Shen Qing, a musician who devoted himself to creating musicals during his lifetime, wanted to make "Su Dongpo" available to the world
"I heard your news after more than 20 years, and it's actually a farewell. Let's go." This is a message written by a netizen to the musician Shen Qing.
Shen Qing, a representative of campus folk songs in the early 1990s, known as the "folk poet", died in a car accident in Beijing on the evening of May 23 at the age of 52.
His representative works include "Youth" and "Loneliness Is Because of Who I Miss".
Shen Qing has been engaged in the creation of musicals in recent years, and the musical "Su Dongpo" created by him has only recently been synthesized. It was originally expected to premiere in Beijing in May.
Unexpectedly, the play was postponed due to the epidemic, and Shen Qing died unexpectedly.
"Youth" is gone
The music circle mourns "Shen Qing, go well"
Shen Qing's former friends expressed their condolences and reluctance to Shen Qing on social platforms.
Laolang shared Shen Qing's masterpiece "Youth" on Weibo, and posted a tribute: "Shen Qing, go well."
Musician Li Guangping was shocked and saddened by Shen Qing's sudden death. He recalled that the intersection with Shen Qing was around 1995, when "Campus Folk Songs" just became popular. Mr. Liu Zhuohui took him to participate in the event held in Shenyang. "At that time, a large number of musicians from Guangzhou and Beijing gathered in Shenyang. That was the first time I saw Shen Qing."
Later, Li Guangping listened to Shen Qing's "Loneliness Is Because of Who I Miss" and "Youth", and left a deep impression.
Li Guangping said that he admired Shen Qing's talent in writing lyrics and music, and was saddened by Shen Qing's untimely death.
Well-known musician and director Shan Qi recalled that he and Shen Qing met for the first time in 1995. Shen Qing gave him the impression of being young, promising, and elegant.
Later, Shan Qi began to do TV shows, and his interaction with Shen Qing decreased in music, but he kept in touch.
It is a pity that Shen Qing passed away unexpectedly at the age of 52, which can be said to be a very creative age.
"Shen Qing was not able to see the premiere of his musical, which is very regrettable, but from another point of view, it is gratifying that his works can be preserved in the world and their value will always exist," Shan Qi said.
"Sanlian Life Weekly" Li Yi, who interviewed Shen Qing six years ago, wrote to commemorate: From the perspective of a musician, Shen Qing's feelings are restrained.
Maybe he is more rational than other musicians.
Just like back then, from the very beginning, he was never satisfied that the works of campus singers just stayed on the lawn, so he collected all the samples he could receive and sent them to various music companies with perseverance. upsurge.
outside the singer
Shen Qing planned to launch "Campus Ballad 1"
Shen Qing was born in Leshan City, Sichuan Province in 1970. He got his first guitar at the age of 15, and started writing lyrics and music at the age of 17. He was obsessed with Jin Yong and Luo Dayou when he was in middle school.
At the age of 19, he wrote a lyric called "Lonely Is Because of Missing Someone".
After being admitted to Beijing Agricultural Engineering University, Shen Qing met the senior Lu Xuejun. Lu Xuejun composed the song for "Lonely Is Because of Missing Who" and sang it by Jing Gangshan. Later, it became one of the first campus ballads with high popularity in the mainland.
In 1995, the song was sung by Taiwanese singer Wu Qixian, and was renamed "Who Is Missing".
Shen Qing once said that the lyrics established his status as one of the representatives of campus folk songs.
When graduating from college in 1993, Shen Qing entered Dadi Records, and his first job was to do the planning of the "Campus Folk Songs" series.
Later, in the famous "Campus Ballad 1", most of the copywriting in it was written by Shen Qing.
It includes "Youth" written and sung by Shen Qing, "Loneliness is because of who I miss" written by Shen Qing and composed by Lu Xuejun, and representatives of campus folk songs such as "You at the Same Table" and "The Brother Sleeping in My Upper Bunk" sung by Laolang track.
"Loneliness is because of who I miss" launched Jing Gangshan, "You at the same table" made the old wolf popular, but Shen Qing downplayed himself.
My friend Lu Xuejun said, in fact, Shen Qing never thought about being a singer, he is more suitable to be a businessman like a Confucian businessman.
Compared with becoming famous, promoting the publication and distribution of "Campus Ballad 1" gave Shen Qing a sense of accomplishment.
Since then, Shen Qing has gradually moved from the front to the backstage, and became a producer at the end of 1994 and a professional manager in 1996.
In 1999, he supervised the production of the "20th Century Chinese Music Classic Series" in mainland China. In the same year, he also wrote the lyrics "Are You Tired" and "Follow" for singer Ji Rujing's record.
In 2000, Shen Qing and his friends founded the "Ting Ting 365" music network.
In 2009, Shen Qing set up his own advertising company in Beijing, and it was running smoothly, but it was still not understood: Shen Qing, who sang "Youth" back then, is now the boss of the advertising company?
When looking back at his youth at the age of 40, Shen Qing said that he hoped that everyone would like his current song more, not just "Youth", "I am in my 40s, and everyone is still telling me about campus ballads... If People will like my new song now, then I may be happier."
music creation
"Not a means of earning a living but a friend for many years"
After reaching middle age, Shen Qing chose to return to the music circle.
