[Music] i don't know where to start [Music] so come on everyone we're gonna get out what we have in our [Music] so hold on tight cause we're ready to [Music] start [Music] [Music] oh [Music] cynthia play that note again for three seconds that low c play it now play it on and off again look it's dancing with you every time you go it moves with you in music we call that rhythm it's repetition of a sound see the jelly only moves when i play a sound your sax sounds removing the jello without touching it how does sound do that is there invisible parts of sound i can't see absolutely zigsta sound is made of waves our ears can hear but our eyes can't see sound waves start at the source the thing that makes the sound then the waves travel out bouncing off things or passing through them which makes the things move like my saxophone note wiggling right through your jello waves like the water ones we saw on the beach when we went to grand isle you got it so music is sound waves running through the air until they run into something like my ears music is science where to think about the evidence and figure it out zig i like eating snacks while you play sax music makes a lot of things more enjoyable that's why i work so hard at it well uh thanks for practicing so hard to be good cynthia oh if you'll excuse me river and jack said i could hang out with them in the radio station after snack well it was my pleasure being your entertainment for snack time now let me play us out with some jazz rhythms oh mercy thanks for tuning in to the sweet sounds of basin street blues on your community radio station i'm river and here's a louisiana classic by jerry lee lewis to get you moving [Music] all right jack let's keep going with your dj lesson did you hear how i came out of that slow song just now speaking slowly and gently and then i sped up my rhythm as i talked to build up to the faster song i was gonna play next you gotta change your rhythm as part of the transition so the audience gets ready for what's about to come but i think i only have one rhythm yeah jack i think we definitely need to start practicing your transitions we're going to be playing a lot of new music man that announcement recorded last week asking the community for music actually worked really feels like people are listening to our station now yeah well pleasant valley is starting to fill up with people more people more listeners and more artists exactly that's why we should record another one to persuade more folks to bring us music why don't we just hold up a sign like this well cause we're on the radio jack nobody can see us hello earthlings uh i i saw the red light turn off it's okay to come in now right sure enough ziggy yeah man i just put on that snap a rocket whole lot of shaking going on what makes a song snappy do some songs have zippers or buttons instead no he's talking about the rhythm of the song whole lot of shaking is a upbeat fast song yeah man makes you want to get up and move do some songs make you not want to move ooh some songs make me want to lie down on the floor just lay low for a while why are they scary no well i mean sometimes look it depends on the song different rhythms make you feel different ways i like to listen to songs with a strong steady rhythm while i build things helps keep me going the song rhythm makes you work harder sure rhythm is a powerful tool oh no guys we're almost back on jack get ready to play hurricane season that'll really shake things up for the rats in the junkyard i always imagine the rat here live interesting lives [Music] hmm [Music] uh i just kept playing my sex louder and louder oh ziggy come here meet john gray he's a trumpet player i play with sometimes hi ziggy oh that reminds me cynthia i have your share of the money we earned last night you can get paid to play music yeah this is our job sometimes when we play live people pay to hear us play like we did out of town last night people pay and they come and hear us play but sometimes we record our music and sell the recordings or it gets streamed which is less money i know that's right but cynthia you play for me all the time should i be paying you with like earth money no darling it's nice to have an audience when i practice so some humans create art and other humans enjoy art that's it we call these people patrons they pay to support our art patrons so i'm a patron because i enjoy art but i'm not an artist because i don't make art can you be both sure writers read books written by other writers that's right the musicians listen to other folks music you know it's something that we do matter of fact reminds me cynthia are you still coming to hear me play next week oh yeah wait no let me think and great minds think you have banned practice at the same time as john's performance can't be in two places at once how about you work with ziggy and his powerful science brain to teleport or time travel or maybe keep the band frozen with a freeze ray until the gig is up that's it keep the band here i'll get food for river to grill so the band's happy to just eat good food until i get back ooh grilling what to put on the fire think i could make a tuesday gig i think the band will be happy to wait and practice once i hook them up with a fire grilled lunch great while i'm here i want to drop off my album i heard the rivers say they were looking for artists to bring music to the station to be played oh i'd like to hear some of your music i have some questions about rhythm oh well great come on let's pop in there now all right if we come in done great oh man come on in we got 22 seconds left of this song before we're back live on the air again oh well great i wanted to bring this music on by because i really would love if you guys could play it on the air great put it on turntable one and i'll cue you up oh man you got time for a quick interview maybe play something live on the air sure you know i got my baby right here all right hey look like we're down to seven seconds of our 22 seconds left we're almost back neat elapsed time all right we're back in three two one hello listeners we're in the studio live with special guest john gray and our pal ziggy z do you have a question for john oh yes uh mr gray uh are you going to play a song with a fast rhythm now fast rhythm means something like this yeah wow uh can you play a slow song now so i can feel the difference oh sure i got this one for you [Music] oh well that made me feel slow and kind of sad well that actually was a little part of saint james infirmary blues you know the blues is a style of music that actually gives us the ability to express sad emotions play something that shows our listeners the magic of music at work oh man i got something i can do right off the top of my head we call that improvisation [Music] wow [Music] hi grandma hi grandpa i hope you're great i'm having lots of fun on earth learning about all these different arts but today i learned a lot more about music like i learned that music repeats sounds to make a rhythm and those sounds move around on earth as waves that bounce off stuff or go right through stuff and sound can move stuff like my jello which is this wiggly food you can see through and it comes in different colors i can tell i still have so much more to learn here it turns out the feelings i get when i listen to music or experience other art are like everyone else is sort of turns out the arts make everyone feel inside not just me and that means i'm sharing the same feelings as others like you all do back home it's nice it's nice feeling all these different arts and knowing i'm not alone earth arts are neat support provided by louisiana healthcare connections your health our purpose