my kid loves the Steven Tyler song on the Polar Express soundtrack so much that I'm afraid to let him hear Aerosmith
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 12:51 (seven years ago) link
http://www.theonion.com/article/cool-dad-raising-daughter-on-media-that-will-put-h-26132^ This is a v real fear. My 8 & 6 year old have a pretty consistent playlist of Carly Rae, Katy Perry, 1D, Little Mix, Taylor Swift etc etc which they pick from school dance classes, youtube etc. Actually got much more into Taylor as a result. But they do pick up on things from spotify, R6 etc - currently like Sacred Paws, xx, and bizarrely QT, as well as Bowie, Prince and, as they insist on calling him, Iggy Pop-Pop (pop-pop being their slang for fart aiui)
― Stevie T, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 12:51 (seven years ago) link
i don't currently have kids but i'm not gonna front, the idea of raising a child who might one day boldly proclaim her love for mary timony on the family fridge is tipping the scales towards a 'yes' on people-making
― years of immersion in the seduction community (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 12:57 (seven years ago) link
I will repeat
My kid and his friends all listen to Sublime.― how's life, Wednesday, April 12, 2017 8:46 AM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― how's life, Wednesday, April 12, 2017 8:46 AM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
through no fault of my own.
― how's life, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 13:00 (seven years ago) link
ow a wileyindie ball
perfect rendition of Wuthering Heights from my 2-year-old
Requested cyndi lauper this morning (?) and 'be quiet orange one' (bjork)
― kinder, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 13:01 (seven years ago) link
watching Han loving Cabaret yday was a treat
― Brexterminate all the brutes (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 13:39 (seven years ago) link
okay the sublime factor is tipping me back towards a 'no' on people-making, thx how's life
― years of immersion in the seduction community (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 13:48 (seven years ago) link
I'm just saying it's a gamble.
― how's life, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:06 (seven years ago) link
i dunno if i have the stones to roll those bones dude
― years of immersion in the seduction community (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:08 (seven years ago) link
Mine figured out how to use AudioShare to record & import sounds into Sector today without any help from dad
― The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Thursday, 20 April 2017 00:12 (seven years ago) link
or mom
lulu otm
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 April 2017 01:02 (seven years ago) link
For the past few weeks my 2yo has required that I rock him to sleep to a cover of the Thompson Twin's "Hold Me Now" by someone named Eden XO. Asked for it twice last night.
Maybe I've just gotten used to them, but I don't mind the Music Together CDs too much. I'd definitely take those over Music for Aardvarks.
― early rejecter, Friday, 21 April 2017 19:23 (seven years ago) link
my 2 year old loves Pentatonix. help
My 2.5 year old was totally obsessed with their Sesame Street numbers song cover, he called it POW and demanded to watch it repeatedly a couple months ago. Then it just stopped. Same thing with the Truck Tunes videos on Youtube, though sometimes he does sing some of those songs randomly while playing with trucks. He's also at the stage where he's starting to sing all the time, mostly classic kid hits that he hears at daycare which is funny as shit because he sort of plays with the melody and the lyrics aren't all there yet.
He really isn't interested in any music that I play around the house, though sometimes he'll dance to dancehall reggae stuff, and will sort of shake his head back and forth when I listen to Slayer or Metallica (he also does this same motion when I grind coffee at the store).
But he loves watching it - we'd take him to university events with the marching band and he would just go nuts yelling DRUMS TUBAS TROMBONES! and talking about them for the next couple days. He also is really into watching some episodes of Austin City Limits (Iggy Pop, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar, Paul Simon) and will sometimes play his kid drum set along while watching.
― joygoat, Friday, 21 April 2017 21:00 (seven years ago) link
we briefly had Pitch Perfect 2 on and she was not enthralled at all so that bullet has been dodged, for now
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 22 April 2017 00:42 (seven years ago) link
bullet dodge didn't last long. ruh roh
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 23 April 2017 20:31 (seven years ago) link
Should we have a thread for our progeny and their app creations? ref the IMM thread on making music with an ipad
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 1 June 2017 20:03 (six years ago) link
Happy to just put that stuff here. Here is what Ben made recently:https://soundcloud.com/djisbister/bip-05-reflection-by-benjamin-isbister
KRFT is amazing.
― DJI, Thursday, 1 June 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
ac/D.C.'s "TNT" was an early favorite of my boys. They also ask me to play it on guitar at home and the younger one seems eager to learn it himself. It's damn simple so a good starting point.
― calstars, Thursday, 1 June 2017 20:32 (six years ago) link
Ha! Owen just started learning Thunderstruck last night.
― DJI, Thursday, 1 June 2017 20:34 (six years ago) link
Whoa DJI that really is a p cool track!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 1 June 2017 21:03 (six years ago) link
that track is pretty darn good! also i initially misread your name as DJP and i thought it was one of his little guys making it.My daughter plays a game with me where she holds my hand by the wrist and uses it to make me slap myself with it. Today it occurred to me to show her the Losing My Edge video and she got a real kick out of trying to make me slap my face at the same time James Murphy got slapped.
― how's life, Saturday, 3 June 2017 00:47 (six years ago) link
One more: https://soundcloud.com/djisbister/weather
― DJI, Saturday, 3 June 2017 04:22 (six years ago) link
My 13 yo is obsessed w k-pop. Actually obsessed is an understatement. HALP
― nathom, Monday, 11 February 2019 21:15 (five years ago) link
From my youngest: "Have you ever heard of Imagine Dragons? They're pretty much my favorite band now."
― peace, man, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 19:35 (three years ago) link
my 6yo told me his top 5 list of favorite singers:
5. Coolio4. Weird Al3. They Might Be Giants guy2. Lin Manuel Miranda1. Whoever sang that song we heard in the car today that goes "Mmmm mmm Everybody mmmm mmm"
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 19:43 (three years ago) link
lol @ both. i always thought imagine dragons was something only a kid could like.
― superdeep borehole (harbl), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 19:48 (three years ago) link
My almost six year old is WAY into BTS and is going to learn korean so he can join the band when he turns 14
― joygoat, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 20:00 (three years ago) link
Her road to Imagine Dragons fandom came through the world of Minecraft animations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjXFX2v7flk
― peace, man, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 20:01 (three years ago) link
my 11-y-o had a BTS phase that lasted about three weeks. he's now listening to popsmoke. ffs
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 21:35 (three years ago) link
slippery slope
Any recommendations for apps or interactive websites for kids to start to learn the basics of music? Note values, rhythm, rests, and on from there... Seven-year-old will be starting his first piano lessons in a couple of months and I would like to give him a better foundation before he starts. I've taught him some of it but I'm no music educator. Barely a musician at all.
Or even youtube videos or series of good quality?
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Monday, 10 May 2021 21:23 (two years ago) link