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Should we spend two minutes eyes closed meditating before we start just to like really get here?
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Sure, okay.
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Let's do that.
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That's a first.
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Nice.
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Does meditation help you creatively?
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It clears the distractions.
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So the distractions can get in the way with a direct connection to the creative force. Do you play instruments?
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Barely.
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Do you know how to work a soundboard?
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No. I have no technical ability.
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And I know nothing about music.
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You must know something.
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Well, I know what I like and what I don't like.
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And I'm decisive about what I like and what I don't like.
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So what are you being paid for?
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The confidence that I have in my taste and my ability to express what I feel has proven helpful for artists.
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Artists are eager to make the pilgrimage to Shangri-La Studios in Malibu to work with Rubin.
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How many studios do you have here?
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There's the main control room here with the live room.
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The place is minimalist to say the least.
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There's no mirrors, no TVs, no signs of Rick Rubin's extraordinary success.
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I've never been in a recording studio where there's not gold records and Grammys.
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Do you have like a tiny ego room somewhere?
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I don't.
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I used to send them all to my parents and I don't know where they are now.
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It's a distraction.
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If you start thinking about doing something to achieve that, then you're not focused on making this beautiful thing.
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It undermines the purity of the project.
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I like the idea of getting the point across with the least amount of information possible.
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And that's what you're doing in a recording studio.
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You're listening to music, to sound, and trying to strip it.
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Just to see what is actually necessary.
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Getting it down to that essence to start with is really helpful in understanding what it is.
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On our first day, he brought us in on a jam session with saxophone great Kamasi Washington.
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What are you listening for?
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Like right now, there's chimes, piano.
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Yeah, I'm not listening to any of those things.
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What are you listening to?
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I'm listening to the feeling.
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How do you listen to a feeling?
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Well, my body's moving.
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I feel that melody awaken something in me.
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There's something familiar about it, but I don't think I've heard it before.
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The feeling of familiarity is a good feeling.
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If you haven't noticed by now, Rick Rubin talks a lot about feelings.
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My aim is not to have my presence felt.
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Unless it's necessary, unless it's helpful.
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His presence is laid back, literally.
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He usually listens lying down.
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And barefoot, with his eyes shut.
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You might think he was napping.
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I try to listen as closely as I possibly can.
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And when my eyes are closed, I feel like I'm there with the music.
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It may not seem like work, but Ruben hears things and senses things other producers don't.
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Back in 1993, a few stray guitar chords on a Tom Petty demo tape caught his attention.
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Tom sent me demos of about five new songs, and none of them really struck me, honestly.
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None of them spoke to me, but that guitar riff that opens a song was something that was played between two of the songs, just like a warmup.
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I drove to Tom's house and I played it for him.
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I said, listen to this piece.
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I feel like this is the best thing on the tape.
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Write this one.
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And that turned into Last Dance with Mary Jane.
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Last Dance with Mary Jane, one more time to kill the fame.
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That's going to be hard, though, when you come back saying, I like the thing that happened accidentally in between two of these songs.
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That's a tough sell sometimes, isn't it?
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I'm not trying to sell it.
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I'm just sharing what I'm feeling.
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You know, like if they don't want to do it, it's fine.
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Rubin has shared what he's learned in a book, The Creative Act, A Way of Being.
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It was published in January and is his guide to harnessing creativity, something he figured out how to do his sophomore year at New York University in 1982.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “Rick Rubin on the Creative Act — 60 Minutes”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: feeling, listening, studio, listen, song. Questo video contiene 71 frasi e 705 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 4:38. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 152 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 82% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare. 11 delle sue 71 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| distraction sostantivo | /dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/ | distrazione |
| demo sostantivo | /ˈdɛm.oʊ/ | demo |
| awaken verbo | /əˈweɪkən/ | svegliare |
| barefoot aggettivo | /ˈbɛɹfʊt/ | scalzo, a piedi nudi |
| creatively avverbio | /kɹiˈeɪtɪvli/ | creativamente |
| meditate verbo | /ˈmɛ.dɪˌteɪt/ | meditare, filosofare |
| minimalist aggettivo | /ˈmɪn.ə.məl.ɪst/ | minimalista |
| pilgrimage sostantivo | /ˈpɪlɡɹɪmɪd͡ʒ/ | pellegrinaggio |
| saxophone sostantivo | /ˈsæksəˌfoʊ̯n/ | sassofono |
| undermine verbo | /ˌʌn.dɚˈmaɪn/ | minare, minacciare |
| chord sostantivo | /kɔɹd/ | accordo |
| harness verbo | /ˈhɑɹ.nəs/ | imbracare, imbragare |
| sophomore sostantivo | /ˈsɑf.mɔɹ/ | fagiolo, ginnasiale |
| purity sostantivo | /ˈpjʊɹɪti/ | purezza |
| stray verbo | /stɹeɪ/ | vagare, snodare |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| come back verbo | tornare |
| figure out verbo | scoprire, rendersi conto |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- Does meditation help you creatively?
- Do you know how to work a soundboard?
- How many studios do you have here?
- Do you have like a tiny ego room somewhere?
- What are you listening for?
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | has proven · I've never been · I've heard |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | being paid · is laid · are closed |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 21 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, I'm, you're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: distraction /dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/, meditation /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: creatively /kɹiˈeɪtɪvli/, familiarity /fəmɪliˈæɹɪti/, minimalist /ˈmɪn.ə.məl.ɪst/, creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: barefoot /ˈbɛɹfʊt/, meditate /ˈmɛ.dɪˌteɪt/, minimalist /ˈmɪn.ə.məl.ɪst/, pilgrimage /ˈpɪlɡɹɪmɪd͡ʒ/, chord /kɔɹd/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: distraction /dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/, familiarity /fəmɪliˈæɹɪti/, saxophone /ˈsæksəˌfoʊ̯n/, nap /næp/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come distraction, demo, awaken.
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.