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03-07-2012, 08:19 PM
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03-07-2012, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by dragonwagon  My guitarist is trying to sell a meteorite he and his son found. He was very proud talking about all the meteorology departments he's contacted at museums about the rock. :/ | ha!! |
03-08-2012, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by funkcicle ha!! | Actually, don't laugh too hard... Depending on exactly what that guitarist found, he COULD be laughing all the way to the bank... See sites like MeteoriteMarket.com for an idea on the value of these turds from space... Probably around the range of $90 for a 1cm cube aroung 2 grams of weight...
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03-08-2012, 06:42 PM
| | | | Conductor: *after huge trainwreck at basketball game because everyone except the rhythm section got off time and fell apart*
"You guys need to follow the band!!!!!" (at us, the rhythm section)
Me: "we were following the drum majors!" (drum majors conduct for basketball games)
Director: "well, you're supposed to follow the band because they can't hear you!!!!"
Me: "they're wrong! Why should we follow them? They're supposed to be following the drum majors! The ones that we're following and YOU assigned to direct the band!!!!"
Director: *storms off*
Drum major 1: "well, I might as well just quit conducting!"
The director came up to us and apologized after the game. Glad I only have one more trimester of school left with him conducting concert band.
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03-08-2012, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Dekker Actually, don't laugh too hard... Depending on exactly what that guitarist found, he COULD be laughing all the way to the bank... See sites like MeteoriteMarket.com for an idea on the value of these turds from space... Probably around the range of $90 for a 1cm cube aroung 2 grams of weight...
Dekker | I found one the size of my fist when I was broke in college and I had no idea of it's value, it sat on my desk as a paperweight. I also have no idea where it went but someone who did know its value probably still thanks me...  |
03-08-2012, 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Stilettoprefer The director came up to us and apologized after the game. Glad I only have one more trimester of school left with him conducting concert band. | Man, I had a band director like that in college too. She also taught the "brass techniques" course that was required of all music education majors, and I swear she made it up as she went along (it was a 9am class and she'd usually stroll in around 9:08 disheveled and often still drunk from the night before). I was the only brass player in the class, so I was the only one who knew how utterly ***ked up her teaching was. I kept a meticulous notebook for the course that I typed up as our final exam assignment, italicizing everything she had taught us that was incorrect. When she gave it back to me with an A+ I brought it to the department head. She was not offered tenure, and she was dismissed after the following semester.
I'd have to dig out the notebook to remember some of her juicier gems, but I remember the very first thing she told us to write in our notes on the very first day of class was this:
"There are two types of trumpets, brass trumpets and silver trumpets. Brass trumpets are made out of brass, and silver trumpets are made out of silver, and plated with nickel." ...it only went downhill from there. (for those of you who are unfamiliar with brass instruments, there are a good dozen types of trumpets, and ALL of them are made out of brass)
I did my best not to but heads with her, but one time she yelled at me for correcting a student whom she had improperly instructed on how to finger a passage on the euphonium. She stood up and yelled "I'm trying to a teach something here!" and I made the mistake of responding "Well you're teaching it incorrectly." She stormed out of the room and returned 3 minutes later with every single one of her framed credentials, presumably ripped off of her office wall, and proceeded to throw them at my feet one by one muttering:
"Here is my Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan." *toss*
"Here is a signed letter of commendation from Frederick Fennel." *toss*
"Here is my Masters of Education from the University of Arizona." *toss*
"Here is my certificate of achievement from (bleah bleah bleah)" *toss*
Ph.Ds etc, at least 8 or 10 credentials, ending it with "until you are as qualified as I am, I won't need your help teaching MY class." and then she stormed out, leaving all of her diplomas and a few shattered frames at my feet.
It was incredibly awkward, but surprisingly not the most awkward run-in a student had with that professor in that final year of hers. |
03-08-2012, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Dekker Actually, don't laugh too hard... Depending on exactly what that guitarist found, he COULD be laughing all the way to the bank... See sites like MeteoriteMarket.com for an idea on the value of these turds from space... Probably around the range of $90 for a 1cm cube aroung 2 grams of weight...
Dekker | If he's consulting meteorologists though, there's not much chance of that now is there?  There's a local gem-and-fossil shop where I live that sells meteorites by the gram (starting around $6/gram for their most common variety). They also sell T-Rex claws, various dinosaur bones, extinct fossilized beetles, etc, really cool stuff. |
03-09-2012, 02:44 AM
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Originally Posted by funkcicle Man, I had a band director like that in college too. She also taught the "brass techniques" course that was required of all music education majors, and I swear she made it up as she went along (it was a 9am class and she'd usually stroll in around 9:08 disheveled and often still drunk from the night before). I was the only brass player in the class, so I was the only one who knew how utterly ***ked up her teaching was. I kept a meticulous notebook for the course that I typed up as our final exam assignment, italicizing everything she had taught us that was incorrect. When she gave it back to me with an A+ I brought it to the department head. She was not offered tenure, and she was dismissed after the following semester.
