Shadowing Practice: Fear Factory interview - Dino Cazares and Burton C Bell (part 3) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Before we started out, we had to make sure that the friendship was solid again.
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Can you maybe tell what each person of you brings in, these ingredients that...
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Well obviously I bring in the heaviness, and I'm not talking about my weight. But he also mentioned...
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I mean the brutality and the guitars and stuff like that.
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Aggression.
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The aggression, yeah, yeah.
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But also melancholy was mentioned by Burton.
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Yeah, I have a lot of that.
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I mean, I think that probably was inspired from him.
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It's really...
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He has a voice with his guitar that strikes a chord within me that I can find melody with it.
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And the melodies that I find are dark and melancholic, yet hopeful, and it works.
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We find that chord between us, and I think that's the thing that really strikes us.
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There's a certain sadness about it, a certain melancholy.
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Yeah, and sometimes I try to create the melody of what he's singing on the guitar.
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You know what I mean?
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I'll write to it.
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What's the usually way that you jam to write songs I read?
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But in what sort of way do you start writing?
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We kind of all write together.
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On this record we all sat in a room together and we pretty much just, whatever came out naturally, that's what it came out.
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I mean we discussed topics, what we're going to sing about, maybe there was a couple things that might have been written before,
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but for the most part a good 90% of the music was just written all together.
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But what I wanted to ask you, when not being playing in Fear Factory, your guitar playing is very bonded with Fear Factory.
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When not playing in Fear Factory in the head, is your writing changed a little bit?
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I think it's definitely changed.
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I play more notes.
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He's evolved, definitely.
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Yeah.
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He's grown as a guitar player, he's learned his craft.
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He's been playing guitarist 20 plus years, so the more you play the better you get.
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They believe that we have all evolved and grown as craftsmen.
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What was for you an important skill that you've learned?
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Maybe you can answer it.
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I think, what's the right word?
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It's patience and knowing when not to sing.
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And listening is something that, and listening to others and communicating, I think, with the band.
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Yeah.
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When we're writing, there's no such thing as a bad idea.
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Right.
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You know what I mean?
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It may not work for that song, but you save it for something else.
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You know what I mean?
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So we have a motto as we try to try everything.
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But as far as Bert, how he's involved, I believe that he's become definitely a much more intelligent writer.
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Not just lyrically, but vocally.
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And on this record, I think it's the most passionate I've ever heard him sing. So.
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Yeah.
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You mentioned the word patience.
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I assume it goes as well for non-musical issues?
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Well, Dino and I, having the time apart,
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was good for us because we were able to learn to communicate from this absence from each other.
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And when we got back together, it was communication that brought us back together.
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And we learned to talk before we even started talking about music.
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Do you recall who called who or how was the first time you I think he called me.
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Yeah, you called.
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Well, I just walked up to him at the ministry show.
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Yeah, well, we saw each other first.
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Then we exchanged numbers.
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And then I called him.
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Yeah.
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Was it spontaneous?
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Or did you for a moment think you were doing this right now?
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I just did it.
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I was just like, why not?
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It was reconnecting with an old friend.
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And so, yeah, it was spontaneous.
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Do you live in the same area?
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No. We live opposite ends of the country, actually.
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But he does stay at my house when he's in LA.
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Yeah, when I go to LA to rehearse and write, I stay with Dino.
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Yeah, because a long time ago, we first met, because we used to be roommates in an eight bedroom house.
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And we had a mutual friend who told me about a room that they were renting for really cheap.
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And when I moved in there, he was one of the guys living there.
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That's how we met.
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And so we're still living together.
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But you could say that maybe your friendship is the most important foundation to...
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Absolutely.
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Exactly.
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Before we started up, we had to make sure that the friendship was solid again.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Fear Factory interview - Dino Cazares and Burton C Bell”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: guitar, write, friendship, sing, Factory. This video has 80 sentences and 776 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:57. The speaker talks at a natural 157 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 13 of its 80 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| melody noun | /ˈmɛl.ə.di/ | A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase. |
| melancholy noun | /ˈmɛl.ənˌkɑ.li/ | Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature. |
| chord noun | /kɔɹd/ | A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously. |
| spontaneous adjective | /spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs/ | Self-directed; happening or acting without external cause or instigation; proceeding from natural feeling, temperament, or momentary impulse. |
| evolve verb | /ɪˈvɑlv/ | To move (something) in regular procession through a system. |
| aggression noun | /əˈɡɹɛʃən/ | The act of initiating hostilities or invasion. |
| patience noun | /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/ | The quality of being patient. |
| craftsman noun | /ˈkɹæftsmən/ | One who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer. |
| heaviness noun | /ˈhɛvɪnəs/ | The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity. |
| lyrically adverb | In a manner that is pleasing to hear, as singing or speaking; in a lyrical manner. | |
| melancholic adjective | Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature. | |
| reconnect verb | /ˌɹiː.kəˈnɛkt/ | To connect again or differently. |
| rehearse verb | /ɹɪˈhɝs/ | To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. |
| vocally adverb | /ˈvoʊkəli/ | In a vocal manner. |
| brutality noun | /ˌbɹuːˈtælɪti/ | The state of being brutal. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| get back verb | Return to where one came from. | |
| start out verb | To emerge suddenly; to jump out. | |
| start up verb | /stɑɹˈtʌp/ | To rise suddenly. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You know what I mean?
- What's the usually way that you jam to write songs I read?
- What was for you an important skill that you've learned?
- I think, what's the right word?
- I was just like, why not?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was mentioned · was inspired · have been written |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | you've learned · I've ever heard |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, I'll, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: aggression /əˈɡɹɛʃən/, patience /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/
- Long words — get the stress right: melancholy /ˈmɛl.ənˌkɑ.li/, spontaneous /spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs/, brutality /ˌbɹuːˈtælɪti/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like melody, melancholy, chord.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.