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Chapter 934 Qu Gao and the crowd, Fang Cheng classics (two chapters in one)

The connection between music and opera?What lessons can be learned from it?
Although Yang Qian hadn't fully comprehended what the teacher said, he quickly thought of several key points by himself.

"You told me this afternoon, traditional pop music. But has pop music always been traditional? The answer is no, right? The previous pop music was also despised by traditional classical music, thinking it was sung by lower Liba talents Country music and popular music evolved slowly and slowly! It’s not a tradition, it just became a tradition when more people sang it and became popular for a long time.”

Seeing him bowing his head in thought, Li Guangmin thought he had no idea, so he guided him and said a few more words.

Yang Qian understood, he nodded, and continued with the teacher's words:

"The same is true for opera. The previous opera did not have the status to match it. It was performed by Jianghu troupes everywhere. Opera actors are also called opera actors. They belong to the lower class of the three religions and nine streams, and they are discriminated against. Later, there were also many talented people. More and more opera artists participated, such as Beijing opera, Yue opera and other popular operas, they all innovated one after another and developed rapidly, forming the current traditional status.”

While talking, Yang Qian paid attention to the teacher's expression, saw him nodding his head with a smile, and then continued speaking with confidence.

"Then why do you think this precious play in Duanzhou is on the verge of being lost? What's wrong with it?"

Li Guangmin asked.

"There are too few people who like to watch it. In fact, it's not just expensive children's operas. Traditional operas have such problems, and Beijing opera is the same. Now it's not like before. The cultural and entertainment life is too scarce. Young children have games to play. , There are all kinds of videos to watch, and traditional operas get less attention.

There are fewer people who like to watch it, and their income is greatly reduced. Young people will not be willing to come in and study it, and they will not choose to study it.The lack of fresh blood, lack of new scripts, and lack of new tricks will also make the development of these traditional operas fall into a vicious circle. "

As Yang Qian spoke, he was worried that his words would be too heavy and hurt the teacher, so he added a few more words.

"It's not hopeless at all. I recently talked with many seniors in the Peking Opera circle. They think that short videos are a good opportunity for traditional operas to break through. No, there are still some outstanding young opera performers on the Internet. Has it been recognized by many audiences on the Internet, and has it successfully brought out new enthusiasm for opera? Teacher, I think we are precious children's opera, so we might as well try this way."

In fact, Yang Qian himself had no idea.

The influence that Beijing Opera can achieve, Guier Opera may not be able to do.

"Gui'er's opera is not good, as you said just now, there are too few people who want to see it! And unlike Peking opera, most of the people in the country can understand it when it is sung, while Gui'er's opera can only be heard by us locals. Understood, you are confused, right?"

Li Guangmin didn't seem to care, and asked him with a smile.

Yang Qian scratched his head embarrassingly, and nodded to show that he really didn't understand.

"So, if an art form wants to survive, it must have its audience, and it must have an audience base of a large number of people! And an art form, if it is not only satisfied with survival, but also wants to have Higher demand, if you want to be as brilliant as Peking Opera in the era of Mr. Mei, then you need more audiences and more people who like it, right? Like you said, only in this way can someone be willing to support it. Go study it, innovate it!"

Li Guangmin said.

Yang Qian nodded quickly, this is indeed the truth.

"Then let's look at the current Chinese music. You told me before that you want it to develop and return to the top. Do you think it is better now to have short video music, or not to have short video music?"

Li Guangmin asked.

"It's good to have short video music! Although I think the short video music is shoddy, and many people don't know what kind of song is good and what kind of song is bad, but after listening to a short piece of melody, I think It’s nice to hear and it can set it on fire.”

Yang Qian said without thinking.

He has never questioned the positive significance of the existence of the short video platform. Don’t look at the current mixed Chinese music scene, and don’t look at the vulgar Internet celebrity singers who are making a lot of money. In fact, thanks to the booming short video platform, everyone loves it. The enthusiasm for using music to make video BGM, and the willingness of many people to learn singing and dancing, the current music market is more lively than the past ten years from 2010 to 2020!

Liveliness is a good thing, everyone can make money, it's just the difference between earning more and earning less
"That's right! I've been in contact with new musicians promoted by our association in the past two years, and I learned from them that they actually lack a sense of belonging and are eager to make progress. They don't just do what we seem More general music.

