MikeD Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Jeff Ream said: you do realize music majors are required to learn to play more instruments than their primary right? and we all know how DCI loves to crow about the number of music majors that march Then to be fair, the brass players should have to play a WW instrument. A lot of one-way onus put on the WW players in this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Just now, MikeD said: Then to be fair, the brass players should have to play a WW instrument. A lot of one-way onus put on the WW players in this. they can at college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, Terri Schehr said: You and Jim. 😂 and Sadie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 hour ago, GBugler said: 100% wrong, and that would be idiocy. I assume that any kid who wanted the DCI brass experience would take the time required to learn to properly play a brass instrument. It's not the blood-letting, hand-wringing sacrifice you are making it out to be. It just is not. But if they want a DCI WW experience all they need to do is wait until they are legalized. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn426 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 hour ago, GBugler said: I assume you're talking about a drum corps playing top tier wind band lit? That is, and always has been, the responsibility of the arranger. It is their job to bring those sonorities out of the all-brass format. Adding woodwinds just makes it wind band, killing the unique nature of the all brass ensemble. My experience, yes. And I'm sure that I'm not alone in that experience. By a lot. No I was referring to my HS Band Director that is commonly playing Maslanka, Gillingham, Mackey and other top Wind Lit. that calls for the spectrum of instrumentation in their Wind pieces. They need talented musicians in all of the instrumentation called for to get the right blend and ensemble sonority that the piece calls for. For this scenario A talented Double Reed Musician is prized and rare compared to the Brass musician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: they can at college. Not sure how that relates to DCI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdaddy Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: they can at college. Back to MikeD's argument: people are drawn to DCI for excellence. College marching bands can be okay, but they don't represent a world (or possibly open) class level of excellence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn426 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Jeff Ream said: you do realize music majors are required to learn to play more instruments than their primary right? and we all know how DCI loves to crow about the number of music majors that march Yes and I'm saying that for a brass player to join DCI they don't have to aspire to be a Music Major. Why would a WW musician need to justify learning a second instrument with "Hey now you have a head start on your Music ED Degree" When most that enjoy the lessons learned in DCI don't end up being a Music Majors. This rule Change would put WW's on even ground with everyone else. Equal achievements needed to make it to DCI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HockeyDad Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, kdaddy said: Back to MikeD's argument: people are drawn to DCI for excellence. College marching bands can be okay, but they don't represent a world (or possibly open) class level of excellence. Weird, then, isn’t it, that so many more people do college marching bands than do dci. I guess they didn’t get the memo that it’s all about excellence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Jeff Ream said: raising to 200 plus maximum membership Which leads to a logi$tics cascade to support 46 + more members + WW techs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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