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Adu’s profile

Chinese name: Du Chengyi

English name: A-do

Gender: Male

Nationality: Singapore

Birthday: March 11, 1973

Constellation: Pisces

Blood type: AB

Height: 172cm< /p>

Weight: 64kg

Family members: parents and one younger brother

Languages ??spoken: Mandarin, English, Fujian

Been there Countries: Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand

Things you like to do: raising fish, raising dogs, going to Internet cafes, and watching the Discovery channel at home all day long

The most unforgettable experience: riding a bicycle. The car chase was very painful but I was surprised that I was not injured

The happiest thing: Winning the lottery ticket (S$20,000)

The musical instrument I am good at: guitar and my own voice

Favorite female singers: Lin Yilian, Faye Wong

Favorite male singers: Jacky Cheung, Stephen Chow

Favorite actress: Cheng Yuling

Favorite actors: Stephen Chow, Chow Yun-fat

Favorite movie: A Better Tomorrow

Favorite book: Dragon Tiger Gate

Other experiences: 1999 Selected in Sea Butterfly Become a fellow disciple of Cai Chunjia and Yi Xue

Adu, a newcomer from Singapore, is the key newcomer of the year of Haidie Music. He has long hair and looks like a rugged version of ' Ekin Cheng' is the secret weapon that Haidie has been training for a long time; Adu is characterized by a hoarse special voice, which is very masculine, strong and tender, and is a killer newcomer with both appearance and singing ability. ; With his charming appearance and sexy voice, the record company hopes to shape Adu into the Eastern 'Bryan Adams'.

The story of Adu’s entry into the music scene is legendary; before becoming a singer, Adu used to work at a construction site and was a foreman at the construction site. Whenever he was not working, he used to go to nearby open spaces. While feeding stray dogs and singing to them, he lived a comfortable and comfortable life. He never thought that his life would change any differently. Until one day two years ago, Adu accompanied his friend to attend an audition that more than 3,000 people had signed up for. During the competition, he tried out his voice for the first time, and was unexpectedly recognized and favored by the judges. He immediately signed a contract with him as a trained singer. This changed his life, and Adu entered the music scene from then on.

Adu is a natural singer. In addition to his unique voice, Adu also has his own set of singing skills. He can often start recording immediately after listening to the demo of a song two or three times. The singing was performed in the studio, and the singing was completed in a very short time, and the producer did not need to give much guidance in singing. Adu's first album "Tianhei" contains ten songs. The genres are mostly lyrical and rock. The content tends to talk about men's emotional problems. The title song "He Must Love You Very Much" describes a man being loved. A woman's helplessness and bewilderment when betrayed, and her wish to bless the other person even though she is hurt, is a song aimed at men's weak appeal. Adu used his hoarse voice to interpret the song, hoping to attract attention in the Chinese market. More cries.

Tao Zhe's detailed information

Stage name: Tao Zhe

English name: David Tao

Real name: Tao Xuzhong

Birthday : July 11, 1969

Constellation: Cancer

Height: 178cm

Hometown: Shanghai

Birthplace: Hong Kong

Childhood place of residence: Taipei, Taiwan

Current place of residence: Pasadena, LA, USA

Education: Graduated from Taipei Gongguan Bethany American School, UCI, UCLA, studied Passed AFI

Major: Psychology

Minor: Film

Personality: Creative, subjective, perfectionist, neurotic, sexy

Favorites: art, cars, movies, music

Likes: food

Dislikes: video games, board games

Favorite books and magazines :Academic, art, cars, cooking, modern works, culture, fashion, health, movies, music, true stories, spiritual self-therapy, travel, computer technology, Western classics

Favorite music: Alternative music , big band, blues music, satirical improvisation, Chinese folk music, Chinese opera, classical music, classic rock music, country music, erhu music, experimental music, folk songs, country jazz, gospel songs, Gothic classical music, heavy metal electronic rock, Industrial music, jazz, modern rock music, new era music, pop music, rap, reggae, country rock music, salsa, jazz spirituals, movie soundtracks, hymns, strong rhythm jazz, multi-type music, world music, electronic music

Favorite movies: art films, action films, comedies, documentaries, horror films, romance films, science fiction films, suspense films, animation

Favorite sports: track and field, fitness, hiking, hiking Skating, martial arts, cross-country cycling, cycling, running, jogging, squash, swimming, table tennis, volleyball, walking, weightlifting

Favorite pets: birds, cats, dogs, fish, hamsters, Lizard, snake, turtle

The most important sentence: I like to stay awake when drinking, but I don’t want to harm my health when smoking

1993 Produced Zhou Baoyuan’s ALTON album and composed the songs FRANKY, Love Is Not Easy, Confession , Fascinating and Dazzling

