From the Archives: 4-1-02
Volume 3, Issue 4
Inside This Issue: Band Directors and Hearing | Casey's Compositions | Reflections from Tour | 'Innuendos in Music' Series | Diary of a Narcoleptic
Band Directors and Hearing
by Casey Lee PettittI swear that band directors have the best hearing in the world. We can be sitting in Wind Ensemble, and our director will occasionally make a comment that is almost in response to what we were whispering about.
For instance, there was a day when it seemed like our director was pretty pissed off at us. So my friend and fellow horn player, Brooke, made the comment, "He's mad." Not two minutes later our director told us he wasn't mad at us, but the people who weren't there because when someone is missing from band, it makes a big difference.
It's kind of scary, really. If he can truly hear everything we can say... I'm going to fail... well... not really. We don't usually say anything bad about him. We occasionally make fun of him, but every band student makes fun of their director.
So that really scares me... Can he hear us making fun of him?? Eek!
Casey's Compositions
by Casey Lee PettittI may not be PDQ Bach, but I have some pretty funny compositions of my own. Here are downloadable MIDI files (*.mid) that you can listen to in your music listener thingy (like WinAmp or whatever). To save the files, right click on them and select "Save Target As..." or to hear them just click on it.
Casey's Compositions
Furry Lease by Casey Lee Beethoven (my pride and joy)
Beethoven's 5th and a half Symphony (Mvt. 1) by Casey Lee Beethoven
Cannon in D by Casey Lee Pachelbel
Pre-ludicrous by Casey Lee Bach
Holiday Wedding March by Casey Lee Wagner
A Birdy (it's not music... but don't we all feel like this some days?)The Originals
5th Symphony (Mvt.1) by Beethoven
Canon in D by Pachelbel
Fur Elise by Beethoven
Prelude by Bach
Reflections from Tour
by Casey Lee PettittWe recently got back from band tour. What can I say? It was a band trip. Fun stuff. My roommate and I got to borrow one of our host family's BMW to drive to the church the next morning. I shaved off my facial hair and got compliments from some girls... well... at least one... that I look cute. Yay! Um... let's see here... Reno is the most boring place in the world... next to Core 150... I don't know... It was a band trip. What more can I say? It was fun though.
'Innuendos in Music' Series
by Casey Lee PettittI was hoping to have an installment of the "'Innuendos in Music' Series" up every month. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to think up some innuendos. So, that should make next month's even better! Sorry.
Diary of a Narcoleptic
March
by Casey Lee PettittNote from the Editor/Author: This is a fictional story that really has nothing to do with The Horn Gazette. The name of the diary is Elbow, a name from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure... and it's a funny name...
Dear Elbow,
What a way to start off the month, eh? With a stinkin' cold. I'm not sure what I had. Maybe I had a hermatism or possibly even Bootchering's Disease. Maybe I will never
Red is a nice color. If I could have anything thing turn red, I would choose a
I wonder what Dr. Strauch looks like without a beard. I'll bet he looks
I'm tired
So where was I? Oh yes
and then the bad guys came through the
And then they just laughed! Even though they were the only ones who thought it was funny. But everyone else joined in because they were so confused that