DcFr3aK Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 There are multiple forms of GE that Corps go for each show, Emotional or Intellectual. 90s corps played to the Emotional side of the spectrum and 00s corps play to the Intellectual side of the spectrum (left wing right wing type stuff). In the 10s... who knows which spectrum they will play to.They both get the job done, it's just done in a different matter. Oye...10s, that sounds so weird to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard-Dad Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 On a more important note .. I just noticed I'm a DCP Veteran now!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommytimp Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Yes...all current drum corps is terrible, boring, and nothing is loud. There is zero entertainment. I think this is the last year of DCI unless they bring back the 60's show design. I heard they might cancel championships this year because it's so bad. Nahh, they'll still have championships. I know, because it'll be on Tee v.. Oh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I have a hard time getting any non-marching music type people to actually get into dci shows, and it's been that way since I first started draggin them live in the early 90s. The only way for me to put them asleep faster than showing them contemporary shows is to pop in some of my favorite legacy DVDs from the 70s and 80s. It's a geeky niche activity, and always has been. Those people who you took in the 70s and 80s to live shows who liked them were geeks. They just were. It's good to know that we're not alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCrawfordSnare Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 What the kids do, and adults in DCA is amazing. I marched for years, it's hard work and awarding. It's the people running or ruining drum corps is the problem I have. Drum Corp the art form, well you stop entertaining people without corp knowledge, you have lost your cause. When I was performing for several years in night clubs, we tried a few over the top, great musical numbers that were fantastic. Thing is the crowd didn't, so we gave them what they wanted and we enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tez Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Back to the early 90's people not associated with marching bands or drum corps enjoyed going to drum corp shows. The stadiums were packed and people were entertained and money was made. Again if Drum Corp only wants to play to people in the marching community then all is great. The early 90's.... really? I think there were just as many esoteric shows (if not more) then than there is now. Cavaliers 1990 Cavaliers 1992 Cadets 1992 Star 1990 Star 1991 Star 1993 Phantom 1993 Did the "average fan" (people who are not musically educated) recognize any of the music in these shows? I mean that is like half of the top 3 shows from those years. Why did they enjoy the shows then and not now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 (edited) There are multiple forms of GE that Corps go for each show, Emotional or Intellectual. 90s corps played to the Emotional side of the spectrum and 00s corps play to the Intellectual side of the spectrum (left wing right wing type stuff). In the 10s... who knows which spectrum they will play to.They both get the job done, it's just done in a different matter. I see it as follows : 1940's- 1960's : Drum Corps are musical groups emphasizing Patriotism, Americana, etc utilizing it's heritage of military units, via bugle, American Flag, etc 1970's-1990's: Drum Corps move away from military aspects to focus on entertainment, emphasizing music acompanied by visual explorations. 1990's-2000 : Drum Corps moves into the Visual Age. Corps write visuals first, then music to follow. Copyrite laws make Corps think twice about use of royalty payments for use of songs by popular artists. Guards no longer auxilary units, but fully integrated into shows with more prominance. With visual age, comes less melody, but more visual patterns, more color in shows. 2010- 2020 : ( prediction ) Drum Corps Visual Age comes to end. Corps move into Music Age, Phase 2. Corps no longer scurry to visual patterns. Corps a bit more stationary. Use synths, guitars, woodwinds, etc to augment the musical sound, some with success, some with failure. DCI and BOA, WGI merge in 2015. Marching Bands now become Bands heavily influenced by the Drum and Bugle Corps movements of post WW2. Edited July 27, 2009 by BRASSO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tez Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I am at the DCI show in Atlanta on Saturday and I was bored out of my mind. I've marched for years in corps from the 60's up to 2002 plus I attended music college.To me these corps want to run faster than ever on the field , with no power, since corps back in the day with 30 horns were louder than 70 person lines today. The music to me seems like a bunch of guys wanting to get their masters in composition. They take a melody and mix it up and twist it so that it hardly if ever resembles what they say it is suppose to be. If I want to hear west side story then play it... Next thing they will do porgy and bess, but make it a happy one, with country and symphonic overtures, with various key changes, Brilliant. Back when drum corp was in the business of entertaining (I know a bad thing) people came to shows to enjoy it and they did not have to be a middle, high or college marching student to understand it, they just came to be entertained. Most at the show were students, people who have marched or parents of kids in corps. People around me said this would be their last show, since they did not recognize one musical piece. Bring back the entertainment of playing loud and having regular people get excited about watching drum corp. Have you seen/heard Vanguard this year? I mean that show stays more true to the original piece of music than almost any in DCI's history (yes... much more so than Cadets' 1987 version). And Appalachian Spring is a very, very famous piece that almost all Americans should at least recognize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tez Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I see it as follows : 1940's- 1960's : Drum Corps are musical groups emphasizing Patriotism, Americana, etc utilizing it's heritage of military units, via bugle, American Flag, etc 1970's-1990's: Drum Corps move away from military aspects to focus on entertainment, emphasizing music acompanied by visual explorations. 1990's-2000 : Drum Corps moves into the Visual Age. Corps write visuals first, then music to follow. Copyrite laws make Corps think twice about use of royalty payments for use of songs by popular artists. Guards no longer auxilary units, but fully integrated into shows with more prominance. With visual age, comes less melody, but more visual patterns, more color in shows. 2010- 2020 : ( prediction ) Drum Corps Visual Age comes to end. Corps move into Music Age, Phase 2. Corps no longer scurry to visual patterns. Corps a bit more stationary. Use synths, guitars, woodwinds, etc to augment the musical sound, some with success, some with failure. DCI and BOA, WGI merge in 2115. Marching Bands now become Bands heavily influenced by the Drum and Bugle Corps movements of post WW2. If these organizations are around for another 106 years... just that will be amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Laubhan Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 What the kids do, and adults in DCA is amazing. I marched for years, it's hard work and awarding. It's the people running or ruining drum corps is the problem I have. Drum Corp the art form, well you stop entertaining people without corp knowledge, you have lost your cause. When I was performing for several years in night clubs, we tried a few over the top, great musical numbers that were fantastic. Thing is the crowd didn't, so we gave them what they wanted and we enjoyed it. For an activity that you supposedly have so much reverence for, you should really stop misspelling it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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