這是我的網友寄給我的..
是力宏對他這張新專輯的一些想法
不知道大家看過了沒...
不過是用英文寫的喔...而且有點長說
大家就順便練練英文吧:p
Hello everyone!
Before I write anything, I first want to say...THANK YOU all so much for the
support you have given me. Especially in this past year while I was working
on the new album, "Forever's First Day", you have proven time and time again
to be the most committed and dedicated fans. You are all very special in my
heart. You were so patient and never forgot me as I worked on the
production. I hope you love the new album as much as I do. It is as much
yours as it is mine.
Secondly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all the
work you did on my websites, yours was the best birthday present I received
this year! I am so happy to see fans from all over Asia and the rest of the
world keeping one another informed over the internet. I am proud to know
that my fans are so involved with technology and are active members of
today's digital world community. I'd also like to talk with you a bit about
this new album. It's been so frustrating and difficult to get the media to
focus on my music. It seems that everytime I have an interview, I can spend
an hour talking about music, and five minutes answering the reporters
questions about my love life...and the next day's newspapers come out all
about my love life! WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN? Aren't people sick of hearing the
same old stories?
So here we go. This album began with a few simple concepts (as I said in the
liner notes): time in the new millenium, the development of a more
internationally recognizable Chinese pop music sound, and Asian American
identity. Of course, within these concepts I gave my all to make the songs
musical, emotional and from the heart. This album is a bit different from my
works in the past and the biggest reason is because I was the sole producer,
composer and arranger.I was able to approach the album as a whole work
instead of 10 separate singles. In these songs, I try to take you places,
strange and exotic...lonely and high! You see, my life in the past years has
been like a rollercoaster. Flying from country to country every week, living
in different cities and different hotels, speaking different languages and
trying to understand different people and their cultures. By creating my
music, I feel like I can take my listeners with me and share some of these
adventures.
TIME IN THE NEW MILLENIUM:
When the clock struck midnight on 1/1/00, I felt that that was a new
beginning for me and my music, and that time was of the utmost importance.
The album begins with "Introduction" for which I wrote a piece performed by
the New England Music Conservatory Honors String Quartet. They recorded this
piece live, with no headphones and no click, just in "free time". In
"Introduction", you can hear me almost talking to myself. I mention some of
the places that I've been to in the last year...all over the world, yet,
because of the string quartet in the background, you still feel like time is
moving slowly and peacefully. Though I may be always on the move, my
thoughts and memories are just as fragile and senstive as any of yours.
The album ends with the same string quartet in its entirety rerecorded with
drums, bass and me playing the guitar. This not only gives the listener a
sense of closure to the album, but also gives you insight to the feeling of
travelling without moving. In the end coming back to the same place. A whole
year filled with speed and andrenalin has flown by...amidst the noise, there
is silence, and amidst the motion there is always stillness. Amidst the
crowds there is the true loneliness of being an individual that is common to
us all. The same irony holds true in today's fast paced world where you can
be everywhere at once yet never leave your desktop computer. You can
accomplish so much in so little time with the aid of technology, yet it
seems that we have less time than ever before.
"Introduction" leads directly into "Forever's First Day", which is is a
dream, a "what if?" song. Of course, it talks of two lovers living on
different sides of the world finally meeting at the airport after years of
separation. Again, this song shows the contrast of how relative time can be.
Forever, may exist in a day. And time may stop for years when two lovers are
apart. Yet still, you could say that any day is the forever's first day.
Time is felt very differently from person to person...for example, I've
heard from so many of my friends, "I'll work for a few years first and then
start doing what I want to do after I've saved up enough money". Sound
familiar?
Although "Forever's First Day" has a happy ending (like I said, "what if?"),
the emotional center of the song begins with the second verse, "my memories
are all of you..." That's why in the music video so many of the cuts fly by
in a fraction of a second... those are all memories, disorganized and
unclear, yet full of emotion.Today, I arrived in Hong Kong and was listening
to this song in my walkman in the airport, and couldn't help but wonder to
myself, "what if?". I think that anyone who has been in a long distance
relationship should be able to understand the frustrations and difficulties
which were the inspiration for this song.
"Descendants of the Dragon" is another time-conscious song. The year 2000
just happens to be the year of the dragon. I am also a dragon, so this song
and I just seemed to be meant for each other. It is a remake of my uncle, Li
Jian Fu's 1980 classic which became a song associated with pride for being a
member of the Chinese race. I believe this song has taken on a new meaning
over the last 20 years as Chinese people now have spread across every corner
of the earth. Many people have said that the 21st century will witness the
"awakening of the dragon", the rise of Chinese people in the global
community. I too believe this to be true. How could it not be with such an
immense population combined with the improvement of global information
technology? The remake of this song is intended to encourage taking pride in
who we are and creating a general awareness of this pride regardless of
where we live or may have grown up.
When recording "Descendants of the Dragon" I laid down 24 tracks of vocals
to make the sound big. I did some work again with one of my professors at
the Berklee School of Music, Rich Mendelson on the drum programming to give
it a more contemporary beat, and last but not least decided that this would
be an intense dance number with lots of dancers. A first time for me, and a
huge challenge to learn all the moves, but I finally did it, and I'm sure
you will all have a chance to see this live in concert, and on music video
channels across Asia!
As you can see, I have a lot to say about this album. Much more than I can
tell you on the radio, tv or newspapers. Even too much for one letter. I'm
going to write to you once a week from now on until I finish , ok? Next time
I'll write about my attempts to create a more international sound for
Chinese pop music, and more importantly, why? We'll keep in touch over
e-mail and that way, you all can keep me company here in my hotel for the
rest of the summer! And please don't think that just because I had a lot of
concepts and ideas in this album that you have to take it too seriously. You
can just listen to it as background music or dance to some of the songs at
your local club. That's perfectly fine with me! Like I said, this album is
for you and you're free to listen to it however you want!
By the way, many of you know I'm in Hong Kong today shooting my first movie.
And in the next few months I will be promoting my album across Asia and
shooting the movie at the same time. It's too bad that my album promotion
and the movie's schedules bumped into each other, but I think this is much
better than if I were to be filming and producing the next album at the same
time, don't you think?
Thanks again for your friendship and support!!
much love, Homeboy
不知道大家看完後有沒有更瞭解力宏呢
我覺的很高興...力宏願意和我們分享這麼多他的心情
我們真的很幸運
力宏說還會繼續寫...
大家慢慢期待吧:)
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