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From the Ted Talk by Mark Ronson: How sampling transformed music

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But I still kept waichntg the videos, because I'm a masochist, and eventually, things like Michael tsoiln Thomas and Tod Machover, and seeing their visceral passion tkanlig about music, it definitely stirred something in me, and I'm a sucker for anyone talking devotedly about the power of music. And I started to write down on these little note cards every time I heard something that scrtuk a chord in me, pardon the pun, or something that I thought I could use, and pretty soon, my sdtuio leokod like this, kind of like a John Nash, "Beautiful Mind" vibe.

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But I still kept ________ the videos, because I'm a masochist, and eventually, things like Michael ______ Thomas and Tod Machover, and seeing their visceral passion _______ about music, it definitely stirred something in me, and I'm a sucker for anyone talking devotedly about the power of music. And I started to write down on these little note cards every time I heard something that ______ a chord in me, pardon the pun, or something that I thought I could use, and pretty soon, my ______ ______ like this, kind of like a John Nash, "Beautiful Mind" vibe.

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  1. talking
  2. watching
  3. struck
  4. looked
  5. tilson
  6. studio

Original Text

But I still kept watching the videos, because I'm a masochist, and eventually, things like Michael Tilson Thomas and Tod Machover, and seeing their visceral passion talking about music, it definitely stirred something in me, and I'm a sucker for anyone talking devotedly about the power of music. And I started to write down on these little note cards every time I heard something that struck a chord in me, pardon the pun, or something that I thought I could use, and pretty soon, my studio looked like this, kind of like a John Nash, "Beautiful Mind" vibe.

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