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From:
wenger
To:
Lee Azzarello , IDM
Date:
Mon, 16 Oct 2000 23:46:42 +0100
Subject:
Re: [idm] weird question (to the parents out there...)
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i have a 22 month old daughter who dances like a lunatic when i put the Hellfish & Producer cd on :) but then, she seems to like the Corrs as well.... education not quite complete methinks/ chrs graham np - with myself it's reet tastie http://www.jega.madvision.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: Lee Azzarello <roswell@alumni.antioch-college.edu> To: IDM <idm@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [idm] weird question (to the parents out there...) This is darling! Thanks for a more adult perspective, it's refreshing. It sounds like your kids have good ears. I have a similar story, except they are not my children but my half-siblings (age 10 & 12). They have grown up with nothing but MTV as their musical influence. A week ago I asked my brother if he knew what a piccolo looked like and I got a blank stare. Most of the music I listen to that does not have that 'pop production' sound, they call weird and turn the other way. I try and pass off things they haven't heard before but they just keep asking for the Eminem CD. If they don't see the artist on television, they don't pay attention. -lee on 10/15/00 3:34 AM, Irene McC at substar@iafrica.com wrote:
quoted 52 lines On 14 Oct 2000, Gil Yaker wrote re [idm] weird question (to the parent:> On 14 Oct 2000, Gil Yaker wrote re [idm] weird question (to the parent: > >> 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 :-) > > I > * > np : Morgan Geist - presents Environ > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >
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