finding music
Music has always enhanced my life. even as a little youngster, I would play my guitar quietly on a hill and be by myself and happy for hours. I now can give that to my children.
when I was little, I was unable to touch anything. I will not do that to my kids. so, yesterday, as a test to myself, we purchased a drum set, mandolin and clarinet. you know, cover all the bases. woodwind, percussion, stringed and eventually brass. maybe a saxophone will take care of that when the time is right.
my first impulse was to not let them tinker with anything. my second impulse was the same. then it occurred that they need to be able to try and to fail if need be. I would just have to do my best to be patient through this. But, I do not want to risk my kids creativity for my selfish quirks.
I did pose one rule though. no messing with the tuners, the knobs or the drum hardware. I couldn't figure out who was more excited, the kids or the wife or me. YAY!!!! well, my neighbors probably hate us currently or at least when we play the drums.
I'm so glad that I got over my instilled fear they would mess something up. they had a ball, we had a ball and all in all it is awesome.
So, I see progress. I see children who have an ability and I do not want to burden them needlessly. so i'm sitting back and saying rock on!
What have you done lately to break out of some old ingrained thoughts or attitudes? was it as loud and booming as the drums or as quiet as a striking serpent? either way, I hope you're making a ruckus.
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Comment by Jeff Jones on February 16, 2013 at 7:12am -
Hi Nate, The piano training is "Learn and Master Piano" from Legacy Learning and 1/4 through it and it's been awesome! A combination of lecture, demonstration, labs and play-along CDs for practicing. I highly recommend it! The voice training is Sing-O-Rama (which sounds like a sideshow act I know) and I haven't gotten very far into it at all. However, I did research it before I got it and it's also a very well laid out program with tons of quality instruction and supporting media. Even though voice was my first instrument, I'm concentrating on the piano because it's a skill that will help grow all areas of my musicianship. Hope that helps.
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Comment by Nate Schubick on February 15, 2013 at 8:45pm -
thanks Ann and Jeff! Jeff your dvd video piano sounds interesting. the voice training? does that transfer well on a video setup?
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Comment by Ann Musico on February 15, 2013 at 10:17am -
That's awesome Nate - those are some blessed children!
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Comment by Jeff Jones on February 15, 2013 at 6:41am
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Hi Nate, I think it's great that you've gotten over that instilled fear of disorder and randomness. Music has always been very important to me as well and just recently I've gotten back into doing DVD piano lessons and tinkering with the same kind of voice training. I think it's very important to be able to get back to what inspired us in the first place and live with it.
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