I am so sorry, he was a very dear friend of mine.
If you want to, we can talk about him via PM.
It actually is just the way you described it. But one of my students is technically far beyond most others her age - and still demands playing shitty pop music. Sometimes I really want to make her angry (she's heavy on the spectrum), just so she can unleash her full potential. Have fun with other genres. Like, idk, play a song of my late friend's band Static-X. :D I know she could do it, but she prefers not to. I am not shoving or pushing her. She does what she feels fine with. So, I guess more Swift, more Lady Gaga, more Billie Eilish... ;D
Most of my students are kids / teenagers and especially group classes can be somewhat annoying every now and then. But at the same time it's very rewarding. Sure, sometimes I'm a bit underwhelmed by their taste in music, but hey, I've been a dumbass kid as well back in the day. I love the lessons when I'm not taking any requests, just giving a big lecture about different music genres and then getting into the drumming zone. I teach one advanced class every 2nd week (beginners class is every week) and I love seeing my students light up when it comes to proper challenging stuff. One is a fun nu metal fan who once asked me if I knew how to play "Word up". You mean the Korn version or the actual original? Lol, his mind was blown away after hearing the original for the first time, and that was the original song plus me on the drums playing along to it. :D I might've had shitty parents, but oh dear, both of them had good taste in music and thus I know boatloads of cool stuff all the way down from the mid 50s up until the early 90s.
May I introduce you to Drumeo? :D Rock on! I know some of the people from the channel on a personal level and some of the "listen to the first time" teachers actually taught me the ropes when I started out playing (I used to be coder / keyboarder before getting into playing drums).
Lol, I had to look it up online. There's some very nice Breakcore elements in that music. To quote a friend of mine (who is crazy enough to actually play that sort of stuff live on an oldschool kit every now and then): "Sure, I can play Breakcore live - for about 20 minutes and then I've got to stop because otherwise it would give me a major league heart attack!" :D
Imagine this being bored to your tits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItZyaOlrb7E
Imagine being even more bored by pop music... ;-)
It's just always the same. Doesn't matter if it's Taylor or any other pop musician ever since the early 90s.
Damn, now I feel old - and I'm only 38. ^^
I just have fun on the drums playing and teaching when it comes up to speed and different tempos. I love playing challenging stuff - for example Sam & Dave. I do love playing kicks that are not going well initially with crashes. It's just me, being jaded.
But apparently all my students dig my classes, so I can't really complain.
Oh, no worries. I teach them 50/50 what they want to learn and the other half is what I think it's good for them to learn. That includes Blues, Jazz, Grunge, Funk, Soul, and so, so many more genres. I just hate dull pop music with a passion. :D
(plays punk music angrily in a corner...)
I'm a drums teacher and I'm this close to breaking my sticks with my bare teeth if any of my students request learning another shitty Swift song ever again. Or maybe I'll smash the window in by throwing my kit at it. Or myself. Or my students...
Wasn't it taking place in New Mexico, according to some ancient interviews and the writers bible for those bits? Please correct me, if I'm wrong here.
I know a bunch of people in happy cis-hetero relationships where there is no bs going on with traditional gender role expectations. A dear friend of mine is a super sweet, sensitive and emotionally open cis-lad. He and his wife are very happy together. He's got pink hair, dresses pretty funky and is super adorable while his wife is more on the butch side with a healthy 'let's do this' hands on mentality and a nice casual look. That's just one exampel. Almost all my hetero lady friends go for emotionally open and cute lads. Just be yourself, find the right person to date and be happy together.
Das nicht vegetarische Zeug ist Futter für den Hund - bevor ihr fragt. ;)
Kennt eigentlich irgendjemand hier das tollste Buch von Douglas Adams? Last chance to see?
Sie sind eine der unausstehlichsten Rassen in der Galaxis - nicht direkt böse, aber mies gelaunt, bürokratisch, aufdringlich und gefühllos. Sie würden nicht einmal den kleinen Finger rühren, um ihre eigene Großmutter vor dem Gefräßigen Plapperkäfer von Traal zu retten, ohne dass Anweisungen in dreifacher Ausfertigung unterschrieben, eingereicht, zurückgereicht, beanstandet, verloren, gefunden, einer öffentlichen Untersuchung unterworfen, wieder verloren und schließlich drei Monate in weichen Torf gesteckt und als Feueranzünder wiederverwendet werden.
100 % salmon. Unfortunately one of my neighbours painted their entire house like that and it pisses me off every day walking my dog.