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JUDY WOODRUFF: In tonight's Brief But Spectacular, musician Andrew Bird has created field recordings in a diverse range of places. He is known for playing the violin and a unique songwriting style. His latest album is My Finest Work Yet. It's also part of our Canvas series.
ANDREW BIRD, Musician: I like to go into an environment and without a preconceived idea of space, I play through the harmonic series and find which frequencies are giving me the most information about that space. It's a key element, and it's like a common thread through all my music over the years, is playing to the room. This project that I have been working over the years called echolocations, I will go into extraordinary outdoor environments and start improvising and find, say, in a canyon in Utah, I will play C-sharp and say, oh, that's the note, that's the note that's telling me the most about where I am and will tell the listener where they are. I take the field recordings home and then I build a record around them. I did one in the L.A. River under the Hyperion Bridge.
I did one in the Headlands in Marin. And I did one in an aqueduct in Lisbon. So far, all of them involve water and oftentimes standing in water while I'm playing. I come in like I'm a blind bat, you know, trying to echolocate the space. It's more of pure musical curiosity at first. You know, I went through a period of intense isolation in my late 20s. And so I moved into a barn in Western Illinois and lived there for five or six years. That's what I recommend to younger musicians that are trying to figure out, oh, maybe I should go to where the music industry is. Maybe you should, but if you really wanted to offer something interesting to the universe, maybe try isolating yourself, if you can handle it. You know, now I like having people around me when I'm writing. My son, he lost one of his front teeth, and he was breathing in, which is not easy, so I was impressed. And, yes, it's just a funny filter to have your songs coming, as you're writing them coming through another human being that you have created. My name is Andrew Bird, and this is my Brief But Spectacular take on playing to the room.
重点解析
1.a range of 一系列
A range of ointments and creams is available for the treatment of eczema
有一系列治疗湿疹的油膏和乳膏可以买到。
2.front teeth 门牙
She was only six and still missing her front teeth
她才6岁，门牙还没长出来。
3.figure out 搞清楚
It took them about one month to figure out how to start the equipment
他们花了大约1个月的时间才搞清楚如何启动设备。
4.known for 以..闻名
Little companies are known for their pluck and perseverance, even in the face of a recession.
小公司的勇气和坚毅是出了名的，即使面对经济衰退也是如此。
5.go through 经历
He was going through a very difficult time.
他正处于非常艰难的时期。
参考译文
朱迪·伍德拉夫：在今晚的《简短而精彩》中，音乐家安德鲁·伯德在很多地方首创了实地录音。他以演奏小提琴和独特的作曲风格而闻名。他最近的专辑名为《我的最佳作品》，这张专辑隶属于《帆布》系列作品的内容。
安德鲁·伯德，音乐家：我每次来到一个环境，都不会对那里的空间有什么预先的设想。我会通过一系列和声来判断哪些频段让我对那个空间了解的更多。这是关键元素，就像联结我过去这些年来音乐生涯的一条线，与当下的空间产生了共鸣。过去这些年来我一直专注的项目叫做回波定位。我会去很多奇特的户外环境，开始即兴创作。比如，我会在犹他州的一个峡谷里发现自己能演奏C#，并找到最合适的音符，即能让我和听众对所处空间感知最多的音符。我会将实地录音带回家，并根据这些录音写一张唱片。我曾在许珀里翁桥下面的洛杉矶河里创作过这样一张唱片。
在马林岬角和里斯本的渡槽也都曾创作过唱片。目前为止，这些作品都与水有关，而且我通常是在水中演奏的。我让自己感觉像一只盲眼的蝙蝠，试图对空间定位。一开始，我纯粹是出于对音乐的好奇。我快30岁的时候，经历了一段极度孤僻的时光。于是我搬到了西伊利诺的一个谷仓里，在那里生活了6年。这也是我对想要弄明白音乐生涯走向的年轻音乐家的建议。如果你们真地想为宇宙提供有趣作品的话，或许你们应该隔绝自己。当然，前提是自己能承受的情况下。我现在写歌的时候，希望周围有人在。我的儿子有一颗门牙掉了，他费力地深吸着气，我对这一幕印象深刻。当然了，创作歌曲的过程需要不断的过滤，写歌的时候也在经历自己创作过的人物。我是安德鲁·伯德，感谢收听我带来的与空间内演奏有关的《简短而精彩》。
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