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 Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:03 am
uh mar uh your coach says one more time it really means 50. I know!!~ I'm in the drumline though, so we'd line up backfield, run the cadence onto the field, and perform the whole show. We finish it, and our drum majors (yes, we have two) would be all "one more time! line up backfield!!~" ***10 minutes later...*** "one ore time! line up backfield!!~" It happened all the time in marching band camp during the summer. ------------ and you know you've been in the drumline too long when the entire band follows you in playing the "water break" game. (start off saying it real quiet and the next person says it louder, etc. but you probably knew that. xd ) ------------ and also when you get ecstatic over recieving tom-tom rings, an 18 inch ride cymbal and brushes for your drumset as an early christmas present. whee whee whee
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Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:56 am
the Master_Librarian you know youve been in mallet percusion for too long when... you started on the piano and somehow got there you can put your ear right next to the shrillest note on the bells, and it doesnt faze you, but everybody else is in pain you can play Dance of the Suger Plum Faires with a broken hand, and your not gay the xylophone is a more manly instrument then the saxaphone you figured out how to put various object in place so you can sleep behind them you ace the scale tests, every single oneyou can play random notes that sound right playing with a broken arm is nothing
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Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 4:48 pm
You know your in guard to long when you Continued :] 1. wake up from doing color guard.
2. stalk other guards on YouTube.
3. when most of your friends are in the band.
4. when you get uber happy when new flags come in (and or other equipment)
5. when you give the band members help.
6. when your the one starting random song chants on the bus and not cheerleaders...
7. share stories with the whole band about personal life and listen to the drum line tell there own. XD (i personally love it. you hear interesting stuff)
8. do more than one show in a day.
9. recruit more people in the guard/band to have more fun with and kick the other teams a**.
10. refer to your guard instructor by their first name. :]
11. referring to question 10 also given nicknames to you instructor (such as Sammy G, Sammybear, Sam, woman ;], sammeh!)
12. are sneaky enough to cuss and not have to do push-ups and such.
13.road in the instructors car while band walked out in teh lightning XD.
14. when band camp isn't long enough!!!
15. skipped part of school for rehearsal.
16. start making up work when you listen to a song.
17. WHEN YOU HATE WEATHER.
18. your guard has a theme song.
19. enjoy marching
20. blown off a practice by just sitting in a circle talking.
21. constantly spin things that aren't equipment.
22. you carry white tape were ever you go.
23. you have more than 2 nick names.
24 when you go to the other side to meet the *other* guard.
25. you get excited when everyone puts down there instruments on the field and does the dance of of fight club :].
26. you love band.
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:05 am
Izaet You know you've been in guard too long when you get that little callous under your pinky and then realize that all guard members get it. You can spin rifle with a bruise covering half your palm and not wince. You don't bother with long fingernails or rings anymore...they'll just get broken/bent. You get respect from band members at other times because they know you come within twenty feet of them at some point in the show. You walk in step with your friends down the hallways. You always start walking with your left foot. The number after 8 is 1. Your arms are stronger than your boyfriend's. You have glove tans. You own a pair of shorts that say something like "Guard This!" across the back Going to Denny's at midnight after a show with thirty other people and staying there until two am doesn't seem strange and you'll get up at six am tomorrow for practice. Putting on makeup on a bouncing bus with drummers pounding on the back of your seat is easy. You have a tarp putting away song "This is the tarp that never ends..." You do across-the-floors with your friends for fun. Watching a parade you wince when one of the guard members is out of time but don't even notice the floats. Icy-hot is a godsend. i have to dissagree i hate across the floors
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:43 pm
You Know you've been a percussionist for too long when...
You Tackle someone for touching the Marimba just to make you mad...
You can twirl your sticks to perfection
You tap anything and everything with your drumsticks
You worship Neil Pert and John Bonham
You tap out rythms on your knees
name your sticks and most of the mallet instruments
Like bands only for their drummers
Get angry when watching a parade if one of the snares is Off beat
Have your own snare in your bedroom
Have atleast one drum key on you at all times
Have a favorite snare part ( Mine is DownFall of Paris )
Laugh when other instruments complain about the heaviness of their instrument
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:25 pm
Quote: 5)They make band uniforms SEXY cool pshh we don't make them sexy cuz we are drummers we just make them sexy cuz we are sexy POWER TO THE PERCUSSION!!!!!!!!
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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:53 pm
You know you've been a mallet percussionist too long...
When you are able to tell non-percussionists exactly what instrument they're looking at in 'layman's terms'.
IE: Vibraphone = big gold one with a pedal, Marimba = big black one that we're not supposed to touch with our hands but we do anyway, Xylophone = the loud wood-sounding one, Bells = bells.
When you let non-percussionists mess with the marimba, xylophone, and bells all they want, but as soon as they get near the vibraphone you freak out. (It's my baby, what can I say? ;D)
When you're the only percussionist in the entire section who wants to play mallets.
