Time will tell.
Li Jian University studied in Tsinghua University. After graduation, I joined the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and became a network engineer. However, all kinds of social activities in his work environment make him feel uncomfortable. At the invitation of Lu Gengxu, he quit his job and formed a band named Shui Mu Nianhua with Lu Gengxu, and started their music creation. Living with You is their first album. Once released, the album of the same name "I have you all my life" ranked among the top ten Chinese songs. In less than a year, Shui Mu Nianhua became the winner of the Newcomer Award in various awards. The sudden popularity made it too late for Li Jian to adapt to the big environment of the entertainment circle. He said: "I have always followed my heart. I don't want to suppress myself in music and dealing with people for commercial interests. I need freedom. " Because of their different views on music planning from Lu Gengxu, the two men dissolved.
In 2003, after solo flight, Li Jian released her first solo album "Time flies like water". All the lyrics were written by herself, and she started her own music creation. One of his specialties, Legend, ranks as the ninth humble song, and he was as unknown as this song in those years. It was not until 20 10 that Faye Wong sang "Legend" in the Spring Festival Evening that Li Jian began to be noticed by people. 20 1 1, four choruses with Fang Datong and Jam Hsiao in the Spring Festival Evening, 20 13, and "The Wind Blows Wheat Waves" with Queen Sun Li of Zhen Xuan. 20 13, the theme of Li Jian's speech is that time will tell. He said that music is a long-distance race. Since you have chosen, you must love it. Since you love it, you must persist. Thanks to his persistence, we can enjoy so many excellent works today.
Loneliness produces fantasy, and fantasy produces creation.
Li Jian always controls the proper boundary between the media and the audience. After the hit of 20 15 "I am a singer", various commercial activities and advertisements followed, but he chose to refuse, not to say that he refused all of them, but did not answer all of them, which would not make you feel that you could see him everywhere. After the program, he took advantage of the opportunity of working abroad to go abroad for a holiday.
Li Jian also kept his audience at arm's length. He calls fans listeners, because in his mind, all people are equal, and everyone is an equal singer and friend who listens to songs. Someone asked him if his family life would change now that he is becoming more and more popular. But Li Jian blurted out that "there is no change, but more people know".
Whether in music or life, he didn't let fame and fortune lead him by the nose. He likes to keep a certain distance from the world. He once said that he didn't like going out to eat at night because he didn't know when his creative inspiration would suddenly come. All this confirms what he said in the talk: "loneliness produces fantasy, and fantasy produces creation." Li Jian's point of view is very clear. Creators should keep themselves away from the lively center and be "marginalized" from time to time.
"I like to hide in life and be a bystander."
Li Jian is very low-key. It can be seen from his deliberate "marginalization" from time to time that he doesn't like being always the center. He likes listening to music, reading and thinking quietly in his corner, and observing everything around him, but he doesn't let everything around him affect him. Regarding all kinds of praises and labels people gave him, he said, "People have reduced my evaluation by 20 times, and that is the real me." Like a bystander, he always reminds himself to stay awake to avoid being too mythical. He insisted on his reason: "Don't feel small, and don't feel great."
What you are doing is sometimes subtle and takes time to grow.
Li Jian once said, "Many of my troubles are offset by the small favors of life. In fact, if I put my life down, I wouldn't have so many troubles. " So when he was in college, he wrote a song and asked his classmates about the melody. The classmate said, "What's the use of your song? Can you sell money? " Can you go abroad? He was confused when he heard these words, but he said, "I was confused for a while, but later I got better." "He also said," I am a sensitive person, but I can easily forget bad emotions. "He has always believed that what he is doing can't be immediate, but it will be subtle and lurking in a corner. When you need it, it may appear, grow and help you.
Perhaps it is his belief, so reading has always been his habit. Li Jian is called a music poet, and this title also appears on his bookshelf. Visiting his new home in a program, people were attracted by his bookshelves and music records. He said that the full bookshelves were just a corner. There are many books on his bookshelf that are related to music, including Chen Danqing's Music Notes and Classical Music. There is a collection of books known as the Bible of classical music-Bach: Music in a Castle in Paradise, written by British conductor John Eliot Gardiner, which talks about how to look at Bach and his music from the perspective of a conductor.
Poetry is also his favorite, such as Ye Fu's Mountain Carving, Kitajima's poetry anthology Rose of Time, poet Zvetayeva's poetry anthology, Sin Posca's Everything is a Silent Mystery and I have lived so lonely, etc. In addition, in the program, Li Jian highlighted a book "I am Your Man" written by Sylvie Simmons, a famous American music critic and journalist. Leonard cohen is a musician who combines music and poetry perfectly. Cohen has made great achievements in poetry and literature. By chance, he matched his poems with simple chords, started his life as a bard and became a famous folk singer. Li Jian himself is a follower of Leonard and loves him very much.
He also has Chinese books, and he prefers literary works. His collection of Yu Hua's Soul Dinner is a relatively unpopular book, including a collection of short stories by Sheng Neng, a contemporary female writer known as a "minority writer", and whose past lives is this river by Swallow, a Chinese living in Japan, which is probably little known, mainly focusing on cultural comments of China, Japan and South Korea.
"Musical poet" is the most deserved label.
As a creative singer, Li Jian can turn the CDs he has heard, the books he has read, the world he has seen (he can turn his tour into a "cruise") and the ups and downs he has experienced into inspiration. He has a high-grade musical accomplishment, is indifferent and introverted, has a proud talent and keeps a distance from the world. Stick to follow your heart, travel, read books, and constantly supplement your experience of the world. He said: "If a person is always a student, your life will not be exhausted. My understanding of the student state is not to refuse new things, not to give up enthusiasm, and to maintain basic confidence and expectation for the world. This is also the best state. "
Li Jian is a poet with rich spiritual world. His music will always bring people peace of mind. If all the labels on him can be removed, The Musical Poet is the real praise and the most appropriate.
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