Saxophone - Blog Posts
you wouldn't get it, kid ... *goes to take a puff of my cigar* *TOOT*
Im cackling, I need my sister to see this shit bc she used to play orchestra and I used to play percussion and MY GOD 😭😭😭
the contrabass saxophone is such an absurd instrument
10:22 : apparenly i messed up :(. my post that i scheduled didnt frickin save but wtv lol. yesterday was pretty cool bc my mom came with me to band (being deadnamed wasnt fun but whatever) and i was laughing at her hahahah. i also had my sax lesson yesterday and my teacher basically layed into me real hard :( about how i need to actually apply myself and practice like (as he said) "as long as it takes for you to get it" (3 hours lol). i feel like he actually knocked some sense into me.
2:38 : so to finish my rant from earlier, since dr wits knocked some sense into me, i went home relazed for like an hour and then i practiced my saxophone even more (1 more hour). it was an okay night. i ate some good food and just felt generally content. i have chosen a solo (for solo & ensemble) and i really really like it. im excited to learn it. also i am in chemistry and i hate it. im dying. this teacher doesnt even teach us bruh, but im so smart i figure it all out suuuuupppeerrrr fast :) . i have so much stuff to do but i can get it done, imma use my planner and do everything that i need to do :) .
happy hell week everyone :)
MARCHING QUOTES 4!
The return of the quotes
"I can't believe Martha Stewart not only sewed the first American flag but also wrote America's theme song"
"Do you think if I took a nap they'd notice"
"I think you're wearing sunglasses so that nobody can see your eyes welling up with tears"
"Jesus lady really came up to the mellos like 'are you the brass?'"
"MOM I MET THE QUEEEEENNN"
"my identity is not bound to mortal terms and words."
"If you don't get off on it, the audience doesn't get off on it :D"
"The thickness comes from you opening the width of your throat."
"What are hemorrhoids"
"Please keep your coordinates out of your mouth"
"He is the epitome of white boy"
"It's too thick to fit in my mouth"
"God I'm so fucking pasty"
"I'm bisexual you can't expect me to choose anything"
"I will vomit on your shoes do not test me"
"Oh my god you killed her!"
"I don't drink water only piss"
"There is a dead body on the field what do we do?"
"Who wants to help excavate the site on the practice field where the ground is hollow we think there's a coffin"
Y'all remember the tenor sax next to me? Yeah I forgot to post the last one. Enjoy the nice stage lights :))
I made another one of these
tag yourself I'm chaotic neutral
Hey you. Yes you. You reading this. Go practice ♡♡♡
guys how do woodwind instruments work
like ive tried reeds and they sometimes work?? but they mostly squeak???
also flute is just impossible ive come to the conclusion all flutes are witches.
props woodwinds you're all crazy ily
am i ur fav tenor saxo
yes ur music is very nice people seem to like it. also u p cool
The music of the tenor sax next to me pt 2
And again yes this is show music
The music of the tenor sax next to me pt 1
And yes this will be used during our show
We had a pep assembly today for basketball and they called down band, but bands not playing, so theres just a bunch of band kids in commons rn we are Bored.
A Short History of Marching Band Cults.
Why are we like this? Good question! Let's start in the beginning.
By the beginning, I mean middle school, by the way. Middle school - when you start embracing the fact that band is your life now and you cant escape it! All your friends have either left you or joined band because you dont have a life!
Then, high school rolls around. Most of middle school band wants their friends back at this point, so they abandon band and do, idk, cheerleading or smth for popularity!
Then there are the diehard band nerds. These people stay in band through high school. They, near the conclusion of band camp, are admitted into the Marching Band Cult.
A cult is extreme for this, you say? Ah, that's where you're wrong! We regularly worship our Marching Band Gods and pray that we dont face plant. We hold a sacrafice of one trumpet or flute player a year, as their sections are too crowded anyway. We bleed for band, especially when our instruments are wanted for attempted murder, but we love our children. Most of our instruments are named really weirdly. We have led the new ones into this trap.
The ones who esca- leave think that they made a mistake joining in the first place, but how wrong they are. As you join us, the attention whistle sounds, a circle forms in the background, you are home.
