Miao 庙

Miao talks to Loreli about their 13 years as a band and their upcoming album at Live Beijing Music's Winter Pitch Music Fest way back in January at DDC.

Posted April 13, 2016

Bilingual Transcript of Interview:

Amy: Let’s start by introducing yourselves.

Li Qun: I’m the lead vocals and guitar, Li Qun

Liu Ning: I’m on the guitar, Liu Ning

Da Hong: Drums, Da Hong

Bass: I’m on bass, Huan Feng

Amy: 大家可以自我介绍一下吗？

李群：我是庙的主唱兼吉他，李群

刘宁：我是吉他，刘宁

大宏：我是鼓手，大宏

贝斯：我是贝斯，郇峰

Amy: What’s the name of the band?

Miao: Temple – Miao

Amy: 乐队的名字是什么？

庙：Temple - 庙

Amy：How long have you guys been playing?

Miao: Thirteen, fourteen years? More than ten years. Since we were in school together

Amy: 你们一起弹多久了？

庙：十三，十四。从上学那时候开始的

Amy: Did you guys meet in university?

Miao: We met when we were in middle school.

Amy: 你们是在大学认识的吗？

庙：中学之后

Amy: Wow, really! You guys have known each other for a long time.

Miao: Fucking around from 20 all the way to 40!

Amy:哇，真的吗？那你们认识很久了！

庙:从20岁一直混到40岁。

Amy: So how have you seen the music scene change in 13 years?

Miao: Not as good as before. It seems.. slightly more commercial now, without the rock ‘n roll atmosphere that we had when we were just starting out. I guess now pop music and TV music shows are doing much better. In terms of rock music, it’s going down.

Amy:你们觉得这十几年北京的音乐环境都经过了什么改变？

庙:没有以前好。现在有点商业了，没有刚开始那几年的摇滚氛围好。现在流行，电视节目比较好。摇滚乐好像没有以前那种感觉。

Amy: Why do you think your band lasted this long?

Miao: Because we have our own stuff that we and the audience both like. Even people who have not listened to our music might enjoy it.. it’s just that they haven’t had a chance to listen to it. I want to last till the day they get to hear our music. If they don’t like it, fair enough. Not enough people are listening nowadays, they simply don’t know. We should be working harder to at least get our music heard. It’s not their problem.

Amy:你觉得为什么你们坚持了这么久？

庙:因为我们有自己的东西，也喜欢。也知道很多人也会喜欢，只不过他们没听到。我们希望能做到他们听到的那一天。要是没什么作用的话，那再说。但现在人们听得太少了，根本都不知道。是我们做得不够，并不是他们的问题。

Amy: What is success for you?

Miao: Success… eh… hard to say. Everyone has different ideas. The process is more important. Your philosophy and faith are key here.

Amy:成功对你的定义是什么？

庙:成功。。这个。。。不太好说。每个人想的都不一样。过程最重要吧。信念和信仰很重要。

Amy: What is your process for making music?

Miao: Hanging out, rehearsing, drinking together, fucking around, .. It’s the accumulation of all these things.

Amy: Is there a fixed process?

Miao: I guess, but that’s more secondary. For example you write a song and present a motive. One guy nominates it to the other three. If the three of us think, “Ok, this can work,” if we all see it, if we’re all content with it, then the song can come out very quickly. Write the music, write the lyrics, add in a guitar, a bass line, put it all together: done.

Amy:那，可以描述一下你的写作过程吗？

庙：大家在一块儿，排练，玩儿。平时在一块喝酒啊，过程中积累吧。

Amy:所以没有一个固定的方式？

庙：也有,但是那个算是辅助。比如说你创作一首新歌，有一个动机。有一个人想出来，另外三个觉得，“诶，可以玩儿。”都觉得可以玩，都觉得比较满意，就很快就能做出来。先把歌写好，整个歌词有了，然后有大概的一个吉他，再有一个底层的一个线，一块弹，完事儿。

Amy: What’s the future after thirteen years? What’s the next step?

Miao: We just finished recording an album that’s set to come out next year. Lots of activities coming up! Everyone’s welcome to tag along and join in. The preparations should be finished next year.

Amy:下一步有什么打算呢？

庙：专辑刚录完，明年就发了。活动比较多，大家有兴趣的话可以过来参与，捧场也可以。明年就搞定啦。

Amy: What’s the album called and when is it coming out?

Miao: We’ve finished the recording process. The album is in post right now, mixing and all that. It should be out in the first half of 2016. The name will be Dual Personality. It’s very emotional.

Amy: 专辑叫什么？什么时候发行？

庙：已经录完了，现在在做后期。明年上半年吧。起了一个名字，“双重人格”。比较情绪化，双重人格。