In January 2004, the cold wind was biting and snowflakes were floating. Countless people were nestling in the quilt and listening to Daolang's first snow in "2002".
This year, Daolang became famous in one battle, and his "snow" became popular all over the country, and the entire music scene was boosted.
However, it is surprising that at the time of popularity, Daolang disappeared "blindly".
Many people say that if Daolang was not suppressed by the mainland music scene, he would definitely be the top singer in the Chinese music scene now.
So, is this really the case? Why do mainland musicians collectively suppress him? Why did Daolang disappear bizarrely when he was popular? How is he doing now?
Today we will solve the mystery about Daolang.
1. I. I am ashamed of my brother and I will wear a hat for life
1971. At that time, Daolang was not called Daolang, nor was he a "prodigal son in the Western Regions". He was just an ordinary boy born in Chonglong Town, Zizhong County, Sichuan Province. His parents named him Luo Lin.
Luo Lin's parents are both employees of the art troupe. Perhaps it is because of the musical feeling brought from the womb. Luo Lin has liked music and instruments since he was a child. He often goes to the unit where his parents work and tinkers with all kinds of musical instruments he has never seen before.
Due to busy work, parents rarely have time to take care of Rollin on weekdays, and the burden of taking care of Rollin fell on his brother, who was five years older than him.
In Luo Lin's heart, his brother is very strong and is a stricter existence than his parents. As long as his parents are not at home, his brother will have very strict requirements on him.
Once after arguing with his brother, he said an angry words that would make his brother die soon. At this time, Luo Lin must have never expected that his angry words would come true in the future.
Rowlin When he was 15 years old, his 20-year-old brother had a beautiful girlfriend and brought her home to introduce her to his family.
Luo Lin, who grew up under the high-pressure policy of his brother, has always been dissatisfied with his brother. He heard that his brother's girlfriend had dated other boys before, so Luo Lin pointed at his brother and laughed at him as a "cuckold".
So, the two brothers couldn't help but fight. When their parents came home from get off work, they didn't know why they blamed their brother and asked them to give in to their younger brother more.
The wronged brother didn't even bring the key to the house. He ran away from home in anger and seemed to never go home. Luo Lin also realized that he was too much this time, and thought that when his brother got angry, he would apologize to him.
But there are unexpected events in the world and people will be lucky and good. Before Luo Lin could tell his apology, he received news that his brother died in a car accident outside. Luo Lin always felt that he had indirectly killed his brother. If he did not quarrel with his brother, he would not run away from home or encounter a car accident.
After my brother left, my mother was heartbroken and had mental problems. She felt that my brother just forgot to bring the key so she couldn't go home.
Whenever Luo Lin goes out, his mother will always tell Luo Lin not to close the door, and his brother does not bring the key.
Hearing his mother's words, Luo Lin felt even more heartbroken, blaming himself for not being nice to his brother. Since then, he will wear a hat wherever he goes.
It is said that it is because I don’t want others to see his sadness. At the same time, in order to relieve the pain in my heart, I always remind myself not to forget my brother and to remember him.
This habit was preserved until after he became famous. After he became famous, he was indeed low-key and convenient to go out with a hat, and it was not easy to be recognized. So until now, Daolang's hat was welded on his head and rarely took it off.
2. The ex-wife thinks he is poor and abandons his husband and daughter
Destiny is always unexpected. You will never know which one will come first tomorrow or accident. All you can do is look forward and do what you want to do. Don’t let yourself regret it.
Rolin, who was distressed and obsessed with music, decided to leave home and pursue his musical dream.
17 years old, Luo Lin began his wandering journey. He came from Zizhong County to a karaoke bar in Neijiang to learn keyboard instruments. Two years later, he went to Chengdu, Chongqing, Tibet and Xi'an to find opportunities to display his talents.
When singing in concert halls around Neijiang and Chengdu, Luo Lin finally had his first band and formed the "Scalpel" band. Bashu comedian Liao Jian was the lead singer and he was the keyboardist.
When career was full of hope, Luo Lin also met his love. At the age of 19, Daolang met his first wife Yang Na in a bar performance.
At that time, Yang Na had just divorced not long ago and had not yet escaped the shadow of divorce. She was very sad and came to the bar all day long to drink to relieve her sorrow.
Daolang, who was singing in the bar, noticed her. As he got in touch with her, the two became more and more familiar with each other, and they secretly fell in love. After a while, they got together.
From the deep love, Luo Lin had the idea of getting married and wanted to marry the other party, but because the woman was older than Daolang and had divorced, she was opposed by the Luo family.
Luo Lin was confused about love, and he did not hesitate to betray his relatives and talked about his marriage certificate with Yang Na. Not long after, their daughter was born.
Everything is developing in a good direction, and the Luo family also accepted Yang Na, but the beauty was destroyed by Yang Na himself.
