Young People And Instruments/music, how many young players around? less than past years? |
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Young People And Instruments/music, how many young players around? less than past years? |
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Feb 11 2008, 03:16 PM |
Talking with some of my youngest students (8-17 years old), they told me that they're the only ones who play an instrument between their classmates.
When I was in the high-school I had a lot of friends to play with. Luckily some of us are doing music or other arts as a living, right now. So I was wondering what happens around the world. Are kids still interested to play an instrument like in the past? During the 80's we had a lot of guitar players (with strange haircuts ) also on mainstream bands, on MTV and so on. Guitar solos are slowly disappeared during the years, the nu-metal came... Of course you can use YouTube and the Net to find everything. But for my ears it's quite strange when someone discover a great guitar player using Guitar Hero -------------------- ::: Main Gear ::: Guitars: Washburn N4 Vintage | Washburn N2 | Washburn WI67Pro | Washburn WG-587 | Washburn EA20B Amps: Laney GH50L (head) | Laney GS410 & GS212IE (cabinets) | Rocktron PROGAP Ultra (rack preamp) | Rocktron Velocity 150 (power amp) | Marshall VS230 (combo) FXs: Rocktron Intellifex + custom pedalboard (check my video demo) Other: Shredneck | Intellitouch PT10 tuner Picks: Esseti Picks Software & Recording Gear: Cubase 4 | Overloud TH1 | Mackie Onyx 400F | EZdrummer | Korg Pandora PX4D ------------------------------------------------------- myspace.com/jerryarcidiacono Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Feb 11 2008, 03:40 PM |
It certainly isn't the case in the UK. Everybody plays an instrument it seems and most play guitar. Its silly. -------------------- ::: Main Gear ::: Guitars: Washburn N4 Vintage | Washburn N2 | Washburn WI67Pro | Washburn WG-587 | Washburn EA20B Amps: Laney GH50L (head) | Laney GS410 & GS212IE (cabinets) | Rocktron PROGAP Ultra (rack preamp) | Rocktron Velocity 150 (power amp) | Marshall VS230 (combo) FXs: Rocktron Intellifex + custom pedalboard (check my video demo) Other: Shredneck | Intellitouch PT10 tuner Picks: Esseti Picks Software & Recording Gear: Cubase 4 | Overloud TH1 | Mackie Onyx 400F | EZdrummer | Korg Pandora PX4D ------------------------------------------------------- myspace.com/jerryarcidiacono Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Feb 11 2008, 03:49 PM |
Right now almost no one wants to play bass. Finding a bassist is pretty hard and if you do, theyre probably in another band. I kinda like it with not many guitarists. Too much competition and people show off.
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Feb 11 2008, 03:49 PM |
We had music classes in primary and in high school..But unfortunately kids don't get to play instruments (we play Flute in primary and nothing in secondary)..Its the one of subjects kids don't pay attention at all...I'm sure a lot of young people would play if they had the chance to tryout different instruments in primary school..
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Feb 11 2008, 08:25 PM |
I think that music education in formal or basic schools, whatever is it called should be better. Kids should listen to modern music more, rock, blues and jazz as well as classical - not just classical. This way they have a choice, and they can get interested easily in music.
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Feb 11 2008, 09:58 PM |
We had music classes in primary and in high school..But unfortunately kids don't get to play instruments (we play Flute in primary and nothing in secondary)..Its the one of subjects kids don't pay attention at all...I'm sure a lot of young people would play if they had the chance to tryout different instruments in primary school.. I think that music education in formal or basic schools, whatever is it called should be better. Kids should listen to modern music more, rock, blues and jazz as well as classical - not just classical. This way they have a choice, and they can get interested easily in music. This is the first problem. -------------------- ::: Main Gear ::: Guitars: Washburn N4 Vintage | Washburn N2 | Washburn WI67Pro | Washburn WG-587 | Washburn EA20B Amps: Laney GH50L (head) | Laney GS410 & GS212IE (cabinets) | Rocktron PROGAP Ultra (rack preamp) | Rocktron Velocity 150 (power amp) | Marshall VS230 (combo) FXs: Rocktron Intellifex + custom pedalboard (check my video demo) Other: Shredneck | Intellitouch PT10 tuner Picks: Esseti Picks Software & Recording Gear: Cubase 4 | Overloud TH1 | Mackie Onyx 400F | EZdrummer | Korg Pandora PX4D ------------------------------------------------------- myspace.com/jerryarcidiacono Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Feb 11 2008, 10:05 PM |
I see many kids here trying to play and practice
but they quit too easily... Looks like they want some kind of instant progress and success, caused my life and tempo of life we're living today, every thing has to be done fast and without much work, which is quite impossible,specially when it comes to instrument and music. And media of course,TV runs different kind of music nowdays but there are still kids browsing the net and listening to"real" playing, at least that's one advantage of the net as Jerry said. -------------------- Youtube
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Feb 11 2008, 10:12 PM |
I think it is not that big problem man afterall. THere are a lot of classes adn schools where young people do play, but music is tough buisness, and it is not considered doing by most elders, because the money is too small. But if we had some good formal education that woudl surely change. More people woudl listen to music, more people woudl learn it, and more people woudl benefit.
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Feb 11 2008, 10:15 PM |
Personally I think it's very hard to call. Again, personally I think it's quite easy for us to assume that a younger generation finds things easier and puts 'less' into whatever they do. I'm sure if we go back one, two, three or however many, generations it wouldn't be too hard to find similar discussions. What I can say, just based on observing my daughter and her friends, is that they all enjoy music - listening to and performing it. So to me what I - and other parents - need to do is encourage that. If she doesn't, well then it's more that I failed her then that she didn't put the effort in .
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Feb 11 2008, 10:15 PM |
I think a possible cause of that could be today's technology One of the causes,probably,yeah...comes with "instant" thing -------------------- Youtube
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