kdaddy Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Praise only for Crown, guys... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthomas666 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) Brass books that get me all moist and tingly (off the top of my head, hardly a comprehensive list): Spirit 1980 27th 1981 Cadets 1982, 1985 PR 1993, 1996 BD 1988, 1989 (I'm listening to these to a LOT lately) Crown 2009 Edited September 30, 2014 by jthomas666 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDA16 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 In terms of complicated chord structure and a tough listening environment, 2010 and 2013 BD for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shostahoosier Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 This never gets mentioned but the book that Michael Klesch wrote for Phantom Regiment in 2001 was quite good, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappybara Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 In terms of complicated chord structure and a tough listening environment, 2010 and 2013 BD for sure. 2010 BD gets my vote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devsabre Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) Based on 84BDSop’s comments Criteria: book difficulty, staging, performance. To name a few... Spirit of Atlanta - 79 Star of Indiana - 90, 91, 93 Madison Scouts - 81, 84, 85, 86, 88, 99 Blue Devils - 79, 91, 93, 96, 99, 10, 14 Cavaliers - 00, 01, 06 Cadets - 87, 97 Phantom Regiment - 78, 79, 84, 94, 96, 06 Carolina Crown - 10, 12 Edited September 30, 2014 by devsabre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornTeacher Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Praise only for Crown, guys... Nice, kdaddy. And I'm not even an alumnus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornTeacher Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) Just to be a moron, but I'd like to throw in PARTS of BD '85. In particular, the "Litreraft Earth" opening. I took me a long, long time to get my ears around that -- believe me, a LONG time. However, with many repeated listenings, it suddenly occurred to me that the opening 40 seconds were really a portend of what was to become with DC scoring and effect. The "tonic-mediant-supertonic" slide at approximately the 30-second mark...the soprano line glissando at the 40-45 second mark -- I see these as a portend of Drum Corps scoring changing from the heavily "song inspired" medium which had ruled the roost to a more "effect medium" scoring which would eventually take over the activity. I'll even subjugate myself to those BD experts to the charges of "You don't know S*** "" which may come along. That's just the way I interpret the opening....AFTER about 250 listenings (or more;, if that's possible). For me...it's a ground-breaking moment in DCI from the musical scoring perspective. Edited September 30, 2014 by HornTeacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohwiseone Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) . Edited October 1, 2014 by ohwiseone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tad_MMA Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 If taken in the context of the era and the instruments being used, the 1985 Garfield Cadets brass book is about as ridiculous as it gets. Absolutely. Given these variables, that book was incomparable: * Not written until March (SCV's book was written by the past November---well, two parts were written in late 1983) * Written by M. Klesch, who had NEVER written a 13 minute book before * Not even on the field until April * Garfield was dirt-poor and had notoriously bad horns * Two friggin' valves * TO THIS DAY, the most demanding, exposed drill. Jeremiah is so time signature-sick that at times, they marched on the phrase. They either made the sets or they didn't. (They did.) * The "opera buffo" ending to 'Candide' kept going and going. Louder, faster, higher. I asked then; I ask now: HOW did they maintain the energy? * BD second in Brass GE (14.3); Garfield got a 14.8. 'Nuff said. * SCV got a 14.1 (they forgot about Ensemble/Timing in Finals). GR Royer said, "We got done in by a brass judge." Um, ok. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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