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The things we do for our kids

WackoStu

WackoStu

Dec 6, 2010
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13
Sturtevant WI
#1
(If I am in the wrong catagory, please move it)

My 13 year old daughter is learing the guitar, and has gotten kinda good. I'm proud just to hear her play. She lives with my ex but I get her quite a bit and we have a love of music in common. I finally feel comfortable in my bass playing to play along with her.

So she calls me last night and askes me what I think of the song Sk8ter boi from Avril Lavine. "Ummm it's OK I guess, why?"
Because Dad, I want to play it at my recital, my teacher said it was OK to ask you to play the bass with me, so would you?
:crying:

One Itunes download of sk8ter boi - $1.29
Learning it to jam with your daughter - Priceless

:bassist:
 
#15
I plan on spawning enough musician children to start a band. I need a guitar player, a drummer, and a vocalist (let's hope my son/daughter on guitar can sing too!) Like Leopold Mozart did with his kids...except not so early. He had Wolfgang (THE Mozart) touring with him and his older sister at age four!
 
#17
I had a similar experience in February.

My son, a freshman in high school, has picked up and learned a few songs on the bass and rhythm guitar over his 15 years, but did have three years of piano lessons when he was six. This year he was asked to play keyboards in a band at their high school talent show. After two rehearsals their bass player bagged on 'em. He came and sheepishly asked if I'd play Hotel California with them at the show. I did. I was really proud! He played the 12-string part on his keyboard. It sounded really nice and he did a great job. They got 4th out of 25 acts. Now he has got Desperado down pat on the piano and we're planning on bringing him up on stage with us this summer to do that number.

Now my 18 year-old wants to sing with his buddy's band... It's catching.

*** BEAMING***
 
#19
ubersku said:
I had a similar experience in February.

My son, a freshman in high school, has picked up and learned a few songs on the bass and rhythm guitar over his 15 years, but did have three years of piano lessons when he was six. This year he was asked to play keyboards in a band at their high school talent show. After two rehearsals their bass player bagged on 'em. He came and sheepishly asked if I'd play Hotel California with them at the show. I did. I was really proud! He played the 12-string part on his keyboard. It sounded really nice and he did a great job. They got 4th out of 25 acts. Now he has got Desperado down pat on the piano and we're planning on bringing him up on stage with us this summer to do that number.

Now my 18 year-old wants to sing with his buddy's band... It's catching.

*** BEAMING***
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I got to do an open mike/food bank charity last year run by a middle school teacher. One of his former students is a up and coming guitarist, about 15. I got to cover the bass part for him as well on Hotel California. Kid nailed it really well. I had a ball!

It's a great feeling when you know you can bring them along a bit.
 

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