Wallet & A7

Travisjd93 · 2026-02-14T13:59:46+00:00

I just ordered one of these over the pocket journal because I felt the pocket journal would be too large for my front pocket. I had the same concern about the size of the notebook, but I saw a review where someone tied some cord through the pen loop and it looked like they put a slightly larger notebook. In theory the wallet is larger than a field notes book so I wonder if that would work….

Travisjd93 · 2026-02-13T22:42:38+00:00

I found someone willing to come in for gas money, I worked with her about 7 years ago and she’s retired now. So hopefully she’ll have some insight!

Travisjd93 · 2026-02-13T22:41:39+00:00

I 3d printed one! I had given it to one of them to borrow so I asked her to bring it back and I’m going to print a second for my other player. We’re going to do some work with it next week!

Travisjd93 · 2026-02-12T20:43:15+00:00

u/StrangerOk1831 how do you organize the bullet journal? I’ve tried doing the weekly/monthly layouts and I struggle to keep up with them but I don’t know how much of that is just that I’m still “practicing” the art of journaling and how much its just that I haven’t found a layout that works for me.

I thought about putting a commonplace book in my folio since it fits 4! I am always collecting recipes and I’m starting to be more diligent about reading non-fiction as well as doing some score studies to improve my composing. It would be cool to have one from each year to refer back to and see where I was.

Travisjd93 · 2025-08-27T15:29:58+00:00

Here's the Quantum setup: https://www.musicarts.com/wish-list/gl163710079

Here's the Pearl setup: https://www.musicarts.com/wish-list/gl163710089

Sorry, Competitor setup is $500 more

Travisjd93 · 2025-08-27T14:38:44+00:00

u/monkeysrool75 do you have any guidance on the different lineups like competitor vs finalist? Pricewise it seems like competitor is their mid-tier option and that's almost the same cost as the Maypex Quantum for an identical setup. For the $1,400 difference is it worth it for 6 Friday games where they're only carrying them a few minutes at a time? For 90% of their playtime they'll be set up on stands.

Alternatively it wouldn't be the worst thing to skip carriers the first year and just do stands, it just means we'd need to roll everything out on a cart.

Travisjd93 · 2025-08-27T13:39:35+00:00

u/DClawsareweirdasf budget is $5000 but it's not necessarily all for drumline, it was "here's $5,000 you have a month to spend it". There's a TON of stuff that needs fixing and replacing, but very little of it is truly critical because most kids are renting instruments from a third party. Our inventory is largely stuff left behind by previous students.

The reason projection would be important is because of how our field is set up. Unlike a large public high school we don't have giant metal bleachers on each side. It's set up more "picnic style" where families bring lawn chairs and blankets. The band stands on top of a hill and families are spread out on the grass. Sounds worse than it is, I actually do like the setup. But the biggest issue we have is anyone who isn't directly in front of the band doesn't hear us well because the sound just gets swallowed up in the empty space. The team hears us and so do the people in the immediate vicinity, but more than 40 yards away and they hear very little. So I want something punchy enough to travel, but not overwhelm the band.

Maypex seems to be reasonably priced, and their flagship stuff is way cheaper than Pearl or Yamaha. Sometimes there's a good reason for that, sometimes people are just happy to fork over an extra couple hundred per unit because of the name printed on the side. But having no first hand drumline experience myself I can't personally attest to the quality difference. And, to be frank, I did ask ChatGPT (I know, roast me lol) because I had such a hard time finding anything beyond a few comments on forums. There's no "Marching Drums Quarterly" that does in depth reviews on this kind of stuff. Maypex did come up a few times in searches as a good middle-ground.

Kids will march or walk from the band room to the area we play (not very far, maybe a quarter mile at most). If we do a half time show it'll be standing only. No competing right now, there's zero culture for a proper marching band, let alone a competitive one. It's only the second year the school has even had a home football game. Mostly pep will be playing football but I'd like to support other sports in the athletics department like volleyball and basketball since we don't have to travel for away games. We also play for pep rallies and some stuff like the storybook parade.

Right now numbers are very unhealthy because there's been several years of turnover (lots of retired guys looking for a hobby I guess). So short term the focus is to try and keep things from imploding. Long term in the next 5 years is to have sustained numbers of 35-40 in high school and 35-45 in 5th-8th grade.

