Ben Jelen

基本内容：Ben Jelen不可忽视的才华
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◆男歌手Ben Jelen的名字或许对于许多人来说还十分陌生。拥有英国与捷克混血血统的他有着模特儿般的俊俏脸孔。年纪轻轻的他音乐才华不容忽视。身为音乐创作人兼歌手，他具有弹奏钢琴、吉他及小提琴等多样才能。
Jelen是一个旅行者、学者、抒情诗人及音乐家。在他频繁地从苏格兰迁移到英格兰、德克萨斯、新泽西，最后到纽约的过程中，音乐一直伴随着他。由于经常迁居，他从未组过自己的乐队，而是自己练习钢琴、小提琴和吉他弹奏。在上大学时（他取得了罗格斯大学生物学学位），他终于在和朋友偶尔参加演唱会时登台演出。在每场演出中，Jelen都会把他的歌曲和钢琴演奏融合起来，给台下所有听众带来了独特的音乐。毕业以后，他搬到了曼哈顿，全身心地投入到音乐事业中。
他在一间录音室中担任制作人和录音师的工作，深夜时他则为自己制作录音磁带。他的歌曲逐渐成型，歌曲中体现了他云游四方的成长生涯以及自由自在的生活方式。在Jelen闯荡世界的旅程中，在一场名为Jane's Addiction的演出中幸运星赐予了他一次难得的机遇。在演唱会上，Calvin Klein公司的一位营销主管看好Jelen，想为他提供担任模特的机会，但他婉言拒绝了。巧的是，在场的Fearless经纪人公司总裁Joseph Janus也对他十分感兴趣。他被Jelen的魅力所吸引，于是聆听了Jelen的录音母带。几天后，Janus便与Jelen签约，成为他的经纪人，并安排他与Madonna创立的Maverick唱片公司首脑Guy Oseary会面。Oseary曾推出过Alanis Morissette和Michelle Branch等知名艺人。他听了Jelen的音乐后即刻邀请他加入该唱片公司。Jelen成功地把握住了机会。
2004年3月，Jelen推出了加入Maverick厂牌后的首张创作专辑《Give It All Away》（随风而逝），显示出了他作为一名音乐人所具有的才华。他自省式的歌曲中透出对新开始的乐观和信心。在这张专辑中，Jelen籍由华丽的配器讲述了一位诗人的故事。他的歌词探讨了奔放的热情，激情冷却后不变的仍是那份怀旧之情。以钢琴伴奏为主，带点流行摇滚乐风的创作，铺陈出一张旋律性十足的专辑。整张大碟创造性地利用了非传统性的音乐元素。班卓琴、弦乐以及凯尔特音乐贯穿始终，揉合了传统的原创性和流行摇滚。“Come On”记述了一段异地恋情的起起落落，“Slow Down”回顾了童年的纯真，“Stay”表现的则是开始一段新恋情时的满心欢愉，而翻唱摇滚音乐剧《Hedwig and The Angry Inch》中的Wicked Little Town更显露出Jelen优异独具的品味。Ben Jelen的处女专辑收录了一系列拥有深度内涵的歌词、活泼的流行旋律及体现其纯熟音乐技巧的歌曲。
Jelen解释道：“我并不只是创作一种类型的音乐。我谱写我所见所做及所感。在你生气时你的血液会沸腾，在你兴奋时你的脉搏会跳动，这才是最重要的。当我有这种感觉时，音乐就自然而然涌上我心田，于是我就把音符记了下来。”
◆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：英国苏格兰
乐器：吉他 钢琴 小提琴
歌曲风格：英伦摇滚
主要主题：关注世界*反对战争*保护地球*爱情
**BEN JELEN FUNDATION——拥有自己的基金会
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已发行的专辑
《give It All Away》
《Ex Sensitive》
经典曲目
★<<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