I was the weird one in symphonic and jazz band, because I'd been in marching band for so long that I learned to play at the audience instead of pointing at the floor or music stand.
At least the habit caught on in jazz band pretty quick. Most of us were marchers anyway, so as soon as they made the connection and within a week the brass all had their stands off to the side so we could play straight.
The Oregon Marching Band actively makes fun of bands that use lyres on the field. Your eyes need to be on the drum major and the people you're walking around.
In the stands to a lesser extent. Though granted that was a lot more meaningful before the current director decided to turn them into the USC band of the Northwest. God dammit man, we used to have more music than any other marching band in the country, and played it all from memory -- and now all you guys do is twelve bars of School's Out and one half of Destruction over and over!
And you're only supposed to play that half of Destruction on defense! And it's not even the more interesting half! GRAAAAAHHH
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Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
As for Axe, well, dudes in high heels is a step in the right direction but I'm still not buying that stuff