JamesKPolk Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 So let me get this straight........95% of all corps (open and world class) perform fairly traditional music and drill, with nuance and originality of course...but largely traditional....(minimal or no chopped charts, no scatter drill, etc)............ AND we want that other 5% to frickin' get in line! What a completely boring and unimaginative concept. I want DC designers (music and visual) to explore as much as they have imagination to do. If it doesn't work, it will give them a measure to adjust from and make better.....all for our benefit. I say Chop Away! Stop it! You're making sense on DCP! DCP is for incessant whining about judges doing their jobs! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelloMatt Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 And not Phantom? I thought their arrangements of the Tchaikovsky music was pretty good..and I believe it's all from one source...Swan Lake....right? Yeah no. 6 or so different ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BozzlyB Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I agree 100%. I miss this show structure: Opener Drum Solo Concert Production Closer Reprise Please just play the song close to the way that it was written Love me some Reprise. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Don-O Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 (edited) I agree 100%. I miss this show structure: Off the Line Drum Solo Concert Production Closer Reprise Please just play the song close to the way that it was written Fixed. And you forgot to mention that you wanted the starting and ending guns. But in all seriousness I think it's been a pretty good year for extended melodies. Special props to SCV, Cavies and Devils, plus a number of the lower echelon corps. Edited August 5, 2014 by Super Don-O 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris ncsu Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Y'all must hate hearing bands or symphonies play medleys, then. I can understand where you're coming from if a corps so thoroughly arranges a piece that it's almost unrecognizable, but then again, unless you also find it to be unlistenable, I hope most people understand that today's drum corps will, for the part, play drum corps-ized versions of pieces. It's an 11-minute music, marching, and visual performance, not Beethoven's 5th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Don-O Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Y'all must hate hearing bands or symphonies play medleys, then. I can understand where you're coming from if a corps so thoroughly arranges a piece that it's almost unrecognizable, but then again, unless you also find it to be unlistenable, I hope most people understand that today's drum corps will, for the part, play drum corps-ized versions of pieces. It's an 11-minute music, marching, and visual performance, not Beethoven's 5th. I hear what you're saying, and I don't think many folks would disagree that the source music needs to be reformatted for our activity. I think what most of us who don't like the chop-n-bop style dislike is when the music is disrespected by being reduced to 8 measure segments and cut-and-pasted together as mere support to a visual program. There's room for many styles in today's corps and if that's what you as a fan or performer like that's fine, but I prefer to hear a corps really celebrate the music by presenting longer segments that give it a chance to develop and retain some of the original intent. That's when you get to hear the emotion, the nuance, the art of it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappybara Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I hear what you're saying, and I don't think many folks would disagree that the source music needs to be reformatted for our activity. I think what most of us who don't like the chop-n-bop style dislike is when the music is disrespected by being reduced to 8 measure segments and cut-and-pasted together as mere support to a visual program. There's room for many styles in today's corps and if that's what you as a fan or performer like that's fine, but I prefer to hear a corps really celebrate the music by presenting longer segments that give it a chance to develop and retain some of the original intent. That's when you get to hear the emotion, the nuance, the art of it. I respect your opinion (though I do disagree). However I'm not exactly sure how the music is "disrespected" if only a segment of it is used. I think that's the wrong word/sentiment towards the chop'n'bop style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDz Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 (edited) From Super Don-O: But in all seriousness I think it's been a pretty good year for extended melodies. Special props to SCV, Cavies and Devils, plus a number of the lower echelon corps. I agree 100% !!! Joe Edited August 5, 2014 by JoeDz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim K Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Snippets do work some cases and do not work in other cases. I recall last year wanting more "Sound of Silence" from Crossmen, but when Blue Knights did Stravinsky's music in 2012's Avian, we heard a snippet of the Jetson's theme song. Would we really have wanted the whole thing? Maybe, but I think you know what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precious Roy Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Hey, good thing Phantom Regiment didn't play any more of that Tjeknavorian piece than they did in 2008, or else we'd be out more than the 74 seconds that were ultimately cut from the DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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