Dear friend:
How are you doing during this time? There must have been many stories happening during this time. Anyway, I want to say: "Please don't lose love, don't lose hope." I know the feeling of loneliness, so I want to give you some companionship, and I know the feeling of coldness, so I want to give you some "warmth". Please believe, "There is a ray of dawn not far from you. Wherever it shines, you don't need to be strong."
Tomorrow will come, don't leave, I am here. ——Su Jun
In recent years, domestic music variety shows have mostly focused on music style as the core direction of the program, from hip-hop to electronic music, to rock . These music types, which are defined as "niche" in the eyes of most listeners, have been accepted and loved by more and more people through the blessing of variety shows. Among the many music styles, "folk music" is special.
If we want to trace back the earliest ballads in China, it must be the book "The Book of Songs" that everyone is familiar with. It is my country's first collection of poems. Most of the content is based on folk materials. The Chinese nation has had the soil of folk songs since ancient times.
After entering the 21st century, Chinese folk music has ushered in rapid development. Because of its special attributes, folk music can be well integrated with the culture of various groups, thus deriving many branches. With such a unique temperament, folk music also has a different aspect compared to other styles of music, that is, the music audience covers a wide range of audiences. Another characteristic of folk music is its extremely rich expression content. The lyrics and melody of folk music are equally important, and the voices expressed by singers are mostly in line with the demands of the times and have delicate emotions.
Jingwen Records has also paid attention to the field of folk music. In 2020, Jingwen Records released the album "Twenty-Four Positive" by musician Twenty-four Zheng. Each song in this album tells a touching story. From 2008 to 2020, Twenty Four has spent twelve years condensing into this album. The album took 8 months to produce and contains five songs with different styles. Under the album as a carrier, it presents a unified theme. In the album, Twenty Four Zheng uses a variety of different interpretation methods and adds many different musical elements. Folk music is used as embellishment, the guitar outlines the structure of the song, and the emotional expression is completed by string music. There are also many paragraph patterns in the song that are different from most popular music. This album is the best summary of twenty-four's positive life. "Spring Against the Current" released by
in the same year expresses the praise of volunteers in the context of anti-epidemic. These works well express the characteristics of the times and also express the author's feelings.
The most noteworthy music work of Jingwen Records this year is the single "Warmth" created by Su Jun, a musician from Beijing. This is a song with a unique temperament. Just like the title, when you first listen to it, you feel like a spring breeze, and there seems to be a gentle warm current slowly reaching people's hearts. But what the song can convey is not just these. After listening to it multiple times, you can find more things inside the song.
"Love" is actually the theme of the song. Su Jun did not express it directly, but cleverly conveyed it through other words. As he said in the introduction of the song, this song is a light, or a dawn, use it to dispel loneliness and coldness, use it to send "warmth". This is exactly Su Jun's concern, condensation and implicit expression on the theme of "love".
Su Jun has the temperament of all folk singers: singing about love and life, and using melody and lyrics to describe it. Su Jun started music creation in 2012 and also carried out music education activities at the same time. This experience allowed him to naturally bring some tenderness into his song creation. Music is the feedback of life, and this is reflected in every work of Su Jun. In his ten-year creative career, Su Jun has created nearly twenty works. Most of the themes revolve around humanities and perceptions of life, which is what Su Jun is most concerned about. He believes that music can transmit energy. He stores his own energy in music and then transmits it to everyone who hears his works.
In terms of the musicality of the song, "Warmth" (produced by Jingwen Records), compared with Su Jun's previous works, breaks away from the arrangement of traditional folk music and adds more pop music elements, making the theme of the song more prominent. The grainy piano sound at the beginning slowly introduces the theme of the song, bringing the audience into the sound of music. In the second half of the song, a large number of strings are used as a foreshadowing in the arrangement. The stacking of emotions is grand but delicate. Coupled with the cooperation of the drum set, the overall power of the song gradually increases, rich and natural.
Drawing nutrients from life is the source of Su Jun's creation, and always having love in his heart is the energy of Su Jun's creation. I look forward to musician Su Jun creating more excellent works to bring to everyone in the future.
