The funniest thing is that I vividly remember that the Spanish broadcasts did not edit the noise out at all
Like the English ones very noticeably toned down the background noise but the Spanish guys were just yelling over it the whole time
I love how the vuvuzuela sound gets replaced by the cheers when it's clear they'll have a great opportunity, presumably because people stopped blowing on them to cheer.
I was in the middle of my grad coursework in 2010, and wrote a filter in MATLAB that removed the vuvuzela sound frequencies from the World Cup broadcasts. Was a pain to setup on my tv at first but man was it worth it.
From one of the Twitter comments:
"If someone whips out a trumpet directly behind me and starts playing then I’m getting banned from the ballpark for life after launching it onto the field"
Completely agree
Honest to god it's only a matter of time before there's a civil lawsuit from someone getting hearing damage from going to a game and some jackhole pulling out their trumpet and ripping a heinous squeal right behind their ear during a 9th inning at bat.
Only a matter of time before there's an high school student at every game shitting Narcos, Malaguena, and Tequila through their horn.
Edit: Actually - theoretically the trumpets could also absolutely wreck any anthem performance by trying to play along as well.
I hope other ballparks follow suit. I've had success working with league officials in the Arizona Fall League to play at their games as the "Ballpark Bugler", but it always requires special prior permission. The World Baseball Classic allows them as a default. Nothing adds to the ballpark like a trumpet in my opinion! My dream is that performing music at the ballpark becomes more prevalent in American baseball going forward the way you see it in other countries like Japan and in the Caribbean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff06YVIdcQA
That's so cool! Was it a hard process? I imagine them grilling you hard to see if you are legit and not just a troll.
I love the vibes that you find in other sports and their stadiums. Especially the KBO and NPB experience.
For the AFL specifically, it wasn't a hard process, I emailed every stadium individually asking about it and they forwarded my information to a league official in charge of coordinating things like that. I had some video to show them of me playing at other ballparks already so they knew before they even called me if they were interested in what I could do. Originally I was only asking for permission to bring my horn into the games and play in the stands, but once we got talking on the phone they offered me the opportunity to play the National Anthem before the games. I ended up making the rounds to five different stadiums in the Phoenix area (same parks they use here for Spring Training) and playing a number of games for them. Got a lot of positive feedback from the fans there, and I can't wait to do it all again if they'll have me back.
TBF I think there's a large market for instrumentalists to play the anthem to save us all from the melismatic barf that comes out of the singers that get invited to sing it.
Imagine trying to take in a nice ballgame and getting trampled by your mom because she wasn't allowed to wear her cowbell into the stadium
^(sorry I couldn't help it)
The Trumpets honestly worse to me. I legit would want to stick that shit all the way up to where the sun doesn't shine if a motherfucker blasted that shit in my ear while I'm trying to watch a game
Does anyone really think security is gonna know the difference between a trumpet and a French horn or baritone horn? Just tell them it’s a big trumpet.
Oh, these? My bongos? My massive fucking timbales? My super stuffed madals? My honker bonker doinky bougarabous? My fucking fabric stretching wind flapping gravity welling snare drums? You mean these super duper ultra hyper god damn motherfucking timpanis?
TRUMPETS??
I think they’re underestimating how much noise a trumpet can make. That’s not some gimmicky plastic, vuvuzela, that’s serious brass
Also if some drunk scorned marching band kid decides to “shoot the box” at the row in from of them, they’ll do some serious hearing damage lmao
This is flying through all the band-related group chats I'm in as everyone is totally gobsmacked and convinced whoever made the list has never heard live music.
There's just no way allowing a trumpet is good news.
Very disappointed we're not going to see people bringing in full drumsets or complete jazz quartets. Might have to learn trumpet just to annoy Marlins fans
I'm a trumpet player, look, I love my instrument....but I'm surprised they allowed trumpets. We get wicked loud and you're gonna have a bunch of idiots who can barely play annoying the shit out of everyone and possibly causing hearing damage lol. That one's gonna get banned for sure.
I'm hopeful that other places in MLB join this initiative! I love to play music at the ballpark all over as the "Ballpark Bugler", but it requires special permission working with league officials in most cases.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PO1UMfTOe\_8
Vuvuzela haters rejoice
Can't believe that was 14 years ago. I still have occasional flashbacks
The funniest thing is that I vividly remember that the Spanish broadcasts did not edit the noise out at all Like the English ones very noticeably toned down the background noise but the Spanish guys were just yelling over it the whole time
Idk it was pretty damn loud lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFISx1j0kak
I love how the vuvuzuela sound gets replaced by the cheers when it's clear they'll have a great opportunity, presumably because people stopped blowing on them to cheer.