When you get upset that everyone disrespects the mallet instruments but takes great care of their drums. (Goshdarnit, we're losing the paint on the xylophone, the marimba's barely held together by a thread, the vibraphone's cord-slots are bent at weird angles and the rotator clicks, and the bells are...not ringing right DX)
When you can ace an audition for jazz band on vibes from sightreading and your director is amazed that you've neither played this or heard it before and still did the part almost perfectly. xd
When you love your instrument except when you have to move practice locations...and then have an excuse to run anyone and anything over to get there.
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:28 pm
When you march in this thing and people are like that isn't too hard, and you hit them with a bass drum mallet. 
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:46 pm
Phantom of the Forum You know you've been a mallet percussionist too long... When you are able to tell non-percussionists exactly what instrument they're looking at in 'layman's terms'. IE: Vibraphone = big gold one with a pedal, Marimba = big black one that we're not supposed to touch with our hands but we do anyway, Xylophone = the loud wood-sounding one, Bells = bells. When you let non-percussionists mess with the marimba, xylophone, and bells all they want, but as soon as they get near the vibraphone you freak out. (It's my baby, what can I say? ;D)When you're the only percussionist in the entire section who wants to play mallets. When you get upset that everyone disrespects the mallet instruments but takes great care of their drums. (Goshdarnit, we're losing the paint on the xylophone, the marimba's barely held together by a thread, the vibraphone's cord-slots are bent at weird angles and the rotator clicks, and the bells are...not ringing right DX) When you can ace an audition for jazz band on vibes from sightreading and your director is amazed that you've neither played this or heard it before and still did the part almost perfectly. xd When you love your instrument except when you have to move practice locations...and then have an excuse to run anyone and anything over to get there.
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 4:52 pm
Defunkti Don't worry. The vibraphone is my baby too. sweatdrop Yaaay heart I brought that thing home over the summer and my gosh, I'm the only one who knows how to treat it right >> Everyone else hits it with the wrong mallets or DRUMSTICKS (wtf is wrong with them D< ) or in one trumpet's case, a mouthpiece e_e Although I still get pissed when certain idiots use brass mallets on the xylophone.
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Who is Puffer Fish Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:35 pm
Phantom of the Forum Defunkti Don't worry. The vibraphone is my baby too. sweatdrop Yaaay heart I brought that thing home over the summer and my gosh, I'm the only one who knows how to treat it right >> Everyone else hits it with the wrong mallets or DRUMSTICKS (wtf is wrong with them D< ) or in one trumpet's case, a mouthpiece e_e Although I still get pissed when certain idiots use brass mallets on the xylophone.
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Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:28 pm
You know you've been in percussion to long when...
1. You only know the castanets as 'the clickety-clacks'
2. Loud noises don't even make you blink
3. You can name any instrument in the percussion cabinet at any given moment
4. You scoff at the tubas when they're complaining about how heavy the suessophones (I have no idea how to spell this so...) are during Marching season
5. Threaten people with a mallet/stick rather than your fist
6. Don't remember the actual words to the star spangled banner other than 'Oh say can you BOOM CRASH'
7. Even your teeth chattering has to be in time
8. You can tell when someone is off beat instantly
9. You beat drum cadences when your bored
10.It has to be SHINY!
11.Even the guard girls back away when you've broken a drumhead
12.Banging is normal around your house
13.The bruises on your shoulders from the harnesses don't fade
14.Your used to being ignored and or doing nothing during class
And a few things to remember...
1. We are amazing at banging
2. We can handle multiple sticks at one time
AND...
3. Uniforms look sexy on us
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Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:32 pm
art3mis-g4sm_san22 You know you've been in drumline too long when you can play the drumline solos from last year and you're a freshman. mrgreen lmfao. I'm right there with you.
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:02 pm
gothic_emoness101 art3mis-g4sm_san22 You know you've been in drumline too long when you can play the drumline solos from last year and you're a freshman. mrgreen lmfao. I'm right there with you. Lol, I'm glad you agree! ;D And you KNOW that you've been in drumline too long when you keep your bass drum mallets in your mallet case and won't return them until the very last day of band. xd ps: Draco Malfoy is very hot yes. whee heart You know you've been in drumline too long when you get your drumline nickname printed on the back of your marching band sweatshirt instead of your section/ instrument/ last name. mrgreen ---EDIT:--- you KNOW you've been in drumline too long when you're actually looking forward to the parade at the end of the week (YES, THIS WEEK) that no one has informed you about and you know all the music to but you're worried that your uniform will fit all wierd...for some unknown reason. >.o"
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:08 am
you been in percussion(drumline and pit) when:
1. when your favorite exercise is marking time
2. when most of your free time is used in drumline practices
3. when you tap a cadence or a drum solo in class( I do that often)
4. when you have more than 3 pairs of sticks in your backpack or school locker(includes tape)
5. you always carry around your music
6. when you listen to your metronome for fun
7. when you have the most drum related stories
8. when you think your drumline instructors jokes are funny
9. when you broke more than 10 pairs of sticks during the year
10. when your instructor broke more than 30 pairs of sticks during one drumline season
11. when you can play every single beat or note right from your past drumline season shows
the end
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