.
The reason why Dao Lang is angry is because everyone has listened to too many too delicate songs, and when they listen to the rough ones, they will feel fresh. ... Dao lang's song is a sales model in which the countryside surrounds the city, and the huge number is the sadness of the music scene. ”
Wang Feng said that Daolang's success is media speculation:
"DaoLang's success is all due to the media, if there is no vicious speculation, he would not have the false prosperity he has today." Whether it is professionalism, creative strength, or the work itself, his songs are very ordinary, and they are very different from the classic works of Luo Dayou and Cui Jian.
At the premiere of "Ten Faces Ambush", the scene of Dao Lang being unpopular is the best proof. It is really sad that people praise him like this. ”
3. Yang Kun
Yang Kun is very dismissive of Daolang's music, saying that Daolang's music has set Back Chinese pop music by fifteen years, and that Daolang's music is not music at all:
"Can he call those things music?" Does he have music? Do you think he's also called music? ”
4. Xiao Ke
Producer and singer Xiao Ke said that the hype of Daolang is very strong, and the voice of Daolang is also everywhere on the street and in the restaurant, and it is impossible to hide.
"It's certainly not the way I love to hear."
5. Luo Zhongxu
Luo Zhongxu believes that Daolang's production level is low, but the voice conditions are very good, coupled with the fact that some people are more pleasing when choosing songs, which is popular with false rumors.
Luo Zhongxu believes that Daolang's hype method is the "pyramid scheme" model:
"He [Dao Lang] actually used another clever hype technique. His (Dao lang)'s songs are only suitable for the older nostalgic people, and this part of the people rarely pay attention to the traditional media reports, even if they do regular publicity effects may not be good.
Therefore, he (Daolang) chose to spread through entertainment venues such as nightclubs, which was more targeted and also satisfied the appetite of the media. This kind of propaganda method of his (Dao Lang) is somewhat similar to the 'pyramid scheme' model."
6. Lu Zhongqiang
Lu Zhongqiang, the producer of Warner Records, believes that Daolang's musical quality is very poor:
"I can't understand Daolang's song at all. I think the quality [of Dao Lang's music] is so poor that even the small samples made by our company will be better than his. In my opinion, Dao Lang's music is not very advanced. The music can't be so rough."
7. Hao Fang
Music critic Hao Fang expressed his dislike for Daolang's song:
"Physiologically annoying, give me a hundred thousand pieces and don't write this kind of song, weird tone." If you go to a restaurant and hear "The First Snow of 2002", either ask the boss to turn it off or not eat there. ”
8. Gao Xiaosong
Gao Xiaosong commented on Daolang, on the one hand, affirming the social value of Daolang:
"Daolang represents the flesh and blood of the working people, and the core of China's recording industry is the intellectuals who hold the right to speak, the practitioners belong to the scholars, excluding those who are not from the university, we try to guide the public with sophisticated production, and the success of Daolang just proves the failure of this leadership and the ridiculousness of society."
The core of the so-called record industry is quite domineering, we have held the right to speak for too long, but in fact, no one has sent us to control.
Dao Lang bypassed the old Chinese medicine doctor and went directly to see the patient. In a social sense, he can succeed without going through the so-called rigid system and directly by street chanting."
But Gao Xiaosong believes that Daolang's music is not new, and will throw Daolang's album into the trash.
"Daolang does not have new, sharp music, no poetry-like words, if it is Xiao Ke and Park Shu, I (Gao Xiaosong) have to do it with money myself." But his album I might just throw straight into the trash. Dao Lang is still far away from the poet. ”
Gao Xiaosong, who was a judge on a music talent show, said that if the contestants sang Daolang's songs, it would be difficult for him to pass.
"I'll ask him, why are you singing?" If the mind needs to be soothed, then the soul that sings such a song is like this, and I don't think he (the player who sings the daolang song) will be a good singer. I don't just look at the voice, the mind is the first. ”
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Although many "big guys" have attacked, belittled and denigrated Daolang, there are still supporters.
1. Song Ke
Song Ke, the founder of Taihe Maitian Records, is currently the chairman of Ali Music. In 2004, Song Ke was one of the collaborators of the Daolang brand, and he was mainly responsible for the business of Daolang Music in the network and mobile phone ringtone download.
Song Ke said that from the perspective of a businessman and an ordinary audience, Dao Lang's first voice caught him.
Song Ke believes that music is not noble, only good and bad, only the master and the craftsman, only the style. The Beatles are no more senior than the Madonna, and the Grammy Awards are not judged. If in terms of justice, billboard is more just, it is completely more than who sells more. As far as the three elements of popular music are concerned: lyrics, songs, and singing, Dao Lang is very good.
