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No, I wish. Just listening to some shows so much that it's ingrained in my head.

Yeah, that's how I am. I wish I had perfect pitch, though.

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It has its downside

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It has its downside

How so, Mr. Music Student?

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Remembering passages that you played while in the hornline and can still play some of the parts... B)

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How so, Mr. Music Student?

It generally sucks if you hear something in a key other than the original...I'm pretty much able to overlook that with drum corps (though '95 Phantom doing the Rachmaninoff Rhapsody in F wasn't the best choice)

You learn that cassette tapes do actually vary a little in speed which obviously affects pitch...thus it's grating...

When I was searching for a new car 5 years ago, I test drove a Honda...in the event I couldn't find an affordable car with a CD player, I brought along a cassette tape dub of the Dvorak Piano Quintet in A simply to test pitch...in this particular car I was listening to the Dvorak Piano Quintet in Bb...no way would I be able to deal with that

Yes you're reading this right....my ear is a factor in choosing a motor vehicle...I'd say that's a downside, but it's true nonetheless

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...When your iPod has it's own DCI playlist

...When the majority of the music played in your car, is DCI

That is true right there...especially on the way to shows.

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To the top scores list on myspace. I have one on my facebook.

-Bust out laughing because you just remembered something that only the people that marched that year would understand and everyone looks at you like your the craziest person on Earth.

-Your corps group on your AIM is larger than your normal friends list.

-Your first thought when you start to date someone is "Would they like drum corps?" If yes you introduce them to drum corps. If no you dump them!

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...When your myspace (yes, I know I'm a loser) has the scores of your favorite corps

Facebook for me :rock:

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lol...great thread.

Here are the ones that have been mentioned that I am guilty of:

1. Listening mostly to drumcorps in the car

2. I always "step off" on my left foot

3. I walk in step with others walking next to me without thinking about it (sometimes I do it intentionally...it just bugs me to be out of step lol)

4. I can identify pretty much any show from 1987 to present just by listening to the first 3 seconds or so

I am a drumcorps dork and have come to accept this fact. :)

Another good one might be:

You have specific drumcorps (e.g.The Blue Devils, Santa Clara Vanguard, The Cavaliers, etc...) as your myspace friends (guilty of this one, too...)

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