MadMed Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 (edited) Hello all. So I'm new to actually posting on these forums, although I read thempretty often during the summer. It's definitely interesting to see allthese different opinions being thrown around and mixed up. So this thread isexactly what it seems. Sorry if there has been a thread like this before,but I haven't seen anything like it in the past several months or so, and I'vebeen on pretty consistently since the beginning of the season. So I have no experiencedesigning or writing for corps or marching bands or anything of the like, soI'm not qualified to do this sort of thing, but I often find myself listeningto some song or piece of music and thinking, "Man, this would make anawesome drum corps tune." So I wanted to see what other people'sopinions are like on the matter. This is strictly fantastical. Postwhatever you like without worrying about copyright laws or cost of rights oranything of that sort. If you want to post your reasons why you thinksomething would work really well, then by all means do. Lastly, hopefullythis thread will encourage some listening. If there is some piece or songposted that you have never heard before, go listen and see if you agree withwhoever made the post. Have fun! Here's my list (splitinto two broad categories; pop and classical): Classical: - Mahler's 7th Symphony,the third movement: I think this piece would make an awesome middlemovement/drum break to a show. I could see it being incredibly virtuosic forthe percussion and for the hornline too. It also seems like it would justbe a really cool, dark, and mysterious middle movement that left you reallyexcited about what could come next. - Mahler's 3rd Symphony,the last movement: This is perhaps my favorite ending to any Mahlersymphony. It is grand and beautiful and full of love. If more drumcorps were willing to try slow closers in their shows, I think this could beamazing. It wouldn't work as well for me as a normal middle of the showballad because it is too emotionally charged and powerful to be played thenbasically forgotten about because of a closer. Pop: - Muse's "Take aBow" from their album Black Holes andRevelations: This is a super cool song that is emotionally charged andfull of anger and angst. It has a lot of elements that I think wouldallow for an awesome opener. It's one giant build from beginning to end,and it has a lot of cool musical elements that would allow for very exposedvirtuosic parts for all sections of the corps. -Queen's "Somebodyto Love": This is certainly one of my favorite Queen songs if not myabsolute favorite. It is an awesome song from beginning to end because ofits general emotional output (thank you Freddy Mercury) and it's theoreticaland formal complexity. It seriously has so much going on theoreticallythat one could use it for a major analysis in a college music theory 1 class. I think this song could work as an opener or closer. -Fun's "Intro toSome Nights" from their album Some Nights: I finished marching in2006, right at the time mood setting pre-show programs were starting to becomepopular. I think this song would fit into that role awesomelyspecifically because it is a good attention grabber and it doesn't have enoughmovement and tempo to be a normal opener or closer. It has these momentswhere the lead singer's voice just jumps out at you in these octaves and fifthsfrom otherwise quiet music. I think this sort of thing would work reallywell with the pit and perhaps some horn soloists playing softly and then BAM!hornline and drumline in your face and then gone again. Okay, so that's all Ican think of for now, though I'm sure I'll remember some more some time lateron. Let me know what ya'll think, listen if you haven't heard some ofthis music, and post your own ideas. Thanks! Edited August 29, 2012 by MadMed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyGranite Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 The following thread relates to your thread: http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/forums/index.php/topic/152083-popular-tunes-in-drum-corps/page__p__3159828__fromsearch__1#entry3159828 There were some good suggestions that pertain to pop music...as well as computer gaming music, which I would love to hear in a Drum Corps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13strokeroll Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I like the Queen idea. Increasing tempo in the stretto begs for some brilliant visual motion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NR_Ohiobando Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) Gamelan/other Indo music. Gong Kebyar specifically. It translates loosely to "explosive sounds". DCI judges judge music based on an incredibly Western scale of traits. (equal temperament, balance, tonalities, phrasing, mallet technique, percussion technique etc.) Blue Devils doing dada is vanilla compared to some Eastern music. I'd love to see the faces on percussion judges when they have to figure out what to tell the metallophone (gender/gangsa) players. They would probably just end up judging them unfairly on a Western scale of traits, but it would be a hell of a lot of fun to watch. And what's more, I'd love to hear the colorguard judge try and make sense of analyzing Indo-dancing. It's incredibly detailed, but incredibly different from anything you've ever seen. Crossmen, Madison, SCV seem like good fits. Edited August 30, 2012 by NR_Ohiobando 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyGranite Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Gamelan/other Indo music. Gong Kebyar specifically. It translates loosely to "explosive sounds". DCI judges judge music based on an incredibly Western scale of traits. (equal temperament, balance, tonalities, phrasing, mallet technique, percussion technique etc.) Blue Devils doing dada is vanilla compared to some Eastern music. I'd love to see the faces on percussion judges when they have to figure out what to tell the metallophone (gender/gangsa) players. They would probably just end up judging them unfairly on a Western scale of traits, but it would be a hell of a lot of fun to watch. And what's more, I'd love to hear a colorguard try to judge traditional Indo-dancing. It's incredibly detailed, but incredibly different from anything you've ever seen. Crossmen, Madison, SCV seem like good fits. I like it...a lot. Hearing a hornline complimenting those phrases would be fantastic...as well as being a challenge for the members. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumManTx Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) -Queen's "Somebodyto Love": This is certainly one of my favorite Queen songs if not myabsolute favorite. It is an awesome song from beginning to end because ofits general emotional output (thank you Freddy Mercury) and it's theoreticaland formal complexity. It seriously has so much going on theoreticallythat one could use it for a major analysis in a college music theory 1 class. I think this song could work as an opener or closer. Ok, I heard this on the radio the other day, and I think it would be an AMAZING closer and would die to hear someone play it, a loud, park and park, true to the original arrangement. Colts use of "All By Myself" this year makes me think they could handle it, maybe something similar to their 94 show? Edited August 30, 2012 by DrumManTx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Knob Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) I had a WGI concert percussion ensemble do the gamelan sections of Prince of the Pagodas by Benjemin Britten. I was great fun for the kids, very cool sounds, and nobody, and I mean nobody, sounded anything like us. Critique was always fun explaning what we were playing to the judges who didn't know what it was (and it was more than I'd like to admit), and those guys usually did not score us too highly. The judges that got it loved it, and gave us great numbers. Important thing was the kids had fun and the audiences loved us because they got to hear something totally different. As to the OP, I've heard both the Mahler 3rd and 7th on the field, as well as an arrangement I did of the 8th. They all worked great, but required a good group of mature performers. Where they need to go is to mid 20th century symphonic music of William Schuman, Eduard Tubin, Ernst Toch, and the like. I corps I almost wrote for was thinking about a Nightwish show from the Once album, very cool prog rock stuff with orchestra. Would have be fun. Edited September 1, 2012 by Steve Knob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NR_Ohiobando Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I had a WGI concert percussion ensemble do the gamelan sections of Prince of the Pagodas by Benjemin Britten. I was great fun for the kids, very cool sounds, and nobody, and I mean nobody, sounded anything like us. Critique was always fun explaning what we were playing to the judges who didn't know what it was (and it was more than I'd like to admit), and those guys usually did not score us too highly. The judges that got it loved it, and gave us great numbers. Important thing was the kids had fun and the audiences loved us because they got to hear something totally different. This is exactly why I want someone to actually perform other-culture music in an honest way. Blue Devils and Cadets don't innovate much of anything these days; they simply play directly into the system's hands. DCI is such a boring circuit, yet for some reason promotes itself as innovative. The designers tell members to squat every few seconds, call it "choreography", and expect/receive credit for innovation and effect. [/rant] Okay. So long story short, I just really like Gamelan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamQuavers Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I'd like to see a corps attempt a serial piece. Sure, it'd probably be hard to memorize the music, but I think it'd certainly grab people's attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
En929 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) Hello all. So I'm new to actually posting on these forums, although I read thempretty often during the summer. It's definitely interesting to see allthese different opinions being thrown around and mixed up. So this thread isexactly what it seems. Sorry if there has been a thread like this before,but I haven't seen anything like it in the past several months or so, and I'vebeen on pretty consistently since the beginning of the season. So I have no experiencedesigning or writing for corps or marching bands or anything of the like, soI'm not qualified to do this sort of thing, but I often find myself listeningto some song or piece of music and thinking, "Man, this would make anawesome drum corps tune." So I wanted to see what other people'sopinions are like on the matter. This is strictly fantastical. Postwhatever you like without worrying about copyright laws or cost of rights oranything of that sort. If you want to post your reasons why you thinksomething would work really well, then by all means do. Lastly, hopefullythis thread will encourage some listening. If there is some piece or songposted that you have never heard before, go listen and see if you agree withwhoever made the post. Have fun! Here's my list (splitinto two broad categories; pop and classical): Classical: - Mahler's 7th Symphony,the third movement: I think this piece would make an awesome middlemovement/drum break to a show. I could see it being incredibly virtuosic forthe percussion and for the hornline too. It also seems like it would justbe a really cool, dark, and mysterious middle movement that left you reallyexcited about what could come next. - Mahler's 3rd Symphony,the last movement: This is perhaps my favorite ending to any Mahlersymphony. It is grand and beautiful and full of love. If more drumcorps were willing to try slow closers in their shows, I think this could beamazing. It wouldn't work as well for me as a normal middle of the showballad because it is too emotionally charged and powerful to be played thenbasically forgotten about because of a closer. Pop: - Muse's "Take aBow" from their album Black Holes andRevelations: This is a super cool song that is emotionally charged andfull of anger and angst. It has a lot of elements that I think wouldallow for an awesome opener. It's one giant build from beginning to end,and it has a lot of cool musical elements that would allow for very exposedvirtuosic parts for all sections of the corps. -Queen's "Somebodyto Love": This is certainly one of my favorite Queen songs if not myabsolute favorite. It is an awesome song from beginning to end because ofits general emotional output (thank you Freddy Mercury) and it's theoreticaland formal complexity. It seriously has so much going on theoreticallythat one could use it for a major analysis in a college music theory 1 class. I think this song could work as an opener or closer. -Fun's "Intro toSome Nights" from their album Some Nights: I finished marching in2006, right at the time mood setting pre-show programs were starting to becomepopular. I think this song would fit into that role awesomelyspecifically because it is a good attention grabber and it doesn't have enoughmovement and tempo to be a normal opener or closer. It has these momentswhere the lead singer's voice just jumps out at you in these octaves and fifthsfrom otherwise quiet music. I think this sort of thing would work reallywell with the pit and perhaps some horn soloists playing softly and then BAM!hornline and drumline in your face and then gone again. Okay, so that's all Ican think of for now, though I'm sure I'll remember some more some time lateron. Let me know what ya'll think, listen if you haven't heard some ofthis music, and post your own ideas. Thanks! I'd like to see them play some music that I wrote lol. I'm just joking. Edited September 1, 2012 by En929 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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