He is contemplating the future of music: in this somewhat impatient market, it's not difficult to find a place to stand, but the difficulty lies in how to make this era and history remember you. In the vast and clear sky, a streak of bright and pure long tone slants across. After a long introduction, the solos of the harp and the organ seem to come solemnly from the profound dome, with broad lines, warm and round. Each note achieves the greatest clarity, becoming pure and full of emotion. In a CD that condenses the natural sounds of nature, you can always deeply feel that music is a kind of mood. Good music should change with one's mood; when you are sad, the melody sounds sorrowful to you, and when you are happy, the melody sounds joyful to you. The environment arises from the heart, or perhaps this principle is what is being referred to.
China Workplace [cnduty.com] reports: It is precisely in pursuit of pure music that the flamingo has appeared in people's sights. Its three companies - Guangdong Flamingo Cultural Development Company, Guangdong Flamingo Film and Television Company, and Guangzhou Pigment Music Studio - are mutually independent yet cooperative, occupying a place in the domestic music market. The production of more than thirty high-quality albums per year has made the Flamingo company's annual output reach tens of millions. The next task is clear: let this musical giant spread the story of pure music in the stock market.
Returning to the essence of purity
Zu Chen has been pursuing his own ideal definition of music. He is a businessman, but he prefers another title given to him by others: a modern cultural businessman. In his understanding, music is a liberating force that can free people from loneliness, introspection, and the dust of the world, opening the gates of the body and allowing the soul to enter the human world, gaining satisfaction and happiness. Just as he was once moved by classical music, when the noise of "Symphony of Fate" and "Pastoral Symphony" sounds, he always faces it with absolute loyalty. As a result, in later record productions, he consciously adds some elements of classical music. However, regarding purely classical music, "when my skills are not yet up to par, I will not produce it; it is an absolute realm."
Born at the end of the 1960s, Zu Chen could be said to have always been in the cultural circle. Despite studying engineering in college, over the years, Zu Chen's deepest impression still comes from the cultural connotations within the university. Near graduation, he decided to choose a career in the cultural industry. For a typical engineering family, this was first a psychological challenge. His grandfather, who studied oracle bone script, earnestly advised him to pursue a career with class. This advice Zu Chen has always remembered in his heart. From the early 1990s, one of his life principles became: treating the cultivation of taste in people equally with the pursuit of a tasteful career.
"Imprint, like a cluster of flowers rising in a dream, lingers lightly, then flashes like cooking smoke." Within the latest release from Flamingo Records, "Imprint*Impression3," Zu Chen wrote these words on the cover, distinguishing it from other fast-food music on the market.
In another ballad album, "Vacuum Tube-V," Zu Chen personally wrote a song called "The Fate of Wolves and Sheep." This situation often occurs, and the general manager of Flamingo Company, Sha Lin, joked that whenever Zu Chen gets inspired, he feels the need to express himself, only at these moments can he fully release himself.
A Musical Life
In 1992, Zu Chen abandoned his career as a journalist and came alone to Guangzhou, beginning his "venture into business" life. Three years as an entertainment journalist left a regret in his heart: the lack of satisfying music in the country. During the early days of his business venture in an advertising company, two years of experience gave him a deep understanding of the cultural market. Afterwards, he chose to enter the record distribution business, never looking back. Initially, he chose to act as a distributor for records, using this time to systematically organize China's record industry and market. Surprisingly, he discovered that the market for high-quality albums was not fully established. Due to technical and conceptual factors, the production of such albums was still in its infancy. Moreover, the vulgarity of fast-food music was unsettling for Zu Chen, accustomed to classical music. The shouting heard in the streets from various audio stores made him restless.
Just as Zu Chen was eager to start but felt powerless due to his solitary position, "perhaps fate arranged it," he met the current company general manager, Sha Lin. After their initial meeting, they were astonished to find similar shadows of themselves in each other, both wanting to do the same thing. They quickly agreed, and after a year of hard preparation, Flamingo Company officially announced its establishment in early 1995, along with a few brothers who had struggled together, forming a strong team.
Although Zu Chen wanted his music business to have class, market research was an indispensable process. Every time he launched new records onto the market, he was always uneasy, which made him anxious. During a conversation, a friend told him not to aim too high initially; even if you're a boss, nine out of ten times you're still a salesperson, so it's better to go to the front line for training. These words enlightened him. Zu Chen clearly remembers his first business trip, traveling extensively across the south and north, covering thirteen cities in total. In every city, he conducted investigations into local customs and recorded every sound that could move him. "Loving music, especially music that makes people think, is a quality."
More than ten years have passed, and Zu Chen's personality has become much more introverted. He began to contemplate the future of music. In this somewhat impatient society, he considers more about Flamingo's contributions to the development of music. It's not difficult to find a foothold, but the difficulty lies in making this era and history remember you.