In the last days of the Year of the Cat, the Organizing Committee of the song composition campaign with the theme "The Country is Full of Joy" organized by the Newspaper of Laborers to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the complete Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025) had a meeting with famous musicians at the Newspaper of Laborers and online from Phu Quoc (Kien Giang), Dong Thap on January 31.
Brand of love
The musicians gave practical contributions to the campaign. At the same time, some songs were composed as meaningful spring gifts from the musicians to the campaign.
According to musician Nguyen Ngoc Thien, there have been many very good songs written about cities such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hue, Da Nang... such as: "Hanoi People" (Nguyen Dinh Thi), "Hanoi Belief and Hope" (Phan Nhan), "Spring in Ho Chi Minh City" (Xuan Hong). "Composing a song is a process of the musician's heart after a period of absorbing the material, from which the melody is written. The more experience there is, the better the melody will emerge. 50 years is a long process for Ho Chi Minh City, how to express the musician's soul when talking about the place he lives, the place he is attached to and find sympathy from the listener is a big pressure" - musician Nguyen Ngoc Thien expressed.
Musician Nguyen Van Hien said: "Love and affection is the brand of Ho Chi Minh City. Because Ho Chi Minh City always determines that economic development must go hand in hand with cultural and social development and improving the quality of life of the people. Love and affection is also a very humane image of the people of Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City (many individuals and charity groups with many different ways have supported and accompanied the government and people to "fight COVID-19", 0-dong supermarkets, 0-dong stalls, love trips...). Especially during the New Year, the issue of social security - especially for the poor and disadvantaged - is always of concern to Ho Chi Minh City and is increasingly improved. These milestones are valuable materials for composing good songs for the campaign to compose the theme song "The Country is Full of Joy".
Musicians and the Organizing Committee of the song composition campaign with the theme “The Country is Full of Joy” during the meeting at the Editorial Office of Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper. (Photo: XUAN HUY)
Precious materials
Musician Hoai An has just returned from visiting relatives in the US and believes that melodies with many layers of thoughts and emotions will easily penetrate people's hearts, especially those containing nostalgia. "Ho Chi Minh City is where I live and work, the place that gives me the most emotions when thinking about my past as a student who loves singing and composing, meaning that no matter how far away I go, I always want to return. That is the most vivid material" - musician Hoai Anh shared.
Answering the question of some young musicians when there are too many events and achievements of Ho Chi Minh City, so how to select and put these materials into songs appropriately, musician Nguyen Van Hien said that the emotional connection between musicians and audiences is the spreading power of the materials. "The best way to select and put materials into songs appropriately is to write things that are close to yourself and the majority of the public, how to make strangers suddenly come closer together, and exchange love strings" - musician Nguyen Van Hien suggested.
Musician Quynh Hop added: "The quality of humanity of the city's people is also shown in the perspective of "with the whole country, for the whole country, for the happiness of the people". Right this spring, many organizations and individuals have quietly cared for the lives of the poor, including the program "Scholarship to support ethnic minority students and poor students" managed and operated by the Newspaper Nguoi Lao Dong and the writing contest "Good people around us", which are images of the humanity of the people of the city named after Uncle Ho".
Musician Nguyen Ngoc Thien emphasized that the campaign to compose the theme song "The Country is Full of Joy" organized by the Lao Dong Newspaper cannot ignore valuable materials about the military's rear work, activities to care for cadres, soldiers on islands and fishermen of all levels, sectors, associations, businesses and people of Ho Chi Minh City through meaningful activities such as: supporting the Fund "For beloved Truong Sa, for the front line of the Fatherland", "Contributing stones to build Truong Sa", "The net of love"... Musicians must express their patriotism, affection and responsibility through their compositions through the campaign, calling on the people of Ho Chi Minh City to unite to firmly protect the sacred sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland.
"Happy Unification Day"
Musician Quynh Hop sent the song "Happy Reunification Day" to the campaign to compose a song with the theme "The Country is Full of Joy" organized by the Newspaper Nguoi Lao Dong . The very first verse of the song is a line of memory: "Take me back to the land of memories. Footsteps shook Saigon. The whole country was filled with drums and flags. Celebrating the reunification of the country. Flags and flowers filled the Southern sky...".
The song "Happy Reunification Day" by musician Quynh Hop was submitted to the campaign to compose a song with the theme "The Country is Full of Joy" organized by Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper.
Musician Nguyen Ngoc Thien sent the songs that he filmed the MV for, including: "Thuong Qua Sai Gon", "Xuan Ca", "Thanh Pho Bac Toi Yeu", "Nhung Ngay Sai Gon"...
Source: https://nld.com.vn/niem-vui-cua-nhung-nhac-si-196240204211400288.htm
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