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02-08-2013, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by RaginRog  I hope...if I have a girl...that she knows that it's okay to spray pepper spray in the eyes of boys that try and take it too far...that's what Chuck Norris would have done if he had been a 15 year old teen girl. | She will if you and the wife tell her it is. I'll tell her too!  Some sensible martial arts ed would be okay too, but knowledge is power. To be wise to the ways of the world, and know that it's ok to not go with the crowd- that is most meaningful.
A healthy dose of self-esteem will trump the need to be 'popular'.
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02-08-2013, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Bassmanbob ...She was very pleasant to him, but told him she would never date him again.
... I'm so proud of her. | You guys are a fundamental part of her excellent attitude. Way to be.
Sounds like maybe she'll be a bass player... 
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02-08-2013, 01:30 PM
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02-08-2013, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by millsbass5 Sounds like a great life to me. My biggest regret in life? Not being able to have kids . | Find some to get involved with. An engaged heart doesn't have time to mourn what it doesn't have! Plenty of kids out there who ain't getting the benefit of their parents. And it doesn't much matter how you're involved, just that you are- they'll know it.
They sort of become your own after a while anyway.
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02-08-2013, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Count Bassie Find some to get involved with. An engaged heart doesn't have time to mourn what it doesn't have! Plenty of kids out there who ain't getting the benefit of their parents. And it doesn't much matter how you're involved, just that you are- they'll know it.
They sort of become your own after a while anyway. | +1 True and a nice sentiment. 
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02-09-2013, 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Count Bassie You guys are a fundamental part of her excellent attitude. Way to be.
Sounds like maybe she'll be a bass player... | Thanks (and to the others for their kind words).
Actually, she plays clarinet in the high school band. She started to show her courage and independence before boys. She knew I was never a fan of the clarinet. So at 11 years old, joining middle school band, she told me that she didn't want me to be upset that she wanted to pick the clarinet instead of any other instrument. Even if she were seeking my approval, I was thrilled that she came to me determined to play what she wanted, not what she thought I wanted her to play.
I've supported her ever since and never said again that, "the clarinet is the duck of the instruments." |
02-09-2013, 08:15 AM
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02-09-2013, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Count Bassie Well there's always "Rhapsody in Blue"... (at least she didn't pick the Bassoon... ) | Played the Bassoon for 4 years in Jr. High and High school... Played it like a sax when I would jam with the jazz band! Music teacher would just shake his head... I made the bassoon a cool instrument! |
02-09-2013, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Astreaux Played the Bassoon for 4 years in Jr. High and High school... Played it like a sax when I would jam with the jazz band! Music teacher would just shake his head... I made the bassoon a cool instrument! | Nice!! Don't mistake my attitude here- I know full well I'm 'stepping in it!'... Music is excellent in all its forms, manifestations.
Well, there are exceptions. But none of them are instruments. I will stop now. 
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02-09-2013, 08:32 AM
| | http://tinyurl.com/b7spj8p | | Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Krutonia | | | Not taken in a bad way. You make the best of what you have and make the fun you want out of it. It is not a very common instrument in schools, or at least back in the 60's... Had also played clarinet and sax, so using it like that, unique sound to jazz music, was........ interesting to say the least. |
02-09-2013, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Astreaux Not taken in a bad way. You make the best of what you have and make the fun you want out of it. It is not a very common instrument in schools, or at least back in the 60's... Had also played clarinet and sax, so using it like that, unique sound to jazz music, was........ interesting to say the least. | Forward thinking. The only people who ever made a difference musically to anyone were forward thinking. Great.
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02-09-2013, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Astreaux Played the Bassoon for 4 years in Jr. High and High school... Played it like a sax when I would jam with the jazz band! Music teacher would just shake his head... I made the bassoon a cool instrument! | That's really cool. |
02-09-2013, 02:36 PM
| | | | I'm new here and just wanted to say this is a great thread.
I wanted to play the bassoon when I was young. Thought it looked and sounded cool. Believe I could dig some jazz bassoon! |
02-09-2013, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by chuckNC I'm new here and just wanted to say this is a great thread.
I wanted to play the bassoon when I was young. Thought it looked and sounded cool. Believe I could dig some jazz bassoon! | That instrument might be very well suited to Persian-style melodies. Iv'e always thought it a nimble kind of a sound, even though it's low-register.
Ever listen to any Anouar Brahem?
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02-09-2013, 03:01 PM
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02-09-2013, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Bassmanbob Thanks (and to the others for their kind words).
Actually, she plays clarinet in the high school band. She started to show her courage and independence before boys. She knew I was never a fan of the clarinet. So at 11 years old, joining middle school band, she told me that she didn't want me to be upset that she wanted to pick the clarinet instead of any other instrument. Even if she were seeking my approval, I was thrilled that she came to me determined to play what she wanted, not what she thought I wanted her to play.
I've supported her ever since and never said again that, "the clarinet is the duck of the instruments." | My son did the same thing with the flute... he said he tried the others out and he didn't care if he was going to be the only boy, the flute was what he wanted to play. And he did .. 5th through 12th grades. And we got medals at the last band concert of highschool for it :-) i was a proud mom. A lot of times he was the only boy, but he was always there, right in the middle of all the girls and he treats girls just like any other friend.
He's always been a strong kid though.
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02-09-2013, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by JaamE My son did the same thing with the flute... he said he tried the others out and he didn't care if he was going to be the only boy, the flute was what he wanted to play. And he did .. 5th through 12th grades. And we got medals at the last band concert of highschool for it :-) i was a proud mom. A lot of times he was the only boy, but he was always there, right in the middle of all the girls and he treats girls just like any other friend.
He's always been a strong kid though. | Count Bassie likes this.
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02-09-2013, 03:36 PM
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02-09-2013, 06:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Smithfield, RI | | | My daughters both play too, the 12 year-old plays violin and the 14 year-old plays string harp. They're both already pretty accomplished, and they sing in an Episcopal/Anglican style choir with a pretty danged brilliant musical director. I don't know if they'll choose a career in music, but I sometimes wish I had their ears.
It is cool indeed to see the music pass along. I'm now the hack of the family... and I'm happy to take my seat! I consider myself utterly bestowed upon- my world is rocked.
Here's to the kids, whatever they've got- and to watching them become themselves. I'm gonna go drink to that right now...
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02-09-2013, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by JaamE My son did the same thing with the flute... he said he tried the others out and he didn't care if he was going to be the only boy, the flute was what he wanted to play. And he did .. 5th through 12th grades. And we got medals at the last band concert of highschool for it :-) i was a proud mom. A lot of times he was the only boy, but he was always there, right in the middle of all the girls and he treats girls just like any other friend.
He's always been a strong kid though. | +1 Excellent!! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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