Knowlege is Power 10 - Music

As your body grows bigger, your mind grows slower, it's great to learn, because knowledge is power!

Hello, I'm Taylor, just like my name is Samson.

Hello everybody, and welcome to our iPod Radio Show. This is Troy.

And Kai.

And you are listening to...

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Music ha-ha-power!

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.

We're here to bring you Music Power.

When we thought about the topic of music, we thought this was a pretty tough one.

I mean, I for one, I'm a music lover. What about you, Kai?

Well, you know, there's a lot of genres, so it's really hard to choose which one you want.

It popped out that my dad made me listen to music that I actually really liked.

Oh yeah? So what's...

What's some of the music that you like, Kai?

I like...

Rock.

Yeah?

I like J-pop.

Yeah?

I like...

L&B.

You like R&B?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, R&B.

Dad wants R&B.

R&B is rhythm and blues. Well, maybe we should do a little quiz. How about that?

I'll play a song, and then you tell me what genre of music it is.

Sure.

All right. Well, let's get to the quiz, then.

Too much time on my...

So, Kai, are you ready for your music quiz?

Yep.

All right. What I'm going to do is play a short sample of a certain genre of music,

and then you guess what kind of music it is and tell me why.

Okay.

Your answers could include rock, reggae, R&B, soul, punk...

Disco, jazz, classical, pop, hip-hop, and hey, we're in Japan, so J-pop.

Now...

I have a question.

Yeah?

If there's J-pop, is there, like, A-pop or American pop or, like, E-pop or England pop?

Well, we'll have to see if that comes out as an answer.

What about K-pop?

All right. Here we go. Here's the first sample.

Here we go.

All right, Kai. What do you think?

I think it's J-pop.

Bing bong.

That was correct.

And my reason is because...

Well, I heard Japanese.

Kind of.

I gave you an easy one to start.

Yay.

But will they get challenging?

More challenging.

Good.

So, uh, here's the next one.

All right, Kai. What do you think that is?

Uh, it's hard.

It's really hard because it's not on the list.

No.

Okay.

You've got this.

It's a really hard one, so you've gotta get it right.

I'm not even going to give you a chance.

I just wanted to tipple with you.

Okay, K.

Danguri kora kora danguri ko.

Are you kidding me?

Okay.

Come on.

Okay.

Get serious, Dad.

I'm getting serious.

Okay.

All right.

I've got the next one now.

I just thought I'd lighten the mood.

Well, I thought it was jazz from the beginning.

Okay.

Are you ready?

I'm ready.

Okay.

All right.

All right, Kai, what do you think that is?

Pop?

Pop it is.

Yay!

Lady Gaga.

Okay.

All right, next one.

That was me.

Sorry.

That's okay.

Kai's still got a little telephone stuck in his head.

Ring, ring.

Are you ready, Kai?

Yeah.

All right, Kai, what do you think about that one?

Jazzy?

That's very...

Jazzy Jay?

Jazzy.

Not Jazzy Jay, but darn jazzy.

Miles Davis.

Oh, who's he?

Kind of blue.

Beautiful trumpet player.

All right, let's keep...

Let's keep moving on with our quiz here.

I thought Arnold Schwarzenegger was a good guy.

Arnold Schwarzenegger?

Arnold whatever.

He plays the trumpet.

Yeah.

You mean Louis Armstrong?

Yeah, that one.

Yay.

Okay, hit it.

Let's go.

This beat is my recital.

I think it's very vital.

To rock around.

That's right.

On time.

It's tricky.

Here we go.

It's tricky to rock around.

To rock around.

That's right.

On time.

It's tricky.

All right, Kai, what do you think?

That is?

Can we play more like that song?

Okay, let's play a little more.

It's tricky.

Tricky.

It's tricky to rock around.

To rock around.

That's right.

On time.

It's tricky.

And your answer is?

Rock.

Rock?

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Take that over.

Take that one back?

Oh my gosh.

Why did I say that?

Hip hop.

Wait, let me guess who it is.

Oh, it's...

Arguably, this band was the king of rock hip hop, but...

Oh, I know.

That's a hip hop song.

Thank you.

Run DMC.

For sure.

Wait, can I have that song on my iPhone?

Let's finish the quiz, kid.

Really?

All right, Kai, you've been doing pretty well so far, but I think this one's really going

to test you.

You ready?

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Here we go.

One, two, three, four.

What do you think about that one, Casey?

I got two, kind of.

You're going for two?

I'm going to go for one, which I think rock.

Definitely qualifies as rock, but more specifically...

R&B?

But not R&B either.

Come on.

Rhythm and Baby.

Punk.

It is punk.

Punk rock.

That one is the...

Clash. Death or Glory.

Damn it. I fought the law

and the law won. I fought

the law and the law won.

I do too, but would you have

recognized it as punk? No.

Okay. Next one.

Alright, Kai. So

I think you're definitely going to get this

one right. Hope so.

You hope so? Alright.

Are you ready? Because if I make it,

I'll get embarrassed.

