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Sound! Euphonium, S.2, Ep.8 - Rhapsody in Flu (Patreon)

Published:
2025-08-06 17:00:00
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2025-08-06 17:04:03
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2026-06
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This one is fresh out of the recording studio!

I swear I will stop crying at some point. The drama is building up here and I don't know if my heart can take it!!!

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Andrew Hellebrand

I do feel like I have to open with 'be careful what you wish for', you'd been asking about Kumiko's big sister backstory for a while now after all. :P There's also a few bits of subtle foreshadowing in the episode that'll get paid off over the rest of the season and it's also implied that Shuuichi was probably encouraged when he start playing by Mamiko and she might've been the inspiration behind why he switched from french horn to trombone in high school. I'm the eldest of three brothers (4.5yrs between me and my middle brother, then another 1.5yrs to the youngest) and there were some parallels in this storyline and your life with my own past situation as a university dropout. In the UK the schooling system is divided differently, you have 6-7 yrs of primary school, 5yrs of high/secondary school (with the equivalent of a high school diploma at the end, but in specific graded subjects including elective type choices made 3yrs in), 2-3yrs of college/sixth form (which is more specialised, usually studying 3-5 subjects that have entry requirements based on your results in high school) and then university (where you go for your degrees, etc). I come from a family of engineers and was pretty good at school, if a little lacking in motivation (was part of a bright year in high school where many of the smart kids were often also on the sports teams). But I was a late starter to music, one of my grandfathers played organ but I didn't pick up guitar until the summer between the 3rd & 4th years of high school. I became obsessed and took Music Technology during my 3yr stint at sixth form, but I still had to audition to get onto the music foundation year at university rather than be able to qualify to get onto the degree courses directly. Passed my foundation year and started the Popular Music & Recording degree (which had a higher entry grade requirement) but realised 3-4 months in that I should've instead taken the traditional Music degree option which academically suited my skill set better. To switch courses would've required me to restart the year and the tuition fees for new students tripled nationally the year after I started. So I stuck it out to the end of the year and when I was required to resit a couple of exams for certain modules to pass, decided instead to cut my losses and drop out. I then worked in retail, initially for Borders then Game (UK equivalent of Gamestop), teaching guitar on the side occasionally and after a few years in my mid-20s decided I wanted to finish my degree part-time through the Open University, with the objective of going into teaching. I completed my 1st year and 2/3rds of my 2nd before finding out that the degrees OU offered at the time meant I would only be able to get Sociology with a Music specialism, which wouldn't qualify me for any of the music teacher training courses. So rather jadedly I gave up on finishing my degree as it was a lot of money for something I couldn't actually use. These days I'm a civil servant working for the courts, which still doesn't pay great, but it's still a lot better than retail management was and far more rewarding from a vocational & conscience perspective.

Home Gnome

I was gonna say the same as Andy about be careful what you wish for! Super emotional episode - now that I have 2 daughters it feels like anything involving young kids gets me way more emotional than I was for the rest of my life before…

Luis Arispe

It's fine. Bring on the waterworks. It mean that you're invested in the story. Indiference is worse.

NittPicc Reacts

One of my favorite flutists/composer of flute music and chamber music once told me that you don't need a degree to be an amazing musician. Her quote, "Being a great performer means you have to perform often. Being a musician means you need to keep playing often and love it. Being a good teacher is the hard part. You don't need a degree to do anything in our field. You just have to have an understanding and a want to share the wealth." I loved that quote. I sometimes struggle with this thought that I should be teaching in a university, which I could, but there is so much red tape and hoops to go through that I don't think I would enjoy it other than teaching applied lessons and classes that fuel a healthy intrumentalist's mind. The world of classical music can be so stuffy sometimes and I really want to fit in, but I love to forge a new path and I want others to come with me and most of the time I was told that I should "put the video games down and just practice." I practiced...a lot. Basically to injury. I am glad I am here doing this. It's a nice space to share the wealth of knowledge in music in a different way than most, and sometimes I even struggle with the idea that I might not be sharing enough to doing enough. I want to give you all MORE. ...basically what I am saying is... Teach or do whatever you really want! You don't need a degree to do something like that. What matters is your outreach. Yeah, the paper helps, but going into debt for it nowadays almost feels not worth it.