nervous2 wrote:
I thank heaven that English was my native language and that I didn't have to learn it as a second language later in life. Spanish is so simple.
I wish I'd learned Spanish instead of French! I've never needed to use French, but have had plenty of instances where I could have used Spanish.
I'm a huge fan of music, from classical and jazz to hard rock and most everything in between (except bubblegum pop, rap, and Nashville country). One of my favorite rock bands is The Warning — three sisters from Monterrey Mexico who grew up bilingual in a private Catholic girls' school. They have been writing and performing all but three of their songs in English, since they were in elementary school and middle school (9, 12, and 14)!
In English-speaking interviews, they sound like Midwestern Americans. The drummer sings lead on a fourth of their songs, in English or Spanish, while drumming. She is Drumeo's 2023 Rock Drummer of the Year... at the age of 22.
At 13, 16, and 18, they released a critically acclaimed "rock novel concept album,"
Queen of the Murder Scene.https://youtu.be/s6b_FgQnXL8? Links to
Hell You Call a Dream — Live at Pepsi Center in Mexico City, 10/28/2023 (The Warning's tenth anniversary show). This illustrates the live wall of sound they create with just three people.
Being bilingual is a superpower for them. They are performing sold-out shows all over Europe and the UK right now. They've played in Canada, the USA, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and this summer, they go to Japan. Album #4 is on the way in June.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warning_(band) will start you down their rabbit hole if you are a rock fan.