Sorry you didn't enjoy it, but please don't give up on band - it gets better! (It was a bit crowded on Monday - I finished up playing in another section...) The first couple of times I went along I only managed to play a couple of notes before getting completely lost (and one of them was wrong). But it doesn't take long to get into the swing of things (Honest!) and once you get to know people you'll gain in confidence too.
Remember the motto: Right or wrong, make it strong - If in doubt, blast it out! Good luck with your grade!
When I was first learning to play (none of us ever stops learning) and the first time I sat in a band that could actually play I pooped myself. Managed the first note on a couple of numbers and that was about it. Imagine my delight when after a few weeks I managed the first and last note and actually managed to follow the music(ish) in between. Please come back before next year and remember you can't get any better without playing as much as you can. Hope I'll be back next week and hope to see you x
I still get delighted if I manage the first & last notes - regardless of what I'm playing!!
Do give Collingwood another go, they're a nice bunch. Or come and sit with us at Nelson as our clarinet section isn't as good (well I keep having to play, it can't be that great!!!) _________________ "I just told you that I loved you and all you heard was 'psycho'?!"
Sorry to hear that things didn't go so well on rehearsal nigh, I wouldn't give up though, everyone struggles at first and it is all about confidence, meeting new people and worrying that you are going to do things wrong etc... I apologised to my first ever VBI the minute I walked in the door - I was scared stiff!!!
Panic not if you get it wrong, I remember an ex-VBI at Seahawk, picking up a bass and getting lost and Mark, our VBI, bless him gets lost sometimes too - but we have a laugh about it and start again!!! I made some glaring mistakes in my solo in a concert the other week, in front of the commodore of the base, but you sort of cringe to yourself and smile at the end!
It would be such a shame to give up and its like riding a bike, you have to get on again and carry on. Good luck with whatever you chose to do though!!
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