Jason Castro

背景信息：美國(guó) Fox電視臺(tái)節(jié)目《美國(guó)偶像》第七季度第四名。
英文名字： Jason René Castro
中文名字： 杰森·卡斯特羅
出生年月： 1987年3月25日
出生地點(diǎn)： 美國(guó)，得克薩斯州，石墻鎮(zhèn)
高中學(xué)校： Rowlett 高中(2005年畢業(yè))
大學(xué)學(xué)校： 德州農(nóng)工大學(xué)
大學(xué)專業(yè)： 建筑學(xué)
美偶海選城市： 達(dá)拉斯，德克薩斯州
美偶成績(jī)： 第四名
喜歡箴言： In the end, it will all be ok. If it's not ok, then it's not the end!
音樂流派： 原聲民謠/流行
職 業(yè)： 音樂人，創(chuàng)作型歌手
擅長(zhǎng)樂器： 嗓子、吉他、架子鼓、夏威夷的四弦琴和班卓琴（無(wú)弦琴）
其他特長(zhǎng)： 繪畫、素描、建筑和踢足球
活躍年份： 2008年3月到至今
曾經(jīng)所在樂隊(duì)： Keeping Lions【前期名稱是Charlemagne】，鼓手
受過(guò)的專業(yè)聲樂訓(xùn)練：否
受影響的音樂人： Ray LaMontagne, Juanes, Carlos Vives and Kirk Baxley
家庭成員： 父親René、母親Betsy、弟Michael、妹Jackie
配偶：Mandy Mayhall （兩人于2010年1月結(jié)婚， 1月3日，Jason在自己的twitter里寫道：“昨天我娶了自己夢(mèng)中的女孩…生活不可能再完美了！現(xiàn)在，蜜月去咯！”）Yesterday I married the girl of my dreams," he tweeteed Sunday. "It couldn't have been more perfect! Now, honeymoooon!!! :)"

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Background information
Birth name: Jason René Castro
Born: March 25, 1987, Dallas, Texas
Origin: Rockwall, Texas, U.S.
High school: Rowlett High school
University: Texas A&M University
Major in Univ: Construction Science
AI audition city: Dallas, Texas
Final place on AI: The fourth place finalist
Favorite Quotes: In the end, it will all be ok. If it's not ok, then it's not the end!
Genre(s): Acoustic Folk/pop
Occupation(s): Musician, singer-songwriter
Instrument(s): Vocals, guitar, drums, ukelele, banjo
Other talents: Painting, drawing, building and playing soccer
Years active: 2008—present
Associated acts: Keeping Lions (formerly named Charlemagne)
Any formal singing training: No
Musical influences: Ray LaMontagne, Juanes Carlos Vives and Kirk Baxley
Family members: Father René, mother Betsy, siblings Michael and Jackie

早期生活：
Jason Castro 在得克薩斯州達(dá)拉斯市 Rowlett 鎮(zhèn)出生并長(zhǎng)大，父親 René Castro 和母親 Betsy Castro 都是哥倫比亞人，他是第一個(gè)在美國(guó)出生的家庭成員，隨后而至的是同胞弟弟 Michael 和妹妹 Jackie。父親 René Castro是建筑師和創(chuàng)作歌手。Jason 是搖滾樂隊(duì) Charlemagne（后更名為 Keeping Lions）的鼓手，但直到上大學(xué)后才開始自學(xué)彈吉他和唱歌。Jason 2005畢業(yè)于 Rowlett 中學(xué)，學(xué)術(shù)能力評(píng)估考試（Scholastic Assessment Test，簡(jiǎn)稱 SATs）的成績(jī)是 1340分。他也是中學(xué)足球隊(duì)的中衛(wèi)。Jason 參加AI時(shí)是德州農(nóng)工大學(xué)建筑學(xué)專業(yè)、獲得全額學(xué)院獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金的大三學(xué)生。在參加“美國(guó)偶像”海選之前沒有接受過(guò)任何正式的歌唱訓(xùn)練，在公共場(chǎng)合唱歌只有有數(shù)的幾次。曾經(jīng)出演MTV真人秀節(jié)目Cheyenne 里 Cheyenne Kimball愛戀的對(duì)象，同時(shí)參加其音樂視頻“Hanging On”的拍攝。
他是這樣描述自己是如何開始學(xué)習(xí)唱歌的：“我到離家只有一衢之隔的公園，試著演唱，一開始真是太糟糕了，非常的差勁，但是一年后，開始變得慢慢好起來(lái)了”。

