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will transmit live to the command center. they have tons of tvs, but they won't be watching the game. >> this gives us access to thousands of cameras throughout the county that we can tap into if something is going on. >> reporter: and this year super bowl venues are scatter, three different major event locations. hard rock stadium is about 13 miles from the miami beach convention center where the super bowl experience is taking place and a concert venue downtown. that means additional fencing and screening of everything and everyone that goes inside is happening at all locations. inspections are also ramping up on the water. the coast guard is establishing security zones alongs by cain bay, and in port miami, one of the nation's busiest, agents are on the lookout for drugs and contraband, including counterfeit super bowl south florida souvenirs that are already popping up. at this point there are no known
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credible threats against the game be, threw is another, the coronavirus. officials have set up a quarantine station at miami's international airport. at this point, though, just a precaution. >> now another big difference in this year's super bowl will be the commercials. all the big bear companies are now hawking hard seltzer. janet shamlian tells us why. >> reporter: the production line at the iconic coors plant in golden, colorado bottles beer at a breakneck pace, turning out 25,000 cases each hour. but for coors and every domestic brewer, a sobering fact. consumption of traditional beer has dropped more than 4% in the last year. >> some of the reasons where we are seeing some of the declines within those traditional lagers are consumer trends around health and wellness, consumer trends around wanting a different and new experience. >> reporter: craft beers from small brewers are grabbing market share. so are products like hard seltzer, promising fewer carbs and lower calories to increasingly health conscious
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consumers. >> who brewers who work here are really scientists. >> reporter: those trends are forcing brewers to refocus and become less dependent on traditional beer sales. >> expanding beyond beer is a necessity for this country and other companies, it is not? >> consumers' tastes will continue to change. the question is how do you continue the adapt and how do you continue to meet those changing tastes with new offerings. >> reporter: the brand, so closely identified with colorado, will keep its brewery here, but in an effort to curb cost, just moved its headquarters to chicago, a change expected to save $150 million but cut more than 250 jobs. >> we're still going to have more employees here in the state of colorado than any other state in the country. so obviously this is the heart and soul of the coors family of brands. >> reporter: they're not abandoning the beer aisle, but there is a new menu on tap, from canned cocktails and alcohol-infused seltzers to what would seem an unlikely combination, hard coffee. bars and restaurants are seeing
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the spike in alternative drinks. hard seltzer sales in 2019 hit $1.5 billion. at miner's saloon where the locals gather in golden, it's still coors country. but customer, specifically younger drinkers also want ciders and seltzers. >> we see people really experimenting a lot those different beers. >> the big bear brands are listening too. each of the top five are experimenting with alternatives, from hard seltzer to nonalcoholic kombucha. >> so you've got bud light. >> back there. >> reporter: a trend reflected in this year's super bowl commercials. >> do i need a seltzer? >> reporter: bars across the country will be packed on super bowl sunday, and traditional bowl sunday, and traditional for bathroom odors that linger try febreze small spaces. just press firmly and it continuously eliminates odors in the air and on soft surfaces. for 45 days.
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♪when you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion,♪ ♪upset stomach, diarrhea. try pepto liquicaps for fast relief and ultra-coating. ♪nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea.♪ get powerful relief with pepto bismol liquicaps. singer billie eilish scored five grammys at last week's awards. not bad for a young lady who is not old enough to drink. what is even more surprising is the basic tracks to some of her biggest hits were recorded in a home studio in her brother's bedroom. david pogue reports on the new state of music. >> reporter: but surely there is a science to writing a hit song. ♪ i went on a quest to find out. >> what makes it a hit? there are various notes that go with various chords, and if the
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sentiment is right, it gives you that in the groin, in the heart. you get those chills. can you understand that? >> reporter: yeah. ♪ i loves, i love, i love my calendar girl ♪ >> reporter: if anyone understands, it's singer and songwriter neil said dhak sid d. >> breaking up is hard to do hit number one in 1962. ♪ don't take your love >> reporter: and then again at a slower tempo in 1976. ♪ away from me, don't you leave my heart in misery ♪ >> reporter: when you're writing, do you ever think about music theory stuff like oh, this should be a scale? >> i write vocally, usually not more than an octave and a couple of notes so that it's singable.
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you can write songs that everyone know, but you can't write songs that everyone sings. ♪ i'm every woman, it's all in % me ♪ >> reporter: a key ingredient of a hit is the hook. >> a hook is the main, you know, thought of the song, you know, like ain't no mountain high enough, that's the hook. so you want that to be memorable. ♪ ♪ ain't no mountain high enough ♪ >> reporter: valerie simpson and her late husband nick ashford made up the performing duo ashford & simpson. they wrote songs for singers like diana ross, ray charles, aretha franklin, the supremes, chaka khan, and for themselves. >> you want it to pop, that's for sure. so you might go up quarterly so it sticks out in a way that it grabs your attention.
