VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

A lot of the words I know them but I have a bad habit about studying vocabulary.

I know it half half / I don’t know it really well / completely and I always think I will remember it next time and then (unfortunately) I forget it.

It is hard to focus on remembering something. / it is hard to remember things

There are laws to protect their voice copyright. / their voice is copyrighted.
Even the person is dead, I think we need more lawyers to protect them.

If the people know this song is made from AI I still feel it is not a direct connection with the singer / they won’t feel directly connected with the singer. As I said it is curiosity.
I don’t think it is a big trend.

Let me think about it

China has a long history about music.
5,000 years ago, our ancestors used stones to create simple instruments.

China is large, we have a lot of minorities in our country and each minority has their traditional musics and instruments.

They were born in Mongolia. The horse head violin is the traditional instrument in Mongolia.
You can listen to a lot of old or traditional musics in China.
You can dig into this topic and you will find it is very vast

Now pop music started later in China but a lot of people like pop music.
-> pop music came to China later than in the west but now it is a big genre in China.

what’s the average ticket price for a music festival in Europe?
Now in China it is almost USD100 and if you want to buy a 2 days ticket 180-200

Almost 200 music festivals every year in China.

each festival has more than 50k people.
every week end we can take part in a music festival., it is a trend.

China has a big market for music. how What kind of music you like it … you can looking for the place, the scene for what you are like to do -> China has a big market for music, no matter what kind of music you like, there is a place or scene for you

We have more than 20 tv shows about music every year.
entertainment shows are popular and important to promote artists.
independent bands had a smaller market in China before TV shows became popular and now more and more people like the bands and independent music.

They learn to enjoy the band from these shows.

Piracy is getting better now.
10 years ago piracy was the biggest problem but now we have a complete law to protect the copyright owner.
We have Tencent and Netease.
They are professional music platforms. similar to spotify.
The pop singer WYB released a new song on QQ and they earned a download fee of CNY20m (EUR2.6M) on the first day.

As people understand they need to respect copyrights and the law is developing, the piracy problem is getting better now.

I will create an account in Europe / during my Europe trip

Vocabulary

log in (v) enter an account which already exists
I couldn’t log in without a VPN

Netease (n)网易
Netease is a big company in China

piracy (n) stealing from the internet
Piracy was a big problem

pirate (n)someone who steals music or films
Many pirates were punished

screen (n) monitor
People are watching the screen

average (n) not special / usual
What’s the average price of a ticket in Europe

vast (adj) very wide / big
The music scene in China is vast

dig into something (v) make research
You can dig into Mongolia music, you will discover many intrusments

minority (n) not the main race
China has 56 minorities

ancestors (n) people who came long before
Our ancestors really liked music

potential (n) ability of someone / something / what can happen in the future
Tom has a lot of potential, he just needs to learn and he will become a great musician

potentially (adv)
AI could potentially change the music industry

lyrics (n) words in a song
He wrote the lyrics for this song

tune / melody 

allergy (n) bad reaction to something
I have an allergy to seafood

allergic (adj)
I am allergic to pollen

trend (n)
What is the trend?

trendy (adj)
What is trendy right now?
R&B is trendy

Grammar

no matter where you are, I will find you
No matter what music you like, you can find it in China

Pronunciation

scene  (n) : place where people perform / industry for a topic
Tom is on scene right now, he will finish his performance at 5pm
The music scene is really vast

trend
THe new trend is to post videos on Tik Tok

trip
I will go on a trip to Europe

trade
Trade between China and the US is decreasing