 由米克·迈克尔斯 科斯米克视图：你好，史蒂夫！欢迎来到科斯米克景观。谢谢你抽出一些时间和我聊天，非常感谢。 简历：史蒂夫，你的职业生涯到目前为止已经运行的范围：从音乐家，词曲作者和表演者，到著名的吉他教练，产品评论，采访和大学教授。而这只是冰山一角。你也是一个家庭男人。你如何平衡这一切， 腾出时间？ 史蒂夫·斯汀：回到我的音乐占优先地位的那天...我刚刚学会了如何让我的家人比其他一切更重要。从那时起，一切都只是有点到位。我也确保我花时间， 我不会试图在一天内做太多。 简历：除了音乐和吉他，你还有其他的激情，与音乐无关，你参与其中吗？有其他"分心"好吗？ 党 SS：是的，在你的生活中做其他事情绝对是件好事。有很多次，我喜欢只是摆脱音乐一路走来。通常，那是花时间和我的妻子和孩子在一起...或花时间与朋友在一起， 真的只是谈论那些与音乐无关的事情。 除了你知道在夏天和我女儿一起骑自行车之类的东西之外， 我真的没有别的爱好。
CV：就我个人而言，我一直对能够从多个方向发展事业，同时忠于自己核心激情的人印象深刻。你在北达科他州立大学当吉他教练。你是怎么来大学教书的？ SS：嗯，当我在明尼苏达州摩尔黑德的摩尔黑德州立大学上大学的时候，我的很多教授最终都是北达科他州立大学的教授。 于是我接到其中一人打来的电话，问我是否有兴趣在大学教吉他课。当然，在我生命中的那个时候，我从未对任何事情说不...所以我抓住机会，这是一次很棒的经历。
简历： 大学音乐教授经常被描绘成对现代音乐没有时间或兴趣的闷闷不乐的传统主义者 :)。然而，你却与这种粗野的描写背道而驰。在北达科他州期间，您的摇滚/金属影响和态度如何受到教职员工和学生的欢迎？ SS：太棒了！对我来说，这总是归结于个性。人们最初根据你的样子来评判你， 但一旦他们和你说话， 他们就会意识到你到底是谁。我真的从来没有这个问题...因此，在北达科他州教学只是一个非常美妙的经验与学生以及与教师一起工作。 简历：在大学一级教吉他是你将来会再考虑的事情吗？ 党 SS：是的，绝对可以。现在， 我只是有这么多其他的事情， 但毫无疑问， 我一定会回去教大学水平。 CV：你与格里姆收割机的史蒂夫·格里米特有着悠久的历史，这在专业上包括了格林斯汀合作乐队，并与史蒂夫的新格里姆收割者阵容多次表演。你是怎么和史蒂夫联系的？ 史蒂夫很多很多年前来到我的一个节目在美国，那是我第一次见到他的地方。第一次和他说话时， 我跟他提到我要在苏格兰结婚， 他想来参加婚礼...他最终成为婚礼上最好的男人。从那以后，我和他保持了很好的友谊。 简历： 你早在 80 年代就迷上格里姆收割机了吗？ SS：事实上，这真的很有趣，因为"看到你在地狱里"，这是一个格里姆收割机专辑，是我最重要的专辑之一，学习如何弹吉他...因为那时， 我正在学习如何扮演奥兹和德 · 莱帕德和犹大牧师...我会学习如何播放整张专辑或专辑的一侧， 因为它只是比学习个别歌曲更容易..."见你在地狱里" 是我会播放的专辑之一。因此，具有讽刺意味的是，这么多年后，我最终会和他成为好朋友。你知道他不仅是我婚礼上最好的男人， 而且是我 10 岁的教父。 Cv： 现在史蒂夫又回来了， 我们有机会看到第二张格林斯汀专辑发行吗？ SS：我希望如此。我们一直在谈论它...我们写了很多材料希望这会发生。我已经录下来了一堆其他的东西...我们只是需要时间聚在一起， 真正谈论它。但这将是真棒，看到这种情况发生。
CV：现在音乐产业似乎在紧跟其后。粉丝和评论家似乎都比以前更多的负面评论。你觉得这代表的时代， 互联网和社交媒体平台给了每个人一个被倾听的地方...还是他们的抱怨有些道理？ 党 SS：抱怨可能有道理，但事实是，社交媒体刚刚给了每个人一个互相可怕的机会。我真的根本不在乎在行业本身有这么多令人难以置信的乐队，令人难以置信的音乐家，和令人难以置信的吉他手在那里。他们不是每个人都知道的， 因为他们不在收音机里， 除非你在信息渠道， 否则你永远不会听说过他们。所以有段时间，我认为没有什么真正好出来，然后我开始意识到，我再错不过了。 我开始学习各种新乐队， 新的吉他手， 只是各种其他的东西， 只是绝对惊人...但你必须寻找它。这是最重要的事情， 对我来说， 这与社交媒体元素完全不同...不幸的是， 社交媒体只是让每个人都有点可怕的对方。 CV：粉丝们似乎在等待，甚至屏住呼吸，等待下一件大事出现，把他们的袜子打掉。但是，等待是值得的，还是他们错过了现在，就在他们面前，有这么多新的年轻乐队出现？ SS：是的，我甚至不把它看作是下一件大事，因为我甚至不再认为音乐产业是那样的。外面有各种各样的好东西...你只需要寻找它， 仅等一切。与像 Spotify 和苹果音乐等平台和所有这些事情， 他们非常适合了解新的艺术家， 新的乐队...诸如此类的事情。 我认为，一旦你进入一些论坛，比如如果你加入Facebook上的一个小组或者别的什么，就很容易了解很多你可能从未听说过的新 乐队。然后，您可以前往 Spotify 或什么的，并检查出来，看看它是否是你喜欢的东西，并希望支持和购买他们的记录或任何它可能是什么。 所以我不把它看作是下一 件大事。我只是觉得现在有这么多很棒的东西但你得去找它 CV：音乐迷们是不是因为没有给这些新乐队一个发光的机会而变得太多变了？ 也许...再次， 我认为困难的部分是， 它只是真的很难。你知道我们过去常把音乐建立在人气的基础上...乐队有多受欢迎， 他们赚了多少钱， 或者类似的东西...因为它是如此容易做回到德莱帕德和邦乔维和吻和 Ac / DC 的日子...他们中的很多人仍然在那里做事情。 但新一代并没有真正做到这一点， 所以我认为乐队可以闪耀到他们的能力。我认为填满圆顶和体育场的日子已经一去不复返了。我不知道下一件大事会是什么...但老实说， 我真的不在乎， 因为我最喜欢的乐队大多不是乐队， 无论如何， 会发挥在体育场或圆顶的大部分。 CV：你认为音乐产业的王牌会是什么来扭转局面？那么，艺术家的责任是恢复与粉丝的信心，还是更多的是标签执行官、促销员、场地等以及艺术家之间的协作努力？ SS：嗯，这也是一个很难的问题，因为这个行业只是不同而已。我想我们再也不会回去了。这个行业的结构就是不同而已。艺术家们...在这一点上， 我们做我们自己的营销， 或者它的大部分反正， 即使你属于一个标签。你知道， 如果我们把自己分开作为一个摇滚或金属流派， 例如， 它非常不同于流行流派或嘻哈流派...这是另一回事。
我不能说那边发生了什么， 因为我不遵循它， 但在我的身边的流派， 我喜欢的东西， 这是我们所有的责任。我们有责任把这个词说出来...发展我们的品牌是我们的责任。所有这些事情，并尽我们所能。但是我们必须这样做，因为我们喜欢它。我们这样做不仅仅是因为名声或金钱，因为现在你很可能不会得到很多在这个行业的人之一。你必须这样做，因为你喜欢它。 简历：您的才能和专业知识使您成为具有GuitarZoom.com的内容制作经理。告诉我们一点这种伙伴关系是如何建立的？ SS：大约十年前，吉他僵尸的主人打电话给我，问我是否有兴趣为他的公司制作一些视频，这是吉他僵尸。和其他一切一样， 我说是的...在我生命中的那个时候， 我从未对任何事情说不。从那里， 它只是有点扩展到这个全球的事情， 最终成为我现在大部分时间做什么...为社交媒体创建内容...创建吉他课程...诸如此类的事情。但最初的伙伴关系就是这样建立的：他打电话给我他在YouTube上发现了几个非常糟糕的视频，并问我是否有兴趣，我们只是从那里发展了友谊和伙伴关系。 简历：你亲自与成千上万的人一起教吉他，但也感动了无数你从未见过的人：通过在线课程和视频分享您的知识和经验。对于你来说，这是什么感觉，知道你的所作所为会影响这么多人，并改变他们追求梦想的方式？仅仅知道奖励就够了吗？ SS：这绝对够了！我不是想看看我能有多受欢迎， 或者我能赚多少钱。我快 50 岁了， 这些对我来说已经不重要了。在过去的30年里，我甚至对本地学生和私人课程所做的教学，主要的事情是让他们了解。让他们看到光可以这么说， 并能够使这个东西， 使吉他弹奏， 他们真的想做他们的余生。这一直是奖励。 CV：你曾经被你的吉他教学视频的受欢迎程度吹走吗？ SS：同样，我想我没有想那么多。我只是继续做我喜欢做的事。我想我会说， 我没有那么多吹走， 因为我很幸运， 我是如何能够继续做我喜欢做的事后， 这么多年...并且它继续扩展和成长。所以我肯定是一个非常幸运的人。 简历：你最常被问及的关于弹吉他的问题是什么？ SS：最常见的是学习独奏或模式的混乱。我想那可能是大问题...是模式当谈到那种事情时， 人们真的迷路了。
