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Two years ago, three very popular andtalented brothers made their way into the lives of teens, and there is no sign of them slowing down any time soon. Without hesitating, that was how 19-year-old Kevin Jonas described the hyper-adrenalized sounds he had created with his two brothers, 14-year-old Nicholas and 17-year-old Joseph, on the Jonas Brothers' debut album, It's About Time. One thing was for sure, the Jonas Brothers were all ready to keep the momentum going strong. "We go crazy on stage!" said Kevin. "It's so much fun!"
Music always played a major part in the brothers' lives growing up in Wyckoff, New Jersey. Their parents are both musicians, so gathering around the piano for sing-alongs was an essential part of regular family bonding, yet each brother found his own musical calling in a different way.
The oldest, Kevin, who plays guitar and sings backing vocals, was home sick one day when he found a guitar and a Teach Yourself Guitar book lying around the house. "I spent the next three days learning how to play the basic chords," Kevin remembers. "That was about four years ago."
Nicholas, who shares lead vocals with Joseph in the group, began singing as soon as he could talk. "From the time I was two years old, I would wake up in the morning and start singing all the time, every second of the day," he says. Nicholas, whose voice has been compared to that of previous prodigies Stevie Wonder and Taylor Hanson, was "discovered" singing while getting his hair cut in a local barbershop. His poignant voice caught the attention of a woman in the shop who immediately referred him to a professional show business manager.
Joseph's original plan, however, was slightly different than his brothers. He first dreamed of becoming a comedian and wanted to audition for sketch comedy shows. "But I was always attached to music and loved listening to different kinds of music, especially rock," he says.
Meanwhile, Columbia Records, after hearing Nicholas' incredible voice, began planning a solo record with him. And then fate intervened... Nicholas and his brothers began submitting songs that they'd written together with the intention of having them appear on Nicholas' solo album. When the label became aware that Nicholas had musically talented siblings, a group performance was arranged. After a spectacular group audition was held for the label, the direction was clear. "All three of us were signed pretty much on the spot as the Jonas Brothers," Kevin says.
For the Jonas boys, the real fun began as they combined their musical abilities to write and record their debut album together, quickly realizing how lucky they were to have each other for both personal and professional inspiration. "It's awesome to have my brothers on stage and in the studio with me," explains Nicholas. "You have a security that everything is going to be okay, even when you mess up."
As Kevin puts it, "It feels like the most natural thing we could be doing. When we write a song we get in a triangle. I start playing the chords that we've chosen over and over and then we'll keep going around in a circle until we have figured out the lyrics for our song."
They're all particularly proud of their vocal chemistry as well. "Nicholas is the powerhouse vocal," says Joseph. "He's just got this young, soulful voice that catches everyone's ear."
"Joseph just has this really cool, smooth rock voice," Nicholas points out. "He really knows how to get the crowd going. Kevin is the one that holds us all together. Joseph and I are the singers and we take turns on keyboards, and percussion, but Kevin mostly plays the guitar and that's the part of the group that we need—he's the glue that keeps it together."
Joseph sees them all collaborating for years to come. "We're brothers so it's not like if we got upset at each other that we can be like, 'Well I quit.' They're still my brothers. We love to do this and we know we're going to keep doing for a very long time."
Inspiration for the group's songs comes directly from the boys' personal experiences—from the highs and lows of dating to being on the road to having been given the opportunity to follow their dreams at such a young age. "A lot of it is about typical teenage love stuff like 'Oh, what am I going to do if I can't see her today?' It's not stuff that we don't know about," says Nicholas.
"There's been heartbreaks and there's been crushes so we know how it feels and can write about it,"explains Kevin, but overall, the songs of the Jonas Brothers celebrate the joy of living and encourage people to feel good. "The album is meant to get people up and have fun and raise their energy," says Joseph.
Songs on the album that stand out for the boys include their tune Time For Me to Fly, a catchy, fast track that is about "following our dream of making music" according to Kevin. "The song is about us working hard, playing music every night and trying to make things happen."
