Why Kids Need Music Lessons
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I had a guitar student some years ago who was 80. Never played in his life but wanted to learn. Tall guy, probably 6'5". One lesson he told me "I won't be here for the lesson next week. They're changing my pacemaker and will have to stop my heart for a couple minutes." OMG! The next week he was there as usual. In other words, you're never too old!
Ha ha Just to let you know, and my user name is short for our band name (Lost Frequency) I have two guys with open heart surgery. 2 with hearing aids.. 3 with diabetes. And my lead guitar player just had 2 mini strokes> But yo know we are not done until we are the ground.
I'll be 60 in October. I'm considering picking up guitar. Haven't really touched an instrument in years. Never learned how to read music.
I just found an Ovation acoustic electric at a garage sale in late May. Started lessons in mid-May; and I’m over 40.
Never too late to try anything. Started figure skating at age 29, and can do double jumps to this day.
Yep my mum has had a pacemaker for a decade or so. She gets her heart / pacemaker slowed/stopped once a year. She says it’s absolutely horrible.
@@Whoamidontknow17707 Ahhhhhh, my lead guitar player would be so jealous . He collects guitars, And my drum set is a 7 piece vista back 80's set. With 4 really high end cymbals . And by the way.. Never too old. The average age of my band is now 63, But if you look us up. We are 1K fans , over 100K streams And still alive. We'll quit when we are in the ground
I’m 51…a couple coworkers and I always talked about music when we were in the office together. I would tell them all the time that I wanted to learn how to play guitar, but I’m too old now. They finally convinced me last year to start learning. Love it and wish I started sooner.
Only 51 !?! You're just a kid. Lol
I started relearning the guitar at 58 after a 35 year layoff.
Be sure to share your gift with others. (But no Jimmy Buffet please)
Getting started at 67, and remembering Mom said, "Getting old isn't for sissies!" Keep movin' (Jimmy Buffet with or without Alan Jackson is summer boat music in SE Alaska since the early '80s).
its never too late
52. Am honestly about to start.
I started at 15, by 20 I was a relatively good players, could do some quite well articulated blues style solos, and compose some fairly catchy riffs and melodies. But by 22 I lost interest after some downfalls, which led into some drugs and ridiculous amounts of alcohol. Now I am 32, the interest is at 110%, but I can't even strum the chords to Dead Flowers or You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory without messing up. I'm not weak in the fingers, it's just all my lost muscle memory...
Just hang at it and rock on, pal! Rock on, and on, and on!
My parents were just like yours. They never complained about the noise I generated in the house. I've been a drummer for over 50 years and also started playing guitar at 62 when I retired (and bass just a month ago). My wife and I passed that encouragement to our son. He has become an incredible drummer and Horn player.
I had a lousy music education. I was raised in the British school system and music is and has been a dowdy and broken thing for decades. There was (and still is) a fondness for piano as the only valid vehicle for teaching. It was dry, classical and unenterprising. I played guitar and sang from about age 11 and taught myself everything, working from books and cassettes/ records learning Dylan, Paul Simon, The Eagles or anything else I happened to be familiar with and inspired me. I could sing pretty well, creating my own arrangements of songs to perform and sing (to a reasonably high standard. You would have thought that any music teacher worth their salt would have thought, you know, this kid has got something. But the truth is she didn't ever even hear me sing or play guitar. She had one interest and that was 'selecting kids who would successfully sit exams at age 16 who wanted to play piano'. Other teachers interested in music who did hear me play were complimentary but likewise had no enduring or practical interest in my development. I would have had to be a Mozart or Zappa for something to have happened. I'm now 56 and haven't stopped playing music since- I've played guitar, written my own songs, published them, played and studied samba street percussion, played at Carnaval in Salvador Do Bahia. But I cannot help but think had I been attending a school with even a fraction of the interest in music as an educative and developmental essential as Rick here, my life would have been not just different but vastly better. Music is a social, dynamic movement and needs an ecosystem to flourish in. It is incredible to me to think about how many of my peers suffered similarly. I'm still angry about it after all these years. For most people music is just a "Happy accident for talented people". It totally sucks.
