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CrownBariDad

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  1. I agree. I'm pretty sure crown is very expensive and they are pretty close to being bankrupt. I know some kids in Spirit and they seem to love it.

    Hmmmm...first I've heard of Crown going bankrupt. Would you please post your source(s)?

    From a volunteer POV, both Crown and Spirit have great organizations.

    Edit: and, obviously from a parent's POV.

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  2. I think only the last one is fake--sounds like a trumpet off stage.

    For the others, please see my link to Thein Brass. Select the Instruments menu item and then select Trombones. They have a full selection from piccolo trombone down to contrabass. They are rather costly.

  3. Sorry to interrupt this delightful discussion about ladies undergarments :tongue: , but did anyone notice what else Dan said in the article?

    “The Tour Premiere gave us the unique opportunity to bring together corps from the East, West and Midwest and showcase their season-opening performances to a huge audience,” said Acheson. “We’re already looking forward to bringing this event back to theaters in a similar format in June of 2012 along with Big, Loud & Live 9 in August.”

    I wonder what the "format" will be for next year. Thoughts?

  4. Kudos to all the musicians who participated in the shoot! :thumbup: I hope they were hired as "musician extras" versus just "background"--there's a difference.

    I've done a few movies and TV shows as a background extra--fun, but not much $$$. I was lucky to be a part of a jazz band selected to be in Sweet Home Alabama (deleted ending--oh, well). We got paid a bit more (after musician union dues--as flammaster said "This is Hollywood") than background extras because we were expected to "play" (unique skills) as part of the scene.

    Anyway, a few years after the movie was shown, I get a package from the Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund (http://www.fmsmf.org/). Seems like our work on Alabama meant we'd get a (very) small percentage of the profits of the movie after it hit the secondary markets (DVD, pay-per-view, airlines, etc.). As it turned out, we made QUITE a bit more in residuals than we got for the original job. And the checks, while much smaller, are still coming in once a year. Of course, the studio musicians who score these films and TV shows full time really make out (and deserve it!).

    I hope the DCI kids who worked on this shoot are part of this deal. "Glee" is listed as one of the participating TV shows. Here's hoping!

  5. I already do BOA Grand Nationals and the BOA Concert Band Festival, plus both WGI guard and percussion weekends. As Colorado's Dave Marvin once stated, I am "the pen of pageantry." :tongue:

    What Potter was referring to was the offer for me to cover celebrity tractor pulls at county fairs.

    Cool! Looks like if it marches and makes music, you're involved. :thumbup:

    Ah, tractor pulls and county fairs--brings back memories. You'd be suprised (or maybe not) at the gigs you get when you're a military musician working for Recruiting. Most of these "events" come under the heading of "We're going to play for WHAT?!?!?!?!" But even the weirdest ones often turned out to be the most fun for both the band and the audience.

  6. Fanfare and Rumble both look like amazing products, and BD's contribution makes it really exciting. But I am just a guy who likes to hear drum corps sounds used more often in the world. I work with a lot of sound guys, but I am not a sound guy myself. What exactly would this software be used for? Write drum corps/marching band shows? Write sheet music and hear it back correctly? Use marching brass and percussion to score films?

    I'm just looking to get more info on the uses of these products. Thanks for the info folks.

    There are a number of uses for sound libraries like these either with a notation program like Finale or Sibelius or with a MIDI sequencer like Sonar.

    I've used orchestral libs to create scores for some small indie movies (really low budget!). I generally use them to "proof-hear" music I'm composing or arranging. It's nice to hear a reasonable representation of what the finished product might sound like. What might sound good with a piano sound might show problems when played with brass or strings or whatever.

    Hope this helps.

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