Brian Martin

If I never see another list with the bullet points replaced with emojis, it won't be a moment too soon.

I went to go get an hour-long massage today as a special treat for myself before going back to work tomorrow. I feel moderately looser and infinitely more aware of where all the knots are in my back and neck.

Happy one-year anniversary to this absolute banger of a joke.

I cannot believe that I got an aisle seat in row 10 on this Southwest flight when my boarding number was C18.

*monkey's paw curls one finger*

...and I would be remiss if I didn't throw out there that I wrote a whole big band suite based on the first 30 episodes of campaign 2. There are some moments in the back third of C3 that heavily draw into the C2 well if you're itching for more M9.

Campaign 3 is, in my opinion, the weakest of the campaigns so far. Reading recaps for the middle episodes until you find stuff that starts getting interesting to you, watching Downfall, and the final few episodes would probably get you what you need to conclude the story well.

I had two packages delivered in two separate states within 10 minutes of each other.

This morning I autopiloted so hard that I cracked an egg directly into the trash can.

funniest chord symbol of my life

This truly does not matter, but I hit a double C during my wedding gig last night and I needed to share.

👀

We love a half-time feel breakdown in this house.

I've gotten to the point that even if I agree with the message you're trying to share, if it's accompanied by AI art, I instantly hide the post.

Just ran into a former student while out exercising. I need to move immediately.

I am never more hyper aware of the fact that I am an enormous human than when staring at my own reflection in the windows of a crowded traincar, cradling my trombone and mute bag and trying not to spill over into the seats of the people next to me.

Another gig, another bass player adding a IV chord to All Blues.

Well, my facebook account was just taken down for trying to share my upcoming gig. Get your tickets here: support.sscmusic.org/event/brian-...

Today's wordle word is pretty bold for Memorial Day.

As long last, the album is finished.

I'm sure there's a better way to write out some James Brown vocals but I'm not sure what it is.

@darcyjamesargue.bsky.social - Have you had the opportunity to create a proper page template for Dorico? Chord libraries? I'm really struggling to get the program to make my charts engrave correctly. I've been a subscriber to your page setup rules in Finale for a few years, but now...

Played a gig this weekend with a new band. Exchanged numbers with some of the guys and one of them was a (319). He was equally as flummoxed by my (515). IYKYK.

Yo but congrats on getting that call, that's awesome. Good luck to you and the kids.

Tomorrow- judging Eastern &
Junior District auditions morning-afternoon; playing a wedding evening-night. 15 hour workday this weekend. Onward and upward, I guess!

My entire brand right now is teaching 9th grade trombone players how to play legato jazz lines. It ain't much, but it's honest work.

Update: Somehow, $0.

I am truly tired of all the AI-driven garbage that's finding its way in front of my eyeballs. I think I've found the technological hill that I'm going to die on.

I just saw that the hospital billed my insurance $50,000 for my surgery. Let's see how much of that falls back down on me.

Happy old year to all of my European friends!