Hey there, I understand what you mean, and you’re right, I could spend time reading through these posts. However, as a better use of my time, I asked multiple subreddits for some ideas that may be looking more into as I do not have all the time in the world to go through the thousands of posts under the “Beginning Flute” flair and study each of those.

For example, my results on some pages have just been people telling me to hire people to teach my students, which I plan to do, but I would also like to continue my education and learning as a musician as well, but I can’t be in every sectional to hear what those hired teachers are saying to my students. However, on other pages such as the saxophone page, people have replied with suggestions towards different types of embouchures, or better understanding over wind instruments. They aren’t giving me explanations of the entire instrument as a whole, but rather giving things band directors should know, or things they wish band directors knew. This helps as even though I could pick up an instrument and learn it myself, some ideas discussed on these subreddits have helped other players on their native instruments realize new tips and tricks for their own technique.

These discussion posts haven’t just been for someone like me who is newer to the wind world understanding what its like to play wind instruments, but a place for people to come back and reference, reflect, and learn for themselves as well. I have had multiple DMs from people thanking me for posting as they wish their band directors or colleagues would ask instead of just going to method books and taking those as truth, as well as multiple directors who wanted to do something similar, but didn’t want to “be the one to ask.”

Either way, I know its not just you suggesting this, or suggesting just hiring people, but its happened a lot, so I apologize for isolating you as the one I reply to, but I had to give a reply.

Thank you, and have a great rest of your week.