This music speaks to me... to you, not so much

[glatt]

My son is in middle school and is currently really excited about discovering music that he likes. Of course, the first music he has been exposed to has been music my wife, who's home all the time, puts on, and that's heavy in the Avett Brothers type stuff. Then I showed him the dusty hard drive of mp3s that we never listen to, and he started combing through that. Tons of stuff on there. But the greatest thing for him has been Pandora on the Roku, because he is discovering new stuff that is similar to the stuff he likes. Then he'll hit Youtube to see more by that band.

So far, he's really into AC/DC, which is amusing to me because that's so old. But he's pulled in other stuff that doesn't really fit. Like he loves Only You by Yaz. Heavy rock to electro pop. I approve of both. I haven't ever been a big Kansas fan, but he likes Kansas. He's into Led Zeppelin. I'll pull something out that's also 70's guitar stuff, and he's not afraid to veto it, which is cool. Like he can't stand the Doobie Brothers.

Basically it's all stuff that you would figure a 12 year old boy would like. But it brings me joy to see him discovering this stuff and rejecting the music we've been playing around the house for the last several years. It's refreshing to have another person turning on the stereo and putting something on, even if it is Thunderstruck for the 20th time.