Looksharp staysmart we would do that in jazz bands and while our director was working with other kids(we had an ok size group) the saxophones(me included 😂)would be on their phones and using Snapchat
In middle school it’s like “the mile made me tired. I don’t wanna play” In high school it’s like “Wooh! Just ran the mile! I’m pumped up! Let’s do this!”
My teachers cuts us off mid song to show us this video. We all crowd around his phone watching the video, As We yell out the names of the people who do that! Thank you so much for making band class more exciting!
Had a kid in my Middle School 7th grade class never change his reed because his mom told him not to. Smh. The kid was still in 8th grade when all the rest of us were moving to Sophomore year and doing Honors auditions.
Grace Gittinger Whenever one of us trombonists goes to “eighth position” my director writes our name on the board under a special heading called eighth position club.
Excellent.. I would add "Can I do homework today" kid, "I need a reed" kid, "my slide doesn't move" kid and "I don't know where my music is" drummer. My personal favorite "awkwardly leave instrument on chair so it gets knocked onto the floor and broken" kid.
Jonathan Cole I totally understand where you're coming from, in my band we had kids like this. One kid out there trumpet on a chant and it fell off and the mouth piece got stuck and we had another time when two kids put a water bottle in either the baritone or the tuba and they couldn't get it out 🤦🏼♀️ and our bind director was not pleased
*cough cough* the new tuba/baritone players that put the instrument on their chair instead of on the bell when they get up -- im a new tubs player and i would never try to put it on my chair
one of the band moms posted this on facebook and i was thinking, “thank god we’re not in MS anymore ahaha” before realizing this is still what hs band is like
From what I've gathered is that many middle school band directors probably would want to teach high school of they weren't required to do marching band. So, if there were no marching band would we even have middle school band directors?
oh my goooood, my tuba has been decimated multiple times by other kids thinking it’s a basketball hoop for random objects, on the plus side my tuba gets bi monthly repairs and i never have to pay
This man is also the codirector of my high school band and he’s so funny. He’s like this in class. Today for May fest we got two new songs and one of them was one day more from les mis and he showed us a video of him singing all of the parts. He’s a great director 😂😂
2:33 BUT SOMEBODY ACTUALLY TOOK MY DRUMSTICK ON FRIDAY! I put them both on a stand at the start of rehearsal, went over to the mallets for warm-ups, and when I got back there was only 1 there! I found it by the end of rehearsal, on a table for the auxillary stuff I am NOWHERE near.
Vesnake 11 that happens to me all the time! I’m a short girl who is in percussion with 5 tall guys, the guys always like to steal my sticks and hold them over my head, hide them, or put them in shelves that I can’t reach, it’s stressful
Thanks TH-cam to recommendations. After playing trumpet for 9 years and having started back when I was in grade school, this hits home. "CaN yOu ReMoVe My MoUtHpIeCe?"
Percussion section: teacher what’s a guiro? There’s only one mallet We don’t have a ____ Who’s playing the snare this time Do we really need the (insert unnecessary instrument) Wait don’t start! I’m still tuning the timpani! Wait so this section is tiki ta ta tiki tiki ta tiki ? We can’t find our music Can’t forget that moment when percussion messes up and the whole ensemble turns their heads and just stares 😂🙄
N Aligawesa our person was playing mallets and he has a solo in our Christmas song and he was going so fast compared to the tempo and it screwed us up when we started playing
Cheezit We only have two percussionists (including me) and the other person does not listen to everyone else nor does he watch the conductor. This means that we (the whole band) all learned to tune him out while we all play
Bro I swear one time all the trombones forgot their music except for one and they all brought the chairs and sat super squished together to read the one trombones music we also have only like maybe 3 clarinets and 2 flutes and I’m like the only French horn in the entire middle school band- and also there is this one trumpet that has 99% confidence and 100% attitude and he walks like he’s on a cat-walk he’s amazing-
Shannon Lynne band kids don't really know how to share stands you are 💯% accurate I know this because I am that kid, I also don't like sharing music so when we would have a performance the person I always sit next to and I would share the stand and music and with time he learned that we just use my music because mine is always neater and I write things on mine lol 😂
also the brass mouthpieces is 100% accurate (only happened to me once because a sabre hit my instrument and the whole instrument was damaged and so was my lip)
Hilarious because it’s true! As a band director, I have seen and heard almost every one of these! I think the trumpets get their mouthpieces stuck on purpose so I will have to get out my mouthpiece puller gadget.
