Coming To a Close With Penguins, Obama and Star Trek

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen! This is a picture of Abbey Road Penguin Style.

Penguin Road

Are you a Beatles fan? I know I'm not because the Beatles were famous 40 years before I was born. But, my process for finding random things isn't based on what my interests are(but there is no way a cat will get on this blog). I usually don't care what random thing goes on my blog to sandwich my topic. My process is come up with something random in my head look it up, and then find an even more random thing from my search results. 

But, sadly this my last blogpost. I have to answer the question: How have I changed over the course of this year? 

If you guys remember, the good old days, the days where I was just a small lad, the times when it was fall instead of spring. Oh those were the days, the days where I had to reclaim my sleep schedule completely. I may have had to wake up for marching band early in the morning, but I was staying up until 3 AM the night before every week day and then passing out on my couch after marching band. Rules of sleep do not apply to me folks. Anyway, I was an ever-fresh freshman new to the dynamic that is pseudo-high school(I still go to a Junior High). None of my creativity or openness had been unleashed at that point. All my posts were purely instructional, and I credit myself to slightly phase that out with the instruction as I had less and less musically instructional to talk about. Surprise! We are officially at the bottom of the barrel. I'm sure you guys can't tell because this blog material is just so high brow.

Ok, I actually have to answer the question without my perpetual ramblings. I've changed the formatting of my blog posts form all topic content to be more like an ice cream sandwich. The topic is enclosed in two fluffy things that allow for consistent structure. You can hold on to it and depend on it because it will always be there. The ice cream is what you come for, I mean its called an ice cream sandwich the not two chocolatey buns of righteousness and morality with filling. I've incorporated more voice into the blog as well as a bit of comedic features. I have to admit that my old blogposts were boring. But I guess that the point of those blogs wasn't comedic at all, it was all about the musical facts and advice. 

If I were to answer the question without the blog in mind and just answer the question as it addresses me as a person there's a few things that have changed about me this year. I guess I've gotten more confident, confident as a trombone player and outside of that. I've definitely gotten better as a trombone player, I've improved my tone quality, my sight reading, my rhythm, my range, and my technique as it applies to playing trombone. I wish I could talk about how I've changed as a person but I really can't. I've gotten taller, I've valued fitness and health more as a person but I can't say that my personality has changed that much. I've gotten introduced to various political views, outlooks on life, different ways to approach things and different mindsets to have. I've become more liberal, but I think that's something that any teenager goes through. I guess I've changed a lot over the course of the year, but it all mental, so subtle and subconscious that I have to delve deep to think about how much I've changed. I guess the grand summer upper is that I've gained self-confidence. The self confidence so say...

Obama

Thanks for reading guys, I hope Obama was a nice touch to this blogpost, If not I can...

Obama Change

To conclude this post I just want to say that trombone is the best instrument in the multiverse. Commander Riker is on team trombone. Basically, if you don't think that trombone is the best instrument you are against Riker and the entire Star Trek Universe.

Commander Riker Playing Trombone

Commander Riker Playing Trombone

Commander Riker Playing Trombone

Alright Guys, Thanks for putting up with me and so's and now's this year.

Have a nice day or night.

Magnanimous Marching Band, What Happens When Darth Vader Gets Rosetta Stone with a Llama

The Fabulous Llama

Hello ladies and gentlemen it's almost that time of year when marching band starts but those llamas are already here. 

That's right it's almost here, we are about to have the party of all time this summer marching band season in the trombone section. I am not sure what trombone I will use because the Pbone sucks and my other trombone is too expensive to brave the weather with. Maybe I'll get a King 2b Silversonic 1940 edition, maybe I won't. All I know is that it's almost marching band season.

SJSU Trombone Player

Nebraska Husker Trombone Section

Before I move on I don't mean to lead you on by saying I might buy this trombone right here. 

King 2b Silversonic

So, marching band is coming up it's the best way to spend summer time on your instrument. In marching band you spend two hours on your instrument every week day and with that kind of devotion to your instrument you get phenomenally better. Instead of playing video games every morning you will engage in physical activity to get in better shape and then play video games. Think about it guys, a potential six pack AND League of Legends, you can't get better than that folks you just can't. Did I mention the fact that you are going to be in the sun for a long amount of time. So, Unless you are polish like me you just might look Samoan by the end of the summer. Surprise! I'm part Cherokee so I will get a tan this summer! 

To continue on ever so gracefully marching band is great! When you are a marching band member you get to play the song Thriller while wearing a fruity hat. The possibilities are boundless!

If I haven't sold you yet then you weren't in the market to buy my precious wares. Onto something else. 

So, to buy a really nice trombone for marching band and jazz band, to get a trombone for a few hundred for marching band, or to just use my Pbone.

Now, If you don't know what a Pbone is, well, you are a privileged person. A Pbone is a plastic trombone. It's slide isn't like a regular slide, you can't use your slide-o-mix on it and achieve the same results as you do with a normal slide. The mouthpiece cannot produce a good sound and you have to use a small shank brass mouthpiece instead.Every thing about the instrument is cheap, You can get a better brass trombone for the same price. The only good thing about the instrument especially for marching band is that it's only 1.8 pounds with the Pbone mouthpiece and probably a couple pounds more with the brass mouthpiece. 

To end off this post I'll leave you with some Star Wars multi-lingual Darth Vader stuff. 

Thanks for reading, have a nice day or a nice night.

Darth Vader in Multiple Languages