Megan Washington: Why I live in mortal dread of public speaking
Megan Washington: Porque é que eu vivo com o pânico mortal de falar em público
Megan Washington has won two ARIA Awards, the Australian equivalent of the Grammys. A popular singer/songwriter, she has recently come clean with a secret—that she has a speech impediment. Full bio
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que falasse ou cantasse.
que o tópico era a linguagem,
ligadas por uma coisa.
da minha vida no p-p-palco.
my life up until this point
passei a minha vida até agora
de falar em público.
é completamente diferente.
sempre tive a esperança
de que, quando fosse crescida,
how to manage my money,
teria aprendido a gerir o meu dinheiro,
não gaguejaria,
and maybe be the prime minister
e talvez ser primeira-ministra,
angles to having a stutter.
no que toca à gaguez.
"Ah, olá, o m-m-m-meu nome é Meg."
quando me apercebi
que eu estava a gozar com ele.
que eu estou sempre embriagada.
"Wednesday" in a sentence,
"quarta-feira" numa frase,
que se chamava S-s-steve.
and it totally kills the vibe.
e acabava com a energia.
incidentes como este,
sing everything that you say.
tudo o que dizemos.
de professora do pré-escolar,
like you've had lots of Valium,
como se tivéssemos tomado Valium,
em tertúlias na TV
entrevistas na rádio,
a economia de tempo no ar .
no meu trabalho.
que sente que o seu trabalho
numa plataforma de honestidade
gostaria de vos dizer
conhec-c-cido ou entendido.
o que estou a sentir.
milagrosa do cérebro humano,
that was a method of treatment
este era um método de tratamento
em que me s-s-sinto fluente.
o que sai da minha boca
que compus no ano passado.
quando jogamos ♪
tudo o que conheço ♪
tudo que conheço ♪
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Megan Washington - MusicianMegan Washington has won two ARIA Awards, the Australian equivalent of the Grammys. A popular singer/songwriter, she has recently come clean with a secret—that she has a speech impediment.
Why you should listen
The lyrics of Megan Washington’s songs have a beautiful, confessional tone: she sings about heartbreak, insecurity, rage, you name it. But there is one thing that Washington avoided sharing publicly before stepping on the stage of TEDxSydney 2014: that she has a stutter.
One of Australia’s most promising singer/songwriters, Megan Washington won two ARIA Awards in 2010 for “Best Female Artist” and “Breakthrough Artist” following the release of her album, I Believe You Liar. The album went platinum, and she followed it up in 2012 with Insomnia. Her latest album, There There, was be released on September 12, 2014.
Prior to going solo, Washington played jazz piano with various acts and founded a band called Washington, borrowing her last name. After her breakthrough solo album, she served as a mentor on Australia’s version of The Voice and also spoke on music panels on the show Spicks and Specks, using a method called "smooth speech" to overcome her stuttering on-air. Washington's songs have also appeared in TV shows Girls and Boardwalk Empire.
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