In October 2005, Beijing Chuangmeng Music Investment Management Co., Ltd. and Beijing Titanium Friends Culture Communication Co., Ltd. officially announced an alliance between the two companies, combining China's first music investment management company and the best music production company The company's strengths were combined to establish the "Chuangmeng Titanium Friends" music label. As the leaders of Chuangmeng Music and Titanium Friendship Culture, Xu Xiaofeng and Xiao Ke believe that this cooperation will be a win-win situation, allowing musicians to focus more on the music itself and having stronger marketing channels.
Xiao Ke, one of the most well-known music producers in the Mainland, serves as the founder, music director and company shareholder of Titanium Friends Culture. He has been operating as an independent music company for several years and strives to create high-quality pop music. music. In 2004, female singer-songwriter Cao Fang's first solo album "Black Perfume" was released in a low-key manner. Once released, it won unanimous recommendation from the media and music critics and was named one of the "Top Ten Albums of the Year in Mainland China". Now Cao Fang's new album is still produced by Xiao Ke, and it is officially released to everyone under the label "Chuangmeng Titanium Friends".
The backbone of female singers and songwriters, the complete release of independence and warmth.
As the "backbone of creative girls", Cao Fang has an independent, innocent and childish personality. He uses his sensitive touch to perceive surprises from the unchanging life, and records every moment of encountering the unknown in his own way. The new album is still composed by Cao Fang herself, with excellent lyrics and music. The early debut singles "Tick Tock" and "I Don't Care" have aroused the eager anticipation of her new album among music lovers. "Meet Me" is a new song composed by Cao Fang after the establishment of "Chuangmeng Titanium Friends". This song is a portrayal of her own life, showing a Cao Fang who has the courage to take control of her own life, who doesn't like to stay the same, and doesn't like to follow other people's arrangements. She sings, writes songs, and records life in her own way, being independent and yet tender. It was selected as the title song of the album and is highly recommended. I believe it will bring everyone a warm feeling in winter. "Meet Me" has not yet been released to the public, but has been selected as the theme song for the drama "Behind the Door" adapted from Shi Kang's work.
When Titanium Friends Culture met Chuangmeng Music, Cao Fang's "Meet Me" was created, which fully demonstrated Cao Fang's creative talents. The new album in 2005 is ready to go, and it is bound to create the most original music scene. A musical event.
Who is Cao Fang?
Who is Cao Fang?
She is a girl from Xishuangbanna whose English name is ICY; she is an independent, innocent, self-centered, slightly childish, and emotional girl; she participated in band performances on campus and won numerous awards at the university. A girl; she is the author of the original song "Sunset Love Song" that is widely circulated on campus; she is a singer-songwriter discovered and signed by Xiao Ke in a campus competition; she is the author of the first fully composed album "Black Perfume" which has won unanimous recognition in the industry The well-received 2003 newcomer "Cao Fang"; she is the songwriter who has been invited by many artists such as Qin Hailu and Chen Qianqian to sing; she is the backbone of creative girls created through the cooperation of Chuangmeng and Titanium Friends; she is the first group of Chuangmeng Music since its establishment. A female singer who has released an album;
In December 2005, her new album "Meet Me" was officially released. She is not good at promoting herself, and she does not care about titles. However, her music Her quality still ensures that she will become a strong candidate for the Best Female Singer-Songwriter in 2005! ! The perfect choice to contribute the most sincere album in 2005! ! !
No one can describe Cao Fang in one word. She is rich and talented, and so is her music. This post-80s girl from Xishuangbanna, whose English name is "ICY", quietly released her first album "Black Perfume" in 2003, and has since become an iconic musician respected by discerning industry insiders. In 2005, when I held the new album "Meet Me" in my hands, surprises and accidents came one after another. Not to mention transcendence and breakthroughs, it was just that the all-rounder Cao Fang was able to flow more freely in music and life, with LOMO, spoken word, painting, and extreme Personalized elements make the album full of "Cao Fang" color. Every emotion is captured just right, which is especially valuable in this atmosphere where people tend to follow the trend. It is entirely possible that she will become an important creative girl in the Chinese music scene. It is not too late to know her now.
