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| From | mkropp@comcast.net |
| Subject | Re: Suggestions for the tweener crowd |
| Date | Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:10:37 +0000 |
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I'll chime in a little here as I have a 12-year-old daughter who is very heavily into music (apparently the nut really doesn't fall from the tree).
She has an mp3 player that she is loading up with a lot of 'tween stuff as well as some of Dad's discs.
As for the 'tween thing, she's into the Jonas Brothers, Aly & AJ, and she likes some of the Miley Cyrus stuff. Her current faves are Hawk Nelson and Relient K. Both are Christian-based pop bands and they seem to be fun and upbeat for her age group (or any group I guess). She also downloads tunes from walmart.com - but first my wife and I check out what she's interested in before giving the go-ahead. So far we haven't had to veto anything.
She's also dipped into my CD collection for some Monkees (a lot of Monkees), Kinks, and McCartney. She also asks me tons of questions about whatever album I happen to be playing at any particular time, but I try hard not to push or suggest that she put someone on her player. I want her to like what she likes, not what I might want her to like (for instance she has already expressed that she does not care for the Stones or Chuck Berry).
It's fun for me to see her so enthusiastic about music as well as forming her own tastes.
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From: "whit" <whitsbrain@whitsbrain.com>
> My 8-year old girl loves Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus. While it's not
> entirely listenable to me, it is basically crunchy guitar-driven pop. She
> listens to it on her iPod a lot. She really likes the whole High School
> Musical thing, too. Echoing others here, she like the Jonas Brothers, too.
> The whole Disney pop thing isn't all that bad. It's mostly good clean fun.
> Oh, try The Click Five, too. Their stuff is very listenable.
>
> She isn't big on Drake Bell but honestly, his album is really a tribute to
> classic Power Pop. I don't believe it was made to generate the huge kiddie
> cash.
>
> The 12-year old boy is developing his own taste. As expected, he is getting
> into heavier music. Linkin Park, Saliva, Disturbed, etc., but I listen to
> everything he has on his iPod. As a parent (and I make and enforce the
> rules), I do not let him have songs that are what I consider to be
> over-the-top explicit for a kid his age. It is encouraging because he has
> put Ok Go, Weezer, Foo Fighters, Bleu and other "hard" Power Pop bands on
> the iPod, too. Some of the emo pop bands he listens to are pretty good,
> like Cartel, Jimmy Eats World, Fall Out Boy.
>
> I have been able to steer him away from most of the hip-hop and rap junk
> that kids seem to eat up. Hard Rock lyrics can be stupid and obscene at
> times but most rap and hip-hop songs I've heard that are popular are just
> vile (sorry, I'll step off of my soapbox now).
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
> Robert Berry
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 7:55 PM
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Suggestions for the tweener crowd
>
> Here's a subject that's fraught with danger for anybody interested in
> maintaining any kind of cred, but I probably don't have any anyway.
>
> My daughter is somewhere between nine and ten, which means she's
> outgrowing the kiddie CDs and is now in the target market for the whole
> Disney Channel tweener-pop crowd. I recognize that she's going to like
> what she likes, but I'm hoping I can at least nudge her in some
> directions that I don't hate (to be specific: I dislike thumpy
> electronic dance stuff, and hip-hop).
>
> She hasn't really started seeking out new stuff yet, but she's making
> noises about wanting an MP3 player. I'd like to get her one and preload
> it with some stuff. She's already a big fan of Puffy AmiYumi, which I
> think is a good sign. She has also latched onto Bianca Ryan, but I think
> that's more because of Bianca's age than anything; I don't really see
> her going for the R&B diva stuff in a big way.
>
> I've heard some of the Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana stuff, and it actually
> sounds pretty listenable to me: real guitars and melodies and such. But
> I've only heard a few tracks, and I'm not sure how representative they are.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Robert R. Berry
>
>
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