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Copyrights to different songs are held by different people, in many cases. Different songs have various songwriters, producers, etc.

Hyping that opening string riff

Yeah...this kid is still of marching age. With 2 years left. And he has seemingly appointed himself as corps director of a non-existant drum corps with no drum corps experience to draw from. This is currently DESTINED for failure at the rate its going. And I don't say that to be a jerk...but come on kid. Sounds like he needs to take a step back and look at the big picture. Running a drum corps is a 24/7 job

He has also never been involved in drum corps! Scary

They don't really serve any magical purpose. They are basically just a tool to help you buzz more efficiently. Buzzing is great for a number of things! For me it helps immensely with ear training, forcing me to play the notes without relying on the slotting of the horn to help me out. Being able to finger along while buzzing is a nice benefit

Never marched a season in which someone didn't have a stress fracture

Crossmen are going West too!

Actually, for the past two years DCI has put a dynamic mic about a foot away from each corps speaker, thus capturing the sound from the speakers pretty much independently from the rest of the corps. Sennhesier Md 421's to be exact.

Audio engineer here... They will not be able to edit out JUST the voice without taking out all of the corresponding frequencies in the rest of the recording . They have stereo mics capturing the entire show, they hear everything. They could certainly dampen the sound of the voice, but not remove it completely without wrecking the rest of the recording.

There is a 2 bar quote of "Appalachian Spring" in Vanguards 98 ballad. I probably listened to it 100 times before noticing. I love that moment

That'd be wonderful for them, but "the entire corps" never comes back the next year, in these times

The helmets were not a good look - but I would enjoy something closer to their original look

Holy Smokes, they cleaned house! http://www.bluestars.org/story.php?story_id=665

Agreed completely. This entire thread is just laughable. The quality, especially on the DVDs, is top notch. Choice of camera angles is subjective, sure, but by no means can it be considered "Subpar." I spent some time watching the jumbotron in semi finals and loved what I saw for the most part, especially the boom/jib shots.

I feel like this is incredibly common

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

I have always loved the idea of incorporating lighting into the marching arts. But man...even a small, modest lighting rig is EXPENSIVE

Well, that doesn't change the fact that it is a religious holiday. Heck, it has the word Christ in it. Just as Easter has turned into something secular, it is still a religious holiday. Anyhow...I enjoyed the show.

But in this case, the show is about a religious subject. So I'm not sure how that policy holds up

Sorry for assuming it was the same setup I saw earlier in the year! I saw the rig at the CYA nationals show back in early July. Wasn't accusing you of making a mono or stereo-widened recording, just was commenting on the placement of the mics .

Regarding these VOD recordings....I saw the setup at an earlier show in the season. Whoever DCI hired was simply using a sony handy cam video camera and using the onboard sound. Those things to not record professional audio, super compressed! They had no form of proper stereo recording setup at allentown. Probably just a video camera up top, which is why there is no sense of stereo on the recordings. In todays digital age, I think there is really no excuse for the quality of some of the VOD videos on the fan network. Superb results can be had for pretty darn cheap. Like...$1500 cheap. Seems like DCI would have a proper archival system at these big shows