Beyond the Bell Flare

There are many blogs about horn, about music in general, whatever it may. This is one of those blogs. Well actually...it's about the life of the musician around the music. What happens after the last note has sounded. It is the story of what happens beyond the bell flare.  This is very personal, these are my thoughts.  These are my struggles, this is my time. I refuse to talk about religion unless you promise to keep an open mind.

[johnstacy]

I haven't posted in a while. But I've been scrolling occasionally. And some people I've seen go through times. Some good, some bad. I don't even know how much I missed. Some people I can't help because literally all they need is money, like to help pay rent or a medical bill, but otherwise they're fine. I wish I could donate to everybody...but I can hardly support myself. The others just ask for thoughts and prayers, so I give those. I'll help if I can. I you need somebody to talk to, talk to me. If you need advice, talk to me. I know some of you from real life, and others just from here. Just remember, I don't mind if you talk to me. You won't bother me.

[cornoconfuoco]

[johnstacy]

I now own this exact horn. :)

This guy though.  I can’t say enough good things about this guy.  He’s a gift to the horn world.

[johnstacy]

The new horn

So today I practiced for the first time in I don’t know how long.  I’ve done some warm up routine and whatnot during my off periods, but haven’t seriously practiced for more than 30 minutes at a time.

Tonight I did 2 hours.

It’s fun again.  Since I got a the new horn, it suits me so much better than the old one, and definitely better than the yamaha I was borrowing between horns.  Today I played through some old concerti and a few etudes, and some jazz.  The sound is beautiful.  The response is instant, and the intonation is dead on.  I’m not having to work at all to get the notes out, they just happen.

I have a new love of horn playing now.  I rekindled a spark that I thought was lost, and now I want to continue performing on horn again.

It would seem my dystonia is on the way out too, and the exercises that I’ve been doing to help are working.  Ask me about that sometime.

Life is good.

[johnstacy]

Got a new horn. This picture has ALL the glare!

[johnstacy]

Another arrangement for horn ensemble, this one with 12 horns.  The theme from Attack on Titan.

I’m holding off on recording these for a few weeks until my new horn gets here, then I will start posting these to youtube proper.  Until then, I have some previews for here!

[johnstacy]

New horn this week.

I am currently waiting on shipping, but I get a new (to me) horn this week. It's a silver plated Alex 103. I'm so exited for it and I want it to be here already!

[johnstacy]

So I’m starting a youtube channel.  I’m going to do arrangements of video game music for horn ensembles and upload them as edited videos with good production values, so it’s a visual as well as an audio experience.  Here is the first arrangement that will open the channel, as played by the glorious Noteperformer plugin for Sibelius.  I plan to upload once every other week with a new arrangement.

[johnstacy]

The lady in the picture looks 23 and she is absolutely stunning!

She thanks you! :)

[johnstacy]

How old does she look? (Help me tumblr, she wants to know!)

[johnstacy]

Very few people know my birthday and I occasionally forget how old I am.

[official-saxophones]

Have you ever (music edition)

1. Had a relationship with someone else in the band/orchestra/other ensamble 2. Had sex with someone else in the band/orchestra/other ensamble 3. Practiced for more than 3 hours in a row 4. Performed for money 5. Performed in the streets 6. Stole a senior’s chair as a freshman 7. Had your chair stolen from a freshman 8. Been the last person out of the band/orchestra/choir room 9. Played so out of tune, the tuner thought it was a different note 10. Not practice for your lesson, and perform well 11. Practiced for your lesson, and perform AWFUL 12. Judged someone based off of the instrument they play 13. Traveled out of state to perform 14. Traveled out of country to perform 15. Had a crush on someone because of the instrument they play 16. Cried over a piece of music that you were in/wrote 17. Won an award for a performance 18. Performed your composition infront of an audience 19. Tried to play someone else’s instrument and failed horribly 20. Thought about quitting in the past but kept with it

Woodwinds 1. Held a funeral for a reed 2. Not swabbed out for so long that the inside of your instrument got weird stuff in it 3. Squeaked in a concert (not counting elementary/middle school) 4. Cut your lip with your reed 5. Hit someone with your flute on accident (or on purpose, they are called the vibrato pipe of doom for a reason)

