[情報] CLOSER 作曲家 Laura Brian 訪談

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來源 http://goo.gl/iZ6jfQ 其實我本來翻譯就喜歡附原文的，但PTT沒辦法貼上韓文XD 英文可以貼上我就直接貼了。有一些比較廢話的部份我懶得翻(欸) [訪談] Laura Brain, Oh My Girl "Closer" 的作曲/編曲家 - Asian Junkie 獨家 [Interview] Laura Brian, the composer/songwriter of Oh My Girl’s “Closer” 撰文採訪 Boobsy 發表時間 03/23/2016 Today we have something special for all the readers, which is an interview with Laura Brian, the composer and songwriter of Oh My Girl‘s “Closer“. ===== 可以請你先和Asian Junkie的讀者們自我介紹一下嗎? Hi, could you please introduce yourself to the Asian Junkie readers? 大家好，我是Laura Brian。我成長於美國加州中部海濱的一座小城市，並且現在仍然居住在此。我的老公是我的高中同學Matthew，並且最近有了個小孩Daxton。 Hi there! My name is Laura Brian. I grew up in a small town on the Central Coast of California, where I currently still reside. I’m married to my high-school sweetheart, Matthew, and I’m a new and very proud mommy to Daxton. 你是因為什麼樣的原因幫 Oh My Girl 寫歌的? How did you come across writing a song for Oh My Girl? 我曾經計畫成為一個歌手，所以我向一間位於Burbank的音樂工作室送出了我的demo帶。他們告訴我他們的經紀人喜歡我且想與我一起共事，我因而開始與當時同樣在該工作室的 Sean Alexander 一起工作。我們一開始是想寫的不是"CLOSER"而是另外一首歌，但在進行了許多次嘗試並投入超過16個小時以上的精力後，我發現"感覺不太對"--至少我自己唱起來是這麼覺得。 I originally planned on trying to become a singer, so I contacted a studio in Burbank and sent them some vocal demos. They responded back and told me that their talent manager wanted to work with me. It was through that that I started working with Sean Alexander, who worked at that studio at the time. We originally had started on another song other than “Closer”, but after several sessions and 16+ hours, I just wasn’t “feeling it” — at least as far as singing it myself went. 有一天我走進工作室，然後告訴他我想要全部重來 … 而那就是 "CLOSER" 的開始。我們一開始寫這首歌，立刻就有種靈感自然湧出的感覺。那真的是很酷的經驗，因為那首歌感覺是如此的自然 -- 那絕對是一個 "muse" 的狀態。我從一開始我就知道我希望讓這首歌有一種夢幻感 -- 一種美麗卻又有點奇異的風格。我給了 Sean 我想使用的和絃進行，並且寫了歌曲中使用到的鋼琴曲調。我們一確定了和絃進行之後，就開始在工作室不停的重複播放，哼出數百數千種不同的旋律，尋找最適合搭配的一種。我們就這樣一個段落一個段落的進行，直到整首歌終於大功告成。一開始這首歌的風格和現在比起來比較不太一樣 (有點R&B的味道)，因為我一開始是想在美國的音樂市場發行這個曲子。然而我後來思考發現，以我26歲的年齡，要成為流行音樂明星已經是不太可能的事情了。 I came in to the studio one day and told him I wanted to start over … and that’s when “Closer” happened. Once we started writing, it’s like it just was flowing out. It was a really cool experience, because the song felt so natural — it was definitely a “muse” situation. I knew, from the start, that I wanted the song to have a dreamy feel– something beautiful, but also slightly eerie. So I gave Sean the chord progression I wanted to use, and also wrote the piano hook used in the song. Once we had the chord progression, we just sat in the studio playing it on repeat, humming out tons of different melodies that could fit. We went section by section until the song was finished. The song originally had a different feel (more of an R&B beat) because I was going to release it and try to shop it here, in the American song market. However, I decided that, as a 26-year-old, my chances of becoming a pop star were slim to none. 於是我寫了電子郵件給 Sean 告訴他 "我們乾脆把這首歌賣了吧" 。他把這首歌的曲調稍做修改，讓它更帶有上升調，以符合韓國流行音樂市場的口味，接著就將歌曲寄給他所有認識的韓國音樂界的相關人士。 So I e-mailed him and said “let’s sell it.” He changed the instrumental and made it more upbeat to fit the K-pop market, then sent it to all of his contacts in the Korean entertainment industry. 在寫這首歌/賣這首歌之前，你對於這首歌即將歸屬的團體有任何認知嗎?