Licenses are taken very seriously in Georgia. If you get pulled over without your license, you immediately get transported to death row.
Damn sounds like New Jersey
New Jersey is a unique fetid special Hell for drivers….
I thought Rick meant YT license.
@@markntexas8265 New Jersey is Georgia's death row
@@robertakerman3570 Me too big phew but still
Rick Beato is a tremendous musician, educator, and storyteller! Yes, he lost his license in a parking lot, but within one minute the story shifts to his encouraging words to a 70 year-old who wants to take up the guitar; and within two minutes it's all about the power of encouragement and support with regard to helping people become their best selves.
I'm a lifelong amateur the same age as Rick, and my suburban high school had a music program run by an instructor who pretty much cared only about perfecting his high school jazz band. He didn't care much for beginners in general (he preferred students that had been playing since grade school), and openly discouraged me when I entered his classical guitar class in my freshman year because my fingers were "too stubby". I stayed in that class for the whole year with no real encouragement and left with a barely-passing grade, but I still enjoy playing and have found my place among like-minded friends who also play "just for fun". In retrospect I cannot help but wonder how many young students like myself were turned off of music by teachers like the one I first encountered. Thank you Rick Beato, for encouraging aspiring musicians, young and old.
Came for the license story, stayed for the happy tears as I thought of my parents supporting me. Beautiful messages about parenthood and education. Well said Rick.
I am 35 and I have just bought a piano, and going to buy a guitar. I have to keep telling myself that it's not too late that I started so late. I am so glad I found your youtube channel. I also have a great teacher that I see once a week.
Mom waited in the car for an hour while you both had lessons. That is the definition of Motherly Love. She's a keeper.
There were 6 teachers at Rizzo's. I bet they took their half hour lessons at the same time. Mom waited half an hour. Maths.
@@elissaaleph The way you wrote that comment makes you seem rude and pretentious. I bet people don't like that about you. I'm sure you can do better. Manners.
Hey Rick, small world! I'm Fairport High, class of '79. I'm related to the Stolt Family (my Aunt Edith), Angie and Sofie who lived on High Street were two of my favorite people in the world, Uncle Perry, IGA grocery north of the canal...you were a legend guitar player in Fairport. Loving your channel, and as I enter semi-retirement, I plan to concentrate more on my guitar playing. Great to know of your success and will be visiting your channel often...
Wow. I thought the IGA chain of grocery stores was Canadian only. Learn something new everyday.
Any left in the US? I think ours are all gone.
@@jimgardner5129 You see them in small towns, typically off the main track. They've kind of specialised in that market. I lived in a small town on the Washington coast for ten years until recently, and our sole grocery store was an IGA.
@@jimgardner5129 there’s a couple IGA’s around where I live.
My first "real" job was at the IGA on Genesee Street in Rochester, NY... 1970 or so!
@@jimgardner5129 There is an IGA in Colebrook, NH.
As a 71 year old beginner piano student, it's nice to hear your encouragement for us old guys. No, I'll never play the 3rd movement of Moonlight Sonata, but there's 70 years of music from my lifetime out there, more than enough to keep me busy.
Omg I love your mom and dad... I wonder what the world would be like if everyone hit the parent jackpot like you did. I bet it would be an entirely different world
That’s the way it used to be! I’m 60 years old.
Exactly 💯
Had my parents not supported my music education when I was a kid, I don’t think I’d be alive today. I am so grateful to them. They gave me what I needed at the time.
LOL WTF i thought u got a DUI
I was like, "Damn, dude is pulling a Joe Walsh!"
I get the feeling Rick isn’t the kind of guy to catch a Dewey
@@SupahflyJazzguy "I lost my license, now I don't drive."
😂
Rick has really stepped up his troll title game this year 😁
Preach! I'm a high school band director by day, and a gigging musician on the weekends. Music is incredibly important in schools for a myriad of reasons. Thank you for your story and your support!
thank you for what you do! Stay healthy!
