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Welcome
To another band meme/ask blog.
I'm the head(and only) admin, LilFlute, welcome.
The ask box is always open, send confessions, memes, band secrets, tips for other, anything band related.
I'm a symphonic band flautist from Australia, doot doot my dude.
Hopefully I'll be able make some 🔥fire🔥 band memes for you all.
Always remember to look up at the conductor,
LilFlute
Listen I don't know what that is but it's concerning-
Who else hasn't been in choir since third grade?
BAND👏BUS👏CHAOS (Part 1?)
We've all been there.
The band bus.
Hordes of highschoolers/college/university students pile onto a bus for who knows how many hours and they travel to a far away place, be it for a training camp, workshops, a tour, or even a competition. We've all experienced the absolute madness that is the Band Bus.
I'm gonna spill my experiences with it.
So each year, there's the usual set up of:
New kids/year sevens/bus sick up the front with teachers and parents chaperoning. Year eights take up a tiny section in the middle-front. Then the year nines are the middle of the bus (most of us) with some grade eights and tens. Then the back of the bus is a shitstorm of the brass players of every grade and percussionists from every grade, along with any seniors from other sections. It's a madhouse. I'm towards the start of the roll, and usually the most eager to get on and seated, so I usually get a seat up the back with all the party-goers.
I'm from a tiny band of thirty to fifty players, so we squeeze onto a 64 seater with relative ease. There's never been a year where we've needed two buses.
You know that time when it's getting late, but you're almost to your destination, so you're all super excited that you can't sleep? That's the band every year. Everyone's hyped to get to the fancy hotel, or the cool PCYC (and possibly the beach before rehearsals), so there's music softly playing from someone's Bluetooth speaker, because the BD told everyone to shut up so the bus driver can navigate around the city.
I might do a part two to this, since there's more to the Band Bus than just the ride there! There's the ride back, the return trips from competitors to the hotel, there's all sorts of things!
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BAND BUS CHAOS [Part 2!]
So! The band bus post is in my top 5 most popular posts, so here's a pt. 2!
The bus ride back to the hotel once you've won a competition... don't we love those!
My band sings "WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!" really loudly! And everyone gets in on it!! It's one of the times where I really feel a part of the band, regardless of section, age, or chair, everyone has fun. Because we achieved that win! We did it together!! I wish I still had videos, but I think I deleted them. It really shows that we aren't just some teens smashed together to make invisible wiggly lines, we're a team! A team that can do anything if we try!
Guess the song.
P l e a s e.
*ugly sobbing*
Me? Practicing two nights in a row? It's less likely than you think, but hey, I did it this week.
Also, I'm gonna start a practice diary of sorts. The tag is #LilFlutesPracticeDiary because I'm basic asf.
I warmmed up with the b flat major scale, and a 2 line warmup called The Crusaders, then moved on to piece study.
Ok, today's pieces that I'm focusing on are Fever, and Saxes Will Rock! Fever is a well known song (I think?), and a few years ago, we actually had someone sing the song with the band! Saxes Will Rock! is, as the title suggests, a piece that features the saxophone section. In my school's band, the saxes come forward, and make a line at the front, or up on the stage (we perform on the ground half the time), so their part can be projected to the audience more.
I don't use my stand because it's one of those stands.
Day t h r e e of practice? Is this real?
Usual b flat major scale, and Crusaders as a short piece. Played a piece that I've been playong since grade seven, the almightly Shackleford Banks. Got it in grade seven, didn't have it grade 8, played it in nine and apparently we're playing it this year? Sure. I can dig it, as the kids would say.
I looked over Mama Mia, tried to play it with the actual song, gave up after five seconds.
I have my first rehearsal for the year tomorrow, which means I'm going to badger the bd for a chance at the oboe again. Wish me luck!
Hey!! Oboe players!! Dudes!! Happy new y- I mean drop some tips!! Ya girl is desperate!!
Dooot
So, dooting the oboe is INCREDIBLY hard.
Yahoo answers why is my head sore after playing the oboe
I only got this oboe a few months ago, but if anything happened to it, I would kill everybody in the room and the myself.
Oboes!! I require asistance!!
What's the difference between reeds? Is there different levels for reeds? Is it like a clarinet reed, where theres 1, 1 and a half, 2, 2 and a half ect? What's the easiest reed to play on? What's a good brand to buy reeds from?
I'm so lost, and these reeds don't look too good (split and chipped in multiple places)
composing is hard and i want none of it
PRIDE!!!
ITS #pridemonth BABEY
Anyways where are the lgbt musicians, rb if you're an lgbt blog SO I CAN FOLLOW I NEED TO FOLLOW MORE LGBT PEOPLE.
"Alto clef is on some serious drugs!"
- A Year 11 Girl, who was very confused over a piano piece, which also had a violin line that had them playing to sound like birds, along with no specific time signature.
BAND CAMP TOMORROW!
My bag is half packed, since I got home really late last night (work and play rehearsal), #justperformerthings lmao
I know that band camps overseas are huge intensives, but our band camp here is different (well, every two years it is). For our band camp, every two years, we go on a "tour"! We go to the capitol of our state, and do a bunch of workshops, play in a massive competition, and do lots of sightseeing!
I'm sO looking forward to this trip, even if it's just 2 full days at our destination, but we get to do so much! No spoilers, since I'll post lots of photos, but I'm EXCITED for many things this year!
Band bus trips are the best, I try to get on the bus first, so I can nab a window seat (because waving to cars on the highway into the city is hilarious). Last year, on the way back to our hotel, we were blasting "We Are The Champions", since we tied for FIRST PLACE! We lost our best players last year, which means our band is no longer "Top 5 In The State" material, so our comp entry this year is purely to get critique. Still exciting!
Okay, I gotta make a list of everything I need to pack last minute, see you all later!
-LilFlute
"You're within stabbing distance."
- BD, to a poor 1st flute
VIBE CHECK *throws my flute at you*
We're going back to band rehearsals!! Starting off with sectionals, until the restrictions allow for all 51 of us back in the drama room/band room. I'm excited!!