MotoSurfBass Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Gotta go bass here (I know I'm biased! :p). Especially when the top two hit a squib perfectly, it's really BA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonW Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 From a horn-line member: When I marched I loved that we had tri-toms, congas, timbales and bongos; so, I'd guess that today's tenor lines would be the equivalent. My real percussion-love was tympani though, and the modern basses follow a (roughly) similar process of old tymp lines. I voted Basses 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 you want to look at the difference between crowd reaction for a bass break or a snare break? Bluecoats 08. case closed 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InspaDave Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I think even the uneducated fans of drum corps (brass/guard folks) realize the difficulty in playing bass drum. Therefore, when a well written bass part clicks it gets a better response. Most people in the audience do not recognize or even hear the difference between a flam drag or a flam ratamacue. A snare break would get less of a response unless the is some sort of visual kick-assery. Jeff Ream, I voted you up from -1. Obviously you were the victim of a snare drummer's ire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I think even the uneducated fans of drum corps (brass/guard folks) realize the difficulty in playing bass drum. Therefore, when a well written bass part clicks it gets a better response. Most people in the audience do not recognize or even hear the difference between a flam drag or a flam ratamacue. A snare break would get less of a response unless the is some sort of visual kick-assery. Jeff Ream, I voted you up from -1. Obviously you were the victim of a snare drummer's ire. not the first time I have ###### off a snare player, nor will it be the last. I expect it to happen next weekend. In fact, I'll ###### if it doesn't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibexpercussion Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 For me (with bias of course) it is tenors that impress me the most. Yes, I completely appreciate every other section of the battery and pit, but watching 4 or 5 tenor players really rip of a solo section, or a nasty groove is what does it for me. I think of ones that stick out to me: Cadets 2000 BD 1995 Madison 1994 Not to say those are the only ones that are "the best," but ones that have really stuck with me over the years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hostrauser Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Generally, I prefer snare licks. There have been too many too count, but Cadets 2003 snare work in Malaguena is one of my all time favorites. Madison Scouts "Funny" in 1992. And of course the "flamenco" plastic drumming from BD in 1994. For tenors everyone mentions Cadets 2000 (justifiably), but Cadets 1993 has some awesome tenor runs. Bass runs don't usually do much for me, but the Blue Devils bass line at the conclusion of their 2002 show is one of the best things I've ever heard. Of course, as Garfield (?) posted earlier, interplay between the battery sections is always best. Madison Scouts "La Danza Pasillo" in 1995 is my favorite of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumManTx Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 (edited) Generally, I prefer snare licks. There have been too many too count, but Cadets 2003 snare work in Malaguena is one of my all time favorites. Madison Scouts "Funny" in 1992. And of course the "flamenco" plastic drumming from BD in 1994. For tenors everyone mentions Cadets 2000 (justifiably), but Cadets 1993 has some awesome tenor runs. Bass runs don't usually do much for me, but the Blue Devils bass line at the conclusion of their 2002 show is one of the best things I've ever heard. Of course, as Garfield (?) posted earlier, interplay between the battery sections is always best. Madison Scouts "La Danza Pasillo" in 1995 is my favorite of these. They had an INSANE bass line that year, one of my favorite drumline shows. So many tasty licks in it. Love the other ones you mentioned as well, Madison 92's one of my favorite drum features along with Crossmen from that year, really enjoyed how wet the snares sounded as compared to how they sound now. Edited February 16, 2013 by DrumManTx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Which is why hearing a great bass drum lick always does me in. The snares may be the fighter pilots, but without the bass drummers, those fighter jets have no fuel to take off. It's one thing to get a bunch of snare drummers to play the exact same thing, but it's another thing to get a bunch of bass drummers playing a number of different parts so that they sound like one person is playing the lick. I have to go with Mike on this one. It makes a huge difference when five people have to play asynchronous parts and make it sound like one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyboy Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Gotta go bass here (I know I'm biased! :p). Especially when the top two hit a squib perfectly, it's really BA. What is a squib? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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