Assignment #10

Cookbook Cover

  1. 1
    Cover another chef’s NCBC song from weeks past, and do not tell that chef.
  2. 2
    Identify what you think the main instrument is, and replace it with something else.
  3. 3
    Use a piece of the song’s lyrics as your title.
  • Due Aug 30, 2020
  • 9 Submissions
  • Created by Ben
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Crater
Moon
Stuck in My Head
If You Flinch
Buttercup
No children, no future
What is there to lose?
What You May Dream
It's Not Just a Dream

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kurds August 30, 2020 6:32pm

Loved this– gave me a good reason to listen to everyone’s old work.

nick August 17, 2020 5:50pm

so many great options. i want to do ten.

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  1. 1
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  2. 2
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  3. 3
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  1. 1
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  2. 2
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  3. 3
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  1. 1
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  2. 2
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  3. 3
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