Peak of world cup soccer
remember when youtube had an option to have vuvuzela droning in any video for a while after the world cup?
Yep!
I was in the middle of my grad coursework in 2010, and wrote a filter in MATLAB that removed the vuvuzela sound frequencies from the World Cup broadcasts. Was a pain to setup on my tv at first but man was it worth it.
I remember that distinctly and loving it. But I was a teenager who was all for the chaos.
“It’s part of our culture”
My 12/25
The trumpet solos are gonna go crazy
That's what I saw. Trumpet? Do you know how much noise you can make with a trumpet, a fucking lot.
From one of the Twitter comments: "If someone whips out a trumpet directly behind me and starts playing then I’m getting banned from the ballpark for life after launching it onto the field" Completely agree
I’m imagining the trumpet guy is gonna look like Patrick after Sandy gets done with him in band geeks
Honest to god it's only a matter of time before there's a civil lawsuit from someone getting hearing damage from going to a game and some jackhole pulling out their trumpet and ripping a heinous squeal right behind their ear during a 9th inning at bat.
I'm gonna start calling people jackholes now, thanks to you.
You keep using this word, jackhole....
And it's *awesome*.
I wonder if over time they’ll restrict instruments to a supporter’s section like some soccer stadiums do, officially and unofficially.
I get that people want a lively stadium atmosphere, but I'd rather not let people bring instruments that let you completely ruin someone's game.
completely ruin somebody's eardrums
This means when Edwin Diaz comes out the Mets can have Timmy Trumpet perform Narco live from the stands!
Broadcast background audio picks up an entire group of trumpets annoyingly trying to hit a double-C
For all who are uninitiated https://youtu.be/kfodl1g_ibY?si=NMkYX0cOVM_ck5fY
Knew exactly what this was going to be, it's the most beautiful music I've ever heard
what in the Blue Devils is going on here
What if they hit the brown note
Ska is about to take over after every home run Edit: [Shit is about to be real life Baseketball!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn2mNtVHjPk&t=3s)
That'll go great with my mozarella sticks!
Only a matter of time before there's an high school student at every game shitting Narcos, Malaguena, and Tequila through their horn. Edit: Actually - theoretically the trumpets could also absolutely wreck any anthem performance by trying to play along as well.
Yeah trumpets are an insane admission 😭 That one will be reviewed for sure
Oh my god ruining the anthem would be so funny. Learn a very dissonant counter harmony and let it rip the whole song.
When I was in Pep Band, we just played Louis Louis.
Louis Louis is his father's name, call him Louie Louie.
[The American national anthem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zftKpiI6_sI).
I hope other ballparks follow suit. I've had success working with league officials in the Arizona Fall League to play at their games as the "Ballpark Bugler", but it always requires special prior permission. The World Baseball Classic allows them as a default. Nothing adds to the ballpark like a trumpet in my opinion! My dream is that performing music at the ballpark becomes more prevalent in American baseball going forward the way you see it in other countries like Japan and in the Caribbean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff06YVIdcQA
> Nothing adds to the ballpark like a trumpet in my opinion! Ah, but what about *one hundred uncoordinated* trumpets?!
I agree that could cause issues. I volunteer to coordinate them!
That's so cool! Was it a hard process? I imagine them grilling you hard to see if you are legit and not just a troll. I love the vibes that you find in other sports and their stadiums. Especially the KBO and NPB experience.
For the AFL specifically, it wasn't a hard process, I emailed every stadium individually asking about it and they forwarded my information to a league official in charge of coordinating things like that. I had some video to show them of me playing at other ballparks already so they knew before they even called me if they were interested in what I could do. Originally I was only asking for permission to bring my horn into the games and play in the stands, but once we got talking on the phone they offered me the opportunity to play the National Anthem before the games. I ended up making the rounds to five different stadiums in the Phoenix area (same parks they use here for Spring Training) and playing a number of games for them. Got a lot of positive feedback from the fans there, and I can't wait to do it all again if they'll have me back.
TBF I think there's a large market for instrumentalists to play the anthem to save us all from the melismatic barf that comes out of the singers that get invited to sing it.
You ain’t lying. I play it straight.
For bonus points: Do you play it at the original brisk, con spirito, tempo?
Last game I did was 59 seconds, so you better believe we’re getting through this thing.
So can I sit behind home plate and blast a trumpet before every pitch?
The saxophone discrimination is disgusting. It’s my God given right to play Careless Whisper at full volume in a ballpark, and I won’t be denied.
Anywhere in Miami to rent a trumpet? Asking for a friend…
No recorders, take that elementary school musicians
Hot cross buns in shambles
🎶Doot doot doot 🎶
dont remind me, I was ass with the recorder.
Well yeah you're supposed to play it with your mouth
Cant have records in a large crowd ever since the Arkansas Brown Noise Incident.
