One could say there are five sorts of people: men, woman, musicians, tenors and percussionists. Lets take a closer look.
1. Men
Apparently the most normal creatures on earth. Nothing more to add.
2. Woman
People say woman can easily do two things at a time, for example cooking and talking on the phone. Did you try that yet? I must say I tried it several times and have never succeeded.
Another thing woman can do is talking through everything, even through music. Now, I couldn’t bear talking through music. Could you?
3. Musicians
I can tell you for sure, this is the kind I belong to.
We are superiour compared to the last two groups, because we are defenitely not normal (check) and we can do way more than two things at a time (check: read notes, play an instrument, watch the conductor, look at the public, throw angry looks at each other when something goes wrong and think of what we’re going to eat tomorrow).
4. Tenors
Hans von Bülow once said:
A tenor is not a human being, but a disease.
I agree with him.
5. Percussionists
That’s those people you always see hanging around with musicians.
Another thing about musicians: we can’t live without our own instruments. But sometime there’s no other choice and we have to do with a spare instrument for a couple of days. Yesterday, I brought my B flat clarinet to the doctor. I miss him (the clarinet, not the repairman), but it’s for his own good and we’ll be back together in no time.
