Stefon Harris: There are no mistakes on the bandstand

Translator: Adrián Levices Casal Reviewer: Andres Corral

Okay, I have no idea what we're going to play.

Non teño nin idea do que imos tocar.

I won't be able to tell you what it is until it happens.

Non lles poderei dicir qué é ata que aconteza.

I didn't realize there was going to be a little music before.

Non me decatara de que ía haber algo de música antes.

So I think I'm going to start with what I just heard.

Así que acho que vou comezar co que veño de escoitar.

(Music)

(música)

(Applause)

(aplausos)

Okay, so first of all,

Ben, antes de nada,

let's welcome Mr. Jamire Williams on the drums,

deámoselle a benvida a Jamire Williams na batería,

(Applause)

(aplausos)

Burniss Travis on the bass,

Burniss Travis no baixo,

(Applause)

(aplausos)

and Mr. Christian Sands on the piano.

e Christian Sands no piano.

(Applause)

(aplausos)

So the bandstand, as we call it,

O coreto, como o chamamos,

this is an incredible space.

é un espazo incríbel.

It is really a sacred space.

É un lugar sagrado.

And one of the things that is really sacred about it

E unha das cousas que o fan sagrado

is that you have no opportunity to think about the future,

é que non nos dá a oportunidade de pensar no futuro,

or the past.

ou no pasado.

You really are alive right here in this moment.

Realmente estás vivo neste momento.

There are so many decisions being made

Hai que tomar moitas decisións

when you walk on the bandstand.

cando un vai ao coreto.

We had no idea what key we were going to play in.

Non tiñamos nin idea do que iamos tocar.

In the middle, we sort of made our way

Polo medio, fixemos unha interpretación

into a song called "Titi Boom."

dunha canción chamada "Titi Boom".

But that could have happened -- maybe, maybe not.

Pero iso puido acontecer ou non.

Everyone's listening. We're responding.

Todos escoitan. Nós respondemos.

You have no time for projected ideas.

Non hai tempo para as ideas proxectadas.

So the idea of a mistake:

Entón, a idea dun erro:

From the perspective of a jazz musician,

dende a perspectiva dun músico de jazz,

it's easier to talk about someone else's mistake.

é máis doado falar sobre o erro doutra persoa.

So the way I perceive a mistake when I'm on the bandstand --

O xeito de como percibo un erro cando estou no coreto...

first of all, we don't really see it as a mistake.

antes de nada, non o vemos coma un erro.

The only mistake lies

O único erro xace

in that I'm not able to perceive

en que non son quen de percibir

what it is that someone else did.

que é o que outro fixo.

Every "mistake" is an opportunity in jazz.

Cada "erro" é unha oportunidade no jazz.

So it's hard to even describe

Mesmo é difícil describir

what a funny note would be.

o que sería unha nota divertida.

So for example, if I played a color, like we were playing on a palette,

Por exemplo, se pinto unha cor, coma se estiver xogando coa paleta,

that sounded like this ...

habería sonar coma isto...

(Music)

(música)

So if Christian played a note -- like play an F.

Se Christian toca unha nota... coma Fa.

(Music)

(música)

See, these are all right inside of the color palette.

Vedes, todo encaixa na paleta de cores.

If you played an E.

Se toca Mi.

See, these all lie right inside

Vedes, todo xace no interior

of this general emotional palette that we were painting.

desta paleta emocional xeral que estamos a pintar.

If you played an F# though,

Porén, se tocamos Fa #

(Dissonance)

(disonancia)

to most people's ears, they would perceive that as a mistake.

a maioría de oídos consideraríano un erro.

So I'm going to show you, we're going to play just for a second.

Ides ver, imos tocar un intre.

And we're going to play on this palette.

E imos tocar nesta paleta.

And at some point, Christian will introduce this note.

Nalgún momento, Christian ha engadir esta nota.

And we won't react to it.

E non imos reaccionar a ela.

He'll introduce it for a second

Vaina tocar durante un segundo

and then I'll stop, I'll talk for a second.

e logo voume deter e falarei un intre.

We'll see what happens when we play with this palette.

Imos ver que é o que acontece cando tocamos con esta paleta.

(Music)

(música)

So someone could conceptually perceive that as a mistake.

Conceptualmente, alguén podería percibilo coma un erro.