One of the more personal tracks on the record is the first single, Mandy which is about a girl that their mother, a sign language teacher, taught to sign so that she could pursue her dream of working with the hearing impaired. Nicholas, Joseph and Kevin each formed a special friendship with Mandy. "We were writing songs one day and decided we wanted to write about something really nice — so we wrote a song about Mandy," recalls Nicholas. "She's the nicest girl you will ever meet. She knows what you're thinking all the time."
For now the brothers are just relishing in the experience of having other people hear their music live and making new fans one city at a time while they are on the road. "We've known for a while how it felt to be on stage, but we never knew how it would feel to have people love music that we've written and which we both play and sing. It's very gratifying when fans come up to us after shows and tell us how much they relate to our songs," says Joseph.
"We all have such passion for what we do and for our band," explains Kevin. "Our dreams have really come true and we're just so lucky."
Meet the group!
Kevin Jonas was born on November 5, 1987, in Teaneck, New Jersey. Kevin has been playing guitar since he was 12. He picked up a guitar and a Teach Yourself How To Play Guitar book one day and started to teach himself to play. He is the lead guitarist of the band and he also does back-up vocals
Joseph Jonas was born on August 15, 1989, in Casa Grande, Arizona. Joe originally wanted to be a comedian (He always wanted to be on All That), but he has always loved music, especially rock. He plays guitar, keyboard, percussion (tambourine), and shares lead vocals with his brother Nick.
Nick Jonas was born on September 16, 1992, in Dallas, Texas. Nick has been singing since he was little. He had starred in several Broadway musicals (such as Beauty and the Beast, and A Christmas Carol). The band actually started as a solo project of his. Nick plays guitar, keyboard, drums, and shares lead vocals with his older brother Joe.
从两年前开始，3个富有才华的兄弟闯进了全美少年的生活，现在他们的影响力正与日俱增。从不犹豫——19岁的凯文·乔纳斯这样描述他和他的两个弟弟创造出的激情四射的音乐。那时尼古拉斯14岁，乔瑟夫17岁，而他们刚刚发行自己的首张专辑《时间刚好》。可以确定的是乔纳斯兄弟已经为他们充满活力的音乐生涯做好了准备。正像凯文说的：“我们在舞台上会变得疯狂，这太有意思了！”
音乐在三兄弟的生活中一直起着至关重要的作用。在新泽西的家中，因为父母都是音乐人，一家人经常聚在钢琴旁边弹边唱。而三兄弟发现自己音乐才能的故事却各不相同。