When the two daughters just turned forty days, Yang Na abandoned the father and daughter and ran away from home, leaving only one note, and there was only one sentence on the note - "You can't give me the life I want."
Luo Lin looked for Yang Na for a long time, but couldn't find her. Until a few months later, Yang Na took the initiative to ask for a divorce, and said that she had found a good home and lived the life she wanted.
Although Luo Lin was reluctant to leave and didn't want his daughter to lose her mother when she was so young, the two of them had already drifted apart and it was impossible for them to reunite again.
Yang Na does not want the burden of children, so Luo Lin got custody of her daughter and depended on her daughter for life. It is said that "The Punishment of Impulse" was created by Luo Lin based on the story of herself and her ex-wife.
Luo Lin's ex-wife Yang Na definitely didn't expect that Luo Lin would shine in the music scene in the future, from a poor boy to a popular singer. If she could predict the future in advance, she might not have left Luo Lin.
However, there is no if, so I can only say "Don't bully the young man poor". The people you look down on now are likely to make you unable to reach the top in the future.
3. Once famous, the world is
After ending his first marriage, Luo Lin was depressed for a while, and his career did not improve much, and he was very confused.
Whenever Rowlin wants to give up, he sees his hungry daughter, and is full of motivation again, feeling that he must not give up, for his daughter and for his dreams.
1991 to 1995, Luo Lin traveled to Hainan and formed the "Son of Earth" band with several musicians. He was still a keyboard player. The keyboard was famous in Hainan at that time, but unfortunately the prospects were not good. Later, the life band was forced to disband.
Fortunately, when he was traveling in Hainan, Luo Lin met the Xinjiang girl Zhu Mei, learned about Xinjiang folk music, and was very interested in Xinjiang folk music. Later, he followed Zhu Mei to Xinjiang. It was this decision that changed Luo Lin's destiny.
1995, Luo Lin established the Northwest Music Studio in Xinjiang and began to have close contact with Xinjiang folk music.
Because of his extraordinary talent and unique voice, he was appreciated and served as the music director of Xinjiang Deweilong Audio and Video Company and the chief producer of Urumqi Luolin Music Creation Studio.
In 2001, Luo Lin released an album of popular and fashionable music, but only sold more than 2,000 copies. After failing, he went to the library every day, went to the Gobi Desert and went to the homes of Uyghur people to collect folk songs.
Not long after, with the successful launch of CDs such as "Silk Road Music Soul" and "Western Region Love Song", facing the requirements of keeping pace with the national market, Luo Lin's personal packaging needs are becoming more and more important.
Since the planning of CD "The Love Song of the Western Regions", Luo Lin has begun to target fans with the name "Daolang". After that, "Daolang" became his stage name for fighting in the music industry. Not only that, Daolang also won the title of "The Prodigal Son of the Western Regions".
Daolang has to thank Zhu Mei for being able to get out of his sadness so quickly and cheer up again. It is Zhu Mei who let him get in touch with Xinjiang folk music, and it is also Zhu Mei who accompanied him through the most difficult period of his life.
Originally, Daolang no longer believed in love, but after getting in touch with Zhu Mei, he fell in love with this beautiful and kind-hearted girl and married her.
After marriage, Zhu Mei treated Daolang and his ex-wife's daughter as her own, and was a strong backing behind him, allowing him to work hard outside with peace of mind without any worries.
Huangtian will not let down those who are interested. Under the care of his wife and daughter, Daolang is full of cleanliness. Unfortunately, his folk music has always been relatively niche, and there are no new breakthroughs. He has been sedimenting and honing himself.
After 7 years of precipitation and hardship, Daolang finally found a music style that suits him.
In 2002, Daolang walked out of the office building. At that time, the first snow in 2002 was falling in Xinjiang. He looked at the No. 2 car next to the eighth floor of Urumqi. In an instant, loneliness surged into his heart, and inspiration followed.
After returning home, Daolang wrote a song based on what he saw, heard and felt. This song was "The First Snow in 2002" that became popular all over the country.
In 2004, without any publicity, the album "The First Snow in 2002" was released and became popular all over the country as soon as it was launched. The songs such as "Lovers", "Impulse Punishment", and "The First Snow in 2002" in the album ranked among the top three on major charts.
At that time, the album "The First Snow in 2002" sold 2.7 million copies, which was not considered pirated. If pirated version is included, it is conservatively estimated that it would be more than 10 million.
It is worth mentioning that in the same year, Jay Chou's classic album "Qi Li Xiang" sold 2.6 million copies. No one expected that Daolang's records were actually better than Jay Chou's records.
Taking advantage of the popularity, Daolang has successively released familiar songs such as "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", and the sales are still quite high.
How popular is Daolang?
Andy Lau said that the only one who can be compared with his "Forgetful Love Water" is probably Daolang's "Impulse Punishment", and Lee Zongsheng is also a fan of Daolang.
