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    Age out tradition

    in Historical Junior Corps Discussions

    Posted

    Glassmen didn't make Finals in '96, so the age outs that year left our shoes on the field at the age-out ceremony in the shape of our block G. All the shoes were also set in our "3rd position" attention pose. I'll post a picture once I find it in my pile 'o stuff.

    Glassmen stand in 3rd positions too? Hmmm, I've never noticed that.

    BD Members

    in Brass Forum

    Posted

    Wow, I never really thought about this before. I guess part of the blessing of Spirit's relationship with JSU is that we sleep in an auditorium-type place and shower in the dorms or gym during camps and all-days.

    Cavaliers Sound Quality

    in Brass Forum

    Posted · Edited by Rookie@Spirt

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    Regiments line is very exciting to the general audience. Cavies line is very exciting to the higher end listener who is excited about a line that can do everything and do it well. Its all a matter of taste, but what the Cavies are doing is going to win as long as the judges really know what to listen for.

    Let me see if I got this right. Since I like Phantom's sound better than Cavies I must be an unsophisticated, neanderthal eared, general audience member incapable of appreciating the higher end sonorities produced by the only hornline in history to produce beautifully intoned sounds for an entire show????

    no. it means the university or drum corps that taught you did not do it's job correctly

    That was a direct attack on another person's instruction and education, simply based on the fact that he doesn't mind a little edge.

    Cavaliers Sound Quality

    in Brass Forum

    Posted

    Well, sorry, but I'd rather continue to think that the average audience member has the compacity to understand that the quality of instruction and skill of the members can't be summed up to one generalized conclusion based on one nights show. Some nights are better than others, we all know that, or at least I'd loke to think that we do.

    But, no. People want to say that hornlines weren't taught right because of certian issues in a show, then someone says that they don't mind those issues or even like them, then someone else comes back and says to the other person they also weren't taught right because they like it that way.

    This thread is about sound quality.  This thread is not about "sound quality with exceptions given to how corps X teaches."

    That what it's seemed to have turned into. Well, to me anyway.

    Cavaliers Sound Quality

    in Brass Forum

    Posted · Edited by Rookie@Spirt

    I can't help but feel that there are too many people here that let "emotion" and "energy" be an excuse for making intonation and balance issues.

    Very well put. Letting things slide because of emotion and energy means that the line doesn't have control.

    All corps tick, from BD to Pioneer. It's part of the performance. Is it a good thing? No. Should a hornline play beyond their means on purpose? Of course not. But, on Finals night, in the case of say PR, when they let that last note rip, I can't possibly blame any member of the hornline for letting tone quality be d@mnned and giving 110%. To me it shows passion and heart, obviously qualities that are more important to some people and corps than others. I will remember seeing Phantom perform that night for the rest of my life. To me they were better than any corps I've ever seen, because they poured the souls through their bells that night and I don't care it came out a little ratty.

    But that's not to say the Cavaliers have no heart. I can feel the passion when they play "Over the Rainbow". I just wish they could put that feeling into a field show.

    Thats all fine and dandy, but don't complain when Regiment finishes 4th in brass playing that way.

    Hmm, I don't remember ever complaining about their placement. I personally think SCV should have beat them. Then again my complaint with their show wasn't the horns.

    Anyway, what I'm trying to understand is how people can make generalizations about an entire hornline and their staff, especially the staff, based off of individual ticks.

    why do you think that so many studio teachers dread sending their students to these "balls to the wall" drum corps? because they come home sounding like feces

    I.E. comments like that.

    Cavaliers Sound Quality

    in Brass Forum

    Posted

    Oh, I get it now. I can play with passion, heart, emotion, and energy too, if I try to play so loud that the horn goes out of tune and I stick out of the ensemble.

    Gotcha.

    If it happens, it happens, it's part of the performance. Is it ideal? No, but not much in life is.

    Cavaliers Sound Quality

    in Brass Forum

    Posted · Edited by Rookie@Spirt

    I can't help but feel that there are too many people here that let "emotion" and "energy" be an excuse for making intonation and balance issues.

    Very well put. Letting things slide because of emotion and energy means that the line doesn't have control.

    All corps tick, from BD to Pioneer. It's part of the performance. Is it a good thing? No. Should a hornline play beyond their means on purpose? Of course not. But, on Finals night, in the case of say PR, when they let that last note rip, I can't possibly blame any member of the hornline for letting tone quality be d@mnned and giving 110%. To me it shows passion and heart, obviously qualities that are more important to some people and corps than others. I will remember seeing Phantom perform that night for the rest of my life. To me they were better than any corps I've ever seen, because they poured the souls through their bells that night and I don't care it came out a little ratty.

    But that's not to say the Cavaliers have no heart. I can feel the passion when they play "Over the Rainbow". I just wish they could put that feeling into a field show.

    Did you have problems switching to a G bugle?

    in Brass Forum

    Posted · Edited by Rookie@Spirt

    When did most corps switch to Bb? Can you hear the difference in sound over a recording? If so I'm going to listen to a G hornline recording and then a Bb hornline and see for my self. Any suggestions as to who I should listen to? I really wanna hear the diff for myself. Because, the thought of hearing a hornline louder than some of the corps I've hear over the past few years seems impossible.

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