Oh, please be an easy one. Please be an easy one.

Please, please, please.

There will be a reason.

There will be rain.

And nothing I will ever do.

Going down

for the time.

My friends

ain't gonna be there to

help.

I'm on a high

grade.

Alright, Kai. Do you know that one?

I said hair, you know.

I hope so. Rock.

That is rock.

No, I said hair. I did not say

whatever.

Excellent. Ping pong.

Totally got that one

nailed. Love that song.

Alright, Kai.

Alright, Kai. You ready?

Yeah. So far you're doing

really good, but it looks like you got hung up

a little bit on the difference between

R&B and soul.

So, I was

talking to my friend Gensho last night

and we were trying to come up with best

examples.

And he said,

and he kind of put it perfectly.

He said, Marvin Gaye is R&B,

but Otis Redding is

soul.

Alright, Kai. So, let's see.

I got another one for you. Are you ready?

Yeah, I guess so.

Alright. Your guess

is as good as mine.

I guess

by the way you're dancing, you may know

the answer to this.

Disco.

Disco is absolutely

right.

Hello.

Thank you.

So, Kai just finished his piano class.

How was it?

What did you play, Kai?

Um, trumpet.

Wow, what's the trumpet?

Fun to play.

It was fun?

Yeah.

Okay.

I thought you were taking piano lessons, not trumpet lessons.

What happened?

I played the trumpet.

Okay.

What did you play?

The trumpet.

Give me a sample.

The trumpet.

What did you play?

What did it sound like?

The trumpet.

So, you're telling me you played the instrument called the trumpet.

No.

Oh.

The music that's called the trumpet.

Oh, so you're playing a song called the trumpet.

On the piano, not with the trumpet.

There is no trumpet in my piano class.

What are you kidding?

Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.

No.

Okay, okay, okay.

Piano.

How does it go?

You go like.

Oh, that's cool.

So, yeah.

And that's it.

That's the trumpet.

Wait, no.

That wasn't.

One thing we like to do here on Knowledge is Power

is tell a joke.

And if you're telling me,

that's music to my ears, Kai.

Okay.

Very funny.

Well, the first joke I would like to introduce to you guys is

how do you fix a broken tuba?

I don't know, Kai.

How do you fix a broken tuba?

With a tuba glue?

Okay, okay.

What's your second joke there, Son?

Well, why don't you have one?

That's good.

Hey, Kai.

What happens when you sing a country song backwards?

I don't know, Dad.

What happens?

You get your job and your wife back.

What?

Okay, I got one for you, Kai.

What do you call someone who hangs out with musicians?

I don't know.

What is it?

A drummer.

Okay.

How many musicians does it take to change a lightbulb?

I don't know, Kai.

How many musicians does it take to change a lightbulb?

Well, 20.

One to hold the bulb,

two to turn the ladder,

and 17 to be on the guest list.

VIP, yeah, you know me.

Nice.

I do, now I'm gonna break your down,

kick this, you could work with me.

diy?

Keep Flippin' Up, indeed.

Yes sir, or just quit that job.

Okay.

Be careful, these things are Apply för أن hämfforst tipsen.

It's the best thing that you can do.

You move all the way up the shelf,

but when you tasty yourself,

Because when you don't like what you do,

you waste your time.

They neverAs of today.

I didn't know that.

I don't vOke the selfish altered habits that I should leave for myself.

I don't like doing these things.

If you do them the best way and you've got to ask for help.

Da da da da da da da da da da da da.

I shut up.

Look at this.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 11, 12, 11, 12, 11, 12, 11, 12, 11, 12, 11, 12, 11,

Wow, so time to do another 12 in the theme's music, huh?

Yeah, and that's the tricky part because, well, since it's piano and music kind of goes

with that, and I just got a new piano, I was thinking, well, maybe Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So,

Re, Si, Do would work, but for some reason, it's only 8, like, and I'm like, eh, that

doesn't work.

It's not called 8, it's called 12.

Well, yeah, but the 12 part is all the tones.

Ah, so you use the tones in the music, huh?

Yeah, and it goes from A to G sharp.

Alright, let's have a listen to that.

And that is the end.

If you would keep going on, it would go back to the A, and just keep going on and on and

on.

Wow, 12 tones in music.

Yep.

What's your job?

Oh, good to go.

Okay, what is your name?

My name is Mark.

A.K.A.

DJ Ill Media.

Mm-hmm.

What is your job?

My job is being a DJ and producing music.

Mm, pretty cool.

Well, actually, really cool.

Um, what was your motivation to do this job?

Um, my motivation to do this job was seeing people DJ when I was younger and getting really

excited about, uh...

Um, then being able to play music for a crowd and getting crowd dancing.

That's what really got me excited.

And also breakdancing.

You know, it was the, it's sort of the second coming of hip-hop when I got into DJing.

And it was really exciting to me that DJs sort of controlled the dance floor and helped

the breakdancers to strut their stuff and, and do a lot of moves out on the floor.

There was a lot of energy behind, um, that feeling of moving a crowd.

