The Worst Mistake I'd Ever Made
Oh….this is probably the worst experience I've ever had in
band….here we go, it’s confession time… last week I lost my music folder.
I’m not saying I lost it and I had to sing to get it back, oh
no, I’m saying that nobody could find it. My only option then would have been
to pay for some of the missing music and probably copy some of it down from the
score since I rarely ever share parts with anyone. And believe me when I say
that there was A LOT of music in that folder.
Anyways, let’s go back in time a bit. We had a band event, I
remember playing it, putting it down in the green room, and taking it up from
the green room when it was over. The next day, I want to practice and it was
missing! Naturally, I started to freak out.
We looked high and low. We tried calling the venue where out
event had been, but no luck. We tried asking everyone and anyone who might’ve had
any clue about what went on after the event. I tried to go back in my memory to
see what I could find, but everything was fuzzy. I sort of remembered bringing
it in the house, but then I started to seriously doubt myself. Next thing I knew
I only sort of remembered bringing it out to car. At this point I was so
stressed out that I didn't know what was true! For all I knew, my music was out there blowing around in the wind somewhere, alone and lost!!!!
The next day was Monday. I went to school trying to hope that
somebody knew where it was. But I had heard nothing. I had to share music the
rest of the day. Expecting the worst, I asked my band director for some of the
scores, so I could start copying down my music. I had been in for a lot of work, but at least I
had a plan for now which was calming.
Two days later, I had just finished copying down one of the
longer charts, when my mother got a call. It was the venue, and they had found
my music!!!!!! Overjoyed and relieved it didn't matter how much time I’d spent
worrying and copying down music now, all that mattered was that my baby was
safe and sound and that we would soon be reunited:)
So if you’re reading this, band geeks, do yourself a humongous favor and learn from my mistake. Keep track of your music!!! Put a
rubber band around your wrist, write it down on your hand that you need to remember
it, or even duct tape it to yourself!!!!!!! ‘Cause take it from me, nothing is
worth going though that lost-music-related-anxiety!!!!!!!
-R
