Joe Kowan: How I beat stage fright
Joe Kowan: Sahne korkusunu nasıl yendim
By day he's a graphic designer, and by night Joe Kowan is a quirky folk singer-songwriter. Full bio
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same house made me uncomfortable.
beni rahatsız ettiği idi.
just writing songs wasn't enough.
sadece şarkılar yazmak yeterli gelmedi.
and I wanted to share them with people,
ve bunları insanlarla paylaşmak istiyordum
ağzına kadar doluydu.
this wave of anxiety just washed over me.
bu kaygı dalgası beni tümden yıkayana kadar.
your sympathetic nervous system kicks in.
sizin bunu anlayan sinir sisteminiz devreye giriyor.
your heart rate increases,
kalbinizin atış ritmini,
to shut down, like digestion. (Laughter)
başlıyor, sindirim gibi. (Gülüşmeler)
away from your extremities,
eliniz ve ayağınızdan çekiliyor,
your Spidey sense tingles,
hisleriniz sızlıyor,
(Laughter)
to performing folk music.
elverişli bir durum değil
kılıç dişli bir kaplan ile
the stage, I start my song,
atabildim, şarkıma başladım,
comes streaming out.
fışkırarak gelir.
like an opera singer has,
iyi bir vibrato değil
is clearly uncomfortable,
açıkça rahatsız olmuşlardı,
as a solo singer-songwriter.
yazar olarak ilk tecrübemdi.
I had the tiniest little glimpse
Dinleyicilerle olan bağlantının küçücük
I had to get past this nervousness.
bu gerginliği geride bırakmam gerekiyordu.
I would go back every week
her hafta geri gelecektim
thing happened every week. (Laughter)
şey her hafta oluyordu. (Gülüşmeler)
don't have a lot of epiphanies. (Laughter)
çok fazla epifani olmuyorum. (Gülüşmeler)
that exploits my nervousness.
patlatacak bir şarkı yazmamdı.
half-octave higher than normal,
what was happening to me,
bir şarkıya sahip olarak
for me because I was nervous,
uncomfortable family. (Laughter)
rahatsız bir aileydik. (Gülüşmeler)
by embracing and exploiting my problem,
sorunumu kabullenip kullanarak,
that was blocking my progress,
bir şeyi götürebilecektim
was essential for my success.
bir şeye çevirebilecektim.
me get past that biggest issue
and play the rest of my songs
şarkılarımın geri kalanını
have to play the stage fright song at all.
nervous, like now. (Laughter)
şimdi ki gibi. (Gülüşmeler)
stage fright song for you?
çalsam sorun olur mu?
you all without clothes. ♫
scares me more than anyone knows. ♫
so much, you'll be great. ♫
düzeleceksin diyeceksiniz ♫
help me when I sing. ♫
söylememi daha iyi yapmaz. ♫
these things right now, ♫
you're in the crowd. Hi. ♫
siz kalabalığın içinde. Selam. ♫
unnurtured, irrrational fear, ♫
gitarımı kurmuşum tıngırdıyor, ♫
girmişim, başlıyorum çalmaya ♫
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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