You know you're a band geek if... Source
1. Band is your favorite sport.
2. You hum band songs in other classes.
3. You've ever done roll-step while walking with a full plate or glass to keep things from spilling.
4. You walk in step with any music you hear.
5. You hear the phrase "tongue harder" on a regular basis.
6. You know that "one more time" actually means "four or five more times".
7. It bothers you when the person walking next to you isn't in step.
8. Your band director's phone number is on speed dial.
9. When you retell some of your favorite memories of summer, you start with the phrase, "This one time at band camp..." and mean it.
10. All/Most of your friends are in band.
11. You've actually been to band camp and consider it the highlight of your summer.
12. You point out key changes and dynamics when you listen to the radio.
13. You've never sat in your class section at a pep rally because you're always playing.
14. You start humming a showtune from three years ago and your friends join in with their respective parts.
15. You listen to band demo CDs in your car.
16. You see no pervertedness in the words tongueing, blowing, and fingering.
17. You realize you are out of step with the song in your head and you adjust your step.
18. You have constant arguments as to why your instrument is better.
19. You insist (no, KNOW) marching band is more physically and mentally taxing than football.
20. Even after you graduate, you still go to every competiton and sit with the band.
21. Someone asks you who your favorite band is and you say "High school or college? DCI? Which division? I, II or III?"
22. The entire floor of your trunk is littered with sheet music.
23. You can tell what someone plays just by looking at them.
24. You carry a metronome in your pocket.
25. You feel the overwhelming compulsion to tap out a drum cadence on the nearest hard surface, even if that means tapping it out on the stranger standing next to you.
26. You know just how many people can fit into a band locker (from experience).
27. You get upset when an audience can't clap in time or on the right beats.
28. You use the excuse, "I can't, I have rehearsal" more than five times a week.
29. You know your school song by heart, backwards, in the dark, sleeping, and in every key because you have played it so many times.
30. You get excited when you hear songs in movies that your jazz band or any other band played.
31. You continue doing band in college even if you are not majoring in music.
32. You get annoyed when you are listening to the radio and the car's blinker is not in sync with the beat of the music.
33. You subdivide into 8ths, 16ths, triplets, and quintuplets a turning signal, walk pace, song on the radio, or just about anything that keeps time.
34. You once drove back to your house going 60 mph because you forgot your music, or part of your uniform, or other essential item, before a practice or concert or competition.
35. You describe distance in 8-to-5 steps.
36. You have a favorite key and/or time signature.
37. You only date people who are in the band (or orchestra or choir).
38. You listen to a song and think about how cool it would be to arrange it for a field show.
39. You have most, if not all, of the songs your band(s) has ever played on your MP3 player.
40. 95% of your pictures in your scrapbook or photo album are pictures of things you did with the band.
41. When your friends call you a band geek, you don't deny it, and in fact, take it as a compliment.
42. You tap your foot to elevator music and the radio.
43. You rarely see your family during the holidays because you are always doing marching band things.
44. When you're walking along with a friend, you automatically get in step and in time with their footsteps.
45. Your marching show is your ring tone.
46. You skip other classes due to weather, but then go to band.
47. You hear a slight beat and rhythm to everything around you... i.e., the air conditioner, the fan, the pencil scribble sound, and the squeaky desk.
48. You wonder what it would be like to play the music in basically every movie you watch.
49. You can listen to a song and figure out the time signature, and often consult with other bandies who are doing the same thing at the same time.
50. You laugh at all of these because you know they're all/mostly true.
So people, let me know if you are or were a band geek...
Cheers guys..!
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