原出處：https://blog.reverbnation.com/2016/09/19/artist-you-should-know-dave-thomas-junior/

作者：Krissy?

發(fā)布時間：2016.9.19

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Artist You Should Know: Dave Thomas Junior

As a producer, performer, and multi-instrumentalist songwriter, Dave Thomas Junior’s music has been featured on Vampire Diaries, The Muppets, and more. Read on to learn about his new album ‘Pieces’ that just premiered on PureVolume, his collaboration with Don Diablo, and experience with sync placements.

Hey Dave! Who is?Dave Thomas Junior?
He’s this dude who makes music all the time.

Give us the breakdown of your new album?‘Pieces.’
Pandora recently added me and they said my music has ‘folk roots, mystical qualities, a subtle use of vocal harmony, acoustic rhythm piano and mixed acoustic and electric instrumentation.’ Which is just about a good description of the new album as I could hope for.

I’m really interested in the technological singularity, so (along with love which I pretty much always write about) a lot of the songs are about the concept of time in some way or another. The idea that things are moving exponentially faster is something that I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about – it seems so amazing and exciting and terrifying to me – so that always makes its way into the songs. Except ‘We Belong Together’ which is purely about Drake’s unrequited love for Rihanna. I saw the video for ‘Work’ and pretty much straight away had the idea for that song. It’s such a tragedy, he’s got it all except the one thing he wants more than anything.

As a multi-instrumentalist, writer, performer and producer, we’d love to know how you got started in music. What’s your earliest musical memory?
My next door-but-one neighbour had a piano – I think I must have been 4 or 5 and I can remember being transfixed by it. I’m still like that now, fascinated by anything to do with the process of making music – be it synth plugins or preamps or Trussart guitars, I’m all about it!

Your credentials as a songwriter are quite impressive — they include songs for?The Muppets,?Vampire Diaries,?Revenge,?EA Games?— and that is just naming a few. How did you career get to this point?
Slowly and one step at a time.

You were recently featured in Dutch producer Don Diablo’s sensual deep house groove “Silence.” How did the collaboration come about and can you walk us through the recording process?
That was amazing! It came together through Kobalt in New York. The great thing about the internet is that ability to collaborate with people so far away so quickly. It was all done and released before we actually managed to meet up, when he came to play at EDC in New York. He’s got to be the nicest man in show business! ?I’m really proud of that song, both the dance version and the more stripped back version which is on my album. There’s a couple of YouTube videos I’ve seen of him playing it out, one at Tomorrowland and one at EDC Las Vegas which are insane. So many people!

What is your songwriting process like when writing for commercial use versus writing something very personal?
Ideally there isn’t really much difference at all – the main thing which deliniates the two is that often there’s a brief when writing commercially, the restriction of which can actually be very useful. Even then it’s about finding something that means something personally to write about. I think one of the incredible things about music is how it’s like a message in a bottle that allows you to be connected with people, and that connection isn’t going to happen if you’re not putting something in there that means something. Without that there isn’t really much point at all. Unless you get paid a lot.

What advice do you have for songwriters and composers interested in sync placements?
For me it’s been all about the representation – find a publisher that deals with sync and make yourself useful! It’s a lot to do with being fast, and on brief (or off brief in the right way if you are so inspired). Listening to and dissecting the types of songs that are getting placed a lot is also helpful. If you can find a way to say something happy in a bit of a new way, that also helps.

Thanks for being part of series! Is there anything else you’d like to add?
I recently read this book called ‘Finite and Infinite Games’ by James Carse which was a very strange long read but ever since I finished it I can’t stop thinking about it. It’s like a text for some religion that doesn’t exist but really should. I’m recommending that to everyone at the moment – check it out!

