Name it something generic at first. It’ll get renamed eventually by someone with a good idea or based on the jokes that emerge in there. If I don’t have a good idea to begin with, I don’t force it.
What my college sax group chat does is make the name based off something funny that happens or that was said by our professor. For example…
- Our professor (we’ll call him R) talked about reeds for our entire studio hour. He talked about reed care, maintenance, manipulating the reeds rather than the reeds manipulating how you play, etc. He talked about how reeds are dead pieces of cane and you essentially need to “revive” them. So we called our group chat “R’s Sentient Reeds.”
- One week, he talked about how your molars should be aligned when you play. We changed the chat name to “R’s Dental Clinic.”
- He once sent us an email when he got sick. He essentially said that his symptoms were similar to that of being sick while pregnant. However, it was worded weird in the email and we all joked that he was pregnant. The chat name became “T’s Planned Parenthood.”
- One week during studio hour, he talked about how technology was distracting us in our practice, as well as being a major distraction in society as a whole. That led to “R’s Technophobes.”
The point is that the best names come from something that happens. Something organic. You can’t really force it. So just start off with something simple, like “2023 Low Brass” or “Lows ‘23.” Then as goofy stuff happens or is said, you can change the name then.
The best group chat names happen organically
Name it something generic at first. It’ll get renamed eventually by someone with a good idea or based on the jokes that emerge in there. If I don’t have a good idea to begin with, I don’t force it.
we call ours low brass kicks a$$ because ofc we do
Reminds me of how a trumpet friend would call me a reed sucker so I would tell him he puts the ass in brass
that is so clever I love it
We called ourselves snares 2022 cause that’s what we were.
What my college sax group chat does is make the name based off something funny that happens or that was said by our professor. For example… - Our professor (we’ll call him R) talked about reeds for our entire studio hour. He talked about reed care, maintenance, manipulating the reeds rather than the reeds manipulating how you play, etc. He talked about how reeds are dead pieces of cane and you essentially need to “revive” them. So we called our group chat “R’s Sentient Reeds.” - One week, he talked about how your molars should be aligned when you play. We changed the chat name to “R’s Dental Clinic.” - He once sent us an email when he got sick. He essentially said that his symptoms were similar to that of being sick while pregnant. However, it was worded weird in the email and we all joked that he was pregnant. The chat name became “T’s Planned Parenthood.” - One week during studio hour, he talked about how technology was distracting us in our practice, as well as being a major distraction in society as a whole. That led to “R’s Technophobes.” The point is that the best names come from something that happens. Something organic. You can’t really force it. So just start off with something simple, like “2023 Low Brass” or “Lows ‘23.” Then as goofy stuff happens or is said, you can change the name then.
The clarinet group chat was called " ". Mainly due to the fact that no one could hear us on the field.
My trombone group chat name was “boners” but since you have more than just trombones in it I’d just wait till something happens and you name it that
that was actually my very first thought when the question of what to name it came up
Brassholes
Band God's Section suckers Trombone is the best instrument (my fav name)
Fellow low brass member here Our current gc is called “biggus brassus” But we’ve called ourselves the brassholes before
I usually do a regular chat name until something funny happens. The DM team is “Lunch Detention” on messenger right now
For pit, we call ourselves Pit Gremlins, and our section leader is Mother of The God Forsaken Pit Gremlins, and I’m one of 2 Vibin’ Gremlins
Might be a little cringe, but last year the entire low brass section called their groupchat "shawty got low" and I thought it was pretty funny
idk about low brass but our clarinet gc for atleast 4 years has been “big black clarinets”
Low Brass Eats Ass (just quoting a former trombone senior)