Omd at the end where the trombone slide fell out reminded me of when at a marching competition one of our trombone players had to get on top of one of the props but while he was climbing the prop his slide fell out and landed on the ground but it was too late to get it so he just pretended to play the music and prayed that no one would notice
Don't forget people putting their phones on their music stands lmfao
Looksharp staysmart we would do that in jazz bands and while our director was working with other kids(we had an ok size group) the saxophones(me included 😂)would be on their phones and using Snapchat
I do that to hold my music down
ME IN ALL MY BANDS
Amen
Looksharp staysmart everytime i see someone do that i yell ‘cellular device’ ‘is that a cellular device i see?’ ‘PUT YOUR ANDROID AWAY’
You know for a fact he’s quoting everything he’s heard before
Ikr i’ve seen these all but with an orchestra teacher
This is my band director lmao
@Trashy Artz wait rlly?
@Trashy Artz oh lol, no this actually was my band director, we actually had two, him and this bald guy
As a middle school band teacher...I've heard/seen 90% of these THIS WEEK. It's only Wednesday.
HOW DO YOU NOT HAVE A CLARINET MOUTH PIECE???
I lose my sax mouth piece
I don’t know, but it still happens!
Ikr thats was a little dramtic
I use to share my clarinet with someone else and sometimes I would forget to bring my mouthpiece.
Promina I
LIKE HOW
0:20 “Do we have to play today? i just ran the mile!”
omg that was so me! i had PE right before band
In middle school it’s like “the mile made me tired. I don’t wanna play”
In high school it’s like “Wooh! Just ran the mile! I’m pumped up! Let’s do this!”
*that's me but with orchestra*
I have P.E before band :(
SAME, but I didn't ask if I couldn't play band cause I love it, but during the whole hour I can barely breathe lol
Yeah I have PE before band too
My teachers cuts us off mid song to show us this video. We all crowd around his phone watching the video, As We yell out the names of the people who do that! Thank you so much for making band class more exciting!
Stella Rae mine did that too.
Stella Rae lol
Stella Rae SAME!!
Stella Rae Same my band teacher also did this
Stella Rae he’s our band teacher😂
0:24
*What’s the problem with this post?*
❌ It’s spam
❌ It’s harassment or bullying
✅ I’m in this video and I don’t like it
285 likes and yet I’m the first comment..
Ethan Loves Kitties mhm and I’m second
It's for comedy pluss he didn't say who was the students who did it
@czar what?
@czar I don't know what that means does it mean like I know right
the decimated clarinet reed was so ridiculously accurate
Legit the clarinets and saxophones in my class will get confused when they squeak even though they've had the same reed for the last 3-5 months.
@@genarorodriguez4121 jeez... The perfect sax Reed lasts for 2 months how they play it for 5 😂😂😂
@@kirkt3970 Idk they just forget to change it out. I'm not sure how it works since i'm a trombone player.
@@genarorodriguez4121 My alto reed works perfectly for almost the whole year
Had a kid in my Middle School 7th grade class never change his reed because his mom told him not to. Smh. The kid was still in 8th grade when all the rest of us were moving to Sophomore year and doing Honors auditions.
I love how the trombone going to "8th position" is the last clip, such a middle school experience lol
Grace Gittinger Whenever one of us trombonists goes to “eighth position” my director writes our name on the board under a special heading called eighth position club.
I literally went to 9th position once, I was going from Bb to B several times and uhh... my slide ended up on the other of of my bedroom.
Grace Gittinger As a Trombone player, I must agree.
