(upbeat techno music)
-: Well, hi, I'm Mr. B.
I'm a musician, artist and teacher
based in Seattle, Washington.
Maybe you've seen 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.
♪ Are you ready to go ♪
♪ You're a duo, or a trio, or you're riding solo ♪
♪ Riding solo ♪
♪ Let's start the show ♪
Go on get on with it!
♪ Let's get your hands clapping ♪
♪ Hands clapping, hands clap ♪
(funky music)
Mr. B: For today's lesson,
you'll need a piece of paper or a notebook,
and a pen or pencil.
Any way to capture your ideas.
Well hi everybody and welcome
to "Making Music with Mr. B."
I'm Mr. B.
Today we'll be writing a song inspired by the word kindness.
I've got two special guests.
Maluhia will be joining us all the way from Hawaii,
and then Des Ventura is right here local in Seattle.
I can't wait to share with you.
Let's get started.
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 if off.
Ben Ben, MoMo, cats.
Boots.
Cats.
Boots and cats and boots and cats
and boots and cats and boots and cats and.
(funky music)
Let's get started.
Ready here we go.
(slaps)
(claps)
(slaps)
(claps)
Pump up the tempo.
(slaps)
(claps)
(slaps)
(claps)
(slaps)
(claps)
(slaps)
(claps)
Stop!
Level two.
Ready here we go.
(slaps)
(claps)
(slaps)
(claps)
(slaps) (claps)
Bing!
(slaps) (claps)
Bing!
(slaps) (claps)
Bing, bing!
Pump up the tempo.
(slaps)
(claps)
(slaps)
(claps)
(slaps)
(claps)
(slaps)
(claps)
Stop!
Level three.
Ready here we go.
(slaps)
(claps)
(slaps)
(claps)
(slaps)
(claps)
(slaps) (claps)
Bing!
(slaps) (claps)
Bing!
Pump up the tempo!
(slaps)
(claps)
(slaps)
(claps)
Pump up the tempo!
(slaps)
(claps)
(slaps) (claps)
(error dings)
-: On the ukulele, you have a low pitch.
(plays ukulele low)
And you have a high pitch.
(plays ukulele high)
Mr. B: Today's song is inspired by the word kindness.
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 kindness.
As you listen to our guests,
say what words or phrases come to their minds.
Write down any that stand out to you
or that you connect to the word kindness.
So again, we're writing down words or phrases
that connect to the word kindness.
-: Heart.
-: Lean on me.
-: Difficult sometimes.
-: Hugs.
-: Love.
-: Sharing.
-: Smile.
-: Generosity.
-: Yes, please!
-: And listening.
-: Warmth.
-: Judge not.
-: Friends, courage.
-: Can't we all just get along?
Mr. B: Well those are some powerful words.
You gave us lots to work with.
Save the words and phrases you wrote down for later.
I always cross out, never erase.
For now, lets move onto the instrumental
that we've created for today's word, kindness.
-: This is my instrument, the ukulele.
And it sounds like this.
(ukulele plays)
(funky music)
Mr. B: Today's track is inspired by the word kindness.
Our guest instrumentalist is Maluhia.
-: Aloha.
My name is Maluhia and I play the ukulele.
Mr. B: Thanks, Maluhia.
Maluhia came up with four chords inspired
by the word kindness.
Here's what he came up with.
(ukulele plays)
For today's track,
I went to the park to collect 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 MPC Live
and made them my own.
Here's what I got.
(grass rustles)
(feet thud)
(rock smacks)
(twig breaks)
I collected all these sounds, chopped 'em up,
and stuck 'em into the MPC.
I really like the sound of the effect on the ukulele
and came up with this loop.
(ukulele plays)
And then I collected a beat together and came up with this.
(upbeat ukulele music)
Okay, your turn now.
Write down some words or phrases you think of
when you hear the word kindness.
You can use phrases that you heard from the other artists
before or come up with your own.
There's no right or wrong answer.
Anything you say will be just fine.
In the next segment,
you'll get a chance to use these words
to sing your own song.
I'll give you about a minute to write some things down.
Just a little time left.
Go ahead and wrap it up.
Okay.
Take all those things that you wrote and get ready,
'cause here we go.
(upbeat ukulele music)
♪ I need some friends ♪
♪ To smile with while we chatter ♪
♪ Feeling warm from ♪
♪ Hugs and laughter ♪
♪ I can think of many times ♪
♪ When all we needed was to be ♪
♪ Kind is a gift ♪
♪ You can give for free ♪
♪ A message you can send ♪
♪ Like planting a seed ♪
♪ Go out and plant all of the ♪
♪ Kindness that we need ♪
♪ You and I ♪
♪ We are stronger than we know ♪
♪ So while we were firmly planted ♪
♪ Couldn't hurt for us to grow ♪
♪ So shine your light ♪
♪ Bright enough for all to know ♪
♪ And we will not be discouraged ♪
♪ That we've got so far to go ♪
♪ You and I ♪
♪ We are stronger than we know ♪
♪ So while we were firmly planted ♪
♪ Couldn't hurt for us to grow ♪
♪ So shine your light ♪
♪ Bright enough for all to know ♪
♪ And we will not be discouraged ♪
♪ That we've got so far to go ♪
-: Thanks so much for joining us
on this musical journey today.
If you'd like to spend more time making music with Mr. B,
you can find me at learningwithstyle.com.
That's learnignwithstyle.com.
I host lessons every week and would love it
if you could join.
Thanks again!
(upbeat techno music)