Ge Feng

Ge Feng

Ge Feng, formerly known as GE Shufeng, was born in 1982 in an ordinary family in the suburb of Siping City. Ge Feng started his life as a vagrant singer in 2003 with his dedication to music. On August 31, 2007, his scene of singing original songs in the underground passage was photographed by a self titled "sesame photographer" on DV and uploaded to youku.com. Overnight, Ge Feng's video hit rate of singing exceeded 400000, and there were tens of thousands of fans all at once.

About GE Feng

Ge Feng, formerly known as GE Shufeng, was born in 1982 in an ordinary family in the suburb of Siping. Because his family has a small business to do, so his family is not difficult. Although he is the only child in his family, Ge Feng doesn't have many bad problems with his only child. In the words of his mother Fu Yujie, "Xiao Feng is very honest and filial. He never causes trouble. I'm very relieved." In 1992, Ge Feng's family bought a recorder. Ge Feng, who is in the fifth grade of primary school, immediately turns on the recorder to listen to the popular songs as soon as he gets home. "I had a strong sense of music at that time, so I basically learned to sing it two or three times," he told reporters with a smile In 1994, Ge Feng, who just went to junior high school, begged his parents to buy him his first guitar in his life, and then learned to play and sing guitar with others. Ge Feng said that the guitar cost 180 yuan, and he still remembers it. He is very grateful to his parents for their support. "At that time, playing guitar and singing was very handsome. As soon as I played guitar, girls came to me and felt very good." Ge Feng recalled the scene at that time, his expression was very happy. Ge Feng said that it seems that he had this hazy music dream since he was in primary school. In 2000, Ge Feng, who graduated from junior high school, went to a computer school in Siping City to study computer for two years. Later, after working in Siping, Qiqihar and other places for more than two years in home decoration design, I still play and sing with my guitar in my spare time. Although the income of home decoration design is fair, his music dream always makes him fidgety. On the eve of the National Day in 2003, a friend working in Beijing called Ge Feng and told him that there were many vagrant singers in the underpass of Beijing's busy roads who earned money by singing, and their income was also good. He thinks that the level of these singers is far lower than that of Ge Feng. If Ge Feng goes to sing, he will definitely be the most popular one. Ge Feng is very happy to hear this news. He can not only do what he likes, but also make money. Why not? Without doing more thinking, Ge Feng resolutely quit his job in Siping and went to Beijing with his guitar on his back. the gap between dreams and eating only one meal a day

Ge Feng's original songs

Every lonely night, the cold wind accompany you through. Holding the picture in hand, he lowered his head to hum a sad song. They think this is the love you want, you are just silent, your eyes are full of waiting and loss You said you left home alone for your dream. Experienced many storms, never give up the direction of the heart. When I see you in Beidou's eyes, how are you looking at the underground passage with tears? Whether the cruel life makes you sad. Brother in the underpass, how are you now? Whether the beloved girl is back. "Brothers in the underground passage" (also known as "wandering singer") is a song written by GE Feng for himself. He said that this is his mood when he first came to Beijing and started singing in the underground passage. On the afternoon of the second day after arriving in Beijing, accompanied by several friends, Ge Feng auditioned in an underground passage near Muxiyuan. "The effect was good at that time. Before I finished singing a song, someone gave me five yuan." Ge Feng recalled that because he came out for the first time, he felt a little embarrassed and said he didn't want money and gave it back to others. He immediately rented a house in Beijing, and the next day he went to the underground passage near Wangfujing to sing. As a result, he just sang for ten minutes and got forty or fifty yuan from the onlookers. When he wanted to continue singing, Chengguan appeared. Chengguan told him that no one is allowed to sing in the underpass to earn money. But Ge Feng had to pack up and leave. although the first day of performing in the underground passage ended like this, Ge Feng was very happy, because his singing was recognized by everyone, and being appreciated was the biggest praise for him. That night, he used the first money he made in Beijing to invite a few friends to a meal. Of course, he also got a little extra money. The beginning is good, but the following time is not good. Ge Feng did not expect that singing in the underground passage is not only restricted by the urban management, but also faced with the exclusion of peers. Ge Feng is not only a tramp singer in Beijing's underpass. Some people started singing in Beijing's underground passages a few years ago. Ge Feng's arrival brought them competition. So Ge Feng couldn't get a foothold in the most prosperous underground passages in Beijing at the beginning, so he had to find some relatively remote underground passages to sing. When he first arrived in Beijing, he rented a house, ate a meal and took a bus. Ge Feng had a lot to spend money on. Because he didn't want to ask for money from his family or borrow money from his friends, the first two months when he just arrived in Beijing were the hardest time for GE Feng. Ge Feng said: "because the money in my pocket is very tight, I have only one meal (lunch) every day for two weeks and drink water when I am hungry. He can't afford to buy water. He even drank water for watering flowers, and even went to the public toilet to pour water that he could drink, but he didn't give up singing. " Fu Yujie, Ge Feng's mother, told reporters that GE Feng had never told himself that he had suffered so much in Beijing, but only said yes. Then the old man burst into tears. Ge Feng's eyes are red. He quickly persuades his mother to go. Ge Feng said that he was ready to bear hardships before he went to Beijing, so he didn't think it was a big deal. To get something, you have to lose something else first. It's worth it to do what you like and suffer. Brother in the underground passage is the work created by GE Feng during this period.

