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Ten Dollar! No Kissing! 
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| Wolfy wrote: | | Ten Dollar! No Kissing! |
There's always one that has to lower the tone of the thread and Wolfy is both of them! 
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Oxide
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Quick question, whats the usual time frame between an audition and training? I finish high school around June of '09 and was wondering when I should start thinking about pieces for my audition.
P.S. My band at school is scheduled for a visit to the UK around early march, were staying at the H.M.S. Nelson and we were told we would get a chance to have sectionals with some bandies. Were currently working on the funds for the trip (need around 40,000 U.S. Dollars) Cant wait! |
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RAB
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Oxide wrote: |
P.S. My band at school is scheduled for a visit to the UK around early march, were staying at the H.M.S. Nelson and we were told we would get a chance to have sectionals with some bandies. |
Now listen in y'all...
You make sure you check out EVERY meaning of the word 'sectionals' before you set foot near those young Bandies.... 
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Oxide
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| I don't know if it's even going to be "sectionals" I was told that we would have the chance to "play" with some band members. None of us really know exactly whats going but I'm just hoping to get the chance to talk to some bulgers and get some tips/hints or clues on what I should expect for my audition. Hopefully we can actually get the money to go. |
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Aaron Aardvark
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:18 am Post subject: |
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| Oxide wrote: | | I was told that we would have the chance to "play" with some band members. . |
And jolly happy they are too. They like being played with. |
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townsergeant
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| Aaron Aardvark wrote: | | Oxide wrote: | | I was told that we would have the chance to "play" with some band members. . |
And jolly happy they are too. They like being played with. |
.....and yet another one has to lower the tone!
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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| townsergeant wrote: | | Aaron Aardvark wrote: | | Oxide wrote: | | I was told that we would have the chance to "play" with some band members. . |
And jolly happy they are too. They like being played with. |
..... | Quote: | | and yet another one has to lower the tone! |
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Would you expect anything else
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That's a big NO from me!!!
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Oxide
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Haha i see most of the humor around here resembles my own. So I am currently working on a few solos, I don't know if these names sound familiar to anyone, maybe a bugler would recognize them. I'm working on "Birkdale" and "Camberley Castle". I was planning on auditioning around November of '09.
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RAB
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| Oxide wrote: | | I'm working on "Birkdale" and "Camberley Castle". I was planning on auditioning around November of '09. |
Good for you Rusty.. 
That works out at about one note every five months you'll have to learn..
Even Tommo (Sticky Blue in here) nearly hit that target....
 ..Or are they Drum Solos you're referring to there..???..
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Oxide
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| Haha those are only the 2 I'm curently working on, I probably won't even use them in the audition, I'm just learning as many solos as possible and getting my repertoire up so that I have a few good solos under my belt for when I go. |
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RAB
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| Oxide wrote: | | Haha those are only the 2 I'm curently working on, I probably won't even use them in the audition, . |
Now don't y'all go slackin there good buddy...
You've only got another 2 years practice time to slot in here...
Don't you guys go overloading your target areas (we ALL know what happens when you do that... )...
You're right to be prepared for the future Rusty (you don't mind me calling you that do you.??), as despite what the films may show, it's not really the Tom Cruise looks RMB are lookin for nowadays (or ever really), but more of the type who will stand there at the Cenotaph and fight with a sodden wet ceremonial cape, more photogenic and useless than Mich*** B***m*re in a swimming pool, with the determination of a (3) Badger fighting to hide from torchlight in a baiting moment.
Good luck.. ..And by the time you get there, we might even be back to the good old (bad old) greatcoats, which were superbly handy for all things warm and cosy...
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Oxide
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| I'm practicing almost 24/7, although I am getting kind of nervous about the bugling part, it's taking much longer than expected for me to actually get my hands on a bugle and get some hands on training so I've kinda been messing around with a trumpet blindly just trying to strengthen my lips and embouchure. |
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