If, when you were young, you listened to “Miss You Every Day” with your loved ones, if you shouted “Never Turning Back” with your buddies in your wild years, if you were greatly shaken by the wild rock style of “Same Moonlight,” were moved to tears by “Grateful Heart,” or poured out a heartfelt rendition of “My Dearest Hurt Me the Deepest” at KTV with your best friends after losing in love, then you will be surprised to find that at the bottom of every page of your wonder years was written the name Chen Chih-Yuan.
Since the albums of the Golden Rhythm Awards in the folk song era, Chen Chih-Yuan’s name has appeared on over a thousand albums. His acute sense of music, intuitive genius, inexhaustible creativity, and grand arrangement concepts allowed him to compose hundreds of songs in over 30 years and to arrange possibly nearly 10,000 pieces of music, leaving a huge database for the music scene and inspiring countless creators.
Chen Chih-Yuan’s unique style, courageous innovation, and rebellious spirit to challenge the status quo permeated the music that we are familiar with. Let’s step into a time vortex and go back to the era when the popular music industry was brave and pioneering, and get to know this Mad Scientist of Music, who had exceptional talent.
