Joe Kowan: How I beat stage fright
Joe Kowan: Si e mposhta frikën për skenën
By day he's a graphic designer, and by night Joe Kowan is a quirky folk singer-songwriter. Full bio
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deri në moshën 27 vjec.
madje dhe atehëre
same house made me uncomfortable.
ishin në të njëjtën shtëpi, më vinte në siklet.
just writing songs wasn't enough.
and I wanted to share them with people,
dhe sa më shumë praktikoja,
për të performuar,
this wave of anxiety just washed over me.
rryma e ankthit më përfshiu te gjithin.
your sympathetic nervous system kicks in.
your heart rate increases,
të rrahurat e zemrës rriten,
to shut down, like digestion. (Laughter)
fillojnë të shuhen, sikur treten. (Te qeshura)
away from your extremities,
gjaku të vete në fund të këmbëve,
your Spidey sense tingles,
ndjesia jote e rrezikut të therr,
(Laughter)
to performing folk music.
për të performuar muzikë folk.
dhe ai ende nuk bën dot dallimin
20 këngetarëve të muzikës folk
the stage, I start my song,
filloj këngën,
comes streaming out.
del si një rrymë.
like an opera singer has,
që ka një këngëtar i operas,
is clearly uncomfortable,
është qartësisht i parehatshëm,
as a solo singer-songwriter.
si një kantautor.
I had the tiniest little glimpse
I had to get past this nervousness.
duhej ta kaloja këtë emocion.
I would go back every week
që do të kthehesha cdo javë,
thing happened every week. (Laughter)
ndodhte cdo javë. (Të qeshura)
don't have a lot of epiphanies. (Laughter)
nuk më ndodh shpesh. (Të qeshura)
that exploits my nervousness.
që shfrytëzonte emocionin tim.
për frikën ndaj skenës.
zërin tim të dridhur,
half-octave higher than normal,
what was happening to me,
çfarë po më ndodhte,
for me because I was nervous,
sepse isha i emocionuar
uncomfortable family. (Laughter)
e emocionuar dhe jo e qetë. (Të qeshura)
by embracing and exploiting my problem,
duke pranuar dhe shfrytëzuar problemin tim,
that was blocking my progress,
që po bllokonte progresin tim,
was essential for my success.
që ishte themelore për suksesin tim.
me get past that biggest issue
më lejoi ta kapërceja atë problem
and play the rest of my songs
dhe të luaja këngët e mia të tjera
have to play the stage fright song at all.
nuk më duhej më të luaja këngën e frikës skenike.
nervous, like now. (Laughter)
nervoz, si tani. (Të qeshura)
stage fright song for you?
do të luaja këngën për ju?
në siklet për mua, ♫
you all without clothes. ♫
të gjithëve pa rroba. ♫
scares me more than anyone knows. ♫
pika ime më e fortë. ♫
që të gjithë të ishit të veshur, ♫
so much, you'll be great. ♫
do t’ja dalësh” ♫
help me when I sing. ♫
these things right now, ♫
për këto gjëra tani, ♫
you're in the crowd. Hi. ♫
unnurtured, irrrational fear, ♫
ta përballoja këtë, ♫
por i sigurt. ♫
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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