Okay, well as soon as Avon High School could do that with about a month to prepair for a concert, then they can critisise us. We sped it up for the RMMF, quite a bit -- this was done in early December, when we got the song abuot mid-november. And we also had two other songs to get ready -- we'd rather have it solid with good tone and articulation than fast and crappy.
yeah. Realx. If you're thinking about "fill coming up" and worrying about keeping tempo you're going to stiffen up and it's going to sound bad. Even when I was first starting out drumming, if I could get myself to relax, people loved it!
I love it when I can see a drummer casually play a song, because they're confident.
my personal opinion-the trumpets were blasting at parts and like you guys(flutes)didn't play like the really fast part going from like a low g to a high f and then to a b nat. and then to a d...but overall very good...your oboes were amazing...
One oboe, eight billion flutes and the saxs play the run too. Yes, they do play it but only a few do so it didn't pick up on the recording well (we find it better that only a few do it, to make sure it's acurate). We only have four trumpets who have to play over 60-ish people, so there's some stress =P
Not a problem? lol! What kind of band do you conduct?
Our director sets an amazing example... I love his style. I don't know, I've dealt with a lot of directors over the past few years (clinicians, adjudicators, guest conductors, student teachers, other band conductors) and I'm most comfortable with his style because he seems to connect with the band ranther than just waving his hand xD
I rehearsed a high school band consisting of 9-12 drade students as a clinician. We'll have a concert today (Sunday). Keep your fingers crossed for me!!! I think you're a lucky musician to see such a director.
Yeah, we practiced it WAY faster too... I don't know why we performed it so slow. It was paiful for me because I was working off mostly double bounces in rehersal. =/
Ha ha, nice. Yeah, we preformed it in Edmonton the other day, and then some critic told us to play it slowly. I think I died (I play the cymbals... crash and suspended. It took my forever to hit it at the right timing.)
Wow we really sound good. Of course that sixteenth note run that we had so much fun singing didn't turn out that well, but otherwise, it's just great.
nice percussion section. at my school we have a pretty intense percussion section too.
win093030 2 years ago
so Topeka highs freshmen band has six songs and about a month
izarze 2 years ago
o c'mon clarinets those high D's aren't that hard at that opening melody after the intro
hiimdavid92 3 years ago
You're probably hearing the difference because we had so little time to prepare for that one concert.
almightymarshmellow 3 years ago
How long did you guys have?
hiimdavid92 3 years ago
a month-ish... a little less.
almightymarshmellow 3 years ago
Bull. We had a short time to master it too, and we perfected it for concert time. We got a 1 in our performance.
And we played it at least 8 times faster than this.
KimdraElliottVoelkel 2 years ago
Oh I'm sorry, I didn't account for your amazingness, let me bow and get out of your ever-powerful way.
Let me guess, you're American.
almightymarshmellow 2 years ago
Actually, I'm Canadian. Calgarian. I hate the Americans; they can all die.
KimdraElliottVoelkel 2 years ago
too slow. Avon high school freshman band did this twice the speed
sarandie 3 years ago
Okay, well as soon as Avon High School could do that with about a month to prepair for a concert, then they can critisise us. We sped it up for the RMMF, quite a bit -- this was done in early December, when we got the song abuot mid-november. And we also had two other songs to get ready -- we'd rather have it solid with good tone and articulation than fast and crappy.
almightymarshmellow 3 years ago
lol we did like 3 or 4 times the speed it was written in. SO awesome. Love this song, but wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too slow here.
PureUnholyWater 2 years ago
I can see my lovely self! We've gotten a bit better in a few months, though. This was fun piece to play, regardless.
ShyFoxie 3 years ago
I am going to be playing the drumset at the competition for my band. Any tips?
b223a 3 years ago
yeah. Realx. If you're thinking about "fill coming up" and worrying about keeping tempo you're going to stiffen up and it's going to sound bad. Even when I was first starting out drumming, if I could get myself to relax, people loved it!
