Jeff Ream Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 It might well be your porn name though. Just sayin'. I'll never tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 (edited) The one who always signs his own account and has no alternate identity...other than Michael Boo. How 'bout alternate realities.... And Jeff Ream a porn name... OY!!! And I ain't Jewish... LOL, think his dads' name would work better (but I ain't tellin' him). Edited November 16, 2011 by JimF-LowBari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskl3rings Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 DC is a rather unique activity as it is a competitive activity, which is also a performance/entertainment medium. I’m so tired of the DC must evolve argument! Why? Let’s examine a couple of other competitive/entertainment mediums and see how much they have “evolved”. Broadway musicals combine great music and choreography, much like DC, to entertain. Broadway has changed very little in fifty years. A great Broadway show still relies on wonderful music, exciting choreography, and an interesting book (story). All of the major league sports have changed very little over the years. Baseball is basically the same game as it was 100 years ago, but we just witnessed one of the most entertaining World Series in the history of the sport. What few changes that have happened in basketball or football were either to protect player safety or to increase scoring, to make the games more entertaining. DC is the only activity that has made changes WITHOUT any consideration of its fans. In fact I submit most of the changes in DC were to benefit instructional staffs or the music instrument manufacture companies. Why? Because unlike Broadway or the major sports, DC does not depend on the income from its audience/fans to survive. If it did DC would have folded a long time ago. DC members are very dedicated people. It takes an incredible amount of commitment of time, money, work and most of all heart to march DC. Yet, how many of the thousands former members that have participated in the past forty plus years still attend DC shows. I think within the answer you’ll find the success of DC’s evolution. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 sorry oldskl, but this past year, even with all of the changes, was one of the most entertaining years DCi has had in a decade 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 my name isn't really Jeff Ream. Bert: Why reveal that now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibexpercussion Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 sorry oldskl, but this past year, even with all of the changes, was one of the most entertaining years DCi has had in a decade Definitely can agree with that! Some great shows and moments: Cadets- Drum feature and slow-mo fight sequence BD- The drumline. Say a Little Prayer Cavies- Upside-down tenors and upside-down everything Crown- Paint it Black PR- Elsa's SCV- Narration at the beginning Bluecoats- Creep Blue Knights- Old Fife Style drum feature and many more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contrajedi8 Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 In a recent Post on farcebook to my Brothers in the Classic Cavaliers, I said "So...2012 marks the 40th Anniversary (or 41st; DCI is not famous for being good with numbers; - i.e. "Samurai", " "Mad World", "XtraordinarY") of the formation of DCI. And we are asked to participate in some sort of celebration of the birth of a monster that Dr. Frankenstein would have aborted. Ask Don Warren what he thinks of this abomination he helped create. While I realize that more of you marched DCI than we "Dinosaurs" (and we get fewer annually), you can't honestly tell me that it was the ultimate Drum Corps dream as initially hoped. It turned my Corps into a multi-million $ money hungry entity continually begging for every red cent anyone could offer. Celebrate DCI? I would sooner (get ready for a gross exaggeration) host a Hitler Retrospective in Jerusalem. I cannot, in good conscience, be part of any event in its honor - nor be a member of an organization that would, no matter how politically expedient that may be." I fully expect Flames Galore from them...and you. But one of the advantages of approaching the Finish Line is the Knowledge that you left it all out on the field, holding nothing back. Tired of my "Rants"? Be patient, kids. I'll soon be among so many Brothers & Sisters in that Ultimate Corps....."Somewhere Over The Rainbow". u mad bro? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskl3rings Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 The problem is, to attract new fans and retain old ones; the activity has to be entertaining EVERY year. Some of the evolution within the activity was natural and didn’t change the activity fundamentally, guard’s migrating to dance and drill design, others were forced and changed the fundamentals of DC, the pit, amps and the addition of keyboards. Funny, but the natural changes really didn’t affect the cost of doing business, yet the forced changes have added significant costs to the activity. Ten years ago who in the activity would see the eventual need for corps to have a sound engineer on staff. DCI’s preoccupation with the national tour model and the forced changes led to the destruction of smaller local corps, which further eroded the fan base. If the DCI member corps were fully dependent on revenue from ticket sales, I guarantee many of these forced changes would be long gone and the activity would be better for it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glory Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 DC is a rather unique activity as it is a competitive activity, which is also a performance/entertainment medium. I’m so tired of the DC must evolve argument! Why? Let’s examine a couple of other competitive/entertainment mediums and see how much they have “evolved”. Broadway musicals combine great music and choreography, much like DC, to entertain. Broadway has changed very little in fifty years... You apparently haven't been to Broadway lately. Some of this Broadway generation's greatest hits represented significant departures from the past. Phantom of the Opera relied importantly on technology and special effects to make the production what it was. Lion King essentially substituted puppets for people on stage, a change that set the stage for robots and technology in contemporary productions such as Spiderman. And of course we can't forget that no Broadway musicals have been accoustic in a long time. All mic their singers/actors. Beyond Broadway, some production use recorded music, regrettably. It goes beyond Broadway too. I've been to a couple of ballets the past couple of seasons where the dancers spokes and sang (mic'ed of course) - something unheard in a previous generations. The sports analogy is weak too. In baseball, the 20-game winner is rare because the game has evolved with specialized pitching roles. Other records are being warped by the designated hitter rule. Basketball and football approaches have evolved significantly. A quick glance at the record books with their imbalance toward the current makes that clear. It's all changing. Television. Movies. Broadway. Ballet. Sports. Drum corps. Everything changes. Buy a ticket or don't. Just don't pretend heaven ordained drum corps as exempt when it's not. HH 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 (edited) You apparently haven't been to Broadway lately. Some of this Broadway generation's greatest hits represented significant departures from the past. Phantom of the Opera relied importantly on technology and special effects to make the production what it was. Lion King essentially substituted puppets for people on stage, a change that set the stage for robots and technology in contemporary productions such as Spiderman. And of course we can't forget that no Broadway musicals have been accoustic in a long time. All mic their singers/actors. Beyond Broadway, some production use recorded music, regrettably. Also due to cost issues, ye olde orchestra pits for musicals have changed too. Less musicans in the pit, musicians playing multiple instruments and use of keyboards, synths, electronics, whatever to create (or replace) the sound of instruments not being played. Check the local theater scene and you might see 3 or 4 people in a pit that used to hold 12-15 members. s/ Former HS pit member back when we used torches to see the music. Edited November 17, 2011 by JimF-LowBari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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