I've read "a giggling musician".
Both of My parents worked full time but found the time to take us to any and all things we were doing as kids, dance, football, swimming and music. You are so correct!!! Support our kids and even push the music and sports. It’s so important. I am still playing guitar and trumpet at 57. I can’t thank my folks enough. and you Rick. Thank you!
I'm so grateful that you started this channel Rick. Although I am not a musician, I love listening to your analyses and stories, and can only imagine how many people have been inspired by your content. Maybe your videos have taught future greats, and ten years from now you will be interviewing people who said they watched your channel and learned music from it.
Thank you for all that you do.
Thank you for this...love the part about sharing music with our kids. They will remember this part of our relationship for the rest of their lives.
Rick, you mentioned the 'C' word, and you're absolutely right in doing so! The single biggest thing that kids need to be taught is confidence. It doesn't matter how talented you are, if you don't have confidence then no-one will ever know and it'll go to waste.
What c word can u explain
Confidence
I didn't pick up a guitar until I was 50. I'm 57 now, have a great teacher, & I'm having the time of my life. It's never too late. Love the channel, Rick.
I studied music from a very young age. My mother was a harpist and encouraged me to follow my desires. I started with piano and went on to play bassoon/oboe in grade school, all the way through college (I studied right down the road from Ithaca at Cornell), along with gigging as a keyboardist in rock and prog bands. I'm 61 and still gig both as a rock musician and in orchestras and chamber ensembles. Music was a saving grace for me and I support it as much as I can.
Dude/Dudette, I don't care if you sound good or not. That Nick is well worth any sound you make.
Hey, fellow oboist!
The great thing about woodwind is that the main fingering stays the same, learn one and you have good start on another, even moving from single reed to double.
Beautifully spoken. I always tried to encourage my daughters, and I will encourage my grand kids.
Listening to you talk about school makes me realize just how much I missed out on going to a barely funded po-dunk school in rural Kentucky. Man, we didn't have a chance. Basically the only thing I was taught was to be successful I needed to hurry up and get married and have children and I was in the "gifted" program. My school guidance counselor never spoke to me. I graduated in 92 and had my first child in 99. We picked up our 2 kids and went to Houston because my husband could transfer there. I pumped good music into those kids. They grew up listening to Pearl Jam, Tool, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Alice in Chains, Jeff Buckley, etc. My husband is an automation engineer but is a talented percussionist. The schools here had a good band program so my daughter went on to become snare captain and state champions. I look at her and I'm so thankful that we left our family and friends to give these kids the opportunities we were never given. They are both in college and music is an important part of their lives. I would do anything if our schools could receive the funding they need back in Kentucky because most of those kids don't have a chance of escaping. You are truly blessed and I envy you in so many ways. Not jealous, just wish everyone had these opportunities. Glad you got to achieve your dream! All we can do is work to help our kids to have great opportunities and access to awesome music programs!
Yep, it's disheartening when schools are up against budget cuts and what are the first in line on the chopping block? The Arts and Music programs! Why? Because Music/Arts are sacrificed on the altar of Almighty Sports! Glad you got out and your kids had a better chance!!
An aside on school funding: a cousin recently posted a meme on her Facebook page saying seniors over the age of 75 should be exempt from being taxed to fund schools! And I thought "why? Because they don't have kids in the public school system? Stupid idea! Stupid! So shortsided!" My wife and I are retired and we're happy to fund schools through property taxes even though we have no kids in school anymore!
@@hurdygurdyguy1 In my hometown they recently voted on a nickel tax to fund the local schools. It would make the average citizens taxes go up around 30 dollars a year. It was overwhelmingly voted down. The people there don't care about education because they have no idea what they are missing. Their education was sub-par so they think spending money on their schools is a waste. It's a vicious cycle of ignorance. It's truly sad.
