Joe Kowan: How I beat stage fright
Joe Kowan: Cum am scăpat de tracul de scenă
By day he's a graphic designer, and by night Joe Kowan is a quirky folk singer-songwriter. Full bio
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și chiar și atunci
same house made me uncomfortable.
mă făcea să mă simt stânjenit.
just writing songs wasn't enough.
cântece nu era de ajuns.
and I wanted to share them with people,
și vroiam să le împărtășesc,
și cu cât repetam mai mult,
înainte să îmi vină rândul,
this wave of anxiety just washed over me.
și un val de anxietate m-a cuprins.
your sympathetic nervous system kicks in.
intră în funcțiune.
your heart rate increases,
bătăile inimii se accelerează
to shut down, like digestion. (Laughter)
ca cel digestiv se blochează. (Râsete)
away from your extremities,
la extremități,
your Spidey sense tingles,
(Laughter)
(Râsete)
to performing folk music.
cânta muzică folk.
încă nu poate face diferența
the stage, I start my song,
mi-am început cântecul,
comes streaming out.
îmi iese din corzile vocale.
like an opera singer has,
ca un cântăreț de operă,
zdruncinându-se de frică.
is clearly uncomfortable,
e și el stânjenit,
as a solo singer-songwriter.
ca și cântăreț solo.
I had the tiniest little glimpse
am avut acea mică întrezărire
I had to get past this nervousness.
să depășesc aceste emoții.
I would go back every week
mă voi întoarce în fiecare săptămână
thing happened every week. (Laughter)
în fiecare săptămână. (Râsete)
don't have a lot of epiphanies. (Laughter)
nu am prea multe epifanii. (Râsete)
that exploits my nervousness.
un cântec despre anxietatea mea.
Simplu.
cum e să ai trac de scenă.
ca tremuratul vocii,
half-octave higher than normal,
what was happening to me,
for me because I was nervous,
pentru că eram anxios,
uncomfortable family. (Laughter)
anxioasă și stânjenită. (Râsete)
by embracing and exploiting my problem,
și exploatând problema,
that was blocking my progress,
was essential for my success.
pentru succesul meu.
me get past that biggest issue
mi-a permis să trec peste această problemă
and play the rest of my songs
și să cânt și restul cântecelor mele
have to play the stage fright song at all.
despre tracul de scenă.
nervous, like now. (Laughter)
foarte anxios ca acum. (Râsete)
stage fright song for you?
you all without clothes. ♫
fără haine. ♫
scares me more than anyone knows. ♫
mă sperie mai mult decât se știe. ♫
nu a fost niciodată atuul meu. ♫
so much, you'll be great. ♫
va fi bine. ♫
help me when I sing. ♫
these things right now, ♫
you're in the crowd. Hi. ♫
Bună!
unnurtured, irrrational fear, ♫
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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