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Thursday, May 27, 2004
well, long time since blogging
i hate macs
anyhow, i just wanted to share my feelings on stampede band and why i am leaving the marchingband comunity
ell, first off, me and stampede don't get aong. i dislike the dumbing down of music and the complete disregard for musical talent. it's all about the "cool" group. i see people working their asses off and getting no respect for trying and others who slack off and are looked at with a blind eye. i'm not saying that this is representative of everyone. there was an ocassion at a latin brass rehersal where i messed up a solo because i was so sure that i was playing with others. dean "one of the cool kids" gave me a bit of a razzing andi felt kinda bad about it, but, in a comendable act i did not expece, bones stood up for me. but all in all, i am sick of the way certain members and instructors act towars eack other. another thing i hate is band politics. everyone has two or more sides, i like you to your face and i hate them to your back, i am sick of this and just don't want to be a part of it anymore. anothr thing (which i belive tobe the worst thing ever) is the "wood chopping" the playing the same thing over and over until it sounds right, always working on the same things. i love to be in a group of smart people, and stampede is not this. stampede band is folowing the biggest and loudest, not the smartest. there is no artistic leeway. i love to playby myself in a group and play how I think it should sound. also, the amount of repetuare we plat is sad for the time we put in. i plan on playing in every ensamble i can next year. and actually learning. i can say that there has been one ocasion where i have grown as a musicin in an ensamble this year and that was the day i spent with hopkins and mrc. i have goals and i have to reach them, to become the person i want to be, and i will not settle for less. i will miss the people ho i have grown up with, and the feeling of a show executed well...but it will be for the best
don't think i don't love marching band...but i just have nowhere ese to grew there
in other news , i have been accepted to the u of c
g'night and have a pleasant tommorow
Posted at 11:24 pm by andron
Monday, May 03, 2004
ok, so i'm sitting here warming up for my university audition and am nervous to all hell, i'm not breathing right, and am all around feeling shakey. i'm sure it will go away so i'm keep'n calm
in other news, i have had a few more things come to my mind
the first is my plan of leaving stampede next year has reterned to the undetermined status. i mean the entire year up to today has been shit, i mean, no parade music, cuts, and stuff, with the one bright point being "stampede". but yesterday, i was on the field and just felt...perfect. i just got a rush that i haven't had in such a long long time. i think what has happened is the image of stampede as perfect has gotten to me a bit. when i was in crub, idolizing people like mark louisi only saw what happened on field. not what they had to do to get there. now i have been through the shit pile that is pre-season preparation, and i'm not sure if it pays off in the season. maybe it's just that we havn't done anything amazing yet this year when last year was so different. i dunno. so i gotta do some thinking, plus i think cavies is monentaraly out of the picture (at least for a little while) i dunno, what do you think i should do?
in other stuff, i relise the reason i have been looking so hard to find a person of the feminine persuasion i really like. i just want someone i can talk to, and i have that in some of the people around me, but, it just is missing somthing...i don't really understand it much.
ok, so this weekend has been cool. practice on friday
water re-blocked
saterday:flames win
contras weird in dicipline
hagan yells
we get fustrated and pissed,
did a lot of show work though
then went to cpo with dani, steve couldn't make it cause his paents are his parents (very mean)
then went and hung out with bill and austin and g-off and lee and amy
might get to showing my "OH" face......"oh Oh OH OH OH OH"
lol
then slept
sunday
got up early, killed g-offs car, burned my fingers
took steves car to pickup
had mcdonalds
went to red deer
warmed up
had practice run through, there were some dificulties
went and ate and got changed
watched crub
warmed up again
CAN YOU FEEL THE POWAH.....Oh Yah....i can feel it
did show
FLIPPED THE BITCH
went and watched stetsons
they looked good
way better than last year
hehehehe....anatomy charts
then did retreat
played o canada, then al
contra and percussion jam under bleachers
cheered
came home
slept till today, i wanted to get up at 7 pm and practice, it didn't work out well
aparently i taked to my mom at 9, i don't remember it
weird
wish me luck at my audition
splooie
Posted at 09:57 am by andron
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
a couple of things were on my mind today
the first thing i sort of asked myself is why i have to work so hard at my skool bands to do anything
i mean, i go to my concert band every morning and try hard, but the level of apathy, even in the teacher is horrible, i try to motivate and bring people to care, and i get called an asshole
i look at beve. and they go to one of the biggest festivals ever and are the feature band. From across canada
makes me sad
and my attempt at a jazz band
my teacher is too lazy, so i have to organize and conduct and pull everyone along myself
and at skools across the city, this is the opposite
and i'm just getting fustrated. my only trumpet player has ditched me to hang out with her boyfreind, and all i ask is 2 lunches a week. and my drummer leaves when he gets borded, my saxes won't shut up, or stop playing birdland, and my bassist and pianist don't care
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
another thing.
