Very proud father of a 16 year old son and 12 year old daughter. Both my kids are very into music, mostly on the listening side though. I’ve been trying hard to get my son to make some mix tapes (CD’s) for his friends, but he’s worried his musical tastes are so far out there that none of them will like it. He’s real into punk, but his musical tastes are as varied and eclectic as mine. He found a frank Sinatra greatest hits album on sale on iTunes and begged to buy it, he was excited when I came home with a Billy Paul record from the thrift store, and he recently posted on facebook that he got a Hank Williams album so he wasn’t going to be at the skate park for a few days.

My daughter is going into the 7th grade next year and was the only 6th grade percussionist to be put in with the 8th grade tier one band. However, I recently discovered she’s been listening to electro pop so I’m torn an what to do there. My gut tells me to ground her, but she was singing Loretta Lynn songs in the car yesterday so all is not lost I think. Plus she’s a huge Beatles fan so she has that going for her. She’s the only one that’s expressed any interest in Dj’ing.