Brass 1. Poked someone with your slide 2. Hid things in yours or someone else’s tuba 3. Been told to play louder (i bet none of u)(well maybe horns, but who cares about them) 4. Purposely tried to blast in the woodwinds’ ears 5. Had swollen lips from practicing a lot

Orchestra 1. Had one of your strings snap 2. Had your instrument called a “tiny/big guitar” 3. Had to angerly explain the difference between the viola and the violin 4. Hit someone with your bow while practicing 5. Had to play cannon in D and literally crave the extinction of the human race

Percussion 1. Broke a drum while playing it 2. Purposely played louder to scare the section infront of you 3. Jammed out on the triangle 4. Had to use a cannon in a performance 5. had to play more than one instrument at the same time (drum sets don’t count)

Choir 1. Lost your voice in the middle of a performance 2. Been told to talk less to “save your voice” 3. Sang a duet with a crush 4. Sang opera 5. Tried to sing out of your range and sound like a siren of dying ducks

Send me which ones you have done, or ask me which ones you want to know

[johnstacy]

It was a lie.

The guy interested in buying my horn turned out to be an email scammer. Fuck. Nobody wants this thing. And now I don't even have it.

[johnstacy]

Might have found a buyer for my horn

Which is good, because I can move on the Alexander.  I might have it soon.

[jokesontoast]

There are only 2 genders

Please people thee are only two genders…. I can’t believe that Tumblr is allowed to exist and make up all these ridiculous identities and not have all its users in mental health facilities. 

[magnumbot-deactivated20240227]

someone reblog this with the two real genders because this guy sure as heck didnt specify

[09nerorelatable]

Pokemon and Digimon

[horuss-moved234567865-deactivat]

sun and moon

[miyushinoharaofficial]

super trans and mega trans

[mcfucko-deactivated20180520]

chungo and scrungus

[dfbdbdghngfnfgngfnghfghghfh-dea]

salt and pepper

[inter5tellas]

Neither and both

[followpearlpinesnotthisblog]

Nintendogs 1 & 2

[goth-gay]

handmaiden and fuedal lord

[filthyheretic-deactivated201901]

Birdemic: Shock and Terror and Birdemic 2: The Resurrection

[thatstoomanypilots]

Team lads and team gents

[fuckyouroosterteethproductions]

Achievement Hunter and Funhaus

[thresholdofzero-deactivated2018]

Khal Drogo and Not Khal Drogo

[alexalfurinn]

Warrior of Sunlight and Darkwraith

[ghostoftwentysomethingspast]

science fiction and fantasy

[setokyoul]

wario and waluigi

[2460onetruepairing]

apples and oranges

[freedricksanchez]

Rick and Morty Season 1 & 2

[gymleadergordie420]

there is only one. Muchacho

[johnstacy]

Stewie and Brian.

[weloveshortvideos]

[holdingbacktheyearsss-deactivat]

I CANT BREATHE

[babysza]

I HATE THIS WEBSITE

[grungespuud]

YO OKAY SO I WAS IN THE DIAMOND DISTRICT IN NYC JUST CASUALLY WINDOW SHOPPING AND SHIT, YOU KNOW, THE USUAL, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS FUCKING THING CATCHES MY EYE. THIS. FUCKING. THING. ITS AS BIG AS MY FUCKING HAND AND ITS MADE OF REAL MUFUCKIN DIAMONDS AND GOLD. THIS HAS GONE TOO FAR PEOPLE. LOOK WHAT YOUVE DONE. THIS IS WHAT THE WORLD HAS COME TO. FUCK.

[unicorn-a-licious]

what a shrektacular piece of jewelry 

[ilikedthewayhegaveback]

all that glitters is gold

[johnstacy]

How much does that thing cost?

[just-shower-thoughts]

Before the invention of photography and widespread internet, the odds of marrying the most beautiful woman you’ve ever seen were actually pretty good.

[johnstacy]

Odds be what they are. I am marrying the most beautiful woman I've ever seen.