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Family Life
My family has always been really cool because they have said to me, “We’re 100% behind this dream, but if you have another dream tomorrow, we’ll be 100%
behind that, too.” So it’s a really cool balance of them
being completely supportive but never pushing me too hard in one direction.
All of this has…has changed their lives drastically[彻底地] –
I mean, my mom goes on the road[乘汽车出差] with me now; we don’t see my brother and my dad as much, ’cause they stay back home in Tennessee. You know, it…it’s crazy to have people come and ring the doorbell every day. And it’s just…it’s
interesting because my brother…he’s in high school, and so every time I’m on TV and…and stuff like that, he hears about it at school. And so part of me thinks about him every single time I make a decision, or every time I say something I think about how it’s gonna affect
my brother at school, so it’s…it’s a really good
gauge[标准尺] for my actions.
Talents Other Than Music
I’m really into grammar, like, I…I need
everything to be grammatically correct before I send it, like in…when I’m texting somebody or when I’m e-mailing somebody. It’s like I have to make sure that I’ve got the right form of
every word and that everything’s spelled right. Like, I don’t know, it’s just something I’ve been pretty hung up on[迷上……的] since I was little, so I guess…grammar?
Personal Inspiration
I was inspired to start singing when I was
really little. I’ve loved music all my life. I…there are videos that my parents have showed me of when I was, like, four, and would run up to people
on the beach – like random[任意的] strangers – and just start singing for them, and they would never know where I was. They would always be, like, running after me trying to figure out who I was harassing[骚扰] at the moment. But I’ve always loved to sing for people – I’ve always loved music.
My role models in country music are Shania
Twain, Faith Hill, Dixie Chicks注1. I think what they did for country music as female
artists – they brought quirkiness[离奇],
they brought comedy, they brought
independence, and I really, really love that.
Career Advice
No one goes about “making it” in the same way. Everybody does it differently. So don’t be discouraged if you’re not “making it” the right way, or whatever.
You know, I think that we have this idea in our head[s] that we’re gonna be “discovered,” and we’re gonna be
discovered by some A&R注2 scout[探子] in the audience – some talent scout[星探]. And that’s really not how it happens most of the time. Most of the time it takes moving
to Nashville注3 and meeting…meeting this person who knows this person who
introduces you to that person who you play this song for and they like it, and they tell this person about it, and it’s this web, you know. Usually if you ask a lot of people who have made it in music, there wasn’t one definitive[确定的] moment that did it for them. It was…it was working your way up step by step, and I think that’s a way that works better.
Just don’t be discouraged, have
patience, be relentless[不松懈的], and never assume that you’re entitled to success, because then, if you get success, it’ll be a pleasant surprise.
我的家人
我的家人一直都很棒,因为他们曾对我说:“我们百分百支持你的音乐梦,不过如果明天你有了新的梦想,我们同样会全力支持。”他们能够全力支持我,但又不会给我太大压力,将我局限在某一个方向,这种平衡真是太酷了。
所有这一切已经……让他们的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化——我是说,现在我妈妈陪我巡回演出,我们与爸爸以及弟弟相聚的机会不多,因为他们要留守在
田纳西州的家里。你知道,这……每天都有人来按你家的门铃实在太不可思议了。这……这还挺有趣的,因为我弟弟……他还在读高中,所以每次只要我上电视什么的,他在学校就会听说。所以每当做出某个决定时,我心里就会想到他;每次发表言论时,我就会想想这会对弟弟的校园生活产生什么影响——
所以这……这给我的言行设了一条非常好的准绳。
音乐之外的才能
我非常喜欢语法,比如说,我……给别人发短信或是写邮件的时候,我总会在发送之前确认所有词句都没有语法错误。我必须确保每个词都是形式无误、拼写正确。我也说不准,我似乎从小就对这方面非常着迷,所以我猜……或许是文法吧?
