sakura11irving
Band Nerd
I <3 anime, manga, video games, and band.
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Post by sakura11irving on Sept 10, 2008 20:19:00 GMT -5
My band directors do this ALL the time!!!
"Reset! One more time!"
Me: That really translates to "19 more times..."
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animal
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I used to play the Bass Drum but now I just get to move the furniture around
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Post by animal on Sept 11, 2008 8:20:15 GMT -5
This is good practice for when you get into the working world. I do not know how many times I heard that “This job is 40 hours a week and infrequent casual overtime.” This translates to “You will be paid for 40 hours a week but you will be working at least 105 hours a week.” Worse yet, you do something over and over again because one person messes up and of course that person is not the one that has to suffer through it all.
Dilbert is real.
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Post by altoclarinets on Sept 15, 2008 13:46:18 GMT -5
Of course. Band is a metaphor for life.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2008 18:53:43 GMT -5
Band is life; what are you talking about?
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Post by altosax4life on Sept 16, 2008 15:22:28 GMT -5
oscar has a point there.
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Post by altoclarinets on Sept 16, 2008 15:54:44 GMT -5
Well yes. But even for those who don't go into musical professions the lessons learned from dealing with the situations and people one finds in band can be applied so well to the "real" world.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2008 20:16:41 GMT -5
Unless you decide to be self-employed.
Actually, I wouldn't know. I'm not employed.
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Post by altoclarinets on Sept 19, 2008 17:16:15 GMT -5
You know what I mean!!! AAAAAGGGGHHH!!!!!!
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Post by fluttietuttie on Sept 21, 2008 19:27:29 GMT -5
Give her a break! Geez. I'm sure she's not being completely literal with it. Don't give her such a hard time.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2008 22:15:16 GMT -5
I was more making a point about my own intent. Sorry to have been a pain.
From what I can tell, Animal, you're absolutely right. Both parents end up working at least twice as much as they're supposed to, between six-hour phone calls and getting called in on weekends when something explodes.
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animal
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I used to play the Bass Drum but now I just get to move the furniture around
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Post by animal on Sept 23, 2008 11:20:23 GMT -5
Sometimes you get a good Manager. The one I work for now understands about Band Parent commitments. She has been trying to get me home on Thursdays (I travel about two weeks a month) so I can make the Friday night game and around the weekends with competitions starting (Mid-South in Gadsden Alabama is this Saturday).
After all, someone has to help the pit set up and set up the Drum Major stand ;-)
So, band is real life. There is times when you do things over and over again and then there are times when all falls in place. It is all about group dynamics.
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Post by altoclarinets on Sept 23, 2008 20:06:44 GMT -5
Both involve hours of hard work. There will be people who don't understand you or your intent. All members of a group have to suffer for the mistake of one. You have to be able to deal with other people well, and you have to really want to be there to do any good. I could go on for hours because my JH director was a lover of life lessons but I'll stop.
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Post by yummiebears on Oct 5, 2008 20:11:55 GMT -5
yea. my visual director (who were share with another school. i'll have to ask them about this) says "last time" and "one more time" all the time. Tuesday at rehearsal he was like "I'm going to stop saying one more time and start saying again because I lie too much". He did that for the rest of the rehearsal, but on Wednesday it started up again.
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Post by Keebler on Jan 24, 2009 13:45:31 GMT -5
If our BD or guard instructor says one more time it means like 20 more times.
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