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Talking Taiwan Episode About Taiwanese Waves 2017 with Mia Min Yen

Talking Taiwan Episode About Taiwanese Waves 2017 with Mia Min Yen

Last year was the first year that there was a Taiwanese Waves concert at the Central Park Summerstage and it was smashing success! Thousands of people were introduced to Taiwanese musicians Anpu (also known as Deserts Xuan), Wonfu, and Sunset Rollercoaster.

This year Taiwanese Waves has been invited back to Summerstage. Recently, I sat down to talk with Mia Min Yen, the founder and organizer of Taiwanese Waves. Mia spoke with me about the origins of her love of live music, how she was finally able to bring Taiwanese Waves to Summerstage, how the musicians featured this year (Fire Ex, Dadao Huang & Berry j, and Sangpuy) are representative of the cultural diversity of Taiwan, and her vision for the future of Taiwanese Waves.

Taiwanese Waves is not only a great showcase for Taiwanese musicians, but also the only Summerstage concert series lineup to feature Asian musicians. Taiwanese Waves will be at the Summerstage on July 29th from 6:00-10:00 pm at the Rumsey Playfield in New York’s Central Park.

LEARN MORE about Taiwanese Waves by listening to the full episode on TalkingTaiwan.com by clicking HERE.

 

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

  • Where the name Taiwanese Waves comes from
  • How Mia was finally able to bring Taiwanese Waves to Central Park’s Summerstage
  • Where Mia’s interest in live music and bands came from
  • How she curates the Taiwanese Waves concert series
  • A preview of some of the musicians who will be performing at this year’s Taiwanese Waves
  • What’s Mia’s future vision for Taiwanese Waves
  • Mia’s other love of photography and where you can find on her Instagram

 

Related Links:

Taiwanese Waves website: www.TaiwaneseWaves.com

Taiwanese Waves Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/taiwanesewaves/

Support Taiwanese Waves by purchasing a commemorative, limited edition Taiwanese Waves key ring here: https://goo.gl/8R2vPm

YouTube clips of each of the musical artists that will be performing at Taiwanese Waves:

Fire EX:

演出:滅火器 Fire EX. 編曲:鄭宇辰 ORio Cheng、滅火器 Fire EX.

Dadado Huang:

導演:Kforce(小k) 很多人都是從魏如萱Waa Wei演唱的「香格里拉」開始注意到黃玠這位創作者,但一直到2007年黃玠發行自己的首張專輯「綠色的日子」後,大家才算是真正認識了黃玠溫柔的歌聲。除了和蛋堡合作「放個假」以及大自然三部曲的特殊專案之外,他幾乎是每隔三年才能完成一張專輯,2010年「我的高中同學」,2013年「下雨的晚上」,以及2016年「在一片黑暗之中」,雖然每次都能帶來讓我們歡笑讓我們流淚的歌曲,但對樂迷來說,那等待實在有點漫長。 為了不要讓大家等待太久,我們特別搭配這次2017 Voice Up Concert讚聲演唱會,提前發行了這支非常感人的單曲「我們」,黃玠常說自己最愛寫情歌,因為他總能在愛情裡感受到自己真實的存在,在這首歌曲中他用很直白卻詩意的文字訴說著分離後的哀傷,那不是剛分手時強烈的悸動,而是分開一段時間後傷口將要開始癒合時那種不捨卻也不得不放手的黯然傷感。 編曲上黃玠運用他最擅長的木吉他,溫潤簡約的撥弦,襯著他溫柔傷感的歌聲,引我們慢慢進入歌曲鋪陳的情緒,間奏時他取樣了校園鐘聲,想必是兩人某次旅遊時的深刻記憶,口琴與他的和聲在當中更顯催淚,讓人情不自禁想起自己曾經失去的某一段感情。黃玠就是這樣用他聽來無害的音樂滲入我們心中,一首又一首歌曲,佔據我們一段又一段的人生。 我們也特別將這次2017 Voice Up Concert讚聲演唱會命名為「我們一起」,因為在生命的每一段過程裡,都有一首黃玠的歌曲陪著我們一起。 我們 曲・詞:黃玠 我們一起看過最長的電影 我們一起度過最好的年紀 我們一起睡醒 一起呼吸 我們一起傷心 一起努力 我們一起度過最冷的冬天 我們一起面對那不堪的從前 我們把感性放在理性上面 我們一起看見最後的夏天 放一首關於離別的小夜曲 讓想念溫柔的延續 當人們急於探索未知的宇宙 我卻沈溺在你離開的雨後 想說的話對著棉被慢慢說 眼淚慢慢流 還沒實現的夢 讓時間的風 緩緩地吹過

Berry j:

大自然三部曲 黃玠x黃小楨「寂寞殺死我」 這是黃玠與黃小楨在"大自然三部曲"中合作的第二首歌。黃玠是在心情幾近谷底的時候寫下這首歌曲,與「你是不是像我一樣」,都是負面情緒爆炸的作品,透過黃小楨磁性卻冷靜的聲音演繹,聽來更覺傷心。 你也曾有這樣的心情嗎? 寂寞殺死我 曲・詞:黃玠 眼淚不停地流 寂寞是我的朋友 整個房間的黑暗緊緊擁抱我 什麼都不想說 在即將天亮的時候 點了一支煙 我慢慢地抽 眼淚不停地流 憂鬱是一個黑洞 把所有負面情緒緊緊地壓縮 壓縮成一個夢 這個夢慢慢殺死我 殺死我所有的生活 我躺在床上 看著微弱的陽光 我總在不該睡著的時候睡著了 也總在不該醒來的時候醒來了 而我站在不能回頭的小路 覺得很辛苦 眼前一片荒蕪 時間慢慢帶著我前進 想要去哪裡 我就快要忘記 而我走在不能回頭的小路 覺得很辛苦 眼前一片模糊 時間慢慢帶著我前進 在這個軟弱 又無助的夜裡 我看著自己

Sangpuy:

Sangpuy桑布伊同名專輯【Dalan路】2012年10月30日正式發行 表演/活動接洽:0972102604/0975689462廷卉 敬請鎖定 Sangpuy 桑布伊 facebook粉絲專頁 http://www.facebook.com/Sangpuy 【Dalan路】 製作人/陳主惠 詞/曲 桑布伊 編曲/陳主惠 桑布伊 吉他:/汪欲修 桑布伊 鼓:/荒井壯一郎 合聲/桑布伊 ka i semenay nata wadiyan ka i umadu o ~~~ umadu kana kadi umanen ~~~ kalano ~~~ hey hey yo ~~~ ka i senayaw nata wadiyan ka i umadu o ~~~ umadu kana

Summerstage website: http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/summerstage/

Mia Min Yen on Instagram: www.instagram.com/miaminyenphotos

LISTEN to the full episode on Talking Taiwan by clicking here.

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