Dear Chico High Band,
wow. these past few years have been a blast, but i just cant do it anymore. the waking up at 6, having to take showers a night because i dont have enough time to take them in the morning. and the whole, "yea, the entire school gets to sleep in an extra hour, but you guys still have to be there at 7:30" thing is just.... no. two hours of practice? i dont think so. not when youre a brass player with the smallest mouthpiece. fuck that. and the constant freaking out of your head honcho because something that sounds simply amazing to others still isnt "perfect" to him. so you ahve to play the same 3 measure over
and over
and over
and over
and over
and over
and over
and over again.
and then, when it sounds good enough....
"oh, lets play it a few more times. muscle memory. practice makes perfection."
im a dancer, anyway. and hopefully, with enough HOME training, a singer.
and what REALLY gets to me? the fact that when it comes time for chair tryouts, a certain biased asshole decides that, "hey, even though my student is a shittier player than another player, im going to have my student be a few chairs higher while the better, more experienced student gets last chair. again."
ive talked to veteran members of your band, and its the same story every year.
don't get me wrong, its been a great three years. but, well. i just cant do it anymore.
thanks for the 10 extra elective credits, it allows me to ahve a free period first period... more sleep!
sincerely,
the pissed off tired of it all musician whos going solo
wow. these past few years have been a blast, but i just cant do it anymore. the waking up at 6, having to take showers a night because i dont have enough time to take them in the morning. and the whole, "yea, the entire school gets to sleep in an extra hour, but you guys still have to be there at 7:30" thing is just.... no. two hours of practice? i dont think so. not when youre a brass player with the smallest mouthpiece. fuck that. and the constant freaking out of your head honcho because something that sounds simply amazing to others still isnt "perfect" to him. so you ahve to play the same 3 measure over
and over
and over
and over
and over
and over
and over
and over again.
and then, when it sounds good enough....
"oh, lets play it a few more times. muscle memory. practice makes perfection."
im a dancer, anyway. and hopefully, with enough HOME training, a singer.
and what REALLY gets to me? the fact that when it comes time for chair tryouts, a certain biased asshole decides that, "hey, even though my student is a shittier player than another player, im going to have my student be a few chairs higher while the better, more experienced student gets last chair. again."
ive talked to veteran members of your band, and its the same story every year.
don't get me wrong, its been a great three years. but, well. i just cant do it anymore.
thanks for the 10 extra elective credits, it allows me to ahve a free period first period... more sleep!
sincerely,
the pissed off tired of it all musician whos going solo
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