Quote Originally Posted by dex View Post
Heh. That's very diplomatic. I remember it as weird and nerdy.
Very good! And the others?

(This is college level remember. Where you play because you enjoy your instrument, not because you were forced...)

Trumpets - hotdogs.
tubas - party animals. Think John Belushi, he probably played tuba. (Tubas and percussionists really get along well, Trumpets and percussionists not at all)
Sax - Tried to be cool. Mellow, laid-back. Sometimes it worked, but they were always well liked.
French Horn - definitely intense as knotted said, probably because they have all those notes on one fingering. Tend to study rather than party.

Guess I noticed the brass more than the woodwinds because I spent my entire band career in the back. (Or in the closet where we kept our food when there were a ton of rests). I still remember one day, 8 of us in the percussion closet, talking and eating and suddenly we hear the instruments stop and the director: "WHERE THE HELL ARE THE DRUMMERS!".