[speaker001:] Okay, what kind of music do you like?
[speaker002:] Well, I, uh, several years ago [child] a radio broke in my car
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and I never, I got out of the habit of listening to the radio, and so I haven't been listing, I, I used to just listen to the rock stations
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] but, um, [throat clearing] lately I have been going back to classical music. I don't really know what too many of the most popular songs are unless, you know, they're in the, the news or something [talking].
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] But, um, so I tend to listen to some of the older songs that were popular back when I was paying attention.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And then I like some classical music
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and some of the pieces that have been around a while. I haven't paid much attention to most of the current music. What about you?
[speaker001:] Um, I listen, I listen to a wide variety of music. Sometimes I'll turn on the classical music, [yelling] [talking] [man in background] sometimes I'll listen to jazz,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] uh, every now and then country and western. Um, I'll listen to some of the rock stations. I also like the, uh, the, the classic rock stations,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] that play the older, more mellow type rock music [talking] [man and child in background]. Um, some of the, some of the rock stations now are the, I guess the top forty stations or whatever. They just, it really gets on my nerves because they play so many commercials and,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] sometimes the deejays are just kind of annoying and irritating [LAUGHTER],
[speaker002:] That's true.
[speaker001:] and it gets kind of old, and they play the same songs over and over,
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] and I just get kind of tired of all that.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] So lots of times,
[speaker002:] [Throat clearing].
[speaker001:] I'll just play cassettes instead of listening to the radio, actually. But, uh, most of my cassettes, I guess, I don't, I don't like hard rock.
[speaker002:] No.
[speaker001:] Um, I have some, some rock and some jazz and a couple, maybe one or two country and western. Some, uh, oh, I can't believe I can't think of his name. Um, Garth Brooks,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] I have a couple of his tapes.
[speaker002:] [Throat clearing].
[speaker001:] And, um, but it's mainly, it's mainly just the, the light rock type stuff.
[speaker002:] Yes, I don't, I never liked any of the heavy metal
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] music [LAUGHTER]. I never really listened to it because I, you know, I prefer to have more, I guess, an established pattern of music to listen to.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] But, and I, back a long time ago, when the rap music first came out
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] it was kind of a novelty, and I listened to some of it,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] but I, you know, now that there's just a million rap groups and,
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] and, uh, they try to, tend to try to do, outdo each other with raciness, I think,
[speaker001:] Oh, yeah.
[speaker002:] and, so I, you know, I'm not attracted to that at all, but, um, it made a big difference in my life not to have a radio that was easy access, and so now that I do have one, I just don't automatically turn it on
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] unless there's something I'm particularly listening to. But, you know, if you go two or three years without having that, what I got the most exposure to
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] it really changed my life-style and kept me from just having a, you know, easy access to current music, and so I did, like I say, tend to go back to albums and
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] cassettes and things that I had, already had
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] purchased. But we don't have a C D yet, do you?
[speaker001:] No, I don't. I sure don't because I have so many albums and cassettes I feel like, gosh, I'm going to have to go out and buy a C D player and then start collecting C D -s, and it just,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] I haven't gotten around to doing it yet.
[speaker002:] Yeah, I, I kind of decided to wait until it, it was around a while. It was kind of like, remember when personal calculators first [LAUGHTER] came out,
[speaker001:] Yeah, yeah.
[speaker002:] and they were really, really expensive and then now you can get one for two or three dollars.
[speaker001:] Just like V C R's, too [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Uh-huh, uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Yeah, I thought of that, too, that if I wait, it'll get a lot less expensive, and I can do without it for a while.
[speaker002:] Sure and also they get better quality
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] w-, and they learn to have more features and things and
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] without, and making them less expensive. So we're kind of waiting to, like, uh, now, you know, and the price of cassettes has gone down
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] because C D -s are so popular, so,
[speaker001:] That's, and a C D is a lot more expensive than a cassette ever was, too, right now, I think.
[speaker002:] I haven't even priced them. I guess they must be.
[speaker001:] They're somewhere between ten and fifteen dollars a piece.
[speaker002:] Oh, really?
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] That is awful [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yeah [LAUGHTER]. I bought some at Christmas time for friends of mine that have C D players. I thought, my gosh,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] now I know another reason why I'm not going to get a C D player for a while.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER] Take our time.
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] Well, I can't imagine, um, you can't record on them and so they won't be as functional as like a cassette player, where if you heard something, you could record it,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] you know. Uh, if you have, I guess, if you wanted to record something to play out in your car or something,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] that you'd heard or that you owned an album of, so C D -s won't be nearly as handy.