It’s about money. The “smart college kids” are just average kids that were born into wealthy families that could afford the best enriching education and experiences for their kids. There is a local private high school with Harvard educated teachers and former nfl player coaches to guide the rich kids and that’s just for starters. The poor kids are left to bread crumbs and dreams of what it must be like. The road is long and hard for them. But then again, they never know what it’s like to live on easy street so it’s all just the same.
@@texasbluegrass567 Stupid Red state mentality. Sorry ma'am. But it is what it is. Many people of the Bible Belt and Midwest are wonderful. But the politics...not so much.
Love these personal stories... you're a great storyteller, as well as an amazing musician & teacher. Thank you!
What Rick said about inviting his parents to come hear him teach - and being thrilled about the opportunity - that is beyond cool. And it tells me his parents were amazing people - and help explains why Rick has become what he is today!
That was so passionate, heartfelt and moving that I almost teared up. I'm bloke in his 50's Hats off to ya Rick.
"There' lots of great music education right here on youtube"
But none as great as you Rick! Love your work!!
Probably my favorite video you’ve ever done. I lost my parents in 2020. They were in their 60s, and were so young at great. It was profoundly devastating, and I still ache deeply. But, my parents supported me in everything. They sacrificed to get me a guitar. They let me get away with being “sick” knowing I was just staying home to play guitar and drop the needle on Queen, Kansas, and Def Leppard records all day. Somehow, they knew that their son, who struggled greatly in school would find a connection to education through music. I graduated high school with a low C average. I graduated college Suma Cum Laude. They knew what taught me, and what encouraged me to be a better person. The modeled generosity, kindness to strangers, acceptance of other races and cultures, humility, honor, and courage. I miss your parents for you, and I am thankful for them, because you encourage me every time I watch your videos.
Your last video was on things not lasting forever. I hope you do this for decades to come, because you really do make a difference.
I feel your pain. 10 years since I lost my dad, but we had a fantastic last conversation over the phone. I will cherish it for the rest of my life.
As a 70+ year old who is still plugging at guitar, it takes some amount of dedication to get over the first hump. Repetition practice is everything, as is true with anything new one attempts to learn. I say “go for it”to anyone who truly wants to learn. There is deep satisfaction even with the slightest improvements. I have no delusions, just enhancing my own existence and accomplishing a goal for myself. Everything you are saying is so valid!
"There is deep satisfaction even with the slightest improvements." - precisely !
62 year old here, just bought my first electric guitar. Once I get over being intimidated as hell by it, it's pretty cool! Good luck to both of us with this worthy, satisfying endeavor!!
that repetition that turns an idea into muscle memory is very satisfying.
Turning 71 next month. I am buying a banjo to learn how to play it over the winter
Also 70, self taught guitar a bit in college and then played very little until I retired 3 years ago. Now I play about an hour a day if my left thumb can take it. Never took any lessons, so I'm sure I do many things wrong, but get a kick out of learning a song. Of course, 95% of what I play is from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. And Rick is right, youtube is a great resource. I really like watching his videos, but he is so far above my level of knowledge I hope to get something by osmosis.
Great eye-ball catcher. For now I am working on singing in choir. I am 73 and registered as a Golden Scholar at the local University. One of my classes is Tenor/Bass Choir. My third semester this fall.
Started out with some vague notion about musical notation, but have been using sheet music to learn songs and have found the note on the page a memory aid for my ear. Of course, in choir it helps to have the guy next to me with more choral singing experience. I am pretty good at hearing and singing what I hear. I don't know if I can actually site-read music, but those notes on paper seem to be making more sense.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING! My parents were the same. Always encouraged me still playing at 44 and teaching my 2 daughters go for it. Whatever they are interested to do. I’ve always encountered them. Still do at 21 and 24.
I LOVE how you tell these stories!!! This is what I mainly come to this channel for, listening to Rick just talking about life. Oh, I've learned so much about music along the way and have changed how I listen to music, but it is the way Rick tells stories that keeps me clicking on his videos. 💜
Best teacher in my life was my high school chorus teacher. Such a great influence on me at a critical age. We did concerts and musicals. From that experience, I formed a rock band that lasted 4 years playing dances and bars. One of my favorite experiences in life.
