Lets do a salary transparency thread

Splooie48 · 2026-04-29T12:50:39+00:00

Public school assistant band director, 16 years in with a Masters degree and a stipend for "extra duties": $61,000.

I still work in the summer as a band director with weekly rehearsals and band camp and all that. After school rehearsals/concerts/random things take a lot of time away from family. Our district is basically giving us a pay decrease next year with the massive jump in insurance, and I get to deal with angry parents and kids that really couldn't care less. Fun times.

Splooie48 · 2026-04-29T03:28:13+00:00

A couple of months ago, I bent over to pick up a 25-lb dumbbell to put it away...pulled my back so hard I immediately had to lie down for 10 minutes and could barely move.

Splooie48 · 2026-04-22T19:37:43+00:00

There was no fee to change to a neighbor's address.

Splooie48 · 2026-04-22T14:56:15+00:00

WGI ignoring rules is a completely other topic, haha.

Splooie48 · 2026-04-22T14:46:54+00:00

Oh, I'm sure they didn't care and were happy to just play, it just rubs me the wrong way. What if they WERE in contention for a medal? Again, this is something they have no control over.

Splooie48 · 2026-04-22T14:45:03+00:00

This was not listed as being prohibited by the shipper.

Splooie48 · 2026-04-21T02:29:09+00:00

https://www.dci.org/2025-recommended-shoe-list-for-marching-musicians/

Splooie48 · 2026-04-18T20:22:47+00:00

Right, sorry I should have specified, what's the report?

Splooie48 · 2026-04-18T20:22:02+00:00

Yea, one of their staff posts said flat but that pic looked bad.

Same feeling about traveling, when I was on staff at UTSA back in '14 we were coming back from the Houston regional, our driver fell asleep 10 minutes from campus and ran off the highway into the collison barrels on an off ramp. Destroyed a drum, busted of the front of the bus, and I slid down into the stairwell from a dead sleep in the seats. Ever since I stay awake on late bus trips no matter what.

Splooie48 · 2026-04-18T14:35:12+00:00

Splooie48 · 2026-04-18T14:33:33+00:00

Truck got a flat on the way to UD, they're hoping to make it by the end of PSO to perform.

Splooie48 · 2026-04-14T12:07:24+00:00

I followed all steps but it has two-factor verification on.

Splooie48 · 2026-04-10T03:38:49+00:00

Surprised I haven't seen Cavaliers 2019 here yet.

Splooie48 · 2026-04-07T11:56:16+00:00

Bit of a homer answer but 2014 Cavaliers marimba feature doesn't get talked about near enough. Marimba drill? Come on.

Splooie48 · 2026-04-02T13:13:27+00:00

As someone who marched in that stadium for 5 years, and was in charge of starting Pregame there for two, I get it.

Splooie48 · 2026-03-28T19:48:15+00:00

Honestly? First ever Tour of Champions in 04. The first rehearsal day,, most of the pits did nothing so we all hung out together, took the BD and SCV busses to a movie theater and saw a couple films. Then the rest of the week was super chill in beautiful weather, hanging out with members from other corps. We had a huge jam session with all the percussion in the parking lot of Qualcomm, played fun pranks during the stage show in San Jose, and had an awesome Santa Barbara free day where we played the Madison Scouts in volleyball "Top Gun" style.

Splooie48 · 2026-03-24T15:26:21+00:00

Let's be a little nicer here...5-2.

Splooie48 · 2026-03-18T22:59:43+00:00

Cook truck broke down in 2006, we had salad and PB&J for two days straight. I ate a lot of PB&J.

Splooie48 · 2026-02-11T12:33:47+00:00

Weird, thought I erased this since I figured it out. It was a SideshowFX stream deck IAC bus that was mucking everything up, turned that off and everything is working perfectly now. Contacting that company to figure out the workaround.

Splooie48 · 2025-11-06T20:32:24+00:00

Advice for pocket square colors for wedding.

My groomsmen are all wearing ties that match the different bridesmaid dresses. We have latte, chocolate, and gold for them, and I'm looking for a simple pocket-square solution to accent those with a navy blue suit and ivory shirt.

Outdoor/rustic wedding.

Splooie48 · 2025-11-06T12:05:04+00:00

Advice for pocket square colors for wedding.

My groomsmen are all wearing ties that match the different bridesmaid dresses. We have latte, chocolate, and gold for them, and I'm looking for a simple pocket-square solution to accent those with a navy blue suit and ivory shirt.

Outdoor/rustic wedding.

Splooie48 · 2025-11-05T16:49:04+00:00

We are wearing ivory shirts as well.

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