sewiously. i don't wanna study for any more friggen quizzes or tests. i'd much rather drink. or play trombone. or drink, strip down to my boxers, and run around the sorority (sp?) houses playing bach cello suites. that oughta impress the ladies right? i think so. i'm pretty sure they'd all wanna make out with me after hearing a sexy sarabande played on bass trombone. then i'd be all like, "ladies, ladies, please. one at a time." no....wait, more like "ladies, three at a time." yeah. girls love bach.
speaking of bach and girls...do you guys know about this Voyager Golden Record that was launched into space in 1977? i learned about this in my music history class today and had to bite my tongue to keep from laughing too loudly. so here's the story...
once upon a time some nerds were having a party. well, one of the nerds had a brother who was a pot smokin' hippie and he invited all of his hippie pot smokin' friends over. so they're smokin' pot and watching star trek and they get this idea that they're going to make a record, out of gold (that's so it lasts a bazillion years), and put different recordings on it and launch it into space in the hopes that an alien happens to stumble upon it.
i've just got one question...how is the alien going to play this record if he doesn't friggen have a friggen record player? stupid hippies.
man, i wonder what it would have been like to live in a time when our country was launching gold plated records containing the music of bach into outer space for ET to find 40,000+ years from now. we should probably launch britney spears into outer space for the aliens to play with.
well, i think i've wasted enough of your time. oh, and hayley, if you had a porn name it'd probably be "princess randomness." ps- david bowie is stupid.
i'm going to bed now.
love,
james
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Sunday, November 19, 2006
an open letter to my playing
we've been at this for a good 13 years now. it's time you shape up and start sounding a little more professional. i've had enough of this amateur bullhonkey.
breathing, i don't understand why you think it's okay to not move the air around in a manner that is appropriate to operate the trombone. we've done excersises for years to train you, but you still don't get it. it's easy. really. just friggen inhale in a full relaxed manner and blow it out in the same way. you don't need to get the shoulders or the throat involved in all of this. leave em alone!
what are you laughing at slide technique? you think this is funny? well, i think it's funny that you can't consistently move to and from 5th position accurately. i also think it's funny that when you move from 4th to 1st with 2nd in between, you split the difference and instead of playing a true 2nd position you end up somewhere between 2nd and 3rd. that kind of sound might be acceptable if i was a euphonium player (sorry...) but it's not gonna cut it here. moron.
and tone quality, you're the stupidest of em all. just because i feel like playing in the upper register doesn't mean you can just fly out the window like breathing does. you two are like bonnie and clyde...constantly robbing me of sounding half way decent. well, i've had enough. when i decide to play above a b-flat, i expect you to stick around and do some work. no more clenching and tightening up of the sound. nope, you gotta stay just as pretty and free as the low register.
you all friggen suck and i expect you to friggen get your act together asap.
love,
james
breathing, i don't understand why you think it's okay to not move the air around in a manner that is appropriate to operate the trombone. we've done excersises for years to train you, but you still don't get it. it's easy. really. just friggen inhale in a full relaxed manner and blow it out in the same way. you don't need to get the shoulders or the throat involved in all of this. leave em alone!
what are you laughing at slide technique? you think this is funny? well, i think it's funny that you can't consistently move to and from 5th position accurately. i also think it's funny that when you move from 4th to 1st with 2nd in between, you split the difference and instead of playing a true 2nd position you end up somewhere between 2nd and 3rd. that kind of sound might be acceptable if i was a euphonium player (sorry...) but it's not gonna cut it here. moron.
and tone quality, you're the stupidest of em all. just because i feel like playing in the upper register doesn't mean you can just fly out the window like breathing does. you two are like bonnie and clyde...constantly robbing me of sounding half way decent. well, i've had enough. when i decide to play above a b-flat, i expect you to stick around and do some work. no more clenching and tightening up of the sound. nope, you gotta stay just as pretty and free as the low register.
you all friggen suck and i expect you to friggen get your act together asap.
love,
james
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
do you know who i am?
i don't know how to put this, but....i'm kind of a big deal. people know me.
hey, check it out, it's 1:11am. make a wish!
so my last post was kinda fun eh? who needs drugs when you can just deprive yourself of sleep and achieve the same effect? seriously though, those hershey bars are amazing.
today has been a strange day. i stayed up all night studying for my music history quiz because i can no longer afford to get anything less than an A+++++++ on any of the next quizzes or exams. i think it worked out for me on this quiz because i think i got one tiny little thing wrong that will be countered by my answering the extra credit question correctly.
so anyways, i went to bed at 5am, slept for an hour, got up at 6, studied for another hour, then got ready and went to take the quiz at 8. i remember finishing my quiz then the next thing i knew i woke up in my bed. i definitely don't remember walking home or anything...it freaked me out a little. i almost thought that maybe i had dreamt about taking the quiz and that i had slept in or something. luckily that was not the case. colin told me that i was definitely there.
i woke up around noon and got a call from andrew dzuik telling me that ProWinds, the music store here in town, would be calling me for an interview. they did and i interviewed for a job at 4, which they offered to me and i accepted. basically i'll be listing stuff for them on ebay and potentially doing some work with their website. it's a great position for me because i get to work my own hours and do a lot of it from home. money is good and having an employee discount at a great music store will be a nice benefit too. i need a new straight mute real bad.
so after all that nonsense i rehearsed for a buddy's recital at 7, then went and heard the top orchestra here play mahler 6. they sounded amazing. by far the best concert i've heard here so far. the horns were a little weak, but other than that, it was badass. on my way to finding the second tier balcony i wandered into the dance dept. area. i found myself in a hallway with about 20 dancers (they must have been having some kind of audition) lining the walls. they all looked at me like i was from another planet. i certainly felt like i had entered another world (anyone ever wander up to the third floor of the art wing at haas? you'll know what i'm talking about...). as i turned around i over heard two guys talking and one of them said to the other, with quite a lisp, "i know, right?" ahh stereotypes...