So they got me really excited and made me want to learn how to DJ.

Wow.

Big motivation.

Yeah.

Um, how long have you done this job?

I have done this job for about 25 years now.

So it's been quite a while.

I started when I was 15 years old.

Mm, okay.

Um, what are some of the tools you use?

Well, I have a lot of tools I use.

When I started DJing, um, I began with turntables and vinyl records.

And that was kind of what everybody used back in the day.

So I have, I have turntables and a mixer.

Mm-hmm.

And I have lots and lots of records still.

Even though I don't use them as much as I used to, I still have a whole lot of records.

Oh.

And that's, um, those were crude through all the years of, of DJing before digital became

popular to use.

Mm.

Do you?

So.

Oh, sorry.

Oh, that's okay.

I, so.

Being a DJ.

Mm-hmm.

I have turntables and, um, I have controller units now for my digital and I also use a

computer.

Ooh.

Um, like when you DJ, do you just scratch or do you just play songs?

I am more of an interactive DJ and that's, um, that's because I really like to get into

the vibe of what's going on and make an experience when I'm DJing.

Um, I do, I do scratching and I do beating.

And I do beat matching and I like to use a lot of effects and I like to use loops.

Um, one thing that's really cool about being a DJ nowadays is that you have a lot of tools

at your disposal.

So it's not just about maybe playing one record after the other.

You have the opportunity to really show, showcase, uh, your talent and show people a, a really

good time through DJing, through playing the right music at the right time and, um, getting

people really full of energy and excited on the dance floor.

Wow.

Um, who have you worked with?

I've worked with a lot of people.

I have worked with rappers.

Mm-hmm.

I have worked with, uh, country bands.

Mm-hmm.

Worked with other DJs.

Mm-hmm.

I've worked with visual artists.

Mm-hmm.

With companies to help with their music.

Mm-hmm.

I've worked with a lot of different people.

That's one thing that I really enjoy about DJing is I, I've never just played one type

of music or created one type of music.

I like a really diverse palette of music around me.

So I've played with a lot of different kinds of people because I like to explore those

different moods and feelings that go on with different types of music.

Can you tell me a little more about the producer job?

Sure.

The producer job is...

Yeah.

It's making beats, kind of like, uh, you know, when you, when you hear lots of songs

on the radio, they have the band or the artist that has a song that they perform.

And then the producer is the person behind that song who helps, um, keep the flow going,

who helps to, um, pick the right sounds and create different parts in the song.

Mm-hmm.

Um, my production job often entails...

Mm-hmm.

I like to sample a lot, so sometimes my production job will mean that I grab a record or a piece

of music and I take little snippets out of that piece of music and I chop it up and I

move it around and I make it my own song.

Wow.

That's pretty cool.

Um, can you give any examples of a rapper that you work with?

Sure.

I work with, um, I have a band that I've played with for a really long time that's called

Most Chill Slack Mom.

Mm-hmm.

And there's two rappers in that band, King Slack and Momo, and, um, those guys are a

lot of fun to work with because not only are they good rappers who have something interesting

to say, but they also like to explore different avenues of music that, that might not be,

um, they don't just choose a singular path of music, they like to explore a lot of different

types.

Mm-hmm.

I've worked with rappers who are just hardcore gangster rappers.

Mm-hmm.

Who just like to, um, make songs that are about one particular thing, like maybe life

in the street.

I've worked with some rappers who like to do a lot of love songs.

Hmm.

So, you know, rappers are kind of just like any other artist, there's a lot of different

types of them.

Hmm.

Okay.

Um, do you have any advice to get this job?

Yes.

Yes, I do.

Um, nowadays it's really, I think it's, it's pretty accessible for anybody who wants to

become a DJ to be able to get into music and production nowadays.

With digital, it, uh, really opens up the, the space for a lot of different types of

people to see if this is a path they want to go down.

My advice is to get a DJ software program and a bunch of music that you like and sit

down and play with it.

And see if it's something that you want to do.

You know, you can go to school for DJ nowadays.

Um, you can go to school for production, which is what I did, but I really think that when

it comes to this, a lot of real life experiences, the most important thing you want to get out

there and play music for a crowd.

If you like, if you want to DJ, you want to get out there and play music for a crowd and

see if they respond to you positively.

Or if you have a really good feeling about it, you'll know if you want to continue doing

it.

And when it comes to music production, it's sort of the same thing.

There's a lot of opportunities for people to buy software and see if it's something

they want to get into.

You know, you could, uh, you could play around, do some production and then play for people

and see how they respond to it.

And if you get a good response, that means you're on your way and you want to keep going.

Thank you so much for your time.

You bet.

My pleasure.

Um, but yeah, I'm basically going to play a song called the Turkish March by Beethoven.

Um, yeah.

Thank you.

Hey.

and i'd have to say thanks out to everyone who makes music yes please thank you and keep doing

your job it's amazing all right all till next time hasta la vista baby sorry bye people

yeah it's just the beginning part of the song and thank you very much

you