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KiltieBD3

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  • Your Drum Corps Experience
    Racine Kilties 2005 - Present
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    Madison Scouts, Cavaliers
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    Vernon Hills, IL

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  1. Best of luck to you guys. Hopefully I'll catch a performance this year. I told some of my kids to head over but I doubt you'll see any.
  2. I'm going with you were sitting to low. Drums may have been tuned high. Staging usually plays a role here as well... Basically it could be any or all the things mentioned above. I'm curious, what Corps' are you referring too?
  3. I found tenor logic more informative then bass logic. I suppose seeing I am bass drummer I knew a lot of the stuff all ready in the book. He does have some good insight on tuning for different configurations (4 man line, 5 man line, etc...) and what type of player should be on each drum (assuming physical stature is constant of course ;) ) Bass Logic is good for those foreign to basic Bass Drumming Techniques. I more or less bought the book for my kids in my line to read so they had a better understanding of stuff I was talking about in rehearsals. I think tenor logic just gives a tad bit more info. That being said, bass logic is probably the best bass druming book out right now for the more "modern" style of bass drumming. It has a couple REALLY good timing exercises as well.
  4. This is true. For example, the Bears line is affiliated with the Cavaliers but the Packers Drum Line is affiliated with no one particular group.
  5. Yep, as previously stated above. Still done, maybe not so much on tenors but definitly on snares. All thought in first reading the subject I thought the same thing...so does that make me old (like you imply) or just a typical drummer
  6. It works on bass heads just the same but you are going to go through a lot more of it. I suggest using stuff you can get in bulk. Your local hardware stores paint department has plenty to choose from ;)
  7. I take them off anyway. HS Kids (especially ones that end up playing bass) are usually not experienced enough or physically adapted to carrying equipment correctly so even if you level them there is always a tendency for them to lean one way or the other. It sounds like the labels were leveled with the drums off the kids. The easiest and most accurate way to leveling them is to always do it with the drums on the player. Another reason I just take them off is that no matter how much leveling you do some of the kids usually end up losing weight (especially if they were a little out of shape to start) and the label almost always ends up leaning as the pounds come off.
  8. Acetone (find it in the paint section at Home Depot, Lowes, Etc...) It's basically nail polish remover. Soak a rag and poor some on the label. Hold the rag down on the print for a few seconds to let the Acetone eat at the paint. Wipe off. Continue to do this until the label is gone. As a precaution I wipe it down with water afterwards. I have never had a problem with this damaging the head in anyway. Just don't get it on any print you want to keep. I find that taking off one letter at a time is the best way to keep the paint form smearing and making the task take longer then it should. It evaporates pretty rapidly so don't leave the cap off while you are cleaning.
  9. 3.46 and 3.19...l wish... Gas just went under $4 for the first time in a while here. 3.97 to 3.99 I would guess Chicago is a bit higher.
  10. Camp Randall is bigger then Soldier Field so really its the other way around. Camp Randall holds 80,321 where Soldier Field sneaks in at 61,500. Regardless, even given the hypothetical situation that finals where to be in Chicago it won't be at Soldier Field for reasons stated before. There is a good chance that the NFL team that plays there could have a game. Plus expense would be high. Toyota Park is fairly similar situation as the Rochester site with it being a Soccer field (home of the MLS Chicago Fire) good location...tons of parking. A lot easier to get to for those fans living outside of the city in the burbs yet close to the city. http://web.mlsnet.com/t100/stadium/
  11. If anything Toyota Park would be the better venue. Soldier Field would be way to pricey, you also have the NFL preseason going and the logistics could be a nightmare. There would also have to be a few years of East Coast corps coming out this way for a show to help promote DCA a bit. But don't kid yourself Drum Corps is very much alive in the midwest so I think any contest out here (if well promoted) would be well attended.
  12. Have you tried the Randall May? I ask only because you mentioned you are a "large" dude and I march with a guy on bass 5 that is 6'4" ish about 285 lbs and he seems to fit the harness just fine.
  13. I can't see over mine (bass 3 - 22"). To me it just looks sloppy having the bass sit low on the players body...plus it puts my hands in a better playing position. You get used to it and use your left to right relationship to keep you from running into anyone. For instance in a Die 5 parade form if you guide a diagonal through Bass 3 and keep your relationship to the person to your left or right you should never run into the person in front of you. If it's a 4 man block just keep your spacing between left to right and use the person at your 45 to gauge your front to back. In field shows you just need to know your spots and trust the others around you know their stuff given your head and body position. I personally wouldn't rig it but if the player is going to freak then do what you have to. Good luck.
  14. marched nothing but Yamaha's. I do like how the Pearls sound. So i guess I am will put them a close second.
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