音樂背景：
Jason Castro 是搖滾樂隊(duì) Charlemagne（后更名為 Keeping Lions）的鼓手，曾經(jīng)和當(dāng)?shù)氐囊?
些樂隊(duì)比如 Oh, Sleeper 一起參加演出。他聲稱，他的音樂受 Ray LaMontagne, Juanes,
Carlos Vives 和 Kirk Baxley 的影響比較大。

美國(guó)偶像歷程：Jason 在達(dá)拉斯參加美國(guó)偶像海選時(shí)演唱的曲目是 Keith Urban 的“Once in a Lifetime”，好萊塢周演唱的曲目是Ray LaMontagne 版的 Crazy（原唱 Gnarles Barkley）。由于版權(quán)問(wèn)題直到 top24 時(shí)他的所有表演均沒有被播放，是進(jìn)入 top12、曝光率最低的選手。評(píng)委 Simon Cowell 在 2008 年 3 月 17 日參加 The Oprah Winfrey Show 節(jié)目時(shí)說(shuō)，Jason Castro 以及其他三名選手 David Archuleta, Brooke White 和 David Cook是他最喜歡的選手。在 4 月 12 日，美偶主持人 Ryan Seacrest 和三位評(píng)委參加 Larry King Live節(jié)目，當(dāng) Larry King 公布的“你想要誰(shuí)將贏得美國(guó)偶像”網(wǎng)絡(luò)投票結(jié)果，Jason Castro 處于領(lǐng)先位置。在被淘汰出局之前，Jason 只有一次進(jìn)入 B3，在2008 年 5 月 7 日被“投票”淘汰出局。 5 月 8 日，即，Jason 被淘汰出局后的第二天， The Ellen DeGeneres Show 網(wǎng)站所舉行的一項(xiàng)民意投票顯示，75% 的民眾不同意這一結(jié)果。

paulagate事件：【在 5 強(qiáng)比賽 Neil Diamond 主題周時(shí)，在第一輪演唱結(jié)束后的評(píng)委點(diǎn)評(píng)環(huán)節(jié)中，評(píng)委 Paula Abdul 在點(diǎn)評(píng)完Jason Castro 第一首歌表現(xiàn)之后，對(duì) Jason 當(dāng)時(shí)尚未演唱的第二首歌進(jìn)行了“表現(xiàn)非常糟糕”的評(píng)論。盡管主持人和其他兩位評(píng)委隨即掩飾了這個(gè)意外，但還是引起了輿論和觀眾關(guān)于節(jié)目是否有黑幕的強(qiáng)烈反應(yīng)和猜測(cè)。這就是美偶?xì)v史上的著名“paulagate”事件】

iTune：Jason Castro 在美偶比賽期間所演繹的“Hallelujah”（原唱 Leonard Cohen）激發(fā)觀眾在 iTunes Store上下載 Jeff Buckley 演繹的版本，并將其推到 iTunes 單曲榜第一的位置。在 Jason 表演之后的一周里，Buckley版本的“Hallelujah”下載銷量達(dá) 178,000 份，首次登入 Billboard Hot Digital Songs 榜第一名。根據(jù) Billboard 2008年3月22日發(fā)行的結(jié)果，這是一首被選手在美偶舞臺(tái)表演后下載銷量最高的歌曲。這是Buckley的版本首次進(jìn)入Billboard 榜，也是 Buckley 的歌曲首次進(jìn)入美國(guó)所有榜單的第一名（Jeff Buckley 死于1997年5月29日，年僅30歲）。Jason Castro 的表演將 Jeff Buckley 的版本推至2008年4月22日的白金單曲。
在 iTunes 榜單排名第一的 Castro 版本的“Hallelujah”被很快撤下，因?yàn)?American Idol 主辦方不想讓任何選手受到偏愛。
Jason 在 top8 時(shí)演唱的“Somewhere Over the Rainbow”是當(dāng)周下載銷量最高的歌曲，也將夏威夷傳奇歌手Israel Kamakawiwo'ole 版的“Somewhere Over the Rainbow”推至 iTunes Top20 第八的位置。Jason Castro是唯一的一位將其他藝術(shù)家的單曲推進(jìn) iTunes Top10 的選手。

美偶比賽期間的表演和結(jié)果：

美國(guó)偶像后時(shí)代：
Jason 參加了很多電視節(jié)目，其中包括 Live with Regis and Kelly, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Sauce, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Access Hollywood, Today, The Best Day Ever, and Larry King Live 等。
Jason在季末結(jié)局秀重返美偶舞臺(tái)演唱Hallelujah，是半決賽12名選手中唯一個(gè)進(jìn)行獨(dú)唱的選手。
Jason將和其他top10選手一起參加美偶的全國(guó)巡演，時(shí)間是從2008年7月1日到9月13日。

