Hsieh Shin-Yi
Taiwanese female bassist, born in Taipei on April 16, 1982, who is Sodagreen's bassist and one of its founding members and also handles the band's administration. She also contributes to songwriting and vocals and works as a concert director and production supervisor.
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Hsieh Shin-Yi was born in Taipei on April 16, 1982. She is a Taiwanese female bassist, one of Sodagreen's founding members, and the person responsible for the band's administration. Hsieh Shin-Yi later earned a bachelor's degree from the Department of Business Administration and a master's degree from the Graduate Institute of Technology and Innovation Management at National Chengchi University.
Her music education began during her school years. In 1996, while in the third year of junior high school, Hsieh Shin-Yi wrote her first song on the piano, with a classmate supplying the lyrics. The work won first place in the composition division of an on-campus music competition. After being admitted to the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University at age 15, she began learning guitar. In her second year of high school, she played bass in a band and also played keyboard and served as a temporary lead vocalist in another band.
Sodagreen's formation was connected to a campus competition. Hsieh Shin-Yi began assembling a band to enter National Chengchi University's Golden Melody Award, recruiting Shih Jun-Wei, an older student on the same swim team, as drummer. The members rehearsed their first competition song, "窺," in a church basement. Entering the competition gave the band an opportunity to appear on the compilation "少年ㄞ國."
After guitarists left one after another, Hsieh Shin-Yi publicly recruited members on PTT and found two National Taiwan University students to join rehearsals. Hsieh Shin-Yi also had frequent contact with Liu Jia-Kai through swim-team matters. After she discussed the band's situation with him, Liu Jia-Kai said he was willing to join; Ho Jing-Yang and Kung Yu-Chi also entered Sodagreen at this stage.
During university, Hsieh Shin-Yi balanced her studies and band duties. Hsieh Shin-Yi entered National Chengchi University in 2000 and transferred to the Department of Business Administration in her second year, for a time shuttling among business-school courses, the swim team, and band rehearsals. When Sodagreen held a small tour, Hsieh Shin-Yi handled venue contacts and registrations; the itinerary included the Hohaiyan Rock Festival, 台南烏托邦, and Kaohsiung ATT. In 2004, Hsieh Shin-Yi entered National Chengchi University's Graduate Institute of Technology and Innovation Management.
In the band's creative work, Hsieh Shin-Yi sang "偷閒的翅膀" on the 2013 album "秋：故事," co-wrote its lyrics with Wu Qing-feng, and composed the music herself.
Concert production later became another area of her work. In 2020, Hsieh Shin-Yi directed a concert by 韋禮安. In 2024, she served as production supervisor for large-scale concerts by artists including 韋禮安 and Ella Chen.
Overview
- Born
- April 16, 1982age 44
- Born in
- Taiwan
- Career start
- Debut as group member · May 30, 2004
- Active
- May 30, 2004 – present22 years
- Gender
- Female
- Instruments
- Bass, Piano / Keyboard
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