Middlenamekyle

Hitting front/Hitting back There isn't any extreme difference. As long as your hitting in the normal playing area (about 6-7 inches off-center) you'll be fine. In symphonic playing we will sometimes play on both the back and front for rolls so that we may use our bodies to dampen the side. (rite of spring)

I'm a big fan of the recent Crossmen drums. Red with Chrome Hardware. http://www.yea.org/images/content/photos/large_16177.jpg and I know this is a thread about corps drums but maybe someday a corps will use a set of drums with the same custom finish I put on mine... http://photos-046.facebook.com/ip002/v50/2...521046_5300.jpg

1999 Cadets, Johan De Meij, Symphony 2 "The Big Apple"

So Here's what I did, -Bought a decently priced poor condition marching snare off ebay Hardware -Once I received it I completely dismantled it. -Any moving parts that had been bent were bent back into original shape using clamps and a rubber mallet. -All hardware was sanded with 80grit, 150 grit and finally 800 grit metal sandpaper to cleanse the hardware of any nicks, or stains that can accumlate on aluminum hardware. -The hardware was then sprayed with wd-40 and buffed with scotch-brite. Shell -I carefully removed all vent-holes. The larger vents are pressure held and were simply "jiggled" free. The smaller vents had to be crushed and then pulled through the hole. -I then removed the wrap using a very hot hairdryer to loosen the adhesive tape and a sharp knife to slowly peel up the edges. -Once the wrap was removed I took off what remained of the adhesive tape (with your fingers and pressure, this stuff is hard to get off. Don't try using adhesive remover, it will damage your shell) -The shell was then sanded (in the direction of the grain) with 180grit and then 220 grit sandpaper. -3 Coats of Indigo Blue Aniline dye was then applied to the shell using a large sponge brush. Each coat was given 1 hour to dry. -The final coat of dye dried for 24 hours. -Next I used "M.L. Campbell Lacquer Topcoat Gloss" in a spray form. -4 coats were applied, spraying from 12 inches away and allowing each coat to dry 30 minutes -Every four coats I sanded the shell lightly with 600 grit sandpaper. -After the 20th Coat I did not sand the shell and allowed if a full 24 hours to cure -After 24 hours of drying I sanded lightly with 800 grit and then 1200 grit sandpaper -4 final topcoats were applied allowing 15 minutes of dry time between each. All replacement parts were purchased from Steve Weiss All finishing supplies were purchased from The Drum Foundry and The Home Depot Drum on eBay + shipping 170.00 Parts and Materials+heads +120.00 ...............................................$ 290.00

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$150

As purchased on Ebay And after I was through with it...

After seeing the complete cadets show the past week in Benson, NC (note: was a standstill performance in a gym due to weather) I came off the show with a bipolar read of the situation. The Opening, Absolutely phenomenal, I love this music, its fast paced and exciting, very memorable and just "fun" The Ballad, I like the Brass, they sound great, too many suspensions, overall brass voicing is good, singing is awful (more on that in a second) The Closer, [JAY! ITS TIME TO REWRITE!] I think the closer is cluttered by two many counter-melodic voices and rhythms. It seems like too much. I thought the opener was about the best thing I've ever heard Jay right, but the closer hit the other end of the spectrum, just way too much. Complexity is great when its done tastefully. Anyway about the ballad and singing. I'm fine with singing in drum corps if its done well. The singer in this instance seems to be the mistake. Perhaps if there was to be an audition for the vocal part we could get some better talent. I think she has an "okay" voice but does not have enough experience. There are plenty of vocal majors in the country that I'm sure would love to sing with a corps. Does anyone know if a corps can offer to cover all expenses (not paying you but not require you to pay corps dues, like a scholarship) to be a part of the corps? Could the cadets offer this to the winner of this fantasy vocal "audition"? Anyway just my two cents, Oh and Go Cadets! Just a little tough love today I guess...

I would look into the Zildjian A Orchestral Suspended cymbals instead of drumset crash cymbals. There a bunch of different sizes and weights. Sabian also has some hand hammered suspended cymbals I like. These are not that expensive. They are more expensive then what you listed though.

Cadets 2000

I'm really pleased. I think musically it's written quite well, the energy just keeps building. It's pretty early in the season so I'm not suprised by how well Jay's music was played. It's the Cadets, just wait for finals, It's going to be freaking awesome, they have never failed to wow me.

I think if you do an all mozart show "right" your not going to get very far. Really anything from the classical era arranged for drum corps is just not going to sound right, find me an example, chances are whoever arranged it strayed as far away from classical period stylistic writing as possible. If you want to find some great "classical" music to play in drum corps the time frame to look into is the romantic era. From my background I love all "classical" music, but given the choice of hearing phantom regiment blare out mozart symphony no. 39 or hearing something like ravel's daphnis and chloe or resphigi pines of rome I'm going to pick the latter two everyday of the week and twice on sunday (maybe trice on finals night)

Yes I know about Ross. And you don't want a Ross. A few things first before I answer your question, Are you intending to bring this outside for marching band use? What size marimba were you planning on writing for 4 1/3, 4 1/2, 5 octaves? When you say price is an issue, are we talking, you can't spend more then $5,000 on an instrument or are we talking under the $2,000 level?

1999 Cadets That music is way to tough to put on the field but they did one heck of a job and I just think it sounds really awesome. What a way to give it everything.

There really is nothing like having a facefull of Cadets. What an awesome sound.