简历：你觉得给那些努力弹吉他的人最好的鼓励的话是什么？ SS：最重要的是保持灵感。你必须受到启发...它不能只是每天练习和弦 10 分钟等等。你必须找到一种方法来保持灵感， 如果这意味着得到一个老师， 激励你， 这是伟大的。 另一件事是确保你正在学习一些你感兴趣的东西...不仅仅是因为吉他老师认为你应该拥有它， 而且你觉得很有趣...让你一直想玩我认为这两件事情真的很重要。我猜最后一条是找到一条路...有人帮你找到一条合乎逻辑的路， 这样你就可以不断变得更好， 这样你就不会卡在旋转轮子上。 简历：史蒂夫，你接下来要做什么？ SS：对我来说最重要的事情是做更多的吉他诊所会议...这样的事情， 在那里我可以走出去， 真正与人， 激励他们。亲自和他们谈谈...和他们一起堵车你知道，这对我来说是件大事...它不只是远程做每一件事， 而是花更多的时间与人在一起， 激励他们， 帮助他们达到一个新的水平...在个人层面上亲自。 简历：再次感谢史蒂夫花了一些时间与我们的读者交谈和分享。这是一种荣誉。祝大家一切顺利，继续取得成功。 SS：谢谢！ 英文原文： INTERVIEW WITH GUITAR GURU STEVE STINE By Mick Michaels COSMICK VIEW: Hello, Steve! Welcome to The Cosmick View. Thank you for taking some time out of your day to chat with me, it is greatly appreciated. CV: Steve, your career thus far has run the gamut; from musician, songwriter and performer, to renowned guitar instructor, product reviews, interviews and University professor...and that's just the tip of the iceberg. You are also a family man. How do you balance it all and make the time? Steve Stine: Back in the day my music took precedence...and I just learned how to make my family more important than everything else…and since then everything just kind of falls into place. I also make sure that I take time and I don't try and get too much done in one day. CV: Besides music and guitar, do you have other passions, non music related, that your are involved with? Is it good to have other "distractions"? SS: Yeah, absolutely it's good to have other things to do in your life. There are many times that I like to just get away from music all the way around. And usually, that's spending time with my wife and my kids…or spend time with friends and really just talking about things that are not music related at all. I don't really have any other hobbies per say other than you know doing a lot of biking and stuff in the summertime with my with my daughter. CV: Personally, I have always been impressed by individuals who are able to take their careers in multiple directions while remaining true to their core passion. You spent time as a guitar instructor at North Dakota State University. How did you come to teach on the collegiate level? SS: Well when I was in college at Moorhead State University, which is in Moorhead, Minnesota, a lot of my professors over there wound up being professors over at North Dakota State University. And so I got a call from one of them asking if I would be interested in teaching a guitar class out at the University. Of course at that time in my life I never said no to anything…so I jumped at the chance and it was a great experience. CV: Often, college music professors are portrayed as stuffy traditionalists who have no time or interest in modern music. :) However, you are the contrary to such a boorish portrayal. How was your Rock/Metal influences and attitude, during your time at North Dakota State, received by both the faculty and student base? SS: It was awesome! For me it's always come down to personality. People judge you initially by the way you look but once they talk to you, they realize who you really are. I've really never had a problem with that…so teaching at North Dakota State was just a really wonderful experience with the