Jeff Ream

but knowing Bad Bunny was appearing, i'm sure that drew eyes to the game that would not have watched otherwise. the guy isnt on free TV a lot.

there would be some yes. i have seen it several times in more than a few places where people come in to see "their corps" then leave

depends on licensing

i found it funny watching online a corps with a legacy of playing latin music had a ton of issues with latin music being played. we ain't the demographics the NFL was going for. as they keep adding games in Spanish speaking markets, that's who they were going with. Bad Bunny isn't on my playlist, hell i'm still ###### Rush never got to play the Olympics in Canada. But the music was superb, great staging, and while i didn't get all of the references til later.....like watching many DCI shows....i thought the entire performance was great.

they nailed it

look at drum corps to see how things have become a crutch thats claimed as innovation. i don't expect that to change

a lack of corps in the region ( not All Age, but World Class and to a degree Open Class is why the region is devoid of the shows so many of us attended. Plus with the all age season shorter now, that removed 2/3 extra weeks of shows in August. Crossmen were sold off before 2007. Cadets moved to Erie and folded. Surf is whatever they are now. Raiders are Raiders. you have to go to New Englad....3 corps, or the Carolinas for the next closest corps in World and Open. So while there's a fan base, there's no local draws.the Open Class show we got here near York the last 3 years saw the crowd grow a lot each year, and was on a Friday....but now Spartans are in World and the show is a Tuesday with 3 corps....not sure how long that'll last. At least many of the all age shows are open to haveing Open class corps in them. and around Allentown you'll see a few shows with All age open and or World in them on the road to Indy

Ai can be a useful tool. the problem is AI is becoming a crutch, and it's costing human jobs. my company alone has shed over 1000 jobs recently and Ai was mentioned as a reason.

no but more and more of those older generations are finding their dayjobs replaced by AI

you'd have to get the corps to vote on it. anything after San Antonio is based on a seeding process from those results. used to be Atlanta too, but since that's not a full lineup show, i am not 100% sure what the process is

not surprised

look at all of the music Bloo has exposed us too the last few years....quick....how many people went running to buy the original works. i'll wait.

same. i ordered the day it was able to be ordered

yes but the field was less cluttered and that music you knew it was coming through the speakers

it wasn't just on Reddit

Annapolis is back in action and was run by YEA, aka BD, fitting in with DCI's mantra of corps or their entities running shows

yesyesyesyes. my daughter is about to be a pitter, and she loves them

(insert corps name here) you may push your busses to competition!

Remember Phantom and the 08 DVD's...after the initial batch, the copyright holder didn't like part of it and pulled their permission. boom future editions didn't have the full championship show.

loss of immediate revenue. because not only do you have NBC ( they have the Olympics right), you also have every other country broadcasting it that has to $$ up

also several big time court cases basically said you can choose to do business with who you do or don't want to. DCI made that choice. i think in the long run, given the nature of the particpants, it was a choice they felt they had to make

too many i am sure

and the BD owned USBands has a great relationship with Navy, so it makes sense it would go back there when able.

a competition is anything with scores assigned by judges. LIV hasn't worked well against the PGA, and i'd assume the same thing with something against DCI. i think a corps director would be more than happy to sacrifice rehearsal time for a big enough paycheck. the question is what would generate that paycheck? if it doesn't make money the first time, there'll be no second time. drum corps can't afford to take financial losses.

anyone can have an opion, and anyone can decide how they want to deal with someone for having that opinion. i know i'm an ########, and people may not want to do anything with me because of that. it's fine, it's their right, and honestly i'm ok with having to deal with fewer people. if i ran a business, i wouldn't be sharing opinions that are knowingly controversial, as i'd realize it could affect business.