Orwellian Wiress Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 12 minutes ago, Fran Haring said: Lose the front-sideline mics "enhancing" a horn line's volume. You have 60-80 horns out there. The players are talented and well-trained. They can be really loud without overblowing or going out of tune. Agreed. This is another one I can speak on from my marching band experience. There are some instruments that do need mics (the pit, some horn soloists) but there is absolutely no need for EVERYONE to be mic'd. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red3 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 On 7/10/2022 at 6:39 PM, Brass of the South said: Woodwinds might be good in your 25 person high school band that just barely eeks out Pure Imagination, but a drum corps blasting Mahler 2, they have no place. Get lost. You’re very wise. Woodwinds obviously have no place in a Mahler symphony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red3 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Hot take - drum corps and really high-level competitive marching bands are essentially the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidal28Rdg Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 15 minutes ago, Cappybara said: It blows my mind that certain corps are sampling their entire tuba line. I think Phantom and Bloo are. Not sure who else is How tragic😢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orwellian Wiress Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 58 minutes ago, Red3 said: Hot take - drum corps and really high-level competitive marching bands are essentially the same thing. Yes, I am one of those people that calls a corps a band, but when you get right down to it, aren't they just the same thing? It's also kind of a habitual thing from being in a school band, and when people ask what my favorite band is (usually assuming like a rock band or something) I usually say Bluecoats😛 What a nerd I am lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrothgar15 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, Orwellian Wiress said: Yes, I am one of those people that calls a corps a band, but when you get right down to it, aren't they just the same thing? It's also kind of a habitual thing from being in a school band, and when people ask what my favorite band is (usually assuming like a rock band or something) I usually say Bluecoats😛 What a nerd I am lol They are a lot closer to the same thing now, but 50 years ago a DCI drum corps and a marching bound sounded nothing alike, because they used entirely different instruments. This was by design; it took a series of rules changes, proposed by DCI corps directors and put to a vote, implemented in 1977, 1990, 2000, and 2014 to make the instrumentation between the two more similar with each iteration. Try listening to recordings of a top marching band and top drum corps from the years 1976, 1989, 1999, 2013, and today (with trombones) and you'll see what I mean. By this point, after that fourth rule change, there is no difference between the brass instrumentation of a marching band and a drum corps, so it makes sense why you would use the terms interchangeably. Edited July 13, 2022 by Hrothgar15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_orangecounty Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 I don't really see it as controversial, but if you've ever marched Drum Corps and refer to it as "band" you should receive a six-month jail-sentence. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mello Dude Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 14 hours ago, Cappybara said: In all honesty it annoys me when there are people around me loudly cheering while I’m trying to appreciate a show. Might be a generational thing. So many people have ruined/made themselves a part of the finals recordings for a lot of performances in the 80s and 90s and I’m happy it’s not as prevalent nowadays. It’s more courteous I get it. Golf clap crowd is in control now...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Continental Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 14 hours ago, Cappybara said: In all honesty it annoys me when there are people around me loudly cheering while I’m trying to appreciate a show. Might be a generational thing. So many people have ruined/made themselves a part of the finals recordings for a lot of performances in the 80s and 90s and I’m happy it’s not as prevalent nowadays. It’s more courteous You probably wouldn't enjoy WGI - the screaming after every toss is even worse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, Orwellian Wiress said: Agreed. This is another one I can speak on from my marching band experience. There are some instruments that do need mics (the pit, some horn soloists) but there is absolutely no need for EVERYONE to be mic'd. Yep... I have no problem with the soloists using mics, especially when there's an effect involved (reverb, whatever). But entire horn lines or sections? To date, the best DCI horn line I've ever heard is 2013 Crown, in the pre-mic days. They #### near knocked me into next week with their big, full, balanced, in-tune sound. No "enhancement" needed. Edited July 13, 2022 by Fran Haring 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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