Why Being a Conductor is The Hardest Job Ever

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S N A P C H A T: Brettybang | Eddy.Chen
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Conductors are the loneliest members of an orchestra.

The musicians won’t even glance at them.

vilatte.
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Twoset: “I didn’t hear where they messed up.”
Me (non-musician): Finally, I can relate.”

HM-snqq
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"Oh, and what instrument do you play?"
"The orchestra."

antoyal
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As a pianist who has little experience playing in orchestra, and spends most of my time solo practicing, these clips terrify me.

ErikCPianoman
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Yesterday: "violins are delicate instruments"
Today: "conductors are delicate people"

minty-esme
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Brett: "conductors are delicate people"
Me, my mind full of traumatic flashbacks from my band director yelling at & roasting everyone:
…are you sure?

minty-esme
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5:22 that conductor was the freakin boss for resetting that situation so quickly and under such total control. I think a lot of people would have just tried to continue on and hope for the players to get in sync. But he was like nah screw this. Tap tap tap. And one....

charleslaine
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The Da-gu-da-dum part on the triangle...this just shows how much of a perfectionist Bernstein was. Here is where they fail. Attempt 1: the rhythm is not clear enough. It sounds too slurred. Attempt: 2 the rhythm is clear, but the sound is too aggressive. That's why he says "that's a little better". Attempt #3: rushing a tiny bit and sounds flat. Their sound production is just not right. Attempt #4 he does the same thing, just in a slightly different spot on the triangle. Hence - "doorbell". A very simple instrument, but not simple to play at all! Not a specialist, but it probably has to do with the angle at which you hold the stick, how much you let it vibrate in your hand when hitting the triangle, how many milliseconds you linger on each hit, how strong you make each stroke (there probably should be a little bit of a crescendo). As I said, not a specialist...but I have seen some great percussionists play the triangle and the thing starts to sing and dance in certain hands!

ISKMUSIC
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brett: conductors are delicate people

toscanini roasting his orcestra: contrabassi!!!1!! your ears are in your feet!!!! *sounds of italian anger*

polina
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2:36 He says viola with such passion that it kinda sounds like it's part of the performance, like it's a play and a character is calling out to someone named "Viola."

PuddintameXYZ
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Can we all petition Apple to make Maestro Bernstein’s “DAGADADUM” an official alert/text tone for iPhone?

iamunnameable
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Once in my high school band somehow we collectively skipped a measure. We had been playing it well for a month or so but practically everyone, including the conductor just randomly skipped this one measure and kept playing as if nothing happened. There were one or two people who were confused but most of us just did it instinctually - it only happened one and it remains a great mystery :)

usbanfield
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Eddy as a conductor: Moving passionately with the music and has a lot of facial expressions.

Brett as a conductor: Dead pan face with minimal gestures.

angeladominique
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I was in a state honors choir once and our choir as a whole was NOT following the conductor. Cue the best teaching allegory I have ever heard from any conductor ever.

“Imagine you’re on a desert island. You haven’t eaten for days. You’re starving. All of a sudden, out in the distance, you see a Hershey’s bar. It’s shining in the light. You run towards it, hoping and praying it’s real. You grab it, and you can’t believe your luck. You bite into it, and the chocolate is real. It melts on your tongue. The chocolate is so sweet. It’s the best thing you’ve ever eaten in your life.

Folks, I am that chocolate bar! Look at me like I am that chocolate bar.”

He was black.

Our choir had no issues after that 😂

renthehag
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I will never forget how stupefied I was once in youth symphony orchestra when our new conductor stopped and said "you on the fourth stand in the second violin on the left, you played a wrong note in bar xyz that f sharp was out of tune" (or something similar).
He didn't mean me, but I'm sure my mouth was hanging open because I'd always been sure I could hide behind the others when I happened to play a wrong note. No more! And how the hell did he hear who exactly made the mistake among the 20+ violins playing?! 😳

juliabkw
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I'm not even a musician but man, these conductors scares me.

ariya
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When i was a kid i thought conductors were random old guys who really liked dancing so they got a nice little stick and did it with a bunch of fun people making fun noises in the background

etc
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EDDY JUST CASUALLY ROASTING THE PERCUSSION LIKE
"as a triangle player, you're probably not used to having such high expectations placed on your part."

minty-esme
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I have been watching many livestreams since Covid lockdowns started. The number of senior, professional conductors who count, sing, mutter and generally make noises during livestreams is absolutely astonishing.

harryarmitage
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5:29 just SEND me omg my hands drenched in cold sweat, I felt that in my soul

reethegirl