On 14 Oct 2000, Gil Yaker wrote re [idm] weird question (to the parent:
quoted 3 lines Hey, if you are a parent with kids who are not quite infants anymore> Hey, if you are a parent with kids who are not quite infants anymore
> and older, just wondering, what do they think of the music you listen
> to (idm mostly..) ?
My two children (girl 11, boy 8) have, since birth, been exposed to
an enormous variety of music, which I truly believe can only be a
good thing - from this they can eventually make an informed choice
as to which direction to follow themselves.
I constantly play predominantly IDM-ish music around the house and
always in the car on our way to school in the mornings, or trips to
the shop or longer journeys. So they are a captive audience and
never ever complain about what I'm playing.
I have taken them to outdoor, overnight camping trance parties - not
because I am a devotee of the music, but for the actual experience
of the event.
My husband automatically switches on the radio in the kitchen for
new bulletins, etc. which then stays tuned to the local top 40 station;
they hear all the teen-directed crap from TV programmes they
watch, on w/ends my husband favours radio programmes that play
70's + 80's rock.
Sometimes for fun we switch off the lights at night and jump around
to disco hits... or I'll subject everybody to classic choral works that
I've sung in my days as choir member (Mahler, Bach, Brahms etc.)
I'd say, they've heard more variety in terms of music than your
average kid of similar age growing up in South Africa!
It struck me as interesting that a few years ago my daughter
requested me to play Black Dog's Bytes as sleep-time music.
The other day I was previewing Kid 606's Down with the Scene and
she walked in with a quizzical expression on her face, asking the
Emperor's New Clothes question "Is this MUSIC?" With which I
could only concur :-)
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