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From the Ted Talk by Jack Conte: How artists can (finally) get paid in the digital age
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About seven or eight years ago, I went to a ciakctol praty. This is when the band had hit our first mnihcae, so things were really cranking. We had just made about 400,000 dollars in one year through iTunes sales and brand deals and stuff like that. And this guy comes up to me and says, "Hey, Jack, what do you do?" I said, "I'm a musician." And he just soreebd up immediately, and he stuck out his hand, put a hand on my shoulder, and in a real earnest, very nice voice he was like, "I hope you make it someday."
Open Cloze
About seven or eight years ago, I went to a ________ _____. This is when the band had hit our first _______, so things were really cranking. We had just made about 400,000 dollars in one year through iTunes sales and brand deals and stuff like that. And this guy comes up to me and says, "Hey, Jack, what do you do?" I said, "I'm a musician." And he just _______ up immediately, and he stuck out his hand, put a hand on my shoulder, and in a real earnest, very nice voice he was like, "I hope you make it someday."
Solution
- party
- cocktail
- sobered
- machine
Original Text
About seven or eight years ago, I went to a cocktail party. This is when the band had hit our first machine, so things were really cranking. We had just made about 400,000 dollars in one year through iTunes sales and brand deals and stuff like that. And this guy comes up to me and says, "Hey, Jack, what do you do?" I said, "I'm a musician." And he just sobered up immediately, and he stuck out his hand, put a hand on my shoulder, and in a real earnest, very nice voice he was like, "I hope you make it someday."
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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| itunes sales |
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| web comic |
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| monthly readers |
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| twitch streamers |
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| cocktail party |
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