我隐秘的世界 - 莎拉厂牌的故事（2014）

basically we didn't have much
我们基本没有
of a marketing plan
宣传计划
we just sent it to Sarah Records
就是把歌♥寄给了Sarah
One thing they wanted to do
来英国后
when they came over to England
他们特别想
was to record with Ian Catt because
和Ian Catt一起录音
they'd been big fans of the Field Mice
因为他们是The Field Mice忠实歌♥迷
and they sort of wanted to go and record
所以他们想
in his studio and try and get some of that
去他的录音室
Ian Catt sound on their own recordings
在自己的音乐里加些Ian Catt的声音
and that was the Ahprahran single that we did
于是就有了后来的“Ahprahan”
And
而且
they came over in the middle of winter
他们来的时候是冬天
but they obviously didn't seem to realise
他们显然没意识到这点
this because I remember them turning up
出现在希思罗机场时
at Heathrow Airport in shorts
他们都穿着短裤
And it was snowing as well and
外面还下着雪
I remember Joel sort of scraping snow
还记得
off the bonnet of the cars
Joel在房♥子外面
outside our house as if he'd
刮车前盖上的积雪
never seen snow before
好像从来没见过雪一样
I'm sure he had but it was very much
我相信他肯定见过
the impression that they didn't quite know where they'd come
但感觉他们对要来的地方真没概念
and what they were doing here
也没想好来做什么
The Harvest Ministers
are a Dublin based band
是都柏林的一支乐队
who had put out their first single
他们在Crayon Records
themselves on Crayon Records
发行了第一张单曲
“You Do My World The World Of Good”
So our first single we did with them
所以我们帮他们发的第一张
was to re-release that
是再版那张
I think they are another of those hands
他们是又一支
that really didn't fit in with the
并不真正符合
sort of Sarah or the perceived Sarah sound
Sarah或者所谓Sarah标志性风格
and the Sarah scene but you know
不属于Sarah圈子的乐队
that's fantastic
但这才是美妙之处
When they came over here to play some gigs
他们来这里演出
they were quite surprised by the fact that
非常吃惊
they were expected to play for
自己被期望
sort of half an hour, 40 minutes
演差不多30到40分钟
Because back in Dublin they were used to
在都柏林他们习惯了
sort of doing 2 hour sets with
演那种2个小时的
an interval in the middle because that's
还带幕间休息
the scene they come from
是他们那边的做法
I've still really no idea why
我至今不知道
East River Pipe got in touch with us
为什么East River Pipe主动联♥系♥我们
Just one day we got these two 7" singles
一天我们收到了
arrived in the post
两张7吋单曲
that they'd put out on their own label back in New York
是他们在纽约自己厂牌发的
Which we thought were great
我们觉得很棒
so we got in touch with them and said
就联♥系♥了他们 问
can we sort of license these
可以许可我们
and release them over here?
在这边发行吗？
I mean East River Pipe is really just this
East River Pipe其实就是
one guy F.M Fred Cornog
F.M Fred Cornog的一人乐队
And again he's one of those people
他明显也是
who is clearly not coming from the same sort of background
和大多数Sarah乐队
that most of the Sarah bands
并不是来自
are perceived to be coming from
同一个成长环境的人
And it's interesting that his songs
有意思的是
have been covered by
他的歌♥被
a lot of other people out there
其他很多人翻唱
I think Lambchop covered 3 of his songs
Lambchop曾在某张里
on one of their albums
翻唱了3首他的歌♥
So he's actually a very well respected
所以他在美国是一个
sort of singer songwriter out in the States
非常受尊敬的音乐创作人
I suppose the one
我认为
the one regret is the fact that
最大的遗憾是
it's a shame that some of the bands
厂牌下的一些乐队
weren't more successful
没能更成功
Yes I think
是的 我认为
some of the bands might have got
如果去其他厂牌
further on other labels
他们可能会走更远
We never dreamt of selling
我们从未幻想
millions and millions of singles and
卖♥♥出百万单曲
going on yachts around you know
坐着游艇
around the world or anything like that
环游世界之类的
We just wanted to do what we did
我们很知足
If it wasn't for Matt and Clare
如果不是Matt和Clare
I don't think we'd have ever got into
我们不会有机会去
a recording studio
录音棚录音
and the songs would never
我们的歌♥也永远不可能
have got off a cassette
走出一盘磁带的天地
If The Field Mice had been able
如果The Field Mice当时能够
to survive it's own personalities
以自己的个性
it's own dynamics
和内部关系生存下去
then perhaps being on Sarah might have been
那待在Sarah可能
might have been a barrier to The Field Mice
就会是成功道路上的
being more successful, bigger etc
一个阻碍
But I think we would have imploded
但在那一步之前
before that happened anyway
乐队可能已经从内部瓦解了
Bobby and I went to a talk with a guy
Bobby和我去找
from a publishing company
一个发行公♥司♥的人聊过
I think it was the people who published
是发行
Depeche Mode or something like that
Depeche Mode那个级别的公♥司♥
And Bobby and I went
Bobby和我去了
and we came out thinking
出来后就心想
you know, we are nothing to do
我们永远不会
with people like that
和那样的人扯上关系
We're not like that
我们不是那样的人
We would never, ever, ever
我们永远永远
looking to be big
不会指望出名
I don't think
我没那样想过
You know an independent label
一个独♥立♥厂牌
a true independent label
一个真正的独♥立♥厂牌
is a small indie
无法像大厂牌那样
one that's not cashed up a major
提供许多资金
really has very little it can do for you
超过一定程度后
beyond a certain point
它能做的就极有限了
lt just can't take you to a certain level
无法帮你达到特定高度
it just doesn't have the finances to do it
没钱这么做
They can barely pay royalties let alone
连支付版税都很勉强
put significant amounts of money into a
更不用说投大笔钱
promotions campaign around a record
为一张唱片开展营销推广
Or provide significant funding for
或提供巨额资金
tour support so that when you go on tour
支持你的巡演
you can travel with a
让你在巡演中
reasonable amount of comfort
比较舒服
The band is you know
让乐队
well connected into all the press and PR
在每个地方都能
opportunities in every location
获得报道 参与公♥关♥活动
All of those things, that does require
但所有这些都要求
more resources than
普通小厂牌所不具备的
the average small indie has
丰富资源
We never really went for it
我和乐队在这方面
with the band in terms of
从没刻意追求过
we never really toured non stop
我们从不无止尽地巡演
and this sort of thing
之类的
and really tried to make a go of it
没有非要达成的目标
It was always was kind of
总是因为
a really fun thing that we did alongside
很有趣才去做 就和大家