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It must be a serrver problem. All of their websites seem to be down including Rhythm X's site and the MEPA website.
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But hey, that's what prototypes are for, right? Let's just hope that they fixed that and are coming out with an improved product. I know I'm crossing my fingers because it sounds sweet!
Yeah, I haven't seen the Yamaha version but I know Pearl passed on the idea. Maybe it is a lot better now.
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Now, the snares that WILL be breaking new ground this year will be whichever Yamaha artist uses the new Randall May 'acoustic equalizer.' I played on thse drums at NAMM last month, and it was amazing how you can easily change the timbre of the drum with these things. What they are are mulitple holes cut into the rims that are opened or closed with a lever. They can be all the way open (way wetter sound), all the way closed (normal sound) or any combination of half open, 1/4 way open, etc. For the 'open' sound, think Phantom when they had the cut-away snares, only you could switch them back to normal when needed. It will add a WHOLE new dimension to writing, as composers will be able to write in all kinds of cool sounds. Remember when Yamaha put out the top head snare a few years back, and corps would go back and forth with them writing in cool solos and stuff? Well, with the Randall May acustic equalizer, it will be the same type of thing, only with more options.
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doug
SCV had a prototype of that on their snares in 2003 and the shells caved in near the snare side due to the holes weakening the shell. There was one sold on Ebay a few month ago that was basically worthless because the shell was completely shot
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They should look into that for an encore selection.
A fifth of beethoven would be a real crowd pleaser in an encore.
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They do play the same, though the sound is different. CV, in their release, said they have a more articulated, thinner sound that matches their jazz music better.
Since they're modular (the wedge shell can be taken off), I wonder if they're only to be used for part of the show?
Mike
They are modular but they are held on by screws so it isn't anything that can be switched quickly.
These drums have been on the market for several years (even longer than the current Dynasty snares) and have never taken off.
I personally think they sound horrible. A regular Dynasty snare is too thin for my tastes. I can only imagine how thin these sound.
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5 straight days in texas in '98 were about 110 followed by a rehearsal day in Hope, Arkansas that was very humid as well. I think someone told me that day was 117.
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I agree. I tend to buy things like this because they help the corps and are clever. But $65 is a bit steep for "clever".
Jim
Every time I see that hat I think of the Seinfeld where George Costanza
left the hat behind at a girl's apartment as a reason to see her again.
One of my favorites.
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Like he said, it's meant to be a transitional element -- not a major impact point. You're right, though, it's maybe not the most exciting excerpt for a clip to post on the web.
Well, there was no battery percussion along with it. There really is no impact to that with the battery missing.
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Its called networking. Just as in the business world, its not always what you know, its who you know.
Its much easier to get a job with someone who knows you than someone who doesn't know you.
Besides, who's to say the SCV even offered him a job this season?
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Very true .. lots of possibilites.
The new Div III corps "Hypnotix" bought these sharp black on black Dynasty drums (special order).
Might have been even cooler with black drum heads ... or maybe that would have been too much
Jim
Those look like Remo Legatos with that finish.
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2004 Glassmen.
I actually prefer their '05 blue drums that have real flakes of glass in the paint.
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In 1989, SCV had one female in the snare line - Kim Farrell.
Her yearbook entry says she was from the city of Oregon, Wisconsin.
Here's the Snare pic from our 89 yearbook. Kim's all the way on the left.
(You might also be able to see the "phantom" hiding behind her in this pic. B) )
'FYI, the dark haired guy in the back center is the over-age snare from Great Brittain who was kicked out just before we got to Kansas City. The annual photos were taken while the corps was still living in California pre-tour. At the time the photo was taken, the corps obviously didn't know he was a fraud. His name was omitted from the yearbook but the decision was made not to omit the entire snare section's picture.
Nice mullets!
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I wish I had seen it. I hadn't seen or talked to Todd for a couple of years so I didn't know he was involved with it.
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How is Phoenix Regiment?
I remember when I was in high school, they came to the US to attend DCI Finals and stayed at my high school. I believe it was 1993. I was fun to watch them rehearse and to interact with them when they weren't rehearsing. They had an interpreter that they kept dragging around with them so they could talk to us on their free time.
I was like 15 years old at the time and these kids were all about the same age as me and seemed to be really enjoying their trip to the US.
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Evans heads seem to work well indoors with a complete ring of foam around the heads. Basses are hard to project indoors. Luckily our show is geared toward performing in the Nutter Center for WGI Finals. it is a very dry sounding arena and about as close to playing outdoors as a gym can be.
I have never used newspaper inside a drum for muffling before. What we are doing for the indoor line I work with this year is use the Evans MX White on top w/ an Evans mylar bottom head and staccato disc inside the drum. Pearl snares come with 154 strands on the botom and that tends to be too wet indoors. We actually removed the center 6 strands, leaving 8 snares on the bottom in 2 grouping of 4 each. This signifcantly dried up the sound.
For tenors, I definitely recommend agsint putting tape on the heads. We have used drums that are several years old and originally belong to Music City Mystique. They are early prototypes of the articulite series so the tenors have shells that are not as deep as outdoor drums. We just use the Evans MX tenor heads on those and crank them fairly high but not too much and they sound fin indoors.
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no then they wouldnt be bd
Of Course, because they weren't BD when they used Yamaha drums.
:P :P :P :P :P
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I have a feeling that would be like oil and water.
I think there is absolutely nothing similar about their techniques and philosophies.
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I dunno... just a hunch... either that or the pizza i had for dinner is acting up.
I hope its the pizza.
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There is a portion of Star '93 in a really soft section near the middle of the show where a female voice w/ some attitude says "Cadets can't beat that!"
The words themselves aren't that funny but it is sort of amusing to hear how it is said.
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Not trying to make a dig on the thread subject or the conversation it will produce...
But...
A five year cycle for ANY topic is a LONG time...too long. Crossmen were successful with their trilogy...but five years?
Boston Crusaders were going to do 5 years of "Portraits of our Homeland" in the mid 90's. Luckily they ditched it after 2 years.
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The same rule proposal was made at the WGI meetings last spring and it failed by a large margin as well.
The general concensus was the staff should not influence the performance. Drum corps have 30 plus performances to adjust and figure out sound levels. It is just another thing to take into consideration when planning a show. If staff was involved, people can actually cheat the mix to fake some dynamics and musicality within passages.
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Its a bit weird that I own the same shirt as a member of O-Town.
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I know there's Finale and Virtual Drumline, but are there any other notation software programs around? Preferably sometihng cheap if not free...Also, does anyone have virtual drumline? I'm itching to maybe get it.
Just to clarify since I don't think it has been made clear yet. Virtual Drumline is not a notation program, it is only a sound library that is used with a notation program.
I currently use VDL2 w/ Sibelius and I love it.
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Playing devil's advocate here:
Does that mean that anything that is popular to play for field tunes should be eliminated? By saying no to "Phantom of the Opera" for 'over playing', you might as well add ANYTHING done by any corps due to the fact that it's copied multiple times by high school band programs. Case in point: how many bands in your area played Canon after PR's 2003 show?
Don't simply drop the possibility to see a new twist on an old fave.....I think it would be cool to see SCV revisit this tune.
Honestly,
0 that I saw. I really don't see any bands in my area of ohio do drum corps rip off shows. When I was in college in Kentucky, I saw tons of them but never really see any bands in Columbus try to do something just because a drum corps did it.
Blue Devils breaking new percussion ground?
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The link below has a pic of the SCV snareline using the early Randall May design. This new version should definitely be more durable than this was.
2003 SCV using Randall May prototype