What is "catering"? This is the abbreviation of the group convention, which refers to "accompanying banquet" in detail. Specifically, it is an important banquet for one or several seats. The organizer invited the folk orchestra to perform a live concert to help the elegance and make the catering activities more artistic, entertaining and high-end social ... In the past few years, accompanying wine was generally a political task, with the level of city banquet and provincial banquet. Party and government leaders are always present, and half of them are foreign-related, aiming to show the treasures of national art, and musicians even have to accept political censorship. XXX "played a song.
However, in recent years, the situation has changed. Due to the system reform, the folk orchestra had to "find food" by itself-this metaphor is simply impolite. Xi Zhong is disgusted, but his recognition of various occasions has gradually become numb, what's more, he has to take the lead in "finding food"-finding a source for the salary and bonus of the whole group!
Well, to tell the truth, folk music meals are extremely difficult to find. Now who has the time and quiet spirit to sit down and listen to a song "Fish Test" or "Rain in Banana Window"! Nine times out of ten, he refused to perform in various places, or asked him if there was a female group that could pull and twist on the stage like "Twelve Music Square". Alas, not to mention the bitterness and injustice. In short, in the end, people's orchestra was too small to leave, and even the "companion banquet" became one of the "meals" of the whole orchestra-the anniversary of business owners, the wedding celebration of the rich, the banquet of negotiators and so on. As long as they have money, folk bands are close to each other and play the piano to amuse the host and guest.
Once the banquet falls to such a level, it will cause a general blow to the self-esteem of musicians, especially those who meet the banquet guests. They are no longer the former banquet audience-eating quietly, applauding politely at the end of the song, and only greeting each other between the two songs. Nowadays, they keep running from one table to another (called "a dozen toasts"), or several people knock on the table and drink at the same time (called "collective electricity"), and at the same time talk loudly, make fun of it, clap their hands and laugh wildly, not to mention answering the phone, drinking a glass of wine and shouting drunkenly. In short, the scenery is comparable to downtown, regardless of string singing and whistling on the stage.
There have also been musicians who rushed to the crown and left with the piano in a rage, but so what? I have to hold my nose on the stage every few days. Therefore, most musicians are "rational" and "cooperative". They let go of their ego, obey the overall situation, and take "finding food" as the first priority. When they came to the stage, they just hung their eyelids and pretended to be intoxicated. Besides, it's just a platter concert. The songs are all classic selections, and everyone is already familiar with them. It doesn't take much effort to really play them. Forget it, at this point in the world, not only folk music, but also all kinds of art that pretend to be "elegant" and "serious" all seek straightness in music and drag out an ignoble existence. What else is there to say?
Only she and this Song Chen, from beginning to end, stubbornly maintained the bottom line of "big name" and refused to "accompany the banquet". No one can explain her, mentioning those two words is like peeling her face and ruining her character. Fortunately, there are two other pipa players in the group who can also cope. Anyway, whoever goes on stage will get the performance fee.
In this way, all previous banquets, including Shang Yan's and's, started from the former head of delegation by default-don't call her. However, from the perspective of organizational discipline and collectivism, as a top professional, she is tantamount to openly opposing "income generation" and separating herself from other musicians. In short, the influence is not good. Besides, the problem now is: at this banquet on Friday, the customer in charge of paying the bill pointed out that Song Chen would take the stage.