Keywords "Meet Me"
When Chuangmeng Music "met" Titanium Friends Culture; when Xu Xiaofeng, the top trader in the mainland's original music scene, "met" Xiao Ke, the top producer; all love In the winter of 2005, the musician "met" Cao Fang's new album "Meet Me"
Keywords: independent warmth
Independent warmth was completely released in the winter of 2005 , meet Cao Fang!
Independent
Independent, because of the richness of her heart and her creative self. Spontaneity and freedom are her labels. I will buy mine. At the bottom of my heart/There is a place where you must stop. What can be seen everywhere in the words is a portrayal of her independent life. As one person took over the songwriting and writing of all the album's tracks, her complete independence in creation made her unique among mainland female singers.
Cao Fang grew up in the remote Xishuangbanna, where the Han people are a minority and children from the Dai people were her childhood playmates. The sky there is very blue, the water there is very transparent, the people there are very simple, and the education of the parents is also unrestrained. Since then, Cao Fang has developed a free and unrestrained personality.
When she was a child, she was an obedient child, but her ideas were always a little different. For example, when painting, she would not necessarily use blue when painting the sky, but she would open up her imagination infinitely. Later, whenever she thought of a picture, she would habitually turn it into sound and write it in the form of a song, using music to compose the picture in her heart.
When she writes, she listens to music. When writing songs, she also listens to a piece of music first. All she listens to is music she has written, and it is best to sing it herself. In this impetuous season, she felt like an arrogant frog hiding in the dense woods, admiring herself, leisurely, and extremely happy.
When writing songs, Cao Fang doesn’t like to use chord routines, because that will limit the inspiration for creation. When he has an idea, the guitar, bass, computer, piano, drums... all around him will come to him easily. Use it to refine the idea and write a beautiful melody. The exquisite and moving musical sketch "In Summer" in the album was written using the mouth organ. In addition, she also specially developed a new creative method: "dart music" - using randomly thrown darts to add notes to the text, and then develop a melody, which is Cao Fang's unique secret to writing songs. The song "ICY Is a Lady" dedicated to my father in the album is a representative work developed from "dart music":)
Warmth
Warmth, because of her innocence, because of her childish. For such a sensitive girl born in the 1980s who is a little paranoid and a little emotional, what I pick up at random are bits and pieces of her life. She is a little naughty and a little lonely, but warmth can be seen everywhere. You can find the sunshine in her music. Meet me next season.
“In the past, if I wanted to live a quiet life, all I had to do was give me a small space to write, scratch, hum and write. That’s still the case for me now.”
If he fails to sing, Cao Fang's wish is to be an adventurer and a wanderer. "I like to see the scenery and people I have never seen before." Now Cao Fang will also travel after work to feel nature and life, accumulate creative inspiration, and record these feelings. In December, the flowers in "Jinuo Mountain" were in bloom, and she suddenly felt inspired to fly back to Xishuangbanna and play "Two Weeks Holiday".
Cao Fang’s favorite magazine is actually "Happy Kitchen" because cooking is one of her hobbies. As a Taurus gourmet, she is picky about what she eats. So just do it yourself. Of course, cooking requires talent as much as writing songs, and she has both. Plus, she doesn’t have to worry about eating too much and getting fat, so studying cooking skills has become a major pleasure in life for a perfectionist like her, whether it’s Han cuisine or Dai cuisine. She can cook home-cooked food and even Western food at her fingertips, and her level of cooking is certainly not a problem.
As for love, she hopes that her boyfriend will be simple, but the kind with substance. She hopes that he will smile as innocently as a child. Her attitude towards love is: believe and pursue. For today's men and women, single-mindedness and loyalty seem to be a joke. But the more the world becomes like this, the more she believes in love and believes that her love will be as perfect as she imagined.
“I want to live my own life.
