Tales From Band Camp

You Know You’re a Band Alumnus When…

TFBC — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:57:12 +0000

I dedicate this comic to all of us old Redcoat alums who gather once a year between the hedges… and come out very much in pain after not playing or holding up our instruments after a year!

Why Music Matters

TFBC — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:02:09 +0000

Great lecture/talk by Jack Stamp on Why Music Matters:

Thanks for your patience!

TFBC — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:14:01 +0000

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks in the Brown household. Both my husband and I came down with the flu (probably H1N1) and both girls have been sick on and off. Add football season into the mix and there’s not much free time to go around.

I’m going to be doing some work on the site to get it ready for the Christmas season. To help pay for webcosts, I have an affiliates page plus banners, so if you or your parents are going to be doing any kind of shopping online for the holidays, please be sure to check here first. I’m also going to be moving the website to a new host in the next few weeks, so there may be some downtime while that’s getting switched over.

Have you joined Swagbucks yet? What??? You haven’t? Basically you get “Swagbucks” for just doing seaches on the internet, and then you can trade those points in for prizes, giftcards, and other stuff. I think I’ve gotten about $50 in Amazon gift cards so far.

And to celebrate Halloween coming up next week, here’s Furman’s band performing Thriller! Yea Furman!

YKYABNW – Kitchenette

TFBC — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:31:34 +0000

Long time coming

TFBC — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:15:53 +0000

Thanks as always for your patience! I’ve got a lot going on in my personal life and not a lot of personal time for comics! But I will update it when I can, so be sure to follow me on Twitter or join the mailing list to receive notifications for updates.

Hope you’re having a great marching season so far!

Here’s a great (and a little sad) article from the Washington Post called Pearls Before Breakfast:

Can one of the nation’s greatest musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour? Gene Weingarten set out to discover if violinist Josh Bell — and his Stradivarius — could stop busy commuters in their tracks.

And here’s the followup to the article with questions to Josh Bell.

Twitterific

TFBC — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:56:52 +0000

Will be hit or miss for the next few weeks…

TFBC — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:50:17 +0000

OK – I have really attempted to try to get some computer time the past few days, but I just don’t think it’s going to be possible until the girls go back to preschool late in August and I have a few hours of uninterrupted computer time. I might or might not get a comic done this weekend, but I can’t promise anything. They don’t start back until August 24th, so there may not be any comics until then. Just bear with me.

Summertime, summertime…

TFBC — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:37:12 +0000

Thanks for your patience the last few weeks with the website! I’ve been ultra busy and haven’t had much time to myself (and the computer) these days. I’m hoping to get some more stuff organized on the website in the next month. Be sure to catch me on Twitter for updates if you haven’t already!

And for your listening enjoyment, here’s a Catcerto featuring the Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra and Nora, the piano playing cat! Composer Mindaugas Piecaitis composed and arranged this piece as an accompaniment to Nora’s Youtube clips.

Band Ninja at Rookie Camp

TFBC — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:00:24 +0000

Busy times…

TFBC — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:45:41 +0000

I feel like the only time I update the news is when I won’t be updating the comic. That’s the case for the past two weeks.

Good news! My husband got a job – yea! We are taking a short trip to visit family, so I won’t be updating the comic. Last week, I was really busy with Vacation Bible School at my church doing this:

I’m the one on the left.