Expo gets electronic jolt

• Source: Global Times
• [13:06 May 31 2010]
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Hope and hardships

Like any other artist, Liang also experienced hardship at the start. Liang worked as a consultant after graduating from Harvard.

He quit to further his dreams in music three years later. "I didn't ask for a single cent from my parents. My father worried about my future when I told him my decision, and so did my mother," said Liang.

"But the company promised that it would take me back in three years if I got a master's degree. Parents in China, you know, care about backups."

He concentrated on music but things did not always work out. He taught math in order to earn money when he started to run out of cash.

"I spent two hours on the subway between Manhattan and Queens to teach, but I wrote lots of lyrics on the subway."

He also worked in Warner Music, a leading music company in the US. "It was not about music creation but was related to business," Liang said.

The two-year work experience in this music giant gave Liang rich experience in the music biz, broadening his musical horizons.

Liang said that he appreciated the "emotional support" from his parents and said that if his child wants to go into something they love in the future, he will definitely give them emotional support rather than financial support.

"But I don't have children yet," he laughed.

When asked what he would have done if he had failed in music, he said: "I don't know, but I still would have done something related to music."