As a hs trombonist, if it happens the whole band will know. Everyone
While doing that I accidentally launched my slide across the room xD
Excellent.. I would add "Can I do homework today" kid, "I need a reed" kid, "my slide doesn't move" kid and "I don't know where my music is" drummer. My personal favorite "awkwardly leave instrument on chair so it gets knocked onto the floor and broken" kid.
Jonathan Cole I totally understand where you're coming from, in my band we had kids like this. One kid out there trumpet on a chant and it fell off and the mouth piece got stuck and we had another time when two kids put a water bottle in either the baritone or the tuba and they couldn't get it out 🤦🏼♀️ and our bind director was not pleased
Jonathan Cole
Or a “My valve is stuck”and “one of the susaphone players got locked in their locker”
or the "can i go get my valve oil"
What about the percussionist who always drops his symbols
*cough cough* the new tuba/baritone players that put the instrument on their chair instead of on the bell when they get up -- im a new tubs player and i would never try to put it on my chair
2:42 was literally my life in middle school
That was me in September but now i'm fine.
Omg so true. Last year, in 6th grade, I ligit did that on my first day!
Lol me too
Trombone Addiction me
one of the band moms posted this on facebook and i was thinking, “thank god we’re not in MS anymore ahaha” before realizing this is still what hs band is like
jocelyn I don’t know what kind of high school band you are in, but I don’t think that’s true
Tungsten 5 public school
Tungsten 5 nope it’s very true
chanie not in marching band lol if you act like this you would get banned from band at my school
lmao was thinking the same thing. honestly, high school is worse than when i was in middle school. everybody complains all the damn time lol
“My clarinet won’t play” oh lord that’s so middle school
My husband and I have watched this many times. This is genius. My son loves having you as a band teacher.
Andrea Stephens are you conor stephens mom
Hi, Conor Stephens' mom
Andrea Stephens this is probably Wisconsin or some shit
Or some random northern state Idc for the north just the south , AKA TEXAS
From my experience with this guy, safe to say he is one of a kind
No valve oil
No reed
Instrument is always "in the shop"
Moose_Latte so true
Middle school band is the ultimate embodiment of absolute chaos, and any one who seeks to tame the untamable has strength beyond a mere mortal.
Lol
From what I've gathered is that many middle school band directors probably would want to teach high school of they weren't required to do marching band. So, if there were no marching band would we even have middle school band directors?
my middle school band director gives us speeches about how we’re waisting his heart beats
Me lol
My old middle school band director took some of the student’s chair for protesting against trump
M Meow oh. Yikes...
Mine talks about how we have diarrhea of the mouth lmao.
This is my new favorite insult
@@melaniep4099people protested in band !?
This is real. This is real life. I'm glad I teach elementary band. Or am I? 😂😂😂
Stephanie Douglass
Be glad. Be veeeeeery glad.
lol
Wow me too
Stephanie Douglass that’s a thing??? wtf
i wish i would’ve learned my instrument in elementary bc at competitions those kids seem better. i’m just as good but i feel behind
"WhY ArE tHeRe So MaNy StAnDs?!" BRO THATS SO ME WHEN THE FRONT ROW IS A MESS.
A day in the life of a middle school band teacher:
*No you cannot put that in the tuba*
oh my goooood, my tuba has been decimated multiple times by other kids thinking it’s a basketball hoop for random objects, on the plus side my tuba gets bi monthly repairs and i never have to pay
You forgot the infamous “what measure are we at”
Classic
Oml that’s me and I have marching band camp for highschool 💀
My teacher showed us this and now I’m rewatching it 😂
SAME!
This man is also the codirector of my high school band and he’s so funny. He’s like this in class. Today for May fest we got two new songs and one of them was one day more from les mis and he showed us a video of him singing all of the parts. He’s a great director 😂😂
MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND TEACHER - CAN CONFIRM
This brought me back 😂 and reminded me that band directors are SAINTS.
Keep up the great work I look forward to more vids like these! 🤣😄
1:12 as a flautist i can confirm that there are always a horde of stands in the flute section even though there’s only 4 of us at most
As a flautist, we take the stands to bother people
Don’t forget
“Uh, teacher, how do I play this note?”
