oldbandguy Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 BD and Bluecoats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shofmon88 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 16 hours ago, Newseditor44 said: You’ve all had time to play the 2017 audio and video recordings a couple dozen times - what is your go to show? Which one have you listened to most? Me? Has to be the Blue Stars show... can’t put my finger on why, just love the book. Blue Stars for me as well. I did not pay much attention to the show during the season. But I’ve noticed that it is the most appealing show to listen to of the top 12 for one reason: the show is predominantly acoustic. They have the least synth bass of any corps, so listening to the recording doesn’t strain your ears like most other corps. (I listen to the lossless audio files through a DAC and headphone amp with a pair of Sennheiser HD6XX reference headphones. Anything weird in the recordings is very obvious, and synth-heavy shows are riddled with pops and snaps of amplifiers that the on-field microphones pick up. The Blue Stars recording is very clean.) It also helps that the music and arrangements are just darn good too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shofmon88 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 After Blue Stars, I also listen to: Blue Knights Crossmen Mandarins occasionaly Boston ...and that’s about it really. Try as I might, I still can’t make it through BD’s show; it’s so incredibly dull that my attention drifts without fail. Same can be said for SCV to some extent. Overall, I find that 2017 was an extremely lackluster year in regards to re-listening, and I find myself switching to 2014 and 2015 instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylogan Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 BD by a large margin. Fantastic show. The Cavaliers Blue Knights Crown for a change. Love the part right before the ballad and everything after it. Phantom occasionally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaustianMachine Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 According to iTunes, my top few in order: Blue Devils Blue Stars Spirit of Atlanta Crossmen Bluecoats and a shout out to BDB. I love listening to that drum break, it's straight fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waliman4444 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 BD, Bluecoats and the last minute and a half of the Cadets show!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msumello Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Crown, Academy, Colts, and Blue Knights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ediker Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Boston - kick a##, well-paced Crown - it grew on me because it stood out... the brass was so pure, and the musical risks shook things up Cadets - wish I could splice the first half of the show (all brass opener), early in the season, to the ending, later in the season Mandarins - while there was a lot of greatness on the west coast, they're the only ones that truly hooked me Jersey Surf - these kids rocked Basia's music on the field. Loved it Crossmen - lots of hummable stuff Blue Stars - agree with previous posters re: the quality of how their show was engineered (and performed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopcornEater1963 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Devils Vanguard Cavaliers Bluecoats Boston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwillis35 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Blue Devils the most. The music book = LOVE! I do love watching Crown's opening 3 minutes or so, SCV's last 4 minutes or so is sheer amazement, and Bluecoats music in the opener and closer is a thrill. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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