Artist Interview: Ms. Drummond

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Sweet dreams are made of thee Oh, I love to disagree I travel the world in seven seas Everybody's looking for something. [00:00:26] Speaker B: Hey, everybody. Welcome back to Music Podcast, the podcast where fourth grade graders, like us interviews awesome people about their music. [00:00:36] Speaker C: Today we've got a guest who sings and teaches. She's smart, kind, and full of talent. [00:00:43] Speaker D: Give it up for our amazing fifth grade teacher, Ms. Drummond. [00:00:53] Speaker E: Thank you so much. Thank you for the comment. [00:00:55] Speaker C: You're welcome. [00:00:57] Speaker B: Let's jump right in. Ms. Drummond, what inspired you to sing? [00:01:01] Speaker E: Well, I always loved singing. I love listening to the radio growing up all the time. I just. I have some people in my family that sing very well. I grew up in the church, so therefore, you know, I would love to sing. You know, I used to sing on the choir. [00:01:20] Speaker C: So what's your favorite song right now? [00:01:26] Speaker E: Oh, what is my favorite song right now? Now? [00:01:29] Speaker C: Yeah. Hard. [00:01:31] Speaker E: I'm gonna say. You know, I happen to like songs more so in the 80s. Okay. I like songs like from Whitney Houston. Have you ever heard of Whitney Houston? [00:01:46] Speaker D: No, No, I heard of. [00:01:49] Speaker E: Okay, well, Greatest Love of All is one of my favorite songs because it's such an inspiring song. Great. [00:01:59] Speaker D: How did you start singing where. Where you always sing when you were a kid? [00:02:07] Speaker E: Well, like I said, you know, I would be in the church choir and just singing around the house. Just, you know, my mom always loved singing around the house, and we would just sing a lot of songs, you know, and music was always playing in my home. [00:02:24] Speaker B: Okay, here's a good one. Do you have any tips for people who want to be a better singer? [00:02:30] Speaker E: Well, just like anything else, you have to practice, right? Whatever you want to do in life, you gotta try very hard, keep at your craft, whatever you decide to do. So if you want to be a singer, you know, sing the songs around the home. Around your home. And just, you know, enjoy yourself when you sing. Because no matter what, if you think you can sing, you can sing. [00:02:59] Speaker C: All right, time for our special game. It's called Drumming Beats. [00:03:04] Speaker E: Drumming Beats? [00:03:06] Speaker C: Yep. [00:03:06] Speaker E: Wait a minute. Is that a play on words with my name? I love it. [00:03:11] Speaker D: Here. Here's how it works. We are going to say a word, and you have to say the first song that pops into your head. Don't think too hard. [00:03:23] Speaker E: All right, I am ready. [00:03:26] Speaker B: First word. Sunshine. [00:03:29] Speaker E: Ain't no sunshine when she's going Ain't. [00:03:33] Speaker A: No sunshine when she's gone that's good. [00:03:35] Speaker D: That'S good, that's good, that's good. [00:03:37] Speaker C: Next one. Homework. [00:03:41] Speaker A: All children loves homework. [00:03:44] Speaker D: No, we don't. [00:03:46] Speaker C: It'S true. I hate homework first thing in the month. [00:03:51] Speaker D: Oh, here's one. Dreams. [00:03:55] Speaker A: Sweet dreams are made of thee. [00:03:58] Speaker B: Oh, I love them. [00:04:02] Speaker A: I travel the world in seven seas Everybody's looking for something. [00:04:12] Speaker B: Final one. [00:04:13] Speaker E: Let's get it. [00:04:15] Speaker B: Final one. Joy. [00:04:17] Speaker E: Joy. I don't know. Joy and joy and pain Joy and. [00:04:28] Speaker A: Pain Sunshine and rain Sing it back now to me. [00:04:36] Speaker C: That was so fun. Okay, just a few. That was so fun. Okay, just a few more questions before we wrap up. [00:04:49] Speaker E: All right. [00:04:50] Speaker D: If you could sing with anyone in the world, who will it be? [00:04:59] Speaker E: That's a good question. Who? Bts. Wait a minute. Is that K Pop? [00:05:07] Speaker D: Yes. [00:05:08] Speaker B: Yes. That's Korean people. [00:05:09] Speaker E: Yeah. My daughter loves that. That. [00:05:11] Speaker C: I love it. [00:05:12] Speaker E: Let me see. Who would I want to sing with? I know. Okay, I have to say, but you're not going to know this person. I have a feeling you're not going to know the person, but Ms. Brown's going to know this person. I'm going to say Lionel Richie. [00:05:31] Speaker B: Oh, I don't know. [00:05:33] Speaker C: Okay. [00:05:34] Speaker B: Have you ever sung with anyone before? Like in a duet or a group? [00:05:39] Speaker E: Just in the choir. But I've never did it like, you know, as a duet. Just where everybody's listening to me. [00:05:50] Speaker C: And now the moment we've all been waiting for. Will you sing a little something for us, please? [00:06:01] Speaker E: I promised Ms. Brown that I would just sing just a little. Little something. It's not going to be a lot, but I'm going to sing a little. [00:06:09] Speaker C: What are you looking for? [00:06:10] Speaker B: We appreciate it. [00:06:11] Speaker E: You do? [00:06:13] Speaker C: Exactly. [00:06:15] Speaker D: Cuz your singing is good. [00:06:17] Speaker E: Hear it already. [00:06:18] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:06:19] Speaker C: You just sang for us. [00:06:20] Speaker E: Sound good? [00:06:20] Speaker D: Yeah, you sound good. [00:06:22] Speaker C: Oh, the mic is. Sound great. [00:06:24] Speaker E: All right, then. Now you know. You made me feel so special. So. [00:06:28] Speaker C: You are special. [00:06:30] Speaker D: Are special. [00:06:31] Speaker C: Exactly. [00:06:32] Speaker E: Know what to do. [00:06:32] Speaker C: Special teacher. [00:06:34] Speaker E: All right. Even if I didn't know, even if I didn't think I knew how to sing, I would sing just because you. You're asking me that way. [00:06:41] Speaker C: Okay. Come on. [00:06:44] Speaker E: This is just a little bit. [00:06:45] Speaker D: This. [00:06:45] Speaker A: Just a little bit. [00:06:46] Speaker E: And it's the beginning of the song. This is. Do you mind if I say who it. [00:07:02] Speaker C: You didn't even say nothing. [00:07:14] Speaker E: And that's how I'm gonna sing it. [00:07:16] Speaker C: Cool. [00:07:23] Speaker D: That was incredible. Ms. Drummond. You got major talent. [00:07:29] Speaker E: I do. Thank you so much for saying that. [00:07:32] Speaker B: Thank you so much for joining us. We are definitely your biggest fan now. [00:07:36] Speaker E: Wow. I think you guys are awesome. You guys deserve a little shout out. Oh, thank you. Well, thank you, children. I enjoyed your interview. I think you can guys are talented at what? You just you your craft, and you guys keep it up. Do you like doing this? [00:07:54] Speaker C: Yes. I also like singing. [00:07:57] Speaker E: Oh, you do? Oh, I would love to hear you sing. [00:08:00] Speaker B: I do sing, but I don't sing. [00:08:01] Speaker D: In front of the thing. [00:08:03] Speaker E: You know what? I'm gonna tell you this. I was a little nervous just now. I, you know, I was a little uncomfortable. But you know what? You guys made me feel so loved that I felt like I could specialize. [00:08:14] Speaker D: Right? [00:08:17] Speaker C: So thank you guys, and to all our listeners, don't forget to tell your friends and teachers about music podcast. I keep singing and keep shining Sam.