I really just need to get this off my chest... Everyone needs to see this.
Why don't they get it? Why do I feel like the only idiot truly wanting this? Why is it that i can count the number of people that really want this on one hand? I've done what I could. I've done my part, and tried my hardest to help others. I'm ashamed that at least a quarter of the band doesn't even know their music. If you don't want it, then what are you doing here? I don't think the new members understand what this is. They all need to sit down and watch DCI, watch other high school bands, they need to see what it's really like, what they can be. What this is about.
I've lost hope. I did what I could to make things better, but honestly there's no use anymore. Saturday is gunna suck. Our low brass doesn't know the meaning of back off, there are high woodwind players who don't even know part 1 by memory yet, our trumpets don't understand that they are heard no matter what, theres a saxophone player that is so damn hard headed that he swears he knows what he's doing and still talks back to officers, after i don't even know how many times hes been told. Our drumline is too cocky for their own good.
I don't mean for us to give up, I mean for us to take this shit into consideration and maybe do something about it. Just because they yell and bitch at us to get better doesn't mean its just gunna fall into our laps... we might actually have to work for it.. *gasp*.
And honestly, i really really really hope that everyone understands that none of this is miller's fault. Everything that happens is our fault. We are the band, not him. If we saw something wrong and bitched and complained about it, it doesnt do any good if you don't do something about it. All miller sees is what we march, and all he hears is what we play. He can't know the difference. If you didn't like something that he did, or a decision that he made, why didn't you say anything? What harm could it have done? Maybe he could have fixed it, you could have reasoned something. What scares me the most is that people are giving up and are going to start quiting because they hate miller. Is it really miller that you hate? If you really wanted the band to improve, you would stay in band so that when next year comes, you are there to contribute to make things better, to help out because you understand what's going on. It's you that knows what to do. I really hope that people start to realize this, because otherwise every year is going to be a cycle... of starting over with all new people because they hate that we suck. If you don't wanna suck, than stick with it, make a difference. Leave your mark. We are the fucking Band of Distinction for christ's sake.
Just please. Do us all a damn favor.
I've lost hope. I did what I could to make things better, but honestly there's no use anymore. Saturday is gunna suck. Our low brass doesn't know the meaning of back off, there are high woodwind players who don't even know part 1 by memory yet, our trumpets don't understand that they are heard no matter what, theres a saxophone player that is so damn hard headed that he swears he knows what he's doing and still talks back to officers, after i don't even know how many times hes been told. Our drumline is too cocky for their own good.
I don't mean for us to give up, I mean for us to take this shit into consideration and maybe do something about it. Just because they yell and bitch at us to get better doesn't mean its just gunna fall into our laps... we might actually have to work for it.. *gasp*.
And honestly, i really really really hope that everyone understands that none of this is miller's fault. Everything that happens is our fault. We are the band, not him. If we saw something wrong and bitched and complained about it, it doesnt do any good if you don't do something about it. All miller sees is what we march, and all he hears is what we play. He can't know the difference. If you didn't like something that he did, or a decision that he made, why didn't you say anything? What harm could it have done? Maybe he could have fixed it, you could have reasoned something. What scares me the most is that people are giving up and are going to start quiting because they hate miller. Is it really miller that you hate? If you really wanted the band to improve, you would stay in band so that when next year comes, you are there to contribute to make things better, to help out because you understand what's going on. It's you that knows what to do. I really hope that people start to realize this, because otherwise every year is going to be a cycle... of starting over with all new people because they hate that we suck. If you don't wanna suck, than stick with it, make a difference. Leave your mark. We are the fucking Band of Distinction for christ's sake.
Just please. Do us all a damn favor.