选自最新一期Guitar Player, 2005年6月号.这是记者问到在即将录制的新器乐专辑中,Santana是否发掘出了新的音色,就像在录制Shaman专辑时使用Dumbles功放那样时的答话(部分)
Dumbles are incredible amps. But Alexander Dumble himself would tell you that Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, and myself have our own fingerprints with or without a Dumble amplifier. I can tell you every little piece of gear I’ve ever used, and you’re still not going to sound like me. Your sound as an individual comes from sitting and playing for one, two, or three hours nonstop...
The muscle memory and mechanics will handle themselves at a certain point, and you can get down to the matter of true expression that goes straight to the instrument from your heart. You have to reach inside yourself. There’s absolutely no substitute for locking yourself away and not coming out until you have your own sound.
译文如下: Dumbles的确是不可思议的功放.但是Alexander Dumble本人会告诉你,无论Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson或者我自己用没用过Dumble功放,我们都有自己的声音指纹. 我可以详详细细地告诉你我使用过的每一件哪怕非常小的设备,但是你仍然无法模仿出我的声音. 你的声音作为一个个体,来自坐在那里老老实实地,从不间断地,演奏一个,两个,或者三个小时... 肌肉和组织会控制自身到精准的位置,然后你就可以深入到你的心里,从而直抒心怀,表达真实的情感.你必须触探到你的内心.要得到你自己的声音,除了把自己锁起来直到发现之外没有别的替代方法.
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