年纪最长的凯文有一次独自在外，思念家人的他找了一把吉他和一本《吉他自学教程》。凯文回忆说：“我花了3天时间学习基本的和弦，那大概是4年以前的事。”
和乔瑟夫一同担任主唱的尼古拉斯自从会说话就开始唱歌。他说：“从我两岁时开始，每天早上醒来就开始唱歌，我会唱一整天，每一秒钟都在唱歌。”现在尼古拉斯的嗓音被拿来与史帝夫·万德和泰勒·汉森这样的天才相媲美。他的歌唱才华是有一次他在理发店里剪头发时被发现的，当时他极具特色的嗓音被店里的一位女士注意到，并很快把他介绍给了一位职业音乐经理人。
乔瑟夫最初的愿望和他兄弟们的略有不同，他最初梦想着成为一名喜剧演员并准备参加一些喜剧小品的试镜。但是他说：“我一直喜欢音乐并且喜欢听不同类型的音乐，尤其是摇滚乐。”
那时，哥伦比亚唱片公司的负责人听了尼古拉斯的美妙歌喉之后，计划让他单独出专辑，然而命运之神使这一计划发生了改变。尼古拉斯和他的哥哥们拿出了一些他们自己的作品，希望能够放到专辑中。当唱片公司了解到尼古拉斯的哥哥们也富有音乐才华时，就给他们安排了组合演出的形式。在录音室里进行了精彩的试镜之后，方向就定了下来。凯文回忆道：“我们3个人几乎当场就签约组成了‘乔纳斯兄弟’。”
对于乔纳斯家的3个男孩来说，真正的乐趣开始于他们把各自的音乐才华联合在一起创作歌曲并录制专辑。很快他们就意识到自己是多么的幸运，个人在私下里和专业创作上互相启发。尼古拉斯解释说：“在舞台上和录音室里有我的哥哥们在旁边真是太好了。这有一种安全感，你会觉得即使你出错了，事情也不会太糟。”
正像凯文说的：“我们觉得这是我们做的最自然的事情，写歌的时候我们形成一个稳固的三角。我会开始弹一些我们选好的和弦，然后不断地演奏，直到我们写好适合歌曲的歌词。”
他们都为3人在一起的合声而自豪。乔瑟夫说：“尼古拉斯的嗓音很具力量感，他拥有一副年轻而充满灵魂的歌喉，能够感染每一个人。”
尼古拉斯则指出：“乔瑟夫的嗓音酷劲十足，又很干净，是很好的摇滚歌手的嗓音。他很会和观众互动。凯文是我们三人的中心。乔瑟夫和我负责唱歌，轮流弹琴，有时候负责部分的打击乐。而凯文主要负责吉他演奏，这对组合来说是最重要的部分。他才是使我们在一起的灵魂人物。”
乔瑟夫认为他们在一起合作的时间会很久。他说：“我们是兄弟，所以我们不能一言不合就要退出。无论如何，他们仍是我的兄弟。我们热爱我们现在做的事情并且会坚持很长时间。”
歌曲创作的灵感直接来源于三兄弟的生活，比如时好时坏的约会经历和对在如此年轻的时候就被给予了实现梦想的机会的感受。尼古拉斯说：“我们创作的歌曲很多是关于典型的少年人的恋爱经历，比如‘如果今天见不到她我该怎么办。’这些都是我们所了解的。”
凯文说：“我们也有因恋爱而心碎或者暗恋别人的经历，所以我们了解那种感受并创作了这样的歌曲。”但是总的来说，组合的大多数歌曲歌唱生活的美妙并鼓励人们积极生活。乔瑟夫表示：“我们的首张专辑主旨是为了让大家活跃起来，热情百倍地享受生活。”
在专辑中能够代表三兄弟心情的歌曲是《我飞翔的时间》，这是一首朗朗上口，快节奏的歌曲。正如凯文所说：“这是一首描写我们追求音乐梦想的歌曲，描述了我们如何努力，如何每天晚上演奏音乐实现梦想的。”
而另外一首更加私人的歌曲是《曼迪》，歌曲讲述了他们的妈妈（一名手语老师）的学生如何学习手语以实现自己虽然听力退化仍然坚持工作的梦想。尼古拉斯、乔瑟夫和凯文都是曼迪的好朋友，尼古拉斯回忆说：“我们有一天写歌的时候决定要写一些真正美好的事情，然后我们就决定写一首关于曼迪的歌曲，她是你能够遇到的最善良的女孩。她总是能够了解你在想什么。”
目前，三兄弟正品位着让他人现场聆听他们演唱的滋味，并且在各个城市巡回演出，拥有着越来越多的歌迷。乔瑟夫说：“我们已经了解在舞台上的感受，但是我们从来不知道自己创作并演唱的歌曲被人们热爱是怎样的感受。当歌迷到后台告诉我们他们是多么喜欢我们的歌曲并从中找到共鸣时，我们会有很大的满足感。”
凯文解释到：“我们对自己正在做的事情和我们的乐队充满激情。我们的梦想已经成真，我们真的很幸运。”
乐队成员
凯文·乔纳斯出生于1987年11月5日出生在新泽西州的提耐克。凯文9岁就开始弹吉他。某天他拿起一把吉他和一本《吉他自学教程》自学了吉他的基本演奏方法。从此再也没停止。他是乐队的主吉他手并兼任配唱。
乔瑟夫·乔纳斯出生于1989年8月15日，出生地：亚利桑那州的大卡萨。乔原本想成为戏剧演员（他一直想参与《所有那些》的演出）但是他也热爱音乐，尤其是摇滚乐。他是乐队的吉他手、键盘手，有时担任打击乐（小鼓手），并和他的弟弟尼古拉斯共同担任主唱。
尼古拉斯·乔纳斯出生于1992年9月16日出生在德克萨斯州的达拉斯。尼克很小的时候就开始唱歌。他曾经出演了几出百老汇歌剧（比如《美女与野兽》和《圣诞颂歌》等）》乐队原本要以他个人演出的形式出道。尼克担任乐队的吉他手、键盘手、鼓手并和他的哥哥乔一起担任主唱。
◆编辑：谭添夏
Music always played a major part in the brothers' lives growing up in Wyckoff, New Jersey. Their parents are both musicians, so gathering around the piano for sing-alongs was an essential part of regular family bonding, yet each brother found his own musical calling in a different way.
