Post by AeroCooper on Oct 3, 2014 5:08:04 GMT -5
Midwest Musings
By Tim Linscott Managing Editor
Music has always been a big part of my life.
Now, to clarify first and foremost, I mean listening to music has been a big part of my life.
I am unable to carry a note in a bucket, as the saying goes, but the influence of music has meant a great deal to me in my life.
Growing up, I had a bit of an eclectic household when it came to music. My oldest brother, Terry, was very much into classic rock, from Kiss to AC/DC and from Boston to Aerosmith.
My sister, however, gravitated toward bands like Fleetwood Mac.
My next brother, Jeff, was into just about everything anti-establishment, meaning if it was popular on the radio, he hated it. He liked underground and emerging bands no one had heard of at that point, and most of them no one has heard since.
My father listened to military marches and brass bands. My mother was heavily influenced by opera and classical music.
This was quite a broad range of musical styles to grow up in as a kid.
I took all of these influences and listen to just about everything now as an adult. From classical to rock, metal to pop, reggae to country, I will listen to just about everything. If it is good, I will listen to it.
This has drawn a bit of a few side glances from my wife and kids, however, as my taste for country music is not typical. I prefer Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Hank Williams, Sr., to Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley or any current country artist.
Not to say new artists do not have good music, but I enjoy more of the past in that particular genre.
My middle daughter, Olivia Grace, listens to whatever her sister listens to and my son, Elijah, has a bit of an eccentric taste. He gravitates to songs with a strong drum or bass line, so he is into pop music and classic rock.
For some reason he likes Rush and Katy Perry.
My oldest daughter, Adaline, is a big pop music fan and will sit and listen to the radio for long stretches or read with her MP3 player going until the batteries run dead.
I had a special ‘dad’ moment with her the other day when we were heading somewhere when the Aerosmith song, “Dream On,” came on the radio.
Knowing Steven Tyler from “American Idol,” my daughter asked, ‘Is this Aerosmith?’
Stunned, I confirmed and asked if she liked that song.
“Yeah, it is okay,” she responded, having previously looked into what kind of music the American Idol judge sang.
Now if I had said I liked that song it would have immediately been not cool, so I kept my mouth shut.
As a parent you always love it when you connect with your kids over something, even as trivial as a song on the radio.
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By Tim Linscott Managing Editor
Music has always been a big part of my life.
Now, to clarify first and foremost, I mean listening to music has been a big part of my life.
I am unable to carry a note in a bucket, as the saying goes, but the influence of music has meant a great deal to me in my life.
Growing up, I had a bit of an eclectic household when it came to music. My oldest brother, Terry, was very much into classic rock, from Kiss to AC/DC and from Boston to Aerosmith.
My sister, however, gravitated toward bands like Fleetwood Mac.
My next brother, Jeff, was into just about everything anti-establishment, meaning if it was popular on the radio, he hated it. He liked underground and emerging bands no one had heard of at that point, and most of them no one has heard since.
My father listened to military marches and brass bands. My mother was heavily influenced by opera and classical music.
This was quite a broad range of musical styles to grow up in as a kid.
I took all of these influences and listen to just about everything now as an adult. From classical to rock, metal to pop, reggae to country, I will listen to just about everything. If it is good, I will listen to it.
This has drawn a bit of a few side glances from my wife and kids, however, as my taste for country music is not typical. I prefer Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Hank Williams, Sr., to Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley or any current country artist.
Not to say new artists do not have good music, but I enjoy more of the past in that particular genre.
My middle daughter, Olivia Grace, listens to whatever her sister listens to and my son, Elijah, has a bit of an eccentric taste. He gravitates to songs with a strong drum or bass line, so he is into pop music and classic rock.
For some reason he likes Rush and Katy Perry.
My oldest daughter, Adaline, is a big pop music fan and will sit and listen to the radio for long stretches or read with her MP3 player going until the batteries run dead.
I had a special ‘dad’ moment with her the other day when we were heading somewhere when the Aerosmith song, “Dream On,” came on the radio.
Knowing Steven Tyler from “American Idol,” my daughter asked, ‘Is this Aerosmith?’
Stunned, I confirmed and asked if she liked that song.
“Yeah, it is okay,” she responded, having previously looked into what kind of music the American Idol judge sang.
Now if I had said I liked that song it would have immediately been not cool, so I kept my mouth shut.
As a parent you always love it when you connect with your kids over something, even as trivial as a song on the radio.
www.granttribune.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10250:midwest-musings&catid=37:lifestyle&Itemid=57