There is a room where I grow tall cacti, arrange flowers in the summer, and drink milk tea in the winter. Here I can play the piano and write songs without restraint, or sing loudly without stage fright... There is also a special balcony that can satisfy my crazy ideas. Sitting in the air, writing and singing to the sky. Whether arranging flowers or drinking milk tea, it will be extremely quiet here. "This is Cao Fang's final fantasy for his life.
Keywords: Creating the Backbone of Girls
"Dream" Lyrics and Music: Cao Fang included in An Youqi's "An Youqi" album
"Next Stop Scenery" Composer: Cao Fang included in Qin Hailu's "Happy Aftertaste" album
"Frog Princess" Lyrics and Music: Cao Fang included in Zhang Hanyun's "I Am Very Zhang Hanyun" album
"Heart of the Deep Sea" Lyrics: Cao Fang included in Chen Qianqian's "Whimsical" album
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The above is an incomplete record of Cao Fang's creations
< p>After releasing her first fully composed album "Black Perfume" in 2003, although the promotion was low-key, the quality of the album was quickly recognized by the industry. Some media regarded her as another talented creative type after Ding Wei. Female singer. In addition to her own records, Cao Fang has also gained a good reputation for her ability to create songs for others. Many artists are competing to invite her to sing, so this little girl has no worries in life and is happy to not run for publicity and live leisurely in her own creation. In the world, things are quietly accumulating.Two years later, the new album "Meet Me" was released. Cao Fang took over the writing and writing of all 11 songs, 11 songs full of talent and rich content. , making her worthy of becoming the backbone of creative girls
Keywords Xiao Ke
When Cao Fang was just a little girl who loved singing and creating, she met Cao Fang. The famous musician Xiao Ke is a Bole specially arranged for her by God. In Xiao Ke's original words, Cao Fang is a singer he picked up on the street. It turns out that Cao Fang, who loves music, likes to play with the band in school. She played with the boys, but never thought about singing or being a singer. By chance, a friend took a demo of her work to a record store, and it was taken away by a passerby. Later, after several rounds of transfers, the demo came to the store. The record of Shangri-La in Yunnan was in the hands of Xiao Ke, who aroused great interest in him, but he didn't know where to find this girl. A few months later, a miracle happened. Cao Fang came to Beijing to participate in the "Xingwang's first national college original music competition." Xiao Ke happened to be a judge in the final of the "Contest". When he heard Cao Fang's song, he found that it was the same as the song in the demo, so they were so lucky to meet.
A year later , Cao Fang came to Beijing alone and became Xiao Ke's music assistant, and then became a singer under Xiao Ke's banner. They became "master and apprentice". According to Xiao Ke, "Beijing has an additional girl who writes songs and sings. Write your own life, sing your own life. Listening to her songs is like reading her diary, true, self-centered and simple. "
"Meet Me" is still produced by Xiao Ke. When talking about Cao Fang, Xiao Ke is quite satisfied with this female disciple. He said: Cao Fang is a person who has excellent composition and singing skills. There are not many singers in today's music scene who are balanced in both aspects. The two masters and apprentices have many different opinions on how to handle music, and they can often collide with each other. Cao Fang also said that as long as they see each other, When the master is present, I feel more at ease, perform better, and record more smoothly.
LOMO spirit
LOMO is a video that has become very popular around the world in recent years. Culture. It refers to a camera in the 1950s, which is particularly sensitive to red, blue, and yellow light and has extremely bright colors. Today's LOMO refers to an attitude when shooting, not caring about aperture, shutter, angle, and composition. , capture at will, take whatever you want, even if the photos are overexposed or blurry, as long as you have a feeling, it is a successful work. There are LOMO enthusiasts' societies all over the world, and there are photography activities, film festivals, and gatherings in different places. The corner was going on happily.
In July 2005, Cao Fang, who was busy preparing for his second album and therefore declined commercial performances, unexpectedly appeared at a spontaneous event by LOMO enthusiasts. At the party held, a song was performed for the first anniversary celebration of the LomoChina website.
It turns out that Cao Fang's first album "Black Perfume" has become the personal favorite of domestic LOMO fans because of its independent and avant-garde, aesthetic and casual characteristics, comparing her to "the beautiful female voice in the LOMO record player".
