Five years ago, this rock band decided to sing for the village. Starting from the city, they went into the fields, ancient villages and alleys, sang for the peasants, wrote songs for the villages, and called this the "Village Song Project".
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When the end of the year came, many people carried an acoustic guitar on their backs and went to the Northeast, where he was invited to participate in a New Year's Eve party held in Shenyang Laobei City. This young man from the south, in the twenty-fourth year of becoming a north-drifter, wrote, "The geese fly south, and I go to the north farther north." ”
Many are the lead singers and guitarists of the barn band, which sang for the migrant workers for twenty years under the name of the New Workers Band, and they became famous and walked through the ** era of rock and roll.
And five years ago, this rock band decided to sing for the village. Starting from the city, they went into the fields, ancient villages and alleys, sang for the peasants, wrote songs for the villages, and called this the "Village Song Project". Many said that the band wanted to compose village songs for 100 villages, and that the project was now halfway through.
Barn frontman and guitarist – many. Photo courtesy of the interviewee.
From the city to the village.
The launch of the village song project was not a brain fever.
In 2017, many of them and their bandmates drove two cars on a tour of rural areas across the country, and the farthest time they sang all the way from Beijing to Guangxi. "It's time for society to develop and need the city to feed back to the countryside, and we see more and more people choosing to return to or go to the countryside. That's why the barn band chose to leave the city, they were like children, they were crazy to absorb everything about the countryside, and they could walk through more than 20 villages in a month.
Many and barn band members. Photo courtesy of the interviewee.
Many people get their creative passion from this "country tour". "I saw the vibrancy of the village, the desire to be seen by the outside world, and the strong spiritual needs of the villagers," he said. "Just like the workers in the city during the wave of migrant work, the villagers also want to express themselves and yearn for an outlet of the spirit.
We basically sing the band's original tracks, and then some folk songs, ballads. Many played the guitar and hummed softly on the simple stage built by the village, and the villagers in the audience shook their bodies with **, many said, "The villagers also have a feeling for **, even the older generation who are illiterate, they can also respond because of the size of the voice, which is the appeal of **." ”
So, the barn band decided to sing for the village. In 2018, the village song project was officially launched, and many of the promoters and other members of the band went to the village to investigate, and they turned their attention to the village. In the past five years, the Barn Band has researched nearly 100 villages, and so far, it has composed and composed village songs for more than 50 villages.
In 2022, the Barn Band officially changed its name, and many say that it means to produce organic food for the countryside for thought. In addition to the lead singer and guitarist, there are also lead singer Sun Heng, drummer Jiang Guoliang, bassist Allen, guitarist Xue Qinshuai, and saxophone player Kang Yan. Many say, "When we get together, we use ** as an expression." ”
The band members are not always together, they have their own division of labor. For example, when Sun Heng went to the mountains and went to the countryside, many of them ran several more commercial performances to earn some activity funds. Eight years ago, many of the members moved to Pinggu District and established Tongxin ** Commune, and the farm in front of the courtyard was planted with peach trees as a place for the band's daily activities.
The barn band founded Tongxin** Commune in Pinggu and held singing activities. Photo courtesy of the interviewee.
Every spring, the peach blossoms bloom all over, the petals flutter in the sound of **, and a pink rain moistens the heart of the wandering wanderer. Many say that they like the change of seasons, the vigor of spring, the heat of summer, the bleakness of autumn, and the tranquility of winter. Time flies in reincarnation, and this group of stunned young people in their early twenties who sang the vernacular of rebellion against reality have reached the age of not being confused in a blink of an eye.
But expressing this matter with ** is the same. In the past, they sang for the workers, sang about the boredom of the factory assembly line, and sang about the lack of spirit behind the rapid development of materials, but now, they turned their eyes to the countryside, sang about the beauty of the village, and sang about the desire of the village.
Everywhere is my hometown.
Get out of the city and find the homeland. ”
These are many words written in the song "My Hometown", these years, he went all the way to the north, towards the original intention in his heart, and the young man stubbornly walked for many years, when he turned his head to look back, but asked where is his hometown?Many of the responses were, "When I walked into the countryside, I realized that it was my hometown." ”
Many performed at the village song premiere concert in Lijia Village. Photo courtesy of the interviewee.
Every village is different, but there are similarities. "To return to the countryside is to restore the naturalness of man. "At this point in society, people have come from the wilderness, divided the city, built high-rise buildings, and left the city to yearn for nature. Many said: "I see more and more young people returning to the villages, becoming village officials, opening cooperatives, they are based in the villages, they build the villages, and the villages give back to nature, which is a two-way offering." ”
Many of their hometowns are in Haining City, Zhejiang Province, where poet Xu Zhimo and writer Jin Yong were born. It may be the touch of a certain time in the former residence of the predecessors, or the subtle influence of the land nourished by literature and art on the descendants who live here, many people feel that they should be born to be a poet. In fact, many have also become such people, saying, "Life itself is a poem, and ** is also a part of poetry." ”
Many (third from left) compose village songs collectively with villagers in Lijia Village. Photo courtesy of the interviewee.
In the first half of this year, many received invitations from their hometown of Haining to compose village songs for one of the villages, Lijia Village. Back in his familiar hometown, the humid air of the south soaked many of the nasal cavities that had adapted to the dry climate, and a wave of excitement was injected into the chest cavity along with oxygen. "When I returned to my hometown, I was a little nervous, and I could feel my heart beating in my chest. With an acoustic guitar on their backs, many of them began their research work in Lijia Village.
Under the familiar local accent, many villages have been well investigated. Since the nineties of the last century, Lijia Village has embarked on the road of industrial development, and almost every household in the village is involved in textile operations. ”
The Barn Band's village research record. Photo courtesy of the interviewee.
