| Freelancers has got me soooo excited!! Ever since i was 14, ive wanted to play at dayton. I remember seeing picture of the year before me, and i remember being in 8th grade and watching their show over and over and over hoping one day i could be as good as them. And all throughout my highschool years i strived to become the best i could in hopes that it woudl get me to dayton. But unfortunately that was not something i could do myself. And unfortunately i was surrounded by a group of people(not all of them though) that could care less about getting better. I never won a percussion title in high school. I remember senior year hearing the announcer say percussion placings at prelims.
"in 3rd place.... (someone)"
"in 2nd place....(clovis west)"
and at that moment i was in shock. i could not believe it! did we really just win. I was about to cry. All my hard work Has finally paid off. All of my non drumline friends were surrounding me with a smile as they watched me about to jump out of my pants.
"in 1st place.... mission viejo"
followed by one of the biggest let downs of my life.
But hey, im 90% of the percussionists could care less. and if they did care, it must not have been that much since they obviously could have prevented that by working harder.
why do i still hold this grudge?
Because this year is THEIR YEAR. They have parts harder than BDB parts were. They have some of the best staff possible(im not talking about me). The best beats. The weaker players are actually decent and there are no anchors. And you have no idea how jealous i am. But i watch them have horrible shows, bad rehearsals, dirty parts. And it makes me mad that they dont do anything about it (although loel does). oh well. Lets watch logan become the 2nd place drumline again. We are famous for that you know? JLHS drumline <3 choking at finals.
whats my point?
im just happy i finally get a chance to have what i was held back from in high school. .... and a bomb ass quadline :]] |
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| Making a new I&E sucka!!!
its gonna be bigger, badder, flashier, choppier, and amazinger than my last one. :] hahaha |
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| So i just watched a video of our last rehearsal runthrough on august 7th(the day before finals). When it was done i almost shed 1 tear... ALMOST.. hahaha cause i remembered how happy and filled with joy i was that there were no more rehearsals. Theres a picture fo the quadline holding our drums straight up in the air. That was right ater rehearsal. How could i have hated it soo much when i was there but miss it soo much now? Not a day has gone by where i havent thought about it.
oh yeah, i made freelancers quadline for this winter. |
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| A corps auditions are in less than a month. I am actually not to stressed out trying to make it in this year. Just because...
so at the 49er game today, Joaquin was totally bashing on me because my solo was WAYY to easy(which is was)... but i told him its cause i cant improvise for shit. And he went off on me about how that shit was unnacceptable and how i should always drum hard... and i pointed out that maybe 2 people on that whole drumline actually play the for real parts without bullshting the whole time. Then he was dogging me about how im not gunna get into A corps like that and we had a litle argument which im sure i won.
I told him "My ability to improvise a solo on spot does not reflect my true talent as a player. If i have time to prepare one i will make sure it is of the highest quality i can produce. My I&E this summer took me 8 months to put together. Yes. 8 Months for a 3 minute solo. Now if i am incapable of creating a decent solo ON SPOT, that does not decreae my chances of getting into A corps. All that matters is if i can pick things up fast and play with good quality."
its true. I can't improvise for shit. The whole world already knows that though. But just give me some time to think of something and i'll make something cool.
I tried not to argue too much cause he just got back from War like 3 days ago. Gotta give him some respect for that. But he was getting on my nerves today. He told me he has his masters degree in percussion. And when i asked him from where he said "are you questioning my degree?" hahahaha i win. |
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| OH MAN! what is this?! two days in a row?! hahaha
started writing more Mt Eden stuff. Their show is gunna be siiiiccckkkk!!! i hope. hahahhaa i need someone to test the parts to see if they are too hard or not!
on top of that... im about to make pretty much the biggest decision of my life. Im still not 100% sure of it though. Go for my dreams or go for a job? Ive officially reached where the path splits into two separate roads. I'm afraid to step towards one direction knowing that it may not work out, and im afraid of the other one because i will never know if it would have worked out...fuck. |
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