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I think that the brassline in 1993 was VASTLY underrated. One of my favorite shows of all time. Andy Smith Railmen 93-94 Madison Scouts 96,98-99

I used to play on an intensifier and it helped out. When I asked my trumpet teacher if I should invest in one he told me to do it, but to do it with a different approach. I would play with the sleeve on my mouthpiece for the first half of my lesson and record my playing. He was also in charge of the recording sutdio at the university, so I was able to make a ton of tapes. Anyway, we would listen to the sound that was made from my playing on the tapes, then I woudl try to mimick that sound without the sleeve. I thought it worked out pretty well. Of course then I dropped music as a major, didn't play NEARLY as much anymore, then the sleeve became a permanent addition whenever I would play....... Andy Smith Railmen 93-94 Madison Scouts 96,98-99

Didn't Crossmen march 20 mellophones in 1995? Or was I just on drugs? Andy Smith Railmen 93-94 Madison Scouts 96,98-99

A Tuba player came in and did some exercises when I was a music major (EONS AGO) for breathing/increasing volume. There were a couple that stood out: The first one was an exercise to see how well the diaphragm was being used. He told us the lower the "pitch" of our breath, the deeper breath we were taking, and that breath was coming from the diaphragm. If your pitch was high, it meant you were taking your breath in your chest and not the diaphragm. It was awesome. It helped my air endurance and my volume ouput so much it was incredible. Not only that, but it helps you to focus on your diaphragm and not trying to "throat out" the sound. One I recomend. The other one was kind of a game. We got music stands and got a small notecard. We tried to keep the notecard off the bottome of the stand, keeping it up with our breath. Very challenging to do. Don't know if I would recomend this one. Hope it helps!! Andy Smith Railmen 93-94 Madison Scouts 96,98-99

Hey, I'm biased. I thought the company front from Trial and Crucifixion was the LOUDEST thing ever on a football field. But, I've got to give props to the 1997 Crossmen for that ending. Wow!! Andy Smith Railmen 93-94 Madison Scouts 96,98-99