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-: Well Hi.

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I'm Mr. B.

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I'm a musician, artist and teacher,

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based in Seattle, Washington.

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Maybe you've seen me at an assemble or your school library.

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I get to collaborate with some of the finest musicians

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in the pacific northwest.

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And now you.

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♪ Are you ready to go ♪

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♪ If you're a duo or a trio or you're ridin' solo ♪

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♪ Ridin' solo ♪

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♪ Let's start the show ♪ ♪ Go on get on with it ♪

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♪ Get your hands clappin' ♪

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Instructor: For today's lesson,

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you'll need a piece of paper or a notebook.

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And a pen or pencil.

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Any way to capture your ideas.

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-: Well, hi everybody.

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Welcome to making music with Mr. B.

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I'm Mr. B.

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Today we're going to be writing a song

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inspired by the word Encouragement.

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I have a couple of guests on the show today.

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Geoff Larson, who's a wonderful bass player,

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and Annie Jantzer, who has the most amazing voice.

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I can't wait for you to hear them both.

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Let's jump right into it.

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Instructor: For this first activity,

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you're gonna be mentally and physically active.

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Try and keep up with Mr. B

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as he claps and slaps a rhythm.

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Slappy, clappy, copy.

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Slappers.

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(slapping)

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Clappers.

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(clapping)

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Copiers.

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Let's kick it off.

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Ben Ben.

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Mo Mo.

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Cats.

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Boots.

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Cats.

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Boots and cats and boots and cats and boots and cats.

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(speaking rhythmically) 
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Let's get started.

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Ready here we go.

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(slapping)

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(clapping)

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(slapping)

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Bump up the tempo.

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(slapping)

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Stop! 
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Level 2.

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Ready here we go.

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(slapping)

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(slapping)

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Bing!

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(slapping)

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Stop! 
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Level 3.

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Ready here we go.

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(slapping)

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(slapping)

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(slapping)

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(clapping) 
Bing!

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(electronic boinging)

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(laughing)

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(shimmering)

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-: Low.

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(bass sustaining)

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And High.

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(bass sustaining)

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(shimmering)

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Today's song is inspired by the word Encouragement.

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Whenever I'm writing a song,

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I think of words or phrases that jump out at me,

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that are connected to the topic I'm writing about.

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On the top of your page, write the word Encouragement.

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As you listen to our guests,

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say what words or phrases comes to their mind.

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Write down any that stand out to you.

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Or any that you connect to the word Encouragement.

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So again, we're writing down words

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or phrases that connect to the word Encouragement.

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-: In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

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-: Essential.

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-: Great job.

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-: Feels good to give and receive.

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-: You can do it.

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-: Energizing.

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-: Thumbs up.

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-: Yay!

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-: Practice, practice, practice.

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-: Team.

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-: I support you.

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-: Support.

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-: Run Forrest, run.

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-: Giving high fives.

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Instructor: Wow, thanks.

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That's a lot to work with.

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Save all the words and phrases you wrote for later.

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Now, let's move on to the instrumental that we created.

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(shimmering)

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-: A bass sounds like this.

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(demonstrating bass)

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(shimmering)

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(bright music)

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Instructor: Today's track is inspired

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by the word Encouragement.

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Our guest instrumentalist is Geoff Larson.

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-: Hey there.

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My name is Geoff Larson and I play

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the upright bass and the guitar.

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Instructor: Thanks Geoff.

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Geoff came up with four chords

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inspired by the word Encouragement.

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Here's what he came up with.

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(bass sustaining)

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To add a little extra flavor today,

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I went into the garage to try to capture some cool sounds.

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Music is all around us.

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You just have to stop and listen.

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As always, I put the sounds into my sampler, the MPC Live,

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and made them my own.

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Here's what I got.

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(suitcase slamming)

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(plastic rustling)

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(stick slamming)

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(balls knocking)

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Once I got all the sounds,

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I chopped them up and put them into my sampler.

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And I started to play with a rhythm that sounded like this.

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(rhythm playing)

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I thought that sounded cool, so I added this sound.

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(balls knocking)

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And came up with a track that sounded like this.

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(bright rhythmic music)

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Your turn now.

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Write down words or phrases that you think of

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when you hear the word Encouragement.

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These will become your lyrics

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when you sing me your portion of the song.

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There's no right or wrong answers,

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so you can't get this right, and you can't get this wrong.

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Whatever you say is just perfect.

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I'll give you about one minute to write something down.

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Remember, there's no right or wrong answers.

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Anything that you get down will be just perfect.

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Just about 10 seconds left.

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Get those ideas down so you have something to look at

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when it's your turn to sing.

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I sure wish I could see what you're writing on your paper.

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I bet you have some awesome stuff.

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We're about to perform the song, so get ready, here we go.

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Aw, man.

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Stuck inside.

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Raining and gray out.

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What am I gonna do?

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♪ I pick up a book and start ♪

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♪ Flipping through the pages ♪

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♪ Get lost in the lines ♪

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♪ Brighten up some of the grayness ♪

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♪ Call up the homie now ♪

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♪ I'm feelin' much better ♪

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♪ Asked her to rock the track so ♪

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♪ Now I'll let her ♪

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♪ Go 'head ♪

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♪ Oh these days ♪

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♪ Spent within ♪

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♪ I reach out ♪

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♪ And touch your hand ♪

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♪ Giving high fives ♪

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♪ From my windowpane ♪

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♪ Energize ♪

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♪ Supporting all my friends ♪

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(bright energetic music continues)

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♪ Oh these days ♪

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♪ Spent within ♪

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♪ I reach out ♪

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♪ And touch your hand ♪

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♪ Giving high fives ♪

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♪ From my windowpane ♪

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♪ Energize ♪

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♪ Supporting all my friends ♪

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(bright energetic music continues)

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-: Thanks so much for joining us

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on this musical journey today.

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If you'd like to spend more time making music with Mr. B,

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you can find me at learningwithstyle.com.

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That's learningwithstyle.com.

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I host lessons every week

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and would love it if you could join me.

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Thanks again.