High Schoolers

[ChipsAHoid He/Him]

2 hours ago, Born of Mist said:

COWARD! How can you not want to march around in a heatwave for 13 hours? Airsick lowlander.

Real lol

2 hours ago, Hawks said:

I have blood sugar issues. 

Idrk how relevant it is to you, but ik one of my… I wouldn’t say friend perhaps, but acquaintances has diabetes (ik it’s blood sugar related, again, idk how this would be in comparison to you), and he’s snare captain. And in front ensemble, there are plennnnnty of people who have things that don’t let them march. Like one of my best friends has POTS, another one of my friends has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (her joints pop out like all the time, cause immense pain and usually extreme difficulty moving that area)

If you can stand in place (well, at least in my band we pulse, moving with the beat, but it’s very slight) and play an instrument inside in AC, marching band is doable 

And I also respect not wanting to do it

WHAT I CAN’T STORMING RESPECT IS WHEN PEOPLE SAY MARCHING BAND IS EASY

Legit one of my friends in chorus said

“Chorus is more harder than marching band. It’s more harder than band, strings, and guitar put together”

And then I grammar policed him. I made him look at my sheet music (he couldn’t read it in his head, what a silly), and then made him watch the drill, and he was like “it’s just walking while breathing out in chorus you actually have to try”

*vague screams*

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

5 minutes ago, ChipsAHoid said:

Real lol

Idrk how relevant it is to you, but ik one of my… I wouldn’t say friend perhaps, but acquaintances has diabetes (ik it’s blood sugar related, again, idk how this would be in comparison to you), and he’s snare captain. And in front ensemble, there are plennnnnty of people who have things that don’t let them march. Like one of my best friends has POTS, another one of my friends has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (her joints pop out like all the time, cause immense pain and usually extreme difficulty moving that area)

If you can stand in place (well, at least in my band we pulse, moving with the beat, but it’s very slight) and play an instrument inside in AC, marching band is doable 

And I also respect not wanting to do it

WHAT I CAN’T STORMING RESPECT IS WHEN PEOPLE SAY MARCHING BAND IS EASY

Legit one of my friends in chorus said

“Chorus is more harder than marching band. It’s more harder than band, strings, and guitar put together”

And then I grammar policed him. I made him look at my sheet music (he couldn’t read it in his head, what a silly), and then made him watch the drill, and he was like “it’s just walking while breathing out in chorus you actually have to try”

*vague screams*

...I do all the activities involved in marching band separately and it's difficult. I have the utmost respect for people who can do all that at once. Also, imagine not being able to read sheet music on sight

Edited July 30, 2025 by Kansas Stormcursed

[ChipsAHoid He/Him]

33 minutes ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

...I do all the activities involved in marching band separately and it's difficult. I have the utmost respect for people who can do all that at once. Also, imagine not being able to read sheet music on sight

No when I’m bored I read sheet music in my head. Roughly.

I’m cracked at sight reading : D

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

7 minutes ago, ChipsAHoid said:

No when I’m bored I read sheet music in my head. Roughly.

I’m cracked at sight reading : D

I can read music for guitar, so I'm really good

My sight reading for piano is passable, but the complex pieces are hard

Wdym in your head?

[ChipsAHoid He/Him]

1 minute ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

I can read music for guitar, so I'm really good

My sight reading for piano is passable, but the complex pieces are hard

Wdym in your head?

Like, u look at sheet music and can imagine what it sounds like 

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Just now, ChipsAHoid said:

Like, u look at sheet music and can imagine what it sounds like 

Oh

Yeah

People can't do that?

[ChipsAHoid He/Him]

1 minute ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Oh

Yeah

People can't do that?

Apparently not

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Just now, ChipsAHoid said:

Apparently not

Huh

Well, their loss

[TwinStorm He/Him]

5 minutes ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Oh

Yeah

People can't do that?

ooh 

sight reading is fun

it took a while

I mostly use it for chamber choir tho

[ChipsAHoid He/Him]

1 minute ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Huh

Well, their loss

Something really cool to me is how people learn music.

Like, I have a good friend who can’t sight read and has to write the notes in, but if I play it for her ONE STORMING TIME she can play it nearly as well as I can. 

Or my process is weird. I can’t play it. At all. Even at like 20bpm. Until it clicks. Then I can play it at nearly any tempo (not like 16th note triplets at 168 like last show, that took me a while, but the way I learn is just weird that way)

Or another friend of mine can’t read or watch, but if he hears anything, he can quickly sound it out. 

