Carry On!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X_2IdybTV0

Wow... January 28 was my last post to you guys! I feel so lazy now, so go ahead spam the comments yelling at me for not being on top of my business. At the very least it lets me know that somebody is reading my blog.

Oh well, now to give you the "low-down" on what I've been up to. I just finished my Orchestra Concert last week! A lot of fun, but still extremely long. Maybe before the next concert we should try getting Mrs. Ritchie to keep the song list at a maximum three song requirement per group. Ha! But we had an amazing solo violinist named Nadia who performed the Violin Concerto perfectly! By the end of the 12 minute song people were in tears and she got a well deserved standing ovation. So good for you Nadia!

Band wise, we finished scale tests and are preparing for our concert in two weeks. We have some very moving songs that we're performing. "I am" is a song that a music director wrote for one of his students. The student had a warm heart from what the director said, and always came with a smile across her face. However after she passed from a car accident he wrote this song, trying to depict the actual accident with "Words of Music". In my honest opinion he did a miraculous job in doing so. But that is only one of four songs we're performing! Then comes the Wind Ensemble and Freshmen Band. So it will be a great time.

Now I have to get ready for boot camp (stupid workout session I do with my family) so as always...

KEEP ON PLAYING MUSIC LOVERS!
~ Band Geek


P.S - So even though I can't sing to save my life I want to give this bit for my school's show choir. They made it Fame (in Chicago) and drove the 9 hour drive to get there. However some of my best friends are in this car ride, and got really bored and decided to make a home video. Their goal is to make this video VIRAL and get on the talk-show ELLEN. So help them out by 'Liking' their video and leaving an awesome comment!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vkBSUpOcuM

Wait a minute....

So now that I think about it, I don't actually believe I posted this video up on here yet...kind of depressing right! Ugh oh well, anyway this video contains somewhat the rest of my trip pictures and the well the marching year in review for me. Have fun watching!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyXyPNCs3YI

KEEP ON PLAYING MUSIC LOVERS
~Band Geek

Marching a sport?

Whats new guys? Well for me it's the debate of making Marching Band a P.E class in my school district. We've tried this before, and they've declined saying we weren't doing enough to make it a P.E class...so we proved them wrong this time. During my marching season this year, we ran laps around the track before we started rehearsal for EVERY rehearsal. Also we marched long periods of time, and worked for many hours, days, weeks, and months. The normal P.E class here is an hour and a half long, so if you add that together in the total for the week it adds up to about 450 minuets. As for the band, it's again an hour and a half class period....but thats not counting the rest of our rehearsals.
-Class (1 1/2 hrs) *5 days  -Rehearsal (2 1/2 hrs) *4 days  -Sectionals (30 min.) *5 days.
In total it rounds up to around 1,200 mineuts of marching, excersizing, and playing music. TAKE THAT SCHOOL BOARD!

Now tell me if you think your school should turn Marching into a sport!?!

KEEP ON PLAYING MUSIC LOVERS!!!
~Band Geek

I'm on top of the world!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnZpPCAO8Lo
I'm on top of the world, and so are you. Know this was a part of our Season's Marching DVD that we all got. It's our band's song, cause it inspire's you...doesn't it? Anyway I hope it becomes your new favorite song as well.

Anything knew with ya'll? Well for me, I've got pit try-outs this coming Monday and Tuesday. I'm trying out for not only my band instrument (which I've mentioned before), but I'm also trying out on my orchestral string instrument. Only thing that I'm worried about is that I have to know all of my Major scales (double octave), a Full Range Chromatic, and the musical piece all by memory. So wish me luck on these day's! And if you have a pit-orchestra at your school, I fully recommend that you try-out! It may not be harder than mine, and maybe it's like 1,000 times harder...but it's still worth trying out. It's a great expierence and a great thing too put on your resume for college. Anyway I have to go...it's late here, so good night band geeks!

KEEP ON PLAYING MUSIC LOVERS!!!
~Band Geek

Operation Band Prank

Okay so have you ever truly gotten reconigtion for all the hard work you put into creating a show, and performing at every sports event? Not many bands do...and some of them go the extra mile to tell their school that the opression needs to end and that Music needs to be welcomed just as much as sports. But than there are those pranks that us band kids do just for the fun of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdlB_-2pBTo&list=LL3xoNhRxQbuAByiMyu1lIXg
{Operation Band Prank (Final Coutdown)- DramaAtBrennan}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLewcayShJ8
{Strath Haven Senior Band Prank 2004- ak112358} Skip to 1:28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcBWuZ-BAOw
{Bringing the Marching Band to My Girlfriend's House- FlowdogRecords}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNfqjg7MsKo
{Elevator marching band prank on the set of House- clickbb1}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41gbQ8WMIww
{Personal Marching Band- JustForLaughsTV}

I know, some of these arn't the best sounding. But hey, it's a prank they arn't supposed to sound beautiful, they're supposed to be funny!

KEEP ON PLAYING MUSIC LOVERS!!!!
~Band Geek

Disney Scores.

Have you ever truly listened to a Disney Movie Score? If not, well you're truly missing out. Disney hired the best of the best to create his scores and nothing can compare. Take the "Bear Necessities" from the "Jungle Book". It's got the best Jazz music in it, just close your eyes and imagine the old band setting. Plus it isn't just jazz, Walt used of course a normal orchestra to create background music for the movies, but again...really amazing music. Now take some time out of your not so busy day and just look up some Original Disney scores, you wont be disapointed.

KEEP ON PLAYING Music Lovers!!!
~Band Geek

Winter Break is over.

Well hello, have we met? Of course we have! Just not in forever, that is of course my fault! Anyway, Today was my last day of Winter break, and it is so depressing to see it go...I DON'T WAN'T TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL!!! Well, okay let me rephrase....I don't mind going back for first block (that's band and orchestra for me), the rest of the day however I do not wan't to be there for! But, oh well....we're minors, we have to follow what the ELDERLY (he he) say.

So how was your guy's Winter breaks? How was the holiday season for ya'll? For me, it wen't really well! I got my Band Photographs from not only this year, but also last year. Since they never sent them to us last year...ha ha! And before my family opened presents on Christmas, my little brother and myself performed three songs by surprise for our parents. He played his violin to the song of "Oh Christmas Tree", I played on my violin (yes I am a violinist as well....) "Deck the halls", then he took out his bell set and I took out my trumpet and we played "We wish you a merry Christmas" together. Oddly it brought my mother to tears. But you know what, it was cute and it was sort of a present to them.

But, I should probably go, cause school starts at 8:00am tomorrow, and I am exhausted from boot camp today (intensive workout program that I'm being forced to do, to get me in shape for marching season....wonderful).

KEEP ON PLAYING MUSIC LOVERS!!!
~Band Geek

P.S: This has a lot of my photos from my trip go check it out...and here are just a few pictures I found on FB. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyXyPNCs3YI