I'd have to dig out the notebook to remember some of her juicier gems, but I remember the very first thing she told us to write in our notes on the very first day of class was this:
"There are two types of trumpets, brass trumpets and silver trumpets. Brass trumpets are made out of brass, and silver trumpets are made out of silver, and plated with nickel." ...it only went downhill from there.
(for those of you who are unfamiliar with brass instruments, there are a good dozen types of trumpets, and ALL of them are made out of brass)
I did my best not to but heads with her, but one time she yelled at me for correcting a student whom she had improperly instructed on how to finger a passage on the euphonium. She stood up and yelled "I'm trying to a teach something here!" and I made the mistake of responding "Well you're teaching it incorrectly." She stormed out of the room and returned 3 minutes later with every single one of her framed credentials, presumably ripped off of her office wall, and proceeded to throw them at my feet one by one muttering:
"Here is my Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan." *toss*
"Here is a signed letter of commendation from Frederick Fennel." *toss*
"Here is my Masters of Education from the University of Arizona." *toss*
"Here is my certificate of achievement from (bleah bleah bleah)" *toss*
Ph.Ds etc, at least 8 or 10 credentials, ending it with "until you are as qualified as I am, I won't need your help teaching MY class." and then she stormed out, leaving all of her diplomas and a few shattered frames at my feet.
It was incredibly awkward, but surprisingly not the most awkward run-in a student had with that professor in that final year of hers. | Being a trumpet player I found this post great! I never knew my Bach Stradavarious was really plated with nickel..... I sure wish it was solid silver though.... I think the best part is she gave you an A+ and was too stupid/ignorant to pick up on that you were picking out her mistakes.
I work in the medical profession at a prestigious teaching hospital. It is shocking how stupid some of the residents are when it comes to common sense. The same people that aced med school are incapable of transferring that knowledge to actual application.
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05-11-2012, 08:21 AM
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Next door neighbor has some newly planted bushes that are yellowing and not doing that well. Drummer says "Hey I saw the cat pooping on a couple of them I bet that's why they're dying."
Me: "So I guess you don't remember what fertilizer is made from?"
Him: "Uhhhhhh." 
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05-11-2012, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by domestique Being a trumpet player I found this post great! I never knew my Bach Stradavarious was really plated with nickel..... I sure wish it was solid silver though.... I think the best part is she gave you an A+ and was too stupid/ignorant to pick up on that you were picking out her mistakes.
I work in the medical profession at a prestigious teaching hospital. It is shocking how stupid some of the residents are when it comes to common sense. The same people that aced med school are incapable of transferring that knowledge to actual application. | Maybe she DID know it and the A+ was in hopes that the paper wouldn't be turned in to the heads of the school. |
05-11-2012, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Stilettoprefer Conductor: *after huge trainwreck at basketball game because everyone except the rhythm section got off time and fell apart*
"You guys need to follow the band!!!!!" (at us, the rhythm section)
Me: "we were following the drum majors!" (drum majors conduct for basketball games)
Director: "well, you're supposed to follow the band because they can't hear you!!!!"
Me: "they're wrong! Why should we follow them? They're supposed to be following the drum majors! The ones that we're following and YOU assigned to direct the band!!!!"
Director: *storms off*
Drum major 1: "well, I might as well just quit conducting!"
The director came up to us and apologized after the game. Glad I only have one more trimester of school left with him conducting concert band. | In 5th grade, out regular band teacher was out for the day when we were rehearsing for a concert. The other teacher conducted and he was becoming more and more agitated by the faiure of some players to follow his lead, so he stopped us and started telling us to follow his baton and look up occasionally. It was just short of yelling at us and at one point, while waving his arms wildly, his baton hit the edge of the music stand. A 2"-3" piece broke off and flew straight up in the air. Every eye followed it up, then down as it fell.
He just picked up all of his music and walked off. |
05-15-2012, 03:01 AM
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Originally Posted by funkcicle Man, I had a band director like that in college too. She also taught the "brass techniques" course that was required of all music education majors, and I swear she made it up as she went along (it was a 9am class and she'd usually stroll in around 9:08 disheveled and often still drunk from the night before). I was the only brass player in the class, so I was the only one who knew how utterly ***ked up her teaching was. I kept a meticulous notebook for the course that I typed up as our final exam assignment, italicizing everything she had taught us that was incorrect. When she gave it back to me with an A+ I brought it to the department head. She was not offered tenure, and she was dismissed after the following semester.