For the music circle to generally accuse Dao Lang of arranging the old-fashioned, only a guitar, Song Ke said:
"I (Song Ke) especially hate the way the arrangement is arranged, whether the genre is fresh or not as the criterion for judging music, and no one stipulates that the arrangement must be new. Beijing's music circle just likes to talk about concepts, but in fact, those concepts have long been unfashionable abroad. ”
2. Li Jian
In the mainland music scene, Li Jian made a positive evaluation of Daolang's songs, believing that Daolang's music is very "musical".
"Many people think that online songs and folk songs can't be on the table, but to some extent, popular music is also a kind of contemporary folk songs, and Daolang's works are very musical, with audiences and markets, which is the mainstream of contemporary music."
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Compared with the voice of ridicule in the Beijing circle, in the Hong Kong and Taiwan music circles, Daolang has been treated completely differently, and many Hong Kong and Taiwan music bigwigs have given Daolang positive praise and support.
1. Li Zongsheng
Li Zongsheng believes that Daolang's songs have a power that touches the soul of the listener:
"I (Li Zongsheng) have heard his (Daolang) songs, which are simple and straightforward, and have a power that touches the soul of the listener. If a singer wants to win, he must have his own characteristics, such as Daolang's nationality and pop, such as his unadorned personality voice, which I really like. This singer (Dao Lang) is very interesting, and it is challenging to compose an album for him."
2. Tan Yonglin
After Dao Lang became popular, he once signed a record company, and the company also has a superstar - Tan Yonglin. Principal Tan was very sympathetic to Daolang's music and flew to Xinjiang to ask Daolang to write songs for him. Because he couldn't wait, Tam Wing Lin also sang a Cover of Dao Lang's "The First Snow of 2002" into a Cantonese version, the song was called "The Farewell That Can't Be Told", and sang at the Olympic champion's performance in Hong Kong. "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" was written by Dao Lang for Tan Yonglin.
3. Luo Dayou
Luo Dayou gave Dao Lang a very positive evaluation, saying that he was "born to be a singer, and his voice is very unique."
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Although he had the support of some people, Daolang was powerless to resist in the face of criticism, he lost his confidence, he said: "When your musical dream is not recognized, suddenly someone tears down your dream, I think music is a dream, when someone tears it down, my whole confidence collapses." ”
The pressure of public opinion carried by the fame made Daolang, who has a lonely personality, choose to leave silently, driving alone and stepping into the sparsely populated western region. Run from northern Xinjiang to southern Xinjiang and meet friends with wine. Every time he would bring a tape recorder, he would also integrate into the life of the local herders, chatting with them and exchanging music.
On June 22, 2012, Dao Lang appeared in Chengdu and held the "Dao Lang Thank You 2012 National Tour". After this time, Dao Lang disappeared into the music scene again. It is also difficult to see Daolang's figure in Xinjiang. He went to Suzhou.
Five
The formation of Dao Lang's personality is related to his growth experience. Daolang, whose original name was Luo Lin, was born in 1971 in Zizhong County, Sichuan. The Lorraine family consists of 4 people, including an older brother who is 5 years older.
Both parents were actors in the prefectural cultural troupe, the father was in charge of lighting, and the mother was a dancer. From then on, Lorraine became inextricably linked to music.
When Dao Lang was 15 years old, his brother brought his girlfriend home. I once heard that this "sister-in-law" had a rich emotional experience, and Dao lang shouted at his brother: "Green hat! ”
The brother was furious, and the brothers mingled. Parents have always loved the youngest child in the family, and they have lost their brothers, who are angry and run away from home.
A week later, my brother on a motorcycle was hanged up by a van and crushed to death by a van. When Dao Lang wrapped his brother with a sheet, he found that his body was still soft. Dao Lang was stupid, and he didn't shed tears, he kept kneeling when guarding the spirit, and he couldn't leave.
After the death of his brother, the family was no longer closed. Because my mother said that when my brother left, he did not bring the key.
The unexpected death of his brother caused a huge blow to Daolang, who always felt guilty about his brother in his heart, and Daolang felt that he had killed his brother. After Daolang became famous, he also specially wrote a poem "Wandering Children of Life and Death" to commemorate his brother.
In 1988, when Dao Lang was 17 years old and was in high school, Dao Lang left a note for his family, writing:
"I'm gone, I'm going to pursue my musical dreams, and you all don't look for me."
Then he dropped out of school and ran away from home.
After leaving home, Daolang first worked in the dance hall in Neijiang, Sichuan, and then went to Chengdu, Chongqing, Xi'an and other places, and every time he went to a city, he would work in the concert hall to make a living.
Later, he returned to Uchie, and in 1989, Dao Lang came up with the idea of forming a band. They gave the band a very sharp name: Scalpel Band.
Writers use words to deconstruct the world, and they want to dissect society with music. Dao Lang served as a keyboardist in the band, and the lead singer was the later Bashu comedian Liao Jian.
In 1990, 19-year-old Dao Lang met Yang Na, a dancer of the Neijiang Song and Dance Troupe, at the Neijiang Song and Dance Hall, and the two fell in love.
