Title:
Nick Jonas' Lesson for Other Teen Musicians
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More than one hundred teenage musicians recently
attended a summer camp in Los Angeles to learn about
the music business. Some of the advice they received
came from the youngest member of the Jonas Brothers,
eighteen-year-old Nick. Nick Jonas appeared in
Broadway musicals before he became a pop star with
his brothers. He told the students at the Grammy
camp that social media was "incredibly important" at
the beginning of the brothers' career, and still is
today. "With Twitter and YouTube and Facebook, there
are so many instant ways to connect with your
fans."Other music professionals also shared their
knowledge at the week-long camp. The annual event is
part of "Grammy in the Schools," a project from the
organizers of the music industry's Grammy Awards.
The camp gives students a chance to perform or to
learn music production skills. Ben LoPiccolo worked
on his skills as a music reporter. He found that he
"really enjoyed writing and telling people about
music" to expand their tastes.These teens hope to be
part of an industry that is going through big
changes. Kristen Madsen at the Grammy Foundation
points to the influence of social networking on
sites like Facebook and Twitter. "There are new ways
and new roadmaps for kids to succeed in the music
industry, and they have a lot more access to doing
it themselves."Thirteen-year-old Greyson Chance is
about to release his first album. He told the other
young musicians that his career began with a music
video on YouTube.Giovanni Quattrochi hopes for a
career as a music producer. "I'm excited to see
where music is going to go," he says. For example,
he likes the way, "especially with hip-hop, there's
a lot of sampling of different genres of music."
Music is also becoming more international, says
Elise Go, who hopes to be a songwriter. She points
to American influences in Korean and Chinese pop
music. She says, "That's very cool to hear, a pop
song you think you'd hear on the radio in America,
in another language."Brian London plays keyboard for
Lady Gaga and other artists. He told the students
that succeeding in music is about hard work, not
just talent. "Being a great player -- everybody's a
great player. So a lot of artists, management labels
and music directors look at more than just being a
great player in order to be hired for a gig."For VOA
Special English, I'm Carolyn Presutti. You can watch
a video about the Grammy camp at
voaspecialenglish.com.
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