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If enough parents work together to expose their kids to all the good music that exists outside the mainstream I think that would be a good thing. Whatever that might be.



If you ask my 11 year old who his favorite musicians are he will answer, not necessarily in this order:

Stevie Wonder
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Zander Zon (look him up on YouTube then buy his self-made CD on CDBaby)
Lecrae
John Coltrane
They Might Be Giants

Some of that is mainstream - if it's good and it's mainstream, I'm not opposed. Some is clever, some is relaxing (Ben likes to listen to Coltrane and Zander Zon to chill out).

His friend Aaron has an iPod inherited from his dad with nothing but 60's pop, soul and R&B on it. Guess what he likes listening to? His fave: Petula Clark.

These are 5th grade boys. There is hope for the future of musical tastes.

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