Dear Symphonic Band people
Dear Symphonic Band people, Why do you all constantly feel the need to talk in class? Band is just another class. I'll be willing to bet that you all don't talk in your math/science/etc. class, so why should band class be any different? Just because you're holding an instrument instead of a pencil doesn't mean that you can just randomly play it or just start randomly talking about useless things. Who cares if you have an ingrown toenail, or just went shopping for socks? Those types of things just need to be kept to yourself. Do you want our band instructor to die due to frustration? To Mr. Obnoxious-saxophone-player, why do you feel the need to break into Charlie Parker's Confirmation or Sonny Rollins' Doxy, every time we stop playing a song? To be brutally honest, you're not good enough to be able to interrupt the class with your pointless attempts at jazz. Your tone is scratchy, thin, and the people around you cover their ears and tell you to shut up when you start playing. You also think it's cool to move your neck back and forth like a chicken when you play saxophone in an attempt to look cool; well, it's not working. To Mr. Loud-Clarinet, why do you feel the need to have 'clarinet wars' with the person sitting next to you? Your clarinet is not meant to be a sword, so don't treat it like one. Also, why do you feel the need to play as loud as you can on the high, shrill notes? Do you want to make the whole band deaf? You need to grow up. To Mr. Comic-Drawer: Why do you pass around your self-drawn comics during band class? I understand that you might want to be a comic artist one day, but it's not acceptable to be passing it around during band class. You also need to get over your obsession of Green Day and stop wearing Green Day shirt to school. I would understand if you had a whole closet full of Green Day clothes, but you only have one Green Day shirt that you wear every day. To be honest, it's starting to smell. To Mr. Wannabe 1 and 2, why do you feel the need to talk every time we stop playing a song? The first thing that we all hear after we stop playing is your voices'. You also worry more about your hair then you do about the band's sound. If we get under a Superior rating at the upcoming music festival, it is because you distracted the class by your incessant talking. To Ms. Blame-it-on-the-instrument: When will you learn that your bad clarinet tone is because of you, and not your clarinet or reed? You've tried every reed in your case and also tried one of mine, and you still sound weird. I also even let you try my clarinet, and you still sound strange. You blame it on your 'dud' reeds, but it's you, not the reed. A good instrument doesn't make a good player. If you never practice, of course you're going to sound horrible. Here are your options: 1) Start practicing or 2) Stop complaining before I hit you with the backside of my hand. Sincerely, Alex QinThis entry was posted on October 20, 2007 at 04:49 PM and is filed under Music,Personal,.
By Kire · on October 20, 2007
I agree with you on the “Dear——“. So tell me who they are, next time I see ya, k? However, with that comment about talking after playing.. Don’t be a hypocrite, Alex. I see you talk. Or it’s more like, I SAW you talk. It’s still the same. I barely spoke last year and this year, because last year I didn’t want to talk to people who don’t talk, and this year, I don’t want to talk to people who irritate me. >.< I’m a hypocrite btw. :D Am Proud.
——-
:neutral:
No offense, Alex, but the frequency of these rants about your peers is starting to come off as gratingly arrogant and elitist. I mean, every post on your front page is some complaint or other about how you’re surrounded by people who don’t live up to your expectations. Is there anything in life that you’re happy with?
I bring this up not just because it seems to be reoccurring theme, but because I remember being somewhat like you when I was 13: constantly annoyed by the people around me, dissatisfied with the choices my peers were making, irritated by nearly every move they made—and very outspoken about it on my personal site. And quite honestly, this attitude is the perfect way to turn people against you. I learned that the hard way after entering high school and losing almost all my friends while being unable to make new ones because of obvious disdain for all the people around me.
I’m not trying to say that you’re exactly like me, or you’re going to end up being a social pariah because you make entries like this. However, this blog is the only impression I have of you, and those are the vibes I’ve been getting off of you lately—that you think you’re better than everybody else around you. So I beg you…learn some modesty, learn some tolerance. It took me until my junior year and then some to figure that out, and I’m still working my way through it now; I don’t necessarily approve of my peers’ actions, but I try not to actively turn my nose up at them either, because that’s the easiest way to be regarded as aloof and ostracize yourself. People have shortcomings—so what? The vast majority of the time, the flaws do not make the person—which is part of the reason I’m commenting here to begin with, rather than writing you off as a conceited prick.
If none of this applies to you, then I apologize for bringing it up—but like I said, intuition tells me that maybe this was something you needed to hear, and if it wasn’t…well, no harm done.
——-
You have made some good points in your comment Leila. However, I don’t think I’m better than my peers. Never anywhere did I say that I thought I was better than my peers. The talking in my band class has become a real problem in which my band teacher has to start writing detentions and other disciplinary things. I will, however, take your advice on learning to have more tolerance… no matter how annoying the person is. Thanks for the advice. :smile:
——-
Ahahaha… hahaha… HAHAHA!
Oh my God, I’m crying.
——-
The people in your band class seem really annoying yet interesting at the same time :razz: I presume you’re never bored in that class?
——-
I think this is the first time you’ve been quite honest and mean at the same time :mrgreen: which is good! I think you fall under the category of Mr. Wannabe, too, like Kire-buddy says here :grin: You do talk and you know it… And last year you were very much a Mr.-blame-it-on-a-friend(me)-for-breaking-your-arm-and-“screwing”-up-your-clarinet-“skills”
——-
“To Mr. Obnoxious-saxophone-player,“
Johnnys the only person that does that, and he rarely does it anymore.
Mr. Loud-Clarinet
Reminds me of *someone* I know.
*Ahem* Alex.
Ms. Blame-it-on-the-instrument
obviously directed on a girl in the clarinet section. I think I know who it is :)
——-
THANK YOU, Alex. We never get anything done in class (that’s an exaggeration, but still…)
——-
haha. Edward. He still does it… But he does it before class and after class or during a long break time. =]] Chatting on blogs is fun! =]]
——-
</ol>