BBC 6分钟英语 成为一名音乐家

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Hello. This is six minute English from BBC Learning English.

I'm paper, and I'm Neil. Now, neil, have you ever wanted to be a musician?

Oh yes, pepper. I still want to be a

musician. I've been playing my guitar since I was 14.

Wow. Well, maybe one

day you'll manage it. Who knows.

What about you? I don't think I'd like to be a musician.

I think it would be a bit stressful, especially if you had lots of fans and more really successful.

Mmm, yeah. I wonder what life as a musician is actually like.

We'll be finding that out in this program, as we hear from some people around the UK who would like to become successful musicians, and will even listen to some of their music too.

But 1st, I have a question for you.

Neil. In the UK, we have a weekly chart of the best selling songs in the country, and the top selling song is called the Number One.

But which musical artist do you think has had the most UK number one songs?

Is it a the Beetles? B At Sheron, or c Elvis Presley?

Ah, well, I think that's easy.

It must be, Surely, the beetles.

Well, I'll reveal the answer at the end of the program.

Now, getting a number one song is a dream for many musicians.

But if you want to become a musician, where do you start?

I grew up in a really rich music scene in St.

Ives. I was going to open mikes from the age of about eleven.

This is Bailey. She lives in some ives in Cornwall, on the southwest coast of England.

She says she was going to open Mike Nights from a young age.

Open Mike Nights, our events where anyone can sing or play music.

Bailey talked about her life as a musician to BBC, learning English program.

My song My home. I'll go to these songwriter circles at the Kettle and wink on like a Friday night after school, where I'd, I'd be like the youngest person by like 50 years, but I'd sit in a circle of a bunch of old men, and they play James Taylor and Carol King and the Eagles and lots of Seventies music, and I guess that's influenced me massively, but I guess, you know, everyone kind of took me under the wing growing up.

When she was younger, bailey went to songwriters circles.

These are meetings for people interested in writing their own music.

Bailey remembers sitting with a bunch of old men.

A bunch is an informal way to talk about a group of people.

The older men in the group would play music from the 1970s.

And Bailey says they took her under their wing.

If you take somebody under your wing, you decide to protect them or guide them.

Let's meet another musician, josh. So I learned my 1st proper song on guitar um when I was about 13.

I literally started busking the moment I could kinda do that.

Josh lives in London and is a buska.

This means that he performs on the street or in public places to earn money.

Busking is a common way for musicians to make money and perform to more people.

And as Josh told BBC, learning English program my song my home.

It can help musicians to get new opportunities.

It's been kind of like my main earner.

This kept me going for the last ten or so years.

From that is then got me various different opportunities.

It's got me all my gigs, got me all my connections, so I have a lot to basking.

Basking is jos's main earner. It's his main source of money.

He says that basking has got him all his gigs and connections.

Gigs are musical concerts, and it's an informal slang word, josh says He owes a lot to basking.

If you owe a lot to someone or something, you have success or happiness because of that personal thing.

So would you like to listen to some of joshua's music?

Neil of course I would. Well, here's a bit of his song, that Side of the Wall, which he performed for BBC Learning English program.

My song My Home. Can you leave me something?

Can you leave it by the door so we know there's something?

And that side of the road stopping from coming, cause I always like them, And it's something looking at a song, wow, josh is pretty good, isn't he?

I'd love to hear more. Well, you can find performances by the musicians in the series on our website, bbc learning english dot com.

And will also put a link in the notes below this episode.

OK, so what about your question paper?

Yes, I asked which artist had the most number one songs in the UK charts, the Beetles, ed Sharon or Elvis Presley, and you said the Beetles, neil, but the answer is actually Elvis Presley.

He's had 21 number one songs, and the Beatles have had

18 really Well, that's OK. I love the king as well.

OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned in this musical episode, starting with open mike nights,

events where anyone can sing or play music.

Songwriter

circles are meetings for people interested in writing their own music.

A bunch of people is a group of people.

The expression takes someone under your wing, means to protect or guide.

Someone basking is performing in a public place for money, and abuska is someone who performs on the street for money.

Your main earner is your main source of income.

Gigs are musical concerts, and the expression to owe a lot to someone or something means to have success or happiness because of that personal thing.

Once again, our 6 min are up that you can find my song, my Home, on our website, bbc learning english dot com.

Watch the songs and sing along and learn more about the vocabulary in the lyrics.

We'll see you again soon for some more trending topics and useful vocabulary.

Bye for now. Good Bye. 6 min English from BBC Learning English dot com.

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