[Trombone-l] you know you're a music major...

Thu Apr 26 19:36:51 CDT 2007

AMEN to the Drumline one!  What a stain on the college music
reputation that is!!!

On 4/26/07, Dave Demko <demko61 at gmail.com> wrote:
> How about this one, for guys:
>
> . . . you own, rather than rent, a tuxedo.
>
>
> On 4/26/07, Thomas Ervin <ervint at u.arizona.edu> wrote:
> >
> > You know you're a music major if:
> >
> >
> > ... you try to talk to your non-music major friends about your
> > classes but you give up because they just don't understand.
> >
> >    you had to convince your parents that your life would be OK if you
> > majored in music instead of business.
> >
> >    you're pretty sure you're probably going to be kind of broke for
> > the rest of your life because you majored in something   you actually
> > liked.
> >
> >    you've ever had to sing to yourself in class to understand the
> > point the teacher was trying to make.
> >
> >   ... someone's cell phone goes off in class and people try to name
> > the interval, including the professor.
> >
> >   ... you took more semesters of keyboarding than you can count, and
> > you STILL can't play the piano.
> >
> >   ... you're pretty sure it's going to take you more than four years
> > to graduate college.
> >
> >   ... everybody in your department knows everyone else, if not by
> > name then at least by face and instrument.
> >
> >   ... two people in  your department start dating, and it's all
> > anyone can talk about for the next week.
> >
> >   ... you've ever turned down a good time because  you had to practice
> >
> >   ... you actually know what "juries" mean, and no, it has nothing to
> > do with the law.
> >
> >   ... recital attendance credit will be the death of  you.
> >
> >   .. you actually have some classical music and show tunes on your iPod.
> >
> >   ... you know the difference in between baroque, classical, and
> > romantic music, and that Beethoven did not write all three.
> >
> >   ... you know the beauty of manuscript of paper, one packet can last
> > you for years.
> >
> > ... your reputation has become defined by your instrument or voice part.
> >
> >   ... you understand there is a silent war between the vocalists and
> > the instrumentalists.
> >
> >   ... you've wondered if God created more than one semester of music
> > theory simply to torture you.
> >
> >   ... your classes are randomly interrupted by the sound of someone
> > loudly practicing down the hallway.
> > ... someone says the words "sight-singing and ear training" and you
> > feel a sudden urge to cry.
> >
> >   ... even if you try to stay under the radar, most of the professors
> > in  your department actually know who you are.
> >
> >   ... you decided to skip one of your classes for the day, so you had
> > to skip them all.  They were all in the music building and you would
> > get caught by the professor who's class you were originally skipping.
> >
> >   ... you have more than one class with the same professor on the
> > same day.
> >
> >   ... you've ever turned a pop song into an opera or classical piece.
> >
> >   ... you get excited when key modulations occur.
> >
> > ... you know what a key modulation is.
> >
> >   ... you've ever had to write a paper that was more than five pages
> > long on a freakin' piece of music.
> >
> >   ... you feel like less of a musician just because you'll be getting
> > a B.A. in Music instead of a B.M. in whatever.
> >
> > ... you understood what that just meant.
> >
> >   ... you're brave enough to eat lunch in the music building when
> > you're skipping a music class to eat your lunch.   You don't know
> > where else to go.
> >
> >   ... you've pretty much been in classes with all the same people
> > since  your freshman year.
> >
> >   ... you would count your private instructor as one of the people
> > who know you best in this world.
> >
> > ... you've been in music history for a few semesters now and you
> > still haven't bought those NAWM cds.
> >   ... you know what NAWM means.
> >
> > ... sometimes you pretty much hate making music, but it's such a part
> > of you that   you know you're not changing  your major.
> >
> > ... you could consider the music building as one of your residencies
> >
> > ... when you tell people  you're a music major they give you a
> > skeptical look and ask, "What do   you plan on doing with that…
> > teaching?"  If you say no, they look kind of sad for you.
> >
> >   ... you keep catching  yourself randomly conducting music, even if
> > it's
> > "Money Maker" or "Bye, Bye, Bye".
> >
> >   ... you've ever laughed at a really corny joke that used a musical
> > term.
> >
> >   ... you've ever MADE a really corny joke that used a musical term,
> > then actually laughed at  your own stupid joke.
> >
> >   ... meter changes in pop music make you cheer.
> >
> >   ... you even realize a pop song just had a meter change.
> >
> >   ... you associate Beethoven Symphonies with certain moods during
> > your day.
> >
> >   ... you laugh when TV ads come on that have instruments in them and
> > you know that the person is holding it wrong.
> >
> >   ... you know that the person on TV playing the music but rather,
> > Joshua Bell, or Yo-Yo Ma dubbed over the person.
> >
> > ... you've ever spent more than an hour in the music reference/
> > musical scores section of the library.
> >
> >   ... you know where the music reference/musical scores section is.
> >
> >   ... you and your library's local copy machine are very, very good
> > friends.
> >
> >   ...There's all kinds of randomly assorted furniture around  your
> > department's building.
> >   ... you own some type of clothing or accessory that clearly
> > indicates that you are a musician: anything with a musical note or
> > symbol all over it; anything that says, "Rock on;" a guitar T-shirt,
> > and you're a freakin' singer!
> >
> >   ... if you're in class and hear a muffled but insistent ticking
> > coming from somewhere.  Eventually everyone starts noticing and
> > looking around, and diving for cover screaming, "Bomb!" and you are
> > so used to the noise that it takes long awkward moments for you to
> > finally realize... "Oh yeah, um, sorry guys.   That's my metronome in
> > my book bag.   It must have been bumped accidentally...."
> >
> >    you take some empty bottles and make seventh chords out of them.
> >
> >    you see a sheet music mural and think it is just about the coolest
> > thing ever, but mostly you just sit there trying to figure out
> > composer/piece.
> >
> > ... the only things you can spell are chords.
> >
> >    you would rather practice piano than go to dinner and eat crappy
> > cafeteria food.
> >
> >   ... you get to the music building at the crack of dawn.  DEDICATION!
> >
> >   ... you and everybody else spends quality time in the lounge
> > between classes, practice, and rehearsals.
> >
> >   ...when listening to music as you walk, you automatically fall into
> > step
> >
> >   ... your professors are like a second set of parents.
> >
> >   ... you cringe every time somebody says their favorite movie is
> > Drumline.
> >
> >   ... you whistle in style brisé.
> >
> >   ... you've tried to hum and whistle at the same time.
> >
> >   ...at lunch, you and a bunch of other music students grabbed
> > glasses of water, straws, and actually practiced circular breathing.
> >
> >   ... you can answer the phone with a real or tonal answer.
> >
> >   ... you have had to be forced to stop labeling motives.
> >
> >   ... you enjoy the tang of a tri-tone whenever  you can.
> >
> >   ... you wish you had twelve fingers.
> > ++++++++++++++
> > Tom Ervin, Professor of  Music
> > University of Arizona (Music 133)        (alt: with street address)
> > PO Box 210004                    MUSIC, Univ Arizona
> > Tucson AZ 85721                    1017 North Olive Road
> >                                  Tucson AZ 85719-0506
> > 520/621-7021
> > <ervint at u.arizona.edu>
> > <http://tom-ervin.com>   (website)
> > <http://cdbaby.com/cd/tomervin>
> >
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