alphabetmonkey
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1 hour ago, Tony Flores said:
I maintain a charitable trust (that I started with $1000.00 in 1998 and has grow pretty nicely) to raise money for fDCI as well as donating to corps. It has grown to where I contact corps to anonymously donate to members of need in the name of the trust. (I also give to local STL charities as well).
Hi Tony - if you have time, could you lay out a little bit about the steps involved in doing this? I am interested in doing something similar.
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Marching members dressed as piano keys, manipulated on field to appear as a single piano, each MM playing a specified note. Chaos!
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5:12 of Taming the Dragon is just berserko.
Not a Meldau fan, but if anyone can persuade me, it's Bloo!
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Has anyone considered polling the marchers? Do they have a forum to have their say regarding the general direction of DCI?
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Colors are purple and yellow so hopefully...
Prince?
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Just a small irk, but this kind of reminds me of the controversy about saying things like "female scientist" or "female astronaut." It kind of strikes me as this is expected to be a rare and unusual thing. I get that the base rate probability is lower in females of being a drummer, but it sends a little bit of a message that I don't like.
I remember getting so angry at my bandmates in college for telling their friends, incredulously, how cool that she's a good drummer and she's a girl? Like, she's just a good drummer.
Signed, a female drummer.
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I don't know why I feel like the Cavaliers would do it best, but a Rolling Stones show with "Angie" as the ballad would be pretty hot.
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The evolution of marching, using all styles across the generations.
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A fantastic 2019. Will be expressing my audience appreciation by increasing my $$$ donation. Now how much do I have to donate for them to agree to start taking massive time penalties and play well past the allotted time next year?
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Maybe John Lennon shouted "There! Stop it there!" as he purportedly did for the abrupt finish of She's So Heavy.
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1 minute ago, oldbandguy said:
Rumor has it they will be doing both sides of the Sgt Pepper album for the Akron encore!
Ha! If they add a lick from Ringo's "It Don't Come Easy" then I will know they were committed to the concept.
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To me, the Bluecoats show could go on for 40 minutes and I could probably stay engaged. So any revisions they add, I hope they maximize the usage of time allowed.
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Any idea what it times out at? How much time left to fill?
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Stadium Rock
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Classical Gas / Taste of Honey / Lonely Bull / Gish by Smashing Pumpkins finale
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Judy! Judy! Judyjudyjudyjudy
Hey Bloo
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If they had the rights, I would have liked for the ending a very low and in the background rumbling of the "Hey Jude" chorus eventually bringing to a crescendo over the "The End" chord. I just want to be able to sing that chorus with everyone at the end!
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I Want You / She's So Heavy extended outro with a-blaring trumpets is easily my favorite part of this show.
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What is that shot of the strings in the teaser?
Cannot wait to see this tonight. Looking forward to what they do with tempo (especially in Come Together) and how they "George Martin" it up. I think I wrote last year how this crew are the ones to do a show that demonstrates how innovative studio engineering can be translated on the field.
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First show to sell diapers and kleenex at the merch booth?
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6 hours ago, ThePlanets said:
Didn't see page 12 until just now but the hint in this article and others in this thread lead me to believe it's Woodstock.
We will see. 2 days!
I hope so. Then I would want Richie Havens' Freedom for the percussion feature and of course, Star Spangled Banner for the closer. So much great material to choose from. Jefferson Airplane...
Pass me the brown acid!
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All I have to work with is 1) it will be accessible and 2) it will have a great studio recording...
Bloo is doing "Centerfold: The Myth and Majesty of the J. Geils Band 1981-1985?"
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Bluecoats sequel to Session 44: The Recording Studio - music from the engineer's perspective (reverses, interesting mixing, experimentation with volume and tone)
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This is a really great profile of Bloo snare Yuuka. I imagine it would be very inspiring to those just starting out in DCI:
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I feel like learning about innovation cannot be done by simply watching a show. Reading thoughts from show designers and composers tends to reveal the innovation for me. My ears are not good enough to hear innovative techniques without having some backstory first.
Someone may have played, say, a reverse chord (like those fabricated by music engineers, the band Yes used a lot of these) on the field but my ears may not pick up on it unless it was told to me it was happening. It would be innovative, but not from a purely observational perspective.
Bluecoats 2023
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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"Suck it Up...A Tribute to Hubert Cecil Booth"
inventor of the vacuum cleaner
A musical journey through the evolution of the device from noisy and bulky to trim and quiet. The judges can serve as debris.