Ok… my son Jake turns 12 today. Makes me feel just a tad old.. but that’s ok. He’s a blast to be around. Jake started drumming earlier this year. That led to an interest in music for him (along with a little help from Guitar Hero)
I was a huge concert going back in the day. Probably been to over a 100 concerts in my life. I also collected a lot of CD’s in the 90’s. Have over 300 of those… still. I’ve been debating on what to do with them. Thought about downloading all of them on my IPod. They are just not really worth anything to sell. But they do take up a lot of space.
Jake a month ago he ask me if I ever heard the song ‘Welcome to the Jungle’. Then he ask me if I ever heard of AC/DC. I laughed and showed him my concert stubs. I then started digging out my CD collection for him. We listened to U2, Nirvana, Foo Fighters and Guns and Roses. He’s been asking me a lot about rock history. So we talked about the Beetles, Led Zepplin, etc.
So I’m enjoyed these talks with him. Its starting to bring my passion of music back. I showed him a Nirvana concert DVD yesterday. He learned all about smashing guitars, stage dives and mosh pits from that DVD. I told him of some of my mosh pit days and the injuries I suffered at many concerts. I did visit a couple of hospitals back in the day from a couple crazy concerts.
Anyway… right now I’m enjoying having a 12 year old. But the teenage years around the corner are a whole different story…
Living a life that Matters 
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