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3. Nobody will teach you anything. You have to teach yourself.
没有人教你任何东西
3. 没有人教你任何东西。你必须得自学。
When I first arrived at Berklee, I was disappointed. My teachers weren’t teaching me. I almost dropped out.
当我刚到伯克利时，我很失望。老师不教我。我差点辍学。
I went home to Chicago and got accepted to Northwestern University. Then I realized their music program was more about memorizing the name of Bach’s many children.
我回到芝加哥，被西北大学录取。然后我意识到他们的音乐课不过是强记巴赫的诸多孩子的名字。
So I came back to Berklee with gusto. I decided to squeeze every bit of knowledge out of this place. Nobody was going to do it for me.
然后，我又满怀热情地回到伯克利。我决定从这里吸收所有的知识。没人为我这么做。
Do not expect the teachers to teach you.
不要期待老师们会教你。
They will present some information to you, but it is entirely 100% up to you to either make the most of it, or waste your time here, and go home and get a normal dumb job.
他们会带给你某些信息，但是否能理解到点上，抑或浪费时间毕业后去做平庸的工作，则完全取决于你自己。
Berklee is like a library.
伯克利像一座图书馆。
Everything you need to know is here for the taking.
你需要知道的所有东西都在这里供你吸收。
It’s the best possible environment for you to master your music.
这可能是你掌握音乐的最佳环境。
But nobody will teach you anything. You have to teach yourself.
但没有人教你任何事情。你必须自学。
4. Learn from your heroes, not only theirs.
向你自己的偶像学习
4. 向你自己的偶像学习，而不局限于他人的偶像。
When I was here, I wanted to be a great songwriter, among other things.
读书时，我的众多梦想之一是成为伟大的词曲作者。
Berklee’s songwriting courses are amazing! I learned so much about song crafting that made me look at all of my favorite music with a whole new insight, and forever improved my own writing.
伯克利的词曲创作课程真是超赞的！我学习到很多歌曲创作知识，让我用全新眼光诠释我所有的最爱曲目，从而彻底改善了我自己的创作。
But… I remember a lyric writing teacher saying a good lyric needs to use all 5 senses. He’d say, “Don’t just mention your grandmother. Describe the veins on the back of her hands. Don’t just mention a bedroom. Describe the smell of the dust on the curtains and the sound of the creaky stairs.”
不过…….我记得有位歌词创作老师说，好的歌词需要调用所有5种感官。他说，“不要只说你的老奶奶。描写她手背上的青筋。不要只提到卧室。描述窗帘上尘土的气味，还有楼梯吱吱嘎嘎的声音。”
So for years I thought every lyric I wrote was crap unless it described all 5 senses.
多年来，我一直以为除非描述了所有5种感官，否则我写的所有歌词都是垃圾。
Then finally I noticed that my favorite songs by Nirvana or Talking Heads were abstract collages of evocative nonsense.
后来，我终于发现，我最爱的涅槃乐队和Talking Heads乐队的歌词不过是煽情的胡言乱语抽象拼凑。
My favorite glitchy electronic music by Bj?rk is nothing they’d ever teach in a Rock Arranging For Live Performance 1 class.
我最爱的Bj?rk的glitchy电子音乐和摇滚乐现场演出编排课中所教的内容相去甚远。
So I finally realized the one important point I missed while here, that I hope you don’t forget.
所以，我最终意识到自己错过的一个要点，我希望你们都不会忘记。
The teachers are taking their favorite music and using it to teach you techniques.
老师们以自己钟爱的音乐为例，教授你们技巧。
Learn and appreciate those techniques. They’re great.
学习并欣赏这些技巧。它们确实很棒。
But if you only learn the techniques they teach you, you’re only learning their favorite music.
但是，如果你只学习他们教授你的技巧，你不过是在学习他们心爱的音乐。
Never think their heroes are better than yours.
别以为他们的偶像就比你的偶像强。
You’ll hear a lot about the greats, but whatever you love is great, too.
你将听到关于伟人们的很多东西，但不论你喜欢与否，那也是最棒的。
The same way they will break apart a Shania Twain hit song or a classic Charlie Parker solo to teach you the craft inside, you must learn how to break apart your favorite music and analyze it.
他们用同样的方式分解Shania Twain的热门歌曲或者Charlie Parker的经典单曲来给你讲解个中技巧，你必须学习如何分解分析自己最爱的音乐。
I finally analyzed my favorite Nirvana and Talking Heads lyrics. Finally analyzed the glitches and growls in Bj?rk’s music.
我终于分析了我最爱的涅槃和Talking Heads歌词。终于分析了Bj?rk音乐中的glitches和growls。
Distilled their ingredients for my own re-use.
然后将他们的元素为我所用。
Learn from your heroes, not only theirs.