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身為制作人、歌手、多器樂創(chuàng)作者，小戴夫·托馬斯（Dave Thomas Junior）的音樂已經(jīng)出現(xiàn)在許多作品中，包括《吸血鬼日記》和《布偶大電影》。本文將介紹Dave在PureVolume上首發(fā)的新專輯Pieces，與Don Diablo的合作以及達(dá)成音樂版權(quán)協(xié)議的經(jīng)歷

請為我們介紹一下你的新專輯《Pieces》

Pandora（網(wǎng)絡(luò)電臺）最近請我入駐了，他們把我的音樂描述為“基于民謠，有一點神秘感，巧妙地運用人聲和鋼琴，將原聲樂器和電子樂器融合在一起”。我覺得他們總結(jié)得非常好。

我對技術(shù)奇點很感興趣，經(jīng)常思考時間的概念，為此我不僅創(chuàng)作了許多歌曲也寫了不少東西。我也經(jīng)常想“事物運行的速度呈指數(shù)型增長”這個觀點，覺得它很奇妙又有點可怕，就是這樣它給了我許多音樂創(chuàng)作的靈感。除了We Belong Together這首歌，這首是寫蕾哈娜和德雷克的感情線的。

請談?wù)勀阋魳飞牡拈_始

我隔壁的隔壁家有臺鋼琴，我四五歲的時候就特別喜歡它了。當(dāng)然我現(xiàn)在也非常享受創(chuàng)作音樂的過程，電子合成、preamps和Trussart吉他我都很喜歡。

你能成為作曲家非常值得敬佩，布偶、吸血鬼日記、復(fù)仇、EA游戲，一下就能列舉出很多。你是怎么做到這一步的?

一步一個腳印。

最近你和荷蘭制作人合作了感官電音Silence，這個合作是怎樣達(dá)成的？

這個真的特別棒！我們是通過Kobalt合作的。網(wǎng)絡(luò)的一個好處就是能讓你迅速找到千里之外的合作伙伴。Silence完成得很理想，我們一開始打算等他來紐約EDC演出的時候見面，但他還沒來這首歌就發(fā)布了。他大概是娛樂圈里最好合作的人！這首歌的初版和舞曲版都收錄在我的專輯里。我在油管看過Don演唱這首歌的視頻，現(xiàn)場觀眾超多的。

你覺得商業(yè)創(chuàng)作和個人創(chuàng)作有什么不一樣

理想狀態(tài)下是沒區(qū)別的，如果一定要說的話那就是商業(yè)創(chuàng)作在最開始會有一個簡介，為我提供一些有益的限制，之后就跟個人創(chuàng)作一樣了。我覺得音樂這東西很神奇，它像個漂流瓶，如果你什么都不往里放它就不會跟別人產(chǎn)生共鳴。別的就沒什么不一樣的了，除非商業(yè)創(chuàng)作可以恰好多飯。

你對想要拿到sync placements的創(chuàng)作人有何建議？

（我對音樂行業(yè)不了解不敢隨便翻，sync大概是詞曲版權(quán)管理人和音樂總監(jiān)/制片人之間達(dá)成協(xié)議，把作曲家的音樂放進電影、電視劇、廣告、預(yù)告片，這樣作曲家能夠提升知名度。誰給誰錢搞不清楚。）

謝謝你接受采訪，我們的問題就是這些。請問你還有想說的話嗎？

我最近讀了一本James Carse寫的書叫《有限與無限的游戲（Finite and Infinite Games）》，書挺厚，內(nèi)容有點怪怪的。不過我讀完之后一直在思考，就感覺它像是一個雖然不存在但應(yīng)該存在的宗教。我把這本書推薦給各位。

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相關(guān)內(nèi)容

Pandora:?https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%BD%98%E5%A4%9A%E6%8B%89%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E7%94%B5%E5%8F%B0/2695105?fr=aladdin

Trussart吉他：https://news.guitarchina.com/?p=6422

音樂公司Kobalt：https://tech.qq.com/a/20151209/023308.htm

Don Diablo ft. Dave Thomas Jr. Silence中英字幕?AV4472564

關(guān)于音樂翻唱（Cover）及詞曲管理（Music Publisher）的音樂版權(quán)法律解析 http://www.sohu.com/a/331614243_100265139

《有限與無限的游戲》https://book.douban.com/subject/25742296/