Lin Zhixuan

essential information

Terry Lin, born in Keelung, Taiwan Province on July 6, 1966, is a Taiwanese male singer, music producer, DJ, inventor of cocktail singing and advocate of "onetake" music concept.

In 1991, Lin Zhixuan and Li Ji made their debut in the "Youke Li Lin" group. In the same year, they released their first album "admit your mistakes", which sold millions of copies. In 1995, Li Lin's group was disbanded, and Lin Zhixuan released his first album "a person's appearance" in the same year and left the singing world temporarily.

In 1997, Lin Zhixuan released his album "let's go" and made a comeback. In 1998, she released Mona Lisa's tears. In 1999, he released a collection of single love songs. In 2000, Xuanyin music Co., Ltd. was established to become an independent musician and began to advocate returning to the essence of music. In 2003, with the album "the taste of time", he was shortlisted for the best male singer of the 14th Golden Melody Award. In 2005, in pursuit of music quality, we released the full simulation recording of "familiar love song" and "journey of original sound". In 2008, he began to praise the singing concept of "one take" and bid farewell to the studio, and successively released live recording albums "past two" and "one take". From 2013 to 2016, 11 "onetake Lin Zhixuan 1314 World Tour" were held. In August 2017, the "2017 Lin Zhixuan onetake2.0 Tour Concert" was launched.

Besides performing arts, Lin Zhixuan has been committed to public welfare for a long time and served as the director of Taiwan Cancer Hope Foundation.

Early experience

In 1983, Lin Zhixuan, who studied in the Civil Engineering Department of Mingxin Polytechnic College, laid the foundation of Bel Canto because of his music teacher's insight and free teaching, and later served as a lead singer in the school choir. Li Ji, who majored in mechanical engineering, began to form a band and play the role of main guitar and chorus accompaniment. By coincidence, Lin Zhixuan became the lead singer of Li Ji orchestra. The two performed in various forms and participated in competitions, and sang in the wooden boat folk song restaurant in Hsinchu.

In 1988, after retiring from the army, Lin Zhixuan and Li Ji continued to perform in the western restaurant of wooden boat folk songs; in the same year, they participated in the singing competition of the same name held by the western restaurant of wooden boat folk songs, and Li Ji wrote the song just for you. In 1989, when he took part in the second wooden boat folk song competition, an American producer and director Li Yueqi found them, introduced them to Himalayan records and signed a contract soon. But a year later, the record company made no progress except for arranging an audition. They did not release records, and the two sides ended the contract. In the low tide of termination, they took part in the wooden boat folk song competition for the third time, for which Li Ji created meteor. In the final, they won the applause of the whole audience, but they didn't get any place because they were recognized as contracted singers. Li Ji wrote the song "young shout" (after Li Ji revised the lyrics, he asked GUI Mingyu, the general manager of the record, to name the song "admit mistakes").

One after another, they almost lost their confidence. Li Yueqi, who discovered them, once again extended a helping hand to them. After they broke their contract with Himalaya, Li Yueqi left immediately. Together with Han Xianguang and Guan Dazhi, he set up Hongyun music company and borrowed money to record the album "admit your mistake" for them. Li Yueqi also introduced the pair to Dianjiang records, while general manager GUI Mingyu spared no public opinion and signed them in the form of combination, which finally realized the music dream of Lin Zhixuan and Li Ji.

Acting experience

The period of Youke Lilin

Click the record company to choose the route of city folk songs to package the two. The company's planning found the word "ukulele" by accident, and felt that it was very in line with the characteristics of Li Lin and Li Lin, so it named the combination "Youke Li Lin".

In October 1991, Li Lin released his first album "admit your mistake", which became one of the best selling albums in Taiwan with million sales. He ranked 25th in Taiwan's top 100 albums (1975-1993) and ranked third in singing. The title song of the album was popular in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Mainland China. In November, he was invited to join the "the brothers" Choir in the United States Taiwan's touring concerts set a precedent for international artists and Taiwanese singers to perform on the same stage.

In July 1992, he released his second Mandarin album "yellow ribbon", one of the best selling albums of the year. The album was produced by international music producer David Foster. In November, he was shortlisted for the best singing album of the fourth Golden Melody Award.

In April 1993, he released his third Mandarin album "youth Tour" with the group, which was later selected as the new top 100 Taiwan pop music album (1993-2005); in November, he released his first English album "ocean deep" with the group.

