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Alexander Rozet
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Wed, 18 Oct 2000 01:09:29 +0100
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Re: [idm] weird question (to the parents out there...)
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my nephew used to fall a sleep with Orbital - Snivilisation sasha np: Taa-Pet - Live @ Hertslia Museum ----- Исходное сообщение ----- От: wenger <wenger@breathemail.net> Кому: Lee Azzarello <roswell@alumni.antioch-college.edu>; IDM <idm@hyperreal.org> Отправлено: 16 октября 2000 23:46 Тема: Re: [idm] weird question (to the parents out there...)
quoted 25 lines i have a 22 month old daughter who dances like a lunatic when i put the> 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
quoted 4 lines (age 10 & 12). They have grown up with nothing but MTV as their musical> (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
quoted 1 line try and pass off things they haven't heard before but they just keep> try and pass off things they haven't heard before but they just keep
asking
quoted 74 lines for the Eminem CD. If they don't see the artist on television, they don't> 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: > > > 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 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > >
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