Freanz

Bump.........

Read the "Pioneer Member Rant" thread

yep, appears my statement is limited to those areas / districts where the band directors expect the members to control everything that contributes to the show.

In my opinion, Metropolis 1927 is one of the most memorable and emotional pieces of music Peter Graham has ever written, with a steady and consistent pulse (I think that's contrary to all of your points). SCV delivered the second best rendition I have ever heard after Black Dyke's European winning version. I think I can sing pretty much most of the melody, excluding the lip slurs, but am not willing to subject anyone to that pain. I feel sad that you missed the moment that the majority of us who were there on Saturday took away.

Thanks for the clarification - I guess its on each Band Director to decide how much adult assistance they use - never seen it at any of the Texas events I've attended over the last 4 years - thats not to say it didn't happen! Our own director expected band members to run everything that contributed to the show.

the second - the mixing should be done by a member as it is for BOA and UIL competitions

You make good points although it does appear that your perspective is limited to what you see on the screen provided by either Flomarching or Fathom (in my opinion Flo camera coverage has been very poor again this year - another topic!). For a live perspective we attended a ToC show in Katy, a Regional in San Antonio and all 3 days in Indy and I was astounded by the complexity of drill from a high percentage of corps, incl Open Class. With a few exceptions "mega props" were limited with props generally being an extension of what high schools already put on the field. Electronics at the top end are VERY sophisticated - being on the 4th row of LOS we got a close up view of some very expensive mixing desks, which in itself is OK if you can afford them, but then using adult staff to operate them adds a level of skill to the Corps performance that is inconsistent. I do agree that the use of electronic voices is getting out of hand although I like to hear "effect" samples. Anyway just my 2 cents!

Absolutely like it has to be for high school shows - sound has to be controlled by a band member.

yup me too, so that makes it OK for it not to be as good as it could be?

It was nice and cool in Katy - there is always a breeze at Legacy - temperature is all relative, especially if you live in Texas :)!

Slightly more channel choice with cable. Just saying, when you compare FM to other streaming services, and there's a lot out there, its way below standard! If you're OK with mediocre thats fine, I'm not, we just don't have a choice if I want to watch DCI, except Twitch!

Thats 1 out of how many? We pay way too much for this substandard product.

What ya talking about, EVERY stream is ruined by inept camermanship......

Yup they did.... posted from the DrumScorps app

Very clever - impressed! So good luck to BAC, BK and The Academy!