1994 Produced by Jacky Cheung SOMEWHERE IN MY BROKEN HEART

1995 Produced by Chen Shuhua Shuhua Blooming Songs Love is Deeper, Magic, No Lovers, No Friends, Tug of War , KISS & TELL

How did Tao Zhe return to Taiwan to make music? This starts with his traditional Chinese virtue of being helpful. In 1993, record producer Wang Zhiping went to Los Angeles to buy stereos. When he was struggling with the foreign clerks in the musical instrument store, Tao Zhe, who was also in the store at the time, took the initiative to translate for Wang Zhiping, allowing Wang Zhiping to successfully buy what he needed. something. Wang Zhiping was grateful and asked his name. He also knew that this enthusiastic and helpful little boy liked to play music and knew music. After half a year, Wang Zhiping was going to make a record for Zhou Baoyuan, who had also returned from the United States, so he "recruited" him. Tao Zhe returned to Taiwan to display his musical skills. After Tao Zhe returned to Taiwan, he began to write songs and compose, and his works were gradually recognized by the Taiwanese music circle. Some people began to ask him to arrange music, and they hoped that he would participate in music co-ordination and production and become a full-time producer. Xinzhe Chang was going to release an English album. Ah Zhe had listened to Tao Zhe's works and liked Tao Zhe's R&B style very much, so he approached him to produce SOMEWHERE IN MY BROKEN HEART. In 1995, when Chen Shuhua, who had disappeared for a while, was about to release the Shuhua Blooming album, she discussed with the producer that she wanted to change the previous music style. Therefore, the producer at the time, Wang Zhiping, asked Tao Zhe to help produce the album. The production of American "r&b" (R&B) style also allowed Chen Shuhua to expand her broader singing voice.

1995.05 Produced the album Yang Caini smiled and cried and composed the songs Haven, DO YOU DO, Hesitant

1996.01 Produced the album Sun Yaowei Habits composed the songs HELLO STRANGER, Midnight Rosemary

Producing the album in 1996.08, Sun Yaowei definitely wrote songs

For Tao Zhe, who has been studying in the United States since he was fifteen, it is not easy to help Taiwanese singers produce an entire album, because it is really To become a producer, you need to communicate and coordinate with singers, and you also have to teach singers how to pronounce sounds, master melody, etc. What is more difficult is the expression of lyrics and how to teach singers to correctly master pronunciation. These are all on his production journey. It needs to be overcome, but because of his passion for music, he works harder to do a good job as a producer. The language problem is not that big, and his life experience abroad and his years of cultivation of Western music , making his music style appear bright and cheerful.

In 1995, Yang Caini came to Taiwan to release her album for the first time. Since Yang Caini herself also returned from studying in the United States, she was also exposed to more American music styles, so it was most suitable to find Tao Zhejiang to produce an album for Yang Caini. In addition, Sun Yaowei, who came to Taiwan from Hong Kong to develop his career, was also a very popular idol singer at that time. In the past, the songs Sun Yaowei sang were mostly dance music or songs about love and romance. The record company released this song In the album, I wanted him to change the style of music that was different from the previous ones, so I also asked Tao Zhe to write a few more American-style songs for him in the album. He also served as the producer of the songs. Later, in the same year, Sun Yaowei released "Appointment" In the new song + selection album, Tao Zhe will definitely be invited to help Sun Yaowei produce the main new song. At the same time, this is also the beginning of the cooperation between Tao Zhe and the current boss lady Jin Ruiyao. < /p>

1996.07 Produced the album BABES LOVER BOY and composed the songs LOVER BOY and PEACE SONG

1996.07 Produced the album LA. BOYZ PURE ENERGY composed the songs "Reminiscence of Christmas Eve, Clowns and Balloons PUER ENERGY, ROCK"

After many happy collaborations, Tao Zhe wrote songs, produced, and sang out harmonies, and was very devoted to "playing" with Wang Zhiping , so when Wang Zhiping was about to produce the album of the "Three Los Angeles Brothers", he once again called Tao Zhe to join in to compose music for the three brothers, who had also received American music since childhood. In the album, Tao Zhe added lyrical, light, and rap styles to the album. The different songs made the three brothers admire his production skills. The main reason may be that Tao Zhe, who is good at black "dance" music, can "capture" the three brothers' feelings about singing and dancing, and naturally "capture" the popular tastes of teenagers nowadays, becoming the "new favorite" that the record industry strives for. It also allowed the three brothers to conquer the world in Taiwan. The three girls from the same school, BABES, also came back from the United States. These three girls have been studying black jazz dance in the United States for more than ten years. In addition to showing off their dance, of course the songs must also match the style of black jazz. , so of course Tao Zhe is also the best choice for their album production.

