English name: Tao Zhe.
Real name: Tao
Birthday: 1969/7/ 1 1
Constellation: Cancer
Height:178cm
Native place: Shanghai
Place of birth: Hong Kong
Childhood residence: Taipei City, Taiwan Province Province.
Current residence: Pasadena, Louisiana, USA
Education background: Bethany American School in Taipei Building, graduated from UCI and UCLA, studying AFI.
Major: Psychology.
Minor: film
Personality: creative, subjective, perfectionist, neurotic and sexy.
Favorites: art, cars, movies, music.
For example: delicious food
Hate: video games, board games
Favorite books and magazines: academic, art, automobile, cooking, modern works, culture, fashion, health, movies, music, true stories, self-treatment, travel, computer technology and western classics.
Favorite writers, books and magazines: Harry Potter series.
Favorite music: alternative music, big band, blues music, impromptu satirical songs, China folk music, China opera, classical music, classic rock music, local music, erhu music, experimental music, folk songs, local jazz, gospel songs, Goethe-style classical music, heavy metal electronic rock, industrial music, jazz, modern rock music, new era music, pop music, rap, reggae.
Favorite singer and band: The Beatles
Favorite movies: art, action, comedy, documentary, horror, love, science fiction, suspense and animation.
Favorite director, actor and movie: taxi driver; Annie Hall
Favorite sports: track and field, fitness, hiking, online skating, martial arts, cross-country cycling, cycling, running, jogging, squash, swimming, table tennis, volleyball, walking and weightlifting.
Favorite pets: birds, cats, dogs, fish, hamsters, lizards, snakes and turtles.
The most important sentence: I like to stay awake when drinking, and I don't want to endanger my health when smoking.
1993 Making Zhou Baoyuan's ALTON album and writing FRANKY, love is not easy, confession is dazzling.
1994 made Jeff Chang Shin-Che Shenche somewhere in my broken heart.
1995 Chan Sarah Shu Hua in full bloom made songs: Love is deeper, magic, not lovers, not friends, tug of war, kiss &; tell
Speaking of how Tao Zhe returned to Taiwan Province to make music? This starts with his traditional virtue of helping others in China. 1993, Wang Zhiping, a record producer, went to Los Angeles to buy a stereo. When he couldn't compare with a foreign clerk in the music industry, Tao Zhe, who was also in the store at that time, took the initiative to translate for him, so that Wang Zhiping could buy what he needed smoothly. Wang Zhiping was grateful and asked his name. He also knows that this helpful little boy likes playing music and knows music. Six months later, Wang Zhiping planned to record a record for Zhou Baoyuan, who also came back from the United States, so he "recruited" Tao Zhe to return to Taiwan Province to show his musical skills. After returning to Taiwan Province, Tao Zhe began to compose songs and music, and his works were gradually recognized by the music industry in Taiwan Province. Someone began to ask him to arrange music, and hoped that he would participate in music production and become a full-time producer. At that time, Xinche was going to release an English album. A Zhe had heard of Tao? Works such as Tao Zhe's r &；; So I found him somewhere in my broken heart to be in charge of the production of this film. When Chan Sarah, who had disappeared for a long time in 1995, wanted to release Shu Hua's "In Full Bloom" album, he discussed with the producer that he wanted to change his previous style, so Wang Zhiping, the producer at that time, asked Tao Zhe to help make this album, flaunting the American "R &；; B) Under the production of genre, Chan Sarah also expanded her broader singing.
1995.05 making an album, Yang Caini laughed and cried to compose a song: haven, what do you do, you are hesitant.
1996 438+0 made an album. Eric Suen Yiu Wai Yao Wei once wrote songs "Hello, Stranger" and "Midnight Rosemary".
1996.08 released an album, and Eric Suen Yiu Wai Wai Yiu will definitely write songs.
For Tao Zhe, who studied in the United States at the age of 15, it is not easy to help Taiwan Province singers to make the whole album, because as a producer, he must communicate and coordinate with singers, teach singers to make sounds and master melodies. What is more difficult is the expression of lyrics and how to teach the singer to master pronunciation correctly, which is a problem he must overcome on the road of production. However, due to his passion for music, he redoubled his efforts to do a good job as a producer, and the language problem was not that big. His life experience abroad and years of cultivation of western music make his music style bright and carefree. 1995, Yang Caini came to Taiwan Province for the first time to release films. Yang Caini himself came to Tao Zhe because he came back from studying in the United States and he was exposed to American music? It's perfect to make an album for Yang Caini. In addition, Eric Suen Yiu Wai Wai Yiu, who came to Taiwan Province from Hongkong to develop, was also a very popular idol singer at that time. In the past, Eric Suen Yiu Wai Wai Yiu sang many songs that belonged to dance music or that kind of little love. In this habit album he released, the record company wanted him to change some different styles, so he also asked Tao Zhe to write more American-style songs for him in the album and act as the producer of these songs. Later, in the same year, Eric Suen Yiu Wai Yao released a new affirmation song+featured album, and the main new song was affirmation invitation.
