Joe Kowan: How I beat stage fright
Joe Kowan: Ako som porazil trému
By day he's a graphic designer, and by night Joe Kowan is a quirky folk singer-songwriter. Full bio
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a dokonca aj potom
same house made me uncomfortable.
so mnou v jednom dome, bolo nepríjemné.
just writing songs wasn't enough.
iba skladať piesne.
and I wanted to share them with people,
a chcel som sa o ne deliť s ľuďmi,
som to nemohol urobiť.
keď som mal 38. narodeniny,
do miestneho speváckeho klubu
bolo to preplnené.
a prihlásil som sa, že niečo zahrám,
ako na mňa prišiel rad,
this wave of anxiety just washed over me.
a zaplavila ma vlna úzkosti.
your sympathetic nervous system kicks in.
naštartuje sa vám súcitný nervový systém.
your heart rate increases,
zvyšuje sa srdcová frekvencia,
to shut down, like digestion. (Laughter)
ako je trávenie, sa zastavujú. (smiech)
away from your extremities,
a krv je odvádzaná z končatín
your Spidey sense tingles,
vnímate, že niečo nie je v poriadku,
(Laughter)
(smiech)
to performing folk music.
pre hranie folkovej hudby.
evolúcie a stále nedokáže poznať rozdiel
a 20 folkovými spevákmi
viac vyľakaný – až doteraz.
the stage, I start my song,
a začal so svojou piesňou.
aby som zaspieval prvý riadok,
comes streaming out.
like an opera singer has,
aký má operný spevák,
is clearly uncomfortable,
necíti príjemne,
as a solo singer-songwriter.
sólového speváka a skladateľa.
I had the tiniest little glimpse
– bol tam maličký náznak
I had to get past this nervousness.
že sa musím dostať cez tú nervozitu.
I would go back every week
vrátim sa sem každý týždeň,
Prichádzal som každý týždeň.
thing happened every week. (Laughter)
Každý týždeň to bolo rovnaké. (smiech)
don't have a lot of epiphanies. (Laughter)
pretože nemám veľa zjavení. (smiech)
that exploits my nervousness.
v ktorej využijem svoju nervozitu.
ako mať trému.
a ako ich poslucháč môže vnímať.
ako môj neistý hlas,
half-octave higher than normal,
asi o pol oktávy vyššie než obvykle,
what was happening to me,
čo sa so mnou deje,
dovolenie o tom premýšľať.
kvôli tomu, že ja som bol nervózny,
for me because I was nervous,
uncomfortable family. (Laughter)
šťastná nervózna rodina. (smiech)
by embracing and exploiting my problem,
prijatím a využitím môjho problému
that was blocking my progress,
čo blokovalo môj pokrok,
was essential for my success.
čo bolo podstatné pre môj úspech.
me get past that biggest issue
cez ten najväčší problém
and play the rest of my songs
a zahrať ostatné piesne
have to play the stage fright song at all.
hrať pieseň o strachu z vystupovania.
nervous, like now. (Laughter)
nervózny, tak ako teraz. (smiech)
stage fright song for you?
jednu pieseň o tréme?
v rozpakoch. ♫
you all without clothes. ♫
predstaviť si vás bez oblečenia. ♫
scares me more than anyone knows. ♫
ma desí viac, ako si viete predstaviť. ♫
nikdy nebol mojou silou. ♫
aby ste všetci boli oblečení. ♫
so much, you'll be great. ♫
bude to skvelé. ♫
help me when I sing. ♫
keď spievam. ♫
these things right now, ♫
hneď teraz hovoriť. ♫
you're in the crowd. Hi. ♫
a vy v publiku. Ahoj. ♫
unnurtured, irrrational fear, ♫
z iracionálneho strachu, ♫
pomaly, ale isto. ♫
si nastavím svoje gitarové zvonenie ♫
a každý bude spievať. ♫
a dostanem sa do švungu, ♫
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Joe Kowan - Musician and graphic designerBy day he's a graphic designer, and by night Joe Kowan is a quirky folk singer-songwriter.
Why you should listen
Joe Kowan is a Boston-based musician and graphic designer who has been struggling with stage fright since he first started writing songs at age 27. Despite his adorably expressed fears, he charms audiences with his own style of quirky folk and acoustic hip-hop, by turns poignant, salacious and comical. In 2009 he released the gangsta' arts and crafts video for his original song “Crafty,” and in 2011 he was a finalist in the USA Songwriting Competition.
Kowan is a senior graphic designer on State Street Global Marketing’s Brand Strategy team. With a BFA in sculpture and design, his work explores diverse areas of design including scenic, print, environmental design and wayfinding.
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