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So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star
Jacob Slichter · 初版 2004 年
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这是一部来自 Semisonic 乐队鼓手的风趣内幕之作，揭示了流行音乐产业的真实生态，其对摇滚乐的剖析犹如 Jim Bouton 的《Ball Four》之于棒球界。在经历多年打零工并在地下室做音乐的生活后，Jacob Slichter 曾怀疑自己的摇滚明星梦是否只是一场空想。随后，他受到两位事业有成的音乐人好友邀请，共同组建了日后声名大噪的 Semisonic 乐队。谁能忘记那首红极一时的单曲《Closing Time》？这首在 1998 年风靡全球的热门金曲将 Jake 和他的队友们推上了国际舞台，并助力他们在全球售出超过两百万张专辑
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关于唱片行业经济现状（包括艺人被唱片公司坑惨的各种套路），我见过最详尽的描述就是半美分乐队（Semisonic）鼓手雅各布·斯利克特（Jacob Slichter）写的那本《So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star》。这书真的超赞，我强烈推荐给任何想成为职业音乐人或者单纯想了解这个行业的人。如果你想
The most detailed accounting I've come across of the economic realities of the record biz (including the myriad ways an artist can be screwed by his or her label) is the book "So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star" by Jacob Slichter (drummer for Semisonic). It's a really fantastic read I recommend to anyone who wants to be a professional musician or just wants to understand the industry. If you want
2005年，Semisonic 乐队的鼓手写了《So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star》这本书。书里写到，乐队收到了一块唱片奖牌，问唱片公司代表这上面是不是他们自己的音乐。对方回答说不是，大概是拿哪张剩下的辛纳屈（Sinatra）黑胶唱片喷漆改的。
In 2005 the drummer for Semisonic wrote the book So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star. In it the band received a record plaque and asked the record company rep if it was their music. The response was no, it was probably some left over Sinatra LP that had been painted.