The main reason is that live performances were very popular at that time, accompanied by live bands, and each performance was a brand new creation, which gave him hope again and decided to bring his advertising experience to the music industry.
He said: "For me, music is not a means of making a living, but a good friend for many years."
Shen Qing's former friend and famous DJ Yang Yue commented in an interview with reporters that in reality, Shen Qing is still one of the most diligent musicians of that generation, but he faded out of the public eye because he didn't appear on variety shows.
He has not had his own money, he has been studying and advancing, and his achievements in music can no longer be summed up in a few songs of campus ballads. "More than 20 years ago, he was a campus singer. Today, he is a real musician."
In recent years, Shen Qing has devoted himself to the creation of musicals, and created two large-scale musicals, "Su Dongpo" and "Youth Guo Moruo".
Every time a new piece of music is created, every time a new demo (sample) of a song comes out, Shen Qing will send it to Yang Yue first, and then talk about his creative ideas.
Only the song "Dongpo Meat" in "Su Dongpo", Shen Qing sent five or six editions to Yang Yue before and after, and constantly revised, "Those works range from humorous to simple, from agile to grand, and the lyrics and music are of a very high standard and acceptable. Listening."
If being talented, easy-going, and popular is Shen Qing's A side, then life-loving, fun, and "foodie" are his B side.
"Shen Qing is talented and very lifelike. He likes to eat and drink. He has a completely down-to-earth side and a frivolous side. I think he is a very three-dimensional and full-bodied person." Yang Yue said.
Friends Memories:
"He does what he does best"
"I didn't expect that we had an appointment to have a drink at the cross-strait music concert in Xiamen on June 6, and you just left us without saying a word! Not enough buddies!" Shen Qing's friend before his death, chief planner and producer of the musical "Su Dongpo" Mr. Zhou Tianxiang left a message in the circle of friends to commemorate Shen Qing.
On May 24, when the cover reporter interviewed Mr. Zhou, he deplored and said: "I sent him a message at 10:15 yesterday morning. I didn't expect to receive a message after 6:00 pm, saying that he was gone."
Zhou Tianxiang is from Meishan, Sichuan, and Shen Qing is from Leshan, Sichuan. The two met at a gathering of fellow villagers four years ago. "At that time, we took a group photo and left contact information, but we didn't have much contact later. Because I am in the industry, Not much to do with music."
Zhou Tianxiang is a super fan of Su Dongpo and has invested in Su Dongpo's short films and documentaries.
After Mr. Zhou returned to Sichuan, he learned from Song Qiang, the author of "China Can Say No", that Shen Qing wanted to do the musical "Su Dongpo", and Song Qiang also recommended Mr. Zhou to Shen Qing.
The two hit it off.
In 2018, Shen Qing made a musical "Juvenile Guo Moruo", which moved Mr. Zhou, "Shen Qing's transformation was very successful, I watched "Juvenile Guo Moruo", the stage beauty effect of this musical far exceeded that of foreign countries, I just found out that musicals can do this."
Regarding the musical cooperation plan with Shen Qing, some people hold an objection, thinking that Shen Qing does not specialize in musicals, and that there is no market for musicals.
The company provided many reports and data to corroborate, trying to persuade Zhou Tianxiang to give up cooperation with Shen Qing.
However, Mr. Zhou, who had made up his mind, still signed a contract with Shen Qing and began to cooperate.
The musical "Su Dongpo" is China's first musical with the theme of Su Dongpo's life and his literary works. Through the layers of depiction of the love between teachers and students, brotherhood, and love, it takes 90 minutes to present Su Dongpo's shining life.
Shen Qing is obsessed with artistic cleanliness, and he wants to do his best.
"Shen Qing has read all Su Dongpo's books, many times, and sometimes consults experts and professors in this field. He is the soul of the team." Zhou Tianxiang said.
Shen Qing wrote 19 songs for the musical "Su Dongpo", and Zhou Tianxiang often commented: "We communicate very smoothly. He is very humble and never conceited. He held two seminars in Beijing, he can control the whole scene, the team Some members of the forum do not know Su Dongpo very well, so Shen Qing will tell everyone one by one, and he will explain it very thoroughly."
The musical "Su Dongpo" was originally scheduled to be staged at Beijing Tianqiao Art Center from May 4th to 8th, and tickets have been basically sold out.
Although the performance had to be postponed due to the epidemic, half of the audience did not refund their tickets, which made Mr. Zhou and Shen Qing very confident.
The two plan to sign a 100-performance contract with a well-known theater after the premiere, start a national tour, and finally bring the musical "Su Dongpo" to the world.
Shen Qing once told Mr. Zhou that Su Dongpo was originally a "traffic star", and his poems were well-known. On this basis, he performed popular instrumental music to express the aesthetic art of the Song Dynasty.
"The musical has been completed, only the performance and marketing are left." Shen Qing, who can be a soul, can never come back.
If "Su Dongpo" can be officially staged after the epidemic eases, Zhou Tianxiang plans to add a commemorative link to Shen Qing at the end of each performance to commemorate his contribution to the music industry.
Cover reporter Yan Wenwen Wu Deyu Comprehensive Beijing Youth Daily