I played euphonium for seven years, and picked up bass trombone for jazz during those last two. It was enjoyable, albeit a fairly strenuous commitment. Band culture is ridiculously cutthroat in Texas to the point it's borderline unhealthy, but the results are pretty damn impressive. That's why I had to quit come college, there was just no way I could actively stay involved with the whole band thing without being a dedicated music major. Too much competition, straight up.
Nowadays I'm applying my efforts in the electronic production/mixing direction, and it's a hoot. As much as I loved concert band back in the day, I find the creative control of being a one man musical force much more appealing than tedious ensemble rehearsal. Me and some buds have are working up a ghetto little dj collective at the moment, we've had some good success fronting ourselves with house parties so far (god bless college towns). A couple of my friends are investing themselves pretty heavily into dubstep, a couple do some more generic electro/breakbeat stuff, one does liquid drum and bass, and I'm focusing on psytrance and minimal. I'm hoping to make some decent headway into my musical pursuits over the next few months, since I'm taking this semester off from school. At this point I'm very optimistic and much excited