比如，這個團體的風格之類的? Did you know much about the group before writing/selling the song to the group ’s company? As in, the concept they were going for and all that? 說真的我對於這個團體原先完全沒有任何了解。我有聽過 "Cupid" ，但當時我並不太 follow 他們。由於 "Cupid" 這首歌的關係，我原先以為他們會走一個比較 "可愛風" 的路線，所以當我得知他們(公司)買下 "CLOSER" 這首歌的時候真的非常驚訝！我完全不知道他們會用怎麼樣的概念來詮釋這首歌，直到我看到第一張 teaser 照片。由於我自己本身是迪士尼熱愛者，所以他們這種童話故事的概念讓我完全一百倍興奮了起來。 I honestly knew nothing about the group beforehand. I had heard the song “ Cupid“, but didn’t really follow at that point. Because of the song “Cupid ”, I would have thought they would go for a more “cutesy” style for their second single, so I was really surprised when I heard that they had bought “ Closer”! I had absolutely no idea what concept they were using with the song until the first teaser poster was released. I’m a Disney freak, so it made me 100 times more excited that they were using a fairy-tale concept. 這首歌發行之後，你有曾經想過它會成為國際飯(即海外飯)之中如此備受喜愛的歌曲嗎? Once the song was out did you ever think it would become such a fan-favourite amongst the international audience? 註：CLOSER在海外得到的評價非常的高，於歐美網路上韓樂相關排行榜的成績與評價，甚至是第一流團體的等級我完全不知道會得到什麼樣的評價。一開始我強迫自己不可以看任何關於他們的評論或評價。我不太確定這是不是因為這首歌是我自己所寫的，而我一直對自己很吹毛求疵，但我非常害怕看到我如此努力寫出的作品得到大量的負面評語。但當我終於開始閱讀那些回覆和評論之後，我終於可以鬆了一口氣。我最喜歡的評論是寫關於這首歌的風格非常的特別而新鮮，與時下一般的韓國流行音樂聽起來很不一樣。這就是我自己身為作曲家的目標：想要創作出美麗而藝術層面而言獨特的歌曲。我真的完全沒有預期這首歌能夠得到這樣的關注，所以其實想到世界各處有很多人都在唱著從我(以及 Sean)手中譜寫出的歌曲時，腦袋總是暈乎乎的。 I had no idea what to expect. I initially forced myself to not look at any of the comments or reviews at first. I’m not sure if it was because it was something that I wrote, and I’m naturally critical of myself, but it was my worst fear to see a bunch of bad comments on something I worked so hard on. But once I finally started reading the feedback and comments, I could breathe a huge sigh of relief. My favorite ones were those mentioning how different and refreshing the song is, and that it doesn’t sound like typical K-pop nowadays. That is my goal as a songwriter: to write music that is beautiful and artistically different. I really didn’t expect it to get the attention it did, so it’s pretty trippy to think that people all over the world are singing something that came out of my (and Sean’s) head. 妳會願意再為 OH MY GIRL 寫歌嗎？如果願意的話，妳會想寫一個風格類似的曲子，還是會挑戰新的曲風？ Would you write for Oh My Girl again? If so, would it be a similar sound to “ Closer” or would you challenge yourself with a different genre? 我當然願意為他們再次寫歌！我非常喜愛 OH MY GIRL 的一點就是她們甜美的歌聲，這使得她們很適合唱細緻、藝術美的旋律。我很高興她們能夠繼續走這樣的神秘/童話路線路線；我很期待聽到 "LIAR LIAR" ！就我個人而言，我很願意寫任何風格的歌曲，但不想使它太陷入某種風格，導致寫出來的歌聽起來和其他的歌曲沒兩樣。我很喜歡能夠將多種不同的風格融合為一、產生新的風格的歌曲。 I would write again for them in a heartbeat! What I love about Oh My Girl is the sweetness of their vocals, which makes it easy to give them delicate, aesthetic melodies. I’m so excited that they’re building on the mysterious/fairytale feel. I’m really excited to hear “Liar Liar“! Personally, I would love to be able to write songs for any genre, but not get so sucked into the genre that it sounds like everything else. I really love listening to songs that are able to combine different styles to create something new. —– 下面主要是跟他本人有關的訪談所以就不翻了 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 140.112.243.87 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/OHMYGIRL/M.1474124135.A.D2D.html