It Seems I'm Cooler Than My Daughters Think.

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Last weekend my 17-year-old daughter had a couple of her girlfriends over hanging out. I was in my bedroom studio noodling around on my LP through my amp.

Knock on the bedroom door: "Daddy, can we come in? I told them that was you playing and they don't believe it."

Haha, so they came in and I played around a little more and then played 'em one of my latest recordings through the TASCAM. Her friends were quite impressed.

I figure if I can still fool high school girls then I must be doing something right. :D
 
I hate to burst your bubble but do you remember how refined your musical taste was when you were seventeen.:confused:

:D
 
Ok, your right, but what about all those girls you knew how was their musical taste? ;)

Just kidding thats a cool tale. My eldest boy who's 5 moans at me everytime I pick up the guitar or sit at the piano these days. I can't wait until he starts to play his stuff too load in the house. I've already asked my Dad what the standard parent response should be in such circumstances...:D

Sadly even at 5 he sings in tune far better than I do.
 
Nice. I seem to scare people off when I pick up the guitar. :( My dog/cat will leave the room as soon as I reach for it. And my mom closes her door.
 
muttley600 said:
Ok, your right, but what about all those girls you knew how was their musical taste? ;)

Just kidding thats a cool tale. My eldest boy who's 5 moans at me everytime I pick up the guitar or sit at the piano these days. I can't wait until he starts to play his stuff too load in the house. I've already asked my Dad what the standard parent response should be in such circumstances...:D

Sadly even at 5 he sings in tune far better than I do.
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It's kind of a funny game that the kids will play with you. My daughters both love music and have pretty eclectic tastes. And I think they admire and respect my musical hobby and they're aware that I used to play a lot in bands and all that stuff. But every time I open my mouth and start singing along with something they'll start moaning, "Dad, please!"

So what you get to do as payback is, whenever they load up something on the stereo or are listening on the computer, you get to say, "What is that crap, anyway?" :D (And then tell 'em that you like it, if you do.)

I actually enjoy listening to Top 40 pop radio in the car with the girls, because we can critique the music together and we usually agree on what's good, what's crap, and what is just listenable. It's fun. :)
 
Zaphod B said:
It's kind of a funny game that the kids will play with you. My daughters both love music and have pretty eclectic tastes. And I think they admire and respect my musical hobby and they're aware that I used to play a lot in bands and all that stuff. But every time I open my mouth and start singing along with something they'll start moaning, "Dad, please!"

So what you get to do as payback is, whenever they load up something on the stereo or are listening on the computer, you get to say, "What is that crap, anyway?" :D (And then tell 'em that you like it, if you do.)

I actually enjoy listening to Top 40 pop radio in the car with the girls, because we can critique the music together and we usually agree on what's good, what's crap, and what is just listenable. It's fun. :)
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Sounds like you have a great relationship with those girls. I remember being terrified that Dad would like Led Zep, or Gong, or Neil Young, or John Martin. Then one day during my Pat Metheny phase he presented me with two tickets to see Barney Kessel at the local theatre. We had a great night. I was only about about fifteen or sixteen and he also bought me my first beer that night.

Now he was always a classical buff and thats where my love of Classical music comes from but That night he showed me he had been paying attention all along. Without his silent and measured encouragement I wouldn't be a luthier today. Hell what am I saying, I'd probably be rich instead.......

Must phone Dad tomorrow...:rolleyes: :D

Give those girls all they need to live that dream...
 
Zaphod B said:
Last weekend my 17-year-old daughter had a couple of her girlfriends over hanging out. I was in my bedroom studio noodling around on my LP through my amp.

Knock on the bedroom door: "Daddy, can we come in? I told them that was you playing and they don't believe it."

Haha, so they came in and I played around a little more and then played 'em one of my latest recordings through the TASCAM. Her friends were quite impressed.

I figure if I can still fool high school girls then I must be doing something right. :D
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For an old fart, I'm sure you're ok....:D

Nice job man....:cool:
 
It is interesting to watch your kids reaction to your playing as they get older. My boys (now 13 and 11) would fool around on the guitar when they were younger, and as soon as I would sit down and try and cram 30 years of playing experience into a 2 minute lesson they would lose interest. Now with a rudimentary knowledge of music they are starting to watch me and realise that I do know a thing or two and that I can do all those 'cool' things that they are hearing on cd's. So now I wait for them to ask me. It always surprises me though that they naturally gravitate to all the 'riffy' stuff that I was learning when I was 13 or 14. Smoke on the water, sunshine of your love, iron man etc....and this is with no influence from me.
 
muttley600 said:
Sounds like you have a great relationship with those girls. I remember being terrified that Dad would like Led Zep, or Gong, or Neil Young, or John Martin. Then one day during my Pat Metheny phase he presented me with two tickets to see Barney Kessel at the local theatre. We had a great night. I was only about about fifteen or sixteen and he also bought me my first beer that night.

Now he was always a classical buff and thats where my love of Classical music comes from but That night he showed me he had been paying attention all along. Without his silent and measured encouragement I wouldn't be a luthier today. Hell what am I saying, I'd probably be rich instead.......

Must phone Dad tomorrow...:rolleyes: :D

Give those girls all they need to live that dream...
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You needn't have worried - no one likes Neil Young :D


j/k
 
It's hardly earth-shaking when your 17-year-old daughter doesn't dig your playing (or your haircut, or your car, or you name it -- been there). Mostly it means that she's normal.

What is REALLY cool is that her friends liked your playing. Unlike your own darling, they have no personal agenda (I remember very clearly when my kids started saying "uh, dad, get me a gift certificate and I'll buy my OWN CDs....").

It started when I didn't recognize the songs they liked, and then I didn't know the names of the bands they liked, until finally I wasn't even familiar with the genre of music they liked (me, old?).

Good work.
 
cusebassman said:
You needn't have worried - no one likes Neil Young :D


j/k
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I never said my taste was impeccable, I STILL like the guy though.. :eek:

Your right though the old man didn't care for him much. He was more of a Joni Mitchell kind of guy..:D
 
Congrats,you are B.Spears.
Just kidding man.The fact that your daughter has enough of a relationship
with you to invite her friends in for a listen, speaks loads toward your skill
as a parent.Keep up the good work.
 
muttley600 said:
I never said my taste was impeccable, I STILL like the guy though.. :eek:

Your right though the old man didn't care for him much. He was more of a Joni Mitchell kind of guy..:D
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Fair enough... I do enjoy some Neil Young - big folk fan, and he tends to fall into that category, even if its not the lone-acoustic kind.
 
The only thing that I find more satisfying than impressing my son's friends (he's 16) is when he jams with us old guys and impresses my friends, sometimes he even impresses me. It's great when parents and their kids can share the experience of music together.
 
Yupp, my 10-year old uses my (so-called) abilities to impress his friends....and gets hassled a lot less at school, 'cos he's got a cool dad (was a lot cooler 20 years ago....before I met his mom!). But it all helped to get him to start playing drums.....:p
 
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