leeb Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I agree with OP. I find myself trying to tune out the low bass sounds that are artificial and just listen to the horns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eqlou Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 wow, that is sad. sounds completely bush league. I foresaw maybe an open corps doing this, but why the BEST corps in the World?? amazedLou Top flight security of the WORLD, CRAIG!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowbrasswhole Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Totally agree with the OP.Example : SCV - final hit. low brass patch. Why bother having a tuba section. SCV has a fantastic show. Then destory it, for me at least, with the cheesey keyboard crap. Most noticeable where SCV, Crown, Blue Devils and Cadets. Did I see a BD baritone soloist play into a microphone in the pit? Bad choices. I like the added colors available to be used, but doubling the hornline book should be an artistic license thing that pit arrangers do away with. Why don't we have all of the music produced in the pits, and just have people on the field doing drill only, making pictures. It will make it so much easier to execute drill, and play music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplattSCV Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 (edited) Most noticeable where SCV, Crown, Blue Devils and Cadets. Did I see a BD baritone soloist play into a microphone in the pit? Bad choices. I like the added colors available to be used, but doubling the hornline book should be an artistic license thing that pit arrangers do away with. Why don't we have all of the music produced in the pits, and just have people on the field doing drill only, making pictures. It will make it so much easier to execute drill, and play music. I just had a vision of a wonderful "if I was marching, here's what I would do..." hypothetical. Mind you this is totally bravado driven. If I was marching now, I would try out to be the keyboard/sound effet player in the pit. I would do my job as requested all year. But, then at finals, I would pull a fast one and just sit there and play nothing unless it was a separate voice than the brass or acoustic percussion. I would consider myself a hero. No offense meant to any of the keyboard players in any of the corps. Its not your fault, that you were asked to play someone else's part. Edited August 8, 2009 by jplattSCV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplattSCV Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Most noticeable where SCV, Crown, Blue Devils and Cadets. Did I see a BD baritone soloist play into a microphone in the pit? Bad choices. I like the added colors available to be used, but doubling the hornline book should be an artistic license thing that pit arrangers do away with. Why don't we have all of the music produced in the pits, and just have people on the field doing drill only, making pictures. It will make it so much easier to execute drill, and play music. I saw that also. He finished his solo and then adjusted the microphone. Its possible that he was doing just that, adjusting the microphone, but it sure looked like he had been playing into it before. That is super weak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Tubas were "enhanced" many many times in shows by synths. The double octave bass synth fff pushes that seem to be at the end of every other show are just obnoxious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perc2100 Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Totally agree with the OP.Example : SCV - final hit. low brass patch. Why bother having a tuba section. SCV has a fantastic show. Then destory it, for me at least, with the cheesey keyboard crap. So just the use of electronics doubling the low brass part on one phrase completely ruined a 13 minute show?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortAndFast Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I saw that also. He finished his solo and then adjusted the microphone. Its possible that he was doing just that, adjusting the microphone, but it sure looked like he had been playing into it before. That is super weak. He does play the solo into the mic. It didn't bug me much - it's legal this year and I'm surprised more corps didn't try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayre Kulp Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 That's why I choose DCA. Where we do things the all-natural way that the drum corps gods intended. Tubas (yeah...we still call 'em contras) should be near suffocation after blowing their bells off to fill the stadium with sound at the end of the show. NOT sitting on the ground or prancing with the color guard during the biggest "low brass" hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 So just the use of electronics doubling the low brass part on one phrase completely ruined a 13 minute show?!?! It doesn't ruin it for me, but it does cheapen it. I like hearing synth piano and synth sound effects and such in the show, but I don't like it when it gets to a point where a snyth is blasting double-octave low-pitch notes so loudly that I can't even hear the tubas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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