i look around my skool, and i see morons
i mean since when is the definition of popular "loudest and most obnoxious"
the most important person to everyone shouts about things noone cares about and terrorizes half the skool for his own amusement
i don't understand how stupid is the best way to go
shout shout shout, is all i hear
i comment on it, and get accused of "not knowing how to have fun"
since when is having fun turning off your brain?
things that require concious thought give me the most pleasure
i guess i just don't understand it
the week goes ok, i got accepted to mrc
got two auditions to prep for
my lips hurt and i'm o so verry tired
all around i am in a depressed mood
whatever
i have lot on my mind
i might not be able to do cavies depending on moneywhich makes me really sad
and this whole jazz thing and the auditions and life in general
but, i'm sure none of you care so much
so...
splooie
Posted at 10:49 pm by andron
Friday, April 16, 2004
it's 1 am and i can't sleep
well, it's 1 am
i cannot sleep
flames won woo,
go leafs!! they're gunna take ottowa to skool tommorow
alright hockey aside i got some stuff to share
jazz band status
so, here's what's going down.
right now, i have started a jazz band at my skool, rehersing at lunches and after skool, me directing
we sound ok...
the plan is to have a program ready for the henrey wise wood spring concert in about a month
after that, i hope to transplant the band out of skool, take whoeer wants to stay in, and add some folk. i've taked to some of you about it, but if yer interested in joining, since i know almost everyone who reads this is a musician, gimme a shout and we'll talk.
i hope to have a really good experiance, hopfunlly specializing in rock and funk charts, maybe get some pro gigs, and just play some jazz
it's kinda sad that i myself do not play a jazz instrament, cause i don't really consider my bottom level trombone skills playing, more guessing
but i have a lot of fun directing
that is all on that
what else is there
well my u of c audition is on mon may 3, at 1 pm, i will be playing my bourees and maybe an exersise from rubank
kinda nervous, gunna practice a lot tommorow
i have 39 days of high skool left, and i can;t wait to get the hell out
it's starting to get to me
i pose a question to my readers, why do you think i am...antisocial...with people i don't know, i find i don't talk to other people easily, and behave weirdly when around them....i dunno...just somthing floating around my brain
well blogging has made me sleepy.....soooo muuuuuch wooork
oh yah, that reminds me, i still gotta find a job, cause i'pretty sure jack astors has shafted me
i don't even want a job, and it's completly impractical with all the musical commintments i have, and i am not missing one of those
yah
splooie!
Posted at 12:56 am by andron
Monday, April 12, 2004
well,. time to blog again
lesse...life is .......moderate.....some good some bad.
i want to share a quote i found, it is quite enjoyable
":the distinguishing charachteristic of the composer is that he is a man who's whole effort and overiding concern is to produce a commodity for which there is no demand"
i found it exiting
lessee, what else, i talked to my sista today, it was good, i miss her :( and i only get to see her for a week before she movs into her new apartment for the summer in e-town dog...yall.....diggetty
yah, i'm gunna miss her, but i get to go up there and hang
in other news, since the topic has come up twice today, i am going to finals, wooo(running around with shirt over head). it's gunna rule cause so many people from here are going
in other news.........
STOP!........................................MAHLERTIME
OHHHHHHHHHWEHHHHHHHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHWEHHHHHHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHHHHWEHHHHHHHHOHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that was...oddd......
so, in other news, solos come along well, i have 15-ish min ready
umm, yah, the leafs won again, that's cool
and i am thinking about life..it's all good
yah
props,
Rob: for making me "splode" "happies" witht eh cheering up power
and amanda as as well, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and....... a cast of thousands........specifically hendertime, bill, amber, nadine, steve (both of them), dani and all the others who i love but am too tired to write so many names down
splooie
andrew
Posted at 10:10 pm by andron
Thursday, April 08, 2004
that would be what i have been doing for the last while
that and practicing, so much practicing
so much
had a good lesson
it was cool, me and mike played duets...so cool
in job search news
i went to jack astors, they gave me an interview, brought me in for an observation shift, said they'd call me on wed, and now it is friday, no call, arggg
i don't want a job, but lo, i need one
i'm bored
and sorta lonee
sad andrew:(
but i have music.......it's good to me...sometimes
cecellia's birthday is on the 24th i'm gunna have a little part-ay, put a little hat on her, give her a good cleaning, make her like new....kinda weird ho that is the most important thing on my schedule
yah i think that's it
back to being bored i go
blogging has only made me sad......stupid....everything......
