i am a freshman from VA and i get this so much...
geek
freak
nerd
i love to play so much, i practice a lot, i look at trumpets on the internet just for fun to see whats there. and tonite a friend of mine makes fun of me for it
just now i tell her that im lookin at this forum and she says "get a f****** life outside of trumpets"
is she right to say that?
does it sound like i am overly obsessed?
or did she hav no right to say that?

uh if you actually have to ask a forum about that you probably are overly obsessed...and kinda weird. to end this on a better note, following your passion is a great thing...

It can be over-obsession, or it can be grueling passion. I have the same thing with my piano. I also have an obsession for everything that's msucially "pure". If I come across a version of music that it incorrect in any way, I simply won't buy it, even if I have been searching for ages for it. Another thing I can't break is my habit of listening to the background music in movies too much. I identify all of the pieces and the composers, much to everyone's pain and suffering. Bach would be proud, Mozart would laugh, and Beethoven wouldn't know what to think... Anyway, if it starts consuming your life to the point of losing relationships, whether friends or family, then you know you have gone too far. A little passion for something never hurt anybody, though.

P.S. - If you think that's strange, I'm so obsessed with music that I've identified what keys some everyday things play in. Our aquarium aerator is in B, the lawnmower is in E-flat, and the dryer is an unidentifiable B/B-flat.

Yeah I agree with Grieg and Yui, I mean if it actually interfer's in your daily living and well-being it's becoming to the point where it's a little dangerous. But what you do is basically what I do sometimes, but I do the same thing for softball and anime too so... yeah lol. What I'm trying to say you just have a passion for it and that's good lol if I could count the people I know that do the same thing so don't worry about it, it's not over obsessed. Ha oh by the way I did the same thing with the bell! And I started to mark time by accident when I was walking <_<... just don't tell anyone I know lol ^__^

thanks you guys this makes me feel better about my band status

I find myself walking in time with any and every song that plays -- its really embarassing. I try not to, so I just think to myself: Triplets, come on now, triplets!..... !

Trumpets rock!!!! I love my instrument. It is the best thing that ever happened to me. My trumpet is the one thing I own that if anyone besides me touches I will kick there a**.

I used to sleep with mine under my pillow, for crying out loud! If you want to find out if you're obsessed or just destined for greatness, check out an old film entiltle "The Pistol: Birth Of A Legend". It's about a very-real NBA star, "Pistol" Pete Maravich. It's insprin', man!

Not over obsessed! haha, I thought the same about myself for a while...I was just on Ebay just to look at trumpets for no reason other than to just look for fun...trumpets are good!

omg..ur not obsessed..I AM OBSESSED
i can play almost every wind instrument
i cannot clap off beat..i try but i cant do it
i walkin step all the time...
i roll my feet and pick up my toes when i walk *march*
i play air trumpet
LOL

No,you are not over-obsessed.You just have an AMAZING passion for music.

Your not over obsessed its a good thing your really into your instrument i agree with trumpetbabe2012 just a good passion for music