【马叔日记】[2013.07.28]Jane进行时

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Songwriting is about risk-taking. One simply needs a safe, open space to say or do anything in order to see/hear what wants to stick to the page. In a collaborative effort, all must be open to trial and experimentation. Without complete freedom of expression, a song will lack the necessary truth required to give it life. Without truth, a song is just a song. It may be clever, or sound pretty, but it may not fly as high. In order to create a great song, one must be willing to trade in clever for truth, especially when the truth doesn’t feel safe to share. It’s playing by these standards that songwriting becomes an adventure for the courageous.

歌曲创作是一项冒险的活儿。
它仅仅只需要一个安全的、开放的空间让你去说、去做任何事，以达到观察或聆听的目的，并借此发掘出为了坚持这件事还需要些什么。
在团队努力中，所有人都必须对反复探讨保持开放态度。
如果不能完全地畅所欲言，一首歌就会缺少能给予它鲜活生命的必要真实感。
缺少了这种真实感，一首歌也仅仅只是一首歌而已。它或许会很具有独创性，或许会听起来很美，但它并没有达到其应有的高度。
为了创作出一首伟大的歌曲，你必须愿意将歌曲的独创性同其真实感进行交换，尤其是当你对分享这种真实感感到不安的时候。
正是按照这些标准，歌曲创作才成为了一种需要勇气的冒险。

Meet Raining Jane: a female-foursome of risk-taking road veterans who have toured extensively on their original music for more than a decade. They are also the co-founders of The Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls, Los Angeles, an intensive program that empowers young women to rock in all aspects of their lives.
I first met Raining Jane, in September of 2006 at the University of Redlands. We were on the same schoolyard festival bill. With thoughtful lyrics, brilliant harmonies, diverse instrumentation, a high energy percussionista, and good looks, they were a tough act to follow. I played alone, nervously hammering through my set while begging forgiveness. After the gig I bowed to them, suggesting we collaborate. A few months later, we gathered at my home studio for the first of what has now become a long tradition of annual writing retreats known as ladies’ weekend.

来认识一下Raining Jane，这个女子四人组是冒险之路上的老兵了，她们已经坚持她们的原创音乐巡演超过十年。
她们也是洛杉矶“摇滚夏令营（女生部）”的联合创始人，那是一个可以使年轻女性们能在生活中无时不刻都摇滚起来的集中计划。
我第一次遇见Raining Jane，是2006年的九月在雷德兰兹大学。
我们都在校园文化节的节目单上。
伴随着引人深思的歌词，精彩的和声，变化多样的乐器法，以及强劲有力的打击乐手（对mona的第一印象…），还有那漂亮的容貌……紧随她们其后表演确实鸭梨山大。
我独自演奏，不安地敲打着自己的乐器，并祈祷着观众的原谅。
演出结束后我向她们鞠了一躬，并提议我们是否能够一起合作。
数月后，我们在我家的工作室进行了第一次合作，它现在已经发展成为一个传统的一年一度的创作静养，被称为女士们的周末。

Within the first few writing sessions, Raining Jane and I unearthed a few songs that would transform all of our lives. Songs like Silent Love Song, which we donated to San Diego’s Fire Relief Project in 2007; Collapsible Plans which won best original song in the Hollywood Film Festival for the amazing documentary The Big Fix; And Beautiful Mess, which has gone on to become a concert classic.
It didn’t take long for The Janes and I to realize we shared the same core values and shared a passion for truthful, healing songwriting. Our shared vision is to use our creative gifts to improve the world, not belittle it. Whenever we make time to write together, it’s always magical, and as you can imagine, the songs have started piling up.
For the next two weeks, The Janes and I are exploring what it would sound like if we were to record an album together. With the help of producer Mike Mogis, the girls and I will be on lock-down in Omaha, Nebraska putting everything we’ve got into #album5. Stay tuned for updates, leaks and previews as this surprising new story unfolds. In the meantime, enjoy this clip of The Janes and I performing together for Feeding The Soul back in 2010.

经过最初的几次创作研讨，Raining Jane和我创作出了一些可能会影响我们生活轨迹的歌曲。
像Silent Love Song这种歌曲，2007年我们把它作为礼物献给圣地亚哥的消防救援项目；Collapsible Plans则作为纪录片《The Big Fix》的主题曲而获得了好莱坞电影节的最佳原创音乐奖；还有Beautiful Mess，俨然已经成为了一首演唱会经典。
没过多久我和Raining Jane就意识到我们分享着同样的核心价值观，分享着对富有真实感且治愈的音乐创作同样的热情。
我们共同的愿景是通过我们的创作天赋来改善这个世界，而不是贬低它。
每次我们挤出的创作时光总是非常神奇美妙，并且如你所想，歌曲就此开始不断地堆积起来。
在接下来的两周，Janes和我将会探索如果我们一起录一张专辑的话会有什么效果。
在制作人Mike Mogis的帮助下，这些女孩（……）们会和我在内布拉斯加州的奥马哈闭关，倾尽我们所能创造出第五张专辑。
随着新故事的展开，请继续关注我们的更新以及预告。同时，请欣赏我和Raining Jane 在2010年时的演出片段。

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