Sustain Gains
By miraclemiles on October 20, 2024 11:08 pm
Here's the result of something I've been wanting to do for a while: feature my son on the sax-o-ma-phone! He likes the hip hop and the jazz, so with that general direction in mind, I laid down some foundations on the Push: bass, chords and finger drums. I finally managed to get him in the room Saturday night after dinner, he was a little reluctant but he took the leap. Hearing my foundation he immediately had feedback, which was great: moving chords around, changing the key (loving the new Ableton Midi tools that made this easier). Then I sat down on drums and we jammed together with the backing tracks. He got more and more confident as we went and when we were done he said, "I'd do that again." Proud papa here.
He's on tenor sax, and he just switched to that this summer from alto to get into the top jazz band at the high school (they only needed a tenor and the teacher thought he could swing it). Can't wait to see how he evolves. He's also starting to make beats in Ableton with friends. I hope experiences like this make a lasting impression and he does stick with music beyond school, but who knows. His path is still unfolding and that's wonderful. We see the gains every day we want to sustain!
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