:( Posted at 10:42 pm by andron
Sunday, April 04, 2004
tales of the poor and not famous yet
yello
well the last couple days has been interesting.
friday was cpo with meg, it was awesomes, the cpo has the best low brass section this side of boston
it was good stuff, went to a coffee place withy geoff and ellen. it was entertaining.
then i had the amazing wind day with round up
they are some fun kids, and when you put little band kids in a room with some big band kids the results are amazing
hard to imagine i was that small once and looked up to kids like me....
we played some of hteir show, and al and get ready for this, the two best parade songs ever.
they stupided down ho-down and we played back in black and made college band sounds
then i went home and hung out with my dog, cause my parents were in leathbridge
then today i woke up, did some dishes
and watched the latest loony toons movie
great funnyness
then i went to the mall and hung out with bill and amber and nadine and krista
interestingness and inteligent conversations ensued
i still have to finish my intelligent conversation with nadine
we went and say "jersy girl"...ewww....i feel dirty
it was bad, had some enjoyable parts, but on the whole, i almost fell asleap
now i am at home
i've realized somthing.
that lonelyness is not just without a person to be with, it's without having someone to love.
i mean that even though i am single and looking for someone, i won't just junp for anyone, which sort of redefines some things for me
but whatever, if i am myself, the right things will happen
i have a new book to read "modern music and after" by paul griffiths. it's pretty cool, and a lot more in depth than my last one.
i have learned about boulez, nono, and the other variations on the twelve tone school, where numbers represent everything from note length to volume.
interesting stuff
tommorow i am going job hunting
i'm going to try for jobs at : lazerquest, canyon meadows golf course, hmv, long and mcquade, st johns (long shot), the jack singer concert hall, and blockbusters.
s'gunna be interesting
so if i am not job hunting, i should be practicing.
i am almost ready for a run of the prelude to #3.
i was impressed with my sight-reading latly, definetly improving my skilzz....woot
yah that's all i think
but i pose this question to the readers:
"do girls really try to mess with us guys, or are we naturally stupid?, discuss."
it's just somthing on my mind right now
music of the day: stampede, gee oficer krupke, and pictures at an exibition
plus, if anyone has a mp3 file of a survivor from warsaw by shoenberg, i have come across a score and was hoping to hear it.
cool, so
splooie
Posted at 10:38 pm by andron
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
ok, long time, no blog
my internet is annoying
i have to refresh every page i go to, cause it dosn't get new page info or somthing
also my messnger is fucked
i hate my puter
the last couple days have been interesting
i have been reading a lot about 20th centrury music and listening a lot
i have 20 cd's on hold, all good new age stuff
um, yah, so i pose a question to the folk out there
"what motivates you to drink?" because i am trying to understand it, i see no real resons to consume alkehol just yet, hmnn...any thoughts are appriciated.
i've come to some decisions about my future
next year i will not be coming back to stampede, it is final
i will be attempting to be in as many preforming ensambles as i can, and get as much experiance as possible
plans include:
cd project (more on that in a min)
mount royal wind ensamble
u of c wind ensamble
u of c symphonic band
my own jazz band (more on that lower)
and assorted other things
ok, so musical theater went great
it was better each night, and the band tried as hard as they could, so i was happy
i am sad i never get to do it again
oh well
in cd news,
it looks like the third suite will come along nicely
o isis and osiris, a touch of tuba and the minuet in a - will be no troubles
lento will be difficult due to range issues
the pendereki will be fucking hard because it is insane!!!!!! seriously
the rest has yet to be touched
in jazz band news
at my skool, which is now devoid of jazz band. me and andrew are restarting it under "new manegment" and attempting to actually fill it out
yah we'll have a meeting tommorow after skool.
for the next 3 months it'll probably be skool only
after that, i am going to try to keep it togeather and actually do some gigs for money.....
there will probably be additions of outside people...from when i first attempted the jazz band thing
and some people will probably leave etc....
btw, i'll be " conducting"(jumping and pointing)
in andrew news
i'm not feeling anything...at all.....weird
what else
ummm....i hate skool...i was very borded
hmnn.....time for props
nadine: Thanks for the sea monkies, they won't die....i hope..... and your monkey cow is on the way.....it'll be interesting to see how you react...lol
Amber: you are my friend, and i'm sorry for being stupid
billy:i'm quitting and that's final, i really couldn't care less that it is the centenial, argument over
henderjim: i wonder why i call you jim....weird, like schoenberg.....messed...up....and cool....verry cool
rob: very nice breasts.....nuf said
yah...long blog
time to make it longer
music of the day is : symphony #5 by Mahler, gershwin, an american in paris and the cuban overture
time to make it longer
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the end
i mean it
it's over
i was just kidden yah
really i wasn't
i just said that not to hurt your feelings
go away...away....away...away...away
fin.
