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Derek Sivers:我希望刚进伯克利音乐学院我就能知道的6件事

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看到一篇不错的文章,发上来,与梦友共勉~~
作者:Derek Sivers
译者:Esther
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编 注:这里的译名伯克利(Berklee)是指位于美国东北部大西洋沿岸的波士顿的伯克利音乐学院(Berklee College of Music),而非美国加州大学伯克利分校(University of California, Berkeley) 。(@fengdingcn thx!)
1. Focus. Disconnect. Do not be distracted.
1. 专注。排除杂念。不**扰。
My favorite part of the movies is the training sequence, where a young Bruce Wayne, Neo or Kung-Fu Panda goes to a remote location to be trained relentlessly, nonstop, past all breaking points, until they emerge as a master.
电影中我最喜欢的部分就是练功阶段,年轻的Bruce Wayne, Neo或功夫熊猫到遥远的地方,坚持不懈地练习,一路突破,直到成为大师。
The next few years can be your training sequence, if you focus.
如果你专注投入,未来几年可以是你的练功阶段。
Unfortunately you’re not in Siberia. You’re surrounded by distractions.
可惜,你不在西伯利亚。你身边处处都是干扰。
You’re surrounded by cool tempting people, hanging out casually, telling you to relax.
你被酷酷的人所包围,他们充满诱惑,四处游玩,告诉你要放松。
But the casual ones end up having casual talent and merely casual lives.
可这些随意的人才能平平,生活差强人意。
Looking back, my only Berklee classmates that got successful were the ones who were fiercely focused, determined, and undistractable.
回首过去,我那些成功的伯克利同学们都是异常专注、意志坚定、不受任何干扰的人。
While you’re here, presidents will change, the world will change, and the media will try to convince you how important it all is.
你读书的时候,校长会换人,世界在变化,媒体会努力说服你这有多重要。
But it’s not. None of it matters to you now.
其实不然。对你而言,现在它们都不重要。
You are being tested.
你在接受试炼。
Your enemy is distraction.
你的敌人就是干扰。
Stay offline. Shut off your computer. Stay in the shed.
保持离线。关断电脑。闭关修炼。
When you emerge in a few years, you can ask someone what you missed, and you’ll find it can be summed up in a few minutes.
当几年后你复出时,可以问问别人你错过了什么,你会发现这些都可以在几分钟内总结完。
The rest was noise you’ll be proud you avoided.
剩下的不过是噪音,你会很自豪自己避免了这些干扰。
Focus. Disconnect. Do not be distracted.
专注。排除杂念。不**扰。
This is your #1 most important challenge. If you master focus, you will be in control of your world. If you don’t, it will control you.
这是你第一项最重要的挑战。如果你能掌握自己的注意力,你就能控制自己的世界。否则,世界会控制你。


1楼2011-07-13 10:23回复
    3. Nobody will teach you anything. You have to teach yourself.
    3. 没有人教你任何东西。你必须得自学。
    When I first arrived at Berklee, I was disappointed. My teachers weren’t teaching me. I almost dropped out.
    当我刚到伯克利时,我很失望。老师不教我。我差点辍学。
    I went home to Chicago and got accepted to Northwestern University. Then I realized their music program was more about memorizing the name of Bach’s many children.
    我回到芝加哥,被西北大学录取。然后我意识到他们的音乐课不过是强记巴赫以降的诸多名字。
    So I came back to Berklee with gusto. I decided to squeeze every bit of knowledge out of this place. Nobody was going to do it for me.
    然后,我又满怀热情地回到伯克利。我决定从这里吸收所有的知识。没人为我这么做。
    Do not expect the teachers to teach you.
    不要期待老师们会教你。
    They will present some information to you, but it is entirely 100% up to you to either make the most of it, or waste your time here, and go home and get a normal dumb job.
    他们会带给你某些信息,但是否能理解到点上,抑或浪费时间毕业后去做平庸的工作,则完全取决于你自己。
    Berklee is like a library.
    伯克利像一座图书馆。
    Everything you need to know is here for the taking.
    你需要知道的所有东西都在这里供你吸收。
    It’s the best possible environment for you to master your music.
    这可能是你掌握音乐的最佳环境。
    But nobody will teach you anything. You have to teach yourself.
    但没有人教你任何事情。你必须自学。


