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 Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:58 am
Who is Puffer Fish 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. Is it sad that I've been able to do the first one since my seventh grade year?? and I get mad when people don't know the real names? I used to love my Douglas (the good vibraphone of my school) but now I got switched to the rosewood marimba for this year so nobody who is not a mallet player will be anywhere near any mallet instruments. For the marimba, I don't know if this is what you meant, but we break the stirings on the mallet instruments all the time at my school. All you have to do is re-string it. All you need is a lighter to melt the ends of the string. It's really simple but kinda time consuming.
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 2:22 pm
you know you've been in guard too long when...
-you start making up a routine in your head to whatever music is playing
-your thumb doesn't bend all the way down like it used to
-you can strip down in front of a room of girls and not blink an eye
-you start wearing black all the time
-you've given your equipment a first, middle, and last name
-you walk in perfect step to the music on your ipod...unconsciously.
-you hear the words "performance gym" and get butterflies
-your bare feet are a mangled mess from practicing on your CG performance mat
-you forget to call your ride after practice because your still trying to get a toss down
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Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:24 pm
*sigh* sadly... im in both gaurd and pit, if i dont have blistas on me fingas? i have a bruise on my head from the freaking flag pole. if i forget the show music? i need 2 make up for it in the flag work. if i drop the flag, or fall on my but? Dont know how but i got to get to the pit section fast b4 i miss my entrance.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:49 pm
You know you've been in percussion for too long when:
You have tendinitis.
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:09 am
You know you have been in Guard to long when...
You have a point system for eveything you hit:
Another flag = 0 points.
A flute = 10 points.
A clarinet = 10 points.
A saxophone = 15 points.
A trumpet = 20 points
A trombone = 25 points
A baritone = 35 points.
A sousaphone = 50 points.
A drummer = 55 points.
A drum major = 65 points.
The band director...Run!
... When you know why Flags are better then men:
It would never leave you for another girl, unless you were doing an exchange.
If you get mad at it you can throw it around.
After the season is over you can only spin it once in a while, but it never complains.
You can change silks a lot easier than you can change how a guy dresses.
Size does matter and if you don’t like it, you can use a different one.
And you New Years Resolution sounds a little bit like this...:
I WILL NOT twirl my pen/pencil/mop or broom (Does a flute count too?)
I WILL NOT watch guard videos for more than 4 hours a day (I make no promises =])
I WILL remember that my equipment is inatament and does not need a name (Yet it does! Gillian my Rifle gets mad when I don't call him by name!)
I WILL NOT fight with band members about which being more important, guard or band (Either way, aren't we just all on the same boat?)
I WILL NOT make fun of cheerleaders especially during football games (I make no promises)
I WILL pay more attention to my grades and NOT to the height of my tosses (I really do need to watch my grades -.-)
I WILL get over that one guard whos' show you can remember but name you cannot (NEVAH!)
I WILL NOT question others for using the same music as a past guard as long as its not within a 2 year period (Touche)
I WILL get over my phase of talking to my equipment after all does it ever talk back? (My Rifle Gilian does!)
I WILL NOT use old work from past shows as my own in try outs (I so did that this year XD Nobody even knew!)
I WILL talk my younger sibling(s) into joining guard, and living on the dream (tried and failed)
I WILL NOT stop using colorguard as my excuess out of gym (Done it)
I WILL find time to hang out with my 'non' guard friends (maybe)
I WILL NOT be prejudice after all once a guardie always a guardie right? (true =))
I WILL try to get on with my life after all guard cannot lead you to a succesful life after college (thats what they think)
I WILL NOT relate everything to guard (me)
I WILL get a job to support my habbit (me)
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 8:20 pm
you know you've been in guard too long when....:
you hunt down your bother's old hockey sticks just to spin something.
you find yourself doing a old show routine with an air-weapon when the songs play on you music player.
it doesn't faze you when you see guys with longer finger nails then you.
the guard girls are like your 2nd family, who you'd rather spend your time with.
you wear your guard shoes for the hell off it once you are no longer in guard just to make yourself feel better.
your college choices are based on if they have a guard or not along with what you want to study.
you've lost more brain cells from dropping your weapon on your head than anything else.
you see a broken ceiling tile in school and know who did it.
it doesn't faze you when your band friends call you a stripper when leaning on your flag.
you don't understand what the band director is saying but when the guard director re-words it you know exactly what to do.
you are used to getting home after midnight from competitions and still have to wake up to go to school the next morning and have all your homework done.
the drum line becomes like your body guard when needed.
doing your hair and makeup on the bus becomes second nature.
you'd rather change in the vehicle than wait till you get to your detestation and stripping in front of guys is normal for you.
you find yourself wearing shorts under your pants, and tanks under your tops for no reason, other than out of habit.
you know how to pull off a fake smile and make it look real.
black clothes starts to take over your closet/dresser.
you help the band unload and know where their equipment goes or they know not to ask you to put certain things away anymore.
you tell your non band/guard friend friends to join guard if they wish to spend more time with you, because everything you do is guard related especially during the competition season.
the gym is like your second home.