I'd have to dig out the notebook to remember some of her juicier gems, but I remember the very first thing she told us to write in our notes on the very first day of class was this:
"There are two types of trumpets, brass trumpets and silver trumpets. Brass trumpets are made out of brass, and silver trumpets are made out of silver, and plated with nickel." ...it only went downhill from there.
(for those of you who are unfamiliar with brass instruments, there are a good dozen types of trumpets, and ALL of them are made out of brass)
I did my best not to but heads with her, but one time she yelled at me for correcting a student whom she had improperly instructed on how to finger a passage on the euphonium. She stood up and yelled "I'm trying to a teach something here!" and I made the mistake of responding "Well you're teaching it incorrectly." She stormed out of the room and returned 3 minutes later with every single one of her framed credentials, presumably ripped off of her office wall, and proceeded to throw them at my feet one by one muttering:
"Here is my Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan." *toss*
"Here is a signed letter of commendation from Frederick Fennel." *toss*
"Here is my Masters of Education from the University of Arizona." *toss*
"Here is my certificate of achievement from (bleah bleah bleah)" *toss*
Ph.Ds etc, at least 8 or 10 credentials, ending it with "until you are as qualified as I am, I won't need your help teaching MY class." and then she stormed out, leaving all of her diplomas and a few shattered frames at my feet.
It was incredibly awkward, but surprisingly not the most awkward run-in a student had with that professor in that final year of hers. | I had a highschool music teacher like that. Bass is only played with two fingers, should never be played with open strings or above 5th fret, and a 3rd year trombone player (me at age 13) should be able to play perfectly in 4/4 while she conducts the rest of the band and drums who are playing in 6/8, after which we shall proceed to play in 5/4 with a drummer who's been playing for 3 months and has no formal teaching, while she conducts a small group of clarinets playing a backing part.
Also didn't understand why a self taught bassist, a self taught drummer (who didn't own a kit), a trumpet/piano player with the worlds worst keyboard, a trumpet/flute player who owned an acoustic guitar, and a girl who couldn't actually play anything (and had zero confidence in her singing even though she was actually pretty good) couldn't decide on, learn, and then perform two covers with 4 1 hour lessons to rehearse. And to top it off didn't bring a mic stand (for me to sing while I played bass), so she just stood there and held it for me
oh, and made me lend my bass to kids who had played 2-3 times before because she didn't bring one of the school ones. And I play a 5 string... |
05-15-2012, 04:19 AM
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Originally Posted by chatterbox272 oh, and made me lend my bass to kids who had played 2-3 times before because she didn't bring one of the school ones. And I play a 5 string... | There is no person, anywhere on God's green Earth, who could 'make me' lend my bass to anyone I didn't want to play it.
I would have told her to go get stuffed.
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05-15-2012, 05:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland | | One from when we were just starting out as a band. Two guitarists, of course, and me the bass player.
Me: ok (guitarist 2), to make things easier for you and (guitarist 1), you play the part up one octave after one progression of the chord sequence, got it?
(guitarist 2): no problem, easy enough.
*play through once but on the second progression, he plays up one fret than before. It sounded HORRIBLE.*
Me: dude, octave.
(Guitarist 2): sorry. Messed up, now I know what to do.
*this time he plays the second progression up on the next string.*
Me: No! An octave! OCTAVE!
(Guitarist 2) : that was an octave up!
(Guitarist 1): dude, play my part but up 8 frets! It isn't hard!
Me: *facepalm*
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05-15-2012, 09:19 AM
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Our sax player and drummer get told that regularly.
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05-15-2012, 09:39 AM
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05-15-2012, 12:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: New York City | | | my group had just stepped into the rehearsal studio and we're done setting up and getting ready to play...
me: did you tune?
guitarist: yeah i tuned my guitar earlier today. |
05-15-2012, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by monokuro_bass guitarist: yeah i tuned my guitar earlier today. | I've heard that one too many times.  |
05-15-2012, 03:21 PM
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Me (having a 34" bass with way too high action, doing a lot of chord work): "I could really use a smaller bass"
The drummer (sarcastically, not knowing about short scales) : "Yeah, I want a smaller drum set too"
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05-15-2012, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by monokuro_bass my group had just stepped into the rehearsal studio and we're done setting up and getting ready to play...
me: did you tune?
guitarist: yeah i tuned my guitar earlier today. | I only have to tune my guitar once a week... Basses are daily, but I play them harder.
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