Completely agree regarding kids and exposure to music. It is life changing.
I was lucky enough to track down my orchestra teacher 45 years after the fact, and thank her for teaching me so much... which has stuck with me to this day.
What I would’ve given to have had a father like you. Your kids are truly Blessed! Thank You for what you do.
Thank you Rick for all you share, give and provide to all of us who love your channel (and passion) so dearly. Cheers from Canada.
I seldom comment on your channel, but I so enjoyed your story of growing up surrounded by music, music teachers, music lessons and the encouragement of your parents. What a gift!
Your parents are awesome. Support and encouragement from your parents, is the most important element of raising healthy, happy and confident children.
Teaching music to kids and supporting playing is pretty damn important in my opinion too. When I was in school about two decades ago we got this new music teacher and he persuaded the school to open the music classroom for bands of the students. We could reserve a few hours each week for practice. I can't say for sure, but I'm pretty damn sure that my band and the music we played kept me alive through those years. We were all from families that really had no means to really provide for instruments or a place to practice so the school doing that was super important for us. I think it's really a public service to let kids do things like that and all schools everywhere should do the same. Too bad we were undisciplined, chaotic and a bit crap, but it wasn't about making it big. We found a lot of pure joy, creative energy and release of anxiety in the noise we unleashed and I'm eternally grateful to have had that opportunity.
9UWmember I love your story and do believe no matter how you were then, doesn't matter, you got exposed to creativity, "a magic space" an acting teacher told me..your mind body spirit, takes in everything...💫☮💫
Find that teacher and thank them for thinking of your development with great concern. Their action should not go unnoticed and without any gratitude given.
that is awesome! Great idea!
That's beautiful man.
Your very best video bar none!
The gift, the payback, the pay it forward, the passion of learning, teaching, and for music
I love your channel and your passion Rick. I’m the main drum instructor at The School Of Rock in south Austin, Texas and I always talk about your channel and how educational it is. Salute!
Yes, let's keep encouraging our kids they can do anything. I started my channel at 48. way awesome
And to think, you were previously just a scrap and pallet man. Congrats!
What if they want to sing and can't?
@@joepharmasst Autotune :p
I couldn’t agree with you more, Rick. My parents were incredibly supportive of my musical endeavors and it allowed me to feel free to try new things. Not only in music but life in general. I’ve always thanked them for that and will be passing that mindset down to my children.
So True! Encourage your kids in whatever THEY are passionate about!! Love this!
Having supportive parents is everything.
What a great start for a child.
I feel sorry for children who are just " in the way" and their parents are on drugs or abusive etc.
So hard for them.
Your parents sound awesome and you are successful because of them and your hard work !
Glad you are on UA-cam.
Great channel !
Glad you found your license! What a wonderful family story that inspires me to be better at supporting my 16 year old! Thank-You!
Amazing! Dude you are legit!
I can't imagine growing up in an environment that supported music the way most schools support football.
Thank you for sharing this, Rick. God blessed you with parents who cared and stayed together forever. Not many kids have that blessing, encouragement, support and love from their parents.
I grew up in a school system like yours that values music. I was dismayed to find out that other places are not so lucky. My high school marching band had more than 300 members, including a full bagpipe corps. I sang in glee clubs and choruses from 6th through 12th grades, and carried that over into college and my adult life. Performing for an audience is an experience everyone should have at least once.
You are sooooo right. You and your parents knew that the main job of a parent is to create Opportunity. And then, it is up to the child to follow through. The confidence that a child develops through their music spills over into all facets of their life. Thank you for making the playing and enjoyment of music so much more accessible.
You and your story are inspiring! Thank you for pouring your love and energy into what you do. You are empowering so many people to appreciate and have a deeper relationship with music. After a several decade break I have picked up the drums agin. In the evenings (after a long day on a construction site) I sit with my drum pad and my rudiments book and practice. This ritual has begun healing a long term forearm injury and has ignited creativity in other parts of my life. I was directly inspired by you to start playing again. Thank you
P.S. The kids started playing and are enamored with the drums. I now have 2 drum pads!
