Rants of a Flutist

Flutist/Improviser/Composer. Professor of Flute at an arts college in the PNW.

[sailingthroughthestars]

The Instruments as Troubled Birds

Clarinet:

Percussion, Tuba:

Saxophone, Oboe:

Horn, Bassoon:

Trombone:

Also percussion:

Trumpet:

Flute, Euphonium:

Piccolo:

[depression-healthy-carrier]

Do re mi fa so fcking done

[southernsideofme]

[bobgalloway55-deactivated202112]

Awesome 👏

[elegantstrings]

Dear lord!

[bax16]

@advanced-procrastination iM

[motherfucker-somewhat-limited]

drift compatible

[lynati]

it took me a moment to realize what was going on with their hands. Drift compatible indeed!

[commandtower-solring-go-deactiv]

RAW Irish Gay Music

[gif87a-com]

[eevonb]

sound up.

[geekyjessica]

This is one of the funniest goddamn things I’ve ever seen.

[dancingdin]

i can never not laugh at this

[classical-crap]

musician me: ah yes, this means principal bassoon my usual dumbass intrusive thoughts: frog prince

[flute4u-deactivated20201208]

EXCITING NEW ARRIVAL: Baxtresser’s Orchestral Excerpts for the Flute, Volume 2! Like the original book, this follow-up contains a set of audition standards with insightful commentary and preparation tips from the legendary Jeanne Baxtresser. A must for any orchestral flutist! https://www.flute4u.com/store/Orchestral-Excerpts-for-Flute-Volume-2.html

[tumorsandmusic]

This is super cool and helpful!!

[fluterants]

!!!!!

[trumpet-jesus]

How to get over performance anxiety

You don’t

[fluterants]

Flute prof here.

You do. Over lots of time. Because you practice performing with physical nerve symptoms (simulating them by running before playing or by recording yourself) and meditation or breathing exercises or yoga or just time itself.

Or - you don’t. There are plenty of professionals who don’t. Sometimes you can fight through them, sometimes you can’t. Sometimes you get beta blockers to deal with it. And there is no shame in any of this.

The best you can do is practice to be your very best before your performance, to the point where you’re not hoping that you won’t mess up. You are confident and you trust in your practice, that you prepared the very best you could. That’s all we could ever hope for.

[mononomemenofuto]

Mood: The 2nd movement of Bach’s 3rd Brandenburg Concerto that is just two half note chords

[fluterants]

OH MY GOD

I joked that my flute blog would get flagged as NSFW and LOOOK IT DID

Idk what could have possibly gotten flagged but I’m dying with laughter

[classicfm]

(H/T Patrick Gardner)

[catchymemes]

[ender-w-deactivated20190416]

nice

[drinkyourjuiceshelby]

[fluterants]

Tumblr post Dec 17

Since this is a music blog, I rather doubt anything will change, but since the algorithm seems to be flagging random pictures rather than ones that actually have nipples in them, we’ll see if this blog exists. If you want more music based rage follow me here:

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[lukethestudent]

[mamoru]

[bitsow]

4800 players, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Speedrun

[kaijuno]

its not even music anymore it’s just a shockwave that kills you instantly

[mikrokosmos]

Reblog if you want to be annihilated by the physics-defying supersonic Beethovenian explosion

[lamalmalma1-deactivated20190323]

I love her so much 

[fluterants]

I’ve done this exact thing. New music life...

[setheverman]

when you’re a romantic pianist but also a gamer

[pleatedjeans]

Three cheers for these guys [x]

[blackphoenixincorporated]

This is how to be a good ally.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Using their Bro-ness for good, not evil

[ladyflowdi]

So a tiny story: on Black Friday a few weeks ago I went to Gamestop to buy my brother a game for Christmas, and I noticed this older man was watching me like a hawk. He was loitering around the front of the store without really buying anything, and every time I glanced at him out of the corner of my eye he was looking at me. I went to look at the PS4 games, and he was looking at something right behind me. I checked out the Nintendo games, and he was looking at them too. I was the only woman in the store, by the way.

By the time I got in line to pay he was loitering at the front of the store again, and I just had that feeling that he was going to try and take the game I just bought, or steal my purse, as soon as I left the store. OR, he was going to try and follow me home. And I know I don’t have to explain that terror to any woman reading this, but all I could think was that I’m in this Gamestop alone with at least twenty other men and something is about to happen. I’m beginning to freak out, to the point where I’ve just pulled my pepper spray out of my purse and into the pocket of my coat. 

So there I am, next in line to pay, and there is this GIGANTIC dudebro right behind me, and I say gigantic as a 6 foot tall woman. He says, “Ma’am? Don’t be offended, but would it be alright if I walked you to your car?” and I was like “Are you serious?” and he was like “There are some weird guys in here right now. Have you noticed that guy watching you?” and then I showed the dudebro the pepper spray in my pocket and he was like “Right on. Would you still let me walk you to your car?” and I said yes.

So I paid, and waited while HE paid, and he walked me to my car. And just as I was getting in, the weird guy who’d been loitering came out of the store, saw me and my dudebro, and turned around and walked away in the opposite direction. 

In short: men who recognize that women are unsafe in dark alleys, college campuses, grocery stores, gas stations and retail stores and do something about it are the kind of quality men that this world needs more of.

[yuuri-katsuki-on-ice-blog]

Please for the love of god yes.

[warriormale]

The Warrior protects.

He does this through his Prowess, his Ability to Protect.

His fight Ability, combined with his Willingness to Protect, earns him Worth in the eyes of his fellow Men.

Train and fight!

Always protect those in need!

WarriorMale

[fluterants]

The dude bro with the snake tattoos is one of my absolute best friends since high school. And yes, he is that sweet and thoughtful, in all ways.