In 2004, JJ Lin's "Jiangnan", Jay Chou's "Qili Xiang", and Angela Chang's "Aurora" were released one after another. In this "fight" in the Chinese music scene, Daolang's album "The First Snow in 2002" broke out of the siege like a dark horse and became an instant hit, sweeping the entire Chinese music scene. Without any promotion, the album sold an astonishing 2.7 million copies. Songs such as "Lover" and "Punishment of Impulse" have spread all over the country. Daolang's songs can be heard in the streets and alleys, and the name Daolang is also widely known. But it is a pity that he chose to quit the music scene when his career was booming.

Daolang, formerly known as Luo Lin. Born on June 22, 1971 in Zijiang County, Neijiang City, Sichuan Province. Because his father was a lighting engineer in a cultural troupe and his mother was an actress, he was deeply influenced by his parents. When he was young, he often played with strange instruments, and thus became attached to music. Understood the indissoluble bond.

It was first caused by a change in the family. Luo Lin's brother had a bad temper, and the two brothers often fought in confusion. Due to a quarrel between the two brothers, the mother scolded the eldest brother, and the eldest brother ran away from home in anger. What Luo Lin didn't expect was that this departure would become a permanent farewell.

A week later, the only thing the family was waiting for was news of the elder brother's death - he was in a car accident while riding his bicycle and died on the spot. The family became a place of sadness for Luo Lin, and this incident became a regret that could never be erased from Luo Lin's heart.

At the age of 17, whether out of escape or pursuit of music, he chose to run away from home before graduating from high school. He started working as a waiter in a dance hall in Neijiang. After work, he would help the sound engineer do odd jobs and learn some vocal knowledge along the way.

Later, he met Mr. He, a keyboard player from Neijiang, Sichuan, and became his teacher. Luo Lin made rapid progress, and Mr. He recommended him to the dance hall and became a keyboard player. . Two years later, Luo Lin went to Chengdu, Chongqing, Tibet, and Xi'an, where he ran a stall for more than four years. Later, while singing in concert halls in Neijiang and Chengdu, he persuaded Liao Jian to form the band "Scalpel", with Bashu comedian Liao Jian as the lead singer and he as the keyboard player.

However, the "Surgery" of the "Scalpel" band was not completed, and they were unknown and could only earn a few hundred yuan a month. In the summer of 1991, the band officially disbanded and the two brothers went their separate ways. Liao Jian changed his career to become a comedian, and Luo Lin planned to continue his career in order to pursue his pursuit of music.

At that time, there was a divorced dancer named Yang Na in the song and dance troupe. Luo Lin pursued her and married her despite the opposition of her family. However, not long after giving birth to her daughter, Yang Na Na left Luo Lin, leaving only a note "You can't give me the life I want." The devastated Luo Lin left Sichuan and wandered again for his music dream.

When singing in Hainan from 1991 to 1995, he also formed the band "Sons of the Earth" with several musicians, and he still played the keyboard. The keyboard was somewhat famous in Hainan at that time, but the band was later disbanded due to pressure from life. .

In Hainan, Luo Lin met Zhu Mei, a girl from Xinjiang, who is his current wife. If he hadn't met Zhu Mei, he might still be wandering. In 1995, Luo Lin took her children with her to Xinjiang, settled near a bus station called "Eighth Floor", established the Northwest Music Studio, and began to have close contact with Xinjiang folk music.

Luo Lin tried to write some original songs, but in the end he only sold a few hundred copies. It was obvious that he could not support himself, so he could only choose to make advertising music for the time being. He made a piece of music for an antenna company, and the effect was good. Under the influence of the advertising song, Luo Lin also gained a certain degree of popularity, and his life gradually got on the right track. But this is when a question appeared in Luo Lin's mind: "Does advertising music count as a real singer?"

So he went back to originality and invested all the money he earned from advertising into making music. music. After two years of hard work, in 2001, an album "Xinjiang Original First Hit" was released, which was a combination of popular and fashionable music. However, the results were disastrous, with only more than 2,000 copies sold. After the failure, Luo Lin visited the library every day, went to the Gobi Desert and the homes of Uyghur people to collect stories, and wrote more than 1,000 poems in a year.

In 2003, Luo Lin’s parents came to Xinjiang to see him. Several people crowded into a small house of more than ten square meters. Luo Lin looked at everything in front of him and felt that he was only pursuing his dream but failed to take care of him. Good family, in this struggle between ideal and reality, Luo Lin released a folk cover album "Love Songs of the Western Regions". He was afraid that it would be the same as before, so he never dared to look at the sales for fear of repeating the same mistakes. Fortunately, sales were good, and Luo Lin's life got better little by little. Since the release of the CD "Love Songs of the Western Regions", Luo Lin has begun to use the stage name "Daolang" to target fans.

Through the bumpy journey, he proved that his efforts were not in vain.

In January 2004, the album "The First Snow in 2002" was officially released. Without any publicity, songs such as "Lover", "Punishment of Impulse", and "The First Snow in 2002" were released one after another. From Xinjiang to the whole country, from vegetable markets to street barber shops, Daolang's rough voice is everywhere in the streets.

He became popular, and Daolang became completely popular. Then he struck while the iron was hot and successively released works such as "Kashgar Populus euphratica", "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", and "Thank You".

However, there are many celebrities, and as Daolang became more and more known to the audience, one year, when Na Ying was a judge, Na Ying said that Daolang's songs did not have an aesthetic point of view, and directly refused him to be shortlisted for Music Storm. List.

Then Wang Feng appeared, calling Daolang’s popularity an insult to Chinese pop music. He bluntly said that his songs are rough and have no connotation. They became popular because everyone listened to too many overly refined songs. . Yang Kun doesn't even call Daolang's songs music.

In this way, a musician who had gone from being silent to becoming famous was surrounded by a group of senior music celebrities. Daolang didn't know how to face these criticisms, so he chose to leave. From becoming famous overnight to hitting rock bottom, life dealt Daolang another severe blow.

After many days, he felt relieved: Whether he likes me or questions me, it doesn’t matter, because I will eventually be forgotten by everyone.

After this incident, Daolang retired to a small town and returned to Xinjiang to devote himself to creation. Although he gradually left the public eye, he still released his own music works from time to time. Although Daolang's ending is not very happy, at least he was once famous, and at least we still like the songs he once knew well.

The first snow in 2002,

came later than usual.

The No. 2 bus parked on the eighth floor,

took away the last falling yellow leaf.