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Celebrating Our Kids

#42
We started junior on piano around age 5. Found a good teacher who made it fun. Middle school music required an instrument choice and I urged him towards percussion. He took to it all like a fish to water. He graduated from RIT suma cum laude with a major in software engineering and a double minor that included "music and technology". He's currently the keyboardist and chief geek in the band Nerds In Denial. ( www.nerdsindenial.band ) Last year the bass player had a bad skiing accident and broke both legs. He's still recovering. My son, to whom I loaned my favorite p-bass, has been called on to fill in on bass a couple of times. I couldn't be prouder of the man he's become. I did tell him he needs work on his "bass face"...

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Old Garage-Bander said:
I love all these stories about kids carrying on the tradition. Congrats to all you Moms, and Dads.

The artist streak in our family runs more towards the visual than musical. Manly drawing and painting.
Goes back as far as I know with a great uncle, mom, and kinda skipped me though I have dabbled, but is strong with my daughters.

I guess I'm the one who tried breaking into music, though I'm a poser by comparison to 99.999% of the folks here.
Did the teen garage band thing, attempting to play bass in the sixties (hence Old Garage-Bander) and sort of fell into marching and pep bands, and orchestra in H.S.
This was mainly due to a new school that had more band uniforms than band/orchestra students. Marched with a Baritone horn, Pep band duty was cymbals, and held up a DB in orchestra. Poser :rolleyes:

I am rebuilding/refinishing my bass, and will pass that and my amp on to my granddaughter to join her dads six stringers when I can no longer attempt to play. If it sticks fine. Maybe you'll see her here someday as GD of OGB? If not, that's OK too. Like her Mom and Aunt were at that age, she is busy with sports (some rather intense) and I'm very proud of her for that.

Squier Vintage Modified (and extra modified) Jag Shortie. Rumble Stage 40.
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Next project... a proper amp stand?
PVC? Silver paint? Wheels? aka a Vox style trolly? Would that be heresy?
Or I can see if it fits in the walker I got after having feet (plural) surgery.
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Gorgeous finish!
 
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Marko 1 said:
God bless anybody who raises kids- you have my utmost respect, and I sooo envy the joy and gratification seeing all you've invested coming to fruition. :thumbsup:
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Bless YOU for seeing it! It's an incredible journey. I'd never trade it for all the work I missed over the years. They gave me far more valuable moments in life.
 
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This 14 year old memory popped up in my FB feed today. Wasn't sure if it was good for her or bad parenting. :D In the end, she did more "dad things" than she wanted to admit (all in the pictures). The key was, it all had to be her idea or the idea of someone other than dad. And you bet, we are equally proud of her big brother, who let the music thing go a couple years ago when his life took off in a different direction.

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QweziRider said:
Bless YOU for seeing it! It's an incredible journey. I'd never trade it for all the work I missed over the years. They gave me far more valuable moments in life.
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Indeed.

I spent 6 years in the US navy's submarine force where everything is structured through detailed procedures and rigorous qualifications. Imagine my anxiety when I'm walking out of the hospital with my first born in hand and not one person stopped me to verify my parental license or if I passed a qualification review board.

It's a lot of learning and a lot of work. Best job ever.
 
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TexasHeat said:
Imagine my anxiety when I'm walking out of the hospital with my first born in hand and not one person stopped me to verify my parental license or if I passed a qualification review board.

It's a lot of learning and a lot of work. Best job ever.
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Amen to all of that, @TexasHeat ! Definitely the best job. And yeah...it's disconcerting how they let us out the door without even as little as an owner's manual.
 
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All three of my children love music. My son (now 24) dabbles on bass and guitar, but most importantly he has "adulting" down w/ a good full-time job, apartment, girlfriend, etc.

My younger daughter (9) plays piano and started drums a little over a year ago. We love jamming together, which honestly is one of the most fun things I can think of doing with a son or daughter. We mess about with creating song ideas and playing along to covers (she takes lessons at the School of Rock).

