Who has kids that are in a band or have been?

My son doesn't like to listen to his cd.  Doesn't like to talk about it.  He put so much time and effort into it without much success. 

I really like their music. The entire cd is on YouTube. Maybe Amazon and Spotify. Sons of Stereo - Truth and Other Lies. They went for a unique sound. They wrote and recorded all of their songs.

During that time, he got me interested in collecting guitars as an investment. I got a little carried away and now I have a bunch of them.  Lol. 

@cleeds I guess I should have checked there since I use Qobuz. 🙂

@bolong That's what has happened here.  I got my son a job doing what I do and there's no free time. Plus, he has two kids now.  I suspect that he'll try to do something when the kids are out of the house. 

He played in another band that did covers of classic rock, country, etc. He was in his 20s and the other guys were old farts.  He had fun with it and improved his playing skills because they covered so many different types of music. He also played in a band that covered 90s rock.  He got pretty good on the guitar.  

@knotscott Yeah, I miss going to gigs. We didn't miss many. He played in Tennessee and a few other distant places that were a bit far. 

He had another band before SOS. They were really good, but the lead singer was difficult.... They played a few songs before a Brothers Osborne concert. Pretty big crowd there 

@fatdaddy2 I didn't end up with any gear that I could use for audio. He has a nice pair of Barefoot amplified speakers, but he hung on to those.

I do have a new pair of Gibson amplified monitors sitting in boxes.  Gibson made a limited number of speakers with fronts that mimic a Les Paul. Really cool wood.  Garrett had a pair, too, but he sold them to his younger brother.  They actually work pretty well for music. 

@helomech thanks for the comments. They did what they could with somewhat limited funds. It still amounted to a ton of money.  There are a couple of other videos on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/yKS5j-GYs1M?si=pissmXpDGffo6oHU

Garrett and the drummer, Kade, actually got pretty good at recording and mixing, but by that time covid had hit.

@jasonbourne71 thank you. 👍

@normb Interesting history. Thanks for sharing.

Being a band dad was a life style for a number of years. It was fun, for sure. 

@yoyoyaya The drummer went to college for music. Well schooled and talented.  He's now doing sound production for a huge church. 

My son took a lot of guitar lessons.  The latter years, he focused more on music theory than just technique.  One thing that always impressed me was his ability to take a 5 watt Fender tube amp and a few pedals and still nail tones for a slew of different songs/genres that they covered in the old guy band. It's not easy. They played for hours at some gigs.

We knew it was a long shot. Had to try, though. Gotta have the right connections as much as anything. 

@ticat I hope my son has time for it at some point in his life. I’m afraid it’s going to be a while, though. I have a house full of amps and guitars. One room was dedicated for that purpose. It’s not used now except when the grandkids are here. We put some toys in there.

@jmalen123 We are proud.  Gotta give the kid credit.  When he was doing it, he went 110%.  He's best friends now with the guy that did the recording.  Garrett actually helped him remodel his recording studio. 

They had gear that they used on stage that was far better than most local bands.  The sound guys were usually pretty surprised.  It was frustrating when you'd get a sound guy that wasn't very good.