ACID Day IV

It seems like "Technical Difficulties" is the theme for Chris and Cristina today. All pumped up, Chris was excited to show the students his Double Dutch Bus video (by Frankie Smith) BUT... the speakers weren't working.

AJ to the rescue!

The speakers started working and the dance floor was set!

AJ and Chris were dancing all over the aisle of students. Unfortunately, (except for Brandon) the students were all sitting down.

At the end of the song, Chris asked the class, "Did it click?" and received no response. What he was getting to was the song Double Dutch Bus was sampled by Missy Elliot's Gossip Folks.

Next, the students went to search for their own sampled songs and the class discussed where the original sampled part came from and how it was manipulated.

Once the sharing ended, the learn @ UW quizzes were up and being completed.

Next, Chris showed examples of how to being making a song to the class and then played some of his first works. AJ also played his first beats/songs.

During the exploration unit, the students were let loose to create their own song. Although they only needed 24 measures, the students felt like they needed more time. They only had 38 minutes and counting.

At some point in time, the room became deadly silent. The students were vigorously working on their "Mini BTWs."

Then Chris decides to make an announcement, asking if all of the students found where the beats are. He called out, "Tenzin!" Which is common, but... there were no Tenzin present in the class. Doundup once again corrected him, but this time, his classmates corrected Chris.

After this moment of noise, the class went back to their silence. Back to working on their songs.

When it was time to share their projects, some of the students were eager to showcase their works while others hid in their shells and closed out of ACID (just in case they were forced to share their works).