THERE ARE LIKE 260 PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE BAND PROGRAM AT MY HS, THERE WAS 196 MARCHERS IN OUR BAND LAST YEAR AND ONLY 3 SENIORS BUT NOW THERES ONLY LIKE 120 WITH 28 BEING FRESHMAN AND 65ish SENIORS. im shocked how many people quit

THERE ARE 36 SAXOPHONISTS (31 alone being Altos), 15 CLARINETS, 12 TRUMPETS, 20 TROMBONES THERES 9 PERCUSSIONISTS AND 1 SNARE and 12 FUCKING BASS DRUMS??

THOSE 13 DRUMMERS AND 7 TRUMPETS ARE LOUDER THAN EVERYONE IN THE BAND EVEN WHEN THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO PLAY SOFT AND STUFF OR WHEN ALL US OTHER WINDS ARE PLAYING FFF OR BLASTIMISO/BLOWING OUR BRAINS OUT OR WHEN WERE CLOSER TO THE FRONT AND STUFF. WE HAVE DROPPED 2 RANKS AND OUR SCORES HAVE GOTTA DROPPED 20 MUSICALLY BECAUSE THE JUDGES ALWAYS COMMENT THAT TRUMPETS AND BASS RUIN THE BALANCE YET NONE OF THEM EVEN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE TO TRY TO PLAY SOFT OR ATLEAST A MF/F, IF YOU COULD LISTEN TO RECORDINGS AND HQ RECORDINGS NO MATTER FROM WHICH ANGLE OF OUR SHOW THIS YEAR THE ONLY TIME YOU HEAR SOMEONE ELSE EITHER THAN BASS DRUMS OR TRUMPET IS WHEN TROMBONES, MARIMBA, OR FLUTES GET A 8 BAR SOLO, OUR SHOW IS 11 MINUTES AND 6 MOVEMENTS AND ITS BEEN HELL AND NOW I THINK IM NOT DOING TS SENIOR YEAR.

I met a girl who goes to a different school and is in a different band; we are currently dating, but is it a good idea? This is my first relationship; I am not playing any mind games with her, as we just clicked the first time we met.

Hi I’m a high school student in FWISD and I lost my mouthpiece in region 30 at Eagle Mountain High School in Texas and I was wondering if anyone could help me locate it. It’s a 2C Pickett with a 1/27 backbore and I must’ve dropped it on field after our last note. It has a small patch of gold on the rim of the cup because I scratched it a few days earlier and had it buffed. I’ll pay you for it and everything, it just has sentimental value to me. Thank you!

Hey, I’m a sophomore in high school and I play trombone. My main goal for college is to make the University of Texas Longhorn Band, and I’m trying to start preparing now so I actually have a good chance of getting in.

For anyone in LHB or who knows about auditions, how hard is it to get a spot in the trombone section? Also what should I be working on right now as a sophomore to get ready, both for playing and marching? Any advice or tips would be awesome, thanks!

Lowkey just here to brag but a few days ago we competed at our first competition and the crowd went freaking nuts at our first impact. EVERYONE went insane. We usually get an amazing reaction but WOW. We were so stinking loud and it was awesome. According to some parent, the bands in front of them completely lost it and were amazed at how we sounded. We placed fourth in Class AAAAA and our show wasn’t even done. We had a score of 88.48 and received second in percussion and guard captions, losing only to the performing arts school that kicks everybody’s butts.