Even the Hong Kong music giant Alan Tam came to Daolang to write songs, and even proposed to cover his songs, which led to the Cantonese version of "The Unspeakable Farewell" and Alan Tam's version of "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing".
and even Swedish queen Sofiaka specially covered "The First Snow in 2002" and was also collected in her solo album.
Daolang back then can be said to be the well-deserved top Chinese music scene at that time. Not only is Daolang's singing filled with Daolang's singing, but his music is circulating in the world.
Heroes do not ask where they are from grassroots and come from the mainland, Daolang is very popular and respected by Hong Kong and Taiwan singers and even foreign singers.
However, unlike the attitude of the Hong Kong and Taiwan music circles, Daolang's popularity ushered in collective boycott from the mainland music circle.
4. Boycotted by mainland singers
The well-known mainland singer Wang Feng spoke fiercely: "Daolang's (explosion) phenomenon is a manifestation of the sadness of Chinese pop music."
Wang Feng thinks that the reason why Daolang becomes popular is because everyone is used to listening to too much exquisite music.
means that if you eat too much fish and meat, you want to eat some coarse grains to change your taste. It means that Daolang's works are too "cheesy".
singer Yang Kun directly questioned Daolang's musical level and asked Daolang's works: "Can he be considered music or song?"
After questioning Daolang's level, Yang Kun felt that he was not satisfied and turned into a big brother and started the preaching model:
"Spend more money on music composition, make it better and have some good musical quality, instead of spending a few hundred yuan, making a small sample, you can present it. It became popular in a moment, and you don't know who you are. What I want to say is that these songs have no quality, and they have made Chinese pop music regress for fifteen years."
Compared with Wang Feng and Yang Kun's direct and roughness, Gao Xiaosong seems much more educated.
Gao Xiaosong, a representative of senior intellectuals in the song world, commented that Daolang's popularity was the failure of the "literati-official class".
I have to say that cultural people scold people, but others really can't understand if they don't have some cultural heritage.
The one who criticized Daolang the most was Na Ying. As the "big sister in the music industry", Na Ying relies on her high qualifications and often leads the rhythm.
At the "Ten Years of Music Storm List", Na Ying, one of the judges, strongly opposed Daolang's shortlist. She said: "Dolang does not have an aesthetic view. Although his sales are very high, none of us have ever sold him, but we can't rely solely on sales."
Not only that, Na Ying also defined Daolang as a "peasant singer". Some people even revealed that Na Ying said, "If Daolang appears on the Spring Festival Gala, I will smash the TV."
5. The big tree attracts the wind and has no choice but to retire. Now he is making music in a low-key manner
So, why did Daolang be subjected to landlords in the mainstream music circle in the mainland?
The answer is actually very simple, because he is so popular that he has touched the interests of some people. The cake in this music scene is so big that he ate more than half of it alone.
The reason why the big tree attracts wind is believed to everyone understand. Not only other singers are unhappy with him in the success of Dao Lang, but even the capital behind those singers wants to join forces to boycott him.
focuses on the 2010 "Ten Years of Music Chart Ceremony". Originally, Daolang had the opportunity to be selected as the "Top Ten Influential Singer in the Music World in the past decade", but Na Ying, as the chairman of the judge, vetoed it.
That year, a total of 10 singers were selected for the "Ten Years of Music Storm List", but there were only 9 names on the list of winners, and the deleted singer was Daolang.
However, it is such a "local singer" targeted by the so-called big-name singers and in the eyes of many people, but has been praised by the Central Propaganda Department many times.
In 2009, Daolang created the promotional song "Family" for his hometown won the Five First Project Award of the Central Propaganda Department.
Three years later, he created a disaster-killing song "Love is You and Me" for the Indian tsunami. With this song, he won the Five One Project Award again.
You should know that it is very difficult to win this award. Only good songs that are considered to have contributed and have communication significance can be selected. It represents the highest honor of the country,
. Many people can't get this award in their dreams. But Daolang is indeed the only singer in the Chinese music scene who has won this award many times, which shows that his strength is extraordinary.
It’s a pity that no matter how talented or capable you are, you can’t stand the power of capital.
Under the collective boycott and exclusion of so-called mainstream singers and capital in the mainland, Daolang felt increasingly uncomfortable with this circle. Later, someone invited him to participate in the event and did not go to the variety show, and even refused the invitation to the Spring Festival Gala.
In 2012, Daolang withdrew from the music scene after the concert and returned to the vast northwest, rarely appearing in the public eye.
Although Daolang withdrew from the music scene, he never gave up on music, but retreated behind the scenes to help others write songs.
Nowadays, Daolang just wants to create with peace of mind and live a peaceful life. Perhaps the entertainment industry, a circle of mixed intrigues, is really not suitable for him.
However, even if some people are not in the world, their legends are still circulating in the world.
