RESTARTING THE BLOG
I'm restarting this blog.
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A middle school in Achille, Oklahoma is closed following violent threats by parents on social media against Maddie, a 12-year-old transgender student who identifies as female and used the girls’ bathroom.
Maddie had been using the staff bathroom at her old school but used the girls’ bathroom at the new school because she wasn’t sure where the staff bathroom was. She was then accused of peeping under a bathroom stall. Her mother said it was probably because she “leans very far forward to use the bathroom.”
Then the threats began on a private parents’ Facebook group for the school. The parents called Maddie “it” and “thing”, suggested that her genitalia be mutilated to make her female (“a good sharp knife will do the job real quick”). One said it was “hunting season on them kind” and said there was “no bag limit.”
Maddie’s mother Brandy Rose said she fears for her life: “These are adults making threats– I don’t understand it. She’s an awesome kid. To see any fear in her, I can’t explain how bad that hurts me for them to hurt her.”
KXII reports: “The sheriff said the mother filed a protective order against one parent but no other arrests have been made, however several agencies including the FBI are stepping in to see if any comments constitute a hate crime.”
See the screenshots:
Sorry to say this but if we have to think about whether or not threatening to cut a 12 year old child is a hate crime means there is no hope for us. What has this nation become when it’s citizens feel they have a right to threaten minorities with no fear of repercussion. The only ringing heard now is the death knell of freedom..
Savages…
Source: towleroad.com
This page is dying.
It really is.
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I’M LAUGHING SO HARD OH MY GOD
ME
So i forgot this account existed
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So as many of you may or may not, this year I have the chance to march in Incognito Drum and Bugle Corps, a Drum Corps that tours inside California, and of course that’s gonna cost me a good amount of money. As an attempt to pay off about 750$, I’ve decided to take art commissions!
From around May 7th to June 18th, I’ll be taking commissions and working on them vigilantly and any commissions i take after the 18th will be worked on after I come back from tour (around July 20th).
Commission Guidelines:
- -Fanart is OKAY! As long as there is explicit permission!
- -Since this is fundraising for my Drum Corps tuition, I will gladly accept anyone’s request to draw them in their uniform!
- -No NSFW! Sorry I am kind of underage and also that stuff wouldn’t look as good if I did it honestly
- -No mecha: sorry I can’t do robots. I can try but that would result in me giving up and crying.
- -Serious inquiries only please! This opportunity is sooo important to me and it is so important that I pay this fee off.
Please email any inquiries to teresa.vu612@gmail.com or message me here on tumblr, thanks!!
My journey in band started out as me being a student that was simply placed in band out of convenience, and now here I am pursuing one of my biggest dreams. It would be sooo great if anyone could help and donate, thank you!
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a concept: me, you, at an aquarium holding hands and looking at sea turtles
We had a good run. Perhaps we can try this again sometime, but for now this blog is being deleted. Sorry guys
Is anybody on this blog still around at all? Or maybe we should disban?
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Anonymous asked:
how do you practice without wanting to throw the horn across the room? thanks
sorry for taking so long to respond, i wanted to do this from the computer so i could get all my thoughts out the right way
i’ve been exactly where you are, anon. in fact, i was there last night. i lay on the floor and cried because i thought i’d never be good enough to satisfy myself, or anyone else.
today, i went into my horn lesson and had the best lesson of my life.
you know how? i got angry. i decided i never wanted to feel like that again, and that if my brain was going to tell me i wasn’t any good, i was going to prove it dead. wrong. and even if you’re not thinking that coherently, even if you’re just screaming in rage in your head, channeling anger can seriously help.
but i know it’s not always a matter of your self-talk. your practice itself has to count too. so if you’re stuck in a rut, pull out something you like playing. remind yourself why you like this instrument. some people feel better if they just listen to horn music, but i have to actually play it, and remind myself that not only do i love this instrument, but i love the way i play this instrument. because nobody does it like me. nobody’s timbre or articulation is quite like mine. do i have perfect habits? nope. do i always sound good? hell nope. but some days i do. and i play for those days. the same goes for you. find what you have to offer, and develop that.
that’s the pep talk portion. actual practical things to keep in mind for effective horn (or any instrument really) practice:
- make sure you warm up well, whatever that means for you, or for what you’re practicing.
- warm up your range in a balanced way; however high you warm up, make sure you also go at least that far down from middle C. same goes for warming up your low range; play the high register too.
- sometimes if you fumble a difficult part, it helps to stop and slow it down, play it a bunch, get it to tempo, and then just continue on. it’s like making a pit stop.
- if you’re having big troubles, turn your metronome way down and play the first two notes of the phrase a few times. then the first three notes. then the first four, and keep adding them until you’ve done the whole phrase. ease it up to tempo. if you’re still struggling, do the add-a-note thing every time you crank up the tempo.
- if the passage you’re struggling with is an even rhythm, vary the rhythm. if it’s an eighth note passage, play it as
and then
until it starts to make more sense. the fingerings get easier when you have more time to think about them.
all in all, some days you just do wanna throw the horn. don’t let those defeat you. play something you like. encourage yourself. and remind yourself that nobody does what you do how you do it.
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Summer school - Day 2: “Music is always doing one of two things. Ask yourself the question: Is the music singing or dancing?” #mymsummer2016 #music #euphonium
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Summer school - Day 1: In which Caitie realises she is a noob, but still thoroughly enjoys herself. #melbourneyouthmusic #vca #euphonium #summerschool
A jazz trio, The Bad Plus, plays the score to Igor Stravinsky’s gloriously noisy, 101-year-old fever dream of a ballet as literally as possible — and still manages to sound like itself.
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I couldn’t get access to it above, so heres a link to it on YouTube:
This stuff is wild!
Source: NPR
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HELP MY FRIEND MARCH GENESIS
He’s a one year vet euphonium marcher. No matter how small the donation, it will help. Please, help a fellow musician. Thank you
-theperksofbeingaeuphonium
Hey guys!!!
I'm so sorry I haven't been on much! I've been going through a lot and I've been super busy! I'm now in Mixed Ensemble (small choir group), I'm auditioning for Indoor percussion (front ensemble), my grandma has been in the hospital and as just got out today, I'm now super sick and I have two choir concerts this week! AND I'm now teaching myself French horn! Super busy! I'll try to be better on here! ~Boxfivemellophone~