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Blackout - Slick Trumpet

Yesterday at school at around 11:20 the entire school blacked out! The rest of the school day was canceled and everyone started to make plans to get together with each other for the rest of the day. Sadly I had a voice lesson at 3:30 that lasted an hour so it literally was in the middle of the time that I had to hang out with people. At least I had a good lesson :P

-Slick Trumpet

THE POWER OUTAGE for curlyTRUMPET

Yesterday after the power outage, me and bassman rode our bikes to Henry's house to go to Barton springs. When we got there, sweating from head to toe bassman and I hopped on the piano and hacked out a couple of melodies. Sadly, he had to go to an eye doctor a couple seconds afterwards so Henry and I just went to Barton by ourselves. When we got there we laid out on the warm concrete and sunbathed for an amazing 2 hours. After staring out our tan bods we rode to waterloo records and then to Amy's ice cream. Amy's ice cream to Cheapo Disc's. And finally back to Henry's house.

An adventurous 5 hour day spent mostly on our bikes.
A total of 13 miles! SUCCESS

-curlyTRUMPET

BLACKOUT

Yesterday, when I was at school at approximately 11:20A.M. the power went out. I was in Geography and we were just watching a movie so I didn't miss much. We had to sit in the dark for like an hour and all I did was play monopoly on someone's iTouch. Unfortunately I couldn't find my way through the dark to the band hall so I couldn't get my trumpet to take home and practice.

-blondeTrumpet

Power Outage for Bass Man

So, I was sitting in English not doing my work when the power flickered and died. Everyone freaked out, but I and a few colleagues continued our discussion on women. School got out, and as I was about to get on my regular bus, curlyTRUMPET shouted to me from the bus in front.
"Hey, you wanna chill today?" he asked.
"Heck yes!" I replied, and boarded his bus as if nothing were out of the ordinary.
We got off the bus and proceeded to walk back to his house; it was a harrowing journey that included dodging cars and fending off rabid dogs. But we made it.
As soon as we got to his house, we boarded bikes and headed down Manchaca to an acquaintance's house. That was another harrowing journey that again included dodging cars, and for me it also included not scraping the skin off of my feet, as I was wearing flip flops.
Once we got to the acquaintance's house, I sat down at his piano and started playing a Bach tune. But shortly thereafter I was whisked to an eye appointment, where my eyes were dilated and afterwards I had a hard time seeing anything and it gave me quite a headache!

Austin High Organist

Hey readers I just thought you might want to read this article
http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=444842
Kalle Akkerman is a junior at Austin High and he also plays percussion in th Austin Symphony Orchestra. Kalle has been in music all his life, he has been taking piano lessons since he was 5 and he is 17 now. He is one out of a select few Austin youth that plays pipe organ or piano at Austin area churches. Recently Kalle has had his talent recognized, he won the Minnesota Music Teachers Association Youth Artist Organ Competition. This story is what Austin is all about ...... young musicians who play extremely well. Young artists should earn more recognition like Kalle is getting instead of just hearing about older musicians. If you know any young artists post a comment so we can hear about them too.

-blondeTRUMPET

Check it OUT

Hey readers I just thought you might want to read this article:
http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20100326/NEWS01/3260309/1079/Piano-prodigy-plays-to-help-kids
This article is about a prematurely born child prodigy who helps other preemies at hospitals with the proceeds from his concerts. He was born 7 1/2 weeks early at the University of Iowa Children's Hospital. From there he was raised and cared for at Princeton, where he fell in love with the piano.

This inspirational article, brings hope and sparks of motivation in all pianists and musicians everywhere.

- curlyTRUMPET

Monterrey Mexico: the place to be?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/arts/music/24monterrey.html?src=me&ref=arts
Hey guys, check out this recent article from the New York Times. It's about MtyMx, a music festival in Monterrey, Mexico, about the rough times and the good times it represents. This got me thinking, what other great music festivals are out there (excluding ACL, SXSW, and Lala Palooza)? It would be cool to catch another great show in the dead season between the two big Austin fests. Reply back if you know of any other great shows to see.

Thanks,
Bass man

Haircuts and music

It has been proven that getting a haircut makes you play more staccato. This study was done by Berklee University and it concluded that the attitude change brought about by the haircut makes you feel peppy, and the jubilant joy that this peppiness brings results in a more staccato playing. Thusly, we do believe that everyone in this school needs a haircut, even if they have recently gotten one. Thank you for your time in listening to this piece.

Just kidding. But seriously, get a haircut you hippies!

—The Music is Bach Team

The Cactus Café: Should it Stay or Should it go?

The University of Texas has always been the cultural hub of Austin. The shows hosted at various venues around the campus have always been overwhelmingly popular. Now, they have decided to close one of the premier venues: the Cactus Café. Is this the right choice? What does this imply about the university's stance on Austin culture? Read the story in the Spring 2010 issue of The Music is Bach, set to be released in June 2010.

-Bass man

My First Article in our Magazine- The Apple iPad

The Apple iPad is, in my view, just another product that Apple is making that I call a "Luxury Item." It has pretty much all of the same applications and functions that an iPhone or an iPod Touch does but just with a bigger screen for your viewing luxury!
-The Slick Trumpet

New Article In our Upcoming Issue- The Avant Grand

In a couple of months, a new issue of The Music is Bach will be published with a review of a new, revolutionary piano.

This article will include:
- Snapshots of the instrument, both exterior and interior
- Comments and quotes from piano experts and specialists

Get ready for the exciting review for an beautiful, extravagant piano!

-curlyTRUMPET

iTunes vs. Amazon

In this current day music downloading is on the rise and there are two companies in the running for the top downloading site, Apple (iTunes) and Amazon. But which is better?

-blondeTRUMPET

Nate Hattersley joins Station Identification!

Check us out at: www.stationid.yolasite.com

The Fishies

Sorry, the fishies had to go bye bye. Relevancy issues . . . . . . . soooo yeah.

To Arbert . . .

come practice during lunch. Thanks.

—Nate, Noe and Jules

Happened while practicing PART I

Just played a Double G yesterday!

-Jules

First Blog Post

So, we made this blog today, and we're kinda bored.

Hey. What up? We're 4 teenagers from Austin, Texas, and we like music. You could call us nerds, but we are. What about it?

Hi, blogosphere, be kind!