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tubeast · Post by **tubeast** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 7:24 am

Well, back in the days when blasting the loudest was still cool, I found this nice little book where instruments of the orchestra were explained, and they had all these drawings that showed the instrument with reation to the text. So when it comes to the tuba, it describes how you can hear Fafner waking up and move with grunts and snorts in "Siegfried". The illustration shows a dragon emerging from a tuba.
So "Tubeast" is a well fitting misspelling of "Tubist"
Have a nice weekend yÂ´all

Hans

adam0408 · Post by **adam0408** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 8:37 pm

My user name is pretty boring.... its what my school assigned to me to identify me. Its the first four letters of my last name plus some seemingly arbitrary number.

adam0408-easy for me to remember... also my gmail.

tubafour · Post by **tubafour** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 1:09 am

My name comes from hillbillies slurring words together. In band, when our director says "two before", everyone laughs when I say "tuba-four?". It kinda stuck. Also a reference to the incorrectly sized or named board. 2x4"

You guys can call me Josh. My Halo name is Jiraphe, if you like that better.

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 9:20 am

tubafour wrote: You guys can call me Josh. My Halo name is Jiraphe, if you like that better.

Halo name? I don't have one of those. The word halo has never been used in context with my real name.

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 1:18 pm

Doc wrote:No halo, huh. Does that mean you are one of those horn-y people?

Doc

I resemble that.

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:05 pm

tubafour wrote:Also a reference to the incorrectly sized or named board. 2x4"

As an aside, it's not incorrectly named. It's rough cut to 2x4 then fiinished.

MaryAnn · Post by **MaryAnn** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:48 am

ThomasDodd wrote:
tubafour wrote:Also a reference to the incorrectly sized or named board. 2x4"
As an aside, it's not incorrectly named. It's rough cut to 2x4 then fiinished.

Didn't used to be. I remember quite clearly when a 2 X 4 was the finished size of the board.

MA

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:59 am

MaryAnn wrote:
ThomasDodd wrote:
tubafour wrote:Also a reference to the incorrectly sized or named board. 2x4"
As an aside, it's not incorrectly named. It's rough cut to 2x4 then fiinished.
Didn't used to be. I remember quite clearly when a 2 X 4 was the finished size of the board.

True. And I wish it still was. Would make wood working much easier

edit: that should be construction. wood working encompases too much, like carving and shapes, while I was think more about building shead and boxes.

MaryAnn · Post by **MaryAnn** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:30 pm

I used to want to do woodworking. Then I did metal work for about a year (centerless grinder, surface grinder, milling machine...that kind of stuff.) After that I am too "rough" on wood always breaking it expecting it to act like metal. So I gave up....maybe I'll learn to weld sometime.

MA

Tuba-G Bass · Post by **Tuba-G Bass** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 6:00 am

At the time I joined the Tubenet, I had just bought a british made bass trombone keyed in G, which also features a handle on the longer than normal slide to help reach the farther positions like 6th and 7th.
Hence "Tuba-G Bass"
But my sig line always has my real name.

Bill Troiano · Post by **Bill Troiano** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:31 am

I'm not really Bill Troiano. I'm William Troiano. Actually, I'm Phill Simms.

Lew · Post by **Lew** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 6:56 pm

I have no imagination, so I'm just Lew.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:08 pm

I'm just getting back into things. I had a symphony gig until I drove my Porsche race car (VERY bad hobby!) into the side of Pocono mountain, went through a coma, rehab, and now I still have no balance. I get around now with a walker or cane, and just started playing again in a community band. I mostly feel like a bug that hit the windshield, so...

Steve Oberheu · Post by **Steve Oberheu** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:31 pm

harold wrote:
Bill Troiano wrote:I'm not really Bill Troiano. I'm William Troiano. Actually, I'm Phill Simms.
Better than Richard Simmons

But not as cool as Gene Simmons.

How can I make the tongue longer on that emoticon??

elimia · Post by **elimia** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:25 am

Mine relates to my professsion. I am a biologist and specialize in the study of freshwater mollusks. My favorite group of snails are the periwinkles, which are in the genus Elimia (you can look it up! - http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/ser ... it=Species)

Kind of geeky I know. I should have capitalized it, but forgot to hit the shift key when registering!

elimia · Post by **elimia** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:51 am

Here's a picture of the little critter's shell in the avatar. I THINK I did it right.

elimia · Post by **elimia** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:53 am

Ugh, didn't work

oldbandnerd · Post by **oldbandnerd** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:01 am

I am just a 43 year old guy who as a kid in high school was the epitome of the band nerd. But I really loved music and playing . Though I never had the opportunity to go to college and pursue music further I never lost the desire to play. Well 20 some odd years later I found the chance to get back in to playing ( via a community band ) and had the chance to buy a real horn and now I am just the old band berd. My kids think it funny and yet embarrasing at the same time. Just take a look at this picture of me and you will agree ..I am the old band nerd !!!!

dmmorris · Post by **dmmorris** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:25 am

This is one of the few forums I use my real name dmmorris (David M. Morris)......thought about changing it to "Helicon Daze", but some say I think too much.

"Helicon Daze" is the name of my little sailboat.

oh yeah.....the signature line "Beta14??....ok!"..... is explained by the state of being focused, alert, or engaged in any form of activity and related to beta waves and with a frequency of 14 -30Hz. So if your beta waves are 14HZ.....your doin' good stuff!

"Beta14ok" is also the name of a very cool song by the amazing avant-garde ensemble Doctor Nerve led by Nick Didkovsky (composer/guitarist).

MaryAnn · Post by **MaryAnn** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:07 am

Oooooh, you're scaring me....we have in common tuba playing, sailboats and knowledge of brainwave frequencies. Yikes!

MA, who prefers theta actually

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