Awesome advice ! U r so
Lucky to have such supportive parents
Love your work Rick!
I once lost my credit card and my license in the middle of a 45km training trail run in the mountains.. racked my brain on where it could have fallen out. Had a hunch and did the same run the next day.. sure enough it was there! Was well trained for the race...
Holy cow that’s a big double run!
I absolutely love your channel Rick. Thank you for being on this earth and for giving your breath of knowledge. You’re one of a kind.
I'm not gonna lie. I was relieved to immediately realize you meant your driver's license. I was so scared it was some sort of license to make and/or monetize your videos. Glad you found it!
This same thought ocurred to me.
I thought he meant that he got a DUI or something and got his license taken off him 🤣
Ditto, I was thinking DUI. Pleasantly relieved 😅
I was 100% certain the punchline of this video was gonna be that he lost his ProTools license!
It's called clickbait. He's done this before. I love Rick, but this stuff turns me off. Sad looking thumbnail with negative title, then two minutes about misplacing his DRIVER'S license, followed by eight minutes of unrelated content. This was all done deliberately to appease UA-cam's algorithm, and he knows it.
I've learned so much and grown so much as a guitarist from your channel, but this right here is what makes it great: your heart for music and people. Thank you!
As a child outpatient therapist, I wholeheartedly believe that music has the power to heal, in addition to its benefits to cognitive development. I am always gratified to hear stories about school districts that provide students with robust music programs. They are providing a service that goes far beyond anything they imagined and lasts a lifetime.
Rick’s words and wisdom extend beyond music, this man gives lessons for life.
Such great parents you had, and now great parents you are! The love of music is such a great gift to have and share with your family!🤓
I love you, sir. You have brought tears to my eyes. Truth and passion. Thank you for your contribution to all of us - I mean that for real.
I have a friend in a song circle who started to learn to play guitar in his late 70s. I've been playing for over 40 years, but this guy is my guitar hero. He's fearless! He'll try anything, and he's still learning.
Your thoughts about fully supporting your kids in whatever their interests may be are spot on! 100%
Yep i shared this on fb
5:20 - 5:47
I will print this speech out & save it for the day I have kids myself.
I love your personal stories Rick.
They are so genuine & wholesome.
And always provide us with great wisdom & life lessions.
Thank you Rick for enhancing my knowledge in music theory & for giving us all a good laugh, seeing you imitate a drum beat or making goofy faces when you are totally into a song during your W.M.T.S.G analysis.
I aspire to study audio engineering & become a master of a producer like yourself one day.
Bless you & your family
Rick, would you please make an episode of WMTSG about August is falling by August is falling? Great band, they're finally about to break through.
Parenting 101 with Rick Beato. You’re truly a very genuine and humble guy. Great wisdom too.
Bru, honest and pure. Thank you Rick. Love your channel.
What Makes Rick Beato Great?
He can tell you a story about him losing his driver's license and you're hooked the whole time.
Heck yeah! I wanna lose my license tonight😂
He's the Mr. Ballen for boomers. :)
Exactly! I wish I had this talent. If I told the same story it would be ten seconds long and not interesting in any way, shape, or form 😂
There are thousands of great musicians out there. Rick is one of them. What separates Rick from the pack is his masterful story-telling.
I'm thinking license for what. You don't need a license to rock.
This is probably my favorite Rick Beato video and I‘ve seen (almost) all. This is such an inspirational and sincere personal story. It‘s why Rick Beato became the Rick Beato we appreciate and love.
Thank you for putting out great content for us all to enjoy!
You are bringing up some great things about music education and private lessons. Triggered memories of my mom driving me to piano lessons and yes also waiting in the car.