However, the circle of traditional musicians is quite repulsive to them. Chen Maochun and the others have protested to Lao Tang at meetings many times, saying that they do not agree to admit new musicians into the association, and they do not agree to give them part of the resources. The tradition of Guangdong Province The musicians have not been trained, so why give them a small fire first? "

Li Guangmin told Yang Qian about a sharp contradiction between "tradition and newness" that he didn't understand.

Of course, it's normal for Yang Qian not to know about these things. He just has a name in the association and rarely participates in association-related matters.

Moreover, these contradictions will certainly not be put on the bright side.

The traditional faction represented by Chen Maochun will still show appreciation for the newcomers on the surface. Even if they are unwilling to praise hypocritically, they will keep silent, as if everyone is in peace and happy as a family!
But behind the scenes, they will still resist the addition of new musicians, do not recognize their status as musicians, and then those with higher positions like Chen Maochun will vote against relevant resolutions.

In the same way, new musicians will be openly dissatisfied with these old stubbornness. On the surface, they respect them, but behind their backs, they may laugh at them for sticking to the rules. After writing songs for decades, they earn less than they do in a year or two!
This is not impossible. Young people who are oppressed by old people will naturally hold back their energy, and when they have a chance in the future, they will be completely kicked into the trash can of history.
"Mr. Chen is actually not necessary to be killed with a stick. Among the new musicians, there should be many capable and talented musicians, and their enthusiasm for creation is also very strong. Maybe the previous path was wrong, but as long as they Those who are willing to learn and have their own ideas, as long as they are cultivated and guided, may not be unable to become the pillars of the Chinese music scene."

Yang Qian shook his head with a wry smile.

He felt that Chen Maochun's approach was too extreme, even though Chen Maochun and he were both from Nanyue University - if the teacher was not here now, Yang Qian would have to call each other a brother in front of Chen Maochun
Seeing that Yang Qian's concept is still correct, Li Guangmin also smiled in relief.

"That's the reason! Do you still remember the incident that caused an uproar in the Music and Writers Association last year?"

Of course, Yang Qian still had an impression of what Li Guangmin said.

"Remember, teacher, when you went to the capital, you specifically told me not to get involved."

Yang Qian nodded.

Although that matter had nothing to do with him, and no one asked Yang Qian to let him speak out—maybe because he was too low-key and had no connection with those old musicians in the Beijing circle.

But this incident caused a lot of trouble at the time, and caused an uproar on the Internet. It was no less popular than the marriage between him and Dai Yuni. Therefore, when people around him were discussing it, Yang Qian also heard about it.

The teacher was on a business trip to the capital, and Yang Qian became interested in this matter with his advice.

It's just that this kind of thing is generally difficult to have a satisfactory ending.

Later, it seemed that the two parties reached a settlement, and the short video platform did not regress much, but these old musicians of the Beijing School still got a lot of benefits.

"Don't get involved, I don't want you to be wise and safe. In the short term, the short video platform has indeed caused an impact on our previous pop music circle, but it also made the cake bigger. Can you eat the cake and how much you can eat? It's not good to jump out and make trouble at this time."

Li Guangmin said in a low voice.

Not talking at home?And the partition has no ears.Yang Qian didn't understand why the teacher made the expression of whispering, but the teacher was right!

One must have the most basic morals to be a human being. You can't point to the pot to eat, and even yell and smash the pot every day!

Although he has fought many lawsuits with short video platforms before, what he did was not to smash the pot, but to demand his own legitimate rights and interests, and he did not use the power of public opinion to fan the flames.

It is a good thing to make the environment of the platform better and fairer through rights protection!

Of course, Li Guangmin’s point of view is slightly different from Yang Qian’s. He believes that the existence of short video platforms is a good thing. In the long run, the overall music environment will get better and better, so it doesn’t matter if you suffer a little bit now.

"If there is no market for music, it will be more terrible than if old musicians like us don't write songs, and old singers that the audience likes don't sing. It's just like Beijing opera before. Slowly, many people don't pay attention to music, and there is no fresh blood to invest in it. , without innovation, what will happen in the end? A vicious circle will completely become a tradition!"