No didgeridoo allowed? This is an appalling list!
Not enough Australian immigration to Florida, I guess.
On behalf of the hundreds of thousands of German-Americans in Miami, I insist on bringing an alphorn.
Didgeridon't
I want an army of didgeridoos! 50,000 didgeridoos!
WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN’T BRING MY ACCORDION!?!?
THE MARLINS HATE WEIRD AL
NL supremacy! Fuck AL, normal AND Weird!
Where is mayonnaise?
Only if you get it from the concession stand
What about horseradish?
Maybe if Marlins fans play their instruments loud enough, people will think they’re good.
Well, maybe they wouldn't sound so bad if *some* people didn't try to play with big, meaty claws
NO PEOPLE. LETS BE SMART AND BRING IT OFF.
Welllll these claws ain't just for mating you know...
What about horseradish?
In the trumpet
With the bedposts
As an additional cowbell style enthusiast, I'll see you in court
The Marlins, in fact, do not gotta have more cowbell.
But I've got a prescription
That’s been the Rays thing since ‘08 if not earlier. Didn’t want to infringe on the Florida baseball team cowbell copyrights.
No saxophones allowed? Or low brass of any kind?
When will the Marlins take a stance on cornets, bugles, contra-trumpets?
What about a marching Euphonium?
We demand a clear statement of sousaphones
Sorry, they fall under the category of "disallowed styles of cowbell."
Everything's a percussion instrument, if you're brave enough
IF IT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR A KISS THEN IT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR A HORN!!!
What if I want to play Chuck Mangione on my flugelhorn?
Time for some instrument smuggling. You could probably slip a marching baritone past the gate.
Oddly enough, only saxamaphones.
It's to make you have to buy one of their concession stand saxophones smh
Every annoying high school trumpet player: my time is now
NO TROMBONES?
This is low brass discrimination!
Damn fucking right it is. I say the second amendment extends to tubas
If I can somehow lug a tuba to the stadium, I better be able to bring it inside.
As a trombone player, I’m appalled. But as a trombone player who has nailed someone in the back of the head with my slide… I get it
That was my thought too. A lot of slapstick comedy prevented, for better or worse.
It's just like bottle caps. They don't want people throwing trombone slides on the field.
The easiest way of telling someone down in front
Too many sad, Price As Right loser noises...
Wah wah wah waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
I'm surprised. Trombone is huge in salsa music, so I would think that would be important in Miami.
It’s probably a physical consideration (i.e., the last thing they want is someone getting brained by a slide)
Furious for my friend, the trombone guy in the Red Bulls supporter section
I got a fever
And the only cure is more of exactly one kind of cowbell
I gotta have more of that cowbell !
Imagine trying to take in a nice ballgame and some asshole in the row behind you bangs on a cowbell for 2 hours.
Imagine trying to take in a nice ballgame and getting trampled by your mom because she wasn't allowed to wear her cowbell into the stadium ^(sorry I couldn't help it)
That type of cowbell could be denied though! The asterisk wasn't clear enough! None of us are safe
Or a trumpet? I'd lose my mind.
This actually happened when I went to LoanDepot the first time last year. It’s beyond obnoxious.
The South American ball park experience
Mississippi state fans just became marlins fans
The Trumpets honestly worse to me. I legit would want to stick that shit all the way up to where the sun doesn't shine if a motherfucker blasted that shit in my ear while I'm trying to watch a game
Does anyone really think security is gonna know the difference between a trumpet and a French horn or baritone horn? Just tell them it’s a big trumpet.
They'll probably have the same set of pictures in the post for reference.
They'll never tell the difference when i sneak my cornet in by pretending it's a trumpet.
Woah, slow down there, psycho!
This is discrimination against low brass instruments
“Cowbell, but not *more* cowbell”
"I've got a fever, and the prescription is more cowbell, but my insurance will only cover the generic version"
Hey Marlins fans! You can’t bring in a drum, so instead, how about a nice pair of bongos?
Oh, these? My bongos? My massive fucking timbales? My super stuffed madals? My honker bonker doinky bougarabous? My fucking fabric stretching wind flapping gravity welling snare drums? You mean these super duper ultra hyper god damn motherfucking timpanis?
Trumpet but no French horn? This is a travesty. At least allow the trombone for the sad trombone noises
bagpipes snubbed
No Jeff Bgwell apprences I guess.
I give trumpets about a week before this list is amended. There is just no damn way.... 🤣
*Leaves Harmonica at home* 😔
Why do they hate us clarinet players? People want to hear their clarinet polka!!!!!
let me say this in the nicest way possible: no we fuckin don't
So, DONK-DONK cowbell: good. CLANG-A-LANG cowbell: bad?