Yang Na had a two-year marriage before she met Daolang. For the love between Dao lang and Yang Na, Dao Lang's parents did not agree, but at that time, Yang Na was pregnant, so she could only agree to this family affair.
In 1991, Yang Na gave birth to Daolang's first daughter, Luo Tian, nicknamed Basket Basket.
However, 40 days later, Dao Lang got up and found that Yang Na was missing, and the friends and relatives around him did not know the traces of Yang Na, and Dao Lang came to the song and dance troupe with the child in his arms, only to learn that Yang Na had left her job 20 days ago and did not know the trace.
A few weeks later, Yang Na called and told him not to look for her again, because "you can't give me the happiness I wanted" and there has been no trace since.
Dao Lang has a song Child, which is written this story, which reads:
I said child, you listen to me, that time you left I was really scared, I was in tears, you know...
At the same time, their band doesn't make any money at all. In order to survive, the band had to disband, and the members left to find a stable job. But Dao lang's love for music still did not change, he began to look around for a job, when asked why, he said a sentence that made the other party confused: "I want to make money to support music." ”
In 1991, Daolang handed over his daughter to his parents and left Sichuan to Hainan.
At that time, Hainan had just become a special economic zone, and there were many opportunities there. As a result, many able people went to find dreams and dig for gold, and 100,000 people went to Hainan, which became the most vivid portrayal of the fiery development of Hainan at that time.
In Hainan, Dao lang started his old business and worked as a keyboard player in a nightclub. There, he met a female host, and she was Zhu Mei, the wife who had been with Daolang to this day.
Zhu Mei is a native of Xinjiang, at the end of 1992, a Hainan art troupe went to Xinjiang to recruit actors, and Zhu Mei applied for an interview and was successfully admitted.
In this way, she came to Hainan.
Zhu Mei, who did not stay in the art troupe for a long time, resigned and joined a band as a host. During this band, they met Dao Lang and the two fell in love.
The appearance of Zhu Mei opened up a new world for Dao Lang. After the two fell in love, Zhu Mei liked to depict the customs and folk songs of Xinjiang with Daolang, and Daolang also had a strong interest in the world depicted by Zhu Mei.
In 1995, because Zhu Mei's mother was not in good health and needed someone to take care of her, Daolang returned to Xinjiang with Zhu Mei. In Xinjiang, Daolang could have made advertising music to live a better life, but he insisted on making original music, so his life was quite hard, and he and his wife and children were nestled in a room of less than 10 square meters, and the room was so small that only two beds were placed. Drink is 1 piece of 5 cents xinan daqu.
In 1999, Zhu Mei gave birth to a daughter for Daolang, and with the addition of the eldest daughter, Daolang was already the father of two children. Dao Lang's parents came to Xinjiang from their hometown in Sichuan to see him, but they only had a small room of 10 square meters and two beds, and they could hardly accommodate them. In the contradiction between ideal and reality, Daolang decided to solve the problem of survival first and find a way to make money.
In 2001, an album of pop and fashion music was released, and only more than 2,000 copies were sold, and Daolang suffered another setback. Daolang thought bitterly, and after that, he visited the library every day, went to the Gobi Desert, and went to the homes of the Uyghur people to collect style.
In 2003, Dao Lang's album "Silk Road Happy Soul" and "Western Love Song" sold well.
In 2004, the well-known "First Snow of 2002" turned out.
That solves the economic problem.
Six
When Dao Lang appeared in public view, he wore a duck-tongue hat all the time. In a variety show, the host directly asked the voice of the majority of fans why they have been wearing hats.
Dao Lang explained that what he hopes to see on the stage is the image of wearing a hat, if you take off the hat on the stage, then there is no difference between life and the stage, going to the market to buy vegetables will be recognized, and then it is not good to bargain with others.
Seven
Dao Lang was still engaged in music creation for several years in Jiangsu. Reading books in the morning, playing the piano in the afternoon, and riding a battery car through the alleys of Suzhou, listening to books and looking for ancient books.
"Disappeared" 7 years later in Suzhou, on September 28, 2020, Daolang quietly released his new album "Bullet Words book" that he spent 7 years carefully producing, which contained a total of 10 songs, lyrics, composition, arrangement, and production, all of which were responsible for Daolang.
Two months later, on November 20, 2020, the album "As I Smell" was released, which included a total of 12 songs.
After being belittled by the mainland music scene, in these two albums, Dao lang changed his musical style. The melody of the previous songs was simple, easy to sing, and anyone could hum a few words, so Daolang's songs were widely circulated at that time.
The current album uses a lot of Chinese instruments, has a strong opera atmosphere, and also makes the song melody become complex, and it is not easy to sing. Compared with the previous style, the audience will be much smaller, and it will become difficult to be as popular as before.
Perhaps, this change is purely for the sake of a struggle against being degraded more than 10 years ago.