hello!!

anybody else noticed that the brass section tend to have a strong love for the ale? i'm currently doing jesus christ superstar and the brass section from it continually drink! really funny, got to admit!

any other brass players fond of beer? and has it ever got you in trouble?


jaime

I want to go to bed. Stop posting. I'm addicted to this forum...


Every brass player I know drinks a lot, most smoke.

I have NEVER done a concert without a glass of wine (or 4) beforehand. Horrible stagefright.

i saw the word beer and thought i better have a look at this!!! im not a brass player but love beer well alcohol of any kind really!!lol

Nat

I went 2 a brass band contest recently and most people stayed up til 5am drinking and playing twister

Err I'm pretty sure that this forum shouldn't be condoning the use of alcohol to combat stage fright!

Still, for what it's worth, the correlation between brass playing & drinking is well documented. The wierd thing is that you can normally tell what instrument someone plays just by meeting them. Flautists, harpists, violinists, even horn players - stand out a mile!!

QUOTE (lillylemon @ Apr 17 2004, 06:54 AM)

I went 2 a brass band contest recently and most people stayed up til 5am drinking and playing twister

Been to a few of them myself !

Fiona

I play in Ripon City Band and all the players are definetely fond of the beer lol we have some great nights down in the bar!!!

Rachael- you are only 13!!!(arent u????!)

I also find that in brass bands the bigger the instrument the more the player drinks?!

i think ill start a brass instrument, any ideas?!

Stick with the Flute idea!!

QUOTE (DavidMusic @ Apr 17 2004, 05:13 PM)

Stick with the Flute idea!!

but i think id love to play the trumpet or trombone or something! then i could drink as much beer as i wanted without looking stupid!!

Nat

HI!

glad you all like this topic. we've finished jesus christ superstar now! my god did it finish with a bang!! he he. i was drunk for the second performance, not good.

i play trumpet so, from the theory lilylemon posted, i would of been quite drunk from very few. CORRECT!! paraletic, i think the md hates me now, oh well we wasn't paid so what the ######.

glad you enjoyed this topic, it's took me a long time to write this post. trust me, i've got tunnel vision.

jaime

It is so true about the brass-playing/beer-drinking links! But it really applies mainly to the lower brass, and maybe the trumpets. For some reason horn players aren't usually included in that steroetype, but I don't know why because all the horn players I know could drink most tuba players under the table! In fact, the members of the 'heavy' brass section don't like horn players much. I don't know why. Any ideas from a trumpet perspective??

well, from the trumpet perspective, we like precision.... and we take joy in the fact that the horn is the hardest instrument to pitch. so as a trumpeter i can say it is because we find it funny at all the wrong notes horns play.

however, i do agree that horns can drink aswell, my friend plays horn and he can drink. lol

jaime

well jaime, that solves a few mysteries- you're all horribly mean laughing at us when we're ######!

Yes Brass players drink lots lol!

At the brass band I go to everyone sits there with a pint of ale lol, well except for me

I asked one of the Bass players why they moved to that from euphonium, there answer "You can fit more cans in the case"