Photography Xiao Xiansen

Owners, architects, landscape designers and other people who know how to play musical instruments met on 20 14, and often had fun together, feeling the simplicity and happiness that they had not seen for a long time. Suddenly, one day, this group of 80-year-olds who are engaged in serious business decided to form Lu Xiansen band in their spare time and sing songs seriously.

In the second half of last year, Lu Xiansen's first single "Spring Breeze Miles" was released and gained a large audience. The second single "We Hug and Kiss Lovers" also appeared on our independent ING list for two consecutive times. At present, the band is launching crowdfunding for the album "All wines are not as good as you".

Although they are labeled as "rock", their music is quite fresh. As a band with an average age of over 30, it's really a bit surprising.

We prepared some questions to see how they answered:

I heard that you don't think your positive publicity photos look good. Do you want to use live photos as cover pictures?

Lu Xiansen Band: Haha, the publicity photos were taken at the beginning of the band's establishment, and everyone acted spontaneously. There are no professional photographers, carefully selected backgrounds, styles and themes, just a group of people taking pictures in real life. Nowadays, online publicity inevitably has some weaknesses. We are preparing to shoot new publicity photos, so please look forward to it, and we are looking forward to it ourselves.

▲ Abandon the original promotional photos of the band.

Tell me the name of the band, Lu Xiansen. How did it come into being?

Lu Xiansen: The lead singer likes deer, but Xiansen hasn't really figured out what it means. We are all easy-going people, so we let him go.

I can only hear two songs so far. Will the styles of other songs be consistent with these two songs?

Lu Xiansen Band: Only recorded two songs and put them on the Internet for audition. I believe that friends who have listened to other songs have a certain understanding. It should be said that we will maintain a unified mood, the melody of the lead singer will maintain a style, and there will be more ideas on arrangement and orchestration. We will release another single in April. The arrangement is biased towards Posanova style. I hope you will like it.

Compared with those bands with an average age of 20, what are people with an average age of 30 proudest and most afraid of?

Lu Xiansen: This question is so complicated. Perhaps the proudest thing is that when chatting with other bands, they all call me brother. The biggest fear is to invite everyone after dinner. ......

Originally a band formed in their spare time, they have probably taken up more and more time recently. Has the focus of life changed?

Lu Xiansen Band: Life, work and hobbies, many people will have these three parts in their lives, but many times they will be mixed and transformed with each other. Work is for living, and hobbies become work ... I think those of us who have lived for many years should know how to balance these relationships. I once said that if you give up your job and concentrate on making music, you still have to put some energy into thinking about the problems of life. It doesn't save any space for music, but it may change the taste of music.

Will there be a time when the band almost broke up because of their respective work reasons?

Lu Xiansen Band: When we were together, half of us were making music and the other half were chatting. No matter what we talk about, the theme is mutual support, mutual understanding and mutual encouragement. Everyone should do what he should do, and what he can do is the best running-in.

How is the crowdfunding progress of the new album? How's it going?

Lu Xiansen: The progress is better than expected. I'm surprised and happy. I got a lot of support in the first month, but it is not enough to cover the cost of the album at present. Let's move on.

Why is it "absolutely impossible" to find a 1500 audience with similar souls? In fact, how many do you think will end up?

Lu Xiansen Band: "Absolutely impossible" means that our band itself can't achieve crowdfunding. Everyone is busy at work, too. However, many listeners and media friends spontaneously shared our songs and crowdfunding projects with more people and helped us find people who were willing to support Lu Xiansen's records, which made us particularly grateful. Crowdfunding is all about collecting firewood, and it feels particularly good to work with everyone in Qi Xin. I hope it can be achieved in the end!

After crowdfunding, will you go back to the wine table and have a good drink? What are you going to have to drink?

Lu Xiansen: I'm afraid there won't be time for the wine table then. I must be busy arranging music and recording albums. Let's save the wine for the album premiere. Again, all the wines are inferior to yours.

A writer/astronaut