I play the tuba.  Is it bragging to toot my own horn?
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I'll give you the DRUM   -----   just don't keep HARPing on it ----you'll appear a  complete BASSOON  !!
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I'm hearing ya. Its all part of the fun. Just enjoy it!\n\n!
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No.\n \nLOL. \n\nBut I will try that from now on.....sounds like a barrel of laughs!
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I sing & drive to release Road Rage.\n\nYes, people see me all the time, I drive a convertible.  Yes, I am dramatic ... Yes, I have danced along while singing? Dunno if people point and laugh 'cas I'm way to into having fun and ignoring the people around me.\n\nI almost got a ticket for bellowing the "Star Spangle Banner" ... my town has a "Noise Ordinance"; but since it was the "Star Spangle Banner", I was allowed to go with a warning.
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Real or how I brag to my buddies?  Um, I did it.
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There are lots of choices in a school band - flute, clarinet, saxophone (alto, tenor & in some baritone), french horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, drums, oboe, bassoon.  I'm a flute player, so I'm partial to that - but I've always wanted to learn to play oboe or bassoon - they sound soo cool!  I don't like clarinet, personally I found it very easy to play - quite boring.  Same with sax, no challenge for me.  Trumpet is alright, trombone is soo much fun to play, as is tuba - you'd get to play the root bear song!  French horn is beautiful, but very challenging.  Drums - blech, they are alright, but not my style.\n\nAnd that's just it - you need to find YOUR style, not mine or anyone else's.  Try each instrument, listen and feel what they are like.  You'll find the one for you.  Have fun!
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I think alot of people have different ways of expressing themselves.They should not knock it until they try it. I got one and can't stop. Now I am up to 6...
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I would think that anyone who can play one or more instruments and who likes, appreciates and understands musci is more of a creative personality and, thus, more interesting.  Do you state this in a way that sounds like bragging, perhaps?  I'm not saying you do, but if it comes off as bragging, people might think you're too into your own self to want to become involved with you.
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not weird, your probably intelligent.  Classical music is proven to help stimulate the brain.  That type of music is so detailed, and the details are amazing.  Don't think of yourself as weird, but you can think of yourself as someone who knows what they want...now don't be afraid to admit it.  Being yourself is always in style.  Those who follow, do so out of insecurity.  Congratulations for going your own way.
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No. Band members, especially low, brass do. I am a tuba player, and have a lung capacity of 6 liters. The best lung capacity increasing exercises are designed for brass players. Look into the work of Arnold Jacobs, He wrote a lot on the subject.
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takes a deeeeeep breath- \nWe all go through these thoughts at every stage of our careers as musicians. There are of course, only four horn positions open in any major or minor orchestra, so the competition is fierce. It is a fine education for the mind, and you as a professional musician can contribute valuable things to your community with your playing and your education. But you have to get the stars out of your eyes as soon as you can, and adapt the attitude that you are willing to be a musician in whatever form is most useful and most financially rewarding to you and your area. So keep at it, go for it, be realistic, practice your hind end off, NO practice breaks in the summer, go to the BEST conservatory you can. I suggest the Cleveland Institute of Music, my Alma mater, where your horn prof will be a member of the Cleveland Orchestra. www.cim.edu \n Or Eastman, Julliard, Oberlin, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Indiana, or Curtis Institute.
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Hey...I'm in college in Cincinnati, Ohio, and I've played the trombone for around 8 years now.  I played 1st chair al through high school, and now I'm 1st chair in my college band.  Keep up the work, and yes...trombones are the coolest
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alright i dont know why people think playing a certain instrument controls a persons status.If you like the clarinet go with it.If your friends think it nerdy,rub it in their faces if you get famous
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You'll be great! You wouldn't have a solo if you didn't have some talent! Have fun!
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depends if your selling sheet music or instruments. Tubas are 3000$ pianos are up to 50k
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Yes, i think it's normal. There;s nothing wrong with that. Every1 has their own way of expressing themselves and relieving stress. Be glad urs is musically and not harming urself..or others.
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no all instruments (i think) are -ists.  trombonist, pianist, tubist (i guess), flutist, well drummer.  but trombones are trombonists.