參加慈善團(tuán)體活動(dòng)：Jason 是石墻鎮(zhèn) Lake Pointe 教堂的成員，曾經(jīng)一年一次（2004-2006）跟隨教堂去俄羅斯，為窮困孩子組織足球露營(yíng)。Jason 喜歡的慈善團(tuán)體之一是 GLOW ministries，該慈善團(tuán)體為婦女、兒童和被虐待的受害人提供住所和關(guān)照。Jason熱愛環(huán)境，憎恨不必要的浪費(fèi)。
2007年，Jason被介紹進(jìn)入the Aggie Mens' Club，一個(gè)基督教慈善團(tuán)體和服務(wù)性組織。

Jason Castro 之 profound 言論："I was thinking Bob Marley ... Yeah!"
In response to judgeSimon Cowell when Cowell brutally critiqued his performance of "I Shot the Sheriff.
“Someone told me I shot the tambourine man.“
American Idol, Top 4 Results Night

關(guān)于生活：Personal goals in life:
"To be a loving father, a faithful husband and a servant of all."
"At the end of the day I don't think anything is greater than being able to serve the people around you, I find the greatest joy in helping other people and serving, anything you do for yourself what good is it at the end of the day."
"My biggest fear is wasting my life."
"In the end, it will all be ok. If it's not ok, then it's not the end!"
"I am real and that's all I have to offer."
"Be something unique and undeniable."
"I think arrogant people disappoint me. Nobody has a right to think they are better than anyone else."
"One of foundation principles of my faith is that we're all the same... You know, I'm no better, but no worse, than anybody else... I think everybody should just keep that in mind."【Go watch the top 6 behind the scenes video everyone: http://www.americanidol.com/videos/?vid=1199&pcs=459】
"My mom taught me never to make a person look wrong. I am just respectful."
"I don't expect a lot so things don't come unexpectadly nothing is really a surprise if you think everything is a surprise."
Idol：
"I couldn’t connect with the songs in the given time. I couldn’t fall in love with them -- you need time for that."
"What you see is what you get. I didn’t change at all coming here."
"It doesn't define me who I am if I make it 20th or 4th."
"And I like music and anything that has to do with music. There's just been a lot more non-music stuff than I thought ... like taking pictures and talking. I'm not good at talking."
On group songs：
"Its kind of fun being goofy."
"I’ve learned I can do a lot more than I thought. I just gained a lot of confidence and learned that I can do it."
On his improved interview skills:
"I try to think of them now more as conversations than interviews."
On regrets:
"Not at all, I did everything as best as I can given the circumstances."
On the judges:
"They're just people. We're all just people."
"I first thought that my life of singing experience as a downfall for me and now I believe that teaching myself to sing in the last few years has given me an authentic voice that is a perfect extension to everything I am."
Music:
"I'm just excited to let music be music."
"I generally think I have a good idea of music and what I think it is. It's always a reaffirming thing, about loving the music and doing that from the heart, and I think that’s the core of music."
"I just really like putting heart and soul into it."
"Loving the music and doing it from the heart is the core of music. It is easy to forget when you have to rush. Having a Hallelujah moment takes time."
On what's next:
"Wherever music leads me. I wanna play some music somewhere."
"If I could just make music thats just my dream job."
"I'm excited to get back to the music and quit singing other peoples' songs and do my own stuff."
On the best part of the upcoming tour:
"Playing shows every night....DUHHHH!"
"I just want to write music that inspires and touches people. It will be acoustic music because that is what I know."
"Singing is such a vulnerable thing. If you're playing an instrument, you can mess up and it's like, “Oops,” but if you're singing, it's like your voice, you know, and it's just intimidating to me."
On Jeff Buckley's Hallelujeh:
"How cool if people hadn’t heard that song -- they should have, and I’m glad that now they have.
On the forgotten line in Mr. Tamborine Man:
"Those are written on your soul I don't know where they went."
"I’m just a big country fan. I love the heart behind it."
On Somewhere Over The Rainbow:
"The song is all about hopes and dreams, dreams coming true, thats what this week is all about. We're trying to make a difference, make a change in the world. We can, dreams do come true. I hope this inspires to dream big."
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Interviewers: Let's talk about Tuesday night. When Simon said no one should ever cover ''I Shot the Sheriff,'' did you think of reminding him that Eric Clapton did a great cover of the song?
Jason: You know, sometimes he says things that are obviously wrong. But no, I wouldn't have said that to him. My mom taught me never to make a person look wrong. I am just respectful. It's my place to sing a songand his place to judge.
In an interview with OK magazine...
“I think that music is an extension of one’s self, so I’ll try to write stuff that represents me."