4 Becoming a Star

CHAPTER 4 Becoming a Star Now Bruce had a record label behind him. Why was that a big deal? First of all, a record label helped musicians create albums. They had studios where musicians recorded songs. Audio engineers helped make the music sound as good as it could be. Designers created the album covers. A publicity department helped get songs played on the radio stations. And salespeople got the music stores to keep the album in stock. Back in the 1970s, there were lots of music stores. People weren't able to buy music online or on their iPods. But then as now, the record label and the musician worked together to make the best album and sell as many copies as possible.

现在布鲁斯有了自己的唱片公司。 这有什么大不了的？首先，唱片公司帮助音乐家制作专辑。 他们有录音室，音乐家在那里录制歌曲。 音频工程师帮助使音乐听起来尽可能好。 设计师们设计了专辑封面。 一个宣传部帮助歌曲在广播电台播放。 销售人员让音像店保持这张专辑的库存。 早在20世纪70年代，就有很多音乐商店。 人们无法在网上或ipod上购买音乐。 但当时和现在一样，唱片公司和音乐家共同努力，制作出最好的专辑，卖出尽可能多的唱片。

Bruce asked a few of his bandmates from Steel Mill to record the album with him. In time, this new band would be known as the E Street Band. The band got their name because they sometimes practiced on E Street in a New Jersey beach town called Belmar. Members of the E Street Band came and went. Some played with the band for years. Others joined only for special tours. Over the years there were more than a dozen members of the E Street Band. The most well-known players were Clarence Clemons on the saxophone, Steve Van Zandt on the guitar, and Max Weinberg on the drums.

布鲁斯邀请了几位钢铁工厂的乐队成员和他一起录制这张专辑。 随着时间的推移，这个新乐队将被称为E街乐队。 这支乐队之所以得名，是因为他们有时在新泽西州一个叫贝尔马的海滨小镇的E街练习。 E街乐队的成员来了又走。 有些人在乐队演奏了多年。 其他一些人只是为了特殊的旅游才加入。 多年来，E街乐队有十几名成员。 最著名的演奏者是萨克斯手克拉伦斯·克莱蒙斯、吉他手史蒂夫·范·赞特和鼓手马克斯·温伯格。

Most-Famous E Street Band Members Clarence Clemons Clarence Clemons was born in 1942 in Virginia. He received his first saxophone when he was nine years old. Bruce and Clarence met one rainy night in Asbury Park and immediately liked each other. Clarence was known for his solo saxophone performances—some that lasted several minutes. He was also known as the "Big Man" because he was well over six feet tall!

克拉伦斯·克莱蒙斯1942年出生于弗吉尼亚州。 九岁时，他得到了第一支萨克斯管。 布鲁斯和克拉伦斯在一个雨夜在阿斯伯里公园相遇，并立刻喜欢上了对方。 克拉伦斯以独奏萨克斯管演奏而闻名，有些演奏持续了几分钟。 他也被称为“大个子”，因为他的身高远远超过六英尺！

Steve Van Zandt was born in 1950 in Massachusetts, but moved to New Jersey as a boy. He mostly played the guitar for the E Street Band but also sang backup with Bruce and played the mandolin. Many people know Steve from his role as an actor. He played a mobster in a popular television series, The Sopranos, from 1999 to 2007. Steve had never acted before he joined the show!

史蒂夫·范·赞特1950年出生于马萨诸塞州，小时候搬到了新泽西州。 他主要在E街乐队弹吉他，但也和布鲁斯一起伴唱，弹曼陀林。 很多人是通过他的演员身份认识史蒂夫的。 1999年至2007年，他在热门电视剧《黑道家族》（The Sopranos）中饰演一名黑帮。 史蒂夫在加入这个节目之前从来没有演过戏！

Max Weinberg was born in 1951 in Newark, New Jersey. He started to play the drums when he was six years old. Max planned on becoming a lawyer but he dropped out of college when he was offered a job with the E Street Band. In the early 1990s, Max became the leader of the "house band" for late-night television host Conan O'Brien. He and his band played for the show almost every weeknight for nearly seventeen years. Bruce's first album came out in 1973. It was called Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Bruce spent hours recording with the band to make each of the nine songs perfect. "Growin' Up" was a fast-paced tune about a teenage boy breaking all the rules. Bruce sang the lyrics "When they said 'sit down,' I stood up!" It was easy to see he was singing about his own teenage years. Many people at Columbia Records were very excited for the album release. Some of the publicists and salespeople had become fans of Bruce themselves. They loved the way Bruce told stories in his music. Bruce sang about regular people who had good times and bad

马克斯·温伯格1951年出生于新泽西州纽瓦克。 他六岁时开始打鼓。 马克斯计划成为一名律师，但当他在E街乐队找到一份工作时，他辍学了。 20世纪90年代初，马克斯成为深夜电视主持人柯南·奥布莱恩（Conan O'Brien）的“室内乐队”的领袖。 在将近17年的时间里，他和他的乐队几乎每个工作日的晚上都在演出。 布鲁斯的第一张专辑于1973年发行。 这首歌名叫《来自新泽西州阿斯伯里公园的问候》 布鲁斯花了几个小时和乐队一起录音，使九首歌都完美无缺。 《成长》是一首快节奏的曲子，讲述了一个十几岁的男孩打破所有规则的故事。 布鲁斯唱着歌词：“当他们说‘坐下’时，我站了起来！”很容易看出他在唱自己的少年时代。 哥伦比亚唱片公司的许多人都对这张专辑的发行感到非常兴奋。 一些公关人员和销售人员自己也成了布鲁斯的粉丝。 他们喜欢布鲁斯在音乐中讲述故事的方式。 布鲁斯唱的是普通人的好时光和坏时光