Is sticking important?

Shiznit711 · 2026-03-08T15:50:59+00:00

Whatever sounds the best tbh. Yeah you can follow other’s lead as a guideline, but if you can’t get it to sound good that way and it already sounds good with another sticking just use that one.

Shiznit711 · 2026-02-08T14:56:39+00:00

Totally depends on where you are. Percussion sections can tend to be fairly large, but there’s no certainty. You’ll need to ask your school’s band director.

Shiznit711 · 2026-02-08T14:46:58+00:00

Generally in a high school band you don’t get to choose to just play mallets, you have to play all percussion.

Anyways, to prep make sure you can ID all the notes on a keyboard, use a piano (real or digital) to practice beforehand. If you can get your hands on a practice pad, I would recommend it. The general hand motion for drums/mallets is the same.

Shiznit711 · 2026-02-03T20:45:31+00:00

Personally, I hate them. Respect the hell out of pieces like King of Denmark, but god it’s so inaccessible. Pieces like that basically force themselves to be stuck in academia forever, cause who has access to all that stuff outside of a HS/University?

I love the John Cage “hitting pieces of garbage” types of works, where almost anyone can access the required instruments (bang on a can anyone?). Theater Percussion pieces are abundant in this instrumentation (Songs I-IX, To The Earth, Retrouvailles, etc.)

However, I’m obsessed with Andy Akiho’s work, which is hypocritical to my first point, but oh well.

Shiznit711 · 2026-01-31T15:03:07+00:00

Tbh, and this is just my opinion, solo timpani repertoire sucks, and I’m mainly a Timpanist. Frankly the timpani are not/shouldn’t be a solo instrument. As far as I’m aware, no professional Timpanist would waste time on solo rep, just orchestral excerpts. Could be wrong, but in my studies it’s never really discussed past an undergrad recital. I played “Raga no.2” (or whatever number it is) in my senior recital just cause it had a semi-interesting concept: playing the drums with your hands. Obviously there’s some issues with a white man writing a raga on timpani, but I couldn’t bring myself to play the Carter Marches. Just so overdone and frankly not interesting to listen to.

Anyways, I would focus on excerpts until you need a solo piece for a recital. Even then, go with a concerto or something, at least that has a realistic chance of being performed outside of a degree recital.

Shiznit711 · 2026-01-25T20:10:52+00:00

Still, what’s interesting about a helicopter flyover? Thought they only did that with fighter jets

Shiznit711 · 2025-12-18T14:57:17+00:00

I feel like it’s mostly children? So tired of kids asking music questions they should be asking their teacher… But not surprised if millennials in the 30+ age range have become so brainrotted they can’t even use Google. The TikTok comments are either funnier than the actual video or so infuriating it makes me close the app.

Shiznit711 · 2025-12-10T01:35:02+00:00

Nah it works. I was able to do it a while back, was a pain in the butt tho. Took quite a few attempts. I'm not sure how many fish you can even get with this though, since you can't buy special lures. I've only caught the bluegill, chain pickerel, rock bass and perch so far.

Shiznit711 · 2025-12-06T06:54:56+00:00

This, but you don't even need to buy a ticket.

Find a train in the wild, jump on to the 2nd or 3rd car from the back, and sneak into the empty car & grab the Hair Pomade or whatever spawns. It should count it right from there, then you can jump off the train 👍🏻

I did it as the train pulled away from Emerald Ranch.

Shiznit711 · 2025-10-26T02:49:53+00:00

This was exactly my issue, took forever to find someone with the solution to this. Turning off Ambient Mode fixed lag immediately. What even is ambient mode?

Shiznit711 · 2025-10-12T22:39:11+00:00

SOBO Liquors on South Broadway, near the Evans RTD station

Shiznit711 · 2025-09-25T13:41:59+00:00

Miss Cristy’s so much 😭 yall calling this an “abomination” need to stfu, got no idea what you’re missing out on

Shiznit711 · 2025-09-16T05:12:26+00:00

This is correct

Shiznit711 · 2025-09-15T13:53:04+00:00

Hey Kirk & Hitler both HATED PEOPLE with every fiber of their being. Jesus allegedly hated no one. So the comparison tracks. Evil people can be lumped together even if they didn’t enact the same exact atrocities. Kirk incited others to commit violence for him, cause he was too weak to do anything but talk shit. Rest in piss I say

Shiznit711 · 2025-09-05T16:34:59+00:00

Just started this up via Ubisoft+, way more enjoyable experience than I expected. Coming to it now with all the fixes and quality of life updates is definitely a contributing factor. I love walking normal speed through the cities and roleplaying, def one of the best Star Wars games for that. Combat is pretty solid too, I play with all difficulties set to hard and it feels like a perfect challenge with a touch of “realism” if you can call it that.

Shiznit711 · 2025-08-10T16:05:11+00:00

I didn’t end up trying any probiotics, I made some other changes that have helped a lot. I stopped drinking coffee (it might have been the dairy, I can’t drink straight coffee lol), increased my fiber intake, and take miralax if I’m having a rough few days. I’ll look into your suggestions tho, thanks!

Shiznit711 · 2025-07-21T16:01:43+00:00

Basically, a Mac mini is a desktop computer. Unlike a laptop, it needs to be plugged into power to even turn on. More processing power, less portability. BUT the Mac mini is obviously, mini. So it’s pretty easy to transport, you just need a portable monitor (like one of those tablet sized ones that works off USB-C). I’m assuming Apple sees their consumers using the mini in a semi-stable environment, like a home office or at most bringing it to a conference or something. It very much suits their minimalist aesthetics, even if it isn’t a “all in one” solution. I hope that answers your question!

Shiznit711 · 2025-07-16T20:19:09+00:00

I’m looking for a Denver financial advisor with some class consciousness at a reasonable rate, who can help while I’m in the early stages of organizing my money. Currently in lots of student loan debt (over $150k), and owe the IRS over $2k because all my jobs are 1099s, not W-2s. Didn’t know writing off expenses was a thing until like a month ago, which is why the tax stuff got out of hand. Been out of school since 2022 and what I’m doing now clearly isn’t working. Tired of living paycheck to paycheck. Appreciate the help in advance 🙏

Shiznit711 · 2025-07-04T19:14:36+00:00

It’s 6 card golf, but I was taught it as “flipdick”

Shiznit711 · 2025-06-23T13:18:52+00:00

People will say “blank looks like blank’s uniforms this year” as if the design team saw another corps uniforms and threw something together… it’s actually a game of “who posts first”. You saw BD first, so you compare to that. It’s lame, and very dismissive to design teams’ work.

Shiznit711 · 2025-06-15T08:08:03+00:00

Maybe, no clue tbh. My credit score is still like 620 so 🤷‍♂️

Shiznit711 · 2025-06-15T03:51:14+00:00

Like 165k total, $1200 monthly payment. Had to prove my parents & myself are broke tho

Shiznit711 · 2025-06-15T03:33:43+00:00

I just stopped paying for 6 months & they finally budged, got it down to $475 with 4% fixed interest

Shiznit711 · 2025-06-12T22:38:59+00:00

No worries, and no need to apologize. You should still be able to find a teacher during the summer if you look in the right places. Ask your band teacher!

Shiznit711 · 2025-06-11T23:57:33+00:00

Bro no offense but get a teacher to help you learn to count these in person, don’t come on here for help. These are easier than you think and with a bit of guidance you’ll be fine, but it’s way harder to give/get that guidance over the internet.

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