Bao Meisheng

essential information

Character experience

Bao Meisheng, born in 1958 in Taiwan, is one of the most representative folk singers in the 1970s. Graduated from the History Department of National Taiwan University,

He is the winner of the first Golden Melody Award. Bao Meisheng's voice is clear and childlike. Among many folk singers, it is highly recognizable. Because of its unique voice, it was very popular with the audience at the peak of folk songs. A total of four albums have been published, including the song of baomeisheng - you wait for me at sunset, the monologue under the sky, the fire and the woodcutter song. Bao Meisheng is a folk singer with the highest voice recognition. Her singing is very unique, which can not be imitated by others, and has nothing to do with the classical singing style of the academic school.

In 1980, he left Taiwan for further study in the United States. Since going abroad for further study, he has never appeared or performed as a singer in the past 25 years.

Growing up in Taichung, Bao Meisheng is the youngest girl in her family. Her two elder sisters and one elder brother love her very much. My father, who worked in an airline company, has retired; my mother is a primary school teacher. When she was studying, she would go home as soon as she had a holiday, even if it was a short one. But now I go to work, it's not so easy to go back. After graduating from high school and finishing the joint entrance examination, Bao Meisheng had a long holiday. He liked mung bean soup. Afraid of burning it dry, and do not want to stare at the stove, so conveniently picked up the brother's guitar, their casual groping, plus the brother's classmate's advice, so enjoy the summer vacation. At that time, I didn't make any choice in singing, mainly American folk songs found in the book. Speaking of singing, according to my mother, I have loved singing since I was a child. My brother, sister and mother also like singing. In the first grade of primary school, she was lying in bed listening to her mother teach her to sing "Green Island Serenade". This scene still can't be forgotten. When I first learned guitar, I played guitar at the kitchen stairs and sang plum blossom with my mother. It was really a piece of Tianlun music.

In April and may of the year when she was nearly 19 years old, Bao Meisheng finished her first composition "Wuyu 19", which was later renamed "growing up" and included in her first record.

Although her participation in the golden rhyme award made her very famous and she also made a record, Bao Meisheng did not intend to start singing from now on. She thinks that she is very lucky to be able to face singing with an after-school attitude. She is in charge of the whole family and only hopes not to go to the restaurant to sing in public. But she is just a girl who loves singing, not for fame, not for profit. Only in this way can singing not be a burden. On one occasion, the school held a speech on current affairs analysis, and few students went there; on the second time, there was a concert at the same place, and there were a lot of people. Bao Meisheng was very moved. It's good to have so many people like to listen to Chinese songs, but should college students care more about the world situation? Bao Meisheng, who has a quiet personality, likes to watch movies and go on outings. She also likes to walk in the mountains - not to climb the mountains. I'm most afraid to go shopping in crowded places. It's a crime. She also likes to talk and sing with her good friends. Because Jinyun award has become a celebrity, Bao Meisheng often has to attend concerts now. He can't make any choice. Sometimes he has to go if he doesn't really want to. Sometimes he doesn't dare to eat chili for fear of having a bad voice. Although they are all small things, they are also troubles. Some people can listen to music while doing things, but Bao Meisheng has to pay attention to music every time. She likes lyric music and admires Yang Xian very much. She also appreciates his early works.

Nowadays, if some songwriters take "will it be popular" as their first consideration, it will lead to great adverse consequences. Bao Meisheng thinks that if the future of folk songs is combined with commercialization, it will be very difficult to consider.

When she made her first record, Bao Meisheng had no experience at all. She could sing whatever she wanted. In the second picture, she can make up her own mind, because after all these days, she has grown up and knows how to cherish her feathers. Her principles in choosing songs are: first, they are pleasant to listen to, and second, they are moving. Although a song's lyrics are important, the melody is still important. She will never accept it just because the words are good, because without a good song, the good words will not show. Bao Meisheng and Hou Dejian, the author of catching loach, grew up in the same village when they were young. Once in a concert, they both sang the song catching loach. The taste is very different. One is really like a big brother, the other is a little sister who begged the big brother to take him to catch loach. It's very interesting.

She sings only because she likes singing. She doesn't like to be used. She doesn't take part in irrelevant activities. She thinks: "singing is very simple. We should never complicate it." This attitude may be right. Originally, it's enough to make yourself happy and others happy?