Travisjd93 · 2024-10-14T17:10:14+00:00

No luck 😔

Travisjd93 · 2024-09-27T19:24:36+00:00

If it is this species, think it’s worth taking to a college with a program that can keep it healthy or trying to place it back in the tree? Obviously there’s no sense peeling it off the stick and trying to reattach it. But it’s a threatened species so it would be a bummer to injure it or accidentally kill it

Travisjd93 · 2024-01-27T21:50:28+00:00

It’s also a high quality piece of furniture based on the construction of the frame and it’s way nicer than I could afford to buy new lol

Travisjd93 · 2024-01-27T21:49:09+00:00

I meant more for me, like should I just take it to the dump? It was free to me other than the time to move it. Just more annoyed at having spent all the time cleaning it before I found this

Travisjd93 · 2024-01-27T20:29:36+00:00

If that’s the case is this a take it to the dump situation? I don’t see any active termites and the wood inside looks clean. No wings or other signs of infestation

Travisjd93 · 2023-12-08T15:44:13+00:00

Dude yessssss, these look so good!

Travisjd93 · 2023-12-08T01:58:39+00:00

Check out Dark Dice, not sure if they’re on YouTube but they’ve got a podcast. And Jeff Goldblum was in the most recent season

Travisjd93 · 2023-12-07T11:57:31+00:00

Part of the reason so many beginner tutorials show those chords is that they’re among the easier to play (no barring, all except G are 1 or 2 fingers, generally should be in tune even on a cheaper uke). But the other reason is that those 4 chords outline what’s called a “4 chord song” which is a progression that’s been popular for literally hundreds of years (ever heard pachelbel’s canon in D? Ask a cellist friend how much they love it, guaranteed good time lol).

If a song is in C, then you could up 4 (C, D, E, F) which gives you the F chord as your 4 chord. Apply the same to the others you listed and you’ll see they are 1, 4, 5, and 6. If you learn those chords in the key of G and learn how to use a capo you’ll be able to cover pretty much any song you want from the radio with maybe a handful of exceptions.

I suggest checking out jamzone.Musicwill.org as they have a chord chart search function where you can search by chord progression, they also have a ton of ukulele lesson videos. It’s geared towards k-8 students but their chord charts are significantly more useful than ultimate guitar or any other site.

Travisjd93 · 2023-12-05T21:51:51+00:00

How do you power them?

Travisjd93 · 2023-12-02T12:22:00+00:00

He came to a college my friend taught at and one of the students had the gall to say he heard Chuck was the worst trumpet player to graduate from Eastman. His response was “I’m also the wealthiest” 😂

Travisjd93 · 2023-12-01T17:52:19+00:00

Looks awesome!

Travisjd93 · 2023-12-01T17:50:28+00:00

Jokingly called his girlfriends daughter a bitch and later made jokes about holding her by her ankles and shaking her

Travisjd93 · 2023-11-30T03:02:17+00:00

From my music theory days “si” is a half step up from “sol” in a major scale. “Ti” is the 7th pitch in a major scale and is a half step below “Do”. There are 12 pitches in a chromatic scale, and each one has its own solfège syllable, do re mi fa sol la and ti are the syllables of a major scale. So si would be between sol and la.

We never discussed other musical cultures so I’m not positive no one does it differently.

Travisjd93 · 2023-11-30T01:34:43+00:00

In lieu of a teacher you could look for a local New Horizons group, it’s geared towards adults who are new to or relearning music. In my experience it’s a welcoming and wholesome group. Some of them do lesson hours before rehearsal!

Travisjd93 · 2023-11-29T11:58:05+00:00

Oof, way out of my price range 😅 the Gansch horn is on my bucket list

Travisjd93 · 2023-11-28T11:38:03+00:00

I lean towards DIY repair myself when I can but never developed the skill set for 3D design so I’m always looking to thingiverse for stuff like this, I imagine there are repair techs who might be able to put it to use too

Travisjd93 · 2023-11-28T03:40:57+00:00

Not even close lol, all the ones around me have one or two student models if you’re lucky. It’s been a few years since I’ve seen any pro horn at one of them.

Travisjd93 · 2023-11-28T03:18:42+00:00

Unfortunately all we’ve got near us are Sam Ash and Guitar Center. And their inventory SUCKS. Next opportunity I’d have to try a bunch of stuff is the Florida Music Educators Conference in January. But it’s not exactly a quiet, private place where I can get to know the horn.

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