Hrothgar15 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) Thought experiment: say you bring someone who has never seen drum corps before to the theater showing tonight, but is somewhat musically inclined. They enjoy the performances, but they're puzzled when you tell them there are rules against featuring woodwinds for the solos (amped, as they always are nowadays), or even marched for parts of the show as trombones now are. They want to know the reasoning. How do you justify that decision to them, given everything else about modern drum corps? Edited June 24, 2016 by Hrothgar15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 because there aren't enough mics on earth 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 We have woodwinds in drum corps, except we call them synthesizer patches. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 also, from my experience, most people don't know the difference between brass and woodwinds. i'm not exaggerating or trying to be funny. it's all marching band to the general public. you could probably call a trumpet a basset horn in the middle of a show, and they'd just nod vapidly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatbrassboy Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Good opportunity to explain to them the true history of DRUM and BUGLE corps! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornTeacher Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Because. Simply...because. And even as a long-time band director, that's good enough for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2muchcoffeeman Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) Because when you put every ingredient into every pot, every item on the menu tastes the same. Some people participate in string quartets. That's fabulous. Some people sing opera. Wonderful. Some people join wind orchestras. Bravo. Some people go to barbershop quartet conventions. Whatever floats your boat. And some people join drum and bugle corps. Vive la difference It is its own art form. It is not missing any elements. It has the elements it wants. And those elements create something unique in the world. Edited June 24, 2016 by 2muchcoffeeman 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStainGlass Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Wgi winds. Leave it there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liahona Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Thought experiment: say you bring someone who has never seen drum corps before to the theater showing tonight, but is somewhat musically inclined. They enjoy the performances, but they're puzzled when you tell them there are rules against featuring woodwinds for the solos (amped, as they always are nowadays), or even marched for parts of the show as trombones now are. They want to know the reasoning. How do you justify that decision to them, given everything else about modern drum corps? I have been anti-woodwind for the last 25 or more years...but you know what after all this other crap that has been allowed in the last several years....I say crap because IMO the purity of the artform is forever lost...especially since things are no longer acoustic...and I'm not a cranky old dino either...I still go to shows and buy souvies and enjoy drumcorps every summer....I've just gotten to a point where I'm just tired of this artifical line I've drawn in the sand against them.. Bring them on! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornTeacher Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) Bring them on! Oh, you deceitful TRAITOR!!!! Edited June 24, 2016 by HornTeacher 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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