VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Adam

we can use different platforms to release the album today.

You can choose music companies and they will have promotion plans / they will also help you with the promotion. / They have resources to help you advertise

they can help you to promote your album

it is a technical website/platform, everyone can use it to upload new songs and they can use it to deliver to different music apps / to release on all the music apps at the same time.
More and more singers use it to release their albums / Singers use it more and more often to release their songs. / it is becoming popular for singers to release their albums  and it will cheaper than to use the music companies.

They have a lot of fees and commissions. / They are expensive, they take a big/high commission.
They earn money from music apps, if people listen to the music they can get some money but if they use a music company they will take 40% commission. / Singer earn based on the number of times people listen to a song, the higher the number the more they earn.

But they have some differences , if you prepare everything it will take you 2-3 working days  just need 2 or 3 working days  / and you can release the music but different companies have different timelines / check time/ processing time. Tencent may take 3-4 weeks to release a new album/ to approve a new album

there are some differences but you can release your album there.

you can have an account with different apps and you can check it every month to know how many times people listened to your song. / you can check everything on the dashboard
You know the money you earn every month. / you can see your revenue
They will put it all together , you can see all the data just by going there / they aggregate all the data in a single dashboard 

It is named nomad city, it is a music label in China

we based are in Beijing and Shanghai
Now my company has 2 bands
One band is led by Amber Kuo, she is very famous in China and she plays techno music and released 2 albums in China by herself.

She started as a singer and became very popular as an actress and now she sings again and has a big following in China / and has a huge fanbase in China.

She is very talented, she is a singer, producer, songwriter and actress.
In the past she was a popular singer under Warner music group and now she is an independent musician and the new album is made entirely/fully by her and her partner with my company

I have another musician named Yider, he is from Mongolia in the North of China.
He plays a traditional Mongolian instrument called the Morin Khuur. It is like a long violin with a horse head. It is very hard to play and has a long history.

Genghis Khan lead the Mongolian army to fight
That instrument is even older than him.
Now very few people can play it but it is famous in Japan.

I haven’t more time to know it -> I didn’t have time to visit much / I didn’t to London as often as Paris.

the clean streets … I like the British style, English men are elegant
It is called worldwide music (it combines /puts together traditional instruments and electronic music)

He will have a tour / he will go on tour in Europe.
This is his first European tour and they will perform their new albums with a new band named Narabara. It means the shadow of the sun.

Vocabulary

entirely (adv) 100% / fully
The album was entirely made by her

entire (adj)
We filled the entire stadium for the concert

to block (v) stop access
China blocks many website like Instagram , FB…spotify.

revenue (n) money you earn
most of our revenue comes from steaming apps

different (adj)
These 2 platforms are very different

difference(n)
There are many differences between the 2 platforms

aggregator (n)
It is a music platform aggregator

to aggregate (v) put date from a lot of place in a single place
This platform aggregates Apple music, spotify, tencent music ….

dashboard (n) tool with data and graphs
the platform has a dashboard and you can see how many times people played the song

% percent (n)
They take a 40% commission

to promote (v)
I will help you promote your new single

promotion (n)
Promotion takes a lot of time

to advertise (v)
Music companies can help you advertise your new album

advertising (n)

independent (adj) not affiliated with a company / working alone
She is an independent musician

Grammar

listen to (v)
listen to music

Pronunciation

electric (using electricity)
He likes to play the electric guitar

electronic (style / with computer)
He plays electronic music

platform

plan

plant (factory)
He works in a power plant

label

tune (n) melody

tunecore

instrument

nomad

grassland

Grammar

take + time
It takes 12 hours to go Europe by plane