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...other day I heard Joey singing a song about trains, and I realized that I couldn't remember the first time I heard my second son sing. I just took it for granted. With Nate, I never take anything for granted...
When Nate was 6, I was invited to hear his class put on a concert. I had no idea what to expect, as Nate doesn't sing. What he does do is make loud, repetitive noises, occasionally while rocking back and forth. But I went anyway. And when the music teacher approached Nate and began to sing a song Nate loved to listen to, Nate looked down, stared at his hands and very quietly chimed in, "A ram sam sam, a ram sam, gooly, gooly, gooly..." The other moms rushed to hand me tissues as tears streamed down my face...
...song called When the Army Is Strong, the People Are Strong. It is still played at military functions. As a child, Zaw Win Htut listened to Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. His father, a doctor and a rock fan who bought records on trips abroad, pushed him to sing as well as play drums and guitar, and financed his first two albums, both failures. A third album, produced after his father died of an allergic reaction...
...their adversaries to excite the audience about their original set, while punctuating it with hits like “Wouldn’t It be Nice?” by George Michael. Their sound had a solid drum beat and was upbeat and poppy and their lyrics easy to sing along with, but they had a tough act to follow, and overall, their vocals and instrumentals were not as strong as those of The Stone Cutters...
...full quartet returned and rolled into “Happy People,” a funk-laced ditty featuring a catchy bridge and an irresistible groove. As if making up for his earlier alienation, Garrett welcomed his audience back to his music by exhorting them to sing along. This was what jazz is supposed to be about—interplay with the audience, communication between band members and spontaneous creativity. Garrett was at his absolute best when he stayed within—but was not constrained by—the structure of his chord changes, but he did that...