Jazz band

Jazz band a a lot different this yeah, and I don't think its for the better. I feel that the ability of Jazz 2 has declined from the past year. and that because of this it will not be as much fun and may become a chore to go to rather than and excuse to play more music. There is a number of reasons why i think this is happening.

The first reason being that drummers cannot and do not do what they need to do as a jazz drummer. When they play fills they don't play with the style and more often than not just play some outrageous rock or metal fill. There is a number of problems with that, one, being that there a some rules for drummer when playing jazz. The drummer shouldn't be heard unless they have a solo, rock fills are loud and obnoxious, this obviously violates the rule. Another problem with the crazy fills is how they, as younger drummers, lose the tempo which causes the whole band to collapse. And because they cannot keep the time Mr. Bird must devote at least 15 minutes each practice to correcting or yelling at them for playing out of place.

The second reason has to deal with new students who, while good, are freshmen and not familiar with how jazz band and band in high school is run. The band (Jazz 2) is almost entirely freshmen which i am certain decreases the playing ability of the band as a whole.

The third reason is that the time keeper of the band, the bass, is also a freshmen (god, i hate sounding like i hate freshmen). He is not as good as the bassist from last year, who is a a senior this year who is an all-state bassist. He could keep time and had good intonation when he used his upright bass.

I guess I hate to complain about how something sucks, but i believe that the band has room for improvement and the ability to play really well by the end of the year. But I am bothered but the current state of the band and our ability.