It’s endlessly interesting to me how different learning is for ppl.

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Just now, ChipsAHoid said:

Something really cool to me is how people learn music.

Like, I have a good friend who can’t sight read and has to write the notes in, but if I play it for her ONE STORMING TIME she can play it nearly as well as I can. 

Or my process is weird. I can’t play it. At all. Even at like 20bpm. Until it clicks. Then I can play it at nearly any tempo (not like 16th note triplets at 168 like last show, that took me a while, but the way I learn is just weird that way)

Or another friend of mine can’t read or watch, but if he hears anything, he can quickly sound it out. 

It’s endlessly interesting to me how different learning is for ppl.

Interesting

I've played both piano and guitar (well, I'm learning guitar), so if I find the pattern of a song I can play it no problem, but if there's no pattern it takes me forever

Actually, come to think of it it's the same with people. If there's no pattern, I can't understand them very well

[ChipsAHoid He/Him]

12 minutes ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Interesting

I've played both piano and guitar (well, I'm learning guitar), so if I find the pattern of a song I can play it no problem, but if there's no pattern it takes me forever

Actually, come to think of it it's the same with people. If there's no pattern, I can't understand them very well

Well, that’s to be expected. That’s why I’m struggling at band camp, cuz the second half of the second song is pure dissonance and I hate it so much

[Born of Mist He/Him]

Me after marching band 

[SpartanBrigade He/Him]

That’s me everyday too lol

Just ask @KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren

[ChipsAHoid He/Him]

2 minutes ago, Born of Mist said:

Me after marching band 

THAT’S SO REAL OH MY STORMS

I WAS UP LIKE TILL 12 INSTEAD OF SLEEPING

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

5 hours ago, SpartanBrigade said:

That’s me everyday too lol

Just ask @KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren

Yes

You were awake when I slept

And I'm like 15 hours ahead

[Born of Mist He/Him]

On 7/29/2025 at 9:44 PM, ChipsAHoid said:

Real lol

Idrk how relevant it is to you, but ik one of my… I wouldn’t say friend perhaps, but acquaintances has diabetes (ik it’s blood sugar related, again, idk how this would be in comparison to you), and he’s snare captain. And in front ensemble, there are plennnnnty of people who have things that don’t let them march. Like one of my best friends has POTS, another one of my friends has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (her joints pop out like all the time, cause immense pain and usually extreme difficulty moving that area)

If you can stand in place (well, at least in my band we pulse, moving with the beat, but it’s very slight) and play an instrument inside in AC, marching band is doable 

And I also respect not wanting to do it

WHAT I CAN’T STORMING RESPECT IS WHEN PEOPLE SAY MARCHING BAND IS EASY

Legit one of my friends in chorus said

“Chorus is more harder than marching band. It’s more harder than band, strings, and guitar put together”

And then I grammar policed him. I made him look at my sheet music (he couldn’t read it in his head, what a silly), and then made him watch the drill, and he was like “it’s just walking while breathing out in chorus you actually have to try”

*vague screams*

They are an Airsick lowlander. (I'm trying to find a way to use that insult IRL)

[ChipsAHoid He/Him]

2 minutes ago, Born of Mist said:

They are an Airsick lowlander. (I'm trying to find a way to use that insult IRL)

That’s so real lol. Me too lol

[Born of Mist He/Him]

2 minutes ago, ChipsAHoid said:

That’s so real lol. Me too lol

I genuinely believe that all choir students (and teachers) have something wrong with them.

[Born of Mist He/Him]

If you want I'll set aside an hour and write a rant about it 

3 hours ago, ChipsAHoid said:

That’s so real lol. Me too lol

 

[ChipsAHoid He/Him]

11 minutes ago, Born of Mist said:

If you want I'll set aside an hour and write a rant about it 

 

Sure why not

[Keke They/he]

Yall this is unreal

Here in a little bit im going to the dmv to get my learners permit

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

i am here now

as of *thinks* I think 13 days ago

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

15 hours ago, Hawks said:

Yall this is unreal

Here in a little bit im going to the dmv to get my learners permit

Sweet!

[Keke They/he]

Just now, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Sweet!

Chat i forgot to edit it

But they sidnt have any spaces