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Forgive my ignorance guys, but aren't the BlackMax and WhiteMax heads Mylar? Also, aren't the top of the line Evans heads Mylar?

After playing saxophone very well for about four years and being very interested in marching percussion for all of those years, I finally started taking snare lessons my senior year in high school. I took from a SUPER nice guy who specializes on drum set and while he taught me a TON of what I know about drumming now (four years later), I wish I could have gotten instruction that was more marching-oriented since that was about the only time I had a chance to play on a real drum. Anyway, I'd definitely take lessons from a teacher that teaches "rudimental stand-up snare drumming". Tell him/her you're interested in marching percussion. Then buy a Real Feel practice pad, a set of Hardimons, and drum as often as you can! :) This is what I did and I've also made it a point to hang out with the friends of mine that do college marching percussion as often as possible. Just a few weeks ago, I sat around with the Baylor University drumline playing on practice pads and drinking beer at one of the guy's apartment (one of my friends is on the tenor line). For a wannabe drummer like me, it was awesome. B) I also used my knowledge to play concert percussion in one of my university's concert bands last year. Since I already knew how to read music, I did really well and had a blast. Anyway, good luck--I'm sure you'll do great! :) P.S.-I still play saxophone in one of my university's concert bands. B)

I don't listen to much older drum corps music, but it seems like on quite a few occassions, I've heard two distinct cracking noises during older recordings that sound like gunshots. What are those? Anybody know what I'm talking about? LOL...I imagine everybody probably does and I'm the dumb one. Oh well...I'm asking. :P

Big Brother is watching, huh? Wow. I was merely asking if there was any way I could LEGALLY obtain the CD by LEGALLY purchasing a LEGAL original copy and then when someone brought up the possibility of LEGALLY distributing an album that is no longer in print, I asked if that was LEGAL. Since the initial post, I HAVE in fact LEGALLY purchased an original copy of the CD from Mike (DCP Admin) and am looking forward to LEGALLY owning it. :(

I dunno. I'm not familiar with that possibility. I didn't know you could even do that. Anybody else know?

Every year I go to the DCI Southwestern Championships in San Antonio, Texas and every year I buy the DCI Mid-Season Recording DCI that is done at the San Antonio show. However, this year, I was unable to get my hands on one and since I didn't see it on the DCI website, I called up the merchandise department and a woman named Terri informed me that "no more were available and no more would become available". This is very upsetting for me since I was at this performance and would love to have the CD. If anyone was able to get their hands on one of these things, please let me know because I'd like to buy it from you. Totally legit purchase and all. Thanks a million.

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You guys really should listen to the specific clips I mentioned in my above few posts. :)

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Still doesn't answer my question about what exactly a cluster chord is. Come on, folks...surely there's a music person where SOMEWHERE.

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OK, well...except for the awesome mello run at 10:00-10:02, I think the only really good thing about Cadets 83 was Rocky Point Holiday (except the crack at 00:28, of course). I thought the middle was WAY bando and the second to last piece was done better by Seattle 2000. Oh, and the closer was the end of the opener. Simple as that. Anyway, here's some stuff from that year that I actually DID like: Fast little ditty at 2:13-2:14! I'm not sure if it's mello or sop, but it's sweet! High/middle brass at 2:38-2:39 area; playing the big "majestic" part of the theme from RPH, it's an AMAZING kick in the stomach when the low brass and percussion (yeah!!!) comes in and really HITS IT at 2:38! Just makes your jaw freakin' drop! b**bs This is where I start screaming. b**bs Then of course the mello runs from that point to the next big hit at 2:49 are just incredible, as is the sustained unison right before that 2:49 hit. Then comes the real ####. Exposed mello runs from 2:53 to 2:56 are just beautiful. That kind of technical complexity going on in the mid-ground (musically speaking), the ballsy lower brass going on below that, and finally the sopranos topping it off, I immediately think "shimmering brass". I know this might be scary to read for some people, but this is the stuff that makes me love drum corps, folks. B)

Perhaps what I think is a cluster chord really isn't. What exactly is a "cluster chord"?

In my mind, The Cadets are the masters of awesome horn licks (particularly mellophone). Just about every Cadets show in the past four years has a few horn likes that I can't help but sing along with. Here they are: 1999 Cadets (finals recording) Trumpets/mellophones at 10:12-10:23--amazing! Mellophones at 10:59-11:00--very short, but perhaps my FAVORITE mello lick of all time; wish I could figure out the exact rhythm, but I believe it's a simple 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & rhythm. But the notes...oh, the notes...so awesome with the fast back-to-back skips! 2000 Cadets (finals recording) It's hard to say about this year because the WHOLE SHOW is loaded with awesome horn licks. Here's a few that stick out in particular: Mellophone melody from 2:35-2:50; love it where the mellos go high after the trumpets come in with the melody at 2:43! Mellophones at 10:39. Mellophone runs from 10:49-10:57. Mellophones at 11:08-11:13; my favorite lick of the show! Low brass at 11:19-11:20; descending pattern here rocks! 2001 Cadets (finals recording) All of a Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra rocks, especially the end where full corps comes in. Brass scale run from 10:27-10:38 just kicks butt. That's all there is to it. 2002 Cadets (finals recording) mellophones at 3:06-3:08; probably my second favorite brass lick of all time. :) High brass rip up to the downbeat at 10:17 rocks. Simple Gifts/America at 10:50-10:55 is cool because it's so subtle yet you recognize it. That's pretty much everything I really dig that The Cadets play and since I think of them as my favorite mellophone lick corps, that'll just about do it for my list. B)

Excellent topic! OK, here I go... At 2:45 in Phantom Regiment 02, I just love it when they play Shostakovich's literal "signature" cluster chord of D-Eb-C-B (concert pitches...I know the notes Phantom plays there are different). In case you didn't know the history of this, here's how it has been explained to me... In German music (I know Shostakovich was Russian, but like I said, this is how it was explained to me!), S was the name of what we call Eb and H was the name for the note we call B. So this D-Eb-C-B chord that Shostakovich used (and that Phantom used at the end of their 2002 opener) spelled out D-S-C-H back then, as in Dmitri ShostakoviCH. Pretty cool, huh? B) D...S...C...H...Dup diga dupdup digadup DUCKA digada digada DUCKA DUCKA DUCK! DugadugadugadugadugadugaDAK! DUCKa DUCKa DUCK! Psschta!Psschta!