The loom is constantly busy, and the shuttle weaves a happy road. From the stories from the villagers, many of them created this song "I Came from Lijiahe". In the early summer of this year, at this village singer's copying meeting, many songs were sung softly and melodiously composed, pulling people into the unique charm of the southern village, and the aftertaste was endless.
Let the villagers sing unique stories.
Many say that no one else would compose a village song like they did.
In the process of creation, we are involved as collaborators, and the core and soul of the song come from the villagers and the village itself, and the villagers are the main body of the creation of the village song. "In the past five years, the barn band has traveled to Chongqing, Guizhou, Guangxi, Fujian, Inner Mongolia and other places, communicating with villagers, using musical notes instead of years to compose songs.
This is a collective creation. The steps of the barn band are as follows: resident observation, brainstorming, recording. Many say, "Every creation is a production, touching each other's fiery and true hearts." "However, it is not the one who can open his heart to the visitor as soon as he comes up. In terms of communication with the villagers, the barn band spent a lot of time and used a lot of methods.
At first, some of the villagers were reluctant to talk to us, let alone what to say. "Many ways are to surrender his absolute sincerity, he goes to the villagers' homes as guests, goes to the fields with the villagers, drinks in the middle of the night, and there is always a moment when the story will turn into the wind and moisten the hearts of the visitors.
Many people like to communicate with the villagers, or the acoustic guitar, sweep the strings, the notes will pop out one by one, and the song will stay with the local sound. In the village song composed by the barn band, there are scenery and experiences. In the old Miaowan village of Ordos, they sang "The Great Beauty of the Old Miaowan", in the village of Qiantou in Fujian, they sang "It is good to go up the mountain to pick flowers", and in the village of Waipula in Yunnan, they sang "Fire Bonoma Left Foot Dance, Singing".
Song is a language in its advanced form. The Barn Band wrote in "The Song of Ma Hai": "The mountain road bends and the birds chirp, and the song is heard when you go up the stream." This is the first village song composed by the barn band for Mahai Village, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a village with an elderly population, a poetry association that houses the souls and life wisdom of the elderly. "The old people want to incorporate poetry into their songs, but in the process, we also observe that different groups of people will have different needs for expression. ”
Many say that in some villages, the phenomenon of male superiority and female inferiority still exists. At the discussion of the collective creation of the villagers in Mahai Village, the voices of the men are often louder than the women, and the band members are more like moderators, encouraging women to express themselves more, and also using voting to make decisions in the final content trade-offs.
Village songs should give people a sense of belonging, express the thoughts of the protagonist, and link the land under their feet. "The relationship between the barn band and the village does not end with the creation of the village song. In the process of going to the countryside, many people have met a lot of people, including college students, village officials, young people who have returned to the village to start a business, and village party secretaries who are over 60 years old and still try new things and pursue new development. For example, in Siping Village, Fujian Province, the creation of village songs by the Barn Band reawakened the village's memory of local opera, and then some young people established a local opera workshop in the village, awakening the culture of local characteristics and rejuvenating it.
Of course, recording and telling are only the most basic functions of village songs, and many say that these songs are first sung to the villagers, and then sung to everyone. "I believe that more and more young people or investors will pay attention to the countryside and the culture here, and go into the countryside to contribute to the development of the countryside. ”
Rock 'n' roll is about constantly creating and staying the course.
Many were former rock 'n' roll youths. Shaved and long-haired, he, like all rock 'n' roll youth, externalized his dissatisfaction with reality and rebellion into his image. Now, he has medium-length hair with dark and slightly curly hair, which looks fluffy and uninhibited. This is the look he has stayed for the longest and is also the most satisfying. Sometimes, many also use bandanas with bright colors and intricate patterns for styling, "I sometimes wear a hat to protect my little hair. ”
In 1999, many people came to Beijing and became a member of the North Drift, where he met Sun Heng, Xiao Wu and others, many of whom said: "People in difficult situations need more strong spiritual satisfaction." So they sang for the workers in factories and on construction sites. In the days of writing and singing in Pi Village, many of them seem like dreams in retrospect, although in several interviews, he inevitably had to reminisce and sort out, and when everyone thought he had turned the page, he reread it in his dreams.
Many people will ask me, why are you softer now, are you compromised with life. Many laughed and told the questions that their friends asked them, and he said that now that he is old enough to be confused, he can try to answer them. "We are just taking a road that is closer to reality, we still embrace the ideal, but we also face the reality. ”
Constructing in deconstruction, many ways of observing the world are unchanging. In the era of "part-time literature", many people and band members adapted poems written by workers and composed songs. They deconstruct the people in the factory and present the image of the unseen migrant workers in a vivid manner. And now, the process of urbanization has made people look more to the countryside, so the barn band has emerged in a new way, they are helping the countryside to construct the subject, and at the same time they are building and enriching themselves.
Many say that creation is a process that makes the mind shine. "Going to the countryside to collect and learn is a kind of nourishment in itself. "There are many people in their forties who are still very rock 'n' roll, and he likes to communicate with young people, and learn something that touches the soul from the way young people socialize. "I've found that there are a lot of young people who like to go to the tavern to sit and chat and party, but in this process, the alcohol is the least important. ”
I'm still creating, and I'm expressing myself through **, which doesn't change. Many admit that they have softened their eyes on the world, and he says that time has given him more wisdom to think about the changes in the world and to generate new understandings. At the beginning of this year, the barn released a new song "Hey!".The world", many sang: "We have nowhere to run but to die and love this sea of people." ”
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