http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BC1ID20101213?pageNumber=1 Voice on Jackson album far from finished article 新专辑的歌声离完整作品还差很远 (Reuters) - Recordings of Michael Jackson's voice on a new album being released this week were far from the finished article and required considerable digital enhancement, according to one of its main producers. 根据新专辑其中一个主要的制作人的说法 MJ在里面的声音离完成的作品还差很远 所以必须用到一些数位增强器修补 But Teddy Riley, who worked with the King of Pop on several records before his death, believed that "Michael" would go down as a classic, albeit short of the heights of Jackson's heyday in the late 70s and early 80s. 但是TR还是相信 这张专辑会成为经典 就像MJ70 80年代的作品一样 "I had to do more processing to the voice, which is why people were asking about the authenticity of his voice," Riley told Reuters of the first album of new Jackson material since the singer's sudden death 18 months ago. TR说 我必须要对声音作一些处理工作 而这就是为什麽人们会质疑声音的真假 The project has been mired in controversy since members of Jackson's family were quoted questioning the authenticity of the voice on some tracks and his father's lawyer said the perfectionist would never have wanted the music released. 这个计画深陷於争议之中 因为杰克森家族成员质疑某些歌曲的歌声真假 而J爸的律师表示 MJ不会想要这些音乐发行 "We had to do what we had to do to make ... his voice work with the actual music," Riley added in an interview. TR说我们必须做一些处理让他的声音和真实的音乐协调 "He (Jackson) would never consider it being a final vocal. But because he's not with us he cannot give us new vocals. What we did was utilize the Melodyne (technology) to get him in key. MJ绝对不会认为这些歌声是最终放上专辑的歌声 但是因为他已经不再了 无法给我们新的 录音 我们能做的只有用科技调整 "With the Melodyne we actually move the stuff up which is the reason why some of the vibrato sounds a little off or processed, over-processed. We truly apologize for that happening, but you are still hearing the true Michael Jackson." 利用了这些科技 我们实际上调高了他的声音 这就是为什麽某些颤音听起来偏调或过度 处理了 我们对这些非常抱歉 但你听到的仍旧是MJ的声音 Riley worked on three of the 10 songs on the album -- "Hollywood Tonight," "Monster" and "Breaking News." TR为新专辑中10首歌曲里的3首制作 Hollywood Tonight, Monster,和breaking news The last two were recorded at the New Jersey home of the Cascio family in 2007, along with a third Cascio track "Keep Your Head Up." 最後两首是07年在卡西欧家录制还有另一首卡西欧家族的歌曲有收录keep your head up It was these recordings that led some to cast doubt over the authenticity of the songs, although Riley, and record label Sony, have been at pains to show they were genuine. 是这几首卡西欧家族的录音导致声音真假的质疑 PRICE OF FAME 成名的代价 Riley said much of the negative publicity surrounding the album came from people within Jackson's entourage who did not approve of the project. TR说很多陷在负面的消息是来自於杰克森家族的 他们不允许这个计画 "That don't just happen like that, that has to come from somewhere and where it came from was not a great place. It was from a family member, and some family members ... didn't totally get the last say so they kind of hate the project. TR说:这些事情不是突然就发生的 而是起源某处 而起源不是个好地方 是来自於杰克森 家族内部 有些家族成员没能得到最终决定权 所以他们转而恨这个计画 "So there you have it, a chain reaction, a domino effect that makes the credibility of Michael go down," he said. 所以你知道了 这是个连锁效应 这也是为什麽MJ这个名人殒落的原因 "I am here to protect that, because I know it's him, I know it's great material, I know that it needs to be out, I know that the legacy needs to continue because he's such a great person, and there's more to come." 我是来维护这些的 因为我知道这是他 我知道这些是好的素材 我知道这些东西需要被发行 我知道他的遗产需要继续闪光 因为他是个最棒的人 而且还有更多他的东西未发行 "Michael" is the first album of new Jackson material since "Invincible" in 2001, and the first in a reported $250 million deal between Sony and the executors of Jackson's estate to release 10 albums through 2017. 新专辑是MJ在01年万夫莫敌後的新题材 Author J. Randy Taraborrelli, who wrote a 1991 best-selling biography of Jackson, said on Monday that Jackson's estate had another 60 songs but did not plan on releasing all of them JRT在周一的访问提到 遗产公司还有约60首歌但他们不会全部发行 JRT是魔力与疯狂作者 "They've got 60 incomplete songs but they've only got about 20 left with vocals that they feel, that the estate feels, are worthwhile," Taraborrelli said in a U.S. interview on the CBS TV network's "The Early Show". JRT说遗产公司有60首还未完成的歌曲 但他们认为只有约20首的歌声他们认为是值得去 後制的 "They're not releasing everything. They're releasing the things that they believe Michael would want released, and that's about 17 to 20 more songs," Taraborrelli said. JRT说他们不会发行所有东西 他们会发行他们认为MJ会想要发行的歌 大约还有17-20首 (不知JRT的说法可靠否?!) Asked if he would agree to produce future posthumous Jackson material, Riley replied: 问到TR是否还愿意制作MJ死後的音乐素材 "If it was my decision, yes, I would be involved in anything that Michael was involved with. If they will have me I will definitely be a part of it. I'm here, I came out here to be a servant to my friend." TR说如果决定权在我 答案是 愿意 我愿意参与所有MJ相关的东西 如果他们愿意请我 我绝对愿意参与 我就在这里 我是我朋友的仆人 Among the topics Jackson tackles on the new album is people's thirst for fame and the high price of becoming a star. MJ专辑中其中一个主题 是讲到了人对於成名的可望 还有成为明星所要付出的巨大代价 In "Hollywood Tonight" he describes the real-life experiences of an unnamed friend who heads to Los Angeles aged 15 to make it in the movies, and in "Monster" he sings about the paparazzi. 在HollyWood Tonight 他描述了真实生活的体验 一个15岁的人前往洛杉矶想要完成电影梦 而在Monster中他唱到了狗仔队 "The Monsters are the ones who, when you're up they come to get you and they beat you down and when they get you down they go to the next artist," Riley said of "Monster." Monster在你在高点时 他们出来攻击你 打击你 当你走下坡了 他们就去攻击别的明星 "That's their job, to hit you while you're up and step on you while you're down, and that's what he always said." TR说 MJ总是说狗仔队的工作就是在你是高点时 不停的打你 而在你是低点是不停的踩你 Reviews of "Michael," which hits British stores on Monday and U.S. stores on Tuesday, have been generally positive. 目前新专辑的大部分评论都是正面的 (Editing by Steve Addison and Bob Tourtellotte) -- In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. In a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe. ~~~~By Michael Jackson --

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