They have talent that is no less than that of many lead singers, and have a more passionate love for music, but they can only linger on the edge of the spotlight; in the early days of the industry, there were no black girls like them, but all white girls. Faced with all kinds of doubts, They won a place for themselves with their impressive timbre; when they finally got rid of the shackles of backing vocals and started to release a piece alone, the market did not buy one, and the distance of twenty feet seemed to be a gulf that would never be crossed. in front of them.
Backing vocals may be the most tangled job in the world. You need a natural musical talent and voice, but at the same time you have to learn how to hide and cover it up to suit other people's voices. They were also famous once - of course, as backing singers, the backing singers in the film have a certain status in the rivers and lakes. Their lives are still so twists and turns, the fate of those less well-known backing singers can be imagined. In the face of the pressure of life, some of them are still persevering, some have given up, and some have given up and picked up again, making a legend.
Linda is the legend, the one who replaced the white girl as the backing vocalist, the one who later launched a music festival to clean other people's rooms, the one who started singing again at the age of 40, and the one who was later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It took more than half a lifetime to successfully cross that twenty-foot distance. Without perseverance and love for music, daily repeated efforts, and a strong inner support, it would be difficult to cross that seemingly not-so-distant twenty feet.
Of course, some people are more comfortable twenty feet away. Lisa is not known in the backing vocals. Her singing is like a feather, blowing gently, rising in the wind, and falling lightly. She was the backing vocalist for the Rolling Stones and someone asked why she didn't go forward? She replied that she liked it like this, that she was free and could walk through the crowd with her head held high.
There is also Judith, who was once appointed by Michael Jackson as the backing vocalist for the concert tour. During the rehearsal of Michael's unfortunate death, she was recognized and accepted by everyone on the live broadcast of the funeral, and began to take the first step over twenty feet. As she said herself, although she is famous enough, she is not big enough to turn off all the backing work. Struggling, questioning, and resistance are always with them. The first step may have cost a person ten a few years.
It is not fair to want to cross the twenty feet from the superstar. It has never been a fair game, nor talent. It is circumstance, fate, and luck. Only the strong can control it. But if you want to become a strong person, you need self-discipline, repeated practice, you need to focus on singing, pour your soul into the song, and when the opportunity comes, you can cross that gap and not fall into the doomsday. abyss.
This is very similar to the practice that the Chinese say, but life itself is a long practice, isn't it?
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