In 1977, she participated in the competition with her original song growing up (Wuyu 19) and won the first golden rhyme Award (champion Chen Mingshao). That year, she was 19 years old and studied in the History Department of National Taiwan University. Later, in the golden rhyme award commemorative collection, the song "little jasmine" was well known to fans, but also attracted attention because of its creative talent. While the iron is hot, Xinge records released her first personal album "song of baomeisheng", which includes many original songs and the first works of Hou Dejian and Qiu Chen. She couldn't help crying when she was recording for catch loach. Not because she was moved by this song, but because it was too much like a nursery rhyme, which made her feel very shameless. With the help of the producer, she became the first singer of the song and was unexpectedly popular. When she was a child, she lived in the same village and went to the same kindergarten with Hou Dejian, the creator of catching loach, but she was not familiar with it. She did not expect that when she grew up, she would get married again because of folk songs.

Together with other folk singers, she was moved by folk songs in her youth. During that time, she fell in love with Chen Anbin, President and head of the Taiwan University Philatelic Society. In 1980, shortly after graduation, she entered the wedding hall, and then went to California for further study. Before leaving the singing world, she produced four albums, one in less than a year, belonging to a fairly high-yielding folk singer. Mr. A is studying for a doctorate in engineering in the United States. She works in a travel agency. In 1987, the stock market crash in the United States directly affected the couple's securities investment. However, the experience of this failure led to Chen Anbin's research topic of "using computer instead of human brain to make financial decisions". In 1991, the couple returned to Taiwan and settled in Hsinchu. After several years of research and hard work, they finally established Baoji information company. In the early days of her business, Chen Anbin, the general consultant, did everything by herself. As the general manager, she also started from basic administrative affairs. Now, Baoji information has a very good reputation in Taiwan's high-tech field, attracting many famous foreign high-tech companies to participate in the shares, and has made billions of huge profits. Now she is still working as a consultant in the company, her two sons and one daughter have grown up, and her family life is happy. In the "folk song 30" series of commemorative activities, she promised to return to the stage in 2004 and meet everyone at the "good folk song" concert. What made her most happy was to meet Chen Mingshao, who she had not seen for more than 20 years. Recalling that year, she said: "before we sang, we didn't have to make up, and we didn't have to play costumes. When we got together, we were the same as classmates. For me, it was like a student activity, so I never felt like I had joined the singing world, and I didn't quit."

At the concert of "folk song Carnival forever Weiyang song", her words full of sense of humor made the audience laugh from time to time. It can be seen that Bao Meisheng in life must be a cheerful and intelligent lovely woman.

Music Album

Album introduction

The song of Bao Mei Sheng, 1978

The song of baomeisheng constructs the basic tonality of the album with fresh creation songs. "Catching loach", written by Hou Dejian, was very popular in those years. Both adults and children could sing two lines. Qiu Chen, a great composer, has published two songs: "look at me, listen to me" and "you wait for me in the deep of sunset", which are well-known by Bao Meisheng. Another important type of folk songs is the re creation of classical songs. Based on Baiyun's music, Huali Si composed "the night of joy", Chai Toufeng written by Lu You in Song Ci, seven character quatrains by Zhang Ji, and Night Mooring on maple bridge composed by Guo Zhiyuan. All three songs put on a new green coat of common people with folk songs, which were hard to get close to in the past. As for the song you come, it is impressive to depict a strong nostalgia by means of a large tune change, while growing up (enlightenment 19) is a sketch about youth written by Bao Meisheng to her classmates when she was studying at NTU. This song is also her first creation.

A passage from the album "song of baomei saint"

brief introduction

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Bao Meisheng, a fourth grade student in the History Department of NTU, is pure and full of impressive depth. In addition to playing guitar and piano well, she is also good at composing music and writing lyrics. Based on her deeper and deeper musical talent, we decided to make this record for all friends who love campus music! In the 12 songs of this record, we can experience a girl's mental journey in her growing years From catch loach, Wuyu 19, kite to you wait for me in the deep of sunset, Bao Meisheng no longer sings sporadic feelings, but in the course of growing up, you and I have had a string of memories and visions.

By the flow of singing, in the light melody, I hope you can share the unforgettable

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