1996.07 Zheng Zhongji was in a dilemma when composing a song - Missing Your Love

I don’t know if you have noticed, but we have seen the albums produced by Tao Zhe before, and most of them seem to be Most of the singers came back from the United States! I don’t know if these singers who came back from abroad are more accepting of Tao Zhe’s works, or if Taiwanese singers are less able to accept Tao Zhe’s comparative (rhythm and blues) works, like what’s coming next The one I introduced is also a singer who came back from abroad (Jiang Zhongji). In Cheng Zhongji’s first album, he also included the song "Missing Your Love" written by Tao Zhe. The melody of this song is also a very American lyrical song. .

1996.08 Du Dewei discovered love and composed the songs "Discover Love, Secret, I SAID SAID, COLOR OF THE NIGHT"

Du Dewei, who has always dominated Hong Kong and Taiwan with black music and dance, released the album "Discover Love" At that time, I also selected a few Tao Zhe's works. Du Dewei's black-style singing and Tao Zhe's sharpest R&B compositions. At that time, the collaboration between the two could be said to be the representative of black rhythm and blues music in the Taiwanese music scene.

What's very interesting is that in this album, there is a song called "Secret" composed by Tao Zhe and the lyricist is Lin Xi, the Hong Kong lyricist we introduced last week. This kind of cooperation is really rare!

1997 Tao Jingying beautifully composed the song L.O.V.E

In fact, when it comes to Tao Zhe’s works, most of them are composed, because composing is a very simple matter for him, but because of his previous He studied abroad for the past ten years, so it was very difficult for him to compose Mandarin lyrics! Therefore, it was not that simple to find a lyricist who could match his style of music. Since he returned to China to compose music in 1993, he has collaborated most with him. The lyricist is Yang Lisu, who was also a singer before. From the earliest songs he wrote for Zhou Baoyuan and L.A BOYZ to the song L.O.V.E he wrote for Tao Zi, almost two-thirds of them were collaborated with Yang Lisu, and I don’t know that everyone has I haven't noticed that there are some English words in the lyrics! Especially words like BABY or LOVE...

1998 album production - Zhao Yonghua loves to write songs, loves or hates, nothing to say

1998 Zhang Huimei joined hands to compose the song "Don't Lie to Me, HIGH HIGH HIGH"

After several years of behind-the-scenes music work, Tao Zhe was indeed the most prosperous year for him. From behind the scenes Jumped to the front of the scene, released his own album, and won the Golden Melody Award for Best Newcomer and Best Album Producer. In addition, he also won several platinum sales in terms of sales results. Under such excellent results, I want to Tao Zhe couldn't avoid the singers who invited him to sing and asked him to be their producer! Tao Zhe, who was neither good at expressing nor good at rejecting people, had to run back to the United States to hide and think about those singers for whom he was more confident. song or make an album. After some struggle, in 1998 Tao Zhe first helped Zhao Yonghua produce two songs for the Love or Not Love album, namely the title songs Love or Not and Nothing to Say. What attracted the most attention after that was helping A-mei get married in the album Hands in Hand. In the album, Tao Zhe helped A-mei write two songs, and the most special thing is that in addition to Tao Zhe's own lyrics in his own album, He never writes lyrics for others, but he wrote the lyrics and music for A-mei's songs "Don't Lie to Me" and "High High High" because he admires A-mei's special temperament, voice, and charm very much. Therefore, in the first collaboration, Tao Zhe specially imparted the R&B knowledge he had absorbed in the United States for more than ten years in a concise and concise teaching, allowing A-mei to expand her broader musical path. Moreover, Tao Zhe also made a guest appearance in the song High High High for a short period of RapHigh High High.

Tao Zhe, who is known as the godfather of Taiwanese R&B, has always had his own music style and created his own "new wave of music". He released his solo debut in 1997 The album of the same name is Tao Zhe. As soon as this album was released, R&B became popular in Taiwan in the past two years. Although Tao Zhe has never wanted to classify his music as R&B, many senior brothers and sisters in the music industry have unanimously praised it. His music is the most authentic R&B in Taiwan so far.

The first album of the same name (David Tao) in 1997 1. airport take off 2. 10:30 at the airport (airport in 10:30) 3. airport arrival 4. Love, very simple (i love you) 5. Beach (blue moon) 6. Seventeen years old (our love) 7. Spring wind (spring wind) 8. Bastard (bastard) 9. Yes no song (yes no song) 10. Quicksand (everything's gone) 11.take 6 minus 3 12.My heart is racing(do i do i)13.Say goodbye before goodbye(say goodbye) 14.Beach piano version(suite blue moon)15.answering machine

国 Tao Zhe, who went to the United States to study at the same time, has concentrated on Western culture. In this album he sang and produced, he combined black music styles with local ballads, successfully subverting traditional music styles and injecting new blood into Taiwanese pop music. In addition to this album being a big seller in Taiwan, people who like this album in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia are trying to buy it through various channels. It is also very popular on major radio stations across Asia. Play, the main reason may be that Tao Zhe integrated his growth background with music. The whole music level is relatively broad. The whole album sounds very smooth and natural, giving people a very appropriate feeling. This may be his album. The success of the album.

