tesmusic Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 I'm of the complete opposite disposition - we're already looking at an activity that can't show you video, let you listen to audio and deliberately won't tell you what they're playing. Then everyone wonders why, despite booming audition numbers, attendance and revenue stays so flat. Mike Very true statement, even though I do not necessarily mind when I have to wait, but you make a good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Adam Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 This conversation is funny because no one ever complained when you had to wait until the June issue of Drum Corps World, that you had to buy at a June drum corps show to find out what a corps' show is for that year. We complain a lot about today's kids being instant gratification but sometimes we're just as bad. Haha. The funny thing is that I have several former student's that auditioned or made junior corps this year and they didn't care one bit about what the show is. I'm just as excited to hear the shows too but anymore I don't even know half of the pieces a corps is playing and have certainly learned that now-a-days that "How" a corps did it far outweighs the "What" a corps is doing. As far as the rights "issue" I see both sides clearly, we as corps are not really trying to make money off the pieces. But in a lot of ways we are.... recruitment, interest, clinics, merchandise, so on the legal side of things there's always that argument. Additionally, if a composer doesn't want anyone to ruin their intent of the music they should have the right to say that. It happpens all the time, authors don't want books made into movies, directors don't want a sequel, etc. If I spend hours on end to create a piece of art that I'm attached to then why should someone have the right to make it better. So it's tough to say that we should be the exception in this argument. Until you've dealt with the copyright issues first hand you don't know how cumbersome they can be and I don't blame corps holding off on show announcements until all the ducks are in row. Sometimes when I arrange band shows the price I charge for the arrangement is outweighed in the cost of the license by almost 3 times as much, who even knows how much the syncing rights could cost. Also there is rarely a database to find out how much a tune would cost. So if we are doing a show about the sun, it's not like we can choose a song about the sun from a list based upon how much the rights would cost. There's at least one company that makes you submit a request without knowing how much the cost to arrange could be, then after they bill you that's when you find out how much the rights costs and then you can proceed or cancel the request. After that you start to pursue the syncing rights, if those are astronomical it's back to the drawing board. So it make it tough to choose when you can't see the prices for similar songs or styles of songs. Anymore when I sit down with a group to talk design, we find out about the rights before we pick a show theme or other pieces to compliment the one we have our heart set on. It's a weird process that could take months. Keeping in mind that the time from September to November is a short time to complete a band season, hire designers and captions head, slap together a ground breaking show concept and then host your first camp, I applaud corps for taking their time to get it right. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshClements403 Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Vanguard should be announcing this week 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutchtow Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Vanguard should be announcing this weekI really really hope so!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeffeory Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Cavaliers should be announcing soon. Interesting stuff for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshClements403 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Spirit just posted a video on their facebook page detailing the show 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshClements403 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Georgia: Rusty Air in Carolina - Mason Bates Can't Help Falling in Love Sweet Georgia Brown (dubstep) Georgia on my Mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rr4353 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Add to that: Brooklyn Babylon Georgia by Cee Lo Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingusmonk Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 Add to that: Brooklyn Babylon Georgia by Cee Lo Green Where did you get Brooklyn Babylon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rr4353 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Where did you get Brooklyn Babylon? Sources who were at the January camp where they announced the rep to the corps. It's part of their opener, along with the Bates 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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