The teacher's summary shocked Yang Qian into a cold sweat.

This truth is not difficult to think of, and Yang Qian knows it well, but he has never thought of such a bad situation.

After all, in his opinion, there is still a music market. As long as people have hearing, they will have a demand for listening to music. The only difference is how many people are interested and how much the musicians can profit from it!

This is why Yang Qian has always felt that the meaning of copyright is more important, and the crisis of music comes from the impact of piracy!

".But listening to what you said, teacher, I suddenly understood that the music market is actually an external trouble and an internal trouble. No one listens to it. People don't have new songs to listen to and don't like to pay attention. The Chinese music scene will also be sluggish, just like the current Beijing opera industry. , Although there are still many people who insist, it is very difficult to stand up."

Yang Qian said with a wry smile.

"That's the reason, so we can't say that short video music is not good, new musicians are not good, and we refuse to communicate with them, refuse them to blend in, and blend with each other. If you break up with each other, and other new musicians make their own music, you Musicians in the past just cling to the old songs, and others will definitely replace you and become the type of music that the new generation of audiences like. At that time they were popular music, what do we call it? We call it old songs, traditional music! So we still have to respect each other, understand each other, tolerate each other, and go hand in hand! We are all in the music industry, and we are a little bit better and a little bit worse. We will learn slowly in the future, and we will definitely get better!"

When Li Guangmin told Yang Qian about this, he was actually worried that Yang Qian would follow Chen Maochun's example and that the structure was not big enough.

However, Yang Qian didn't know the teacher's thoughts, he just listened to the teacher's words and kept nodding his head, deeply convinced.

"Prosper together and let a hundred flowers bloom together to realize a new spring in the Chinese music scene!"

Yang Qian said.

"Yes, the same principle applies to making music! It's not because of the commission from the city that I want to do a research or write an article on Guierxi, and I probably won't watch these discs. But after watching it, I also find it difficult to understand Accept it. So I thought, what should art be like? What should music be like? Is good music supposed to be fancy-written but hard to sing?"

Li Guangmin knocked on the handle of the chair, speaking a little excitedly.

"No, if it sounds bad, it's definitely not good music, no matter how well-conceived it is and how many techniques it uses!"

Yang Qian said firmly.

"Yes, good music must be liked by ordinary people, everyone loves to sing, and only when it is widely sung, can it become a classic!"

Li Guangmin smiled gratifiedly.

Does this sound familiar?

Yang Qian thought for a while, and then remembered a sentence he had read before.

"Teacher, I remember reading it in a book before. Leo Tolstoy has a famous saying: 'The greatest music and the most valuable masterpiece must be widely understood and appreciated by the public. .'(Note 1) What you said is similar to what Tolstoy said!"

Yang Qian laughed.

"Really? I can still agree with Tolstoy? I am still worried that what I said will be too absolute."

Li Guangmin was also happy.

"Not absolutely, good music has no conflict between the level of music and the degree of popularity of the audience. Like the classical music that has been handed down to the present and is still liked by many people, they are also works of masters, but I think it is very difficult to be popular while being elegant, and classics should be so difficult!

In layman's terms, if it can be widely liked by the common people, it must have a reason for its success, and if it can be liked by the common people, and can be liked for a long time, then it must become a classic!The current short video music has a wide audience, but its vitality is weak, and the memory that can be stored in people's minds is very short. In fact, it is also inferior to the level of creation.

There used to be an idiom in China called 'Qu Gao He Zhi', which came from Song Yu's "Ask the King of Chu" in the Warring States Period.Therefore, I think good music should not be high and few, it should be high and many. "

Yang Qian said.

"Qu Gao and the public, Qu Gao and the public, this word is well said!"

Li Guangmin thought about it and couldn't help admiring it.

Yang Qian can understand these, and he can treat the emerging short video music impartially, so he can rest assured!
(Note 1: This famous quote from Tolstoy is excerpted from Mr. Yu Feng Zikai's prose "Qu Gao He Zhong" - Xiaohan read it in Mr. Feng Zikai's book "Yuan Yuan Tang Xin Pen" .But in which book or article Tolstoy said, Xiaohan did not find the source.)
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