Cindy wrote:
> "Martin Bulmer"
bulrner.fleeserve.co.uk> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:1200095988.37107.0@despina.uk.clara.net...>> Cindy wrote:
>>> "Martin Bulmer"
bulrner.fleeserve.co.uk> skrev i en
>>> meddelelse news:1200009348.20159.0@damia.uk.clara.net...>>>
>>> Ha ha - yea, what is it. And why does the text - here at my pc -
>>> come up in Danish? It doesn't seem to be produced in Denmark.
>>>
>>> Cindy
>>
>> It's my son Dave singing with himself a song he has written about a
>> cartoon
>> story he wrote in the form of an online advent calendar.
>
> Tell him that it is very good, he can be proud at himself.
> And he wrote the story, - he must be very creative.
>
> It is always good, when children and young people are using their
> talents instead of running round on strange places, where you don't
> know what happens.
>
> Here in the town were I live, the mayor - or what ever to call him -
> is very interested in art and music. On every school we have several
> possibilities for the children to learn playing at differents
> music-instruments. And in summer nice arrangements, where they are
> playing music in the public park. I think that is very good.
>
>
> Cindy
That sounds like a very good idea. On the other hand, our David has a great
deal of musical talent for harmony, but formal piano lessons almost killed
it. His teacher was not interested in his compositions, she made him stick
to the pieces she had set. I sat in on one lesson (usually my wife took
him), and I was very annoyed at her attitude to his enthusiastic
demonstrations of his own music, but like a fool I didn't say anything, not
wanting to undermine the teacher. Needless to say, when he wanted to stop, I
offered no resistance. He used to make music on the computer using samples
and trackers, and he's done some amazing stuffwhen he was quite young.
These days he mostly does these unaccompanied barber-shop type things.
I recall my years of piano lessons, hating the music, begrudging the time I
had to spend practising, and the lesson being at the time Top of the Pops
was on telly. I did 7 years, then finally managed to persuade my parents to
let me stop. Then I taught myself guitar, and I've played guitar, bass,
keyboards, mandolin, concertina, accordion, and banjo in various bands over
the years. It's lucky that I've got 14 hands.
--
Martin Bulmer
