Bao Bida, an active musician in Hong Kong and Taiwan, is a composer, arranger, record producer, film soundtrack, music director and conductor. Bao Bida Studio was founded on 1995.
His works include Weightlessness, You Are Love, Accident, Jinghai, The Past Is Past, Memory Route, Endless Love, Blast and so on.
Chinese name: Bao Bida.
Mbth: ChrisBabida
Nationality: China.
Occupation: musician
Masterpiece: Every time I miss you
Active in: Hongkong and Taiwan Province Province.
Early experience
Bao Bida was born into a musical family. His father worked as a musician in Shanghai for many years, and then moved to Hong Kong, where Bao Bida was born. When I was five years old, my mother happened to find Bao Bida standing in a chair, holding a knitting needle as a baton, intoxicated by hand-painting, thinking that the child might have a talent for music, so she sent Bao Bida to learn piano. From then on, Bao Bida and the piano were inseparable. In order to support his family, Bao Bida began to work in music at the age of seven-performing saxophone, guitar, bass and percussion instruments in nightclubs. Bao Bida became a professional musician as a teenager, and later became the youngest music foreman in many famous hotels and nightclubs in Asia.
Since 1970s, Bao Bida has not only performed live performances, but also set foot in the pop music industry. The melody and arrangement are often regarded as evergreen works, which makes people never tire of listening. 1984, Bao Bida participated in the music production of Taiwan Province for the first time-the soundtrack of the TV series "Yang Guifei", and the lead singer of the theme song "A Generation of Beauty" was Miss Tang, who was a smash hit at that time. Since then, Bao Bida has gradually become active in the pop music scene in Taiwan Province.
"I am a professional, and I hope that the singer is professional. If you meet an unprofessional singer, or a professional singer has unprofessional opinions, the work will be difficult to do. " Bao Bida said so.
Bao Bida can't speak Mandarin well, but his words are not euphemistic. Spare no effort to appreciate it and accuse it of being merciless.
This may be related to his personality created by his birth background. Although he is famous in China's music industry, Bao Bida is a Filipino who doesn't know Chinese and holds a British passport.
From 65438 to 0975, Bao Bida became the music director of Hong Kong Eco-EMI Records Company, composing, arranging and acting as a producer for its singers. Bao Bida 1978 returned to school, majoring in composition and arrangement at Berkeley Conservatory of Music. After graduation, he went to DickGrove Studio in Los Angeles to study film soundtrack and music industry.
Performance experience
After studying in the early 1980s, he returned to Hong Kong and participated in the production of first-line singers such as Samuel Hui, Paula Tsui, Danny Chan, Leslie Cheung, George Lam, Sally Yeh, Jenny Tseng and Anita Mui, and served as the music director and conductor of many large-scale events. From 65438 to 0984, Bao Bida participated in the production of the soundtrack of Taiwanese drama Yang Guifei for the first time. The lead singer of the theme song "A Generation of Beauty" is Don, and has been active in Taiwan Province pop music since then.
In the early 1990s, Bao Bida signed a contract with Rolling Stone Records as a producer, and served as composer and arranger. 1993 is the soundtrack of the movie Endless Love, and the theme song Endless Love led by Wan Fang has become a popular song. Bao Bida was also hired as the music director by Zheng Da International Company. Bao Bida was hired as the music director by Zheng Da International Company on 1993.
From 65438 to 0995, Bao Bida set up a studio in Taibei, and was commissioned as the producer of CoCo Lee's album soon after. As a result, Bao Bida arranged the composition, arrangement and production of "Old Love" to become a hit song, and the album "CoCo Lee Coco" set an impressive sales record of 600,000+,which established CoCo Lee's position as the queen of Asia. Later, Bao Bida participated in the production of CoCo Lee's Every Miss You (1997), CoCo Lee Coco (Guangdong Album) (1998), Sunny Day in a Good Mood (1998) and Tick-tock Tips.
In the past few years, Bao Bida has been very active in the music industry in Taiwan Province. Besides CoCo Lee, Bao Bida has also worked as a producer for famous singers such as Elva Hsiao, Ke Yimin, Chen Xiaodong, Jeff Chang Shin-Che Shen Che, Zhao Yonghua, Cai Qin and Suri. In the production of playing music, it includes the oboe album of music studio artist Wang Songen, the piano album of Wang Songen, the pipa of Lu and the erhu album of Wen Jinlong.
Bao Bida has also worked as a producer for singers such as Elva Hsiao, Ke Yimin, Chen Xiaodong, Jeff Chang Shin-Che Shen Che, Zhao Yonghua, Cai Qin and Julie. 1997 Bao Bida is the music director of the celebration of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
1998, Bao Bida cooperated with Taiwan Province Guotuo Theatre for the first time to create the musical "The City that Never Sleeps". Bao Bida not only composes and arranges music, but also acts as a conductor and keyboard player in the performance, which is a success in both box office and word of mouth. 1999 Bao Bida returned to Hong Kong to assist Samuel Hui in making the creative musical Rhapsody on a Midsummer Night. Later, Bao Bida took part in such plays as Danshui Town, City Lights and Shanghai All Night at Guotuo Theatre. In 2006, he cooperated with the Hong Kong Ballet to produce the ballet "Su Si Huang".
