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#85653 - 06/22/05 09:04 AM Re: Directors hate us. [Re: Cadet311]
HCHSDrummer05 Registered: 07/26/04 Loc: Hattiesburg, MS (USM)	Quote: That's pretty much the way it's going to be. At least thats how it was for me. What was worse for me was that even as a rookie in the drumline, I was one of the more mature and better players and really cared. (Our drumline is like a brotherhood, not a commander/underlings organization) So every Monday morning after a competetion, if something went wrong - I would get yelled at as if it were my fault. He would apologize later and I understood that that is how he was. 7 years later, I'm in my third year of teaching that line. Word, Cadet311. A good director is the type that will get angry with you and yell and spit and cuss. This type of conditioning will make you want to be better, and that's what you want isn't it? lol. All in all, your band director may hate you, but he still needs the drumline. _________________________ Harrison Central High School '04/05: Plates/4th Bass \| '05/06: Snare \| '06/07: Snare (MCM and Synergy Auditionee, '07/08) Teaching: Instructor, Harrison Central 9th \| Marching Tech, HCHS
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#85654 - 06/22/05 11:38 AM Re: Directors hate us. [Re: HCHSDrummer05]
heavy08 blanks Registered: 01/20/05 Loc: Wesson, Mississippi	Our band director doesn't like us. He always yells at us for some reason or another, mainly for hacking while he is talking. He doesn't really think we are musicians either. He never blames us for doing anything wrong though. It's always the wind players that he yells at for doing something wrong. That just shows where the real talent is. Oh Yeah! _________________________ 03-04 Snare WHS Drumline 04-05 Snare WHS Drumline 05-06 Lead Snare and Co-Captain WHS Drumline
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#85655 - 06/29/05 10:10 PM Re: Directors hate us. [Re: heavy08]
Anonymous Unregistered	hmmm.... well, My Director is a bit strange, he yells at us for the littlest mistake, it's never one person's fault it's the whole lines.. which is Understandable, but when you have 10 on a line, and only two wanna work.. (me and another) it gets on your nerves.. When we do something good, or even great.. it's "Why didn't you get that earlier, or it's nothing special, it's expected..." But that's really only during band class... sometimes after, during he REALLY yells... and gets mad, but after.. he's somewhat, err... nice. Strange as it may be... but, I'm sure he loves us the most, Just finished Tapping up our Harnesses... (cause they were crappy) haha !! although, he made us write huge Essays and tap them all over our drums, wonder when they will come off... >_>
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#85656 - 07/06/05 01:01 AM Re: Directors hate us. [Re: ]
mrochy blank Registered: 07/05/05 Loc: Kentucky	Well here's my two cents (from a band director)..... Most band director's don't know much about percussion (especially marching percussion). Because they have no knowledge base for percussion, they can't really comment on much. Have you ever heard a director talk about the first left diddle in a tap roll? There's a reason for that.......... Anyway, because they don't know what to say they have no musical expectations for the percussion section so they have to turn to behavioral expectations. Make sense? Kind of a fear of the unknown. Most of you kids know way more about drumming than your band director and that intimidates some of the really insecure ones. Actually, that was a cent and a half..........
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#85657 - 07/08/05 06:00 PM Re: Directors hate us. [Re: mrochy]
studsnare27 Registered: 06/17/04 Loc: Imperial Mo	I completely agree. My band director told me exactly that. He told me that I know way more than he does. It upsets him a bunch. _________________________ My mom says that my line is better than yours! Intrepid Percussion Ensemble
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#85658 - 07/08/05 07:19 PM Re: Directors hate us. [Re: bacquads5]
bac0810 Registered: 06/08/05 Loc: Orlando, F.L.	Quote: well, i'd say our directors don't like us near as much as they do the woodwinds and brass. i think the reason for that is because they believe that most percussionists just bang on round circly things, which is not even close to what we do. we make music as well you know. i dont really think they hate us but they just dont understand us. the Battery is a totally different section and lifestyle than the brass or woodwinds. Our BD is a woodwind and our assistant BD is a brass player (cavies 96 & 97) Our BD is one of those guys who believes the only reason a drumline is out there is because its tradition and if he could change anything he would have a band w/o battery, but our assistant BD tries to understand us. he enjoys the drumline when we're serious and we get down to work to make "music" but he hates us when we are our usual selves. _________________________ FHS Snare '03-'07 [color:"red"]BAC '08[/color]
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#85659 - 07/08/05 09:32 PM Re: Directors hate us. [Re: TheDrummer869]
Scooby_Doo Registered: 05/08/05	our old BD didnt like us because we hated the clarinet section, and he is a clarinet player. _________________________ 2004: Freedom HS 5th bass 2005: Freedom HS 3rd snare 2006: Freedom HS 2nd snare/section leader 2007: 1st Degree 2nd Snare; Freedom HS Center snare 2008: Timber Creek Independent 2nd Snare
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#85660 - 07/12/05 12:41 PM Re: Directors hate us. [Re: ]
mikrruggles Registered: 02/08/05 Loc: nh	my band director screamsssss at us every day.........and it has been the cause of manyyy good drumers quitting....including me......tooo bad _________________________ no i will not play that thing from drumline!
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#85661 - 07/12/05 01:44 PM Re: Directors hate us. [Re: bac0810]
hyperionmsu Registered: 03/22/04 Loc: St. Louis/Springfield, MO	Quote: Our BD is one of those guys who believes the only reason a drumline is out there is because its tradition and if he could change anything he would have a band w/o battery... I can think of many more reasons to not have a woodwind section. _________________________ missouri state university - snare 05,06 phi mu alpha sinfonia, iota rho - spring 06
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#85662 - 07/12/05 04:29 PM Re: Directors hate us. [Re: hyperionmsu]
TNT blank Registered: 05/21/05 Loc: Boise, Idaho	After reading all these replies, I feel really lucky. Our band director gets really involved with the percussion section. He even comes to some of our rehearsals and tryouts, but he lets our percussion instructors yell and scream at us. (well it's not that bad...) TNT
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