students as well as working with the faculty. CV: Would teaching guitar on a college level be something you would consider again in the future? SS: Yeah absolutely. Right now I just have so much other stuff going on but no doubt I would certainly go back and teach at a college level. CV: You have a long history with Steve Grimmett of Grim Reaper fame, which professionally includes the collaborative band GrimmStine and performing multiple times with Steve’s newer Grim Reaper line up. How did you connect with Steve? SS: Steve came to one of my shows here in the United States many, many years ago and that's where I first met him. While speaking to him that first time, I had mentioned to him that I was getting married in Scotland and he wanted to come to the wedding…he wound up being the best man at the wedding. And since then he and I have just maintained a really good friendship. CV: Were you a fan of Grim Reaper back in the 80's? SS: As a matter of fact, it's really funny because “See You in Hell,” which was a Grim Reaper album, was one of my most important albums learning how to play guitar…because at that time, I was learning how to play Ozzy and Def Leppard and Judas Priest…I would learn how to play either the whole album or one side of an album because it was just easier than learning the individual songs… “See You in Hell” was one of those albums that I would play. So it was ironic that so many years later I would wind up being good friends with him. You know he's was not only the best man at my wedding but he's the godfather to my 10 year old. CV: Now that Steve is back in action, any chance we will get to see a second GrimmStine album release? SS: I hope so. We keep talking about it…we've got lots of material written. Hopefully that will happen. I've got a bunch of other stuff already recorded…we just need time to get together and actually talk about it. But it would be awesome to see that happen. CV: The music industry seems to be spinning on its heels these days. Both fans and critics alike appear to have more negative comments than ever before. Do you feel this is indicative of the times, where the internet and social media platforms have given everyone a place to be heard...or is there some truth in their complaints? SS: Well there might be truth to the complaints but the truth is that social media has just given everybody an opportunity to be awful to each other. And I really don't care for it at all. In industry itself there are so many incredible bands, incredible musicians, and incredible guitar players out there. They're not known by everybody because they're not on the radio and unless you're kind of in that avenue of information, you never hear about them. So there was a while where I thought there was nothing really good coming out and then I started realizing that I couldn't be more wrong. I started learning about all kinds of new bands, new guitar players, and just all kinds of other stuff that's just absolutely amazing…but you have to look for it. That's the most important thing, which for me, is completely different than the social media element…social media just makes everybody kind of awful to each other, unfortunately. CV: Fans seem to be waiting, maybe even holding their breath, for the next big thing to come along and knock their socks off. But is the waiting warranted on their part, or are they missing out on what is out