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 Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:45 am
It all started with the question "Do you think there is someone else in a marching band exactly like you?" Thus, my boyfriend and I culminated a theory about band...
No matter the size of a band, there will always be a certain number of people conforming to certain archetypes.
While the list is still growing, here are the archetypes we have come up with thus far follow:
1. The Luke- the douchebag first chair.
2. The Lindsey- the nice first chair.
3. The Jennifer- the happiest, most optimistic person you know.
4. The Geoffrey- the saddest, most depressing person you know.
5. The Stradley- the funny joker.
6. The Dan- the guy that tries to be The Stradley but fails.
7. The Rebecca- the person that thinks she knows EVERYTHING, but really knows ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
8. The Anna- the b***h.
9. The Kara- the attention whore.
10. The Herring- the otaku loser nerd.
11. The Walter- the antisocial guy that is really nice once you get to know him.
12. The Navarro- the best musician in the band that hardly speaks at all.
13. The Luis- the ideal freshman-- he is respectful to the senior class, but doesn't avoid them, either.
14. The Michael- the most mellow person you will ever meet.
15. The Emily- looks like the sweetest person ever, but has the mouth of a sailor.
16. The Jillian- the girl that everyone is after.
17. The Sam- the token guy that is in both band and orchestra.
18. The Stidman- the loser.
19. The Billy-the fat kid that smells really bad.
20. The Chew- the kid that falls asleep in band class (OK, EVERY class) every day.
Now, what I want is feedback-- do people in your band fit these archetypes? Are there perhaps more archetypes that exist? Discuss, please!
EDIT 4/11/09: Made changes, mainly to the Rebecca.
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:55 am
We don't really have anything like that, not in a list sense...
Except anyone who's really tall is called a Mangus clone. Bonus points if they are baritone. XD
And if anyone else were a Farsa (god forbid)...I think our director would go insane.
If anyone in a trumpet section messes up they automatically become a Paul.
And if you're Ryan, you're not allowed to mess up ever or it's the apocalypse.
If you're a Walker, you never follow directions and have to have them explained by five people before you understand that you're on the wrong page in the packet.
If you're a Dorothy, you never pay attention and tend to do French homework/doodle/make paper hats rather than play your instrument.
If you're an Emily or a Caroline, then you're expected to never mess up and when you do, it's also an apocalypse although it's less funny than with Ryan.
If you're a Joe, your voice cracks a lot and you tend to fail at life. And any time anyone's voice cracks we just have to say 'You sound like Joe!'
We have one guy who is like a Walter in your band. Although...he's not all that nice. But he's a fun guy when he's not being all mean and fail and stuff. biggrin
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:15 pm
Phantom of the Forum We don't really have anything like that, not in a list sense... Except anyone who's really tall is called a Mangus clone. Bonus points if they are baritone. XD And if anyone else were a Farsa (god forbid)...I think our director would go insane. If anyone in a trumpet section messes up they automatically become a Paul. And if you're Ryan, you're not allowed to mess up ever or it's the apocalypse. If you're a Walker, you never follow directions and have to have them explained by five people before you understand that you're on the wrong page in the packet. If you're a Dorothy, you never pay attention and tend to do French homework/doodle/make paper hats rather than play your instrument. If you're an Emily or a Caroline, then you're expected to never mess up and when you do, it's also an apocalypse although it's less funny than with Ryan. If you're a Joe, your voice cracks a lot and you tend to fail at life. And any time anyone's voice cracks we just have to say 'You sound like Joe!' We have one guy who is like a Walter in your band. Although...he's not all that nice. But he's a fun guy when he's not being all mean and fail and stuff. biggrin Your Walker shares a lot with The Rebecca. The actual person the archetype's based off of does a lot of stuff like that. Joe reminds me of The Herring or The Stidman. The Paul could sum up the whole trumpet section at our school.
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:33 pm
My band is like this:
Trumpets are loud and obnoxious
Clariets and flutes are (for the most part) snotty
Saxes (all except bari) are great to talk to
Percussion are wild
Low brass/bass (Bari sax, bass clarinet, bassoon (my band doesn't have a bassoon) are calm and great musicians
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:19 pm
Let me see...half of our freshman saxes fall under The Kara and our top flutist is definitely The Navarro. I would consider myself a Walter. There's a Rebecca, but she's a sophomore. Oh, and there's also a guy who falls asleep on his tuba in the band with the strictest director, which is followed by him sleeping in an AP class.
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:04 pm
my band has The Luke, Lindsey, Jennifer, Geoffrey, Stradley, Rebecca, Anna, Kara, Herring, Luis, Emily, Jillian, Sam, and The Billy.
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 8:27 am
chaudblaze Let me see...half of our freshman saxes fall under The Kara and our top flutist is definitely The Navarro. I would consider myself a Walter. There's a Rebecca, but she's a sophomore. Oh, and there's also a guy who falls asleep on his tuba in the band with the strictest director, which is followed by him sleeping in an AP class. Haha, that's wonderful. And really, the archetypes are pretty broad. The Rebecca doesn't specifically have to be a freshman, I just described it based on the real Rebecca. I think I should take the "freshman" part out of the description, actually.
