[Brass re-entry] [Opening count - band under breath] Five. Six. Wait for seven. [DJ Nova - confident, too early] Turn... now! [Entire ensemble lands the wrong accent] [One beat of silence] [DJ Nova - amused, direct] That one was mine. I called the turn early. [Band member / small group] We noticed. [DJ Nova] Fair. Again from six. [Under-voice - truth becomes the pulse] Called it early. Named it clear. Find the count. Start from here. [Repair verse - DJ Nova] I could hide inside the volume. I could call the accent fate. Better name the cue I gave you, then return with all eight. [Band response] All eight. Clean count. Call it where the turn comes round. [Count] Six. Seven. Eight. [First repaired hook] Found beat seven. Kept the whole show. Named the bad cue. Gave the next place to go. [Background count - under 16 bars of corrected funk] Six, seven, eight, whole. Six, seven, eight, whole. [DJ Nova and band] Did we lose it? No, we found it. Can we use it? Count around it. [Late hook] Found beat seven. Kept the whole show. Owned the early turn. Now the full line knows. [Outro - three measured taps] Mark it. Breathe. Go.