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 8:40 pm
LadyAlisyn You get annoyed at the pit when they mess up the tempo...it makes counting a little difficult. You barely pay attention to a marching band's show at competition because you're too busy watching flags. You spaz out excitedly when you see a guy in a color guard. And you're constantly trying to recruit people, especially guys, even if they're band members, to guard. Or teaching them how to spin at practice. You never get important memos because you're not in band class, and no one ever thinks to tell the guard. Practicing with the band is annoying because they're constantly stopping and you have to repeat the same moves over and over again. And the stuff you need to work on is ignored. ah all so true & have done! others are true also. LadyAlisyn You twirl everything...instruments, pencils, hockey sticks in gym class...EVERYTHING. hence why the gym teachers hate the color guard... me a a few guard girls did this in gym while were were playing floor hockey...yea teacher wasn't to happy bout that. ^_^ good times!
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:54 am
you know when you have been it both for too long when-
you start to count when you go everywhere
always start walking with your left foot
you never know when you break out to random band music
when you sing the marching show everywhere you go......
thats what happened to me at least but i love them both and they make me the person i am today ^.^
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:57 am
JinxingJingles
you know you've been in guard too long when....:
you hunt down your bother's old hockey sticks just to spin something.
you find yourself doing a old show routine with an air-weapon when the songs play on you music player.
it doesn't faze you when you see guys with longer finger nails then you.
the guard girls are like your 2nd family, who you'd rather spend your time with.
you wear your guard shoes for the hell off it once you are no longer in guard just to make yourself feel better.
your college choices are based on if they have a guard or not along with what you want to study.
you've lost more brain cells from dropping your weapon on your head than anything else.
you see a broken ceiling tile in school and know who did it.
it doesn't faze you when your band friends call you a stripper when leaning on your flag.
you don't understand what the band director is saying but when the guard director re-words it you know exactly what to do.
you are used to getting home after midnight from competitions and still have to wake up to go to school the next morning and have all your homework done.
the drum line becomes like your body guard when needed.
doing your hair and makeup on the bus becomes second nature.
you'd rather change in the vehicle than wait till you get to your detestation and stripping in front of guys is normal for you.
you find yourself wearing shorts under your pants, and tanks under your tops for no reason, other than out of habit.
you know how to pull off a fake smile and make it look real.
black clothes starts to take over your closet/dresser.
you help the band unload and know where their equipment goes or they know not to ask you to put certain things away anymore.
you tell your non band/guard friend friends to join guard if they wish to spend more time with you, because everything you do is guard related especially during the competition season.
the gym is like your second home.
You know you've been in drumline too long when: 1. Being bodygaurds to the colorgaurd is no longer an ironic situation 2. When you can run with a drum on at the other school's foot ball team and slamming one of thir players for cat calling the colorgaurd members and nobody expects otherwise 3. When you get all the colorgaurd girl to dance in the drum circle to a cadence 4. When taunting/taunted by the colorgaurd everyone is smiling and laughing 5. When you and the rest of the drumline are dating a colorgaurd girl. 6. When you realize that you are obsessed with colorgaurd girls. biggrin (becuse everything they do is magical) 7. When you air, shelf, knee, thigh, shoe, chair, bus, etc. drum whereever you go and it still doesn't get old. 8. When people say that drumming is easy you quickly play something complicated to get them to shut up. 9. When you can be a total badass and no one argues other wise. 10. When you realize your musical brain has turned to mush from nothing but beats for the last 6 years.
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 7:17 pm
you know your a percussionist when you involentarly start taping your school's cadence during tests. whee
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 7:19 pm
springchoaser you know when you have been it both for too long when- you start to count when you go everywhere always start walking with your left foot you never know when you break out to random band music when you sing the marching show everywhere you go...... thats what happened to me at least but i love them both and they make me the person i am today ^.^ so true ^.^
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:39 am
You know you've been a mallet player for too long when between you(section leader) and the second best, you manage to break thirteen mallets during an indoor season.
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Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 11:02 am
You know you've been in percussion too long when you:
Hate the movie "Drumline"
Actually know the name of your group's cadences
Know the names Scott Johnson, Brett Kuhn, Mike McIntosh, and/or Tim Jackson
Hate concert season
Recognize the difference between Stevens Grip and Burton Grip
Know what a rudiment is
Have a favorite stick manufacturer (Innovate Percussion)
Can read bass AND treble clef
Know that a piano is a percussion instrument-- not a string instrument
Use the word "flam"
Your rhythms have weird names, such as:
Dragadiddle
Pataflafla
Ratamacue
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:12 pm
Evbrivyar You know its never just "one more time." Haha yes!!!!!! You know you been in Guard too long when
-You dream of your routine when you're sleeping in class
-Girls taking their clothes off in front of you is NO big deal
-Everyone on your band bus knows your bra color
-You get hit the head with a flag and continue a conversation like nothing
-You start to think your rifle is a REAL gun
-Someone's in your drill spot and you can like it's a federal crime and go after them with your flag
-Water is unknown
-Your coach knows your personal life
-Friday nights are weird without a football games
-You can't ride a bus without screaming "Hand Check!" at least once.
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