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Jeremy Soule's soundtracks are nothing short of amazing. He's responsible for one of the most revolutionary (for its time) video game soundtracks: Total Annihilation.

The HS I teach uses 18-20-22-26-30. Tuning them was a breeze. If anything, I'd say 2 inches between the top two and four inches between the bottom two, what you do between the middle three is up to you.

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Your best bet would be to contact the Cavaliers directly, but it's probably a long shot.

Oh, also, with Delta Skymiles, you earn miles when you fly Northwest and Continental as well. Check around and see what suits you best.

I flew delta to all of my Southwind camps in 03 and GLASSMEN camps in 04. Make sure you sign up for their frequent flyer program. It costs nothing, and you'll definitely get at least one free flight out of the deal.

If you want an interesting read, try to get a hold of a copy of Thom Hannum's masters thesis (you can get it through inter-library loan from UMass-Amherst). There's a lot of information in there.

Glassmen did this in 03, the last year they had a cymbal line. The cymbal line joined the pit for the ballad (possibly more--I don't remember).

Not to call you on this specifically, but that's impossible, as DCP is only 5 and a half years old.

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Pat-- As a southwind alum, thanks so much for this :-)

I wasn't there in person, but I got enough tear-filled phone calls from people who were there....most people here don't even realize how lucky SW was to EXIST in 2004. MDBCA was ready to scuttle both SW and Cap Sound. There was a lot of....tension....that year at banquet when MDBCA board members spoke, and I think I know at least a hundred people or so who, because of the speeches there, likely cannot stand to hear Dr. Seuss's "Oh, The Places You'll Go." SW is far better off as a standalone group in Lexington, but they've taken some financial hits over the past two years, including the loss of a bus and a food truck. When you're a 15-22 tier corps, it's hard to bounce back from financial setbacks like that, which is why I'm glad SW is taking a year off to fundraise and recover rather than string it out and hope for the best. They're absolutely doing the right thing at this point--they're forthcoming about it, they're announcing it before audition season, and (as far as I can tell), there are no management issues. I send SW my best--go yellow team!

Not surprised in the slightest at the crowd reaction in Normal, Illinois. I always loved performing there because even the lowest-placing corps of the year gets a "rock star" crowd reaction. I really liked the show, but having heard the original source music, that's one of the few pieces of music that I think the drum corps idiom simply cannot do proper justice. The show was great, but the original setting of the source music is just so much better that it was disappointing in comparison.

I recommend a mix of 18's and 20's or all 20's. I'd go with medium to heavy weight, just because the thin ones will be more prone to inverting and cracking. Check out Zildjian Z-MACs--great sound. Stay away from the "Stadium" cymbals--they're so heavy and curved that it's almost impossible to get a good quality crash out of them.

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James Ross mallets are excellent for both xylo/bells. The 903s are great for xylo, but you have to play centers on the accidentals, as the heads are heavy enough to toss the bars when you play edges. They also have a gorgeous dark, mellow sound on bells, but again with the tossing of the bars. 904s are a great all-purpose bell mallet and hard xylo mallet. I'd recommend getting the 902s, 903s, 904s, and maybe the brass and black ones (don't remember the numbers) as well. For cymbals, I don't see the need for different mallets. For triangle, I absolutely LOVE the Black Swamp triangle beaters. For tambourine, I like Black Swamp and Grover--pay special attention to the sound you want for the jingles--German Silver will give you a wetter sound, Phosphor Bronze will give you a drier sound. For concert snare sticks, I really recommend the Cooperman Nick Petrella sticks--if you're lucky, you can find some rosewood ones--nice and heavy. I love the balance on those things. Marching sticks, I'm a big fan of IP FS2 (formerly Colin McNutt) sticks. I can't help much on drumset stuff though.

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Not that I am advocating self-medicating, but 800 mg doses of ibuprofen every four hours really helps with swelling associated with tendonitis as well. Just make sure you eat something first, or it will really shred your stomach.

My only beef with mylar is that the heads don't last near as long. It sounds great, but you can get almost the same sound out of a White/Black Max head.

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The balance would be stupid, not to mention writing splits, but it'd be cool to have a 7-7-7-7 battery :-)

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Where exactly is this bus anyway? It'd be interesting if it could be found on Google Earth.

Unsubstantiated rumor. Topic closed. Now that there is some verifiable first-party information out there (Mike Jackson's website), this topic is reopened.

That looks an awful lot like a Yamaha snare drum with pearl feet and a pearl snare strainer.