In January 1994, he co organized the "five stars" concert with Zhang Qingfang, Wu Sikai and Cai Qin at the National Father Memorial Hall in Taipei and Taichung Zhongshan Hall respectively; in July, he released his fourth Mandarin album "defending love"; in August, he held the first "10 Asian Tour Concert of Youke Lilin" at the Hualien County Cultural Center, and then sang all the way from Hualien to Hong Kong to Singapore; in November, he held the first concert of "10 Asian Tour Concert of Youke Lilin", Shortlisted for the best singing group of the 6th Golden Melody Award.

In March 1995, she released her second English album "perhaps love" with the group; in April, she held 15 campus concerts with Taiwanese singer Shi Wenbin; in June, she served as a special guest of Zhang Qingfang's "ten years together every moment" concert in Singapore; in August, she released her selected album "yesterday, today and forever"; on September 30, the contract between Youke Li Lin and the brokerage company expired and continued Lin Zhixuan, who has been working as a singer for many years and at the same time has to take care of the work of the printing factory, decided to leave the singing world for a while and go home to take over the printing factory. Li Lin, the guest of honor, was dissolved with regret. In December, Lin Zhixuan released the album "a person's appearance" for a while.

Sony Era

In June 1996, Lin Zhixuan was shortlisted for the best male singer award of the 7th Golden Melody Awards for his Mandarin album "the way a person looks"; in August, at the invitation of Master Zhang Hongyi, Sony Music released the album "under the stars of London Symphony Orchestra" in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. This is Lin Zhixuan's first attempt to perform in concert with the orchestra In September, a fire destroyed the family's printing house. In the process of rebuilding the printing factory after difficulties, Lin's father gradually began to understand Lin Zhixuan's work as a singer, and slowly gave his time back to his son to do what he liked.

In 1997, he joined Xinli record company; in January, he set up dazzle studio; in September, he released his personal album "break up", which is Lin Zhixuan's first album. He made a special trip to Westlake studio to record his main song "break up", selected from the works of French producer Jean Jacques Goldman; at the end of September, he and Ke Yimin jointly organized "Ke Yimin & Lin Zhixuan song king song contest" 15 campus tour concerts.

In March 1998, the Mandarin album "tears of Mona Lisa" was released, and the album still went to the United States for recording. The singing style of the album was changed to middle tone, but it still maintained a fresh flavor. The album's title song "tears of Mona Lisa" became one of his representative works. In March, he held his first personal small concerts in Taipei, Taichung and Tainan respectively. In April, he held a campus tour in the mainland She is the first Taiwanese singer to be allowed to enter the mainland campus. In December, she released her Mandarin album truelive and went to Singapore to record. The whole album adopts the way of studio live (simultaneous recording of singers and bands), presenting human voices and musical instruments to everyone's ears.

In January 1999, Lin Zhixuan held his second solo concerts in Kaohsiung and Taipei respectively; in April, he was shortlisted for the best male singer award of the 10th Golden Melody Award with "tears of the Mona Lisa"; on December 24, he released Mandarin new song + selected series "single love song", and the main song of the same name "single love song" became popular in the mainland.

The period of dazzle

In 2000, he joined CCTV Spring Festival Gala and sang "make a phone call" with Huang gexuan, Man Wenjun and man Jiang. In the same year, he left Xinli records to set up dazzle music Co., Ltd. and began his career as an independent producer.

In April 2001, he released his Mandarin album "passing by the sound" and covered many classic songs, among which "leaving people" won high praise and welcome, becoming one of Lin Zhixuan's representative works; in May, he cooperated with Xu Jingchun to perform the musical "Miss Saigon" in Hong Kong; on September 8, he held the first solo concert in the mainland in Hangzhou; in October, he held the second solo tour concert in Linhai, Zhejiang Province The field.

In October 2002, he released the Mandarin album "the taste of time"; in November, he was shortlisted for the most popular male singer award in the global Chinese music list; on December 10, he cooperated with so net to set up the official website of dazzle music. In August 2003, "the taste of time" was shortlisted for the best male singer award of the 14th Golden Melody Award; in December 2003, he represented Chinese singers in the 5th China South Korea concert jointly held by China Central Television and South Korea KBS television. On February 14, 2004, he held a concert of "2004 to dazzle" in Shanghai, and in June, he released the original sound collection of the concert

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