The only way that I would say it was a mistake

Eu só diría que se trata dun erro

is in that we didn't react to it.

se non reaccionásemos perante el.

It was an opportunity that was missed.

Unha oportunidade perdida.

So it's unpredictable. We'll paint this palette again.

Así que é impredecíbel. Imos pintar esta paleta outra vez.

He'll play it. I don't know how we'll react to it, but something will change.

El vai tocar. Non sei como imos reaccionar, pero algo ha trocar.

We'll all accept his ideas,

Imos aceptar as súas ideas,

or not.

ou non.

(Music)

(música)

So you see, he played this note.

Vistes, tocou a súa nota.

I ended up creating a melody out of it.

E eu creei unha melodía.

The texture changed in the drums this time.

Esta vez a textura cambiou na batería.

It got a little bit more rhythmic, a little bit more intense

Foi un pouco máis rítmico, un pouco máis intenso

in response to how I responded to it.

en función á miña resposta.

So there is no mistake.

Así que non hai erro.

The only mistake is if I'm not aware,

O único erro é se non son consciente,

if each individual musician is not aware

se cada músico non é consciente

and accepting enough of his fellow band member

e non recoñece aos seus compañeiros

to incorporate the idea and we don't allow for creativity.

para incorporar a idea e non imos permitir a creatividade.

So jazz, this bandstand is absolutely amazing.

Este coreto é verdadeiramente incríbel.

It's a very purifying experience.

É unha experiencia purificadora.

And I know that I speak for all of us when I tell you that we don't take it for granted.

E sei que falo por todos cando digo que non o damos por suposto.

We know that to be able to come on the bandstand and play music is a blessing.

Sabemos que ser capaz de subir ao coreto e facer música é unha bendición.

So how does this all relate to behavioral finance?

E que ten que ver isto coas finanzas?

Well we're jazz musicians,

Todos somos músicos de jazz,

so stereotypically we don't have a great relationship to finance.

o noso estereotipo non é o máis axeitado para as finanzas.

(Laughter)

(gargalladas)

Anyway, I just wanted to sort of point out the way that we handle it.

Só lles quería amosar como é que o afrontamos.

And the other dynamic of it

E a outra dinámica

is that we don't micromanage in jazz.

é que non facemos microxestión no jazz.

You have some people who do.

Hai xente que o fai.

But what that does

Pero iso

is it actually limits the artistic possibilities.

limita as posibilidades artísticas.

If I come up and I dictate to the band

Se lle dicto á banda

that I want to play like this and I want the music to go this way,

que toquemos así e quero que sone así,

and I just jump right in ...

e digo de entrar en...

ready, just play some time.

veña, toquemos algo.

One, two, one, two, three, four.

Un, dous, un, dous, tres, catro.

(Music)

(música)

It's kind of chaotic because I'm bullying my ideas.

É un pouco caótico porque me bulen as ideas.

I'm telling them, "You come with me over this way."

Dígolles: "Acompañádeme por este lado".

If I really want the music to go there,

Se quero que a música vaia aí,

the best way for me to do it is to listen.

o mellor que podo facer é escoitar.

This is a science of listening.

É a ciencia do ouvido.

It has far more to do with what I can perceive

Ten máis que ver co que podo percibir

than what it is that I can do.

ca co que podo facer.

So if I want the music to get to a certain level of intensity,

Se quero que a música acade un certo nivel de intesidade,

the first step for me is

o primeiro paso para min

to be patient, to listen to what's going on

é ser paciente, escoitar o que acontece

and pull from something that's going on around me.

e recoller algo do que acontece ao meu redor.

When you do that, you engage and inspire the other musicians

Cando o fas, motivas e inspiras aos outros músicos

and they give you more, and gradually it builds.

e eles danche máis, e así se vai facendo.

Watch. One, two, a one, two, three, four.

Miren. Un, dous, un, dous, tres, catro.

(Music)

(música)

Totally different experience when I'm pulling ideas.

É algo totalmente distinto cando tiro das miñas ideas.

It's much more organic. It's much more nuanced.

É moito máis orgánico. Ten moitos máis matices.

It's not about bullying my vision or anything like that.

Non se trata de espallar a miña visión ni nada.

It's about being here in the moment,

Trata de estar no momento,

accepting one another

aceptármonos uns aos outros

and allowing creativity to flow.

e deixar que flúa a creatividade.

Thank you.

Grazas.

(Applause)

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