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>> reporter: that's exactly what she did in her hit "solid." ♪ solid, solid as a rock ♪ that's what this love is >> we live in such a fragmented world, right? and hits make you feel like the world is maybe a slightly smaller and more connected place. >> reporter: john seabrook is the author of "the song machine" which describes how hit songs are written today. are there elements that can be counted on to make a hit song? >> it clearly has something to do with representation, because the brain loves patterns that it can recognize. ♪ i stay out too late >> reporter: a perfect example is the taylor swift song "shake it off." and not just in the catchy chorus. >> but this is the real genius of a pop song, to make something
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that's simple enough to be repetitive, but doesn't get boring after it's been repeated 200 or 300 times. and that's very, very hard. ♪ help, i need somebody >> reporter: no matter the era, the ingredients for a hit song have always been melody, rhythm, harmony, and lyrics. but today the way songs are written is almost unrecognizable. it's not even called songwriting anymore. it's called production. >> used to be writing a song back in the 1960s is you sit at a piano and you pull out a pad and you write a song. well, production is that now. you pull out a laptop. you have a keyboard, and you produce a track. >> reporter: so when you say track? >> so the track is just another word for the instrumental portion of a song. >> it is important to be able to maintain -- >> reporter: oak felter is one of the most sought after songwriters -- i mean producers in pop music today. he's created hits for singers like britney spears, rihanna,
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ariana grande, alicia keys, kelly clarkson, jennifer lopez, and demi lovato. felder got a lot of booties shaking in clubs with his monster hit "sorry/not sorry" sung by demi lovato. it hit number one in 2017. oak felder has created hits for plenty of stars. but could he create one with me? >> i want to propose an exercise i didn't tell you we were going to do. >> reporter: oh, god. >> i have an idea i've been running in my head since you walked through the door. i've always wanted to meet you. >> reporter: do you think we can do something like that? >> of course we can. we can do a straight forward urban track with chords. ♪ i've always wanted to meet you, ever since i heard your voice, since the voice we fist met on the street, you made ha♪
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>> crazy. i love it! >> dude, you're a genius. >> it was your idea. >> it was just a goof. >> i was reflecting off you. >> reporter: while i waited for my royalties to come pouring in, i tried to remember everything i'd learned about making a song a hit. ♪ abc >> reporter: a memorable hook with just the right amount of repetition. ♪ sweet caroline >> reporter: a single voice range. ♪ i'm in love with the shape of you ♪ >> reporter: relatable lyrics. but according to john seabrook, there is one more. >> it's not just all, you know, machines and cold production. at the heart of it, there is still magic in the air. >> reporter: valerie simpson says the same thing. >> my inspiration is to say it in a way that you haven't heard
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it and hope that it means something in your life, that it
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we end this half hour on a high note, which steve hartman heard "on the road." >> reporter: he's only in third grade, but 9-year-old henry boyer of howell, michigan already knows what he wants to be. last fall he attended his first university of michigan football game, and he was wowed. they were that good? >> my mind was blown with how good they played. >> reporter: but it wasn't the football that he fell for. it was the marching band. and from that moment to this, henry has been rocking out to their cd. >> let's go blue! >> reporter: and watching old halftime shows on youtube. he even wrote a letter to the band saying how he would love to sign up some day. in response, they sent him a bunch of swag and a card inviting him to audition when he is old enough.
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>> i just really liked the card. >> reporter: what were you feeling in that moment? >> surprised and heart warmed. >> reporter: his mother got it on video. >> what did they say? >> they said they can only accept me in a few years. >> into what? >> into the marching band. >> reporter:. >> are you excited? >> yes, i'm excited. >> that was nice of them. >> reporter: jeff and kim boyer. >> just such a simple act to reach back out to him. it's changed his world. >> he is on fire for music now. >> reporter: henry asked if he could double up on piano lessons, and started taking drums too. >> well, like thed said, practice hard, and i will practice hard. >> reporter: so you can get there some day? >> yes. i just have a really good feeling that i'm going to be in the marching band. >> reporter: if all goes as planned, henry will join the band this the fall of 2029. but we thought and the school agreed that's an awfully long time to wait for a dream to come true. so we set up a little surprise. right behind this door. >> no way!
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>> henry, this is your michigan marching band! >> no way! ♪ >> oh! >> we're so excited to have you here with us, henry. >> i can't believe i'm here. >> reporter: the michigan marching band wrote out a single note, and just look at the symphony that followed. >> you got it. >> reporter: a masterpiece of kindness and inspiration that struck a major chord in this young man's life. so nowhopefully no matter wr whe his music takes him, h will always follow the lead of this marching band and play it forward. >> nice job! >> reporter: steve hartman, "on the road." >> you guys have the best music ever. >> reporter: in ann arbor, michigan. >> i can't wait to join. >> oh, yeah. it will come soon.
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ou be off to college. and that's the "overnight news" for this friday. it's friday, january 31st, 2020. this is the "cbs morning news." heightened concerns at home. the first known person-to-person transmission of the coronavirus is confirmed in the u.s., this as the death toll makes a record jump in china today. witnesses or acquittal? a pivotal moment just ahead in the impeachment trial of president trump. will new testimony be allowed, or is acquittal around the corner? and countdown to the caucuses. president trump and some democratic candidates campaign in iowa with just days to go until the critical vote. captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs

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