BassoonPadwan

Solo & Ensemble was always very fun for me! I'll be doing a concerto competition on the 5th. I really can't wait!

"L.D. Bell's musical selections include the music of Lil Wayne, featuring 'Lollipop concerto opus 14'........" *disclaimer: I have nothing but the utmost respect for L.D. Bell Marching band. Their name was used strictly for the LAWLZ

W. Charles Akins Band UIL Area to State performance- Akins Band- Flight 1148

The music of lil wayne

Thanks for the updates!

Yup...... that sounds about right. lol I just wish they could find someone they(students & Faust) mesh well with and that can stay there. I want to really see them take off already!

I just want to go on record saying Bowie has like the COOLEST music ever. It's on Youtube. I haven't checked out too many shows but dang, I want a recording of that. Especially the opener.

Akins had yet ANOTHER director swap out this year. For the past five year the only director to be there the whole time has been Gary Faust the head director. I think it's apparent looking at the different shows over the past few years now that I look back on it. A quiet joke kind of around the band hall was, "Hehe...... how long do you bet this person will be here?"

I didn't! I wasn't there! :( :( T.T I'm an Akins alum. What did you think of their show honestly? I've seen only bowie before. And of course, they had something cool going on. I really want to see Cedar Park among others....... Ahhh, the little annoyances of living 9 hours away from Texas. lol

I think it says, "Matt Damon"

I WANT TO GO TO THIS!

Hit up Westlake.

Capital City Marching Festival peformance W. Charles Akins- Flight 1148

Boom! Finally a video was put up. The quality is very bad, but it gets the whole show so at least you can get an idea. W. Charles Akins 2008- "Flight 1148" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd6dbdOhIqY New uniforms too!

Lmao. That needs to be Akins. hahaha I want to go to this SO BAD! I'm Baton Rouge right now so hopefully I can get back to Texas for this weekend. That's still up in the air though..... Oh how I miss marching band competitions deluxe! Well, to all who go: LET THERE BE GLORY!

Wooo! Got a first division of my solo! I played Weber's Concerto in F

I've been through this a few times. Just remember this, it is GOING TO SUCK when you try and come back. Not only will you sound bad but it will be discouraging. So just do it TODAY. Man, longer you put it off, the longer it will take before you get good, and you'll just wasted a whole bunch of time instead of getting the results sooner. Dude, just MAKE yourself do like five minutes a day, literally. Build momentum and then it will be easier. Give yourself some time to play something you like to play. This way you won't anchor all those feelings of playing something you don't want to play to practicing. I made a thread of accountability on another forum. Every day I posted in the thread if I praticed or not, how much I practiced, and what I practiced(if you don't practice a certain day, tell us why honestly you didn't). Everybody can then judge to see if your excuse was valid or just lazy BS. You may want to consider something like this to help get the ball rolling. Btw, I'll be playing Weber bassoon concerto at state s & e.

It's a crime against humanity and your country if you don't see this movie. Ironman makes all other movies obsolete. There's no need to make any other movies after this. This is THE final movie. Okay, all kidding aside, this movie is pretty freakin' fantastic. I watched it twice. Tony Stark is my hero. The movie is hella funny too. Random chick: "Hi, remember me?" Tony: "SURE don't" The music is awesome and fresh. Discuss the movie here.

borchnork, this is your Biology teacher. I will be taking up your lab write ups tomorrow, and you better turn it in or I'm sending you back three grades. ....... Okay, I've just been informed I can't send you back any grade levels. I can take off 10 points however for a late paper. Be afraid. What's your all-time most favoritist thing to do at TMEA convention?

Thanks a lot man! Always a big help! I'll look into all the above mentioned ~Mike

Same here. I'm gonna miss it a lot, but I'm also glad it's over. Now I have the time I need. 'Cause let's face it, unless I'm gonna become a professional marcher for the rest of my life, lol, I need the time and clearness of mind to develop other areas of my life that I will need in the future. See ya marching band! You took me on so many adventure I'll never forget! I'll be cheering from the stands for everybody next year! =)

I think you guys rock out, with your c...... whoa whoa whoa take it easy. Settle down there urkadrums. ;] I think you guys are good. Y'all bring it. I wanna see you guys do really well and continue to kickarse. So make me and everyone in the band world a promise? On your way to the top, always stay hungry, and don't forget where you came from and who helped get you there. Stay cool. see ya!

High Clarinets 12 Low Clarinets 10 Saxes 9 Oboes 1 Bassoons 12 (+) Trumpets 11 Horns 10 Euphoniums 10 Trombones 12 (-) Tubas 10 Mallet Percussion 18 Drums 11 Auxiliary Percussion 10 Piano 14 Violin 10 Viola 10 Cello 9 Bass 10

Hello all in the music world! I'm searching around for bassoon cane: for cheap. I just started making reeds. It's my current obsession and it's all I've been able to think about the past couple of days. I had four pieces of GSP cane which I've effectly butchered as I begin this new exciting journey. Money doesn't come easy around my parts of town so I need to shop smart. I'm comparing prices and it looks like in the long run buying in bulk would be the best $$$ option in the long run. I've also looked on ebay to see if I could get some for really cheap: no dice. If anyone knows of some really inexpensive cane, do tell. It should also be noted that I'm not planning on playing on these reeds. I'm just trying to find the something I can practice on to get past the learning curve. Once I'm consistently putting out quality bassooning devices I'll move on up to the good schtuff. Oh yeahhh. Thanks to everybody in advance! and stay safe!

Woooo! I just decided what I'm playing yesterday! Weber Concerto in F!!! It's such an awesome piece, I can't wait to dig into it! I'm really starting on it this weekend!