*points at a note that you learn in fifth grade*
ShesAHandsomeBeebo I’m guilty of that lol
I didnt have band in fifth grade... probably because my school was a small public school that's in a farm town with the population of 1,000.
I wish I had band when I was in fifth grade.
I play bass clef and in elementary all we had was treble clef worksheets
I didn't have band in elementary
Our teacher showed us this and we just listed who was who like
“Robert!”
“Charlie!”
“Alice!”
“Oh my god that is so Randy!”
I have two people in my band class who are named Charlie and Randy. (In case you're wondering, Charlie plays Trumpet and Randy plays Alto Saxophone.)
2:33 BUT SOMEBODY ACTUALLY TOOK MY DRUMSTICK ON FRIDAY! I put them both on a stand at the start of rehearsal, went over to the mallets for warm-ups, and when I got back there was only 1 there! I found it by the end of rehearsal, on a table for the auxillary stuff I am NOWHERE near.
Vesnake 11 that happens to me all the time! I’m a short girl who is in percussion with 5 tall guys, the guys always like to steal my sticks and hold them over my head, hide them, or put them in shelves that I can’t reach, it’s stressful
My teacher showed us this video in class all the clarinets laughed at the reed part
The struggle is real!
As an 8th grade band kid this is entirely accurate
same
Same
Same
Same
"Can we get a concert B flat?"
*kid plays B flat instead of concert B flat*
The one about the drummers was spot on I’ll admit it.
You could at least say my mouth hurts 100%
Thanks TH-cam to recommendations.
After playing trumpet for 9 years and having started back when I was in grade school, this hits home.
"CaN yOu ReMoVe My MoUtHpIeCe?"
My band teacher showed us this after we came inside from marching. I can say that this video is completely accurate.
Percussion section:
teacher what’s a guiro?
There’s only one mallet
We don’t have a ____
Who’s playing the snare this time
Do we really need the
(insert unnecessary instrument)
Wait don’t start! I’m still tuning the timpani!
Wait so this section is
tiki ta ta tiki tiki ta tiki ?
We can’t find our music
Can’t forget that moment when percussion messes up and the whole ensemble turns their heads and just stares 😂🙄
Percussion land is a whole other animal! As I read this I was shaking my head 'yup'...'uhuh'...'yup'...
As a high school percussionist I can relate 😂
N Aligawesa our person was playing mallets and he has a solo in our Christmas song and he was going so fast compared to the tempo and it screwed us up when we started playing
Cheezit We only have two percussionists (including me) and the other person does not listen to everyone else nor does he watch the conductor. This means that we (the whole band) all learned to tune him out while we all play
This hits home so bad😩
I died laughing when I saw that clarinet reed!
Band players: Out of breath
Orchestra players and percussionists: *cackling in the distance*
@@compscidoggo ooh I'll add it
this is exactly how my kids are. every time. hilarious!! 🤣🤣
You are awesome and this is so true. I'm sending to all my students just to have them know how much I miss them during this crazy time.
This video is absolutely hilarious! 😂 We especially like the trumpets “trying” to play high notes. Oh, and of course, the dropped trombone slide!
2:39 this happened to me when I was taking a look at my friend's drumsticks-
1:43
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY BANDMATES I S2FG
Bro I swear one time all the trombones forgot their music except for one and they all brought the chairs and sat super squished together to read the one trombones music we also have only like maybe 3 clarinets and 2 flutes and I’m like the only French horn in the entire middle school band- and also there is this one trumpet that has 99% confidence and 100% attitude and he walks like he’s on a cat-walk he’s amazing-
My teacher stopped us mid practice to show us this and was throwing major shade at one kid in the band lol. But our class had a good laugh! Thanks!
The last one made me laugh hysterically and it's the middle of the night lol
2:44 Me and my friends all the time XD trombone is hard
When u did that whole explanation for “I dont have my flute”. I died bc thats me ksksksksksk
This is 100% accurate! Thanks for posting!
The best part is, I am a student of this guy. I have had him for about three and a half years. This man is great.
My clarinet won't play.
