Musician Minh Vy and his relationship with folk songs

Therefore, his songs about the sunny and windy land always have their own mark, their own approach, making listeners and singers always feel both familiar and close but also very different and unique.

"Big Brother" of Saigon

Minh Vy said he is a person with a strong Southern character, because he was born in Saigon, his parents loved Southern folk songs and amateur music. Since he was little, he was allowed to learn to play and sing and often took him to see plays, operas... "My childhood was the days when my parents took me to see plays, operas, operas, but I didn't understand anything, and I didn't find it interesting" - Minh Vy said. His father was an engineer, but he wanted his son to follow the path of music, while at that time Minh Vy really didn't like it, causing him to have a rebellious mindset, just wanting to avoid learning to play.

“My father told me that no matter how difficult the family was, his children had to be fully educated, especially the things he used to love but couldn’t afford. At that time, I was still young and didn’t understand my father’s intentions. I only knew that studying was forced, and that I had to study even if I didn’t like it. There were times when I was so frustrated that I just looked forward to the day I got vaccinated so I could have an excuse to stay home,” Minh Vy said. However, gradually, his father’s strictness affected the young Vy’s soul. He gradually got into the habit of learning to sing, act, and play instruments, even though he didn’t have much talent.

In high school, Minh Vy was famous throughout the school and was quickly considered a "leader" in the art movement. That helped him to interact, learn and explore the many colors of life. The 11th grade boy had the opportunity to find people with the same interests and passion for music. The band called "Silent Sea" was born and quickly became famous. In the band, Minh Vy took on two roles at the same time, playing the keyboard and being a singer. He was also the leader of the band and meticulously took care of his brainchild with all his love and dedication. After that, he came up with the idea of ​​recording and re-recording the songs that he and his friends had performed. Fortunately, with the support of his father, who was a technical specialist, he was able to complete his first recorded works.

At that time, although only in high school, Minh Vy's recording technique was not inferior to those with much experience. With three companions, Minh Vy's recording studio gradually took shape right in his house. That was the premise of the famous Kim Loi recording studio (Kim Loi studio) later, which produced musical works associated with the names of Dinh Van, Tai Linh, Si Ben, Thach Thao, Ngoc Hai...

Wishing Kim Loi studio to be an attractive destination, Minh Vy always actively seeks out young talents. It was also thanks to this opportunity that he met his wife Cam Ly - the person he is willing to sacrifice his whole life for her to shine.

Talking about this, musician Minh Vy expressed: “I like to talk about the life and destiny of a person because of fate. Fate brought me to music, allowed me to live with the profession, passionately devote myself to it and take it as a way of life. Fate also made Cam Ly and I meet, become husband and wife and become a couple that is remembered by name in the music industry.” For musician Minh Vy, Cam Ly’s career is also his career, passion, and ideal.

Because of that fate, a multi-talented music producer and manager in the 90s of the last century became a billionaire. Few people know that the leader of the Rain Dust music trend at one time was Minh Vy. Nowadays, musician Minh Vy is also trusted to take on the role of judge in many attractive game shows and music programs such as:“My husband and I sing”, “Miss Vietnam 2018 Talent Preliminary Round”, “Idol Singer”, “Golden Couple Duet”, “Bolero”... He is also a musician"Brother Saigon"He is genuine when he is always willing to help new singers entering the profession, colleagues in showbiz. For him, music only truly shines and sublimates when spreading the most positive meanings to the community.

Fate with Nghe An

Because he had been immersed in the music of his homeland since childhood, Minh Vy wanted to try his hand at many folk genres from all three regions of the country to renew his songs. Therefore, one time when he had the chance to meet singers and contestants of music competitions who were from Nghe An, he was surprised that these singers could speak fluently the languages ​​of all three regions. This made him think that the culture of Nghe An must be very special! So he came up with the idea of ​​writing songs imbued with Nghe An culture to invite these contestants to sing.

Thinking is doing, he started to research the materials of Vi, Giam, and folk songs in songs with the folk melodies of Nghe An. So, the waiting and waiting verses, the angry and loving verses were "absorbed" by him in his own way. The more he researched the materials of Nghe An folk songs, the more he wanted his brainchildren to be truly special, truly unique, not mixed with the compositions of musicians specializing in writing about Nghe An.

He exploited the meaning in the lyrics, in the way the Nghe people pronounce words, he also paid attention to the way of expressing anger and sadness, the way of sending love for the homeland in the love of couples in the works imbued with Nghe Tinh folk songs. So, those“Why don't you come back?”, “Missing home?”, “Pick up mom”… was born from his very own emotions. “Through observation, I see that Nghe people have very unique personality traits, very patient, hard-working, straightforward, straightforward and also very generous. When in love, they are passionate and intense. And so, in my work, Nghe people who enjoy it will find themselves in it” - Minh Vy shared. He also said that when writing the song"Why don't you come home?", he did not want to include in his work place names that were already in other works, nor did he clearly use local words such as "mo, te, rang, rua"... but when he sang, the listener still felt that he was writing for them, about their people and about the compassion that is contained in the souls of the Nghe people.

“I finished writing the song"Why don't you come home?"I wasn't very confident, but when I gave it to singers Hoang Nhu Quynh and Phuong Thuy from Nghe An to sing, they asked me: When did you return to Nghe An? How long have you been there? So, I knew I had successfully written a song for Nghe people" - Minh Vy said.

For Minh Vy, no area or region of composition is easy, all must be cultivated, researched and seriously perceived by the writer. And each story in the musical works must have sincere vibrations. The work only resonates with the listener when it has the same frequency as them, meaning it must tell the story of the listener, the singer, if they are moved then the musician has succeeded.

During his recent business trip to Nghe An, Minh Vy said he would have more new songs when he “caught” a musical phrase when crossing Ben Thuy bridge and going up Quyet mountain. He said that this time the songs would have really good and emotional stories, because he had reached a place where he had previously only found it in poetry, music and even in literary stories...