    3楼2011-07-13 10:23
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      5. Don’t get stuck in the past.
      5. 不要沉浸在过去。
      While at Berklee, I felt I had to learn Donna Lee, the old bebop jazz standard, to be a good musician.
      在伯克利时,我觉得我必须学习比博普(一种节奏复杂的爵士乐)的旧标准Donna Lee,才能成为了不起的音乐人。
      Got a great gig going to Japan for a month with Victor Bailey on bass.
      我有机会随乐队去日本演出一个月,Victor Bailey是贝司手。
      Here’s one of the best bassists ever, who’s played with Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Sonny Rollins, Sting, and more.
      他可是有史以来最好的贝司手之一,和Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Sonny Rollins, Sting等等人都合作过。
      He heard me playing Donna Lee a bit, and said, “Man – jazz was all about inventing something new. For a musician 50 years later to be stuck in the 1950s would be like a 1950s musician being stuck in the 1900s. There’s nothing cool about that.”
      他听我演奏了一点Donna Lee,然后说,“兄弟——爵士玩的都是创新。50年后的音乐人沉浸在1950年代的作品就好像1950年代的音乐人陷于1900年代一
      样。一点也不酷。”
      A couple weeks later I was at the piano quietly working on one of my own songs, and for the first time he said, “Hey – wow – what is that? That’s great, man. Can you show me?”
      几周后, 我坐在钢琴旁,悄悄地演奏我自己的一首曲子,他说,“嗨——哗——这是什么?伙计,这个不错啊。你给我演奏一遍,行吗?”
      Innovation is needed more than imitation.
      创新远比模仿更重要。
      Don’t get stuck in the past.
      不要沉浸在过去。


      5楼2011-07-13 10:24
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        6. When done, be valuable.
        6. 你的工作要有价值。
        While you’re here, stay locked in the shed.
        学习时,要避免受到干扰。
        Enjoy this wonderful isolation, with no responsibility but to improve yourself.
        享受这种美妙的孤立,没有责任,只需自我完善。
        But when you leave here, head to the business aisle of the bookstore and start reading a book a week about entrepreneurial things like marketing.
        但当你离开这里时,去书店看看商务类书籍,就创业类的书籍例如市场营销读上一周。
        Never underestimate the importance of making money making music.
        不要低估用音乐赚钱的重要性。
        Let go of any weird taboos you have about it.
        让那些稀奇古怪的禁忌都消失吧。
        Money is nothing more than neutral proof that you’re adding value to people’s lives.
        钱不过是一个中性的证据,表明你给人们的生活增加了价值。
        Making sure you’re making money is just a way of making sure you’re doing something of value to others.
        确保你在赚钱,不过是确保你为其他人增添了价值的一种方式而已。
        Remember that this usually comes from doing the things that most people don’t do.
        记住这通常来自做大多数人不做的事情。
        For example : how much does the world pay people to play video games? Nothing, because everyone does it.
        比如:玩游戏的人能得到多少钱?没有,因为人人都会。
        How much does the world pay people to make video games? A ton, because very few can do it, and lots of people want it.
        发明游戏的人能得到多少钱?很多很多,因为发明游戏的人微乎其微,而又有那么多人想玩。
        Be one of the few that is clever enough to make money making music instead of pretending it doesn’t matter.
        成为用音乐赚钱的少数聪明人,别假装那无所谓。
        Be one of the few that has the guts to do something shocking.
        成为有勇气作出惊天动地的事情的少数人。
        Be one of the few that takes your lessons here as a starting point, and pushes yourself to do more with what you learn.
        成为以自己在这里所学的东西为起点然后超越的少数人。
        Be one of the few that knows how to help yourself, instead of expecting for others to do it for you.
        成为知道如何自助而不是期待其他人帮助的少数人。
        Be one of the few that does much more than is required.
        成为付出超过需要的少数人。
        And most importantly, be one of the few that stays in the shed to practice, while everyone else is surfing the net, flirting on MySpace, and watching TV.
        最重要的,当所有其他人都在上网、在MySpace泡妞、看电视时,你能成为躲在幕后练习的少数人。


        6楼2011-07-13 10:24
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          看到上面说的“标准节奏都是为傻瓜设置的”小斑眼前一亮~
          好吧,努力去做突破。做一个敢于打破常规的人~~~~
          与梦友共勉~


          7楼2011-07-13 10:26
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            我就准备考那里~!


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