1995.07 making album L.A.BOYZ YOUNG GUNS composing songs YOUNG GUNS, Dangerous People, Another Lonely Nightla.people.
Make an album, baby, baby, baby, write songs, baby, baby.
1996.07 produced the album Baby Lover Boy and composed songs Lover Boy and Song of Peace.
1996.07 making an album. Boys write songs with pure energy and miss Christmas Eve, clowns and balloons, Pu 'er energy, rock and roll.
After many pleasant cooperation experiences, Tao Zhe and Wang Zhiping wrote songs, composed songs and played harmonies together. Therefore, when Wang Zhiping wanted to make the album "Three Brothers in Los Angeles", he once again invited Tao Zhe to join in and compose music for these three brothers who had accepted American music since childhood. In this album, Tao Zhe added different styles of lyric, light and rap songs to them, which made the three brothers admire his production skills. The main reason may be that Tao Zhe, who is good at black "dance music", can "catch" the feelings of the three brothers about singing and dancing, and naturally "catch" the popular tastes of young people at present, becoming the "new favorite" that the record industry strives for, and also laying a solid foundation for the three brothers in Taiwan Province Province. The same girl BABES also came back from America. These three girls who have studied black jazz dance in the United States for more than ten years, besides showing their dances, of course, their songs should also have a little black jazz style, so Tao Zhe is certainly the only choice for their album production.
Zheng Zhongji writes songs in a dilemma-missing your love.
I don't know if you have noticed that we have seen albums made by Tao Zhe before, and most of them seem to be singers who came back from the United States. I don't know whether these singers who came back from abroad are more receptive to Tao Zhe's works or whether local singers in Taiwan Province Province are less receptive to Tao Zhe's comparative works (Rhythm and Blues). For example, the singer (Zheng Zhongji) who is also coming back from abroad will be introduced next. In Zheng Zhongji's debut album, Tao Zhe's song "Miss Your Love" was also included. The melody of this song is a very American lyric song.
1996.08 Alejandro delfino discovers love and writes songs to discover love, secrets, I say, the color of the night.
Alejandro Delfino, who has always dominated Hong Kong and Taiwan with black music and dance, also chose several works by Tao Zhe when he released his album Discover Love, including Alejandro Delfino's Black Singing and Tao Zhe's The Sharp R &；; Compose music At that time, their cooperation was the representative of black rhythm and blues music in Taiwan Province province. In this album, a song called "Secret" is composed by Lin, a Hong Kong lyricist we introduced last week. This kind of cooperation is really rare!
1997 Tao Jingying composed the song "I love you" beautifully.
In fact, when it comes to Tao Zhe's works, most of them are mainly composed, because composing is very simple for him, but because he studied abroad for nearly ten years before, it is difficult for him to write words in Mandarin! Therefore, it is not so simple to find a lyricist who can match his style. Since 1993 returned to China to compose music, Yang Lisu, a former singer, has cooperated with him the most. From the earliest song written for Zhou Baoyuan to the song written for Tao Zi, almost two-thirds of them worked with Yang Lisu, and I don't know everyone. Especially words like baby or love ... ...
1998 making an album-does Zhao Yonghua love writing songs? There is nothing to say.
May composes songs hand in hand, don't lie to me, be tall.
After several years of behind-the-scenes music work, the year before last, Tao Zhe was indeed his most beautiful year. He jumped from behind the scenes to the front of the screen, released his own album, and won the Golden Melody Award, the Best Newcomer Award and the Best Album Producer Award in one breath. In addition, he also won several platinum medals in sales performance. With such outstanding achievements, singers who want to invite him to sing and find him as a producer can't escape Tao Zhe! Tao Zhe is not good at expressing himself, but he is not good at rejecting others, so he has to run back to the United States to hide and think slowly. He is very sure that he can write songs or make albums for these singers. After some efforts, in 1998, Tao Zhe helped Zhao Yonghua to produce two songs in the album for the first time, namely the title songs "Love or Not" and "Nothing to Say". After that, the most striking thing was to help A-mei get married in the handheld album. In this album, Tao Zhe wrote two songs for A-Mei. The most special thing is that he has never written lyrics for anyone except Tao Zhe, who has his own lyrics in his album. He arranged two lyrics "Don't lie to me" and "Tall" for A-mei, because he appreciated her special temperament, voice, charm and her musical potential. B knowledge, giving a concise lecture, let A-mei broaden her music path, and Tao Zhe also made a special guest appearance in the song "Lafite is High".
R&A originated in Taiwan Province Province; Tao Zhe, the godfather of bilibili, and Tao Zhe, who has always had their own music style, started their own new music trend and released their first album of the same name "Tao Zhe" on 1997. As soon as this album was released, it caused R &；; Although Tao Zhe never wanted to classify his music as rhythm and blues; B, but many brothers and sisters in the music circle unanimously praised his music as the most authentic R& in Taiwan Province Province; B.
