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  1. Old Corps Guy
    How do you suggest the original composers get compensated? You appear to be suggesting that they give away their music for free and only the lawyers are benefitting. This leads me to believe some are not part of the 80% of people here that are musicians (my guess and nothing more), many of which do music for a living, and just want "Free Stuff" for your benefit. Did I go a bridge too far?
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    Thank you for providing a clear example of my suggestion. Yes, some of what is shown above would not be permitted. That is not necessarily a bad thing, just a need to adapt.
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    OK, I can agree with this part. As I stated at the beginning, effects and spoken word I can accept. Setting the boundaries may have gone too far with recorded singing. I truly believe this needs to be addressed.
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    I was speaking to a marching band judge at the Katy show and he made the comment that he calls out bands that have a soloist that he can see clearly playing on side two while hearing their actual solo coming out of a speaker on side one. You would think that sound engineers on the field could at least get a soloist sound to come out of the speakers on the side where the soloist is standing. I saw so many people looking all over the field trying to find the soloist. This applies to your comment of hearing away from where you are seeing. We have the technology...................... Unfortunately, Terri is right on this part. Shotgun mics appear to be here to stay.
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    You make a valid point. However, that is spoken to music. I believe the recorded words in Hamilton include music. I have not heard the sample by itself to be able to provide a conclusive response. To take that a step further, I believe every rap artist would state that when they rap, it is music. However, I couldn't rap a gift box if I tried.
  6. Old Corps Guy
    Year was 2012, correct? I am calling for singing to be performed live. You stated 70s, 80s, 90s. There was no singing by your corps in those years if memory serves correctly. At least not pre-recorded.
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    Like I said, only "effects" and "spoken word" can be pre-recorded.
  8. Old Corps Guy
    I'm talking about vocals. I don't recall your corps performing any vocals in the 70, 80s or 90s. Why the need for them to be recorded and played back now?
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    I'll take it a step further and watch the slings and arrows. Are you stating that your corps (Yes, I know who that is) can't handle the performance challenge?
  10. Old Corps Guy
    As I stated earlier, "When I was unable to find an arrangement of a specific piece our marching band used, I had to pay the publisher and composer for permission to arrange the piece. As a musician, we all know that there is very little revenue for the people in the background." You are correct about BITD. Even the Commandant's Own dealt with it and you can't buy a single Truman Crawford arrangement anywhere today.
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    On-demand would be no different than a radio playing a song. Each time that song is played on a radio station, a small cost goes back to the distributor/producer and so on back to the original composer. This makes it cost prohibitive to the streaming provider (Flo in this case) and those costs would then need to flow down to the consumer (you and me).
  13. Old Corps Guy
    I expected more from you. I have always respected your opinion.
  14. Old Corps Guy
    I am not a lawyer, nor do I paly one on TV. That being said, even schools have to purchase music. This cost sends a very small fee to the composer/arranger. When I was unable to find an arrangement of a specific piece our marching band used, I had to pay the publisher and composer for permission to arrange the piece. As a musician, we all know that there is very little revenue for the people in the background. Every corps goes through this same task each year when they choose music to perform. The revenue needs to make it back to the original composers or you won't have any original composers in the future.
  15. Old Corps Guy
    The risk is no different than a soloist on a horn. I learned this first hand in my second year of marching drum corps. I was a soloist and I got hit by a pike at the beginning of the show. By the time my solo came up, I had a fat lip. My playing was weak to say the least and wasn't even heard by most of the crowd/judges. This is part of performing "live" and is a risk to use in any performance. Whether it is drum corps or a band playing a concert.
  16. Old Corps Guy
    Please defend your position. I defended mine.
  17. Old Corps Guy
    I had the opportunity to see all of the World Class Corps perform this past weekend in Texas. While I truly enjoyed every performance, there was one thing that really bothered me. The amount of pre-recorded singing was embarrassing for a musical performance. It was like going to a Milli Vanilli concert. How is it that we can have over 100 musicians perform live and yet we have to listen to pre-recorded vocals? My suggestion is as follows: All music is to be performed live. Sync should be limited to "effects" and spoken word. All singing, playing of music is to be performed live. Thoughts?
  18. Old Corps Guy
    We have worked out a housing/rehearsal site for this coming Monday, July 29. The Cavaliers will be rehearsing at Rock Ridge High School in Ashburn, VA this coming Monday. Thanks to all that helped to get this last minute need resolved. A special thanks to the band director at Rock Ridge for moving so quickly on this one. Having seen the corps perform in Texas this past weekend, I look forward to seeing them back here in Virginia before they move on to the Annapolis, MD show on Tuesday.
  19. Old Corps Guy
    I hate to defend the licensing considering all of the challenges. However, I am about to do just that from a musicians perspective. I am guessing that better than 80% of us are musicians. Being musicians, we perform for an audience. The audience pays for viewing/hearing a performance. The $ paid by the audience pay for the musicians, producers, directors, writers, arrangers, etc. Original composers, followed by arrangers, receive a "very small fee" for each time a piece is played on a device, recorded, performed, etc. This is the only way these original composers make any revenue for all the work they do. Most composers are far from wealthy. In fact, many have another job just to pay the bills. Licensing is the only way to protect these composers. Let the slings and arrow begin...............................
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    still undefeated posted from the DrumScorps app
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    Posters coming down for the selfie? posted from the DrumScorps app
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    SPLOOIE posted from the DrumScorps app
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