VOA标准英语2010-Deep South Music Influences Jason Eady's,

Jason Eady

Singer-songwriter Jason Eady may call Texas home these days, but he was born in the deep south of the U.S., in the state of Mississippi.  Growing up there, he was exposed to a variety of styles of music, including blues¹, country and gospel. Jason's third CD, "When The Money's All Gone", contains pieces of all those influences.

 

"When The Money's All Gone" is the title track to Eady's newest CD. Jason began playing music when he was a teenager, but gave it up after his college years.  Instead, he joined the United States Air Force, serving in Europe and Asia.  And while Jason didn't play much while he was overseas, he says living outside of the U.S. ended up having a big influence on his music.

"I think the biggest part of that was opening my eyes to what's out there, and how different cultures live," he said. "In the deep south where I grew up, I just saw one lifestyle pretty much forever.  Getting out and seeing other things, as far as songwriting goes, that really helped open my eyes to writing from different people's perspectives² I think."

Who were all these people he was writing about?  Where do he find them?

 

"I just kind of observe, really, especially going out and playing shows," Eady said. "I try and listen after shows to conversations.  A lot of times I'm kind of eavesdropping³ on other people at the bar.  Some of it comes from reading, just reading different things. I don't really fish for it by talking to people, because then it's not the same.  It's really interesting to listen in on somebody who doesn't know you're listening. You can get a lot of true insight⁴ into people when you do that."

When asked about his approach to song-writing, he replied,"It's very, very structured for me, not structured in that I do it every day.  But when it's time to write, I may go two or three months and not write anything, and then I may go three weeks and write 10 songs.  That's really the way I wrote this album.  I probably had six songs maybe written for it, and I wrote the last four or five of [within] two weeks of doing the record."

In the coming weeks, Jason Eady's schedule will find him touring in Texas and the Southwest.  He's hoping to take his music back overseas, so keep an eye on his website, Jason Eady.com

 

1 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

2 perspectives   

n.透视( perspective的名词复数 )；透视图；观点；全景

参考例句：

• We suggest that it is possible to reconcile these apparently opposing perspectives. 我们认为这两个看似对立的观点是可以调和的。 来自辞典例句
• These countries loom big in the perspectives of European writers. 这些国家在欧洲作者们的心目中是庞大逼人的。 来自辞典例句

3 eavesdropping   

n. 偷听

参考例句：

• We caught him eavesdropping outside the window. 我们撞见他正在窗外偷听。
• Suddenly the kids,who had been eavesdropping,flew into the room. 突然间，一直在偷听的孩子们飞进屋来。

4 insight   

n.洞察力，洞悉，深刻的见解

参考例句：

• Good teachers have insight into the problems of students.好的教师能洞察学生的问题。
• The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms.这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。