there now, right in front of them, with so many new young bands popping up? SS: Yeah, I don't even think about it as the next big thing because I don't even think of the music industry as being that way anymore. There are all kinds of great stuff out there…you just have to look for it that's all. And with platforms like Spotify and Apple Music and all that sort of thing, they're great for learning about new artists, new bands…all that sort of thing. I think once you get into a few of the forums, like if you join a group on Facebook or whatever, it might be easy to learn about a lot of new bands that you might not have never heard of before. Then you can head over to Spotify or something and check them out and see if it's something that you like and want to support and purchase their records or whatever it might be. So I don't think of it as the next big thing. I just think there's just so much great stuff out there right now. But you got to look for it. CV: Have music fans become too fickle by not giving these new bands a chance to shine? SS: Maybe… again I think the hard part is it's just really hard. You know we used to base music on popularity…how popular band was or how much money they made or something like that…because it was so easy to do back in the days of Def Leppard and Bon Jovi and Kiss and AC/DC…and a lot of them are still out there doing there thing. But the new generation doesn't really have that, so I think bands can shine to their capacity. I think the days of filling the domes and stadiums are gone. I don't know what the next big thing is going to be…but to be honest, I don't really care because most of my favorite bands aren't bands that would play for the most part in a stadium or a dome anyway. CV: What do you think would be the music industry's ace in the hole to turn things around? Is it then the artists' responsibility alone to restore faith with the fans or more of a collaborative effort between label execs, promoters, venues, etc. as well as the artist? SS: Well again that's a hard question because the industry is just different. I don't think we'll ever go back. The construct of the industry is just different. The artists…we do all of our own marketing at this point or most of it anyway, even if you belong to a label. You know if we separate ourselves as a Rock or Metal genre for instance, it's very different than the Pop genre or the Hip Hop genre…it's a different kind of thing. I can't say what's going on over there because I don't follow it but in the genres on my side, on the things that I like, it's all our responsibility. It's our responsibility to get the word out…it's our responsibility to grow our brand…all of those sorts of things and do the best we can. But we have to do it because we love it. We don't just do it because of fame or money, because chances are you're not going to get a lot of either one of those in this industry nowadays. You have to do it because you love it. CV: Your talents and expertise have brought you to be a Content Production Manager with GuitarZoom.com. Tell us a little of how this partnership came to be? SS: About ten years ago, the owner of GuitarZoom called me and asked me if I would be interested in making some videos for his company, which was GuitarZoom. As with everything else, I said yes…I never said no to anything at that point in my life. And from there it just sort of expanded