appy healthy, and home safe. No real need to go into details here.....musically speaking, the little fella has had no real opportunity to "groove" yet..mostly my warbling and good ol' CBC Radio 2. Amongst music fans, of course, the question of a child's musical future is a natural one..so here are some answers...
1. No, there will be no pictures taken in the style shown. Hopefully, there will be no "mohawks", studded wrist bands, or mini band T-shirts either. I am not one to pass judgements on others, but I do have my own opinions.
2. Have I decided what instrument(s) my child is going to play? Huh? I mostly try to decide which hand to hold the dirty diaper in during changing. If he expresses an interest later on, he will of course be encouraged. Otherwise, he has other things to do first.
3. What kind of music will we let him listen to? What? Am I his programme director? Is there a CanCon minimum here? For a while, I think he will be listening to what most other infants listen to. I'm not sure if there is an alt-kiddie scene, and I won't be looking to hard for it if it indeed exists.
4. Of course, he will grow up around music--most people these days do, in one way or another. Do I think he'll "dig" my favourite artists? Probably not. In fact, I hope he doesn't. That's the way it works. During his teens (can't even think about that right now!) I expect that he will positively hate every band his farty old Dad likes, and revel in music that I just can't understand. Perhaps, given time and experience, he may come to enjoy things other than what's "in" for he and his contemporaries, which is the best hope I can have.
5. If Dad is still in a band when he is of age to go to bars, again, I doubt he will want to see his sad old pops "rockin'" on stage, much less drive him home after the gig.
...still, there is always hope....(please form a boy band, please form a boy band, please form a boy band...Papa wants to retire!)...
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