Wu Fei's Music Daily

Happy Friday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #392 — Debussy’s apple 德彪西的苹果. This piece was created and recorded yesterday. Two days ago, I had my alarm clock on my iPhone set for my children to stop doing computer work. The sound I had chosen was “slow rise” because it was the most mellow one in all the sound samples. As I was holding my phone and...

Happy Monday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #388 — Honey carnival 闺蜜. This composition was created and recorded yesterday on multipart guzheng, performed me. I was intrigued by a TikTok video about the powerful female worker bees yesterday. There has been a lot of butterflies in the forest, as well as hummingbirds and wasps. They all like sugar water...

Happy Friday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #387 — Hammer and hooks 锤子和钩子. This piece was composed and recorded yesterday on percussion and muted guzheng. Beside playing the muted guzheng in a normal way, I played the wooden body of the guzhengs again for most of the percussive tracks. When was looking around to find new sound element in the room,...

Happy Monday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #383 — A bumble bee in Greenland 格陵兰的小黄蜂. This composition was created and recorded yesterday on multitrack guzheng, performed by me. Two years ago today, on August 2, 2019, my parents arrived in the U.S. from their hometown Beijing. It was their first time coming to the U.S., and it was my mom’s first...

Happy Friday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #382 — The chocolate house 巧克力舞会. This composition was created and recorded yesterday on vocals and guzheng performed by me. I was amazed by all the athletes at the Tokyo Olympics. It brought me back to the trip of the 2010 South Africa World Cup I had with my then fiancé . As a life-long sports fan, it...

Happy Monday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #378 — Jupiter’s hat 宙斯的帽子. This solo guzheng improvisation was recorded yesterday. I have been hiking in early morning since summer started. The forest is full of spider webs. The morning mist and sunlight through the leaves created a dreamy mirror. Hope you are having a dreamy start of the week! Wu Fei...

Happy Friday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #377 — Bouncing in the Arctic 北极. This composition was created and recorded yesterday on four-track, double guzheng. I had a dream two nights ago that I was in the Arctic with an old friend from middle school. I haven’t seen her for more than twenty years. How interesting it is that we sometimes reconnect w...

Happy Monday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #373 — Triads 三连. This choral composition was created and recorded yesterday on multitrack vocals and guzheng, performed by me. The entire work is based on a sequence of major triads. I sing the middle pitches and play the two outer pitches. Since the 20th century, major triads in classical music have been...

Happy Friday everyone, Thank you for your generous support to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #372 — Nothing in between 颤风. This improvisation was recorded yesterday on solo guzheng. I felt pumped up and needed to unleash my energy at this moment. Because I was playing enormously hard, my right hand accidentally hit the mic the last second of the recording. I thought it’s a perfect way to...

Happy Monday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #368 — The sneeze 一粒沙. This piece was created yesterday on two track guzheng featuring a sneeze. I also wrote a poem for this piece. Calligraphy by me below. It is read from top to bottom, right to left, which is the traditional way of writing Chinese poems. 一粒沙 , 两震弦。三番索, 万籁聚。 One grain of s...

Happy Friday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #367 — Climbing 攀. I want to send a big thank you note to you all for encouraging me with this daily creation project, especially the patrons who have been supporting me from the when I launched the project on May 3, 2020, as well as the patrons who discovered me only a few weeks ago. Among you, there are bo...

Happy Monday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #363 — Lake Erie 伊利湖. This piece was created and recorded yesterday on two track vocal and guzheng, performed by me. After a week long road trip to New York State with my family, we are happy to be home in Nashville again. During this trip, I got to see many parts of the U.S. that I had not previously visi...

Happy Friday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #362 — Buddha sprinting 疾走佛陀. This solo improvisation was recorded five days ago on guzheng. I am on my way back to Nashville, TN from New York State. We all miss home! Wishing you all a restful and fun July 4th weekend! Wu Fei 吴非 Wufeimusic.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this wi...

Happy Monday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #358 — Channeling 通灵竹. This solo improvisation was recorded yesterday on guzheng and vocal performed by me. Three years ago, my husband planted these bamboos near our home (see photo below). This summer, for the first time we see new bamboo shoots coming out. They are growing incredibly fast. Within a few...

Happy Friday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #357 — Busy bugs 栩栩然蝶. This piece was composed and recorded yesterday on 3 track, half muted guzheng, performed by me. There are so many living creatures around my home right now, especially bugs. This butterfly was enjoying the sun when I happened to be walking by. It reminded me of Zhuangzi , my favorit...

Happy Monday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #353 — The orchid of Sicily 西西里的兰花花 I have been wanting to share this recording with you for a long time. It was from a festival I played in Penice, Italy in 2006 with a group of friends. This recording was actually from our sound check and has never been released. The piece is a mixture of a folk song...

Happy Friday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #352 — Sleepy pink 合欢. This piece was created and recorded yesterday. There is a pink mimosa tree in my backyard. Yesterday morning, I noticed that there was a few pink dots on the crown of the tree. By early afternoon, the entire tree was covered by blossoms, like in the photo below. I was amazed by this p...

Happy Monday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #348 — Summer sextuplet 夏日六炎. This piece was created yesterday on solo guzheng. The composition is based on a 6-tone plucking pattern. In music term, 6-tone in one beat is called a sextuplet 六连音. Hope this track will bring you a moment of cool breathe in the hot summer if you are in the northern hemisp...

Happy Friday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #347 — Steamboat étude 蒸汽船. This improvisation was recorded yesterday on partially muted guzheng. PLaying guzheng études is a must for my daily practice before I start working on larger compositions. It often unlocks my brain and muscles. I am also excited to share with you that I will play a live solo con...

Happy Monday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #343 — The brilliant hibiscus 涉江采芙蓉. This piece was created and recorded yesterday. I recorded the guzheng track first, then I improvised the singing over the guzheng track. The lyrics are from a poem from the East Han Dynasty (207 BC - 220 CE): 涉江采芙蓉 (“Crossing the river to pick hibiscus”). I found...

Happy Friday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #342 — You can go from A to C like this 如此转调. This piece was composed and recorded yesterday, performed by me on piano. Yesterday morning, I read a Tweet from a music professor “Dear music theory masterminds: What’s the classiest way to get from A major to C major?” Having no time to send in my suggestion...

Happy Tuesday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #339 — Silent white 剪秋罗. This solo guzheng improvisation was recorded yesterday —the Memorial Day in the U.S.. Today, June 1st is known as the International Children’s Day in China. I am sure there are many different holidays around the world that are on the same day. Hope this white campion (photo below)...

Happy Friday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #338 — Queen bee piping 蜂王祭. This guzheng etude was created and recorded yesterday. Queen bee piping is the noise that a queen bee makes during swarming, but also when she is being asphyxiated by worker bees if she’s is found by strange swarm, or has reached the age that she no longer produces eggs. I lear...

Happy Monday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #334 — Read me 吾家书. I created and recorded this piece on guzheng + vocal piece yesterday, performed by me. Sunsets are often spectacular in the summer in Nashville. I was reading when a glimpse of warm light shone through the window that I sat in front. The house was becoming brighter and yellower by the m...

Happy Friday everyone, Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is episode #333 — Flash of yellow 黄金闪. This composition was created and recorded yesterday on piano and a hand drum, performed by me. The inspiration came from the patterns of a big butterfly that I encountered on my morning hike. It’s a female eastern tiger swallowtail (see photo below). What an incredibly beautiful...