Marching Quotes #3
"You guys sound like a wet, soggy potato chip."
"Why are the sousas all twerking with their sousas around their waists?"
"You all like soggy potato chips?"
"I like soup!"
"Is squad zero people the people who dont have their instruments?"
"You're going to eggplant arent you."
"I want a peach."
"Hold me back, sir."
"I'm moist."
"Look out for the puddle of suffering."
"mY sOcKs aRe dAMp"
"I RAN AND IT WAS A MISTAKE."
"The puddle is suffering, death is going inside and still walking in water because it's in your shoes."
"I want to kermit go home."
"(Trumpet) LOOKS LIKE AN ANTELOPE"
"We must discuss those two's removal from the trumpet party."
"You have to be a big tittie"
"WE NEED TO GO TO W A R"
"WhY are you a bIRd?"
Marching Quotes #2
"Its a weed cookie!"
"I am magenta and therefore I dont exist."
"I. AM. A. SHRUB."
"Oh god, they're forming a circle."
"Its crop top season!"
"I ate a small child. I'm not sorry."
"Theres pot brownies by the trumpet tree!"
"Cooking class contraband - you cant bring in premade cookies"
“You haven’t tried either and therefore you are nothing.”
“AAAAHHH MY FAMILY!” -Alumni
“Give us the tinfoil, we’re making a wall.”
"I can see the shit stain on the back of your pants."
"Hippity hoppity, all of your family is now my property."
"CHOO CHOO!"
"Band directors dont eat."
"WHAT ARE YOU AN ANIMAL?!"
"You're actually f**king Jesus!"
Some of my favorite quotes from this masterpiece.
"Cool Timpani with small fan"
"Keep both feet together"
"Insert peanuts"
"Breathe now"
"Tune the Uke"
"Light explosives now.....and......now."
"Release the penguins"
"If there is a 3rd clarinet, some violins may go"
"Slap thigh"
"Cornet use ice"
"Add bicycle"
"Remove cattle from stage"
"Bow real fast"
"Slippage may occur"
"Begin tuning flame slightly higher and higher"
"All harpists stand up and wait."
"Balance your chair on two legs"
"Moonwalk"
"Continue "swimming" motion"
"Rests are imaginary."
Marching Quotes #1
"Do you think if I just stood in the road a car would hit me?"
"Why is there a frog on your head"
"We look like a cult."
"We are a cult."
"Could you please take the frog off of your head its distracting everyone."
"Its suns out guns out bois."
"Ooh you looking extra thicc today"
"JOIN THE ARMY"
"I was twirling and your locker was in my way!"
"Wow that sounds like jazz band!"
"Your trumpet is a dad."
"I hate my section almost as much as I hate myself."
"That's not funky fresh. It's the opposite of funky fresh... not funky fresh."
"Let's switch trumpets"
"IS THAT A PHONE?"
"I definitely played all of those notes correctly."
*Lightning on the feild*
Literally Everybody: We're human lightning rods!!!!
Literally Everybody: *Sticks instruments and flags into the air as high as they possibly can*
Serious question. What is the best instrument?
So we were plotting one of our new shows, and I'm marching normally, but some of the flutes go up to this one other flute next to me in one set and asks why she has to cross 3 and a half yard lines.
3 AND A HALF YARD LINES. IN. 12. COUNTS.
So I did some math and that's about a 3.4 to 5 step if anyone was wondering.
And no matter how much all of the flutes (and mellos, who do the same thing) are struggling. It is hilarious to watch.
ITS LIKE THEYRE PRANCING ACROSS THE FIELD IT GREAT.
An arrangement of Hachi’s (Kenshi Yonezu’s) Musunde Hiraite Rasetsu to Mukuro for saxophone quartet. Not quite complete yet, but it’s something I’d like to share with ya’ll.
Got my school's christmas concert in a bit
Playing only alto saxophone for the first year! Up until now I've almost always been playing flute. Still love flute and still play it ofcc.
Get to play a medley of Blues Brothers stuff, v cool
Guys new headcanon unlocked.
Edit: according to my friend he’s not actually good at it.