My older daughter (17) plays flute in concert band and bass guitar in marching band and jazz band.


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I have 4 kids, they are all grown and have lives and careers of their own.

I always tried to get the kids into guitar or bass or drums, but none of them ever really took to it until earlier this year when my second oldest son stopped by to show me his nice new acoustic guitar. He just decided to get into it out of the blue. He came over a couple of days later and sat down with one of my acoustics and proceeded to play a fantastic version of “over the hills and far away”. I was blown away by how fast he had nailed that intro, and how comfortable he seemed to be with the guitar, the kid is a natural!

I had a pretty good influence on my oldest son too, I guess. He lived in Louisiana for a couple of years, and a few Christmases ago, he came home for the holiday. He left a few days after Christmas to make the 11 hour drive back to south Louisiana, and maybe 5-6 hours after he left, he called and says “don’t you have that live album by the Allman brothers band”? To which I replied “yes, you mean the Fillmore album”? And he says “yeah, I forgot to tell you I downloaded it on my phone, and I’ve been listening to it since I left your house, I’ve listened to mountain jam 4 times already, I just can’t stop listening to it, it’s perfect”!!!

I think I did a pretty decent job of bringing them up!
 
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Raising Kids...the hardest most rewarding job on earth. One minute you're so mad you could beat their A$$, the next your busting your buttons cause they made you so proud!

Sounds like TB parents are making sure planet Earth is still stocked with good kids!

I agree, when they released our newborn Son over to us we stood by the car for a minute waiting for some great wisdom and instructions from the nurse. She wished us best of luck...and turned and walked back into the Hospital.
 
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My teenager has toyed w bass, drums, and a little in a DAW in the past - wrote a couple songs, I helped him produce them, but he just doesn't have "the hunger" for playing music any more it seems (he does have great natural rhythm and pitch). He is a HUGE music lover though, and it's so funny---all his faves are what I listened to as a kid - Queen, Zep, Yes, etc etc. C'est la vie. He absolutely shreds on the soccer field though, real scholarship material, could maybe go pro (I know, I know, the odds of that are akin to becoming a rock star!).
 
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Standalone said:
James, 18, a freshman pipe organ student at Eastman. Very proud of him!
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Eastman is no joke...congrats! If your son is looking for a place to jam, there is a church on East Ave not far from Eastman with a wonderful pipe organ. My grandparents were members of that church and would often stop by in the afternoons just to hear the organist rehearse. Organs at Incarnate Word

When you're in Rochester, check out the House of Guitars in West Irondequoit and Fab Gear in Fairport.
 
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My daughter graduated from the University of Minnesota this past year with a degree in architecture and urban planning, and is already working in her chosen field (halleluja!). She played tenor drums on the UofM drumline and pep band for all 4 years, and is still performing at hockey games as an alumn. She started playing steel drums last summer, and is currently performing in two bands around MSP. When she first started drumming around age 10, it was obvious to me that she had a talent for it. I often told her "if you stick with it and do the work, you'll have a lot of cool opportunities through music." I'm proud to say that she stuck with it, and music is now a central part of her life. So many great memories for her and us. My only regret is that she lives 650 miles away, so I'm unable to recruit her for my own band!
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Bullitt5135 said:
Eastman is no joke...congrats! If your son is looking for a place to jam, there is a church on East Ave not far from Eastman with a wonderful pipe organ. My grandparents were members of that church and would often stop by in the afternoons just to hear the organist rehearse. Organs at Incarnate Word

When you're in Rochester, check out the House of Guitars in West Irondequoit and Fab Gear in Fairport.
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Uh oh! New gear leads! That’s dangerous. Thanks for the tip— I’ll pass along the suggestion! James is serving as the tertiary organist at Christ Church Episcopal right near Eastman this year. Super proud of him — and inspired to renew my own efforts at learning and growth as a musician
 
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