Plans...

So, what I think I want to do for my senior project (okay, what I've thought I want to do for my senior project since I was a freshman) is compose a piece of music, and have either the band, or the band and the orchestra together, play it. There are some issues with this. One, I don't exactly know how to score stuff for a band, or an orchestra, since this is something you normally learn in college. You don't just take a piano part and give whatever notes you want to whatever instruments you want... I'm pretty sure it's more complicated than that. And, I'd probably have to learn how to conduct... You don't just stand up there and wave the baton wherever you feel like. Also, I'm not sure if my band director would be down with it. He's new and believe me when I say that he's not short on plans for us. And this would take time. As for the piece itself, I have the beginning of one, and I think it's half-decent, but I haven't been able to get more than that for a year. Last summer (summer of 2008), I went on a trip to Canada with my grandparents and sister. Ever heard of Mountain Travel Sobek? Look them up. We were at this lake in the mountains, somewhere near Whistler I think, and one thing we got to do is kayak. It was my first time, and it was just amazing. The scenery was exactly like a postcard... it was one of the coolest things I've ever done. Anyway, while I was kayaking this amazing music just popped into my head. I think movement, of any kind, helps me think... anyway, it was the coolest thing I'd ever thought up by far. And it was just playing out in my head, without any effort. When I got home I went straight to my piano and tried to figure it out, but I could only remember the beginning and a tiny bit of the rest, and it wasn't even the same as it was originally. But, I still like it. And I think it has the potential to be something really good. And it would be really, REALLY cool if I did end up doing it. I wonder if my band director would agree, and/or help out... ugh, probably not. Nothing against him, but, you know, he has his own stuff to do. And I think that if I'm gonna do this, I need to start pretty soon... I know it's only the beginning of my junior year but it would take a LONG time, especially since... heh... I only have the very beginning of a piece so far. Okay, now I'm just rambling. What else should I talk about?

Band... Band band band. I've decided that I need to be more... assertive. Like, the other day we were lining up to march into the football game, in rows of four. We always put upperclassmen on the ends of the rows because, well, they're generally better marchers, and the people on the end are responsible for keeping the line straight. You want to have mostly people from your section in your row. Our section, the altos, was having particular difficulty lining up because of our lack of upperclassman altos to put on the ends. I was trying my best to work something out, and I told a freshman to fall back. (Which just means stepping back into the next row.) Now in band there's sort of a hierarchy, and if an upperclassman tells you to fall back, you fall back. But this guy just ignored me. At which point many people in my band would have been like, "Fall the &$@# back DAMMIT!!" But I just kind of sighed and tried to make another freshman fall back. Just, stuff like that. I've never been a confrontational kind of person, and I really admire people who can take a leadership role and get people to listen to them, and to do what they want, and just to shut up when necessary. I'm just not comfortable with that kind of thing, and I need to be.

I guess I'll end this now, because it's getting late... I really have the lamest endings to my posts. Goodnight, everyone.