1、Gufeng music What is Gufeng What is Gufeng music?music?情丝如梦 愁断白头花开花落望穿多少个秋千年等候 只为破茧重逢一生的痛只愿你为我读懂 情醉春日宴，绿酒一杯歌一遍，再拜陈三愿：一愿郎君千岁，二愿妾身常健，三愿如同梁上燕，岁岁长相见。冯廷巳长命女春日宴Actually,even professional composers are not sure how to make a perfect definition of Gufeng music.It may vary from person to person.“In broader t
2、erms,I thinkgufeng music shouldbe calledzhongguofeng(China trend),which is a type of pop music using traditional Chinese musical instruments,while in a narrower sense it meansa group of music lovers online who cover,perform,rework and compose the genre（流派）.“Lu xiaoxu（卢小旭）,Global Times“Gufengisastyle
3、thatshowsaesthetic（美学的appreciationfornostalgic（怀旧的）musicandexpressesitwithancientimagery.“We do not simply match music with lyrics,butalsouse dialogueandnarrativetodescribeastoryorascenethat wewantto share withouraudience.Diuzi（丢子）,Global Times宁采臣：十里平湖宁采臣：十里平湖霜满天，霜满天，聂小倩：寸寸青丝聂小倩：寸寸青丝愁华年。愁华年。宁采臣：对月形单
4、宁采臣：对月形单望相护，望相护，聂小倩：只羡鸳鸯聂小倩：只羡鸳鸯不羡仙。不羡仙。燕赤霞：人的世界燕赤霞：人的世界太复杂，难分是非，太复杂，难分是非，跟鬼灵在一起反而跟鬼灵在一起反而黑白分明，清清楚黑白分明，清清楚楚。楚。轻纱轻纱 罩古刹月色渐罩古刹月色渐染染远方幽幽陈笛远方幽幽陈笛 吹红吹红尘惆怅悲欢尘惆怅悲欢经书经书 说人鬼善恶世说人鬼善恶世情冷暖情冷暖烟波回绕旧时溪畔烟波回绕旧时溪畔The famous singersThe top Gufeng music groupsThe original of Gufeng musicIn2005,theearlyIn2005,(anowclose
5、dmusicsharingwebsite)andtheBBS(BulletinBoargwebsite)andtheBBS(BulletinBoardSystem)ofdSystem)ofTheLegendofSwordaTheLegendofSwordandFairyndFairy.TheearlycreationofTheearlycreationofgufenggufengmusicwmusicwas just based onlyrics,for the as just based onlyrics,for the reason that the composition is much
6、 reason that the composition is much harder for non-professionalsharder for non-professionals.But.But they they did did create wonderful songs,create wonderful songs,such as such as CAIWEI(CAIWEI(采薇）采薇）.The development of Gufeng musicThe development of Gufeng musicWith the development of Gufeng musi
7、c,more people get to know this kind of music style.They grew huge interests in a short time.Then,more and more people,including professional songwriters,started to write Gufeng songs.They posted their very first songs on the website today we called as you know.New development in Gufeng musicThe ways
8、 to enjoy Gufeng music have been explored.Except for listening online and buying the albums made by famous singers,we have another choice:concert!The most famous music cooperation,Mo Ming Qi Miao(墨明棋妙）,had the very first Gufeng Concert,which boosted Gufeng music to the new age.At the same time,game
9、companies,such as NTES(网易）,authorized professionals to write theme songs for their games.Thus,Gufeng music started to breathe with commerce.ControversySome people say no to the new stage of Gufeng music.Because they hold the opinion that concerts or cooperations would no longer make Gufeng music poe
10、tic and dense that people turn joyful Gufeng music into business.My opinionsGenerally,I agree that Gufeng music has great potentials for commercialization.Firstly,it is a trend that Gufeng music is commercialized.Usually,people who write or sing songs have their own jobs,for instant,HITA is an edito
11、r,Tacke zhusang is an accountant.They sing just because they love.Other people,such as well-known Dong zhen,she is a professional singer.And some professional composers live on writing songs.If we only create songs for fun or as a hobby,there would not be so many people as now contribute to the Gufe
12、ng area.Moreover,commercialization definitely does not equal to bad quality.As you know,presenting a gorgeous song,most professionals need to put into so much on fluent composition,perfect recording and expensive musical instruments etc.Back to a course I took last term,which was called“A Guide to t
13、he Symphony”.On the first day of that course,my teacher said,if you aim to be a successful musician,you need to be both talented and rich.I think for some talented people,they just need that very amount of money to produce excellent songs with best instruments.So why not let commercialization brings
14、 the tree of Gufeng music more air and water?Atlast,commercializationmeansmoreandmoreprofessionalsingers,composers,lyricistsjointogether,sothatthequalityofsongscanbeensured.Withthespreadofthesesongs,Gufengmusicwillcreatemorespaceinthepopularculture.ItisagreatwaytoexpandinfluenceofGufengmusic.Thanks for listening!Acknowledge:Marshroom Ziran
