10 Telltale Signs You Might Be a Band Geek

You may roll your eyes at the words “Band Geek,” but for those that beat the sun for morning rehearsals and tighten their chinstraps every afternoon, it’s a proud title! If you’re not quite sure that title belongs to you, here are 10 Telltale Signs You Might Be a Band Geek!

1. You’ve Accidentally Applied Cork Grease to Your Lips and Chapstick to Your Instrument

Why do they make cork grease smell like mint anyway?

2. You’ve Emptied a Human Spit Reservoir in Public

Hey, the spit has got to go somewhere!

3. You Can’t Listen to Music Without Roll Stepping in Time

Every hallway is your own personal parade!

4. You Apologize to Your Instrument After Hitting It on Something

Just thinking about it makes us cringe a little bit.

5. You Get Annoyed When Football Players Mess up Your Marching Field

You simply don’t have time to look down and make sure that every step you take isn’t your last.

6. Instruments Define Your Concept of High School Cliques

Woodwinds vs. Brass vs. Percussion. Then there was jazz band and chamber ensembles… It was a complicated world.

7.  Your Nightmares Dreams Are Filled with Band Directors Approaching Podiums

And you always jolt awake before the downbeat…

8. You Critique the Band at Every Parade or Sporting Event You Attend

And let’s not forget the bands on TV… the point is that your band always has been, and always will be, the best.

9. You Have Calves. Of. Steel.

Because for band kids, leg day is EVERY day.

10. You Will Never Ever Forget a Single Song You Ever Played

And you wouldn’t have it any other way!