Gigged with my 14 year old

[richtea]

Indulge me, I know it's a bit soppy, but I have to do the proud dad thing.

Played a gig at the weekend with my 14 year old daughter, what an awesome experience, she played a faultless set with the stage presence of a pro.
Then after the gig she asked me if everyone knows that she is my daughter? I said that a few people did. Thinking that she didn’t want to be known as my daughter for teenage image rating purposes. To my surprise she said ”oh that’s a shame cos I have the coolest dad ever”. High praise indeed from a teenager. :hyper :

[alec]

Good work!

Keyboardist would obviously rather be playing guitar...

[richtea]

She is actually not a bad rhythm player, just that she is far better on occasional keys and lead vocal.

[redname]

Originally Posted by richtea

Indulge me, I know it's a bit soppy, but I have to do the proud dad thing.

Played a gig at the weekend with my 14 year old daughter, what an awesome experience, she played a faultless set with the stage presence of a pro.
Then after the gig she asked me if everyone knows that she is my daughter? I said that a few people did. Thinking that she didn’t want to be known as my daughter for teenage image rating purposes. To my surprise she said ”oh that’s a shame cos I have the coolest dad ever”. High praise indeed from a teenager. :hyper :

tht's so sweet of her

[Souperman08]

I gotta know, whats your secret to getting your kids into music? Gah, this would be a dream come true for me a few years down the road.

[richtea]

I got her to start on piano (which she ended up hating) when she was about 7. luckily her school offered a teacher on site. I only let her move on to guitar and drop piano after she had learned a reasonable amount of theory, it was a kind of carrot and stick thing "get to this stage on piano and you can start guitar". I think the best way is to just expose them to as much as possible without pushing too hard, It has to be fun.

[dave64o]

That's awesome!

[dmrogers]

Congrats! That is great.

I have never had as much fun as when I get to share the stage with my son (drummer). His timing is spot on and has great dynamics.

It is a wonderful thing when your family is into music. Apparently you raised her right!

Carry on!!!!

[mantrabass]

Very cool! Any footage?

[upandb]

Originally Posted by Souperman08

I gotta know, whats your secret to getting your kids into music? Gah, this would be a dream come true for me a few years down the road.

I think a big thing for many kids is the style of music. My grandpa started teaching me piano when I was about 5, but it was classical music. Then I tried music in elementary school, but I thought it was boring. But once I picked up a bass and started playing music I actually liked, I was hooked. I had taken lessons in the past but found them boring, too. What hooked me was being able to look up tabs online and teach myself a song in a few minutes with no real knowledge. It might not be the "proper" way, but being able to play something I both recognized and cared about is what did it for me.

And, awesome about the gig with your daughter!

[viper4000]

This is the coolest thread this week!

Congrats!

[ack]

That's great stuff right there.
I also have kids (18 & 13) and seeing them (and filming them) on stage is an amazing feeling. Like you, I can't help but to gush with pride. They did pull me on stage (ok, it was the deck in my backyard) to play some bass during my oldest's HS graduation party, and I will never forget it. It was the only time I've ever played in front of other people.
Best of luck to you and your daughter.

[Bredian]

Very cool.

[fhm555]

Originally Posted by richtea

Indulge me, I know it's a bit soppy, but I have to do the proud dad thing.

Played a gig at the weekend with my 14 year old daughter, what an awesome experience, she played a faultless set with the stage presence of a pro.
Then after the gig she asked me if everyone knows that she is my daughter? I said that a few people did. Thinking that she didn’t want to be known as my daughter for teenage image rating purposes. To my surprise she said ”oh that’s a shame cos I have the coolest dad ever”. High praise indeed from a teenager. :hyper :

While it was my nephew instead of one of the kids I never had, I've had the pleasure of sharing a stage with my (then) 15 year old nephew at a fund raising jam late last year put on by the local blues society.

While it was a true gas to share the stage with him, it was even more fun to watch him with a group of other kids blowing full tilt on some jump blues.

[jmattbassplaya]

14, eh? High school boys are going to be going crazy over her if they haven't already Cool story!

[portlandguy]

Nice, you are a lucky guy

[LawDaddy]

I gig with my 17 y/o daughter, who plays bass in my Stax tribute band. No better feeling. Enjoy it!

[TwinBass]

My boys absolutely love music. If they are starting to go crazy, I can play a simple song on my acoustic guitar and they go into an almost trance like state while watching me. They don't have the fine motor skills yet to tackle an instrument (they are 4), but they try their best to sing and clap along with whatever I am playing or listening to. One of them is really interested in drums, and the other is totally going to be a guitar player/singer/frontman. I really hope that, when they start playing, they think I'm cool enough to play with. As "cheesy" as a family band sounds, I think it would be incredibly fun.

You and your daughter look like you are having a great time. My hat goes off to you both. Keep it up.

[upandb]

Originally Posted by TwinBass

My boys absolutely love music. If they are starting to go crazy, I can play a simple song on my acoustic guitar and they go into an almost trance like state while watching me. They don't have the fine motor skills yet to tackle an instrument (they are 4), but they try their best to sing and clap along with whatever I am playing or listening to. One of them is really interested in drums, and the other is totally going to be a guitar player/singer/frontman. I really hope that, when they start playing, they think I'm cool enough to play with. As "cheesy" as a family band sounds, I think it would be incredibly fun.

You and your daughter look like you are having a great time. My hat goes off to you both. Keep it up.

Oh man family bands are NOT cheesy lol. One of my favorite bands, Chevelle, started with three brothers. The bassist left/was kicked out depending on the side of the story, but he was replaced with their brother-in-law.

A) Super proud parents
B) Super awkward holidays

[Gord_oh]

as a dad that has to be a proud moment.
thats awesome!

i really hope when i have kids they share my musical interest.