 Well, hi, I'm Mr. B. I'm a musician artist and teacher based in Seattle, Washington Maybe you see me at an assembly or your school library I get to collaborate with some of the finest musicians in the Pacific Northwest and now you Today's lesson you'll need a piece of paper or notebook and a pen or pencil Anyway to capture your ideas Welcome to making music with Mr. B. I'm Mr. B Today we will be writing a song inspired by the word strength. I Have two very special guests with me today a long-time friend Mr. Blake Lewis and a really wonderful piano player Christopher Jordan without any further ado. Let's get right into it For this first activity, you're gonna be mentally and physically active Try and keep up with Mr. B as he claps and slaps a rhythm Slappy clappy copy Slappers Clappers Copiers Let's kick it off Ben Ben Momo cats boots cats Boots cats and boots cats Let's get started Ready here we go pump up the tempo Level two ready here we go pump up the tempo level three Ready here we go pump up the tempo Pump up the tempo This is hi Today's song is inspired by the word strength Whenever I'm writing a song. I think of words or phrases that jump out at me that are connected to the topic I'm writing about on the top of your page write the word strength As you listen to our guests say what words and phrases come to their mind Write down any that stand out to you or any that you connect with the word strength So again, we're writing down words and phrases that connect to the word strength Perseverance believing Can sometimes hide being mighty Sturdy hearing words and phrases like you can do it conviction Personality can look differently than you think it's going to you're able strength in numbers fears and being a leader stability Oh man, I wish I could see what was on your page. I bet you have something really good Save those words and phrases for later for now. Let's move on to the instrumental we created This is what a keyboard sound like his track is inspired by the word strength Our guests instrumentalists is Christopher Jordan Hi, my name is Chris and I play keyboards and pianos Thanks, Chris Chris came up with four chords inspired by the word strength. Here's what he came up with For today's track. I stayed home and collected some sounds to add a little personal flavor Music is all around us. You just have to stop and listen As always I put the sounds into my sampler the MPC live and made them my own Here's what I got once I had all the sounds. I chopped them up and put them into the MPC. I Really liked the way the sticks and spoons sounded together like this and came up with this rhythm Which I changed to this for the chorus time for the free ride Write down words or phrases you think of when you hear the word strength Try to think of ideas that connect to you and your own life Remember, there's no right or wrong answers. So anything you come up with is perfect I'll give you just a minute to write some things down. Take your time now. Don't give up Okay, about 20 seconds left. Why don't you go ahead and wrap it up now? Get ready Because here comes the song Like to spend more time making music with mr. B you can find me at learning with style Dot-com that's learning with style. I host lessons every week. So we'd love it if you could join me Thanks again