i dunno, maybe it doesn't sound like too weird of a day, but with the unusual sleeping, it seemed funky to me.
i have a job? that's weird.
also, i'm sad that i can't make the pilgrimage to eau claire for the bone dinner. i have an opera performance on friday night but it's one of those things that just hasn't sunken in yet....i'm in denial i guess. sad. i mean.....rage.
that's all i got.
love (kill pandas),
james
hey, check it out, it's 1:11am. make a wish!
so my last post was kinda fun eh? who needs drugs when you can just deprive yourself of sleep and achieve the same effect? seriously though, those hershey bars are amazing.
today has been a strange day. i stayed up all night studying for my music history quiz because i can no longer afford to get anything less than an A+++++++ on any of the next quizzes or exams. i think it worked out for me on this quiz because i think i got one tiny little thing wrong that will be countered by my answering the extra credit question correctly.
so anyways, i went to bed at 5am, slept for an hour, got up at 6, studied for another hour, then got ready and went to take the quiz at 8. i remember finishing my quiz then the next thing i knew i woke up in my bed. i definitely don't remember walking home or anything...it freaked me out a little. i almost thought that maybe i had dreamt about taking the quiz and that i had slept in or something. luckily that was not the case. colin told me that i was definitely there.
i woke up around noon and got a call from andrew dzuik telling me that ProWinds, the music store here in town, would be calling me for an interview. they did and i interviewed for a job at 4, which they offered to me and i accepted. basically i'll be listing stuff for them on ebay and potentially doing some work with their website. it's a great position for me because i get to work my own hours and do a lot of it from home. money is good and having an employee discount at a great music store will be a nice benefit too. i need a new straight mute real bad.
so after all that nonsense i rehearsed for a buddy's recital at 7, then went and heard the top orchestra here play mahler 6. they sounded amazing. by far the best concert i've heard here so far. the horns were a little weak, but other than that, it was badass. on my way to finding the second tier balcony i wandered into the dance dept. area. i found myself in a hallway with about 20 dancers (they must have been having some kind of audition) lining the walls. they all looked at me like i was from another planet. i certainly felt like i had entered another world (anyone ever wander up to the third floor of the art wing at haas? you'll know what i'm talking about...). as i turned around i over heard two guys talking and one of them said to the other, with quite a lisp, "i know, right?" ahh stereotypes...
i dunno, maybe it doesn't sound like too weird of a day, but with the unusual sleeping, it seemed funky to me.
i have a job? that's weird.
also, i'm sad that i can't make the pilgrimage to eau claire for the bone dinner. i have an opera performance on friday night but it's one of those things that just hasn't sunken in yet....i'm in denial i guess. sad. i mean.....rage.
that's all i got.
love (kill pandas),
james
Sunday, November 12, 2006
don't act like you're not impressed
i just sneezed...it felt pretty amazing too. colin told me once that most normal people, when they sneeze, they sneeze twice. for some reason, i don't. i just sneeze once and that's it. damn. i guess that means i'm not a normal sneezer.
so i got a text message from a friend yesterday asking me if i would like to arm wrestle life. i'm pretty sure i can kick life's ass, so i say "bring it." no really, i've been going to the gym a lot lately and i'm pretty sure life would end up in the hospital with nothing less than a broken leg and a black eye, courtesy of the kick-punch special deluxe, if it tried to start sh*t with me. yeah, i'm a badass...
so anyways, i'm not exactly sure why i'm writing here right now. i'm actually really tired and somewhat delirious, and my bed is literally a foot away. it's telling me that i have class in 6 hours and that i should lie down on it and go to sleep. i wish it'd stop talking to me because it's really startin' to friggen creep me out.
well, you're pwobably lookin' to hear about something relevant so here goes....
i miss eau claire.
i miss my dog.
classes are hard.
bass trombone playing needs a jumpstart currently.
colin is still alive and same as always.
there is a girl in oklahoma city that i have familiar relations with and i miss her too.
i'm still looking for a coffee shop around here even though i don't like coffee.
i recently discovered the hershey chocolate bar that has peanut butter inside.
not much else has relevance at the moment. you may think it's sad, but i'm a simpleton so i'm happy.
i hope you're all happy too.
love,
james
so i got a text message from a friend yesterday asking me if i would like to arm wrestle life. i'm pretty sure i can kick life's ass, so i say "bring it." no really, i've been going to the gym a lot lately and i'm pretty sure life would end up in the hospital with nothing less than a broken leg and a black eye, courtesy of the kick-punch special deluxe, if it tried to start sh*t with me. yeah, i'm a badass...
so anyways, i'm not exactly sure why i'm writing here right now. i'm actually really tired and somewhat delirious, and my bed is literally a foot away. it's telling me that i have class in 6 hours and that i should lie down on it and go to sleep. i wish it'd stop talking to me because it's really startin' to friggen creep me out.
well, you're pwobably lookin' to hear about something relevant so here goes....
i miss eau claire.
i miss my dog.
classes are hard.
bass trombone playing needs a jumpstart currently.
colin is still alive and same as always.
there is a girl in oklahoma city that i have familiar relations with and i miss her too.
i'm still looking for a coffee shop around here even though i don't like coffee.
i recently discovered the hershey chocolate bar that has peanut butter inside.
not much else has relevance at the moment. you may think it's sad, but i'm a simpleton so i'm happy.
i hope you're all happy too.
love,
james
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