This sounds like a silly objective. Watch Alien: Earth. Tonight’s episode was a blast.

now you’re making me think it may not be good enough to simply stream it…may need to wait to buy it so only got to take a break when I need or want to…

yeah, that may just be the ticket…

It was such an amazing gift to do music with people, and it made my life so much richer.

+1. Playing in a (somewhat lame) cover band as a teen for weddings and parties and singing with a large men’s glee club in college were sublime experiences. It’s such a charge to be “inside” the music, even if you’re not very good (as I was not very good).

As parents, we have “forced” our kids to play little house concerts for friends, theirs and ours, since they were toddlers: Cocktails and piano/guitar. They sometimes complain but they’ve fully understood music is a language that anyone can speak if they just spend a little time practicing. And, yes, my twelve year old and I often belt out “I want it That Way” together in the car. Haha.

… you can start at any age.

lots of me time, doing a repetitive rhythmic motion thing…

not sure if you remember – knick fan in celtic land (doc bob) focused on endurance competition and training…

lots of alone time…endurance activities like that require a quieter mind…when i first started to change things, thought about the type of mindset that could be able to mentally tune out the world, to a physical and emotional extent as well for an extended period of time…useful thing…

saw something about this Greek island where they were just giving them away…

not a bad way to spend the day, good natured animal, walking some beautiful hills…

only thing about animal care though, it’s a 365 day a year thing…takes a lot of commitment…

maybe smarter to find a good spot to make friends with folks already doing that thing, in a stunning location…go hang out with them…and the goats…

cool thing about getting/being old is having the kids turn you on to some good artists they enjoy…

Multiple teens of mine now have played Your Love by The Outfield in the car, and when I’ve sang along they’ve all said “Dad, I didn’t know you were on TikTok!”

I wish I had that kind of technology when I was younger, but on the other hand I played a lot of music in rehearsal spaces with other people, learned how to listen to other people play and coexist with them. I gained skills that you just don’t gain if you’re not playing with other people.

Not only do you gain skills, but it’s where the best stuff happens. When you find that thing with a bunch of other musicians, a sound that’s original, particular to the unique combination of people in a room all literally on the same wavelength – it really is better than sex. That’s what I miss the most.

But it’s also that being part of different groups opens the door to so many cool experiences. I played trombone not particularly well but well enough to be in a symphony that performed in Alice Tully Hall, I have an OK voice but sang well enough that I was in the World Youth Choir and toured Europe and recorded with Benny and Bjorn of Abba as a teenager, I played in jazz bands, started an acapella group in college, finally sang in a rock band that led to some pretty wild experiences… It was such an amazing gift to do music with people, and it made my life so much richer.

And my son, who’s got the same talent and could have gone through the same doors, makes cool music in his room on his computer and has had precisely none of those experiences. It breaks my fucking heart.

It doesn’t even matter if you do it professionally (though it’s awesome when you can, JK) – a lot of the best stuff was pure amateur, stuff that many kids could do. I don’t have an amazing voice, wasn’t a genius on the trombone, yet still ended up with indelible moments across several continents. Alas. Can’t wait till AI takes even composing solo in your room away from kids….

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