Well I used to be, i was involved alot in middle school, but started to fade out in high school. I still play but in a very different band from my old orchestra and concert band days. i've played clarinet, trumpet, and tuba

Hi I play all Brass and Piano/Keyboard so you could say that I'm a band geek. I'm a level 4 on all of the instruments I started when I was 7 and I'm 14 now turning 15 so I've been playing for a while. I'm in the R.C.B.B (Rockhampton City Brass Band) I play Rep Cornet, I'm also in Big Jazz Band I play 1st Trumpet in that then there is, Concert band and I play Euphonium in that and finally I'm in the R.Y.O (Rockhampton Youth Orchestra) I play Tuba in that. I hope I didn't bore you guy's to death . Ohh and one last thing I own all of my instrument from Grand Piano to Tuba my room is pretty full at the moment.

Hollaaa!

My musical journey began by playing piano, until 6th grade when I joined the middle school "jazz band" (a term used loosely, you can only play Tequila and The Final Countdown so many times to be considered jazz). I played the keyboard bass which is a terrible waste of plastic and electricity. Terrible sounding. Then I got to be in the honor guard of the middle school marching band, and my freshman year as well in the highschool band.

But I now play tuba! Going on my third year, totally rock it. I also play guitar now.

But band=awesome. My marching band is heading to Ireland (Dublin and Limerick) next year to march in the city's St. patrick's Day Parade. AWESOME! Haha

good god yes i am. im in the school concert band and whatever instrament i touch turns out good unless its high! im good on any low brass though im best on tuba (AMEB 6 or 7). im going for a position on the adelaide youth orchestra at the end of this year and a national title at easter (yay for me though im against the seniour champ of last year. shes 17 and creamed my ass last time). I took up cello 3 weeks ago and starting doubble bass hopefully in the middle of the year. VIVA THE DAMN NOTE B ONE AND CURSE YOUR GOD KNOWS HOW MANY LEDGER LINES BELOW THE STAVE!!!!<br /><br />Post edited by: an_human_equation, at: 2007/04/12 21:49

Yes! I played clarinet since 6th grade, then played trumpet this past marching band season. Now I've switched to French Horn, and it ROCKS. I'm never touching my clarinet again.

I'm a band geek too....lets see since 4th grade...and i play french horn, trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn, mellophone, piano, and learning bagpipes....thats it i think

omg.
I'm one of the bandnerd kings. I'm serious.
I didn't get to start band until 7th grade.
I was supposed to start out on tuba because the school that I went to needed a tuba player. So I showed up 2 days before the school year started at the band room during an orientation. I was supposed to try out on tuba to see how if felt for me.
Well, my band director couldn't find any mouthpieces for tuba. She gave me a baritone instead and told me to take it home. So I did.
I practiced for a few hours each day hitting the 3 main partials, which took alot of effort for me.
haha.
And once school started, she was happy to see my advancement.
Now, before all this, I had really seen in person, much less touched, any wind instrument. It was my first experience with them.
I had, however, played piano since age 4.
I wasn't one of the kids who took piano lessons because my parents made me, I just learned everything by ear. I only took lessons for about 4 months. Up until that point, at which I was probably about 11 or 12, I had learned all sorts of things by ear. Songs like Mozart's Turkish March, Beethoven's Fur Elise. I didn't realize how much of an accomplishment that was at the time.
So, back to the story.
Only about a month and a half had passed and my band director noticed how fast I was progressing and how well I was starting to play. She told me to try out for something called an honor band. At the time, since I was so young, I could only try out for the youth honor band. The procedure for the honor band was this: depending on what instrument you were trying out on, you'd go up against people of that same instrument in 9 parishes. (yes, it's Louisiana.) Most of them were good, some of them were not so good. But, they all had 2 things in common.
1) They all wanted to be in the honor band.
2) They had all been in band, most likely on the same instrument, since 5th grade.

So I tried out. I was a nervous wreck. I thought I was going to blow it.
Well, I got a call that night saying that I was first chair out of 9!
I was pretty surprised.
Ever since then I have always made first chair on honor bands, and now I do the senior high honor bands, which are MUCH harder to make.
The year after that, I started playing tuba because my band, once again, needed a tuba player.
I was phenomenal on tuba. Still today, tuba's my main instrument.
I joined community band in Winter 05. At first, they had no idea how good I was. They thought that some kid was just there to try to be cool or something. They stuck me on the bell chimes and in percussion for that entire season. Now I'm their principal tuba player.
Needless to say, because all band nerds do this, I've started just about every single instrument there is. The only exceptions are oboe and tenor sax. I play everything else. I've also, at one time or another, been the community band's pianist, one of their bassoons, one of their french horns, one of their baritones. Plus the mallet and battery percussion.
I've also joined the gifted and talented band program at my high school, and I'm looking into going into the New Orleans School of Arts for mainly piano since I now play everything up to advanced Chopin.
I must say, too, that I enjoy marching band.
I've only done it for one year, but it's pretty cool.
I really think it could have been better, though, but that's probably because I marched it with tuba. (Which I might recommend anyone on this forum to NEVER do.)

Well ive enterd the sad relms of breaking relms of music whatnot.

After a mere 2 years on tube ive risen to be the third best juniour (under 18) EE flat bass player in the country and second in my state. Ive been told i sound like ive been playing for 10 or more years.

.... I have no life

lol im a band geek my old music teacher said i was the best he ever had. seing as we have the best music program out sied of adalaid lol funny that. well i started on trumpet and played that for a year and a hafe then got onto my baby my pried and joy my Eb tuba. i love it best decision i ever mad was to switch seeing as i got an A in both solo and ensombal preformans. now im stuck playing in the town band play grad 3 stuff boring go the grad 5 ralfe hogren stuff go &quot;bushdance&quot; well ya thats what i wonted to say if u wont chat to me my email is This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it PS i Live in Port Lincoln South Australia

hehe band joaks:

Q. how do trumpet playes great each other?
A. hello im better than you.

Q. How do you know if the stage for an orchestra is level?
A. The string players are drooling out both sides of the mouth.

Q. how do you know if a percusionest is at your door?
A. Hes knocking either to bloody slow or to bloody fast and doesnt know when to enter.

Q. How do you make a violin sound better?
A. Run over it with a lawn mower.

Q. How do you get 2 piccolos in unison?
A. Shot one of the players.

Ok ive had my fun.