#band kid problems

[just-call-mefr1es]

youre telling me that i have to ‘be louder’ as a FLUTE when the saxophones r literallh playing FORTISSIMO when theyre supposed to be MEZZO FORTE⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️

[samstudios8108]

Y’know those band kids that love band so much that they decide to do it twice and pick up another instrument?

Yeah I’m one of those band kids.

And when deciding to learn saxophone alongside my oboe, I assumed the hard things would be stuff like learning new fingerings and trying to do a new ambrochure. BUT NOOOO

No. Here in high woodwind land (oboe, clarinet, alto sax and maybe tenor) there is almost no difference between fingerings except for a couple of stumbles (F natural for alto is F# for oboe… bit of pain). And learning a new ambrochure? HA! I’m an oboeist, your single reeded ambrochures are NOTHING to me.

but then comes the crap that I WASN’T expecting to inconvenience EVER. The fact that it takes 10 WHOLE MINUTES for me to set up my sax because I can’t get the ligature and neck strap to cooperate. My single reeds would get moldy every other week because I didn’t know how to take care of them (I fixed that simply by getting a better reed case). THE FACT THAT I RUN OUT OF BREATH EVERY 2 MEASURES on sax, but then with the oboe I CAN GO FOR EIGHT WITH EASE. I have 3 DIFFERENT SWABS FOF DIFFERENT THINGS (neck, a little scrubber thing for my mouthpiece, then the actual sax swab. The SPIT that just slowly OOZES out of the KEYS because condensation is different for the saxophone than with the oboe. I one time got kindly corrected at marching band practice for SETTING MY SAX DOWN ON THE WRONG SIDE. HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT THE SIDE WITH MORE KEYS GOES FACE DOWN BECAUSE OF THE KEY GUARDS??!?!?! THAT’S NOT HOW IT WORKS FOR OBOE

I would always be like: yeah double reeds are harder because it’s literally double the trouble of a single reed. You have to use more breath. Blah blah blah

NO. Single reeds are WEIRD. I would much rather pay a leg and an arm or forge a reed from SCRATH then have to deal with your STUPID LIGATURES

[lalaluna20]

MY TENOR IS GOING TO MAKE ME PASS OUT

i hate my tenor (lies) i hate band auditions i hate being sick i hate feeling my face tense up i hate, i hate, i hate

[emmaestrella]

i have to be at school until FIVE FREAKING PM for concert rehearsals

someone kill me (it’s 2:40 rn)

[emeraldkitty123]

When you lose track of where you are in the song but it’s just joy to the world so you can play it from memory till you find your spot again

[welcometogrouchland]

Controversial Steph take: I don't actually know that she'd want to be a nurse as a career. In main canon anyway

The point of evidence people use for this is usually Convergence: Batgirl (where a retired Steph becomes a nurse in the domed Gotham. Specifically she has midwife training), along with her time spent in Africa with Leslie helping people, and that's fair.

(Convergence: Batgirl #1 & Robin/Spoiler special)

I don't think canon has ever actually gives us an indication of what career Steph would like (her major in Batgirl (2009) is undeclared/never discussed iirc, and I can't think of any reference to the topic in Robin '93 or elsewhere) so it makes sense that readers would latch onto these moments as an indication of what a potential civilian career might look like for Steph.

It works fine but there is some interesting arguments to be made against it: namely this panel from Robin #82 (1993):

(Robin (1993) #82)

People often mention how Steph's mom was a nurse and how this might make her partial towards the career path but this panel implies the opposite- Steph's mom works long hours that put distance between her and Steph (Steph says more than once that Crystal works nights and sleeps days) and to, Steph at least, the job seems miserable.

Obviously this is a direct contradiction of Convergence: Batgirl, and while that simply comes down to different writers having different interpretations (and personally I don't think Dixon's takes precedent even if he is Stephanie's creator) it's interesting to me to think about what else Stephanie may actually want to do with her life.

We know her hobbies from a smattering of comics (sports like softball and gymnastics, piano, generally more on the creative side than the technical side but did do a lot of computer science during college) but none really coalesce into a career path. Personally I think if Steph were to work in the medical field she'd make a great EMT/first responder (adrenaline rush AND she's helping people!). I also think her pursuing something really difficult like a law degree just to spite people who doubt her would be in character (social work might be more up her alley in that scenario though).

Idk, just food for thought. Let me know if anyone has any alternate ideas for Steph careers

[nenoname]

honestly??? i still dont know what to do with the idea that there might be a bunch of clone fords out there???? it honestly makes me so unhinged??????

[odetarifunk]

Emrmrmmm

[pleasedontcareaboutme]

It's missing my father hours rn so imma just dump a bunch of pictures here and cry

( sorry i don't know the source of anything I just had them on my phone)

(also dont read the tags i just need to let it out lol)

[just-call-mefr1es]

my flute skills aren’t fluteing guys what do I do

[bossboudicca]

i cant believe i missed donnie's bday 8/17/69

happy belated 55th birthday daddy

have some pics from my donnie stash

[wildwood-faun]

missing the days when the internet wasn't google et al trying to sell me the same five things through a million different websites

[inanimateinsanitywiki]

it's not my place to talk about it at length but i hope that today has taught more people that the osc's antiblackness problem didn't end when they took t*ylor gr*din out back old yeller style

[pipsqueak317]

have any of you guys realized that some people genuinely can't read music

like all of the people i know, except for one, can at least sort of read music, or they have the gist of what it is

like what the hell do you mean you can't read this????

😭😭

[papasmicstand]

Watching James Hetfield fuck up Cirice was funny until I tried to play it (just the beginning) and wanted to throw my guitar out the window.

[just-call-mefr1es]

was looking through my old band stuff and wanted to share random ass doodles I found:3

sorry if u can’t read my handwriting lmao😓 some of these r really old btw so my art style has definitely changed/improved but yeah

enjoy my silly band doodles (I’ll post more if further into the year hehe)