Derrick Maxey

// Buckeye // Bluecoat // Band Director //
my free method book: @bandletsplay

[Derrick Maxey @musicmaxey]

guys our jobs are safe

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Nobody will remember:
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked

People will remember:
- Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G, A, Bb

[meghan @deloisivete]

me: I'm doing a grocery order, do you need anything

husband: no

***
me: I'm going to pick up the grocery order

husband: peanut butter

[The Real James Baker @JB_MusicComic]

Before Mount Rushmore was carved, it’s beauty was unpresidented….

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me: Db is 5th position

trombones:

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finding a phone charger in the band room

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No one watches the conductor more intently than a 7th grader with candy in their pocket

[Derrick Maxey @musicmaxey]

Aragorn: you have my sword
Legolas: and you have my bow
Gimli: and my axe
middle school band student: do I have to play today?

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When I'm letting a student use my phone to tune and my wife sends a text

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still accurate

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Found my students’ slide position chart

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teachers when you won’t stop talking

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Another day at the office asking my students to use more air

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After I go back for more free pizza in the teacher's lounge

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My tweet:

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Me:

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@stevetrex42 Superb owl

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The trombone in my daughter’s room has garnered 1,567 views but no engagements.

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People driving:

🚙 🚗 🏍️ 🚛 🚓 🚐 🏎️

People driving on the first snowy day:

🌳 / 🚙 || \ 🌳
🚔 / 🔥 || 🚂 🚃🚃🚋
🌳 / 🚘 || 🚘 \ 🌳
/ 🚴 || 🚐💥🏍️
🌳 💥🚛 || 🚘 🔥 \🌳
/ 🛴. 🔥 || \

[Derrick Maxey @musicmaxey]

About to hit up my favorite authentic Chicago pizza joint while I’m in town for @midwestclinic