#‘What are you thinking about when you hoist that mallot over your head?’ ‘Napoleon’

[artistocrazy]

When the safety manager or whoever manages these things will not allow you to bring an actual cannon into the auditorium to fire blank rounds for musical aesthetics and you have no choice but to improvise

[esmeralda-anistasia]

#‘What are you thinking about when you hoist that mallot over your head?’ ‘Napoleon’#On the outside he is focused on discussing the great privilege it is to play this percussive part and honor the composer with his playing#On the inside he feels like the kid who got picked first for kickball - he was CHOSEN you see#Someone THOUGHT he could do it enough to ask him to swing the big mallot over his head#There is a giddy little boy excited to make a loud bang for the music#He will not do this sort of thing outside of concert practice or performance though don’t get it twisted#He is not winning anyone the big prize at the carnival and ringing any bell#Even if there is a bell on that thing he will still refuse to do it#he’s not embarrassed or anything

When the safety manager or whoever manages these things will not allow you to bring an actual cannon into the auditorium to fire blank rounds for musical aesthetics and you have no choice but to improvise