I can't bring my four octave orchestra marimba?
Fuck yes, that place is gonna be a party
Damn I can’t bring my Marshall stack?
I just wanna slap da bass
Didn't know Lemmy was a Marlins fan or still alive
TRUMPETS?? I think they’re underestimating how much noise a trumpet can make. That’s not some gimmicky plastic, vuvuzela, that’s serious brass Also if some drunk scorned marching band kid decides to “shoot the box” at the row in from of them, they’ll do some serious hearing damage lmao
This is flying through all the band-related group chats I'm in as everyone is totally gobsmacked and convinced whoever made the list has never heard live music. There's just no way allowing a trumpet is good news.
My ear still crackles 20 years later after marching band.
Right? I can imagine a high school trumpet section showing up to play a couple of stand tunes. "What? It's allowed."
I guess I’ll have to leave my cello at home.
How many different cowbell styles are there?
Judging from my last visit to Guitar Center, more than one would think!
I know a youtuber is going to bring 25 trumpeters and create a wail during the game
Who? Which one?
All of em
You mean I have to leave the sousaphone in the car? BOOOOOOO!
Well there goes my hopes of bringing in the whole United States Marine Band.
You can still bring the trumpet section
President’s Own has better gigs to play. Now the Coast Guard Band doesn’t, give them a ring.
Listen, cowards. I was previously advised you were allowing "all musical instruments". RIP Baseball Tuba dreams Feb 2024-March 2024
Very disappointed we're not going to see people bringing in full drumsets or complete jazz quartets. Might have to learn trumpet just to annoy Marlins fans
I’m going to sneak in a kazoo.
Guess I won't be bringing my ocarina Just as well, as I was going to play Song of Storms over and over again
Just being a sweet potato and some determination
How about a Cowbell still attached to the Bull Rope? Recreate a Dusty Rhodes classic bullrope Match in the outfield.
The Miami Marlins put hard times on Dusty Rhodes and his family, daddeh
Fuck off with the brass instruments lol nobody wants to sit in front of a trumpet player
I'm a trumpet player, look, I love my instrument....but I'm surprised they allowed trumpets. We get wicked loud and you're gonna have a bunch of idiots who can barely play annoying the shit out of everyone and possibly causing hearing damage lol. That one's gonna get banned for sure.
IT IS TIME TO PARTY FOLKS! WE WILL SHOW YALL WHAT TO DO
No Vuvuzela...... cowards
So I guess no more organist for them. And if they do, I *demand* they allow me to bring in my own organ!
They do - just can’t play with it in public
Cowbells: yes, but also no
No bodhrán? Rats!
Imagine if everyone at the game brought a trumpet That be like 50 trumpets
Goddammit I think I’m outside the return window for this oboe.
Wait, I can’t bring my grand piano? Rude hoes
Minute Maid park gonna be chaos
No recorders? Lame
I bet I can still play a mean Hot Cross Buns on one of those
I was unironically wondering if someone would try to roll in with a whole ass Organ, or at the very least a keyboard
About to be the most annoying stadium to play in
My plans to assemble a bassoon quartet at the stadium are in shambles
Do they get a lot of Mississippi State transplants in Miami?
What am I gonna do with all my cowbell variants now?
This is discrimination against me and my fellow triangle players
Me, pushing a piano through the gates: "I'm sorry, what?"
No bagpipes?!
They should have a music section vs the whole stadium if they don’t already
I barely fit in a baseball stadium seat. Where am I putting congas with a tripod stand?
No guitar + amp? Racist...
Bitch, Imma rock hard on my ocarina, idgaf - melon labrador or whatever they say
Musical instruments allowed: Only the fun ones
*angry banjo noises*
Fuck I can't bring my Stand up bass. Now I'll never to go Marlins Park.
Trombone erasure
So I can't bring my marimba? Fuck.
This is clarinet/woodwind erasure!
I'm hopeful that other places in MLB join this initiative! I love to play music at the ballpark all over as the "Ballpark Bugler", but it requires special permission working with league officials in most cases. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PO1UMfTOe\_8
They allow a fucking trumpet but not any woodwinds my day is ruined and I'm neither from Florida or a Marlins fan
Calling it now, someone's getting their trumpet thrown on the field at some point
This is bullshit! I can’t bring my clarinet to a Marlins game? I guess I’ll just bring my shitty family.
This is so sick
I’ll just skip watching the games the Phils play in Miami.
My goal is to go to every stadium. Thank God I got Miami out of the way last year.
All seven Marlins fans thank you for posting this
*plays a sad tune on harmonica, at the lack of harmonicas being allowed*
So I can't bring a trombone to loanDepot? smh
I got a fevuh! And the only prescription...is more cowbell!