I want to share a little moment I had last night so that those without kids can understand.
I have my 4 kids signed up for music lessons for a little over a year now. My two oldest girls had some prior experience with piano. The oldest is taking a break from music now as there are no spots (she took guitar up until this summer break). My second oldest and youngest girls are in piano. My son, who has been banging on pots and pans his entire life, has been taking drums. He's a natural.
Last night after his lessons were done he was sitting in the basement of the music school, showing off on an electric drum kit. I sat behind him with an electric guitar. I got him started on a straight up 4/4 drum beat, told him where to hit the crash cymbal and let him go.
After 4 bars I came in with the guitar riff to "Living After Midnight" by Judas Priest.
He missed the crash cymbal the first time as he struggled to find a groove (his first time ever playing with another person) and then we went into this fantastic jam for about a minute. He was rocking, he was hitting the crash at exactly the right time, he was bouncing with the beat, and when we stopped he couldn't believe what had just happened. He forgot about all the lessons and felt the music.
He's 9 years old.
You just never even think about comics or anything else when you are in a moment like this with your kids. The look on their face when they pass through a door in life and you are a part of it is worth more than all the time that you put into them up until that point.
R.