The oldest, Kevin, who plays guitar and sings backing vocals, was home sick one day when he found a guitar and a Teach Yourself Guitar book lying around the house. "I spent the next three days learning how to play the basic chords," Kevin remembers. "That was about four years ago."
Nicholas, who shares lead vocals with Joseph in the group, began singing as soon as he could talk. "From the time I was two years old, I would wake up in the morning and start singing all the time, every second of the day," he says. Nicholas, whose voice has been compared to that of previous prodigies Stevie Wonder and Taylor Hanson, was "discovered" singing while getting his hair cut in a local barbershop. His poignant voice caught the attention of a woman in the shop who immediately referred him to a professional show business manager.
Joseph's original plan, however, was slightly different than his brothers. He first dreamed of becoming a comedian and wanted to audition for sketch comedy shows. "But I was always attached to music and loved listening to different kinds of music, especially rock," he says.
Meanwhile, Columbia Records, after hearing Nicholas' incredible voice, began planning a solo record with him. And then fate intervened... Nicholas and his brothers began submitting songs that they'd written together with the intention of having them appear on Nicholas' solo album. When the label became aware that Nicholas had musically talented siblings, a group performance was arranged. After a spectacular group audition was held for the label, the direction was clear. "All three of us were signed pretty much on the spot as the Jonas Brothers," Kevin says.
For the Jonas boys, the real fun began as they combined their musical abilities to write and record their debut album together, quickly realizing how lucky they were to have each other for both personal and professional inspiration. "It's awesome to have my brothers on stage and in the studio with me," explains Nicholas. "You have a security that everything is going to be okay, even when you mess up."
As Kevin puts it, "It feels like the most natural thing we could be doing. When we write a song we get in a triangle. I start playing the chords that we've chosen over and over and then we'll keep going around in a circle until we have figured out the lyrics for our song."
They're all particularly proud of their vocal chemistry as well. "Nicholas is the powerhouse vocal," says Joseph. "He's just got this young, soulful voice that catches everyone's ear."
"Joseph just has this really cool, smooth rock voice," Nicholas points out. "He really knows how to get the crowd going. Kevin is the one that holds us all together. Joseph and I are the singers and we take turns on keyboards, and percussion, but Kevin mostly plays the guitar and that's the part of the group that we need—he's the glue that keeps it together."
Joseph sees them all collaborating for years to come. "We're brothers so it's not like if we got upset at each other that we can be like, 'Well I quit.' They're still my brothers. We love to do this and we know we're going to keep doing for a very long time."
Inspiration for the group's songs comes directly from the boys' personal experiences—from the highs and lows of dating to being on the road to having been given the opportunity to follow their dreams at such a young age. "A lot of it is about typical teenage love stuff like 'Oh, what am I going to do if I can't see her today?' It's not stuff that we don't know about," says Nicholas.
"There's been heartbreaks and there's been crushes so we know how it feels and can write about it,"explains Kevin, but overall, the songs of the Jonas Brothers celebrate the joy of living and encourage people to feel good. "The album is meant to get people up and have fun and raise their energy," says Joseph.
Songs on the album that stand out for the boys include their tune Time For Me to Fly, a catchy, fast track that is about "following our dream of making music" according to Kevin. "The song is about us working hard, playing music every night and trying to make things happen."
One of the more personal tracks on the record is the first single, Mandy which is about a girl that their mother, a sign language teacher, taught to sign so that she could pursue her dream of working with the hearing impaired. Nicholas, Joseph and Kevin each formed a special friendship with Mandy. "We were writing songs one day and decided we wanted to write about something really nice — so we wrote a song about Mandy," recalls Nicholas. "She's the nicest girl you will ever meet. She knows what you're thinking all the time."
