Show 730 Monday 12 May

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Hi, I’m Sarah. Welcome to The Daily English Show.
A couple of weeks ago I went to a gig in Kutchan and I really enjoyed it. It was the first time I’d seen live music in quite a while. It was an artist called KGM. And he played the guitar and sang.
He’s from Sendai and this was his first time performing in Hokkaido and his first time performing in a skateboard bowl too.
A woman called Chihiro also sang with him she had a beautiful voice and she sang a Bob Marley song too which was awesome.
After the concert they kindly agreed to do an interview.　And I asked them some questions in my broken Japanese. The first thing I asked KGM was: How long have you been playing the guitar?

ギターは中学生から、１２～１３才からずっと弾いてはいるんですけどね。
I’ve been playing the guitar since I was at junior high school, since I was about 12 or 13.

STICK NEWS

Kia Ora, in Stick News today a 67-year-old woman faces negligence charges after a hit and run in Tokyo that left an elderly woman with a broken leg.

Since last July, it’s been illegal to ride bicycles on most footpaths in Japan.
A 67-year-old woman has just been charged with gross negligence resulting in injury and violation of the Road Traffic Law.
In January, she was riding a bicycle on the footpath in Asakusa, Tokyo when she hit an 84-year-old woman who was walking.
The 84-year-old was on her way to visit Sensoji Temple and suffered a broken leg in the accident but Mainichi news reports the woman on the bicycle failed to stop to help her and fled the scene.
The 67-year-old told police she was in a hurry to go to a karaoke bar.

And that was Stick News for Monday 12th of May.
Kia Ora.

conversations with sarah
#444 How long does it take to write a song?

Step 1: Repeat Sarah’s lines.
Step 2: Read Sarah’s lines and talk to KGM + Chihiro.

Sarah How long does it take to write a song?

KGM すごいかかるやつは３年かかって、すぐ出来るのは一日で出来る。　バラバラですね。
The songs that take ages, three years and ones that I do quickly, I can write in a day. It really depends.

Sarah Are the audiences very different in the places you’ve played?

KGM それぞれ土地（によって）、色が違うんですよね。　
Yeah, the atmosphere is different depending on the area.

北海道はシャイなんだけど元気な感じかな。
Hokkaido audiences seem shy but also lively.

仙台はシャイなんですよ、とにかく。
Sendai audiences are just shy.

で、西の方に行くと、シャイがどこにあるのってくらいに「わっしゃー」って言ってるんですね。
And if you go to the West Coast, they’re not at all shy. They’re like, “woo hoo”.

北海道は聞きつつも元気だなー、暖かい感じですかね。
In Hokkaido they listen carefully and they’re enthusiastic, they’re warm.

Sarah How much do you use the internet to help your music career?

KGM 東京じゃないところに住んでいる自分としては、すごくありがたくて、
I don’t live in Tokyo, so I really appreciate it.

東京が発信したネットの情報に飲まれずに自分から積極的に動けば、これは絶対にプラスだなって思いますね。　
There’s a lot of information on the internet, but I think if you put the effort in, it’s possible to use it to promote yourself.

すごく重要な。　何て言うんだろう、ちゃんとツールとして活用していきたいなと思いますね。　すごいです。　ネットはすごいです。
It’s very important. I really want to use it to help my career. The internet is great.

Sarah What’s your dream?

KGM ちゃんと自分の好きな歌を歌って、それでいてCDもちゃんと広がって、ていう状況。　
I want to keep singing what I want to sing and selling my CDs,

妥協ナシで。　
keeping true to myself and not selling out.

ライフスタイルとして本当に好きな音楽を続けるために、色んな事をやっていきたいな思います。
I want to try many different things so that I can keep making the music I want to make.

Sarah How long have you been singing?

Chihiro ちっちゃい頃から歌うのは好きだったんですけど、
I’ve enjoyed singing since I was a child,

ちゃんと人前で歌うようになったのは大学に入ってから、
but I didn’t start singing in front of people until when I was at university.

周りの仲間とクラブイベントとかをやって、そこからですかね。
I started out performing with friends at events at clubs and it went from there.

Sarah Are you a Bob Marley fan?

Chihiro そうですね、３年くらい前に神奈川県の湘南の方の葉山っていう所があるんですけど、
Yes. Three years ago, in Kanagawa, at a place called Hayama, in Shonan,

そこの海の家で毎年やっていた「ボブ・マリー　ソングスデー」っていうのがあって、
they have an event there every year called Bob Marley Songs Day.

エントリーをして、バンドが固定で決まっていて、
And I entered the contest. They have a band

それでボブの曲をエントリーしてみんなが歌っていて、
and the contestants can sing any Bob Marley song they like.

優勝するとジャマイカのチケットをもらえるんですね。　
And if you win, the prize is a trip to Jamaica.

で、それに出てチケットをもらうことが出来て、
And I entered the contest and ended up getting the trip to Jamaica.

そこから色んな出会いが広がったし、
I met a lot of people through that.

そのきっかけも大きかったので、自分の中では色んなメモリアルな曲とかあったりしますね。
It was a great opportunity and a wonderful experience so a lot of Bob’s songs bring back memories of that time.

Sarah How was Jamaica?

Chihiro 自分としては南国でゆったりしているのかと思ったら、
I thought it would be a very laid-back place because it’s a tropical island.

そうでもなくて、けっこうみんな、良い意味でもハングリーだったりして、
But it wasn’t really. Everyone was hungry, in a good way.

すごくパワフルっていうかエネルギーがすごくあって元気な国だなっていうのがすごくあって、
They were really full of life and energy and I thought it was a really vibrant country.

でもやっぱり音楽が本当に身近に溢れている。　
And wherever you went you could hear music.

平気で住宅地とかでも、一晩中すごい大きな音を出してイベントやっていたりとか、
Even in residential areas they had all-night parties with really loud music.

そこら中でやっているような国で、それはすごく驚きました。
That was going on everywhere and that really surprised me.

links

today's news
today's STICK NEWS pictures

KGM
KGM YouTube

Chihiro

music

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artist: BrunoXe
album: aprendiendo desde 2004
track: Mandrake
from: Jerez, Spain
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

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artist: San Sebastian
track: Happy Sad
artist site

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artist: ioeo
album: Groovetracks
track: groovetracks ending
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

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artist: Antony Raijekov
album: Jazz U
track: Deep blue 2005
from: Sofia, Bulgaria
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

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