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SophumperMMX

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  • Your Drum Corps Experience
    Carolina Crown 2010 and 2012
  • Your Favorite Corps
    Carolina Crown, Phantom Regiment, Blue Devils, Madison Scouts, Bluecoats
  • Your Favorite All Time Corps Performance (Any)
    Phenomena of Cool (Blue Devils) or The Grass is Always Greener (Carolina Crown)
  • Your Favorite Drum Corps Season
    Any season :)
  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Florence, AL

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  1. Crown is doing so great! I'm keeping up with every bit of media I can and every new video I get is better than the one before it!! Can't wait to see everyone in ATL and Indy!!! CMFC
  2. Wanna scream get a narrow cup....NOT a shallow unless you know how to use one. A good legit piece with good range is a Schilke (sp) 14a4a or a 13a4a. I don't like the sound that it gives but it gives a good handle throughout the whole range of the horn. Just try out a few pieces and get what feels right. A good rule of thumb is try and play as high as you can with a good tone and then do some low studies. If you can do both it's what you should get. As far as "cheaters" go it's crap....mouthpieces are tools. If you need a dime with a dent to do the gig then go for it, but I know a cat who can scream with the best of them on a Bach 7c.....it's just what he is comfortable on. SC
  3. Bach is good and I like megatones, but make sure you shop around for the piece that fits your face and will do what you need it to do. Try a few out and if the store will let you take some home to play on for about a week before you purchase it. I call it "mouthpiece love" when you play on a piece and it feels perfect in the store but once you play on it for about a week it kinda doesn't live up to hour expectations. Just some friendly advice, SC
  4. I think I somewhat know of the method you mentioned: Jerome Callet "Superchops" method? I tried it and it's very strange but I can see how it would work. I know people who can paste a Dub C over a 250 piece marching band with it...
  5. I love this topic but I disagree with most of what your are saying. Drum Corps. has evolved just as all music does. Different demographics and more importantly different judges. All corps want to win, this is a fact, but in order to have the last DM stand up be your DM you HAVE to play to the judges. I marched my first season of drum corps. last year with Carolina Crown and boy did my opinion of the whole sport change. The judging system is broken.....it's built on a tic system and not on achievement or crowd response. Its like: "Oh wow that was clean...more points....instead of oh wow that was pretty ****ing hard!" It bothers me too, but it's where we're at.... That being said from my experience all corps play to the crowd...I don't ever remember hearing my corps talk about what judges thought unless it was to make our show better....quite the contrary...I remember us talking about where those judges could stick those score sheets. Finals week we were just trying to meet our standards and have a pleasing show for everyone to see. So I see where you are coming from, but don't worry too much in to it. Like you said DCI is working on the judging system and it is frustrating...this is coming from someone who marched during the problem. I do see an upswing with crowd pleasing"ness" from the corps today. But, honestly, like everything else it could all change next year and be different the year after that. Like I said...the sport is evolving constantly and corps just have to deal with that if they want to win. <-----DCI Judging System SC
  6. Thanks for your reply Dave I went through about 2 tubs of DCT through the season. That stuff does wonders... Also, a friend mentioned the vitamin E trick for an overnight remedy. Presure has been the bane of my career for a while and I have been needing to fix work on that..... SC
  7. Hey DCP members, This is my first forum ever so I thought I would ask the members a question that I've wanted answered for quite some time: "How do brass players (especially lead trumpet and mello) keep their chops from havoc during the season. I know the usual thing people say is march better and use less pressure, but I am intrigued to know what you all do. I marched a year of drum corps (Carolina Crown) and I found myself with scars on my chops after playing lead. It was very frustrating to see my lip stuck to my mouthpiece after ensemble every night. Thanks for any info y'all can share, SC
  8. Pretty sure they are doing there usual 4th of July parades in New England. It gives them time to relax and rest the chops for a bit. They have also been doing a lot more free days I believe... Not sure but I bet it's due to the lack thereof last year. I marched MMX and we had maybe 2 1/2 "free days" :(
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