Music Blog

scarlett // 17, VA // instagram- scarlett.s // playing horn since may, 2013 // drum major // blog created may 11, 2014

[keyofcsharpminor]

go practice scales

[justanotherpiccplayer]

No

[marching-band-against-humanity]

When we leave bandcamp, we will pick up ALL the trash. Speaking of trash, DRUMLINE

Our band director, blaming drumline for all the trash on the field, but people thought he called us trash (via marching-band-against-humanity)

[double-horn]

Looks like someone had a rough practice session

[band-quotes]

[classicalcarp-deactivated201805]

music teacher: you have to have confidence when playing

me, a musician and massive ball of anxiety and self-doubt: lol what

[horn-geek]

yoooo hey so did you actually go to all nationals?? that's so awesome if you did omg congrats!!!! (I'm going this november and have no idea what to expect rip)

It was the one in Indy. My band did. I'm trying out for the honor band this year though. But my friend did nafme nationals last year and she loved it

[pianononsense]

[thepharce]

[trom-bon-bon]

When brass players take over the melody from the woodwinds

[saramcclarinet]

IM DYING THIS IS SO ACCURATE IT HURTS ME XDDD

[nocountryformusicians]

[omg-horns]

In studio class

Student: *finishes performing a solo*

Professor: good job! Comments, anyone?

Student in audience: I noticed when you cracked notes during the solo, you rolled your eyes at yourself. Just make sure to not do that during the performance.

Professor: Which one, the note cracking or the eye rolling? Be more specific.

[c-ptsdofficial]

them: how are you doing?

me: 

[de-es-ce-ha]

Summer 1937. Shostakovich with his daughter Galina in Daimische, near Leningrad

[horn-geek]

shostakovich in one line

shostakovich: stalin you fucking moron

shostakovich: oh hey stalin i was just writing about you and our great country

[h-neyed]

[2/3/2017] doing some score analysis

[that-twink-composer]

Fun Things to call Composers

Sound Artists

Aural Architects

Mediocre Performers

Pencil Musicians

Meticulous Crazies

Wordless Authors

Shapers of Time

Unappreciated Unless We’re Old

Practitioners of Spirit

Molders of Emotions

Colorless Painters

Harmonious Engineers

Vibration Directors

Gay (Most likely)

Rhythmic Producers

Failed Concert Pianists

Orchestral Rule-Makers

Antique Rule-Breakers

Auditory Innovators

All-too-familiar with Mental Struggles

[soyouwanttoplaytheviolin]

When someone says classical music is boring