2009
06.04
06.04
『We must stop cursing the darkness. Let’s start commanding the light to come.』 ~ Joel Osteen.
最近常被問到選擇做表演之後遇到的困難，一時間，我不知該怎麼回答。倒不是這一路上總是風光明媚，只是比起不能唱歌的日子，我感覺現在已經是無比幸福。
即使是，五點多起床，自己背著腳架、攝影機，搭著清晨的捷運往淡水。身體有些疲累、精神卻因被表演慾所指使的腎上腺素而提振–能夠站在台上用最真實的自己和聽眾分享學習和聲音，就是我最想做的事。
我被一位歌手朋友』提醒』：「你自己去嗎？沒有宣傳跟你去嗎？」宣傳？哪來的宣傳。獨立歌手就是要自己背著東西到處跑的呀。(也因此我特別感謝很多朋友的友情贊助！)
我喜歡這種不假他人之手的感覺。沒有宣傳的』呵護』、也沒有任何大公司的限制和包裝。我只能做我自己、我也只想做我自己。
以琳書房和誠品跟我加訂CD，媽媽和我就組成了一個小小的生產線，把CD裝箱，爸爸載我們到處送貨。全家人一起工作的感覺挺好的。
辛苦，來自人心。去年好長一段時間，我睡不著，試盡各種藥方、還是睡不著。好幾天我在清晨的鳥鳴中昏昏沉沉的睡去，長期的睡眠不足，讓我總是籠罩在淺淺的憂鬱中。去年年底開始，我不再失眠了。因為我開始相信，相信再怎麼黑暗的時刻總會過去。
我不知道什麼時候，會有另外一種壓力出現、威脅要擊垮我。但我選擇相信：』We must stop cursing the darkness. Let’s start commanding the light to come.』
這個星期六7:30pm，我又要自己背著腳架和攝影機到新竹誠品唱歌了。希望剛好在附近的朋友可以一起來輕鬆聽歌。：）
加油！
The Force will be with you, always.
:]
Hi Ying-Ying,
很開心妳克服了淺淺的憂鬱, 加油喔! 可別累壞了呢！
有些時候, 若真的太疲勞了，在無礙之餘，就讓自己放幾天假吧~
休息之後再出發 !
文末附上一首南宋詩人楊萬里的詩「桂源舖」：
萬山不許一溪奔，
攔得溪聲日夜喧；
到得前頭山腳盡，
堂堂溪水出前村！
—– 這首詩的意境和哲趣，我覺得蠻出色的！特與您分享之～
Nick謹啟
Nick, this poem itself is good, but it does not quite reflect 『light blue』.
Mountains are too heavy; the brook is too shallow.
6/6 晚上終於有機會現場看到及聽到史茵茵的演出。
之前最早是看到在星光大道(TV)中初登場，
之後在四月望雨音樂劇(DVD)中真正看到一顆無法低調的閃亮的鑽石，尤其是在主唱』跳舞時代』時，不管是外型及歌聲，
其光芒壓過全場。那一幕將成為很多人心中的經典畫面。
也讓我們全家成為粉絲。
當晚，迎接如此的的經典，臨時有送花的衝動，
跟太太在附近遍尋不到賣花店，步行去找是很花時間的，
尤其在鬧區。最後終於在開演前買到果風小舖的糖果花束。
每一首都唱得那麼好，歌聲真的沒話講。
我們都在猜是不是史媽媽的調教。
尤其聽到四月望雨(也是已成經典)，又是感動加衝動地喊encore。
碰到經典，why not!
謝謝你, Ming! 原來那聲忘情的encore就是您的聲音！真的非常謝謝你帶著全家一起來聽我唱歌。我練歌的時候，媽媽總是會在旁邊聽著，我們也會一起討論該怎麼把歌唱得更好
謝謝你們可愛的糖果花束。以後真的不用客氣啦！你們的出現已經是我最大最大的鼓勵。請幫我向你的家人表達我的感謝。
Dear Ying Ying,
This is Andrew, the producer friend of Kheng Long and we met at the backstage once at Lee Hom concert. Anyway, by chance, I was reading 家宏’s blog and just learnt that he worked with you on your latest Gospel album. From his blog, lead me to yours.
I am happy for you that you have released a Gospel album. It’s really a blessing that we can use our talents to serve Him, while reward ourselves with the enjoyment of doing and playing music!
I have listened to some of the clips of your music and all of them are very nice song, singing with a nice voice, and most important of all I can feel the honest feeling, which I think it’s what we are missing out there! I know that it’s a limited release with a limit resources marketing for you, but I think it would be better to slowly, but surely touch small group of people’s heart rather than release so call ‘main stream’ pop music with no substance and touch no one’s heart. (as a music producer, I am also guilty of it! But I pray God to bless my work and then I can sub consciousness, spread the Good message through Pop music)
You are doing some good and serves God well.
‘We must stop cursing the darkness. Let’s start commanding the light to come.’ To me, it’s the light of God, which is to come.
Follow the Light, and He will lead you to the right path. Though we might feel alone sometimes, but His courage is our source of strength!
May God bless you keep you.
Andrew
Hello Andrew, what a pleasant surprise to hear from you. Thank you for your word of encouragement. I am absolutely loving what I do and am feeling incredibly blessed singing these praise songs to audiences consisting of mostly non-believers. Hope to catch you around and chat more some other time. May the peace of Christ be with you always.
-Ying-ying
茵茵小姐:
謝謝妳昨天來台東帶來奇妙的禮物–上帝恩典的音樂
也為昨天的禮拜和婚禮添色不少,我們都很感謝上帝,
也非常感謝妳們的奇妙光臨,真是上帝奇妙的帶領
上帝更加用妳祝福妳
歡迎再來台東 林清良090629
非常感謝您們的招待，讓我和媽媽的台東之旅充滿了台東教會的愛和溫暖。這次的旅程真的非常難忘，也將會是我和媽媽最好的見證。希望很快能有機會再次造訪！