This one time... At band camp... The Yank's Karma

If you only get one shot at life, then what is the one thing you'd like to do before you die, that you haven't yet done?

 

I'd like to have a happy family. I want to have that stable family I never had growing up - Having a house bustling with kids and someone at my side to raise them. There are a lot of things I want in terms of music and the like, but nothing more do I want a family...

 

What are you reading at the moment?

 

I haven't actaully had time to do much reading lately - Most of the reading I've been doing is score studies and sight reading sheet music! Even though, in my english class I'm reading Arthur Miller's The Crucible, which I like and read years ago, and I just finished reading a guide to making my own necklace chains for my jewelry class

 

What is your style of dress ?

 

Haha, what style? I really don't have a style to the way I dress - I go shopping, I buy what I like, and I wear it. It's a little of everything, but in all honestly I'm a tshirt and jeans kinda gal. I like to be abel to wake up in the morning and be out the door in 10 minutes in a black tshirt and jeans. I have been trying to dress a little nicer lately though, in trying to just take a little better care of myself. It's not working very well though... But that's okay.

 

How often do you poo in the average day and what time of day do you normally do a poo?

 

Haha I don't have a set time for that, and normally twice a day.

 

Have you discovered any new bands lately?

 

The Scissor Sisters! They're crazy, I really don't know why I like thier CD but I do... it's good to dance too when you're bored and have nothing better to do...

Besides that, I've been rediscovering bands that I haven't listened to in ages, like Indigo Swing and the Chili Peppers... I've known thier music for years, but am dusting off hte old discs and seeing if their music still moves me the way it did before.

 

My 10 year old daughter, Fay's, favourite band, we all like them as well.

Who is your favourite female vocalist ?

 

Hmmm... that's a tough question! I really dont have a specific favorite, as I dont' have a favorite male vocalist, but I really enjoy a lot of the old female jazz singers. I also really enjoy Joni Mitchell though, but with her work I have a love/hate relationships, I either love a cd of hers or hate it, there's really no inbetween...

 

Grrrr, I hate the Scissor Sisters, they ruined Comfortably Numb. What is your favourite Pink Floyd song and why?

 

Hear hear Sal. When I first heard it I had to double-take, and then when I started bitching about it, none of my friends had heard the original so I was even more horrified. I have never ever ever heard a song crucified so badly.

Aside from that, Sarah commanded (oo-er!) me to post a question so erm...

What is your favourite piece of classical music and why?

 

Grandchester Meadows! (Hope I spelled that right) I just love that song... It's amazing. With my dad's stereo it feels like I'm actaully sitting in a meadow surrounded by tiny creatures!

And I know how the Scissor Sisters butchered CN to hell, but I like the rest of their stuff... So I have to give them some credit...

My favorite classical piece... Hmmm. That's tough. There's a ton of classical music I like to listen to, but hate to play (IE anything Mozart). So when I think of my favorite classical, it changes a lot with what I'm playing, what instrument I'm playing it on, and what I'm listening to at the time. I really love The William Byrd Suite that we're playing in my school's Sinfonietta, I'd heard it before and fell in love with it, and really enjoy playing it. We're also playing an English Folk Song Suite that's amazing hard on clarinet, as it's SO incredibly high and fast... But sounds absolutly amazing, I've fallen in love with...

 

Grantchester Meadows, the place that inspired the song and where Pink Floyd used to practice, are just a fifteen minute walk away from where I live at uni. I've walked out there with mates before. There's a lovely pub there called the Rupert Brooke, named after the famous poet who used to live in the town. Also have been to a great rave in Grantchester Meadows. Wonderful place, I love it....

 

That's amazing... You'll have to show it to me someday when I finally hop the pond

 

That's amazing... You'll have to show it to me someday when I finally hop the pond

 

The English Folk Song Suite by Vaughn Williams is one of my favourite pieces of classical music.

What's your favourite slang word and what's it slang for?

 

Yeah! I love that piece so much... My favorite movement is the first...

I think my favorite slang is "misery stick", talking about any stick woodwind instrument, like flute, clarinet, oboe, ect.
I try to avoid of a lot of the really crass slang words, I've enjoyed being a walking anatomy book...