Smartkin Disbanded?!

Yesterday I heard from Xiao that the singer of Smartkin, Xia, had already quit from the band, and Xiao himself was looking for a new singer. Maybe it's a bursting news for the band's fans, but as a guest guitarist of Smartkin, I know it's forseeable and unavoidable. Ah but it's still lamented!

Xiao is the song-writer and the lead-guitar player in Smartkin and Xia the girl was the singer. They both and I are old friends for more than 10 years. We played in several bands with each other in Wuhan, then Xiao and Xia formed Smartkin in 2002 and get a contract from the biggest record publishing company of the time, Modern Sky. When their first album was published Xiao went back to Wuhan, the band paused for 5 years. In 2007 Xiao came back to Beijing and was ready to turn over a new page. They wrote about 10 new songs and became popular again. As a friend of them I played the rhythm guitar when they performing on the stage. We have performed for about 20-30 times in Beijing and Wuhan and those were really wonderful days.

But there was a conflict between Xiao and Xia. Xiao has no job and he thought that the band was everything, he wanted to do anything for Smartkin. But the girl Xia has her own life, and she has a full-time job. She thought the band is only a part of her life. So they usually quarrelled with each other about the affair of Smartkin. Sometimes I can do something between these two guys to ease the pressure, but actually I can do nothing about the situation.

So it happened. I really don't wanna see this but what can I do. The good news is the band has already endded the agreement with Modern Sky and they're free now. Xiao is going to record the guitar and bass' parts in Bridge Studio (run by Tom Lau) and the same time, looking for a new girl to take the place of Xia. Well I wish god bless him.