So cool...
People...thank you so much. I showed her the thread about :20 minutes ago, and (after she punched me in the arm for posting it without telling her), she got really excited. She's typing out her replies right now, and I'll post that as soon as she's done.
A couple of words, in the meantime...
Fed: Thanks for your comments. I hope Jaimee grows up to sing as well as your wife! It's getting harder and harder to find "age appropriate" material that my daughter likes enough to sing. Actually, it's becoming difficult for us to find time to sing and play at all, so I don't quibble over the material if it's a little too old for her.
Muzeman - You nailed most of what I'd heard...except for that pop that was in the MP3. It wasn't in the wav, so I re-converted it and I think it's okay now. Anyway, when I tell her she's flat, she won't listen; I appreciate the unbiased remarks. Thank you for your kind words to BOTH of us
WATYF - the "why bother" part of your post worried me for a minute...like maybe you thought I wouldn't take your advice...then I thought..."naw, WATYF watches me fix all my songs at least 10 times, he knows I'm trying."... So I'll just say "thanks" on behalf of Jaimee.
Guernica - Wow...how incredibly cool of you. I don't wanna' take up any of your time that might otherwise be spent creating totally cool recordings like your current offering, but if you really wanted to take a crack at some bass on this, I think she'd be floored. Tough job, btw, since she didn't use a metronome. Jaimee's started writing some (which I TOTALLY encourage), but this one is a song by an artist named Patty Griffin. I took my daughter to see her and a bunch of other bands last weekend in Austin, and Jaimee bought one of her CD's and immediately learned 4 tunes off of it. She was playing this last Sunday morning, and I thought it'd be a good one to record. Thank you so much.
Jamal - she loved the pic, dude. Very cool and funny. Thanks.
Myx62 - My sympathies are with you (you have a daughter about the same age
). Jaimee's like me...her CD collection looks kinda' like the $2.00 "bargain bin" of CD's at Best Buy. It includes everything from Buddy Holly to Eminem. She's always loved Fleetwood Mac, and has every CD (I only have "Rumors?"). She listens to some country (JoDee Macina, Martina McBride, Faith Hill), and basic top 40 bubblegum stuff too. The coolest thing about her, I think, is that we never argue over what to listen to on the radio. A good song is a good song, regardless of genre, and I totally dig that she gets that. It bothers me none that she listens to Eminem, for example, because the guy has a gift...foul language never killed anybody, and my parents wasted a bunch of energy worrying over the fact that I listened to Ozzy. It's just music.
soundprizm - thank you for listening and commenting. I hope she keeps it up, but I don't wanna' push her. If she wants to go for the brass ring when she's grown, she can still try. I don't know any kids who've had recording careers that have ended up anywhere NEAR "normal," and I sure don't want her blaming me in some therapy session in 20 years!!! Thanks again.
Aren - Thanks... Kids rock. Last weekend, I took her to a music festival (5 stages), and we watched Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris, Nickel Creek, Los Lobos, Eric Johnson, and about 15 other bands. We only had a serious disagreement about 1 of them.
Roker 1- Man, very cool of you. Glad to hear the generation gap's getting closed around your casa. Again, thanks a ton.
JR#97 - My God... almost 5 kids in the house??? Ya'll had BETTER have some music around for sanity's sake!!
Your post meant a lot to me personally, as a parent and a musician...so thanks.
DAVID - Keep your hands off!!!
(Jaimee will respond in a bit)
KaBudokan - so, you're right there on the front lines, eh? Both of my parents taught, and I think it's a very nobel and tough and totally underappreciated profession. Thanks so much for your kind words.
boydrj - thanks man. I do feel lucky (and cursed), pretty much like any parent, I suppose.
Thanks for dropping by.
OKAY GIDGE - You get a special spot in this one. I am so totally hyped about your monitoring of this thread and your incredibly supportive comments, that I just have to single you out and say,
THANK YOU!!!!!. I try to encourage her, but neutral 3rd party feedback like yours means more to her at this age than anything I could say or do. You're keeping the motivational fires burning, and that's just very cool of you. As far as her musical influences, I alluded to them up in my response to myx62, but like most music-lovers, I think she's influenced by great songs, no matter who does them or in what genre they happen to fall.
Jaimee should be about done...I'll paste her responses in here in a bit.
Thanks again, folks...I didn't expect to feel so damned proud and stuff... sappy me.
Bye
I just didn't think it was necessary.