For now the brothers are just relishing in the experience of having other people hear their music live and making new fans one city at a time while they are on the road. "We've known for a while how it felt to be on stage, but we never knew how it would feel to have people love music that we've written and which we both play and sing. It's very gratifying when fans come up to us after shows and tell us how much they relate to our songs," says Joseph.
"We all have such passion for what we do and for our band," explains Kevin. "Our dreams have really come true and we're just so lucky."
Meet the group!
Kevin Jonas was born on November 5, 1987, in Teaneck, New Jersey. Kevin has been playing guitar since he was 12. He picked up a guitar and a Teach Yourself How To Play Guitar book one day and started to teach himself to play. He is the lead guitarist of the band and he also does back-up vocals
Joseph Jonas was born on August 15, 1989, in Casa Grande, Arizona. Joe originally wanted to be a comedian (He always wanted to be on All That), but he has always loved music, especially rock. He plays guitar, keyboard, percussion (tambourine), and shares lead vocals with his brother Nick.
Nick Jonas was born on September 16, 1992, in Dallas, Texas. Nick has been singing since he was little. He had starred in several Broadway musicals (such as Beauty and the Beast, and A Christmas Carol). The band actually started as a solo project of his. Nick plays guitar, keyboard, drums, and shares lead vocals with his older brother Joe.
从两年前开始，3个富有才华的兄弟闯进了全美少年的生活，现在他们的影响力正与日俱增。从不犹豫——19岁的凯文·乔纳斯这样描述他和他的两个弟弟创造出的激情四射的音乐。那时尼古拉斯14岁，乔瑟夫17岁，而他们刚刚发行自己的首张专辑《时间刚好》。可以确定的是乔纳斯兄弟已经为他们充满活力的音乐生涯做好了准备。正像凯文说的：“我们在舞台上会变得疯狂，这太有意思了！”
音乐在三兄弟的生活中一直起着至关重要的作用。在新泽西的家中，因为父母都是音乐人，一家人经常聚在钢琴旁边弹边唱。而三兄弟发现自己音乐才能的故事却各不相同。
年纪最长的凯文有一次独自在外，思念家人的他找了一把吉他和一本《吉他自学教程》。凯文回忆说：“我花了3天时间学习基本的和弦，那大概是4年以前的事。”
