Nibbs XXVI (Page 11)

Ooops...missed this post.  Hey Beth! 

Hello Beautiful! 

LOL!  I have to laugh -  

I think the flute would have been a stigma years ago where ever you went to school

what year is he in school?

Hi Melissa!

Were you just waiting for the moment to be on top?

Ummm... I play clarinet....

Flute is good... lots of chicks play it... and part of picking up chicks is spending time with them...

Just sayin...  

I would never do a thing like that!

Actually, I just logged on and said hi before I read any of the posts. 

Not that there's anything wrong with it...

Yeah - actually my son (sophomore) does hang with a nice bunch of young ladies.  Last year as a freshman, even the senior girls were all over him.  I think more in a motherly sort of way.  But he loved it.  It's amazing once you put your macho image aside...

Don't know what that means, but I sure like the sound of it.

And, by the way, HOW do you know this? 

I played french horn in HS band.  I also picked up the trumpet for jazz band and the Baritone for pep band.   I love playing brass! 

haha yeah... Im sure he is going to be much better with women in the long term because of it...

Although is that something a parent really wants to hear? 

she must have gone to band camp

Funny all the brass players were boys at my school... flutes were girls and clarinets were a mixture... strings were a mixture too... 

There was a bumper sticker stating the fact on my first french horn's case.

...and there are a few guys who will vouch for it.

Never went to camp...I picked up the french horn-and then the others-in HS 

Isnt that a right of passage... ?

I started late-Band Camp isn't really a big thing after middle school. 

I swear, when my son tells a story that starts with "One time...in band camp..." I just can't help but burst out laughing.  Not even sure if he gets the American Pie reference.

most likely not -

that would crack me up too!

Depends on where you go to school I guess... when I was in high school OS we went with another school every year for one week..  

So Nibbs... I have a question... I think I need to develop some sort of personal rewards system that does NOT involve food...

Any ideas?  

Well this can lead to some interesting discussions...

But, how about some nice equipment that you have your eyes on.  Reward yourself with a dollar figure, and then when you got enough saved up, buy that special item. 

It probably does depend on your school.

Regarding french hornists being the best kissers-It takes a lot more control to accurately hit each note of a FH compared to other brass instruments.  on a trumpet there are more or less three notes(or less) in a single octave that you can play with a single valve position.  On the french horn I can manage to play the majority of the notes with the same valve position-granted that the notes don't all sound that great.  Think of a bugle-there are only a few notes that can be played...it is a trumpet w/out any valves.

basically-french horninsts typically need to better developed lip/muscle control than most other instrumentalists.