In 2003, he published the piano performance album "Love Song Macchiato".
In 2008, a torch song named "Ignite Passion, Pass on Dreams" was written for the Beijing Olympic Games.
20 1 1, Bao Bida compiled and created "phoenix nie-the 15th anniversary celebration of phoenix TV" for the entire symphony of phoenix TV.
2065438+09126 October, 19 Miss China Universe Beauty Contest was invited to participate in Phoenix TV as a judge, and Lu Yu and Li Dongtian were present.
20 19 12 12, invited to attend the concert of the classical ancient poem "Poem Line", and performed the song "Ode to a Wanderer" with the singer, Liu and young singer Yang.
Historical memory
Bao Bida's name is associated with a large number of singers in the 1970s and 1980s, such as Danny Chan, Leslie Cheung, George Lam and Sally Yeh, which reminds us of these long-forgotten songs. Today, we may plunge into another music field, but these are also the past we have experienced before.
studio
1995, Bao Bida Studio was established, and began to devote itself to developing the fever music market other than pop music. Meeting-When Bao Bida Met Cai Qin is an album that was widely talked about by fans before. In fact, as early as 1980s, Bao Bida made his first solo album with Warner. At that time, it was very rare for Hong Kong to release records for a musician who could not sing. Bao Bida is a groundbreaking work.
For example, Bao Bida, who is over half a century old this year, can clearly draw a "marching road map" during his 30-odd years of music career: "Hong Kong and Taiwan Province-Mainland". Many elite musicians in Bao Bida's era chose to retire, but he always continued his musical dream in the ever-changing life. Bao Bida said, "My music should have China elements"!
Achievement honor
Bao Bida won the Best Film Music Award at the 46th Asia-Pacific Film Festival for "Running at Night", which is the greatest praise for his 15 years' struggle in Taiwan. Bao Bida said in his acceptance speech: "I am very excited and surprised to be affirmed by the Asia-Pacific Film Festival after 65,438+05 years of struggle in Taiwan Province, because it is a bit hasty to finish my work in the film background in two weeks, but since I won the prize, I hope filmmakers can pay more attention to the music environment in the future."
At the age of five, he began to receive classical piano training. He majored in composition and arrangement at Berkeley Conservatory of Music in Boston, USA from 65438 to 0978. After graduation, he transferred to Digrove Music Workshop in Los Angeles to study film soundtrack and music industry courses.
Jerry Chan
In 2006, Rainforest Records specially invited Bao Bida to arrange and produce Chen Jieli's new album Bao Bida and Chen Jieli, which was a seamless cooperation between Bao Bida and Chen Jieli. With Bao Bida's arrangement and piano accompaniment, Chen Jieli sang 12 golden songs including Mandarin and Cantonese. The recording of singing and accompaniment reached fever level, which is another good disc worth having.
201965438+1October 14 The theme song "Explosion" of the movie "New king of comedy" was composed by Bao Bida.
Personal life
Cai Qin is the first woman in Bao Bida's Friends series. Cai Qin, who has been in the music world for three years, answered the ardent expectations of fans with a sentence "Good things are worth waiting for". Cai Qin, who has published thirty-five albums, has become a woman in the world in this attack. Her songs are half composed by Bao Bida and half are so-called "classic old songs". For example, about winter, sadness for yourself, ungrateful heart and so on. Humorous, she also made an interesting metaphor for her three-year study and the encounter with Bao Bida.
In addition to reinterpreting the songs sung by male singers in the 1980s with clean female voices, Cai Qin also sang Bao Bida's new work "Old Songs" by Taiwan Province. How did responsive Cai Qin communicate with Bao Bida, who was not fluent in Mandarin, during the album production? Unexpectedly, Bao Bida answered simply: "It's goodbye &; Hello! "
On the day of the release, because her boyfriend, Mr. Zhao, was far away in the United States, she could not be there to bless. On the contrary, her friend Zhao Wen presented flowers, perfume and lily expressions on her behalf, and Zhao Wen also presented a kiss on her behalf. Cai Qin, who usually contacts her feelings through overseas phone calls, admitted that she had the idea of getting married, but because the record company didn't allow it, she gave up the idea.
The names of evergreen tree and Taiwan Province singer Cai Qin are always closely associated with "fever". Cai Qin's voice is mellow and natural, affectionate, quiet and moving, unique, and naturally becomes the favorite of enthusiasts. Cai Qin is the only one who has a fever equipment audition; All fans must collect Cai Qin records. Enthusiasts waited for three years, and finally got the good news: Cai Qin released his solo album "Bao Bida meets Cai Qin" in 2000.