Love to hear your story about your experience with music in school growing up. My dad was a music teacher and music administrator in the Longview, WA school district. We group up an appreciation for music done well... opera, symphony, country, folk, rock, jazz, any genre. I, too, started playing cello before switching to guitar! Still have a cello which I am trying to make friends with again after ignoring it for several decades. Keep up the good work!
This is a wonderful message and I always enjoy hearing stories from musicians whose parents were behind them all the way from an early age. My mother was as supportive of my interest in music as she could be and bought my first guitars- an acoustic from a thrift shop and a Kay Casino knockoff. My father was a career Marine Officer- who ironically was a solid pianist and owned a Knabe baby grand- did NOT support or encourage my interest in music. The specter of his disapproval hung over my shoulder like a storm cloud 24/7 and I wish I hadn't let it get to me so much. In high school I was eventually good enough to play guitar in some great local cover bands and help others write (mostly new wave) songs by contributing chord progressions, riffs, and solos. However, I knew that every time I walked in the door with a guitar case in my hand that I was in for a fight and potential sanctions/punishment. Eventually, I just stopped coming home at night and would often hang out on a friend's couch until I knew the coast was clear. Much respect to those of you who recognize talent and ambition in your kids and boost them- especially when you might not understand what they're trying to become.
I started trombone late in life, when my son was in middle school. I needed something to do while I recovered from back surgery. I stumbled upon a used trombone in a thrift store for $40. Turned out it was better than the student model my son was using. So he appropriated it from me. He auditioned on it into Interlochen academy for his senior year ($53k/yr toward which I had no ability to contribute). Then he auditioned into four major music schools for university. He chose DePaul and they chose him. $56k/yr. for four years. All on a $40 thrift store trombone. Of course, his trombone teacher got him set up with a better one early into his freshman year. I told him that would happen and to just be patient. He was, and it worked out very nicely.
I hear you. Mine were supportive of me only if I went a traditional scholastic route (Music Education major). But any mention of me doing what I wanted - going to LA with a band - and I was always shot down. It's so important for parents to assist children in the shaping of their dreams, instead of hindering them in fear.
Absolutely loved this video and the message to support your kids with amazing and rich music and let them find their passion. A supportive environment is something missing in so many children's lives these days!
Rick. Your highlighting the importance and availability of music in your school District growing up is extraordinary. It’s a vital conversation that needs to be elevated.
I'm sending this video around to all my students and their parents. I was also fortunate enough to grow up in a town that had similar commitments to music. My HS (Randolph, NJ) had a woodwind specialist, brass specialist, percussion specialist, string specialist, and two chorus teachers. Private lessons were all part of the deal as well. This is the way it needs to be nationwide.
I loved hearing Rick describe parental and governmental commitment to music education.
Rick, thank you for all the great stories! Keep them coming - not enough learning through stories these days!! You are great thank you for sharing your soul!
Thank you for your sharing this story, love your work Rick.
Awesome message! Active ( show up) encouragement to our family and those close to us is so important.
Don’t ever go against your instinct…always be a creature of habit 😊
On another note…keep doing what you do…it brings hope and joy to millions, especially musicians
At a certain age, its better to follow your habits down to the basics,
like always putting things down in the same place every time. Don't improvise!
you short-term memory isn't what it used to be!
I'm glad you encouraged that older man! Sometimes that's all it takes to send someone in a new direction.
And, wow, your parents seem like they were amazing people!
It seems like the Arts makes people more understanding and patient. You are lucky to have great parents.
Great vid Rick. I too am grateful for the music education I got...starting at 6 watching guitar lessons on PBS with my dad (I still have his guitar from. then).
Rick, I thoroughly enjoyed this video! To share how you grew up, and what a musical background you were blessed with was fantastic! I can only imagine how far I might have gone with music, if only. Great parenting too, you have truly been blessed! Just amazing! 🥲
I love watching your videos, and hearing you break down parts of all these songs, and playing these parts. Just wonderful! Maybe at some point I will have the dough to get some of your lesson’s so I can learn a bit more! Maybe this autumn 🍂 if things work out. Thank you Rick, for sharing this with us❤️
One of the greatest joys of my life is teaching the one, two, and three year olds in my toddler music classes. Rick's comments are inspiring and so very, very, true.
wow that is awesome! That must be such a fun and joyous experience!
