Quiksilveric Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 PR fired their drill writer in the middle of the season and rewrote most of the show. Interesting. Was this Nick Scotella who designed their '08 show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corpsband Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 This is a simple equation for Jupiter. If they get sufficient presence in DCI, it will open a huge market for them. 1/2 price horns are very attractive to high schools across the nation *IF* they are of sufficient quality. How do you make the quality argument to a potential customer? "One third of all DCI Corps played Jupiter instruments this summer. Summer tour is much harder on instruments than a band season. Ask *them* about the quality! " Jupiter will keep improving the product until it's good enough for their sales team to make that pitch. They don't need to be the best -- just good enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 (edited) Jupiter instruments suck. There is an ebb and flow to these Mfg's in my opinion in terms of the quality of the instrumentation. One Mfg. is on top re. quality, then another comes out with another generation of horns to try and top that... some good, some not so good. But I 've never seen a situation where the mfg. of the horn ( or drum ) had anything to do with a Corps score or placement in that caption. So whatever BK's decides, they'll be just fine on whatever horn Mfg. they ultimately decide to use, imo. Edited April 30, 2012 by BRASSO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poprocks Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Interesting. Was this Nick Scotella who designed their '08 show? The very same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralTsoChicken Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Interesting. Was this Nick Scotella who designed their '08 show? Yes and no. Nick was basically spoon fed by the corps and Tony Hall in the '08 season. In '09, he was much more on his own. We saw how that turned out. Nick is a good guy and he is a great contributor to the marching arts, but he's some how taken the wrong path. He should be in instruction, not design. That was his forte as a member (horn seargent), and he could be one of the greatest ever. Of course, this can be read as a dog on Nick--- when in reality, I really wish he'd go in the direction that made him a great member, not the direction that lead him to design. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentw Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Boston only went up as a result of Blue Stars going down. Apples and oranges, bro. They scored higher in brass (and everywhere else, I assume) and therefore moved up. It had nothing to do with anyone else dropping. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch1k3n Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Who sounded "tinny" with the last gen euphs? I can't think of any Jupiter corps that sounded "tinny" in the middle. playing it by itself, it made a more "tinny" noise than a fuller yamaha, that's what I meant, although corps may have different methods to overcome that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgerbob Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 playing it by itself, it made a more "tinny" noise than a fuller yamaha, that's what I meant, although corps may have different methods to overcome that. The Yamaha might have sounded a LITTLE fuller... and don't get me wrong, I love Yamaha, it's all I really like, but the Yamaha euph is probably the worst instrument on the field today. As much as I might rag on Jupiter, the euph is a good horn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quad Aces Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 (edited) Never mind the Jupiter horns - what is Blue Knights actually playing for their show this year??? It's only May 1st... Sorry - didn't intend to highjack the thread, just thought I would throw that in. Seems like the show announcements are a matter of national secrecy this year. Edited May 1, 2012 by Quad Aces 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesleyrp Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Never mind the Jupiter horns - what is Blue Knights actually playing for their show this year??? It's only May 1st... Sorry - didn't intend to highjack the thread, just thought I would throw that in. Seems like the show announcements are a matter of national secrecy this year. Firebird,though I don't know what the actual title is. It's been talked about in other threads as well. As for official anouncement I thought they already did but I haven't been on their website lately.:) Wes P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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