Haha wow, six parents! I would hope that would be a good thing but...know it's usually probably just confusing.
Oh no, I didn't know I wanted to do music until the last year of middle school (14 years old maybe?) Up to that point I had been forced to take piano lessons, like most kids I liked to play but didn't want to practice, so I didn't like it very much. Then in middle school we had the opportunity to play in band. I chose clarinet because "all my friends are playing it" and having no knowledge of the roles of each instrument. I remember the first time we played a note together in band, a big chord, and I was amazed at the sound of 80-some kids making music! It really stuck with me, and I know that was a point where I firmly decided that I did like playing music.
But the clarinet was meh. One day my band director found out that I could read bass clef, so he threw me onto trombone because he needed trombones (every band needs low brass I think haha.) My parents were pissed but I guess they came to some agreement with the band director about not having to pay for my clarinet rental? So suddenly I was across the room from all my friends, sitting with a bunch of smelly boys and blowing into a yellow tube.
But you know what, I liked it A LOT. I liked The Power lol. I liked what the trombone did in a band/orchestra setting, which was most of the time providing big blocks of sounds for the other instruments to build on. Then later I learned about all the other stuff trombones could do.
But anyway I took it with me to high school and competed in all those band competitions, County and District and Regional and State. So by the time I graduated I absolutely loved it, loved how playing music got me away from my tiny hometown, let me meet new people and learn new interesting music, etc. So I took it to college. And now I'm here :)
Sorry that's kinda long. But oh yeah, I guess I did make it "work however it needs to", which is why I am what's called a "commercial musician" today. Some people will only play classical style, or are just jazzers, or want to play only party band stuff on cruise ships, exclusively salsa bands in NYC, etc etc. But a commercial musician is basically willing to play any style...for moneys :p I have always been happy to take most any gig, and find all kinds of music interesting to play. Even if I don't like the style or am insecure about it, I'll always at least learn something about the culture around that music, or about how to play it, or about myself as a musician. So there :p
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Date: 2024-10-07 10:28 pm (UTC)Oh no, I didn't know I wanted to do music until the last year of middle school (14 years old maybe?) Up to that point I had been forced to take piano lessons, like most kids I liked to play but didn't want to practice, so I didn't like it very much. Then in middle school we had the opportunity to play in band. I chose clarinet because "all my friends are playing it" and having no knowledge of the roles of each instrument. I remember the first time we played a note together in band, a big chord, and I was amazed at the sound of 80-some kids making music! It really stuck with me, and I know that was a point where I firmly decided that I did like playing music.
But the clarinet was meh. One day my band director found out that I could read bass clef, so he threw me onto trombone because he needed trombones (every band needs low brass I think haha.) My parents were pissed but I guess they came to some agreement with the band director about not having to pay for my clarinet rental? So suddenly I was across the room from all my friends, sitting with a bunch of smelly boys and blowing into a yellow tube.
But you know what, I liked it A LOT. I liked The Power lol. I liked what the trombone did in a band/orchestra setting, which was most of the time providing big blocks of sounds for the other instruments to build on. Then later I learned about all the other stuff trombones could do.
But anyway I took it with me to high school and competed in all those band competitions, County and District and Regional and State. So by the time I graduated I absolutely loved it, loved how playing music got me away from my tiny hometown, let me meet new people and learn new interesting music, etc. So I took it to college. And now I'm here :)
Sorry that's kinda long. But oh yeah, I guess I did make it "work however it needs to", which is why I am what's called a "commercial musician" today. Some people will only play classical style, or are just jazzers, or want to play only party band stuff on cruise ships, exclusively salsa bands in NYC, etc etc. But a commercial musician is basically willing to play any style...for moneys :p I have always been happy to take most any gig, and find all kinds of music interesting to play. Even if I don't like the style or am insecure about it, I'll always at least learn something about the culture around that music, or about how to play it, or about myself as a musician. So there :p