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    Scottish drumming and grip.

    in Percussion Planet

    Posted

    We got the drum guy at the "big" pipe band in Austin to come work with us last night. First thing he did was let me play one note and told me my grip was bad. :P

    It's okay, I knew it was coming - I pretty much had to teach myself traditional grip, but what he changed it to was weird.

    For left hand, I don't know how different "regular" trad grip is, he's got my palm perpendicular to the plane of the drum, and almost all of the stick action is controlled by the thumb on top.

    For my right hand, I was a little more confident, since I was used to playing matched, but he changed that, too.

    Now, it's more of a french grip - more finger than wrist... heck, really, it's like a timpani grip. Again, thumb on top. (Basically, rotate your wrist 90 degrees clockwise from the palm-down thing most schools teach.)

    It's taking some getting used to, but I can live with it, I suppose.

    Pipe band drumming - much more different and distinct from "regular" marching drumming than I ever thought it'd be.

    Mike

    DCP's 2003 Drum Corps Review Contest!

    in DCI (All) Corps Show & Event Reviews

    Posted

    Bad news, everyone -

    Due to ... well, there's no other way to put it... complete lack of interest from our members, we have decided to cancel this year's DCP Drum Corps Review Contest. We did not have enough nominations to complete a full ballot.

    Thanks to those who did nominate reviews, and hopefully we'll try again next year.

    Please PM me or George if you have any questions.

    Thanks,

    Mike

    SCV 2003

    in Percussion Planet

    Posted

    Actually, they were right in line with everyone else. They had 8 when I saw them in July, and I think it was down to 7 by Finals, but that's still not an outrageously small number. It's not <cough - Star '90 - cough> like they were marching 5... :)

    DCP's 2003 Drum Corps Review Contest!

    in DCI (All) Corps Show & Event Reviews

    Posted

    Okay, here's the details on nominating reviews:

    You can start nominating reviews on Monday, October 13th. To nominate a review, send an e-mail to:

    contest@drumcorpsplanet.com

    In the e-mail, please try to remember to include the URL of the page with the review (just copy the address in your browser window), or at least try to give me enough information on it so that I know which review you're talking about! :)

    Reviews need to have been posted or e-mailed to us within five days of the contest date in order to qualify. All show or camp reviews posted between March 1st and Sept 5th 2003 will be considered.

    Nominations will close on Tuesday, October 21. On Wednesday, October 22, a poll will go up that includes the top 10 nominated reviews, and links to them so you can read them in all of their glory. Once you've read them, use the poll to vote for the one you think's the best.

    Voting will close on Friday, October 31st at the end of the day. (midnight)

    On Monday, November 3rd, the winning entry will be announced.

    So start persuing the Show and Event Reviews forum, and determine which reviews you want to nominate. And yes - you can nominate yourself! :)

    If you have any questions, you can e-mail me or just hit the PM button under this post!

    Thanks, and good luck!

    Mike

    Cavies snares in 01

    in Percussion Planet

    Posted

    The person didn't know what he was talking about and was corrected by a marching member from '01. The XL mount they used in '01 were prototypes but from the looks of things the production mount does not differ hardly at from the prototype.

    Ah - my bad. Thanks for the correction!

    Mike

    Cavies snares in 01

    in Percussion Planet

    Posted

    This has come up on the Cavies forum before. They were custom made (at least, those particular ones) and had to have attachments drilled into the drums.

    I know there are other ways of doing it - heck, I saw them in my town over 15 years ago on snares, but the Cavies ones were detachable - that's the difference.

    Mike

    who has won?

    in Historical Junior Corps Discussions

    Posted

    Do a search here on DCP for "Division Champions" - I've posted last spring who won each contest for all years during finals week (A-60/A/Div II / III et cetera).

    Also, in our Orlando coverage news, I posted the same thing this past month.

    If all else fails, I can send you a link to the list. :)

    Mike

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