badposting is a comm where you post badly
This is not a !the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net alternative. This is not a !memes@hexbear.net alternative. This is a place for you to post your bad posts.
Ever had a really shitty bit idea? Joke you want to take way past the point of where it was funny? Want to feel like a stand-up comedy guy who's been bombing a set for the past 30 minutes straight and at this point is just saying shit to see if people react to it? Really bad pun? A homemade cringe concoction? A cognitohazard that you have birthed into this world and have an urge to spread like chain mail?
Code of Conduct applies just as much here as it does everywhere else. Technically, CoC violations are bad posts. On the other hand: L + ratio + get ~~better~~ worse material bozo
As a kid, I just assumed it was aesthetic. Like, someone for an audience of non-musicians to project themselves on to.
As an adult, I recognize that this is almost certainly not the case. Presumably the conductor plays a role that is necessary and helpful to the rest of the orchestra... but I'll be damned if I can't quite figure out what that is. Surely its not just timing? Can't the players just... listen to one another to work that out?
They mark the beat, make cues and decide how the band/orchestra should play/sound, which is worked on in rehearsals, it's not made up on the spot. In professional bands the musicians may already know the tempo and how to play a certain piece making the conductor a bit redundant
I think even in professional settings anything might happen when the performance starts, so it becomes valuable to have someone at the front who can hear everything in context and signal for corrections if something is too loud or quiet, or out of time.
This is it, conductors hear every single goddamn note you're playing even if you can hardly hear it yourself, and if there's a problem they're gonna let you know about it right there on the spot during the performance even while keeping track of all the other shit at the same time
I don't know how they do it and can only assume they're some kinda wizard
I think for a lot of bands there's a default leader, either for each song or for all their work as a whole.