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My wife and I brought my son to a rock band camp in the Boston area. My son loved it and maybe helped encourage him to still be an amateur musician all these y
by xefer 11y ago
My wife and I brought my son to a rock band camp in the Boston area. My son loved it and maybe helped encourage him to still be an amateur musician all these years later.
At the same time it felt very weird to be seeing rock-n'-roll packaged, codified and commodified the way it was. At pick-up time you see a bunch of youngsters mirroring the clothes and attitude of rock culture - while being loaded into their parents' minivans. I couldn't help feeling a bit uneasy about the whole thing to be honest.
Back In My Day™ rock was a much more organically rebellious activity.
- ArkyBeagle 11y ago"Everybody in this room is wearing a uniform - don't kid yourself." - Frank Zappa.
- TheOtherHobbes 11y agoTrue enough - rock and pop have become completely stylised and self-referential, like a sweatier and louder version of Japanese Noh theatre (or something.) That's not a reason for kids not to play at it. And the story telling part of this idea sounds great. Ironically, it's probably more creative than the rock and pop industries are now.