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:09 pm
Lmao I was just re-reading the stereotypes, and my band's Walter is actually named Walter xD
Please don't tell me that Walter's are also keyboard percussionists
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:32 pm
The Jennifer in your band is Geni in my band, but still the same.
The Matthew- If they mess up, they sigh and stop playing. ((Extra points if they are in 7th grade))
The Geni- The perfectionist who is the most optimistic
The Kolin- The guy who doesn't give a crap for band
The Cedar- The douchebag trumpet player
The Hanna- The person who thinks everyone is awesome, especially Ryan.
The Ryan- The person who Hanna thinks is super awesome.
The Zach- the worst player in the band.
The Chogy- The high energy Asian who speaks what he thinks
the Mr. Clark- The awesome band teacher whose band gets 90's at band festivals.
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 12:03 pm
Oh, we just have the typical stereotypes...
like how the low brass section is made up of perverts.
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:29 am
patrickstumpchik Lmao I was just re-reading the stereotypes, and my band's Walter is actually named Walter xD Please don't tell me that Walter's are also keyboard percussionists Not at all! The archetypes don't pertain to any one instrument, but the band as a whole. Our Walter is a trumpet. Hakinimo_Kokurioshy The Jennifer in your band is Geni in my band, but still the same. The Matthew- If they mess up, they sigh and stop playing. ((Extra points if they are in 7th grade)) The Geni- The perfectionist who is the most optimistic The Kolin- The guy who doesn't give a crap for band The Cedar- The douchebag trumpet player The Hanna- The person who thinks everyone is awesome, especially Ryan. The Ryan- The person who Hanna thinks is super awesome. The Zach- the worst player in the band. The Chogy- The high energy Asian who speaks what he thinks the Mr. Clark- The awesome band teacher whose band gets 90's at band festivals. The Cedar is a parallel to The Luke. I should have thought of archetypes for directors, too. Maybe when I come back from band trip. (I'm going in about 45 minutes, lol... pulled an all-nighter.)
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:11 pm
Oh! I have a coupe. These are from all my years in band. I'm changing a couple names, like mine. Not that I don't trust anyone though.
The Andrew: The idiot who thinks he is all cool because his mom is the teacher. Is nice for a few days then stelas your pencil and messes only you up during chair challenges. Hated by everyone, even the director
The Mr. H: The band director that throw things
The Mr. May: The awesome band director who jokes and yells at the same time
The Alisia: The girl who looks mean on the outside but is a really good friend once you know her
The Molly #1: The flute girl who everyone likes. Very nice, but shy and has a sailor's mouth sometimes
The Molly #2: The trumpet girl who is friends with most people. She can't play well but tries to
The Molly #3: The percussionist who rarely talks. Doesn't fit the girly name Molly.
The Sara: the section leader who is pretty cool but a bit of a hypocrite who blames you frot hings another person does
The Joe: The multi instrument kid who can actually play his instruments, but prefers to talk and not pay attention in band
The Sapphire: The videogame girl who plays low brass
The Mira: The clarinet player who can't march for her life and therefore is unable to actually play in marching season, but is actually retty good during concert season and practices every night. The good freshmen, who listens and respects seniors.(This is me, by the wayXD Seriously. This is what my bandmates think of me, actually. A lot of seniors call me the best freshmen.)
The leslie: The renegade mormon. Drug addict who is kicked out of school or quits band.
The Lester/Jerry: Pot-heads who are kicked out of band and never practice
The Jake: Trumpet player who needs to practice but doesn't. Has a weird obsession with zombies and lighting his pants on fire.
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:27 pm
In our band, my friend Juila and I didn't really come up with names for various people in the band but we came up with an overall "personality" that's.. forced upon you as you play that instrument:
Flutes - Attention seekers
Clarinets - Quiet
Trumpets - Loud and obnoxious
Low brass - slow and perverted
Saxaphones - vain
Any of the subsections [piccolo for example] will fit into the closest group [like piccolo would be under flute] so yeah.
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:59 pm
The Luke: One of the best trumpet players, but is really quiet unless he's on stage.
The Jennifer: The person who's been playing their instrument for longer than anyone else in the band,
The Destiny: Someone who is really bad at their instrument but thinks they can tell everyone else how to play it.
The Dalton: The person who plays their music perfectly, every time, no matter what.
The Judith: The person who became section leader way too soon.
The Kristen: The person whose parents are extreme band parents who gets whatever they want in the band.
The Chelsea: The person who gets second place to The Kristen in everything.
The Jeremy: The new person in band who is already amazing at their instrument.
The Caroline: The new person in band who is already amazing at their instrument, knows it, and is so annoying about it.
The Baritone section: The section full of people who want to be in band but can't play an instrument.
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:15 pm
I only have a few.
The Andrew Hyperactive annoying super-genius kid that plays the alto sax like no tomarrow, and is realy good to. NEVER give coffe!
The Clayton Perverted but talented trumpet player.
The Tyler abnxious trumpet player, almost as good as Clayton
The Gage best friend to Andrew. is somewhat hyper but mostly quiet. awesome at all precussion.
The Forest somewhat retarded trombone player that plays all the wrong notes too loudly.
The Ashley A somewhat smart girl, the only girl alto sax player in concert band. can hold her own against Andrew, and is slightly insane. (ME!!)
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