Forget Hustle Culture. Behold the Artist Corporation | Yancey Strickler | TED – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.So if you want to understand how challenging the future could be for creative people, just look at what's happening with musicians right now
2.Up until the late '90s, people either listened to music for free on the radio or by buying a physical copy to listen to at home
3.But then the internet happened, and now Spotify and other streaming services give us access to an infinite catalog of music
4.We don't own anything, but we can rent pretty much all of it
5.So people pay less money, which means musicians make less money, but the platforms make a lot of money
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
gatekeepers
B1A person or group who controls access to something or somebody.
Example:
"which gave creative people a way to bypass the gatekeepers"
eventually
A2In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.
Example:
"Eventually I got so frustrated, I started a new project"
organization
B2The quality of being organized.
Example:
"they're people who collectively own an organization"
according
A2To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
Example:
"according to pre-set amounts,"
investment
B2The act of investing, or state of being invested.
Example:
"So instead, that entity would make an investment"
capabilities
B1The power or ability to generate an outcome
Example:
"But artist corporations will take these same capabilities"
impresario
A2A manager or producer in the entertainment industry, especially music or theatre.
Example:
"teenage hip hop phenom turned fashion impresario"
self-determination
B2The ability or right to make one's own decisions without interference from others
Example:
"What if these sort of tools and self-determination"
institutions
B1A custom or practice of a society or community.
Example:
"or one where our creative and cultural institutions"
dynamic
A2A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.
Example:
"Something like this dynamic is playing out across every creative industry:"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| gatekeepers | B1 | A person or group who controls access to something or somebody. |
| eventually | A2 | In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks. |
| organization | B2 | The quality of being organized. |
| according | A2 | To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust. |
| investment | B2 | The act of investing, or state of being invested. |
| capabilities | B1 | The power or ability to generate an outcome |
| impresario | A2 | A manager or producer in the entertainment industry, especially music or theatre. |
| self-determination | B2 | The ability or right to make one's own decisions without interference from others |
| institutions | B1 | A custom or practice of a society or community. |
| dynamic | A2 | A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior. |
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