Zhang Ling

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Early experience

When he was young, Zhang Ling traveled to the southern hemisphere to study jazz and bass. Zhang Ling was born in a music family in Beijing in 1967. In the early 1980s, he became interested in rock and pop music and began to play and sing.

Acting experience

In 1986, he formed the band "May Day" with several friends, including Qin Yong, Jiang Wenhua, Cao Jun, He Yong and others. As a guest band, Cui Jian took part in the special concert held at Peking University and Zhongshan Park Concert Hall in Beijing. During 86-88 years, he participated in recording many pop music albums as a singer. It includes Zhang Chu's first album, as well as the performance and recording of the large-scale concert of 100 singers in that year. In 1987, as a soloist, he participated in the large-scale performance of "World Environment Day" held by Beijing Shouti. In 1989, he went to Australia to study Jazz Bass. In 1994, he returned to China and joined Cui Jian band at the beginning of that year. In early 2004, he quit to seek personal development. In 1995, he worked as a pop music teacher in Beijing "MIDI music school", mainly teaching blues, jazz singing and music theory. In 1995, he and several musicians friends (Kong Hongwei, Gu saner, Jin Hao, Liu Lin) formed a jazz fusion band "Tianchang" - the tiensquare. The main goal is to pursue the perfect combination of Chinese music and Western jazz. In the next year, he recorded and released his first pure music album "made in China"; later, he toured Australia with "Tianchang", As well as Hong Kong, Singapore to do promotional performances for the album. at the end of 1996, he participated in the formation of "the rhythmdogs" Blues Band (the first real blues band in China) in Beijing. So far, the band has recorded and released a blue style album "dog of rhythm", in which Zhang Ling, as the lead singer and bassist, reproduces the experience and feeling of playing blues music for many years. In 1997, he participated in the performance of Beijing International Jazz Festival. In 1999, as a specially invited artist of Heineken beer company, he performed 40 times of national tour with the theme of "Heineken beat widening concert". In 2000, signed the famous German bass manufacturer Warwick, as the first and only spokesperson in Chinese mainland. In 2004, signed the famous American String brand d 'Addario, as its image spokesperson in Chinese mainland. from 1994 to 2006, as a professional musician and producer, he has participated in the recording of hundreds of albums by many singers, including Cui Jian, Liu Huan, Tian Zhen, Faye Wong, Jackie Chan, Yuquan, Guo Feng, Han Hong, Sun Nan, Ding Wei, Fei Xiang, Ai Jing, Sha Baoliang, Chen Lin, Pu Shu, Li Yuchun, etc., and has frequently appeared in many domestic front-line musicians At the singer's live concert. in 2006, she recorded and sang the 2006 ad song for Nestle. in 2006, he recorded his first solo album and signed a contract with the famous musician Zhang Yadong as a singer, composer and producer. in 2014, he participated in CCTV-3 "good Chinese songs" and joined Liu Huan's tutor team with an original song "drinking Blues".

Main works

Music works

Individual single

01. Women's song 02. Love rally 03. I have money 04. Witch's puppet 05. Come to the warmth 06. Or you are powerful 07. Youth 08. Don't hide 09. The sixth perception

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