林煒盛原是旅美爵士樂手，在紐約發行專輯，他說自己在曼哈頓沒有多有名，也沒有多慘，大家知道他是誰，還能找到工作，日子過得安然自得。2012年他返台度假，在草嶺古道撿到1隻傷重的流浪老狗，為了陪老狗，他搬回台灣。
爵士演出即興演奏，人生也是這樣，「我念台大哲學系，那是我的興趣，我考大學所有志願都填哲學系，本來的人生規劃是想念到博士，回台灣大學教書，但到大三發現教職根本都沒有缺啊，我就想把感興趣的東西拿來賺錢，我從小對音樂有興趣，我大學在外面學低音提琴，學很快，學1個月就幫老師在外面上課了。」
這算是天分嗎？他說不知道，但大學畢業後錄了幾捲卡帶和V8寄到美國申請學校，絕大部分都申請到獎學金了。1999年，他退伍，前往紐約州立大學主修低音提琴，奮鬥幾年，發行了專輯，也在曼哈頓Blue Note演出，被國際知名爵士樂媒體《All About Jazz New York》挑選為最受注目音樂家，「我在紐約沒有多有名，也沒有多慘，就是一個Freelance（自由接案）的音樂家，大家知道我是誰，還能找到工作。」這對於一個音樂人應該就是一切了吧？但2012年，他為了一隻流浪狗，搬回了台灣。
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吉他演奏家林煒盛出生於台灣台南市，台灣大學哲學系畢業，退伍後赴美國攻讀爵士低音提琴碩士，2001年獲得紐約州立大學(Purchase college，State Univ. of NY)音樂碩士學位(master of music)，畢業後在紐約展開職業演奏生涯，為目前極少數在紐約從事全職樂手的台灣人。林煒盛在紐約曾與許多知名的爵士樂手合作，包括Ralph Lalama、Bill Mays、Bob Dorough、Joe Cohn、Bobby Porcelli、T.S. Monk、Lewis Nash、Eddie Bert等等；演奏地點遍及美國東岸各大爵士樂俱樂部如Blue Note、Birdland、Iridium、Lenox Lounge、Up Over Jazz Café、Cleopatra’s Needle、Deer Head Inn等。林煒盛並曾受國際主流爵士媒體All About Jazz New York青睞予以報導，2006年10月由名樂評Donald Elfman為其個人專輯"Gone With the Wind"撰寫樂評並給予佳評，而All About Jazz更曾於2007年7月選擇他為當月值得聆聽人物(Listen Up!)之一。
Guitarist WeiSheng Lin was born in Tainan, Taiwan . He began to study double bass at the second year of college . After one year , he was playing professionally with local musicians in Taipei .
In 1999 , WeiSheng moved to New York to pursue graduate studies at State University of New York ,Purchase College . While in school ,he studied bass with Todd Coolman and Dennis Irwin and studied guitar with the legendary guitar master Joe Puma.
WeiShneg finished his graduate studies in 2002 .Since then , he has been very active in New York jazz scene . He has played in many New York jazz clubs , such as Blue Note ,Birdland , Iridium ,Lenox Lounge , Cleopatra's Needle , Small's ,etc . He has performed with Jon Faddis , Bill Mays , Ralph Lalama , Don Sickler , Bob Dorough , Joe Cohn ,Bobby Porcelli, Grant Stewart T'S Monk ,Lewis Nash ,Eddie Bert ,Doug Munro,etc.
In 2006 , WeiSheng's debut album "Gone With the Wind" was highly acclaimed by All About Jazz's music critic Donald Elfman .Also, in July of 2007 , All About Jazz picked WeiSheng Lin as 2 of the "listen up" musicians of the month .
For the last few years , WeiSheng has been involved in Animal rescue scene in Taiwan ,especially for dogs . In 2014, WeiSheng decided to move back to Taiwan to take care of the senior dog "Shiung Bao",who he has rescued years ago . While spending a lot of time volunteering in animal rescue scene, he still maintains his busy schedule as a professional musician .