[speaker001:] Yeah, see, I've got a, on my stereo I've got a, a, uh, turntable, and then I've got a dual cassette so I can record off other cassettes.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] But I never realized you couldn't record onto C-, I just never really thought about it because I haven't really looked into it very much. I don't have one and,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and I've never really looked at one very closely, but that, that would be inconvenient because I have a cassette player in my car. Now I guess, you know, one of these days when I get a new car, maybe, I guess all of them will probably have C D -s players by then,
[speaker002:] Yes.
[speaker001:] but, uh, I'm not planning on doing that for a while. I just got mine paid off [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER] Enjoy it.
[speaker001:] I'm going to stick with the cassettes and, and, uh, you know, until, until they, now my sister, my younger sister has a, she does have a C D player that she got for Christmas and she's got the, the cassette, so she can record off cassettes onto C D -s. I mean, I'm sorry, o-, other way around,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] off C D -s onto cassettes.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Um,
[speaker002:] Well, that's good.
[speaker001:] so I can record some things from her and, you know, get cassettes and record off other ones or off the radio if I want to but
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] but, uh, I just haven't gone to C D yet.
[speaker002:] Why, we haven't either, but we, you know, we like the, the idea of having great extra quality, you know,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] in your music and things. But, but I'm satisfied to just have what I've been used to, not have to think about the great financial [LAUGHTER]
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] sacrifice that that would be, to suddenly try to switch over to all C D -s or something.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] But I know one thing that has colored my music choice is when we had children, um, I really started to think about what kind of television programs I was watching,
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] and what kind of music I was listening to and
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] activities because, um, you know, I just didn't want them to be exposed to a lot of things, and a lot of the, lot of the songs have some lyrics that, um
[speaker001:] Oh, yeah [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] I just wasn't pleased with,
[speaker001:] And they get worse and worse, too.
[speaker002:] you know. Uh-huh. And so I really think we've tried to tone down
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] our taste there to make, uh, you know, our children not be exposed to so many ne-, negative things so early in life.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh. Well, that's amazing how I used to, when I was in college, I used to have the stereo on all the time or I had on M T V or something,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] but ever since I've been out of college, I guess over the last several years, I listen to the stereo less and less. Now I, I will turn on, I've got a small jam box in my bathroom. I'll turn that on while I'm in the shower and while I'm getting ready because there's really not much else I can do
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and it's kind of boring standing there, putting on makeup, so I'll turn the radio on and,
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] and then I listen to it when I'm in the car driving to work because, again, there's, you know, there's nothing else going on. I might as well listen to the radio while I'm driving to work.
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] But other than that, I've, I really don't, I don't listen to the radio or even to my albums or cassettes or anything very often anymore. I guess I'm just too busy doing other things that it's too much trouble to get up and go decide what I want to listen to,
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] and put it on the, on the turntable. I don't know, I just don't, don't bother to do it very much anymore.
[speaker002:] Yes, I know what you mean. I, I know my husband, he, um, plays an instrument and he played in the band when he was in college and in high school
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and so he has a lot of all different kinds of music, and he goes out of his way to play marching band music,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] or like you say, jazz or classical to the children to, to give them some exposure to different kinds of music.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And I think that's really good because they're learning to like all different kinds and,
[speaker001:] That's good. What instrument does he play?
[speaker002:] He plays the, it's a euphonium. It's like a small, a really small, not a tuba, but I th-, it's hard to explain [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] I never had known anyone to play one before.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, I've never heard of that.
[speaker002:] But it's kind of like a small, small tuba but it's not the kind that sits up on your shoulder.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] But it's a cross between a tuba and, and an, and, you know, a horn. It's a brass instrument.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] [Swallowing] So he plays that and, and a little bit of piano and
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] but he has some real fond memories of marching band
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and concert band type activities, and he thinks that would be good for the kids [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, oh, I'm sure it is. I'm sure it is. I was exposed to a lot of music when I was younger. I, my parents had me take piano lessons for eight years,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and, so I was, I was a real good piano player, but then I got interested in a lot of other things and I got real involved in many things and, and now I don't have a piano in my apartment or anything. I could sit back down and play a few things,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] but not like I used to be able to. It's kind of sad that I've let that slip away.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] And I took guitar lessons, I think, for one or two years, and, uh, that was about the same time I was taking piano. And then I got too busy in high school [faint] to really keep up with it between homework and...