The way we(tuba players) look

Matt G · Post by **Matt G** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:36 am

Liberty Mo wrote:As long as you can still fit inside a sousaphone, I would say your a typical tubist. When this becomes difficult or impossible, you become a Flag Corps member....

LOL

That is funny, but derogatory..

But sometimes very, very true.

Tabor · Post by **Tabor** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:05 pm

Well, I had 136 tackles my senior year of High School on the defensive line....

-T

Matt G · Post by **Matt G** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:48 pm

Doc wrote:
Hey Gilchrest,

I don't know about that "athletic build" stuff. If you had said "gorilla" or "silverback" I would have stood up and been accounted for. I never was the "jock" type. I enjoyed playing tuba, playing golf, and drinking beer much more than playing football. I rarely watch it on TV anymore.

Doc (who's certainly not that athletic anymore)

Next time you go to a store that sells men's suits, ask about the "athletic" cut and you'll see where I'm coming from.

Captain Sousie · Post by **Captain Sousie** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:02 pm

I myself don't fit the stereotype. I am 5'8" and weigh 175. One of my best sousaphone line players in college was called Itty-Bitty. She was about 5'2" and weighed 85 pounds at her heaviest. She could pump as much good sound as both of her 6'3"/6'6"-250 pound plus section mates. Her air capacity was not as big but she figured out how to make up for it.

I'm out,
Captain Sousie

Edit,
By the way, for those of you who don't know. Put the word 'tubist' into microsoft word and hit the spell checker.

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:21 pm

tuben wrote:Well, without getting into this too much, we ALL don't look like linemen.

Robert Coulter (6'1" 160lbs, mo)
Georgia Brass Band

5'9" 145lbs. Marched (big King sousaphones) with a great player who was 5'4" 135lbs, and he could slide as easily as most of us march straight. I swear he could get his shoulders behind him. We called him Gumby

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:23 pm

Captain Sousie wrote: By the way, for those of you who don't know. Put the word 'tubist' into microsoft word and hit the spell checker.

Not the first time they have been guilty of stereotypes...

Tabor · Post by **Tabor** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:56 pm

r8chl wrote:Where I went to grad school, there was a young woman who was all of 5' 0", and possibly 110 lbs. She carried around a Hirsbrunner on her back that appeared about 2x her size....

Yes, but how many tackles did she have?

-T

Captain Sousie · Post by **Captain Sousie** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:01 pm

Fortissimosca wrote:I'm still curious, a student teacher in the music department at my high school said that there's a specific "tuba player haircut?"
Anyone concur?

Yes, a big fro like mine.

Sousie

Tabor · Post by **Tabor** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:05 pm

r8chl wrote:Where I went to grad school, there was a young woman who was all of 5' 0", and possibly 110 lbs. She carried around a Hirsbrunner on her back that appeared about 2x her size....

Yes, but how many tackles did she have?

-T

hurricane_harry · Post by **hurricane_harry** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:09 pm

my high school consists of me 5'9 150 and another player 5'7 170 plus the high school across town that consistes of tall sticks who play tuba. i had not known of this stereotype untill i had attened my first western regional rehersal. (i got first chair

) it was a line of 8 guys 6'+ husky guys and me. if you wanna see us breaking this stereotype goto a DCI competition and look at the contra lines. course thats whatcha get after a summer of DCI

dopey · Post by **dopey** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:21 pm

i miss the stereotype by build and haircut.. guess im playing the wrong instrument!

Im about 5'11 and 160 lbs.. not a big guy. As for hair up till a couple days ago I had longer hair, very curly(natural). which is how I normally have it except when I want it shorter (Summer, or in this case my job)..

I play soccer, rather than football.

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:33 pm

tubalawlisa wrote: I think the stereotype should die a quick death... IMHO. It is what we make it.

It's been around way to long to die, let alone quickly.

I think it's media perpetuated, if not generated. Like all the old comics and cartoons whith overweight tuba players.

It'll be around in 2105

jaredsan · Post by **jaredsan** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 8:40 pm

Tuba ninja wrote

For what it's worth, one of the hottest girls in my college SOM told me that skinny tuba players get all the women. She doesn't appear to be on drugs, so I can only figure skinny tuba players must be a novelty item to some. Hmm...

1/2 japanese, 1/2 white
5'8" ( i like to say 5-9)
135.....

SCORE!!!!!

Captain Sousie · Post by **Captain Sousie** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:52 pm

schlepporello wrote:
christuba wrote:You know the stereotype that all of us tuba players look like lineman?
A lineman?

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Not me, I'm scared of hights. No, I take that back. I'm not scared of hights, I'm not even afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sharp impact that awaits me at the end of the fall.

Sousie

Tuba-G Bass · Post by **Tuba-G Bass** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 1:39 am

I guess I grew into the role. . . .

Here I am at 11 years of age. . .
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and Me at 38, definetly not fitting inside a gig bag!
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Tuba-G Bass · Post by **Tuba-G Bass** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 1:54 am

They did try to recruit me for Football AND Wrestling when I was
in High School, back then 5' 11" and 200lbs, my height is
in my torso, so yes, gorilla like.

I could'nt conceive of leaving Band to play a Sport, loved playing
that Tuba!

Tuba-G Bass · Post by **Tuba-G Bass** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 2:13 am

Hi Bloke,

It's the M&M 4RV sold on eBay, made by Song-Lin in China,
All the axes I currently play are listed in my signature

I also have a Boosey & Hawkes G bass trombone, has
a long slide that has a handle to help reach sixth and seventh
position, haven't had the time to learn the new G Keyed
positions.

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Bandmaster · Post by **Bandmaster** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 2:50 am

From my perspective most tuba players are small people. But then I am only 6' 6" tall and 320 pounds, everybody looks small to me.

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:20 am

At band tryout (the day I fell in love with tuba),I weighed 110 and stood 5'3"tall.My first toot lit up a large room with bass-type eminations.Wow!
I was fortunate to see a jazz funeral in New Orleans recently.The tuba player in the jazz band would blatt a note every other step(the song was "The Old Rugged Cross) and due to the fact that the streets were brick and the buildings were brick and wrought iron,the tuba sound was parting people's hair for six blocks ahead of him and three blocks behind.This guy was my size,now,5'11" 220,had snow on his roof like I do and was still able to thrill thousands of spectators acoustically.with his Conn sousie.Reminded me of that first time and why I love the power of this instrument.
tubatooter1940

Arkietuba · Post by **Arkietuba** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:23 pm

Yeah, I fit the stereotype pretty well. A couple of years back in high school I was a defensive tackle/nose guard. I'm about 5'11" and 240 lbs. I didn't even have to try-out for the team. The coach looked at me and put on the team. Now, I have knee problems and I had to have knee surgery. Glad I stuck with the tuba, I'm much better at it than football...

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