Posted at 10:05 pm by andron
Thursday, March 18, 2004
so today was awesoems
thanks to everyone who has supported me
so last night i practiced a bit, just lightly, a couple runs, then tried to go for a lesson mike wasn't there, it was ok though, there wasn't much we could work on. so i came home and made my instrament perfect. greased all the slides, oiled every valve, including the rotor, man i hate oiling those.
"put a drop of oil on the swivelly bit. start turning the valve. press oil with finger as you continure pressing valve. wait till al the oil has been absorbed. repeat a bazillion times"oh well, i polished too, it was shiny.
than i had a bath read some of my book "an introduction to 20th century music" listened to some ELP and some philomel. then meditated and went to bed
woke up at 6, and got ready, warmed up, polished. went to the jube. on the way my brother asked "why are we going tto the jube". my father replied "i don't know"..made me sad. oh well, i met bill and nadine and amber there and we joked around a bit. i was nervous. i've never noticably shook because of somthing in my life. interesting. well i drank a lot of water, warmed up again and tested the acoustics.
ok so i was the first one to prefom. i was scarerd. i introduced the piece. i started a lot better than i had expected, made some good sounds. i liked the dynamics i was getting. i noticed i could hear an echo of my self in the room. it made me happy. the first bourree went well, almost perfect. i started the second with a nice tempo and a lot more feeling than i think i have ever played with ever. i was in touch with the music. time seemed to slow down and speed up with my rubato. it was a really cool experiance. on the second time through the repeat on an easy run, Bb, Ab, G, F, high D, i flubbed the way down. it seriously felt like time stopped. i was scared, right before that i had noticed i was shaking, amazing what one break of concentration can do. any way, i recovered to the D well and finished well. then i repeated the last statement of the first bourree again and went a little fast. oh well
i sat down and watched madie play, she was good, i was impressed.
bill and amber and nadine kept telling me i did great. it made me happy
then i got the coments. most of it was stff about style and junk that the arrangement did.
here's some selected comments:
"great tone and fine low register"
"fine tuba work"
"great potential"
"thanks for my morning eye opener"
"slam those valves"
yah so then i went and put my tuba in the car, and went to bring amber back to her skool
she stole my phone
then me and nadine went back to the jube and walked around a bit waiting for megan her duet partner
we watched a recorder group. i have to buy nadine a bass recorder and she has to buy me one
they are awesome
then nadine and megan discovered that they needed the origionals of their piece. so after much running, a car trip, a bunch of yelling and a mad search of the university, we found the music.
her duet was awesome good job!
then we hung out with steve and didn't really do anything important
exept i got to play with a valve bone at L&M
it was cool
i want one
then i went home
i have a new goal. to prepare a cd of soloesque works by me by jan 1st 2005
pieces on the yet to be named cd will include
The third Cello Suite in C+ by J.S. Bach
O Isis And Osiris (from the magic flute) by Mozart
Duet by Saint-Jacome (with special guest Stephen Lewis on saxophone)
the theme from TETRIS (a tuba duet arranged by Andrew Nowry, hopefully with special guest Billy Shultz)
Lento by Holmes
A Touch Of Tuba by Dedric
Sonate in a- by Marcello
Sonata for tuba and piano by Hindmith
Capriccico for solo tuba by Pendereki
and maybe some others to be determind at a later date. but that is my plan, and i will accive it
i'm trying to think of a name for the tittle project
i have ideas
well,
splooie
Posted at 09:28 pm by andron
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
so yah today was ok
i practiced a lot
came home on spare, practiced for 2 hours
came home after mt, pacticed from 5-10 that's another 5
that makes 7 hours
yay
i made a recording on me dads comp
it sounds like suck, but it has helped me
i still play wrong notes when unfocussed...makes me sad
i also have trouble picking a real tempo
oh well, thursday shall rock
yah....
props time
Nadine:good luck tommorow, you'll do great
that's really all i got as i am tired
music of the day is dimensions of time and silence and a bunch of stuff by ELP
splooie
Posted at 11:02 pm by andron
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