The Friends of Mucheng

**THE FRIENDS OF MUCHENG**

Thirty years ago,
there was only a thought.

A melody somewhere in the distance,
a place that did not yet exist,
and a wish
to make music that could bring different worlds together.

I tried.

Again and again.

Some ideas became songs.
Some became fragments.
Some were abandoned.
And many were simply deleted.

The years passed.
The thought remained.

Perhaps some ideas
are not meant to disappear.
Perhaps they are only waiting
for the right time.

For thirty years,
I carried this little piece of music
somewhere inside me.

And then the world changed.

New instruments.
New possibilities.
New ways of shaping sound,
of combining orchestra, rhythm, voices and imagination.

What once seemed impossible
became possible.

Not because the dream had changed.

Because the tools had finally caught up with it.

And so, thirty years later,
the first thought became a song.

**The Friends of Mucheng.**

For everyone who believes
that music does not need borders.

For everyone who knows
that a friend can be near,
far away,
or perhaps not even known yet.

Sometimes a city begins
with a thought.

Sometimes a friendship begins
with a sound.

And sometimes
a song simply needs thirty years
to find its way home.

**Mucheng的朋友**

三十年前，
一切还只是一个念头。

一段遥远的旋律，
一个还不存在的地方，
以及一个愿望——
用音乐，
让不同的世界彼此相遇。

我曾一次又一次地尝试。

有些想法变成了音乐，
有些只留下片段，
有些最终被放下，
还有许多，
被我亲手删除。

时间一直向前。

可是那个念头，
从未真正离开。

也许有些想法
并不是为了消失，
而是在等待
属于自己的时刻。

三十年来，
这段音乐一直藏在我的心里。

然后，
世界改变了。

新的声音，
新的工具，
新的可能。

管弦乐、节奏、声音与想象，
终于可以用一种
过去无法实现的方式
彼此交织。

曾经遥不可及的事情，
终于成为可能。

不是因为梦想改变了。

而是因为，
我们终于拥有了
让它诞生的方式。

于是，三十年以后，
最初的那个念头
终于成为了一首歌。

**Mucheng的朋友。**

献给所有相信
音乐不需要边界的人。

献给所有明白
朋友可以在身边，
也可以远在天涯，
甚至还没有相遇。

有时候，
一座城市始于一个念头。

有时候，
一段友谊始于一个声音。

而有时候，
一首歌只是需要三十年的时间，
才能找到
回家的路。