here’s one 6 year old that improvs all her songs!
there’s a song called ONCE IN AWHILE that’s about how she has no choice and has to go to school… pretty fun.

http://www.myspace.com/theeverythingbomb

I really love the fact that she’s into it, but still a little self-conscious. There’s humility in her stage presence, an all-too-rare characteristic in performers.

“Much better than most of what’s played on the radio these days.”

I agree.

Not to be overly critical (these are kids, afterall), but I think you’ll agree that what these kids are playing is highly unoriginal, in terms of music. In fact, I’d argue that that’s what makes it sound good– we’ve heard it before, liked it (or at least acknowledged it was catchy) then, so its still good now.

Now you can draw a few different conclusions from this observation. With the absurd quantity of music being produced these days, I use this (in my head) to justify not listening to most pop music out there. A kid could make it! I want music that took some experience to make.

Now I’ve seen some intelligent posts on here about music, so I’d like to read what other people think along these lines.

(waits for No Wave fan to tear me apart…)

I swear on Jimi Hendrix’s charred Stratocaster that Emma wrote the lyrics and melody to that song. She wrote it in January after our incredibly snowy holiday season. She came in for a lesson and announced she wanted to write a song. I asked her what was making her really happy, and she blurted out, “The snow day we had last week!” So I started playing some power chords and she started freestyling in front of the tape recorder.

She amazes me, too. She has an incredible gift for rhythmic hooks in her melodies.

–Rob, her guitar teacher

The only Dutch punk acts I stumbled upon in the past ten years or so (not my genre) were all populated by the under-aged, so I doubt this is something particular to Seattle. Do grown-ups even make punk any more?

One act in particular, All Missing Pieces, got a special state exemption this year allowing their 10 year old bass player to perform in more than a handful of shows, in defiance of child labour laws.

I wouldn’t judge it on absolute terms but more as an interesting starting point for further development.

It’s promising that at 8 she’s absorbed enough of the style to give a recognizable performance, but I’d also concede that 75% of the result is the backup band’s contribution. Now if the band was 8 also…

Oh yeah… get her some ear protection.

But it is the venue that has me wiping homesick tears from my eyes – I had a paper and print making studio exactly across the street from the Lish back in the late 80′s. Many trippy nights spent over there taking in experimental music gigs and early sound space collaborations by up-and-coming techno artists.

Goddamn I miss Seattle!!!
Goddamn I hate Phoenix!!!