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Kinetic Noise (2015) is another show that doesn't get enough mentions in retrospect for me. That, more than the 'pitch bend' of 2014 was where Bloo's team started really exploring what they could do with the sonic landscape that has become their signature. The pitch bend was a gimmick, but 2015 was when they were making a whole palette to paint from. What they did with Mr. Maps and the percussion is still so fun to listen to.
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29 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said:
this. plus if a corps is the host, odds are concessions are run by the school that owns the stadium, so they aren't getting any of that.
But if the program is the QR code type, you can get some sponsors for that to help a little
QR coded program stuff was done through banners and poster standing boards were on display at Annapolis if I recall. mostly down the hall as you went to your seats not in the souvie area. I remember being intrigued enough by how it was done to try some of the codes out and I suppose my eyes hit advertisements. That was a Cadets run show. I don't know know how much that actually generates but I found it cool as the old "paper books" would be costly to print for a single show and I'm not sure how much they'd guarantee sales anymore. But putting the stuff onto a digital format and hosting it on a domain a corps/host already runs would be doable. If done right they could also have corps buy in to place their social media and content within that 'program' too.
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21 minutes ago, Terri Schehr said:
I don’t make it through everyone those three days, either. I schedule to see everyone over three days. I am in my seats for the entire finals show. Except 2022 when chaos reigned the streets and I barely got in for Troopers.
Happy Leap Year Day, Everyone!
Woe to anyone who is in your seat when you return to it though!
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37 minutes ago, Lance said:
I don't think of Mozart as being that kind of throwaway garbage. A more or less straight arrangement is what I'm talking about. It's a fantastic piece of music, but dismiss it however you want if that's how you have fun.
What you're talking about is some orchestrator/arranger playing with a motif and adding arpeggios and double/triple tonguing where it was never meant to be. That can literally be done with any piece of music, not just the one I put up. And no, I wouldn't want that done to anything Mozart wrote. His music doesn't need embellishment for the sake of embellishment.
I am...sort of surprised you took it this way as its entirely NOT my intent.
I don't see those technical passages as 'throwaway garbage' when done right and concur that this would be a great way to have both the requisite technical show off sort of content but in a meaningful way that retains fidelity to the composition.
In the same way Bloo found a way to both have a technical show off element and retain fidelity to Anna Meredith's Bump last year, this could create a real "musical moment of the summer."
So...yeah, I'm still positive here and don't really understand where your guff is coming from. Some arrangers create throwaways, other find gems like this. -
I still wig out and how deftly and creatively Thrower wove those songs together. The way Eleanor Rigby sort of just moves the show in another direction and when She's So Heavy drops...man.
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oh hmm. That would lend itself to the whole 'articulation tonguing technical passage' that seen seems to be a compulsory element in arranging.
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16 minutes ago, Brian Tuma said:
I was attacked on here by a couple people for criticizing that prop’s integrity. I think I called it overbuilt yet surprisingly unsafe. It’s good to hear Jim thought similar. I feel vindicated.
Oh it was visibly shaky when they got up on it. Particularly later in the season. It made me increasingly nervous through the season.
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14 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said:
Plus judges i know that work there no longer get their check with a note asking for a donation
Oh that's 100% unsightly. I mean adding judges to the solicitation list, fine, but sending one with their pay?
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Ooh. now I can't wait for those late nights on the East Coast to stay up and catch the Cali corps
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Don’t forget to pack your bodhran in carry on to keep it safe
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We better get some groovy tie dye shirts at the souvie stands for this
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13 hours ago, Chief Guns said:
To anyone thinking the Mandarins were a cute little story and one hit wonder that will fall back to earth in 2024.............prepare to be highly upset Saturday Night, August 10th.
Anyone thinking this has been willfully keeping their head in a hole in the ground. This isn't like when The Academy struck gold. This has been planned and developed for growth.
And yeah, if they can start tapping into some of that insane California percussion talent we see every year in WGI, then...woo.-
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Neat. He's a fantastic composer and can surely see not only 'these themes standout here in this show" and "these lines are capable of these things and can grow in these ways" to write something unique and effective.
I can imagine the thrill of the MMs knowing "Mackey wrote this for US to challenge US to do it" and rise to the occasion.
It could be a super special thing for Crown not just for the incorporation of a Mackey original work but HOW they do it in a way that invigorates the MMs.-
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3 minutes ago, IllianaLancerContra said:
If I win the lottery I will start the Velvet Knights of Virginia.
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8 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said:
honestly all i know is some people have been posting online of some announcement. no idea what they're announcing. Maybe they are admitting to Officer Krupke they're down on their knees, cause no one likes a drum corps with a sexual abuse disease
Um. Ew. But also. Clever adaption!
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If they're gonna go Hee Haw, go the full route.
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D*mn your vague posting! 😀
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I made it to the 1:32 mark. Yep, Hee Haw is as annoying as I remember.
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18 minutes ago, Lance said:
That piece is gorgeous. Going to check out some of his other work. Just read that he was a prolific opera writer. Wow.
The opera pieces are great.
https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/media-and-interactives/artists/still-william-grant/
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"Talent" v "Teachable" has always been part of youth/college activities though. Right down to college sports. Do you pick the players who already have the skills that exhibit greatness or do you want players who can learn grow to achieve greatness? And it's often not an either/or choice.
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Just now, IllianaLancerContra said:
Like Gilligan. But different.
Just a tad. Now if there was an unaired episode where Ginger lures the guys into the trees, then Mary Ann whacks them, and Mrs. Howell serves them up with a nice side of fava beans....
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I always read it as a Circe show anyway. I mean the MMs getting lured and trapped on the island and all.
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49 minutes ago, IllianaLancerContra said:
In the Olden Days we called this ‘peaking early’.
Classic case of it. But you peak with what you're given. It'll get ironed out with consistency in the org and they'll get on track.
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I thought Goddess was fine. I think the MMs might have surprised the staff by performing the daylights out of it earlier than anticipated. So the staff was working to layer a bit more into it without overdoing the original concept.
If the design and instruction staff are consistent from last year, then they've likely learnt that and have planned accordingly.
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That's a weird but awesome flex.