How far did you go just for an instrument?

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vikki1331
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August 7th, 2008 at 09:45am
First of all, I'm terribly sorry if this is not suited for this thread. I'm still a n00b! Embarassed

But anyways, how far did you go just for your instrument?

This is the furtherest I went:
I used to be really interested in the Trombone and Tuba. I even made a deal with my band teacher to let me play them both. She agreed as long as I purchased my own Trombone. (That hurt the old piggy bank) But I did it. At the time it didn't occur to me that I wasn't allowed large instruments on my school bus. -_- So that meant I had to walk home everyday from school with my Tuba and Trombone. With my Trombone on my back and Tuba in hand I walked the uphill journey of 3 Km. Lets just say in the end I got really good at both of them AND got buff!
Skrillex.
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August 10th, 2008 at 11:45pm
Haha!
The furthest I went for a keyboard, was, I went to my grans house and somehow managed to sneak the keyboard into the car. My dad was like, "What the hell is that?" And I went, "Grans keyboard."
Took it back and he got me one. lmfao
Skrillex.
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August 10th, 2008 at 11:45pm
Double post. Disgust
Save the Rave xo
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August 11th, 2008 at 04:10am
Haha, I took my bass from Southern California to South Carolina and back. It was crazy heavy because I had it in a hardcase. The Atlanta airport was dreadful with my bass. But it was worth it!
Best Selling Freedom
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August 11th, 2008 at 07:16am
I've taken my trombone up a massive hill and around town.
And I've used it as a pillow so no-one would steal it while we were sleeping at an airport.

Good times. tehe
Black and White
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August 11th, 2008 at 07:25am
My bass has left the house once and that was to my friends house. tehe

I used to take my acoustic guitar to school with me twice a week. tehe

Other than that they collect dust at the moment.
Wednesday Addams
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August 22nd, 2008 at 09:20pm
I play the oboe, and a few years ago I had to take an exam. I didn't bother buying the book with my exam piece in it, cause as you know books are too pricey. So I had a photocopy. And in exams they don't let you play from photocopied music, because it's illegal to photocopy music.

So I had to go to this girl Rebecca's house, because she has the book. I walked about 3 miles, including uphill, on the hottest day of the year, in my Converse high-tops with no socks...

It was so painful... I actually could barely walk for a week...
sic semper tyrannis
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August 23rd, 2008 at 08:39pm
sometimes i take my tenor sax home for a weekend to practice. then on monday i have to bring it back to school, somehow managing to navigate through crowded places with an awkward tenor case and my clarinet and backpack and whatever won't fit in my backpack. tenor cases make great weapons, though. take out 10 people with one smack.
Paige M.D.
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August 27th, 2008 at 08:24am
I'd go down the block Cheese
We have a music shop down the block so I'm coolio.
DeathlyXRomanceXMCR
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August 28th, 2008 at 02:14am
I beat up some random guy infront of my principal and got 3 weeks detention cause he said it was stupid and a waste of space!! lolz i love my cello like a child...i couldnt love a human baby more then i love this cello!! lolz (blades of glory!)
Nekopanther
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August 31st, 2008 at 03:55am
I used to play Clarinet but it's beyond repair now, since it's like what? 40 years old? I had my eye set on playing Horn, so i got a newspaper route, 6 to be exact, and got 1000 dollars that one month i did it, my mom wouldn't let me continue after that... So i started mowing lawns, that got me bout 200.

1000+200=1200

1600-1200=400

Where was that money going to come from? Washing dishes at 3 different rest runts AND stealing cable... joking, no cable. So in the end i did all of that to get my precious Horn... and my bus didn't allow large instrument either, so i had to walk 4.5 k to my house, which was all up hill with my backpack full of school work, Clarinet, before it died, and my Horn. But then i started to play Rugby after school and got a ride in the last 3 months of school. And i'm 'bout to start grade nine with it XD
f a m o u s
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September 17th, 2008 at 12:59am
sic semper tyrannis:
tenor cases make great weapons, though. take out 10 people with one smack.


Psh, thats the truth. My friends stay away from me when I have my tenor.

I take my tenor home often but my band director keeps on getting pissed at me cause i always forget it.

{ Last year I like didn't practice at all cause I didn't like carry my tenor half a mile to my house and back, from the bus stop. }.

So I'm not used to having to carry it. Finally she told me I could rent another tenor to keep at home and practice with!!! Mr. Green Mr. Green Mr. Green
Metro Station
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October 18th, 2008 at 04:59am
I just begged because I saw a guitar in a flyer.
CoconutLydia
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November 9th, 2008 at 06:48pm
I had to carry my drum(Just snare and the equipment) from my elementrary school to my house every wednesday. It's all uphill...Aaaaand I was wicked weak! D: Plus I had to walk my brother home too. =\ Its about a mile from my house to my elem. school
FrankieMonster
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November 10th, 2008 at 07:04pm
I go home to visit my parents just to play my piano.
It's 5 hours by bus, and I don't do anything except just play my song x'D
Guitar_Junior_C
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November 30th, 2008 at 08:31am
When I haven't bought my guitar, I borrowed it from my friend that lives somewhat close by me( about 1 1/4km?) I have to pass by four bus stops. But after school, I have to carry my heavy school bag and some files plus the guitar. I walk near the forest area and my feet almost cracked by the time I got home(its a long, bended way up the road). I repeated this for a few times until my Dad bought me one.

But I've been thinking, if my father didn't bought me one, I would carry on. Smile