Army band: A unique feature in Vinh city's musical life

(Baonghean) - Surely many people who often hang out at coffee shops just to enjoy "live music" cannot help but be impressed with the young band Army band. They have their own unique features that are hard to confuse because when on stage, each member has the opportunity to shine with their own band personality.

In the courtyard of Moc cafe on a winter morning, the song “Unnamed Dream” by Army Band resounded, making the space seem to be lit up by the pure light of dawn. The poignant lyrics resounded in the wild, husky voice of the short-haired girl Nhu Quynh with strange rhythms.

According to Hoang Son - Leader of Army band, since its establishment, the band has composed 8 songs mainly about love, youth and social topics; and hopes to one day open a tea room, only singing the songs they compose, following their own musical taste.

Army band was founded 2 years ago, they are members who have never received formal music training, but have a burning passion for music. Like the leader, guitarist Hoang Son, who was trained in information technology but he fell in love with the guitar, has been attached to it for decades and chose it as his career. And people remember him not only for his sweet guitar sound, chords, and unique intro, but also for his qualities as a music producer, a singer who "sings my song" (sings songs he composed).

It was also from musical destiny that helped Hoang Son and Phuong Linh - who played the keyboard, both studied at the University of Foreign Languages, become husband and wife. And starting from these first two non-professional members, the young band Army band was born. The following members all joined the band from meeting each other on an amateur stage, and "having similar musical tastes, they came together".

Army Band performed at a cafe in the city.

The band currently consists of Canh Hoang - an architect who plays drums, Hoang Luu who just graduated from Hue University of Economics plays bass guitar, Thai Phu is a fitness trainer with an impressive rock voice. Nhu Quynh - a girl with a unique voice with impressive mid-range rumbles is a female bank employee.

Some people choose music as a part-time job, and see music as a playground to express themselves, to share emotions with the community through the sound of musical instruments; but there are also people who see it as a career, like Phuong Linh. Because in the band, Phuong Linh is a singer who made it to the final round of the contest "Vietnam Ido 2012", she was also invited to participate in the voice of Asia. After graduating from university, she was invited by Blue Sky Primary School to teach music. After that, she opened the Lyun Club to teach piano at home, and the students are primary and secondary school students, and even students and civil servants in their forties...

Along with his wife, Guitarist Hoang Son also struggled a lot when choosing music as his career path. He said: “After graduating from university with a degree in IT, I didn’t think I would choose music as a career, but I kept following my brothers to play the guitar, and then I couldn’t stop. Through times like that, many coffee shops, programs, and events invited me and some other friends like Hoang Luu and Canh Hoang to play for them.” Therefore, the career of playing the guitar came to Hoang Son without him knowing.

Now, when the couple has a business, a music club teaching 40-50 students and the Army band has signed long-term contracts with many coffee shops, they themselves say that "music has chosen us". Every week, many young people "wait" on social networks to see when and where the Army band performs to relax and resonate with the emotions that the Army band brings.

Army band is loved and admired by young people and music lovers in the city because of their professional way of working and also because more and more young people are coming to beautiful music, to a space to enjoy music full of personality.

Thanh Nga