和乔瑟夫一同担任主唱的尼古拉斯自从会说话就开始唱歌。他说：“从我两岁时开始，每天早上醒来就开始唱歌，我会唱一整天，每一秒钟都在唱歌。”现在尼古拉斯的嗓音被拿来与史帝夫·万德和泰勒·汉森这样的天才相媲美。他的歌唱才华是有一次他在理发店里剪头发时被发现的，当时他极具特色的嗓音被店里的一位女士注意到，并很快把他介绍给了一位职业音乐经理人。
乔瑟夫最初的愿望和他兄弟们的略有不同，他最初梦想着成为一名喜剧演员并准备参加一些喜剧小品的试镜。但是他说：“我一直喜欢音乐并且喜欢听不同类型的音乐，尤其是摇滚乐。”
那时，哥伦比亚唱片公司的负责人听了尼古拉斯的美妙歌喉之后，计划让他单独出专辑，然而命运之神使这一计划发生了改变。尼古拉斯和他的哥哥们拿出了一些他们自己的作品，希望能够放到专辑中。当唱片公司了解到尼古拉斯的哥哥们也富有音乐才华时，就给他们安排了组合演出的形式。在录音室里进行了精彩的试镜之后，方向就定了下来。凯文回忆道：“我们3个人几乎当场就签约组成了‘乔纳斯兄弟’。”
对于乔纳斯家的3个男孩来说，真正的乐趣开始于他们把各自的音乐才华联合在一起创作歌曲并录制专辑。很快他们就意识到自己是多么的幸运，个人在私下里和专业创作上互相启发。尼古拉斯解释说：“在舞台上和录音室里有我的哥哥们在旁边真是太好了。这有一种安全感，你会觉得即使你出错了，事情也不会太糟。”
正像凯文说的：“我们觉得这是我们做的最自然的事情，写歌的时候我们形成一个稳固的三角。我会开始弹一些我们选好的和弦，然后不断地演奏，直到我们写好适合歌曲的歌词。”
他们都为3人在一起的合声而自豪。乔瑟夫说：“尼古拉斯的嗓音很具力量感，他拥有一副年轻而充满灵魂的歌喉，能够感染每一个人。”
尼古拉斯则指出：“乔瑟夫的嗓音酷劲十足，又很干净，是很好的摇滚歌手的嗓音。他很会和观众互动。凯文是我们三人的中心。乔瑟夫和我负责唱歌，轮流弹琴，有时候负责部分的打击乐。而凯文主要负责吉他演奏，这对组合来说是最重要的部分。他才是使我们在一起的灵魂人物。”
乔瑟夫认为他们在一起合作的时间会很久。他说：“我们是兄弟，所以我们不能一言不合就要退出。无论如何，他们仍是我的兄弟。我们热爱我们现在做的事情并且会坚持很长时间。”
歌曲创作的灵感直接来源于三兄弟的生活，比如时好时坏的约会经历和对在如此年轻的时候就被给予了实现梦想的机会的感受。尼古拉斯说：“我们创作的歌曲很多是关于典型的少年人的恋爱经历，比如‘如果今天见不到她我该怎么办。’这些都是我们所了解的。”
凯文说：“我们也有因恋爱而心碎或者暗恋别人的经历，所以我们了解那种感受并创作了这样的歌曲。”但是总的来说，组合的大多数歌曲歌唱生活的美妙并鼓励人们积极生活。乔瑟夫表示：“我们的首张专辑主旨是为了让大家活跃起来，热情百倍地享受生活。”
在专辑中能够代表三兄弟心情的歌曲是《我飞翔的时间》，这是一首朗朗上口，快节奏的歌曲。正如凯文所说：“这是一首描写我们追求音乐梦想的歌曲，描述了我们如何努力，如何每天晚上演奏音乐实现梦想的。”
而另外一首更加私人的歌曲是《曼迪》，歌曲讲述了他们的妈妈（一名手语老师）的学生如何学习手语以实现自己虽然听力退化仍然坚持工作的梦想。尼古拉斯、乔瑟夫和凯文都是曼迪的好朋友，尼古拉斯回忆说：“我们有一天写歌的时候决定要写一些真正美好的事情，然后我们就决定写一首关于曼迪的歌曲，她是你能够遇到的最善良的女孩。她总是能够了解你在想什么。”
目前，三兄弟正品位着让他人现场聆听他们演唱的滋味，并且在各个城市巡回演出，拥有着越来越多的歌迷。乔瑟夫说：“我们已经了解在舞台上的感受，但是我们从来不知道自己创作并演唱的歌曲被人们热爱是怎样的感受。当歌迷到后台告诉我们他们是多么喜欢我们的歌曲并从中找到共鸣时，我们会有很大的满足感。”
凯文解释到：“我们对自己正在做的事情和我们的乐队充满激情。我们的梦想已经成真，我们真的很幸运。”
乐队成员
凯文·乔纳斯出生于1987年11月5日出生在新泽西州的提耐克。凯文9岁就开始弹吉他。某天他拿起一把吉他和一本《吉他自学教程》自学了吉他的基本演奏方法。从此再也没停止。他是乐队的主吉他手并兼任配唱。
乔瑟夫·乔纳斯出生于1989年8月15日，出生地：亚利桑那州的大卡萨。乔原本想成为戏剧演员（他一直想参与《所有那些》的演出）但是他也热爱音乐，尤其是摇滚乐。他是乐队的吉他手、键盘手，有时担任打击乐（小鼓手），并和他的弟弟尼古拉斯共同担任主唱。
尼古拉斯·乔纳斯出生于1992年9月16日出生在德克萨斯州的达拉斯。尼克很小的时候就开始唱歌。他曾经出演了几出百老汇歌剧（比如《美女与野兽》和《圣诞颂歌》等）》乐队原本要以他个人演出的形式出道。尼克担任乐队的吉他手、键盘手、鼓手并和他的哥哥乔一起担任主唱。
◆编辑：谭添夏