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今天的這段對話,在討論音樂界,
互聯(lián)網(wǎng)發(fā)達(dá)的時代,流行歌手怎么獲得報酬
來聽今天的講解:
A: Alright, so Ben, what do you think about the music industry recently?
好,本,你怎么看最近的音樂界?
B: Recently? Actually, you know I don't really listen to the radio so I'm not really sure about popular music, but one thing I do is I read a lot about music news, so one thing I've been noticing is with all of these new programs and websites like iTunes, Spotify, the free music...
最近的音樂界?實(shí)際上,你知道我不常聽廣播,所以我不太了解流行音樂,不過我會瀏覽大量音樂新聞,我一直在關(guān)注新程序還有iTunes、Spotify等網(wǎng)站以及免費(fèi)音樂……
A: Like YouTube yeah?
比如YouTube?
B: YouTube. Yeah, YouTube as well. Like sometimes musicians, we don't...No one buys CDs anymore.
YouTube。對,還有YouTube。有時音樂家,我們不……現(xiàn)在沒人再買CD了。
A: No.
對。
B: Right? When was the last time you bought a CD? Do you remember?
對吧?你上次買CD是什么時候?你還記得嗎?
A: I don't even remember. Probably like ten years ago.
我不記得了。大概是10年前吧。
B: Right, so like with the internet and the increase of everyone having high speed internet all around the world, I think the industry is changing a lot, especially for musicians and how they get paid.
好,隨著互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的發(fā)展,現(xiàn)在世界上所有人的網(wǎng)速都很快,我認(rèn)為音樂界改變了很多,尤其是對音樂家以及他們得到報酬的方式來說。
A: Yeah, true.
對,沒錯。
B: It's interesting in that kind of way, but I think it's a little...I think we need to change how we pay musicians because people can't make money anymore.
這值得注意,不過我認(rèn)為……我認(rèn)為我們應(yīng)該改變支付音樂家報酬的方式,因為他們現(xiàn)在掙不到錢了。
A: No.
嗯。
B: Used to sell CDs and receive a profit from that, but now people are on YouTube downloading music illegally.
以前他們通過出售CD可以得到收益,但是現(xiàn)在人們都在Youtube上非法下載音樂。
A: Yes.
對。
B: Do you remember those programs that people ... What were they called? Like they were like downloader...Peer to peer downloading software programs, like I think one of them was called Napster. It was one of the biggest...
你記得那些程序嗎?那些是什么來著?就是那種下載程序,點(diǎn)對點(diǎn)下載軟件程序,其中一個程序是Napster。這是最大的下載程序之一……
A: Was it?
是嗎?
B: Yeah, yeah. It was huge.
對,是的。這個程序很受歡迎。
A: Okay.
好。
B: You would download this ... I remember, it was about 15 years ago. You would download theprogram onto your computer and you'd search for something. Let's say Madonna, which was actually my first song that I ever downloaded illegally was Madonna because I liked her when I wasa kid.
我記得大約15年前就能通過這些程序下載音樂了。你可以把音樂下載到電腦上,還可以進(jìn)行搜索。我第一首非法下載的歌是麥當(dāng)娜的歌曲,因為我小時候很喜歡麥當(dāng)娜。
A: Okay.
好。
B: Before my punk days.
在我玩朋克樂之前。
A: Alright. Right.
好,好的。
B: So yeah, you type in the name of the artist you want to listen to and you'ddown ... All these songs come up that people have placed on the internet.
輸入你想聽的音樂家的名字,然后下載。你可以搜索出人們放到網(wǎng)上的所有歌曲。
A: Right.
對。
B: And you can download that and you can keep it and listen to it as many times as you want for free.
你可以下載并保存這些歌曲,可以想聽多少遍就聽多少遍,而且都是免費(fèi)的。
A: Yeah.
對。
B: And you didn't pay...I didn't pay Madonna anything.
你沒有支付……我沒有付麥當(dāng)娜任何錢。
A: No.
沒有。
B: Right? In that way, I think the music industry has changed a lot.
對吧?我認(rèn)為從這一點(diǎn)來說,音樂界改變了很多。
A: Yeah, I think so.
對,我也是這么認(rèn)為的。
B: Yeah, yeah. I'm not sure if it's good or bad, probably bad.
嗯,對。我不確定這是好事還是壞事,可能是壞事。
A: You think?
你認(rèn)為是壞事?
B: For artists I think it's not good.
我認(rèn)為對藝術(shù)家來說并不好。
A: For artists. Yeah.
對藝術(shù)家來說,對。
B: Especially if they're not as popular, so if they do not have a very big record deal.
尤其是如果藝術(shù)家并不太出名的話,如果他們的唱片合約并不重要的話。
A: Yeah.
對。