Rap and hiphop is popular with the kids. Country is really popular where I’m from though. But my genre of music is big band jazz and swing.
好吧，年輕人和喜歡饒舌和嘻哈音樂，鄉村音樂在我 ( TJ ) 的家鄉很流行。但是我比較中意的音樂類型是搖擺爵士。
Jazz isn’t very popular in China. What is it about Jazz that you like so much？
爵士樂在中國不是那麼的流行，對於個人而言，那爵士樂是什麼呢？
It’s about a guy that enjoys the simple things in life. That’s all jazz, baby, Love, a good book, and a strong drink.
它是一種生活方式。孩子，愛，一本好書，再加上一口烈酒，這就是爵士樂的全部。
I know about the billboard list. But what other lists are there? How do songs get chosen for these?
我們都知道公告牌，除此之外還有什麼別的榜單嗎？還有，他們是怎樣選擇歌曲的？
Well, a lot of time people are flipping through the radio stations, when a certain song comes on, a radio will receive a spike in listeners because so many people stop on that station. I imagine that’s how the songs are chosen for the billboard lists.
很多時候，當人們隨意切換電臺並且停留在某首歌時，如果其他人也像你一樣，電臺將收到激增的聽眾。我想這就是「公告牌」的歌曲的選擇列表。