我的乡村音乐（2023）

it's just always been in the confines of my bedroom.
尤其是过去两年
And, uh, over the last two years especially,
我只可以在那狭小的空间里 尝试表达自己的性格
I've had to try and express my personality in a space so small.
我要把远东和我们的努力写在哪里
♪ Where do I write The Far East and our endeavors ♪
我成长♥期♥间从未接触过乡村音乐
I never really grew up listening to country music.
但在几年前
But then a few years ago,
一首歌♥为我打开了通往乡村乐世界的门
a song came out that introduced me to the world of country.
是琪丝玛丝葛蕾芙的歌♥
It was a song by Kacey Musgraves.
让我躺在阳光中
Let me lie in the sun ♪
或者我不想在手腕上看到另一条割痕
♪ Maybe I don't want To have another cut on my wrists ♪
我一向把纳士维视作创作歌♥手的中心
I've always looked at Nashville as singer-songwriter central.
有幸来到这里已经是超乎想像
Just being here was so much more than what could have asked for.
我希望有一日能赢到格林美奖
I hope one day I can win a Grammy...
人们会专程过来看我演出
...where people come and watch me play.
我会把今次机会视作馀生的开始
And I like to think of this as the start of the rest of my life.
我们色盲的话又怎能请求原谅?
♪ How does one ask for forgiveness When we're color-blind? ♪
这就是为甚麽你应该让儿女追随梦想
This is the reason why you let your kids follow their dreams.
(祝夫维殊凡拿)
(新德里)
(纳士维)
你好
What's up?
唏 - 你好吗?
Hey. - How you doing?
(亚莉,墨西哥,芝华华)
对,见到你真好 - 你也是,想坐低吗?
Yeah, nice to see you too. - You too. You gonna grab a seat?
好啊
Yeah, please.
你比我想像中高很多
You're a lot taller than I thought.
告诉我,你打算唱哪一首歌♥
So, tell me what song you're thinking about doing.
我打算唱一首对我有特别意义的歌♥
I'm thinking about very special song for me.
是菲腊菲腊斯的《家》
It's called "Home", by Phillip Phillips. - Mm-hmm.
我喜欢那首 - 是的,那是...
Oh, I love that. - Yeah, it's, it's--
记住你并不孤单 - 对,就是这首
Know you're not alone ♪ - Yeah, that's right.
你就能把这个地方变做你的家
And you can make this place your home ♪
对
Yeah.
这首歌♥令我想起自己的家,你懂吗?
That song just reminds me of my home, you know?
我一直都是自己一个 走在这段音乐旅程之上
I've been just doing all this musical journey by myself,
一直寻找机会
just looking for opportunities...
所以这对我来说是一首特别的歌♥
Mm-hmm. - ...so it's kind of special song for me.
明白,你会一边弹结他一边唱
Yeah. Are you gonna play guitar while you're singing,
还是不会弹结他? - 会,我会弹结他
or are you not gonna play guitar? - Yeah. I'm gonna play the guitar.
正 - 我的左撇子结他
Ah. Let's go. - My lefty guitar.
我是左撇子 - 你是左撇子?劲啊
I'm a lefty. - Are you a lefty? Let's go lefty.
是的
Yeah.
我第一次听到亚莉唱歌♥时 她给人一种甜美平静的感觉
When I first heard Ale, she had this sweet, calming spirit about her.
我认为她是个很好的歌♥手
I thought she was a great singer.
但英文不是她的母语,所以这样可能
But English isn't her first language, which might be, you know,
是个挑战,因为她要跟美国听众产生共鸣
a little challenging to connect with an American audience,
但现在有言语障碍
having the language barrier.
老兄,好吗? - 老友,你好吗?
What's up, bro? Man. -
(积斯甸,南非,约翰内斯堡)
How you doing, buddy? - Chillin', man.
非常好
见到你来到这里真好 - 谢谢
It's good to see you over here. - Thank you.
我很期待跟你见面,老兄
I've been looking forward to meeting you, man.
是的,我也期待见到你 - 老兄,你很劲
Yeah, you too, man. - Like, you're dope, bro.
我心想...我究竟可以教他甚麽?
And I was just, like-- What the hell am I supposed to teach him?
你懂我意思吗?你甚麽都识
You know what I mean? You know everything.
不,我不是甚麽都识
Nah, nah, nah, there's stuff.
积斯甸给我的第一印象是
Justin, what grabbed me was
你能够感觉到 他身为作曲人和演唱人的经验和成熟
you can feel the experience and the maturity as a songwriter and a performer.
我有兴趣看看 他怎样在情感上跟这些歌♥产生连繫
I'm interested to see how he connects to these songs emotionally,
让人看到更脆弱的一面
show a little softer side.
如果他能两者兼顾 这傢伙就是个难应付的劲敌
And if he can mix those two together, this dude's gonna be a problem.
我们那个展示表演,你会唱甚麽歌♥?
So, you know we got that showcase. What, uh-- What song are you doing?
展示表演,我会唱一首叫 《野蛮世界》的歌♥,卡特史提芬斯的作品
Showcase. Gonna be doing a song called, uh, "Wild World," by, uh, Cat Stevens.
正
Oh, yeah.
我成长♥期♥间,这是我爸最...
I mean, growing up, that's all my dad used to, like--
他只想听卡特史提芬斯的歌♥
All he wanted to hear was Cat Stevens.
对... - 到今天仍是
Yeah. Yeah. - Even still today.
这对我来说有特别意义
I think it's quite special that, uh,
因为我第一次演出就是唱 我爸非常喜欢的歌♥
my first performance is a song that my-- my dad loved so much.
