人外English Cafe英会話と文法コミュのThe name of the lable

A Very Happy New Year to Mike and all members!!

This is my first time to post here. Pit-a-pat!

Would you give a hand, please?

A friend of mine has been playing in a rock band and
will be setting up a label that releases their
original tunes. (They are not professional.)

They are trying to decide the name of the label.
Here is some: Solt Town Records, Solt Farm Records,
Solt Town Label, Solt Farm Label

My friend cares how native English speakers feel
or what impressions you have when you hear these names
as long as they use English.

There are tons of strange English names here in Japan.(LOL)

The reasons why they stick to the word"salt" are

* the leader of the band is from the town which used
to have a salt farm
* His home town really inspires their tunes ,

they say.

What impressions do you have when you hear those names?

I'll be very happy if you let me know your ideas.

Thank you so much!!!

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[1] mixiユーザー 01月05日 09:19

Thanks for posting :)

Is it "salt" or "solt"? (You wrote "solt" in the names above -- and it definitely
SHOULDN'T be solt. It rhymes with "dolt" which means "stupid").

Personally, as a native speaker, "Salt town records" sounds the coolest to me.

"salt farm" sounds rather 田舎くさい, and "label" is usually not used as a part
of the label name.

And that leaves SALT TOWN RECORDS.

I hope they have a lot of success.

[2] mixiユーザー 01月05日 20:51

Thanks a lot, Mike

This is a great help for them.
They have just decided "SALT TOWN RECORDS".

And, yes! the word is definitely "SALT".
My goodness!!!!!!
How stupid I am!!!!!!

Thank you so much.

[3] mixiユーザー 01月06日 18:36

Sounds like a cool label name. Be sure to post when they release their first album! :)

[4] mixiユーザー 01月07日 00:50

Wow! It's so sweet of you to say so!
I'll tell them what you said.

[5] mixiユーザー 01月07日 21:38

Hi! I hope this year of 2008 brings lots of happiness to everyone in this community!

Well,I was about to ask Mike about expression of Music, so
Thanks for posting this topic, Hirokoro!

How do you say the venue of listening music,
Concert hall? Live house? Music hall ??
Is ｢ライブハウス　Live house｣　日本語英語？

Can you please give me some examples?
e.g. How do you say the venue for Classical ochestra / rock music like U2 / your friend's band "SALT TOWN RECORDS"?

And, what do you think which one sounds natural in this expression?
｢you can enjoy the deep bass sound as if you are ライブハウス｣
(e.g. to explain a function of audio system)

[6] mixiユーザー 01月08日 21:24

A concert hall would be for an orchestra, or maybe a band who wants to have a
small-scale performance. Most big bands play in stadiums.

As for those "ライブハウス" that seem to be everywhere in Japan -- I have never
seen one in Canada. So we don't really have a word for that in English. In fact, I
have never seen one outside of Japan -- not in the US, the UK, or anywhere else in
Asia.

Most bands abroad begin their career playing in bars, or maybe for weddings, school
graduations and so on. Then when they get a CD out and start getting a following,
maybe they get to open for a big band. And they gradually move from the bar circuit
onto the big stage.

So, there really is no word for ライブハウス. At least not for Canadians, Americans,
Brits or Aussies. That's just not how bands get popular. Bascially, if they're not
good enough to get paid to perform, then they don't get heard in public. In Japan,
on the other hand, anybody with a band can book to play at a ライブハウス. It
doesn't matter if they suck or not.

[7] mixiユーザー 01月09日 00:14

Wow!!! Very interesting input for me !

I didn't know that there is no ライブハウス
outside of Japan -- not in the US, the UK,
or anywhere else in Asia.

In Japan,
anybody with a band can book to play at a ライブハウス.
It doesn't matter if they suck or not.

It's true.(LOL)

[8] mixiユーザー 01月09日 00:38

Thanks as usual, Mike!!

I just don't remember how we call when I have been to see Jamiroquai's performance in Australia. LIVE? Concert??

BTW,
I am trying to explain 臨場感(realistic sensation) .
Suppose you have a good audio system in your apartment
and watching a music video with extremely beautiful sound
then you feel like being there,
how would you explain the situation?

I can say, it is like being there!
but I need "noun" for naming that function...
e.g. cinema mode(movie), stadium mode(sport)...and one more for music.

I would appreciate if you give me any other ideas

[9] mixiユーザー 01月09日 15:31

ひろころ: Well, they may exist -- but I have never heard of them. But I don't
know everything in the world, so I'm probably overstating my case. But even if there
are those kinds of small live venues that are not bars, but are just rooms to play for
friends and a small group of fans, they are certainly not common.

Doggy: You could say, "We saw Jamiroquai live in Australia" -- but you don't need
to say live (although people do). Why? Because you wouldn't say, "We saw Jamiroquai
dead in Australia" lol

Or you could say, "We saw a Jam... concert," or "We saw Jam... in concert."

As for that live sensation, if it's for a stereo, I guess you'd say "concert mode"
or something like that.

[10] mixiユーザー 01月11日 22:45

Thank you very much. I appreciate that, Mike.
With some reasons, we named the function "Music hall". "Concert" sounds too huge as a venue, and we are difficult to say LIVE or REAL as professional.So, my colleague prefers some wrapped word(ambiguity).Sorry I must confuse you so that I don't explain our background well.But I actually little worry if "Music hall" sounds like OLD e.g.dance hall. What do you think,Mike?(Even though I probably can't change it anymore･･･)

[11] mixiユーザー 01月12日 00:20

No, MUSIC HALL sounds fine! Yes, it might be a bit of an older word, but it has a
close, cozy feeling. I like it.

[12] mixiユーザー 01月13日 19:28

Great!! Now I am relieved.
We often face this kind of problem that seems we need native's way of thinking.

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