So I could apply all of this acoustic folk picking and slide guitar and etc etc
我能夠運用原聲民謠撥弦 滑音吉他技巧等等
But it was a very, very closed shop in those days
不過當時 這些是非常非常封閉的
Actually, probably still, maybe
也許現在仍然是這樣
But now, obviously, as a specialist musician, you would be contracted in
不過現在 作為專業音樂人 你顯然也能獲得合同
But, in those days
不過在當時
when I had to sort of go in the door and have that discipline to play
我需要到現場 遵循各種演奏原則
because, boy, if you made mistakes, you wouldn't be seen again
你如果犯錯 以后別人就不會再要你
I was in this whole sort of studio role for about two and a half years
我在錄音室中擔當這種角色大約有兩年半時間
playing all manner of things from
演奏各種內容
TV jingles to soundtracks and film music
包括電視配樂和電影配樂
Goldfinger, to The Kinks
從《金手指》到奇想樂隊
to, you know, it was really a wonderful sort of, colourful role that I was playing
我在這些演奏中都扮演了很美妙 很多彩的角色
Until, one day the music charts were passed out and there were the notes
直到有一天 音樂圖被發出 然后還有音符
and it was a gentle hint, I think
這似乎是在暗示我
that I had to learn to read music in a very, very serious way
我需要用一種很嚴肅的方式來學著讀音樂
Because there were serious competitors there
因為外面有很多認真的競爭者
and everybody was fluent with music reading
而且大家都在讀音樂方面非常流暢
So I had to come on very, very quickly in leaps and bounds
于是我需要非常迅速地行動起來
It was, yeah, it was quite a pressurised moment
沒錯 當時我的壓力非常大
but I had come through it and then I was reading like all you guys do
但我經受住了挑戰 能和你們所有人一樣讀音樂了
So I just wanted to give you that little bit of empathy here and understanding about
我只是想讓你們有一些感同身受
having to, you know, reading music is a major part of it
理解讀音樂是一大重要組成部分
and of course once you can read, then you can write it down
能讀之后 你就自然能夠將其寫出來
and read others' work, that's great
讀他人的作品 這會非常棒
Thank you so much for inviting me here
非常感謝學校對我的邀請
it really is an honour and a privilege
我感到無比榮幸
and I thank you all very much
非常感謝你們所有人
Good luck in the future. Thank you
祝大家未來好運 謝謝