我出门的时候 他跟我说:“勇敢追梦吧”
When I left, he was just like, "Go live the dream."
我叫积斯甸士柳
My name is Justin Serrao. I'm from Johannesburg. I'm born and bred here.
(积斯甸士柳,南非,约翰内斯堡)
在约翰内斯堡土生土长
(纳士维)
来吧,我们开始
Come on! Here we go!
(约翰内斯堡)
南非不算有甚麽乡村音乐圈
There's not really a country music scene in South Africa.
有一批死忠歌♥迷,但人数不多
There's an amazing die-hard fan base, but it's not a big fan base.
我想去美国玩音乐明显是因为
The reason why I want to be stateside and play music there is obviously,
那里有人真正想听我唱的歌♥
there is people that actually want to hear the songs that I sing.
在圆形剧场和其他超正的场地演出
Playing, you know, all the amphitheaters and the amazing venues
美国有很多那样的地方 在那里玩音乐是我的梦想
you guys have across the country. That's the dream, to play music.
好
All right!
我小时候就开始玩音乐
I started music at a young age.
然后我上了几堂学结他 在学校参加过几场音乐会
From there, I went to a couple guitar lessons, concerts at schools,
就在小时候开始现场演奏 教人♥弹♥结他也教了很久
started playing live shows at a young age, and taught guitar for a long time.
然后我想全心全意做现场演出
And then I just went a hundred percent playing live music.
我第一次听到乡村歌♥
The first time I heard a country song.
我还记得跟家人开车的那些星期日
I remember Sundays, driving with my family,
我妈以前会跟着收音机唱那些旧歌♥
and my mother used to sing all these old songs as they would come on the radio.
是的,我在那时候
And, yeah, that's when I--
第一次听猫王、卡特史提芬斯和约翰丹佛
First hearing Elvis and Cat Stevens and John Denver,
他们的歌♥让我难忘至今
and it stuck with me.
写歌♥就像写日记
Writing music is like a dear-diary moment.
你会写自己经历的事 例如失恋和一段段的感情
You write about what you've been through. Heartbreak. Relationships.
当你成功利用令人心烦的情况写一首好歌♥
You know, if you write a good song about a crappy situation,
至少有点正能量
at least there's some light.
如果我的歌♥词和音乐 能帮助别人渡过困难的情况
And if some of my lyrics and music can get people through something,
那是非常有力量的
that's super powerful.
(积斯甸士柳,南非,约翰内斯堡)
(约翰内斯堡)
(纳士维)
见到你真好 - 见到你真好,老兄
Good to see you. - Nice to see you, man.
好,非常好 - 你好吗?
Oh, yeah. Good, good. - How's it going?
好吧,我想知道你想从比赛得到甚麽
Okay, I'm curious to know what you're looking to get out of it.
当你是个新出道艺人 不知道你还记不记得...
When you're a new artist, I don't know if you remember, there's, like--
(卡妙,北卡罗莱纳州,对衡市)
Sometimes, you feel like there's this pressure where, like, I have to
有时候,你会感到有压力逼你
在音乐上选择
choose which parts of me... - Mm-hmm.
自己的哪一部分跟人分享 - 对
...musically that I get to share, you know? - Yeah.
我知道自己喜欢的乡村歌♥手 看来都不像我,我明
I know the people that I love in country music, they don't look like me. I get it.
但我拒绝相信市场营销和形象
I just refuse to believe that marketing and images
能规限谁能够唱哪类歌♥
should dictate who gets to sing a certain kind of song.
我整辈子都容忍♥着这个事实
I've lived with it all my life,
我准备好让人们看出他们错过了甚麽
and I'm ready to show people what they've been missing.
你会看到很多艺人有时候会自我定型
You see so many artists... sometimes put themselves in a box.
然后他们也会把你定型
And then you have this little lane sometimes that they put you in,
是音乐界的人将你定型
or sometimes people in the industry put you in,
你就只能在其中找方法表达自己 - 对
and you've got to maneuver in this lane. - Right.
当人们看到我 一个黑人男子,他们就会想
When people first saw me, you know, as a Black guy, they're thinking,
“你应该做说唱歌♥手” 或是“你应该唱节奏蓝调”
"Oh, you should be a rapper," or "You should be an R&B singer."
我肯定卡妙也面对过一样的事
And I'm sure Camille has faced a lot of the same things I have.
但在这里,她有机会做自己 一个来自北卡的乡村女孩
But here, she gets the opportunity to be who she is, a country girl from Carolina.
你弹得非常好 - 过奖了
You play so well. - Thank you.
天啊
Oh, man.
我一向认为自己是个可以唱歌♥的结他手
I mean, I've always thought of myself as a guitarist who sings...
你讲笑吧? - 而不是相反
Are you kidding? - ...not the other way round.
天啊,我肯定你两样都很拿手 - 不是懂弹结他的歌♥手
Oh, man. I'm sure you do both amazingly. - Not a singer who guitars.
我在12、13岁的时候开始写歌♥
I started writing songs when I was probably 12 or 13.
我们没有钱买♥♥乐器
Mmm. - We didn't have money for instruments,
所以绝对也没有钱上堂
so we definitely don't have money for lessons.
那麽你怎样写歌♥?
So, how did you get your ideas down?
我会开收音机 - 真的吗?
I would run to the radio... - Really?
然后录低广♥告♥会播的纯音乐
...and I would record the instrumentals from the commercials.
例如轮胎广♥告♥,我就会录低30秒的音乐
And it would be, like, a tire commercial, and I would get, like, the 30 seconds.
然后我用另外一饼录音带加录
And then I would have another tape, and then I would literally overdub
直到我能够有大约90秒的音乐
till I could get, like, you know, 90 seconds or something,