音乐启蒙
自孩提时代起,我就在(偶像的)激励下开始唱歌。音乐是我一辈子的挚爱。我……我父母给我看过很多录像,当时大概只有四岁的我会在沙滩上跑到别人面前——比如随便哪个陌生人——然后唱给他们听,爸爸妈妈总是不知道我跑到哪儿去了。他们总是追着我跑,看看我又在骚扰谁了。但我总是喜欢为别人唱歌——我一直热爱音乐。
在乡村音乐方面,我的偶像是仙妮亚·唐恩、菲丝·希尔和南方小鸡乐团。作为女音乐人,她们为乡村音乐作出了很大贡献——她们稀奇古怪,她们诙谐幽默,她们独立自强——我非常喜欢这几点。
行内小建议
不是人人都能经由同一条道路走向“成功”。每个人的成功之道都不一样。所以如果你的“成功”没有经由特定的道路之类,也不要灰心丧气。
你瞧,我们常有这样的想法,认为自己会“遇到伯乐”,然后被听众当中某个A&R星探相中。但实际情况通常不是这样的。一般说来,你要搬到纳什维尔去,然后去……见某个人,他认识这个人,这个人又将你介绍给另一个人,你表演给那个人看,他们喜欢你的表演并告诉这个人——这就是人际关系网,你知道。通常如果你去问许多在音乐道路上获得成功的人,其实对于他们来说,并没有什么决定性的成功时刻。那都是……你要一步步地力争上游,我认为这才是更为有效的方法。
千万不要灰心丧气,要有耐心,永不放弃,而且永远不要臆想自己注定会成功,因为如果你真的获得了成功,那才更令人惊喜。
注1:加拿大著名歌星仙妮亚·唐恩是当今乡村流行乐坛的实力派天后,多张专辑销量过千万。菲丝·希尔是杰出的美国乡村音乐女歌手,曾入选《人物》杂志(People)“最美丽50人”。著名的南方小鸡乐团成立于上世纪90年代,其专辑获得美国唱片工业协会颁发的钻石奖,在各大音乐颁奖礼上获得无数奖座。
注2:在音乐业界中,A&R(artist and repertoire)是唱片公司旗下的一个部门,负责发掘、训练歌手或艺人,并帮助歌手在商业市场上获得成功。此外,A&R经常需要负责与歌手签订合约、为歌手寻找作曲者和制作人,以及安排录音时程计划等工作。一些资深A&R甚至可以改变当代音乐的面貌。近年来最有代表性的知名A&R当属一手打造了《美国偶像》(American Idol)、《英国达人》(Britain’s Got Talent)等著名节目的西门·考威尔(Simon Cowell)。
注3:纳什维尔市是美国田纳西州首府,也是美国乡村音乐的发祥地。
My family has always been really cool because they have said to me, “We’re 100% behind this dream, but if you have another dream tomorrow, we’ll be 100%
behind that, too.” So it’s a really cool balance of them
being completely supportive but never pushing me too hard in one direction.
All of this has…has changed their lives drastically[彻底地] –
I mean, my mom goes on the road[乘汽车出差] with me now; we don’t see my brother and my dad as much, ’cause they stay back home in Tennessee. You know, it…it’s crazy to have people come and ring the doorbell every day. And it’s just…it’s
interesting because my brother…he’s in high school, and so every time I’m on TV and…and stuff like that, he hears about it at school. And so part of me thinks about him every single time I make a decision, or every time I say something I think about how it’s gonna affect
my brother at school, so it’s…it’s a really good
gauge[标准尺] for my actions.
Talents Other Than Music
I’m really into grammar, like, I…I need
everything to be grammatically correct before I send it, like in…when I’m texting somebody or when I’m e-mailing somebody. It’s like I have to make sure that I’ve got the right form of
every word and that everything’s spelled right. Like, I don’t know, it’s just something I’ve been pretty hung up on[迷上……的] since I was little, so I guess…grammar?
Personal Inspiration
I was inspired to start singing when I was
really little. I’ve loved music all my life. I…there are videos that my parents have showed me of when I was, like, four, and would run up to people
on the beach – like random[任意的] strangers – and just start singing for them, and they would never know where I was. They would always be, like, running after me trying to figure out who I was harassing[骚扰] at the moment. But I’ve always loved to sing for people – I’ve always loved music.
My role models in country music are Shania
Twain, Faith Hill, Dixie Chicks注1. I think what they did for country music as female
artists – they brought quirkiness[离奇],
they brought comedy, they brought
independence, and I really, really love that.
Career Advice
No one goes about “making it” in the same way. Everybody does it differently. So don’t be discouraged if you’re not “making it” the right way, or whatever.