I love it when I can see a drummer casually play a song, because they're confident.
almightymarshmellow 3 years ago
my personal opinion-the trumpets were blasting at parts and like you guys(flutes)didn't play like the really fast part going from like a low g to a high f and then to a b nat. and then to a d...but overall very good...your oboes were amazing...
oXBellaCullenXo 3 years ago
One oboe, eight billion flutes and the saxs play the run too. Yes, they do play it but only a few do so it didn't pick up on the recording well (we find it better that only a few do it, to make sure it's acurate). We only have four trumpets who have to play over 60-ish people, so there's some stress =P
almightymarshmellow 3 years ago
EDIT: I can hear the 16th note run just fine now that I listen to the recording o_O
almightymarshmellow 3 years ago
yeah, but that's really cool, in the Avon, Freshman Black Band,we have two really good oboe players and it all just sounds really different...
oXBellaCullenXo 3 years ago
Pretty good, except we play like, super fast...It's a lot more fun...6/8
kaygeromaru 3 years ago
Yeah, we're doing it at a festival in a month and we stepped it up waaaaaaay super fast.
almightymarshmellow 3 years ago
Sweet, it's hella fun!
kaygeromaru 3 years ago
yeah me too
oXBellaCullenXo 3 years ago
how come my solo isn't in there :'(
dinodragonbuddy 3 years ago
o.o;; every solo that's in Caliente is there... so if you didn't have one, then that's why xD
almightymarshmellow 3 years ago
but my solo was on a different peice
dinodragonbuddy 3 years ago
Then why are you complaining?!
almightymarshmellow 3 years ago
cause i was awsome
dinodragonbuddy 3 years ago
I disagree.
OH BURN
almightymarshmellow 3 years ago
ouch. do you know who this is?
dinodragonbuddy 3 years ago
Not a CLUE but I've gotten this far without you realizing xD
almightymarshmellow 3 years ago
realizing what mel?
dinodragonbuddy 3 years ago
... nothing. ;'D
almightymarshmellow 3 years ago
this si ryan
dinodragonbuddy 3 years ago
Got it. I figured it was you or someone else.
Aha. Fail @missed solo.
almightymarshmellow 3 years ago
lol. of course
dinodragonbuddy 3 years ago
OMG You Got My Solo...You Rock Mellers
Dojigomiru 4 years ago
neat! i'm gonna conduct this scherzo this weekend. thank you for providing me such a nice sample!
yublanchard 4 years ago
Not a problem? lol! What kind of band do you conduct?
Our director sets an amazing example... I love his style. I don't know, I've dealt with a lot of directors over the past few years (clinicians, adjudicators, guest conductors, student teachers, other band conductors) and I'm most comfortable with his style because he seems to connect with the band ranther than just waving his hand xD
almightymarshmellow 4 years ago
I rehearsed a high school band consisting of 9-12 drade students as a clinician. We'll have a concert today (Sunday). Keep your fingers crossed for me!!! I think you're a lucky musician to see such a director.
yublanchard 4 years ago
Oh! Good luck! Let me know how it goes... I hate how some people disrespect clinicians -.-
Although, the last clinician we had was downright nasty to me... picked on EVERYTHING lmao... but he was a percussionist, so I shrugged it off.
almightymarshmellow 4 years ago
Sweet!!! We're playing this song, except a LOT faster. Times this by like 5. It sounds pretty good fast.
But anyways, good job!!!
PureUnholyWater 4 years ago
Yeah, we practiced it WAY faster too... I don't know why we performed it so slow. It was paiful for me because I was working off mostly double bounces in rehersal. =/
almightymarshmellow 4 years ago
Ha ha, nice. Yeah, we preformed it in Edmonton the other day, and then some critic told us to play it slowly. I think I died (I play the cymbals... crash and suspended. It took my forever to hit it at the right timing.)
PureUnholyWater 4 years ago
Wow we really sound good. Of course that sixteenth note run that we had so much fun singing didn't turn out that well, but otherwise, it's just great.
meatloversunite 4 years ago
l.o.l.
almightymarshmellow 4 years ago
Bravo
Nagamasa5Azai 4 years ago
whyyy thank you!
almightymarshmellow 4 years ago