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Mixing boards, Jim Ott, Fred Sanford, and the real reason the judges are off the field ?


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Just got a mental image of a sound board person with headphones on during hit of “Georgia On My Mind “... it ain’t pretty...

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Now that's an interesting question.

I'm speculating of course, but given what I know about those cats I'd say both would approve of the judicious use of sound reinforcement. I base this opinion on a couple of things.

Jim was clearly one of the most forward-thinking drum corps artists of his day, judging by his work. He was a pusher of boundaries.

I knew Fred better, having both shared a house and taught several corps with him (SCV, Crossmen, Freelancers...etc.). He was a technophile and had all the latest gear and gadgets.

As for on-field adjudication, I can say with reasonable certainty that he was capable of evaluating a percussion section accurately from the stands, while holding a beverage and a conversation. And I mean, he could predict execution scores down to the tic, and judge microscopic technique like thumb position.

That said, not everyone possessed his super powers.

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4 hours ago, ironlips said:

Now that's an interesting question.

I'm speculating of course, but given what I know about those cats I'd say both would approve of the judicious use of sound reinforcement. I base this opinion on a couple of things.

Jim was clearly one of the most forward-thinking drum corps artists of his day, judging by his work. He was a pusher of boundaries.

I knew Fred better, having both shared a house and taught several corps with him (SCV, Crossmen, Freelancers...etc.). He was a technophile and had all the latest gear and gadgets.

As for on-field adjudication, I can say with reasonable certainty that he was capable of evaluating a percussion section accurately from the stands, while holding a beverage and a conversation. And I mean, he could predict execution scores down to the tic, and judge microscopic technique like thumb position.

That said, not everyone possessed his super powers.

I have to disagree, Fred didn’t have to deal with all the mixing and fixing and layering and flavoring, its just my gut feeling, but I think those two were more purist and more dedicated to the possibilities of the instrument itself. Just one band dads opinion. 

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Don’t they just phone the scores in anyways ? What’s the point 

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