(giant hole in reed)
Me: Hmmm here I wonder why! 😑
"my sax is in my mom's trunk" HAS MY CRYING 😂😂😂😂 Literally me in middle school and still me in highschool band 😂😂😂😂
My band teacher showed us this today, great video 🤣
Pretty accurate to my class too!
This is the best!!! I played in band during my Jr high years. Oh how I feel for you poor band teachers today!! God Bless You!! 💖💖💖😊😊😊
The last one happened at my sixth grade band concert. Lol
My band teacher showed us this and said it was surprisingly accurate
Image walking in when he’s filming this
“ *uhhh Mr. Chamberlin is doing it again* ”
This was my class back in middle school, definitely showing this to my band teacher!
This is the most accurate thing I’ve ever watched in my life.
“Do we have to play today? I just ran the mile.”
Me every time I realize it’s band class
2:39is legit me every time when ever I oil my slide lmao 😂
As an intern at the middle school level, I’ve seen every single one and then some 😂
1:12 is the orchestra kids that have class right after the band class because band doesn't know how to share stands
Shannon Lynne band kids don't really know how to share stands you are 💯% accurate I know this because I am that kid, I also don't like sharing music so when we would have a performance the person I always sit next to and I would share the stand and music and with time he learned that we just use my music because mine is always neater and I write things on mine lol 😂
Lol my teacher forces us to share
my ms has two different rooms and classes for band and orchestra lol
Pfft who would share stands?
I can't explain how much he put efforts on this.. so amazing
1:57 is me having trouble setting up my stand
As a trombonist the last scene is a personal attack.
this is what teachers secretly do during staff development days
After 7+ years of band, this is true all the way through high school.
also the brass mouthpieces is 100% accurate (only happened to me once because a sabre hit my instrument and the whole instrument was damaged and so was my lip)
100% Accurate!
I don’t think I have ever watched anything more relatable then this before 🤣
"Highly Effective" video analysis of the life of the Middle School band Director! :-)
Please make more this is a great accurate representation of middle school band students 😂 Still love em tho
Living legend right here
The baritone is hilariously accurate, glad I switched to tuba
0:54 Well you don’t know what it’s like to get an oboe reed stuck
*WHY ARE THERE SO MANY STANDS?!?!*
That is so relatable!
1:29 is literally me everyday
I empathise so much for all our middle school music teachers, truly an under-appreciated title.
My teacher rants about how turtles are stupid and have no brains
It's incredibly hilarious that I can recall being and seeing those types of kids.
8/8 gr8 m8
This can’t me MORE accurate!! Lol!! Hilarious! Seem like he was in my room
Lol perfect impression
Hilarious because it’s true! As a band director, I have seen and heard almost every one of these! I think the trumpets get their mouthpieces stuck on purpose so I will have to get out my mouthpiece puller gadget.
"Who leaves their stand this high!?"
Awnser: the 8th graders
Only trumpets in the jazz band would need it that high.
when the trombone slide fell off i felt personally attacked
loool
Lol 2:08 is so meeee lol😂😂😂
Ha that last clip happened to my fellow section mate yesterday and the whole trombone section began dying with laughter. XD
He’s my band teacher he showed us this in class 😂
*dabs*
Why did I use an emoji oh god oh frick
0:54 "My mouthpiece is stuck."
Me: *Oh my god hahaha that is so accurate.*
One time in my band class we threw pencils and they got stuck in the ceiling
I've watched this several times in the last week, and I still can't stop laughing🤣
Love it
My band teacher showed this to me and I can't get enough of this wonderful vid 😻😹😻😹
You know good and damn well he was mocking his one baritone player
Omd at the end where the trombone slide fell out reminded me of when at a marching competition one of our trombone players had to get on top of one of the props but while he was climbing the prop his slide fell out and landed on the ground but it was too late to get it so he just pretended to play the music and prayed that no one would notice
There’s a trumpet player who ALWAYS sits with his legs crossed
1:11
me when there's more than 3 stands in my section:
When I saw that broken reed I litteraly screamed.
1:30 me in band class for the whole period