sjestus- Do you live in Maine by any chance?
Anyways, concerning band nerds:
Yes, there are hardcore band nerds, and No, not everyone in band is a band nerd. I am the 16 year old son and grandson of band directors, and I don't consider myself a band nerd. I am good at my instrument, but I don't live in the band hall, and I don't practice every day! Also, my dad doesn't teach at the school I go to.
At my school, band is just another thing. The football team sucks, but football isn't everything at school. There are plenty of other organizations at my school, and Band is one of the bigger, more recognized ones. Band is fun, contrary to popular belief. they go to every football game, they go on cool trips, and we get out of school sometimes.
A note about my band directors: The head director is really old, and needs to retire. he has a dell. 4 of them have G3 powerbooks. They are all pretty much avid mac people. I talk to a couple of them about it, and they're cool. I don't go to their houses or constantly talk with them. One of them is really weird, but he likes to keep up with the rumors and stuff. My band directors also do other, uhm... things with their computers (not porn!) I do know, however, that band directors perfer Macs over PC's any day. At an event called TBA (Texas Bandmasters Association- it's the band equivilant of MacWorld.) all of the major music notation companies (Sibelius, Finale, igor, etc...) use Macs. There are tons of macs everywhere, because band has evolved past the stone age, so there are uses for computers with music, and Macs are best for it.
The MUSIC building (band, choir, and orchestra) has a dual processor 500mhz G4. Why? I have no idea. All that they ever do with it is make spreadsheets and go online. I know that my band would never buy computers for the whole class. Now, if there was a music theory class, that may be a different thing.
As for being the Mac Guy, I think I might be, but not as openly as you may think. I am taking a class for A+ certification, and I am the only mac user in there. I do get out of class sometimes to fix computers. I seem to be more of a computer nerd at my school, but there are a lot of people like that at my school, so I'm not alone. My friends make jokes about Macs and stuff, but they're just jokes. I am one of the few students who've ever brought a computer to school. The most known guy was a psycho weirdo mac hater. He carried a full sized tower in a duffel bag! I carry my spiffy 600mhz iBook with its combo drive with me. Some days, I leave it at home. It's no big deal, people know that i prefer Macs over PC's, and that's that.
Now, for that 1ghz powerbook, If you're from Maine, i might, just maybe believe you. Now, do you think that Apple would release or even sell new hardware to a band director before it became publicly available? Come on, give us a break. It would be nice if it was available, and I won't say it doesn't exist altogether, but until there is reliable proof, I don't believe that your band director ordered them.
Sorry if this post is long and uncomprehensible (un-understandable) at points, but i just wanted to make some points. so to sum it all up- There is nothing wrong with band, band directors can be cool or weird and sometimes both, I like macs, but don't make that big of a deal of it, and Apple may have 1 ghz powerbooks, but I won't believe you, sjestus,
because you seems to be faking it, and band directors lives aren't that interesting.
Hooray for my first post 🙂