Often run to both sides

Although he had a hard time in Beijing at the beginning, Ge Feng's popularity in underground passages has soared. He has sung all over the underpass of Chang'an Street. Many city managers know him, and many wandering singers have been sung away by him. "After the first two months, life will be much better later. I sing in the underpass and earn forty or fifty yuan a day. Many people who pass through the underpass are going to walk out of the underpass, turn back to listen to his songs, and then throw money to me. " Ge Feng said that many people chatted with him after he finished singing and thought it would be no problem to go to the bar to sing at his level, so he was suggested to go to the bar to sing. Although Ge Feng also thought about this problem, he was not very confident. Seeing that everyone said so, he wanted to have a try. One night in September 2003, Ge Feng went into a bar near his home, Anjialou. At that time, the bar was not open that night. Ge Feng finds the man who seems to be in charge of the bar and politely asks if he still employs a singer. The other party replied that there are already five resident singers in the bar, and they don't want to increase the staff for the time being. Ge Feng said that if he was bothered, he would withdraw. At this time, the man said, anyway, people have come, let's sing a song to listen to it, if you perform well, maybe you can stay. Ge Feng stepped onto the stage, gently plucked the strings, and affectionately played and sang a classic old song "the outside world" created by Qi Qin. Ge Feng recalled that when he started singing, there were still a lot of people talking in the bar. When he finished two sentences, there was basically no one in the room to speak, and they were listening to him. Almost finished, he suddenly received a call from his mother. Because the next day is his 21st birthday, my mother wishes him a happy birthday. To ge Feng's surprise, when he answered the phone, all the people were waiting for him to continue singing. So as soon as he put down the phone, the man who seemed to be the manager asked him to continue singing. After singing, the man asked him to sing another song. So Ge Feng sang another song "winter rain". After the two songs, there was a lot of applause. At this time, a woman in her thirties came out of the corner. She called Ge Feng aside and told him that he was the owner of the bar. From that night, Ge Feng could sing in the bar. He would come to sing for an hour or two every day and give him 1500 yuan a month. After singing, he would add more money. In this way, the first time Ge Feng went to a bar to apply for a job, he was hired. In this bar, Ge Feng sang for more than a year. Later, he went to other bars to sing until the end of September 2006. During this time, Ge Feng sang in the bar at night, and still went to the underground passage to sing during the day. During the break, he wrote his own songs. recording albums in a simple recording studio built at home when GE Feng sang original songs such as brothers in the underground passage, dreams, going home and flying in the underground passage, he was asked the same question by many people, that is, his songs are so good, why don't he record an album himself? They want to buy it back and listen to his songs. At the end of September 2006, Ge Feng returned to Siping's hometown with his eight original songs. With his father's help, the two of them used wood, quilts, the most common microphone and other supplies to make them

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