My name is Meytal Cohen. Pretty common Israeli name that also just happens to sound like my favorite style of music. Coincidence? I think not. So yes, I’m from Israel. I’m the youngest of 7. I have 4 sisters and 2 brothers. My dad died when I was 7 years old, when a drunk driver crashed while he was standing on the sidewalk. My mom successfully raised us all by herself.
我叫Meytal Cohen，一個很常見的以色列名字，而且剛好和我最愛的音樂風格發音很相似（Metalcore）。巧合嗎？我覺得不是。
所以是的，我來自以色列。我是家裡7個孩子中最小的。我有4個姐姐和2個哥哥。父親在我7歲時去世了。當時他正站在人行道上，一個醉酒的司機撞了他。母親獨自養大了我們所有人。
I started playing drums at 18 years old, despite the conventional ‘you’re making noise, you’re wasting time, you’re spending money, and this will never mount to anything’ sorta attitude I was getting at home. That same year, I graduated from high school and was drafted to the Israeli Defense Force (it’s mandatory), I served my country for 2 years and was released from the IDF.
我從18歲時開始打鼓，儘管家人總是在說「你在製造噪音，你在浪費時間，你在浪費錢，做這沒前途的」這樣的話。
同年，我從高中畢業，並被徵入以色列國防軍（這是強制性的），服役兩年後退伍。
At age 21 I moved to Los Angeles to attend the LA Music Academy, and while in school I managed to break my back in a car accident. I broke three vertebras, and had to wear a back brace for 6 months. I returned to Israel for the healing process, and within a year I came back to LA and later on graduated.
21歲時我搬到了洛杉磯，就讀LA Music Academy（洛杉磯音樂學院）。在學校的時候，我在一場車禍中後背受了傷，斷了三節脊椎骨，不得不穿了半年背部支撐板。然後我回到以色列養傷，一年內回到了LA接著就畢業了。
After school, it wasn’t easy, like it never really is for a musician trying to make a living at it. I tried to find my place in the huge and scary music industry of Los Angeles, and I can’t say I had much luck. In 2009, a few friends and I recorded a metal violin cover of System Of A Down’s Toxicity. We shot a music video for it and put it up on YouTube. A few months later, that video had 3 MILLION views.
離開學校後，過得可不容易，似乎音樂家都沒法真正靠音樂過活。我在這巨大而可怕的洛杉磯音樂產業中找尋著自己的位置，卻並沒有多麼幸運。
2009年，我和幾個朋友錄了一首System of a Down的《Toxicity》的金屬小提琴版Cover，還為它拍了MV並上傳到YouTube上。幾個月後，那部影片竟然被觀看了三百萬次。
After seeing the response to our toxicity video, I decided I was going to shoot 100 drum covers and see what happens next. 7 years later, I now have over 100 videos, 160,000,000 views, 1,000,000 subscribers on YouTube, and 1,400,000 likes on Facebook.
看到我們的《Toxicity》影片的反響後，我決定我要拍100部鼓Cover看看情況會如何。
7年後的現在，我的影片已經超過了100部，並且共計獲得了超過1億6千萬次觀看、1百萬訂閱者，還有Facebook上的超過140萬個讚。
Many amazing things have happened / are happening thanks to your support – I’m incredibly fortunate to be endorsed by the best music companies in the world, to have produced my very own instructional package for drummers, the Maximum Meytal, and for creating my first original album funded by you guys through kickstarter, to name a few.
發生了太多令人驚奇的事，也有太多不可思議正在發生——這些全都要感謝你們的支持：
我被世界上最好的音樂公司簽下；我出版了自己的鼓教學套裝《Maximum Meytal》；在你們透過Kickstarter平台的資助下創建並完成的，我的第一張原創專輯；等等——我真的是難以置信地幸運。
I owe you big time, for caring sharing and supporting what I do. you are the reason I get to do what I love, and I’ll forever be thankful for that. come say hi at one of my upcoming shows, fb, or twitter, and subscribe to my mailing list for some overly revealing, long ass updates, from yours truly.
你們一直以來的關注、分享和支持，是我對你們的虧欠。因為有你們我才做著自己熱愛的事，對此我永遠感激不盡。
過來打聲招呼吧！
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