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Post by altosax4life on May 7, 2009 23:36:20 GMT -5
okay at my school you can challenge someone to get ahead of them (chair wise)
or challenge them just for personal satisfaction.
So this guy wants me to challenge a bari sax (who also plays alto)
and here's an overview of the bari's personality
annoying, egotistical, cocky, big headed, know it all,
Yeah, not very appealing. thing is I know he's a better player than me
but my friend wants me to challenge him really bad. and i want to too
he tends to put people down to make people feel better
I need advice on 2 things
A. how am i going to beat him
B. how do i put up with his annoying nes
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2009 19:23:27 GMT -5
If he's that cocky, it's likely he doesn't spend a whole helluva lot of time playing at home. Play at home and you will beat him. If alto isn't his first instrument, you will have that as well.
If he does play at home, play more than he does. Come in and talk with your BD about parts. Get Finale Notepad (08, because it's free) and plug in your parts to hear them played "perfectly." Basically, work your tail off an you will be able to beat him, unless he is so far above your level that he is unreachable, in which case you have no business feeding his ego by losing to him.
As for dealing with his annoyingness, I would go with ignore him. If he's that cocky and that good of a player, hearing you complain about him is only going to up his ego. If you act like he doesn't exist, you've lowered him to less than a person, probably the biggest insult you can give someone.
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Post by ~*Not~a~Stalker~* on May 12, 2009 15:43:46 GMT -5
I feel I should just mention that just because you friend wants you to challenge him "really bad" doesn't mean you should. If you aren't comfortable doing it then you shouldn't, period.
Otherwise, I say follow Oscar's advice because it's all very good.
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hansel2011
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Post by hansel2011 on May 14, 2009 16:12:59 GMT -5
Yea. First of all if you are not comfortable with it dont do it. But if you really want to beat this guy and you want a high chair bad enough you will have no problem. Just work hard and you will do fine. You have to believe in yourself though. If you dont then you will not go far. Oh and my assistant told me this before dm auditions that if you ask the bd something about it, it will show him/her that you are serious about it and about getting better...so if you have any questions dont hesitate to ask your bd. As for the guy who sounds really obnoxious, just dont worry about him. Try to ignore him. I know it is hard becasue I have plenty of them also in my band but try. And maybe ask him to stop. That usually works but you have to do it nicely. Just whatever you do, dont stoop down to his level. Just dont. I will only make you a worse person.
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