Maybe he was influenced by his parents' artistic temperament since he was a child. There are diversified music styles in the whole album. First of all, the title song of the first wave of the album is "Looking at the Spring Breeze". Tao Zhe added this Taiwanese folk song A new arrangement and some additional words were added to completely subvert this traditional song. In addition to giving a new interpretation to the traditional folk song, Wang Chunfeng also added "well-intentioned" lyrics. He said that he often hears men around him "judging" women, which he thinks is a form of contempt, so he added a new lyric: "Who said a woman's heart is hard to guess and she owes someone to love her... buy your own flowers." Dai, love and hate are so comfortable..." What I want to emphasize is actually "female autonomy." This song, which was rarely sung by young people, became popular again in major KTVs after his repackaging.

This is a singer-songwriter who can write, write, and sing his own vocals, and can handle vocals, arrangements, MIX methods, and post-mastering processing all at once. In addition to his technical VOCAL that is comfortable to listen to, he brings real black music into the Taiwanese pop music market, which is really admirable.

In addition, the entire album sincerely records Tao Zhe’s thoughts, and the recording is also quite ingenious. It all comes from his own creativity. During the production process, the human voice is used as an instrument, which is very interesting. . The next song "10:30 at the Airport" is shot a bit like a movie. The fast-moving camera always makes people unable to see the faces of the lovers in the film, especially the male protagonist, who is actually the director. It is a well-intentioned masterpiece, the main reason is to make the audience pay attention to this song, but I don’t know if the audience has discovered that the male protagonist is Tao Zhe, who is filming MTV for the first time. Tao Zhe, who was filming an MTV video for the first time, said: "Fortunately, the leading actor in the film can't tell that it's me, because it was my first time being the leading actor, so I was nervous and sweating on my face. If everyone saw how embarrassed I was, He won't listen to my songs attentively.

The David seen on the screen is a bit shy and introverted. Except when it comes to music, he has many opinions and opinions of his own. Besides...he is also very demanding on himself in terms of his words and deeds, especially in his clothing. For suits, his trousers must have a certain length, and he will care about how much size should be exposed in his white shirt. .

Although his parents are well-known artists in the industry, Tao Zhe’s fame is all based on his own real materials. He can not only write songs, produce, and harmonize, but also can With his first album, he was nominated as a "dark horse" in five "Golden Melody Awards" including Best Pop Vocal Recording Award, Best Composer Award, Best Mandarin Male Singer Award, and Best Newcomer Award, and won the award in one go. The Best Newcomer Award and Best Record Producer Award were not only highly recognized for their performance in front of the screen, but also their behind-the-scenes production skills were favored by the judges. In addition to his outstanding performance at the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, he also won the annual "Asian Outstanding Singer-Songwriter Award" from Billboard magazine in the same year.

1999 I'M OK album 1. Doxology 2. Find yourself (rain) 3. Small town girl (small town girl) 4. Tuberose (tuberose) 5. Regular friends~(regular friends ) 6.I'OK~ 7. Different~ (different) 8. Just leave~ (leave) 9. Thank you~ (thank you) 10. Circus~ (circus) 11. Every day (CLOSE TO YOU) 12 .Angeline13.Amen

After the last album, apart from occasionally returning to Taiwan to help singers record albums, Tao Zhe disappeared for almost two years. The second album "I'M OK" was finally released as a brand-new creative album after two years of hard work after everyone's long-awaited calls. In the album, Tao Zhe uses the spirit of rock and roll as the musical background. Starting from the first song "Find Yourself", he breaks away from the R&B style of the previous album and presents it in the form of Alternative Rock. This is Tao Zhe, who wants to contact the market with music full of rock spirit, bringing people back to the simple joy of listening to rock music in the 1960s and 1970s. At the same time as this album was released, Tao Zhe held solo concerts in Hong Kong and Taiwan. At the concerts, many big-name singers came to listen to his singing.

Since he was a child, he has traveled frequently to Taiwan and the United States. Both traditional Chinese and Western civilizations have had a lot of influence on Tao Zhe. Chinese people have always been reserved in their feelings. They will try to use a more "open" way to interpret feelings in a natural way, so you can hear a lot of "OH BABY" or casual changes in the song. The point is not every Every pronunciation is accurate, every word is enunciated clearly, but you have to face the music with your most sincere self.