I performed at all of the required games and at least two volunteer games. I think I should get an A for my pep band performing because I stayed for the whole game all the time, I helped carry stuff like the drum set up to the stage, and I crawled under the bleachers to retrieve trumpet mouthpieces more than once.
I think Pep band is important to the whole band because it shows that we support the basketball teams and all the players. If we only performed at concerts, we wouldn't be showing support, and no one would like us very much. That and only playing concert music all the time would get a little old, pep band puts a spark back into playing in band. I also think that pep band helps the basketball players get fired up for playing their game. My top three songs had to be Living on a Prayer, YMCA, and Wipeout. Living on a Prayer was a new song to me, and pretty interesting to hear, especially if you knew some of the words. YMCA is a familiar one, I've heard it in movies before, and I like it. It has all kinds of different instrument parts in it, which is fun to listen to. Wipeout was fun, because it had a really fast drum solo at the beginning, and it seemed to keep getting faster as the song went on. My bottom three songs were Lady Gaga, the first stadium song, and lets go band. These were not as fun to play because we kept repeating them in class and at games. And I generally don't like lady gaga stuff. The first stadium song was kind of just there for me, it didn't make a big impact like some of the others did. And lets go band was just the same thing over and over again. I do not think I improved with pep band, because mostly I was just tapping out a beat on the cowbell or the cabasa. I did not play the wipeout drum solo, mostly because I have never played the drums before and I couldn't quite figure out how to do it. I would add Axel F to the pep band list, it's by crazy frog.
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