You know, I think that we have this idea in our head[s] that we’re gonna be “discovered,” and we’re gonna be
discovered by some A&R注2 scout[探子] in the audience – some talent scout[星探]. And that’s really not how it happens most of the time. Most of the time it takes moving
to Nashville注3 and meeting…meeting this person who knows this person who
introduces you to that person who you play this song for and they like it, and they tell this person about it, and it’s this web, you know. Usually if you ask a lot of people who have made it in music, there wasn’t one definitive[确定的] moment that did it for them. It was…it was working your way up step by step, and I think that’s a way that works better.
Just don’t be discouraged, have
patience, be relentless[不松懈的], and never assume that you’re entitled to success, because then, if you get success, it’ll be a pleasant surprise.
我的家人
我的家人一直都很棒,因为他们曾对我说:“我们百分百支持你的音乐梦,不过如果明天你有了新的梦想,我们同样会全力支持。”他们能够全力支持我,但又不会给我太大压力,将我局限在某一个方向,这种平衡真是太酷了。
所有这一切已经……让他们的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化——我是说,现在我妈妈陪我巡回演出,我们与爸爸以及弟弟相聚的机会不多,因为他们要留守在
田纳西州的家里。你知道,这……每天都有人来按你家的门铃实在太不可思议了。这……这还挺有趣的,因为我弟弟……他还在读高中,所以每次只要我上电视什么的,他在学校就会听说。所以每当做出某个决定时,我心里就会想到他;每次发表言论时,我就会想想这会对弟弟的校园生活产生什么影响——
所以这……这给我的言行设了一条非常好的准绳。
音乐之外的才能
我非常喜欢语法,比如说,我……给别人发短信或是写邮件的时候,我总会在发送之前确认所有词句都没有语法错误。我必须确保每个词都是形式无误、拼写正确。我也说不准,我似乎从小就对这方面非常着迷,所以我猜……或许是文法吧?
音乐启蒙
自孩提时代起,我就在(偶像的)激励下开始唱歌。音乐是我一辈子的挚爱。我……我父母给我看过很多录像,当时大概只有四岁的我会在沙滩上跑到别人面前——比如随便哪个陌生人——然后唱给他们听,爸爸妈妈总是不知道我跑到哪儿去了。他们总是追着我跑,看看我又在骚扰谁了。但我总是喜欢为别人唱歌——我一直热爱音乐。
在乡村音乐方面,我的偶像是仙妮亚·唐恩、菲丝·希尔和南方小鸡乐团。作为女音乐人,她们为乡村音乐作出了很大贡献——她们稀奇古怪,她们诙谐幽默,她们独立自强——我非常喜欢这几点。
行内小建议
不是人人都能经由同一条道路走向“成功”。每个人的成功之道都不一样。所以如果你的“成功”没有经由特定的道路之类,也不要灰心丧气。
你瞧,我们常有这样的想法,认为自己会“遇到伯乐”,然后被听众当中某个A&R星探相中。但实际情况通常不是这样的。一般说来,你要搬到纳什维尔去,然后去……见某个人,他认识这个人,这个人又将你介绍给另一个人,你表演给那个人看,他们喜欢你的表演并告诉这个人——这就是人际关系网,你知道。通常如果你去问许多在音乐道路上获得成功的人,其实对于他们来说,并没有什么决定性的成功时刻。那都是……你要一步步地力争上游,我认为这才是更为有效的方法。
千万不要灰心丧气,要有耐心,永不放弃,而且永远不要臆想自己注定会成功,因为如果你真的获得了成功,那才更令人惊喜。
注1:加拿大著名歌星仙妮亚·唐恩是当今乡村流行乐坛的实力派天后,多张专辑销量过千万。菲丝·希尔是杰出的美国乡村音乐女歌手,曾入选《人物》杂志(People)“最美丽50人”。著名的南方小鸡乐团成立于上世纪90年代,其专辑获得美国唱片工业协会颁发的钻石奖,在各大音乐颁奖礼上获得无数奖座。
注2:在音乐业界中,A&R(artist and repertoire)是唱片公司旗下的一个部门,负责发掘、训练歌手或艺人,并帮助歌手在商业市场上获得成功。此外,A&R经常需要负责与歌手签订合约、为歌手寻找作曲者和制作人,以及安排录音时程计划等工作。一些资深A&R甚至可以改变当代音乐的面貌。近年来最有代表性的知名A&R当属一手打造了《美国偶像》(American Idol)、《英国达人》(Britain’s Got Talent)等著名节目的西门·考威尔(Simon Cowell)。
注3:纳什维尔市是美国田纳西州首府,也是美国乡村音乐的发祥地。