A definite moment
Nov. 9th, 2010 02:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So, at his request, we acquired Guitar Hero 5 for the Wii and the Band Hero drum kit off eBay for James (who will be 11 in Jan), and he's been soggy-plastic-thud-ding his way through the beginnings of career mode on Medium (I refuse to let him start on Easy, because it teaches you nothing about limb independence or proper drum parts). And he's Not At All Bad.
Over the weekend, I was trying to finish off writing a guitar riff - at present, we have
bardling's old drum kit set up in the library, and I needed a drum beat, so I figured it couldn't hurt to grab James for a basic boom-chick... :D
And from there - we're also somewhat short of a drummer for the 3rd Sunday Family service at church, so...
Anne and I spent a chunk of yesterday evening making music with our son. Her on bass, me on guitar, him on drums. He can hold down a beat, stick in basic fills, doesn't speed up, and has a scary memory for arrangements that he clearly got from me.
I am seriously chuffed.
Over the weekend, I was trying to finish off writing a guitar riff - at present, we have
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And from there - we're also somewhat short of a drummer for the 3rd Sunday Family service at church, so...
Anne and I spent a chunk of yesterday evening making music with our son. Her on bass, me on guitar, him on drums. He can hold down a beat, stick in basic fills, doesn't speed up, and has a scary memory for arrangements that he clearly got from me.
I am seriously chuffed.
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Date: 2010-11-09 03:45 pm (UTC)Katie wants to play Beatles Rock Band with us on the drums, but has a distressing tendency to hit the button that stops the simulation. *sigh*
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Date: 2010-11-09 04:19 pm (UTC)I've always loved my son, but I'm gobsmacked by how much I love spending time with him these days. They are growing up into rather fabulous young men who are an utter pleasure to be with :-) Congratulations to you and Anne for a job well done!
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Date: 2010-11-09 05:26 pm (UTC)I have to say, the bit that made me grin like a complete idiot was running through something we'd run through the previous day, which has a "repeat last line three times then dead stop on 'dadadaDUM'" ending.
We didn't remind him. He nailed it.
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Date: 2010-11-09 06:08 pm (UTC)*grin*
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