The first album of the same name (Tao Zhe) in 1997 is 1 .airport take-off 2. The airport is at 10: 30 3. Arrive at the airport 4. Love is simple (I love you) 5. Beach (blue moon). Seventeen (our love) 7. Look at the spring wind. Asshole. Whether it is a song) 10. Quicksand (everything is gone). 1 1. Take 6 and subtract 3 12. Do I? Do I? Say goodbye before saying goodbye) 14. Blue Moon Suite 15. Answering machine
In this album she sang and produced, Tao Zhe, who studied in the United States in junior high school and focused on western culture, successfully subverted the traditional music style, combined the black music style with local songs, and injected new blood into Taiwan Province pop music. Besides selling this album in Taiwan Province Province, even people who like it in Hongkong, Singapore and Malaysia want to buy it through various channels, and it is also played on major radio stations all over Asia. The main reason may be that Tao Zhe integrated his growing background with music, and the whole music range was very wide. The whole album sounds smooth and natural, giving people a very appropriate feeling. This may be the success of his album.
Perhaps influenced by parents' artistic temperament since childhood, the whole album has diversified musical styles. First of all, the title song of the album is looking forward to the spring breeze. Tao Zhe added a new arrangement to this Taiwan Province folk song, and added some words to subvert this traditional song. Looking forward to the Spring Breeze not only gives a new interpretation to traditional folk songs, but also has "good intentions". He said that he often heard men's "comments" about women, which he thought was a kind of contempt. Therefore, a new lyric "Who says women's hearts are hard to guess, they owe someone's love ... buy flowers and wear them themselves, and love and hate are more comfortable ..." What he wants to emphasize is actually "women's autonomy". Let this song, which was not sung by young people, become popular in ktv again after his repackaging.
The singer can create his own voice, vocal music, arrangement, mixing and post-control. Besides his skillful vocal music sounds comfortable, he also brought real black music into the pop music market in Taiwan Province Province, which is really admirable.
In addition, the whole album sincerely records Tao Zhe's thoughts, and the recording is quite ingenious, all of which come from his own self-creativity. It is very interesting to use human voice as an instrument in the production process. The next song, 10:30 at the airport, is a bit like a movie. The fast-moving lens always makes people unable to see the faces of couples in the film, especially the hero, which is actually a masterpiece of the director's good intentions. The main reason is to draw the audience's attention to this song, but I wonder if the audience found out that the hero was Tao Zhe who filmed MTV for the first time. Tao Zhe, who filmed MTV for the first time, said, "It's a good thing that the hero in the movie didn't see me, because when I first became the hero, I felt nervous and my face was sweating. If people see me embarrassed, they won't concentrate on my songs.
David from the screen feels a little shy and introverted. Besides talking about music, he has many opinions and opinions ... He is also very demanding of his words and deeds, especially his clothes. For a suit, his trousers should have a certain length, and how much size his white shirt should be exposed, he will be very careful.
Although mom and dad are well-known artists in the circle, Tao Zhe's fame depends entirely on his own authentic materials. He can not only write songs, but also play harmony. With his first album, he was shortlisted for the Golden Melody Award, the Best Composer Award, the Best Mandarin Male Singer Award and the Best Newcomer Award as a "dark horse", and he also won the Best Newcomer Award and the Best Recorder Award in one breath, not only because of the curtain. In addition to outstanding achievements in Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, he also won the annual "Asian Outstanding Singer Award" issued by Billboard Billboard Magazine in the same year.
1999 I'm fine album 1 Doxology 2。 Find yourself (rain) 3. Small town girl. Tuberose Just friends. I'm ok ~ 7. Different ~ (poor) 8. Go away. Thank you ~ (thank you) 10. ~ (Circus) 1 1+0. Close to you 12. Angelina 13. Amen.
After his last album, Tao Zhe disappeared for nearly two years, only occasionally returning to Taiwan Province Province to help the singer record the album. The second album "I'm OK" has finally released a brand-new album, which is the crystallization of his hard work in the past two years. In the album, Tao Zhe took the rock spirit as the music background and got rid of the last R &；; B style, presented in the form of alternative rock. This is Tao Zhe, who wants to contact the market with music full of rock spirit, so that people can return to the simple happiness of listening to rock music in 1960s and 1970s. At the same time when this album was released, Tao Zhe held a solo concert in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and many big-name singers were present to listen to his singing.
Since I was a child, I have often traveled between Taiwan Province Province and the United States. Traditional China and western civilization had a great influence on Tao Zhe. China people's feelings have always been subtle, so he will try to interpret their feelings in a more relaxed and natural way. Therefore, many "Oh Baby" or random transliteration can be heard in songs. The point is not that every sound is accurate and every word is clearly bitten, but that we should face music with our most sincere selves.