highpitch_83 Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Hello fellow drum corps fans! I have an opportunity to interview Clark Gardner (Percussion Section Leader from Star of Indiana 1993) and considering the mystique that followed Star that season I'm sure many of you have questions you would like to have answered regarding the season itself and of course Star's departure from DCI! You can submit your questions 3-ways: 1. Post it in this thread (I'll include your username along with the question, if you would prefer to to use your actual name simply add it in the post). 2. Send a message to @rudimentality on Twitter with your question (same deal here, your twitter username will be included with the question unless otherwise specified) 3. Email your question and contact name you would like used in the interview to: rudimentality@gmail.com Final deadline for questions will be 12:01 a.m. CST on Monday July 5th... ASK AWAY! Eric Palmer Co-Editor of Rudimentality.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadetsnare Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Ask him if he's fixed his left hand yet!! Just kidding...Clark is a good friend of mine, and as smart as they come. Have fun with the interview! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highpitch_83 Posted June 24, 2010 Author Share Posted June 24, 2010 Ask him if he's fixed his left hand yet!! Just kidding...Clark is a good friend of mine, and as smart as they come. Have fun with the interview! I'll make sure that's the first question on the list ;-) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highpitch_83 Posted June 30, 2010 Author Share Posted June 30, 2010 (edited) Giving this a bump since there haven't been any responses... has been only ONE response ;-) Only 4 more days to get in your questions for Clark!!! Edited June 30, 2010 by highpitch_83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Okay, here are some substantive questions. (Well, I hope they're substantive, anyway. Also, I'm a brass guy, so take these with the requisite grain of salt.) - IIRC, the bass line was doing crazy hard stuff throughout the show - the drill would split the line up, putting bass 1 on side 1 and leaving the rest of the line some yards away on side 2, and the whole time they would be doing ridic runs. Was that planned going in, or did this just evolve mid-season? Just seems to me that, as much attention as the snare line gets for being so spotlessly clean, that the basses were and are kind of the unsung heroes of the '93 battery. - For "Medea", four members of the pit joined the battery on-field playing (I think) toms. Again, was this a mid-season thing? It was a very subtle thing - maybe there was something intentional they were trying to accomplish with this move? - Bill Cook has said the letter of intent to do Brass Theater (or some sort of partnership - maybe the name hadn't yet been coined) with the Canadian Brass was signed in June. How much did the corps members know during the season about Star's plans to leave DCI? - What was the vibe among the corps members about Medea? Did they realize how legendary/game-changing that show would become? And did they sense how controversial the show was among the activity during the season? - Did Clark play on the Premier drums before the switch to Pearl in '93? If so, how did he like the change? - One last question: with such aggressive playing, how many drum heads did they go through during the season? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highpitch_83 Posted July 1, 2010 Author Share Posted July 1, 2010 Okay, here are some substantive questions. (Well, I hope they're substantive, anyway. Also, I'm a brass guy, so take these with the requisite grain of salt.)- IIRC, the bass line was doing crazy hard stuff throughout the show - the drill would split the line up, putting bass 1 on side 1 and leaving the rest of the line some yards away on side 2, and the whole time they would be doing ridic runs. Was that planned going in, or did this just evolve mid-season? Just seems to me that, as much attention as the snare line gets for being so spotlessly clean, that the basses were and are kind of the unsung heroes of the '93 battery. - For "Medea", four members of the pit joined the battery on-field playing (I think) toms. Again, was this a mid-season thing? It was a very subtle thing - maybe there was something intentional they were trying to accomplish with this move? - Bill Cook has said the letter of intent to do Brass Theater (or some sort of partnership - maybe the name hadn't yet been coined) with the Canadian Brass was signed in June. How much did the corps members know during the season about Star's plans to leave DCI? - What was the vibe among the corps members about Medea? Did they realize how legendary/game-changing that show would become? And did they sense how controversial the show was among the activity during the season? - Did Clark play on the Premier drums before the switch to Pearl in '93? If so, how did he like the change? - One last question: with such aggressive playing, how many drum heads did they go through during the season? :) Great questions Rusty! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cron Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 I was going to post some questions to ask, but I think they're all covered now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFZFAN Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Why did Star always have such a tiny snare line? They surely had enough money to buy a couple more drums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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