into this global thing which wound up being what I do most of my time now…creating content for social media…creating guitar courses…things like that. But that's how the initial partnership came about; him calling me. He found a couple of really bad videos I did on YouTube and asked me if I'd be interested and we just developed a friendship and partnership from there. CV: You have personally worked with thousands and thousands of individuals teaching guitar, but have also touched countless more whom you have never met; sharing your knowledge and experience through online lessons and videos. What type of feeling is that for you, knowing that what you do impacts so many and makes a difference in what they do to pursue a dream? Is just knowing reward enough? SS: It is absolutely enough! I'm not in this to try and see how popular I can be or how much money I could make. I'm almost 50 years old and those aren't what’s important to me anymore. My main thing with even teaching in the last 30 some years that I have done with local students and private lessons , is getting them to understand…getting them to see the light so to speak, and be able to make this something, make guitar playing, something they really want to do for the rest of their lives. That's always been the reward. CV: Are you ever just blown away by how popular your guitar instruction videos are? SS: Again, I guess I don't think about it all that much. I just keep going and doing what I love to do. I guess I would say I'm not as much blown away as I am very blessed at how I've been able to continue doing what I love to do after all these years…and it continues to expand and grow…so I am a very blessed person for sure. CV: What's the one question you get asked most often about playing guitar? SS: Most often it's about learning to solo or the confusion of modes. I think that's probably the big one… it’s modes. People just get really lost when it comes to that sort of thing. CV: What do you feel would be the best words of encouragement to give to someone struggling with playing guitar? SS: The most important thing is to stay inspired. You've got to be inspired…it can't just be practicing chords 10 minutes a day and whatever…you've got to find a way of staying inspired and if that means getting a teacher that inspires you that's great. The other thing is making sure that you're learning stuff that's interesting to you…not just because the guitar teacher thinks you should have it, but that you find interesting…that keeps you wanting to play. I think those two things are really important. I guess the last one would be finding a path…have someone help you find a logical path so you can keep getting better so you don't just get stuck spinning your wheels. CV: What's next for you Steve? SS: The big thing for me is doing more guitar clinics conferences… things like that where I can go out and really be with people and inspire them…personally talk to them…jam with them. And you know, that's the big thing for me… it’s not just doing everything remotely but spending more time with people and inspiring them and helping them to get to the next level…on a personal level in person. CV: Thank you again Steve for spending some time talking and sharing with our readers. It has been an honor. I wish you all the best and continued success. SS: Thank you! |
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