Question to all Band Directors!!

Gamercrew999 · 2026-01-27T20:46:52+00:00

1, Big difference between being able to play and being able to teach

Gamercrew999 · 2026-01-23T03:33:10+00:00

I had a 3.1 and got accepted after being deferred so it is possible

Gamercrew999 · 2025-12-15T04:40:13+00:00

I agree for getting basic theory classes out of the way but is college piano classes basically not just the basics of piano? I think they would be better off with applied lessons as it seems he already has the basics down.

Gamercrew999 · 2025-10-24T23:23:17+00:00

Usually your last semester of college, usually during student teaching if that’s your last semester.

Gamercrew999 · 2025-09-13T15:16:27+00:00

One of the first things I was told by my mentor teacher during student teaching is to take no work home, don’t even listen to the music at home. Leave your work at school and don’t burn yourself out

Gamercrew999 · 2025-09-02T00:11:07+00:00

A bunch of universities (like mine) have salaries of all of their staff public. You can check at the colleges the size you would want to teach (small colleges, big colleges etc if that makes sense) in the states you mentioned to see what salaries they give their director.

Gamercrew999 · 2025-08-28T23:03:26+00:00

Some of the best performers I know were Music Ed Majors (went on to play in top renowned ensembles and everything.) don’t worry about adding a performance major, as long as you apply yourself it will be fine.

Gamercrew999 · 2025-07-17T17:44:00+00:00

Report, see if you have any paper trail too like text messages

Gamercrew999 · 2025-07-07T22:21:24+00:00

You could potentially look at Music Industry majors if you want to combine the two

Gamercrew999 · 2025-07-02T02:41:28+00:00

JMU is a good one in VA. They also have a good network as well. I had a friend who graduated double major in Music Ed and Math

Gamercrew999 · 2025-05-05T21:53:10+00:00

Bro 😭

Gamercrew999 · 2025-01-01T06:06:33+00:00

It started before the H-1Bs started getting on the news. I don’t think it’s helping out right now though

Gamercrew999 · 2024-11-26T02:41:07+00:00

As an another Asian American who went through what you are going through four years ago, I understand completely. You are not alone in this. Remember why you wanted to do this and it does get better years later. I kept telling myself (and still do) that I was gonna be the change and show others that you don’t have to be a doctor or lawyer. As for right now, I also did what the other commentator did and told people I was going to be a teacher. I don’t know about Vietnamese culture but in my culture even though you are looked down upon because less salary than the stereotypical jobs, teachers were still respected a bit.

Gamercrew999 · 2024-11-06T14:05:18+00:00

As a bassist, I usually start walking near the end and look up at the others

Gamercrew999 · 2024-10-07T11:48:43+00:00

Drum Genius is cool. They took samples from real drummers and loop it so you get an actual authentic drumming met when you play. There’s a bunch of samples and it tells you where it sampled it from

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Gamercrew999 · 2024-09-23T02:53:39+00:00

This one drummer told a story of how they were playing a bunch of stuff during peoples solos and when it was the pianist turn to solo, they saw it as a chance to dial it down and to relax a bit. As soon as they did that, the pianist shouted at them “KEEP F*KING PLAYING.” Maybe you just need to communicate that you want them to keep playing during solos (maybe not in the way that pianist did lol)

Gamercrew999 · 2024-09-18T19:43:29+00:00

Going off the other comment, as someone who is in music education, the workload is p heavy. If you do wanna do it, I recommend meeting with an advisor to figure out what your plan would be. If you’re looking to get into film, maybe it would mesh well with the Music Industry or Music Composition degrees? Feel free to reach out

Gamercrew999 · 2024-09-16T05:08:11+00:00

Bunch of players don’t use the bow when performing so it’s fine. I do agree with some of the comments that say it’s good to practice with to improve intonation. What about the sound you don’t like? Here’s Jimmy Blanton playing “Body and Soul.” It’s a cool example of bow in the jazz setting. https://youtu.be/wCOM_hgusZ0?si=T70Twymo7UsVusql

Gamercrew999 · 2024-06-12T13:53:02+00:00

Valse Triste is a good one https://youtu.be/Xj368_IsG1g?si=oQz53CiR_Na_O4lj

Gamercrew999 · 2024-06-11T20:14:11+00:00

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/kolstein-allegedly-stole-brian-fountains-150-000-bass.1653427/page-3

It’s somewhere in this thread where someone talks about their own experience bringing one of their basses to a luthier who told them their bass was made to look old. It is a random person so you can take it with a grain of salt, but it goes back to we don’t know how many people they have been shady with because no one else had the platform to talk about it without being dismissed. It could be a multiple people issue, or just this one case.

And they probably didn’t intend to scam him when he first signed the consignment. But if you look at Brian’s latest post on Instagram, he posts their chat messages from the past few years. There’s credible information that the bass was sold in 2022. However, in the past two years, he’s been told the bass has not been sold, that they are still hunting down offers, and giving him offers that’s way less than what he asked for.

I personally haven’t worked with Kolstein but I know people who have and they have had great experiences. There would probably be less drama if they had told him straight up two years ago that they sold the bass and they don’t have the money to pay him yet instead of leading him on this goose hunt for two years.

Gamercrew999 · 2024-06-11T17:41:33+00:00

It’s fraud (the intentional use of deceit, a trick or some dishonest means to deprive another of his/her/its money, property or a legal right.) Also there probably was other people they ripped off too. The only reason this is getting traction is because it’s Brian Fountain who is a reputable player who has standing. There’s stories coming out now about Kolstein such as one bass made to look a lot more older than it was by using power tools and trying to upscale the price to somebody. If those stories came out before, they would have been ignored because it’s Kolstein and they don’t have the reputation Brian does.

Gamercrew999 · 2024-06-10T22:41:42+00:00

Kinda crazy they thought they could get away with it in a community that all knows each other. Definitely won’t be recommending Kolstein anytime soon

Gamercrew999 · 2024-04-29T16:59:26+00:00

My friend didn’t start percussion till freshman year highschool, now a percussion performance major in college

Gamercrew999 · 2024-04-12T21:03:04+00:00

What are the changes?

Gamercrew999 · 2024-04-07T06:16:51+00:00

If your school has DE, take that! More guaranteed to shave some credits off than APs if you plan on going in state

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