The lifestyle of the LOMO family is revealed
LOMO, the four letters are arranged and combined to form a camera brand, which is not cutting-edge, but creates surprises; a lifestyle, which is not high-end, but has unlimited scenery. ; A "Don't think, just shot" shooting attitude, not arrogant, but doing whatever you want. Like another reincarnation from simplicity to complexity, LOMO has spawned the fashion tentacles of this city, and a group of active and emotional young people are crazy about it. They said: "LOMO means Let Our life be Magic and Open."
Everything is for LOMO
A Ling and Pancake
Occupation: Internet
City: Beijing
Declaration: LOMO gives us a colorful life, and we give LOMO a home.
I like this way of recording: using a lens, using film, using my right hand that presses the shutter button, and using anything that can image.
My name is A Ling, and her name is Bibing. After reading the LOMO diary of many cakes and cakes, I felt a little admiration in my heart and felt that this girl’s life was so interesting. When I found out that Bibing and I were in the same company, I got in touch with her effortlessly and took my first LOMO photo with her LC-A.
Later, I never left my hand with my camera in the elevator, on the road, and when shopping. We photographed everything, passers-by A, B, C and D, puppies, blue sky, fire hydrants, feet, shoes, cars. We use all kinds of cameras, including LC-A, Colorsplash, Super Sampler, Nine Eyes, etc. Every time I take the film to the printing shop, I am very excited and nervous, hoping to find surprises beyond memory in the inadvertent records.
When I prepare or have done something for LOMO, my ears are always filled with various questions. Friends, netizens, and people who come here because of the reputation have endless questions about LOMO.
For LOMOCHINA to become outstanding, we must be the most perfect. The work must be original, the color tone must be comfortable, and the layout must be reasonable, including every little expression we make, must be completely different from others. Fortunately, our friends are all great people. It is such a LOMOCHINA that is supported entirely by friends. The forum was launched on July 15th and the homepage was launched on August 27th. It is no exaggeration to say that we are the CEO of China’s No. 1 LOMO station!
LOMO because of love
CANDY ZHOU
Occupation: Student
City: Shanghai
Declaration: I like to run around with my camera and record the little sweetness and sadness in life.
Because I love someone, I know LOMO.
Because I know that love is not everything, I occupy my life with LOMO.
The first time I met the boy who later became my boyfriend, the sky was very blue. He took a picture of me and pulled out a stupid camera. I was surprised when the photos came out because the sky was so blue.
The next day I bought a magazine. There was a piece the size of dried tofu on it, and there was a picture of a camera. It said that you don’t need a flash to take pictures. The introduction was very impressive. I looked at the name and it was called LOMO. Then I asked my boyfriend, who is more proficient in cameras, what is LOMO? He said in surprise: "That's the one I took a picture of you with. LOMO!"
Perhaps from this time I knew the existence of LOMO, and gradually began to look for things about LOMO.
The first LOMO I owned was Colorsplash. At that time, I liked to take some dazzling and cool photos, and it felt like I was taking photos just for the sake of taking them. After buying the LC-A, I started to change, and started shooting for the purpose of recording and feeling. I think my real LOMO journey should start with LC-A.
I am often alone, and I feel less lonely when I hold LOMO. LOMO is a part of my life, just like eating and sleeping. LOMO makes me become more thoughtful, and many details that I usually don't pay attention to often touch my soul.
Later, I learned to take candid photos, but the speed must be fast. The joy and satisfaction of finally capturing what you want to photograph can only be experienced by using LOMO.
I LOMO YOU
Hehe
Occupation: Product Design Engineer
City: Guangzhou
Declaration ：fall in lomo
Sometimes life is very strange. Along with bad luck comes luck, the luck brought by LOMO.
On a boring day, my sister brought home some photos and put them in frames. I dragged my lazy body over to look at them. The moment my eyes fell on the photo, my whole body felt like an electric shock, and every cell became active. The brilliant colors in the photos stimulated my optic nerves mercilessly. My sister said this was taken by her friend with an old camera. Seeing how excited I was, she promised to give me such a camera for my birthday.
