Our first competition went great. We got 8th place in finals with a 70.80 score. I’m really proud of our band this year and I wish the best of luck to all the competition bands.
If you didn’t make a certain prestigious position, there’s probably a reason! You don’t deserve something just because you tried out for it, if you didn’t make it then you didn’t make it! And there’s no need to ruin the experience for everyone else for the rest of the year because you couldn’t get your act together enough to actually do it! Big surprise, trying out doesn’t make you good, it just makes you a candidate. Get over yourself. I’m sick of people who act so entitled to a position that doesn’t belong to them. If you don’t like the fact that you’re not in that position so much that you’re willing to ruin this for everyone else, then leave.
Photos of the Day: Towson University Marching Band and Color Guard 2017: “BEAST” — Johnny Unitas Stadium at Towson University — November 18th, 2017 [x]
Yo these bois have a clarinet section with their numbers in the 30s. Like to a small band kid who is one of 5 clarinets in the marching band, that sounds amazing. Like just their clarinet section is as big as our winds. That’s wild.
We got some storms from Hurricane Flourence yesterday so we had to end practice early. It got so bad you couldn’t see the other side of the band field.
I hope all of you guys shows are going well. It’s hot down in the south but just make sure your keeping hydrated. I know school is stressful but try your best and get as much sleep as you can.
Stay hydrated during camp. Make sure your eating well, not to much dairy cause you’ll throw it all up. Have plenty of water. Sunscreen so you won’t get burnt.
I don’t want to disappear without a forewarning.
As of July 4th 2018, the Internet as we know it might be dead for good.Â
The European Parliament is passing a new Copyright Directive.Â
Article 13 #CensorshipMachine will impose widespread censorship of all the content we share online. Art, fanfiction, parodies, remixes, mashups, memes, etc.. Anything that you do not hold the rights over will be taken down.Â
Article 13 would force all online platforms to police and prevent the uploading of copyrighted content, or make people seek the correct licenses to post that content. Internet platforms hosting large amounts of user-uploaded content must monitor user behaviour and filter their contributions to identify and prevent copyright infringement.Â
Such filters will be mandatory for platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit and Instagram, but also much smaller websites.Â
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This doesn’t just affect Europe. The content creators you love are going to be in hot water for sharing their art and writing with you online. Any and all content that doesn’t belong to us will be filtered. Even memes are at risk, as the person who took the original photo may want to file complaints against any platform that allows it to be used without permission. But it goes even further than that.
Last Tuesday (19th June 2018) a group of more than 70 people who have played important roles in building the internet and developing it (Tim Berners-Lee, Vincent Cerf, Jimmy Wales, Mitchell Baker…) into what it is today addressed an open letter to the members of the European Parliament:
“As creators ourselves, we share the concern that there should be a fair distribution of revenues from the online use of copyright works, that benefits creators, publishers, and platforms alike.
But Article 13 is not the right way to achieve this. By requiring Internet platforms to perform automatic filtering all of the content that their users upload, Article 13 takes an unprecedented step towards the transformation of the Internet from an open platform for sharing and innovation, into a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users. […] The damage that this may do to the free and open Internet as we know it is hard to predict, but in our opinions could be substantial.”
Here is the original Article 13. It’s even scarier. / Link 2Â
Here is how to contact your MEPs.Â
Here is a full list of everything that will be affected.
Europe is facing a huge problem, and unlike with Net Neutrality, the world doesn’t seem to care.Â
Our drum majors salute this year: Announcer: Drum major _, is your band ready? Drum major: *pretends to tune guitar* *falls to knees* *plays intense air guitar* *stands up and looks around* *dabs* I'm like 90% sure he made it up on the spot.
For any of you kids who live in south east America I’m going to perform in the Cherry Blossom parade Saturday for 10-12 EST (I think) it’s supposed to be televised.
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