Why should "Bao Bida and Cai Qin" be added before "meet"? Cai Qin attributed half the credit for his new album to Bao Bida. All the works in the album are arranged by Bao Bida, and some songs are composed by Bao Bida. Cai Qin only admitted that this is only half of her album, and the other half belongs to Bao Bida. We can imagine: when Bao Bida meets Cai Qin, when touching notes meet charming songs, we hear classics that have experienced ups and downs in life and gone through sad and happy years. 12 meaningful love songs have caused many fans to fall into the "Qin" network.
In fact, Bao Bida is a Filipino who doesn't know Chinese at all. However, through Cai Qin's gestures, Bao Bida's understanding of the lyrics is exactly the same. The album's title song "Gap" was composed by Bao Bida. The lyrics read: "I am young, pursuing perfection/as time goes by, I can't help looking back/leaving behind fragments/life keeps turning/ups and downs become a habit/love needs to be tested/I never promise forever/these years spin like a top/love and hate are irrelevant/the past storms are left to others to judge/I am innocent, everything is dull/there is a little regret/happiness has no answer/contribution cannot be calculated/who can cure betrayal?" Night is a hard time/loneliness requires courage/shadows will not be lonely/palms are still warm/there is a gap in my heart/let time fill it. "This beautiful song with the warmth of China culture is a portrayal of Cai Qin's past mood, but how can Bao Bida, a foreigner with no language and different cultural backgrounds, write so touching? Can you match the music with the lyrics so perfectly? This may be due to the tacit understanding between Bao Bida and Cai Qin.
Another work in the new album, Big Woman, was created by Cai Qin. In her own words, "Who can write such words except the wise Cai Qin?" Since Cai Qin talks wildly, we should pay more attention to the lyrics when listening to songs. Cai Qin's interpretation of this song is also different from his usual style. Instead, it is a humorous and lively singing, which gives people a refreshing feeling.
Nearly half of Cai Qin's latest album Meet is a cover of old songs by popular male singers in 1980s, including About Winter, Do You Still Love Me Tomorrow, Acting Heart, Sorrow for Yourself and other songs. In fact, it is the most difficult to cover other people's songs, because it is not easy to sing new ideas, let alone cover old songs familiar to singers of the opposite sex. However, Cai Qin reinterpreted this song from a female perspective, giving it a new life. Cai Qin's rich voice and expression are natural and unpretentious, which shows his trademark gentle beauty. It is worth mentioning that there are a series of songs in the album "Can't Love &; Cai Qin lovingly covers these two classic love songs for more than seven minutes, giving people a very sad feeling. When listening to this serial song, even tears from a big man like me flowed out of his closed eyes. In the song "Do you still love me tomorrow?", Cai Qin's rich and beautiful voice and Bao Bida's carefully choreographed violin solo can smooth out any scars in loneliness.
It is a musical myth that two artists who can't communicate in the same language have built a bridge with music and made an album worth collecting. She once again proved the infinite charm of music. In order to better reflect the charm of Cai Qin's singing, this disc uses HDCD technology to process the master tape, and the Hi-Fi sound effect is beautiful.
Main work
musical creation
Personal photo album
In 2007, I remember Leslie's fever jazz album Live, which was specially dedicated to the late Leslie Cheung.
2007 slot-fusion jazz album
In 2004, Wang Xiaonan's erhu album "Modern Datang"
The soundtrack of the 2003 musical One Night in Shanghai
In 2003, Bao Bida's love song Macchiato (pop jazz)
Lin Zhimei in 2003 &; Bao Bida's When Lin Zhimei Meets Bao Bida
200 1 Night Run movie soundtrack album
In 2000, Bao Bida's piano album Four Seasons of Love.
Bao Bida in 2000 &; Chris of Cai Qin&; Friends gathering "
1999 Wang Songen's oboe album "Love the Shadow"
"The Story of a Rose" film soundtrack album
1999 "Danshui Town" musical score album "Opportunity"
1999 Bao Bida's music and Bao Bida's love story
1999 "the city that never sleeps" soundtrack album
1998 Bisognin film soundtrack album
1998 Li Jie's cold coffee
1998 Wu Minghui's hopeless
1998 Wang Songen oboe album "Happy Life"
1997 Bao Bida Bao Bida Heart Music-The Truth of Love.
1997 Wang Songen's oboe album "A Man's Roaming"
1996 Saburo saxophone album "underground lover"
1996 Lu Pipa album "True Words of Love"
1995 midnight song soundtrack album
1994 Bao Bida's "Central Plains Xinle" (released in 200 1 Taiwan Province Province, renamed as "House of Flying Daggers")
1993 Bao Bida share
1993 Love Endless Movie soundtrack album
1992 Bao Bida's Magic (Stonehenge Record)
Personality assessment
Bao Bida seems to have been born and lived for music from the beginning. Of course, Bao Bida, like ordinary musicians, studied classical piano at the request of his parents from an early age. Even when he was very young, he learned various musical instruments, such as guitar, bass and saxophone. He has been in contact with the music industry for a long time, and of course he has made great contributions to the music circle in Hong Kong, whether he is the composer, arranger, concert music director, or even the soundtrack of movies and advertisements.