When folk songs were the campus rage, he entered the Golden Rhythm Creative Competition and tried out for a spot in the band "Wooden Guitar." Because his voice was rough and his scales shoddy, he won neither.
校園民歌流行期間，他參加金韻獎創作比賽及「木吉他」團員甄選，因聲音粗嘎、音階不准而落選。