alright.....guess what, im goign to tell you who i am... but see...for some reason...you guys are not going to like or respect or listion to me..... you think im like justin elders little twin, ok big....but the thing is... im not.... im not going to bash justin, hes a good dude, i know some ppl did not like him, lets just leave it at that..... o yea and as for my ".....'s" get over it making fun of me for that really was lame... wasent really funny or ne thing, just made you look dumb NE ways.....so if u havent guessed who i am yet, your kinda sheltered....this is Elliott Bowman. so as for how i feel about this band. where to start. lets start at the top... the director.... hayward..... i personly beleive she is NOT fit to run the band. so shes got a DR. b4 her name, she went to school for a long time to learn about music...so fukin what....just b/c shes done all that dosent mean shes good at everything band related. she treats us like high school kids. i hope you guys relize that. i was treated with more respect from my high school director. who by the way knows hayward and to protect him... i wont say what he thinks of her, i just know it really made me laugh...hes a VERY respectable guy (actualy played trumpet on the first SHAFT sound track) and would be AWESOME if he was the director here ... sorry...tangent....hayward... she does not know how to effecintly run the marching band. do i...HELL NO.. have i been part of groups that know whats goin on, yes. and to come back year after year to this band after those groups was so frustrating b/c she would say things and do things that made me feel dumb just hearing her say it. this is college marching band, some of the funniest stroies ive heard from my old teachers, came from college marching band...and will ne of those happen here...no...why... chayward kills ne hopes of fun b4 it can even happen... and just for the record... i have had about...4 of 5 people trying out for leadership...horns....that have said " hey thanks man, for telling off hawyard and kinda tellin her how it is. We can't do that b/c of our position" do you see that hayward.. your own little minions dont even like you and dont agree with how u run things...get a freakin hint ya bag. the tellin her off im refering to happened over e mail. i work too mcuh to have a meeting with her to tell her ot her face, and im not going to waste time out of my day to be in her presence....
ok next..... the drumline....
so yes ive marched drum corps and independent world indoor drumlines...some of u might not know what indoor is....for those of u that dont, its simply the drumline and pit ppl, in a gym, throwin down. last year my indoor line was 5th in the world...highest class u can be in, my drum corps was 11th. with a 8th place drumline. now were we perfect in either of my groups...no we were not....did we actualy know whats goin on and how to do things... yes...does our drumline here...NO! the kids in our line could have all the experience in the world....butthe guy the write the music is who decideds if we are good or bad. we have a shitty ass writer...sander is a kool guy, just should not be writting marching perc music. so im not goona say o wow the drumlien is the sweetestthign ever... no....b/c im not marching next year, so that should tell u how i feel about that.
moving on....hornline....
guys.... i knwo u try hard and all.... but it just sounds horrable... im sorry it does.... no i can't do it better, butthats why i carry the big boom boom drum... thats how i can best help the band, some of u guys and gals need to figure it out and learn how to do things. like balance, and blend, and play together...in time.....pitch, all those....i knwo the dvd was recorded as a far distance and all....but the statium drum corps preform in for finals was the new england patriots feild....its HUGE, and u could hear stuff all the way at the top...well....so u cant really use the excuse of that, you gues dont sound good, point blank.... good college hornline....MSU...check em out...300 brass players...will blow your ass away, perfect .. no....good for a college band...omg yes!!!! get a clue.....and woodwinds.... i feel for ya, i really do. u guys also really try hard, and for what...to get coverd up by the brass and the horrable scoring done by the directors.
ok now...marching...
our band is horrable at marching.... my marching got worse durring the season first we have a HORRABLE feild to march on....the lines r to close... its just not a good situation but that does not hide the fact that our marching still sucks....how bout this...check out he DCI web site
www.dci.org and look at show dates....come to a drum corps show, see what good is....and try to learn from it. my corps, GLASSMEN, from toledo, actualy does clinics... i take that back, every corps does a clinic sometimes, but we let u come down on the feild and hang with the different sections, and do a marching block with us and u r taught by our vis staff how to march, com check it out, but dont let the which know u came, she hates drum corps and wont let u be section leader if u have a drop of drum corps in your blood... if ne one was courious... i was not allowed ot be section leader of the bass drums, officialy, b/c i was on tour and didnt get back till the day of band camp, we got back into toledo at 5 in the morning, i got to bg at 6 and band camp started at what...2ish..... i made all those sacrifices and she wouldent even let me lead my section....he wanted me to miss drum corps finals to come to some dumb meeting....are u hearing this...miss what i worked for all summer long....what i put every oz of energy into all summer....for a meeting about how to lead ppl.....she is SO dumb..... so ignorent.... i cant spell andi dont care b/c chayward should go away....FOREVER
ok im done ranting...if there is ne thing else you would like to talk to me about, u dont agree....or something... please let me know...id be more than happy to clear ne think up thats unclear right now... i need to head out...peace...
o and please reply to this, id like to see whatu have to say now that u know who i am