I love what you say here about music and supporting your children. I sent the link to my son who's a single dad to my 11 year old granddaughter. I pray he listens to this! Very GOOD stuff!!! Thank you!
Thank you for this very inspiring video!
Makes me think about how I could better encourage my children to pursue their own passions
That was one of my favorite episodes Rick!
We homeschool our kids and that’s the way we approach it.
Keith Jarrett!
There's a blast from my adolescence.
Great story. All kids should have these opportunities. As wonderful as it is to hear about your fantastic school, it overwhelms me when I think how unevenly distributed good fortune and lucky circumstances are.
Keep giving back, Rick. It's great to know you're out there.
I love the fact that you're sharing this, Rick. It seems so trivial, on one level...and to some people (especially in my blue collar world)...but the fact that all four of my adult kids can read and play instruments...is big. Guitar, piano, flute, accordion, violin/fiddle....I love the fact that they can pull those out and have some fun at the house...and watching grandkids pound on a tiny piano.
Yep, looking back. Definitely blessed to have musical parents and a great school system with so much music. I've got to pass it on to my son.
Great advice, Rick. Both my kids loved music as they were growing up and played several instruments. Countless hours driving them to lessons and always loved hearing them practice, even when out of tune. My son developed a passion for jazz and now, at 23, is one of the top up and coming jazz saxophonists in the Pacific Northwest.
Rick: Thank YOU (and your wife) for your dedication...on behalf of your kids as well. Children may only be able to appreciate what they have been given only later in life, but once they do, they will be forever grateful to their parents.....I know I certainly am. As I have said before, it takes a lot of courage to become parent(s).....
Love you man. Keep being the great person you are.
Been there, done that.
By the way, I'm 61 and you give me hope that I can learn to play guitar.
Go for it. And dont give up. You will never regret it.
Keep up the great interviews and I love this channel especially What Makes This Song Great. You have taught me a lot about scales and music theory.
Your parents sound like absolute legends ✨ mine were/are like that too - working all the time, yet some how able to come to all our concerts and games
God bless you for this encouragement, Rick. Your story about parents visiting your classes rings so true. We raised all three of our kids surrounded by music. Eldest daughter became a music teacher -- at one point she was the sole music teacher for an entire school district, and would "make the rounds" of the various elementary schools every day. My wife and I tagged along one day, and she told us it thrilled her to have us there.
Nowadays (still teaching music) she is finding it much harder to be taken seriously (even though she's in the private school system). She had a co-worker comment recently, "C'mon - how hard can it be to teach music? Don't you just put on a 'Frozen' Sing-Along Songs?" If not for years of practicing restraint she damn well might have caused him serious bodily harm.
Watching this made me think back on how supportive my parents were in every musical endeavor I showed interest in. They even allowed me to get a drum set in high school and blast music in my room as I played along (badly). It makes such a difference. Thank you for this video.
I bet things have changed now I bet you play drums in perfect time like computer perfect. Teach others how important the beat is. Stick to the B.E.A.T 1234 FIGHT!!! it's easy as abc get ready to ignite!!! Do the D.A.N.C.E - JUSTICE
I've always played great music for my children. I have always encouraged them to play guitar. My daughter decided she wanted to learn to play guitar. I just bought my daughter a guitar; she's 30 years old.
I'm thankful for my music teachers in both grade school and high school. I think about them often and how they made my life better. Like you, we had one on one instruction in school every week, all the way through.
Love your channel!! Me and my 11 year old son watched this and he said he wants to learn drums while we were watching! Mission accomplished. My 12 year old daughter takes lessons from my same teacher I had back when I first started and she loves it!!! I’ve played guitar for 31 years. Music is huge in our house.
Always great videos. You should do a show about how learning music at a young age, also helps with all other learning. Music is so important. Thank you keep up the great videos.