The joys and woes of trad music
I honestly believe people can be divided into music or movie lovers. It's not that you only can appreciate one or the other, or even that one excludes the other. There are ones that can go both ways, as with anything, but most would choose either music or movies to bring to a Big Brother house.
I live with a music lover, specifically a Irish trad music lover. I, on the other hand, love movies, music is just a complement to them. The thing is, my husband does not just enjoy trad music, he plays it as well and just loves doing it. He loves it so much he just cannot comprehend, really, that others might take it or leave it.
Do not get me wrong. I don't hate trad music or even dislike it, but you try listening to it live in a crowded pub for twelve hours straight. No, I'm not exaggerating. It is why suggestions, from the husband's side, of going to trad festivals make me cautious. These days I tend to ask in a very straight forward way "What's in it for me?", meaning there better be other non-musicians to talk to at the event.
I my defence I do encourage our girls to take up trad music by bringing them to sessions when possible. I'm hoping that if they play, the pub will be more than just a drinking place for them.
I have to say, there are preciously few kids that are brought. I asked a musician friend of mine why he doesn't take his young daughter to sessions, to instil an interest early on. I tried enticing him with this idea by suggesting that she would be able to drive him home from the sessions when she gets older, giving him the opportunity to enjoy his pints. This being my husband's fondest hopes for the future.
His respond was true to the soul of most musicians mad about their music:
- There is a fifty percent chance she will like music anyway, no need to waste good sessions now.
I live with a music lover, specifically a Irish trad music lover. I, on the other hand, love movies, music is just a complement to them. The thing is, my husband does not just enjoy trad music, he plays it as well and just loves doing it. He loves it so much he just cannot comprehend, really, that others might take it or leave it.
Do not get me wrong. I don't hate trad music or even dislike it, but you try listening to it live in a crowded pub for twelve hours straight. No, I'm not exaggerating. It is why suggestions, from the husband's side, of going to trad festivals make me cautious. These days I tend to ask in a very straight forward way "What's in it for me?", meaning there better be other non-musicians to talk to at the event.
I my defence I do encourage our girls to take up trad music by bringing them to sessions when possible. I'm hoping that if they play, the pub will be more than just a drinking place for them.
I have to say, there are preciously few kids that are brought. I asked a musician friend of mine why he doesn't take his young daughter to sessions, to instil an interest early on. I tried enticing him with this idea by suggesting that she would be able to drive him home from the sessions when she gets older, giving him the opportunity to enjoy his pints. This being my husband's fondest hopes for the future.
His respond was true to the soul of most musicians mad about their music:
- There is a fifty percent chance she will like music anyway, no need to waste good sessions now.
