Ben Jelen

基本內容：Ben Jelen不可忽視的才華
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◆男歌手Ben Jelen的名字或許對于許多人來說還十分陌生。擁有英國與捷克混血血統(tǒng)的他有著模特兒般的俊俏臉孔。年紀輕輕的他音樂才華不容忽視。身為音樂創(chuàng)作人兼歌手，他具有彈奏鋼琴、吉他及小提琴等多樣才能。
Jelen是一個旅行者、學者、抒情詩人及音樂家。在他頻繁地從蘇格蘭遷移到英格蘭、德克薩斯、新澤西，最后到紐約的過程中，音樂一直伴隨著他。由于經常遷居，他從未組過自己的樂隊，而是自己練習鋼琴、小提琴和吉他彈奏。在上大學時（他取得了羅格斯大學生物學學位），他終于在和朋友偶爾參加演唱會時登臺演出。在每場演出中，Jelen都會把他的歌曲和鋼琴演奏融合起來，給臺下所有聽眾帶來了獨特的音樂。畢業(yè)以后，他搬到了曼哈頓，全身心地投入到音樂事業(yè)中。
他在一間錄音室中擔任制作人和錄音師的工作，深夜時他則為自己制作錄音磁帶。他的歌曲逐漸成型，歌曲中體現(xiàn)了他云游四方的成長生涯以及自由自在的生活方式。在Jelen闖蕩世界的旅程中，在一場名為Jane's Addiction的演出中幸運星賜予了他一次難得的機遇。在演唱會上，Calvin Klein公司的一位營銷主管看好Jelen，想為他提供擔任模特的機會，但他婉言拒絕了。巧的是，在場的Fearless經紀人公司總裁Joseph Janus也對他十分感興趣。他被Jelen的魅力所吸引，于是聆聽了Jelen的錄音母帶。幾天后，Janus便與Jelen簽約，成為他的經紀人，并安排他與Madonna創(chuàng)立的Maverick唱片公司首腦Guy Oseary會面。Oseary曾推出過Alanis Morissette和Michelle Branch等知名藝人。他聽了Jelen的音樂后即刻邀請他加入該唱片公司。Jelen成功地把握住了機會。
2004年3月，Jelen推出了加入Maverick廠牌后的首張創(chuàng)作專輯《Give It All Away》（隨風而逝），顯示出了他作為一名音樂人所具有的才華。他自省式的歌曲中透出對新開始的樂觀和信心。在這張專輯中，Jelen籍由華麗的配器講述了一位詩人的故事。他的歌詞探討了奔放的熱情，激情冷卻后不變的仍是那份懷舊之情。以鋼琴伴奏為主，帶點流行搖滾樂風的創(chuàng)作，鋪陳出一張旋律性十足的專輯。整張大碟創(chuàng)造性地利用了非傳統(tǒng)性的音樂元素。班卓琴、弦樂以及凱爾特音樂貫穿始終，揉合了傳統(tǒng)的原創(chuàng)性和流行搖滾。“Come On”記述了一段異地戀情的起起落落，“Slow Down”回顧了童年的純真，“Stay”表現(xiàn)的則是開始一段新戀情時的滿心歡愉，而翻唱搖滾音樂劇《Hedwig and The Angry Inch》中的Wicked Little Town更顯露出Jelen優(yōu)異獨具的品味。Ben Jelen的處女專輯收錄了一系列擁有深度內涵的歌詞、活潑的流行旋律及體現(xiàn)其純熟音樂技巧的歌曲。
Jelen解釋道：“我并不只是創(chuàng)作一種類型的音樂。我譜寫我所見所做及所感。在你生氣時你的血液會沸騰，在你興奮時你的脈搏會跳動，這才是最重要的。當我有這種感覺時，音樂就自然而然涌上我心田，于是我就把音符記了下來。”
◆Benjamin Ivan Jelen (pronounced Yellin) was born on July 8th, 1979 in Scotland, UK. He has lived in Scotland, England, Texas, New Jersey, and New York. He plays the piano, violin, and guitar. In college he earned a biology degree from Rutgers University... but instead, he decided to be a singer.
After graduation, he committed entirely to music and made the move to Manhattan. Joseph Janus was very impressed by Ben's music. So he listened to Ben's demo. Within days, Janus signed on as Ben's manager and a scheduled a meeting to with Guy Oseary, the head of Madonna's Maverick Recording Company.
Few young artists possess the ability to write, produce, and perform their own material on their first album, but Jelen was offered the opportunity to do just that. He partnered with respected producers like The Matrix (Avril Lavigne, Christina Aguilera, Liz Phair) and the Berman Brothers. Legendary mixer, Jack Joseph Puig (No Doubt, Beck, Black Crowes) heard Ben's rough cut only once before moving the singer/songwriterís project to the top of his long waiting list.
◆全名：Benjamin Ivan Jelen
生日：1979 7 8
出生地：英國蘇格蘭
樂器：吉他 鋼琴 小提琴
歌曲風格：英倫搖滾
主要主題：關注世界*反對戰(zhàn)爭*保護地球*愛情
**BEN JELEN FUNDATION——擁有自己的基金會
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已發(fā)行的專輯
《give It All Away》
《Ex Sensitive》
經典曲目
★<<come on>>
And finally the silence
Looking out, looking back across the sky
Trying to find a meaning
Knowing that I just left it all behind
Still I smell a lingering softness
Where did she go, How did she go, I wanna wanna know
I wanna know that she'll be coming here to me
Come on
Without you I'll never feel the love inside of me
Come on, you know that we belong
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Thinking back before her
I never knew the meaning of alone
Still the flag is feeling foreign
I live the day to escape into a phone
Speaking of a world not real then
Where did she go, How did she go, I wanna wanna know
I wanna know that she'll be coming here to me
Come on
Without you I'll never feel the love inside of me
Come on, you know that we belong
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Cause shes sharp for kisses
And my heart misses
She's coming
She's coming here to me
I'm needing
Desiring to kiss her now
I'm living for her
Breathing for her
Singing for her fairytale
Come on
Without you I'll never feel the love inside of me
Come on, you know that we belong
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Come on
Without you I'll never feel the love inside of me
Come on, Come on, come on, come on
Come on..
◆<<slow down>>
<<christine>>
<<rock>>
<<pulse>>
<<where do we go>>
<<vulnerable>>
<<counting down>>
<<short of world>>
come on
Ex-Sensitive