向你自己的偶像学习，而不局限于别人的偶像。
5. Don’t get stuck in the past.
不要沉浸在过去
5. 不要沉浸在过去。
While at Berklee, I felt I had to learn Donna Lee, the old bebop jazz standard, to be a good musician.
在伯克利时，我觉得我必须学习比博普（一种节奏复杂的爵士乐）的旧标准Donna Lee，才能成为了不起的音乐人。
Got a great gig going to Japan for a month with Victor Bailey on bass.
我有机会随乐队去日本演出一个月，Victor Bailey是贝司手。
Here’s one of the best bassists ever, who’s played with Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Sonny Rollins, Sting, and more.
他可是有史以来最好的贝司手之一，和Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Sonny Rollins, Sting等等人都合作过。
He heard me playing Donna Lee a bit, and said, “Man – jazz was all about inventing something new. For a musician 50 years later to be stuck in the 1950s would be like a 1950s musician being stuck in the 1900s. There’s nothing cool about that.”
他听我演奏了一点Donna Lee，然后说，“兄弟——爵士玩的都是创新。50年后的音乐人沉浸在1950年代的作品就好像1950年代的音乐人陷于1900年代一
样。一点也不酷。”
A couple weeks later I was at the piano quietly working on one of my own songs, and for the first time he said, “Hey – wow – what is that? That’s great, man. Can you show me?”
几周后， 我坐在钢琴旁，悄悄地演奏我自己的一首曲子，他说，“嗨——哗——这是什么？伙计，这个不错啊。你给我演奏一遍，行吗？”
Innovation is needed more than imitation.
创新远比模仿更重要。
Don’t get stuck in the past.
不要沉浸在过去。
6. When done, be valuable.
你的工作要有价值
6. 你的工作要有价值。
While you’re here, stay locked in the shed.
学习时，要避免受到干扰。
Enjoy this wonderful isolation, with no responsibility but to improve yourself.
享受这种美妙的孤立，没有责任，只需自我完善。
But when you leave here, head to the business aisle of the bookstore and start reading a book a week about entrepreneurial things like marketing.
但当你离开这里时，去书店看看商务类书籍，就创业类的书籍例如市场营销读上一周。
Never underestimate the importance of making money making music.
不要低估用音乐赚钱的重要性。
Let go of any weird taboos you have about it.
让那些稀奇古怪的禁忌都消失吧。
Money is nothing more than neutral proof that you’re adding value to people’s lives.
钱不过是一个中性的证据，表明你给人们的生活增加了价值。
Making sure you’re making money is just a way of making sure you’re doing something of value to others.
确保你在赚钱，不过是确保你为其他人增添了价值的一种方式而已。
Remember that this usually comes from doing the things that most people don’t do.
记住这通常来自做大多数人不做的事情。
For example : how much does the world pay people to play video games? Nothing, because everyone does it.
比如：玩游戏的人能得到多少钱？没有，因为人人都会。
How much does the world pay people to make video games? A ton, because very few can do it, and lots of people want it.
发明游戏的人能得到多少钱？很多很多，因为发明游戏的人微乎其微，而又有那么多人想玩。
Be one of the few that is clever enough to make money making music instead of pretending it doesn’t matter.
成为用音乐赚钱的少数聪明人，别假装那无所谓。
Be one of the few that has the guts to do something shocking.
成为有勇气作出惊天动地的事情的少数人。
Be one of the few that takes your lessons here as a starting point, and pushes yourself to do more with what you learn.
成为以自己在这里所学的东西为起点然后超越的少数人。
Be one of the few that knows how to help yourself, instead of expecting for others to do it for you.
成为知道如何自助而不是期待其他人帮助的少数人。
Be one of the few that does much more than is required.
成为付出超过需要的少数人。
And most importantly, be one of the few that stays in the shed to practice, while everyone else is surfing the net, flirting on MySpace, and watching TV.
最重要的，当所有其他人都在上网、在MySpace泡妞、看电视时，你能成为躲在幕后练习的少数人。
3 入学要求
Berklee does not require SAT scores. While you may choose to include your test scores if they are an area of strength, our audition and interview process provides us with a wealth of information to assess each applicant's musical aptitude and ability to succeed at Berklee.
伯克利音乐学院不需要任何SAT成绩。
4 课程
伯克利音乐学院设有12个专业，帮助学生找到自己最感兴趣的部分以及将来职业发展的方向。开设的专业包括作曲、现代创作及制作、电子产品与设计、电影配乐、爵士乐作曲、音乐商业管理、音乐教育、音乐制作与录音工程、音乐治疗、表演、专业音乐人、词曲创作。学生在大一期间可以学习不同的专业以此来最终确定所学专业 |
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