My birthday came as promised with LOMO LC-A. Quickly kill the cake and go out to take pictures. Taking photos all the way to the street, it was already sunset, and a graceful figure suddenly appeared in the viewfinder, riding a horse in the afterglow of the sunset. "Get closer, get closer." I said to myself, but the moment I pressed the shutter, I was knocked to the ground. It turned out that I was too focused on taking pictures, and I ran in front of the graceful figure of the horse, which is why I met this end.
As I watched the girl’s leaving figure, my eyes were in trance, and I seemed to have forgotten the pain in my intoxication. When I came back to my senses, I put my left and right hands in front of my eyes. After staring at the empty hands for a long time, I thought: Where is my LC-A?
The next few days were occupied by searching, the following nights were invaded by nightmares, and almost collapsed.
Just one morning, there was a loud bang at the door. I opened the door and saw a big shopping bag on the ground. There were many photos and my camera in it. I was so excited that I couldn't speak. When I went back to the house and looked through this big bag of things, my thoughts gradually became clear. The girl must have searched and found my house based on the scenery in the photos I took. At the end of the stack of photos was a photo of the girl, with a mottled wall in the background and a faint chalk writing of "I LOMO U" on the wall.
Of course the story did not stop here. From then on, it became a story about me, her and LOMO...
Cao Fang’s LOMO works
Cao Fang I happen to be an out-and-out LOMO photography fan. A few years ago, she started taking photos with LOMO cameras. Whether it’s to perform in a different place or go shopping in daily life, I will always carry the LOMO camera with me and take pictures wherever I go. The walls of Cao Fang’s home and the record company where she works are dotted with her masterpieces captured with her LOMO camera.
This time, Cao Fang's new album "Meet Me" will show Cao Fang's LOMO photography works for the first time, showcasing her talents beyond music. The photos taken by Cao Fang over the past few years, from home to the suburbs, from Beijing to Yunnan, and the scenery along the way... These photos are Cao Fang's footprints and eyes, allowing her to see the world, small and big All the objects flowed during the shooting and eventually became exquisite inserts in the record, giving Cao Fang fans and video lovers across the country a surprise.
In addition to LOMO photography, the album design this time will also be combined with the musical mood of the record, accompanied by Cao Fang's handwritten text and hand-drawn pictures. In the CD, in addition to 11 fresh and exquisite songs In addition to the work, Cao Fang's own recorded emotional monologue will be inserted, supplemented by sampled sound effects, to combine the music with the scene and create a more visual sense... All of these come from Cao Fang's creativity and inspiration, and are carefully crafted by professional designers. After combination, what will be presented will be a record that is casual and free, full of the spirit of "LOMO".
Music Video in the spirit of LOMO
Cao Fang’s look this time still has no gorgeous clothes and no artificial expressions. The look of the record and Music Video are both very "LOMO" and "very" "Cao Fang", in simple clothes and scenes, Cao Fang shows himself freely, making the viewer extremely comfortable.
The Music Video of "Meet Me" was shot in a small courtyard and a wide open location. Cao Fang did not play anyone, she always showed herself, an independent, warm girl, a A person is watering flowers in the yard, a person is walking on the road, and a person is singing freely, which is very consistent with her musical temperament. Even Cao Fang himself exclaimed "Unexpectedly good!" after seeing it.
LOMO's attitude liberates all photographers who are bound by traditional rules, while Cao Fang always insists on making music with a casual attitude to awaken everyone's sleeping ears.
"Don't think, just shoot!" is the attitude of LOMO Fans; "Don't think, just listen!" This is the attitude of Cao Fang's fans.
Cao Fang's profile
Chinese name: Cao Fang
English name: ICY
Birthday: May 6
Birthplace: Xishuangbanna
Constellation: Taurus
Height: 163cm
Weight: 43kg
Blood type: O< /p>
Specialties: Lyrics and music composition
Favorite things to do: Painting, writing, photography, cooking