wolfgang Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 For percussionists- In your opinion, what is the Gold Standard for bass lines within DCI? Which corps/year bass line stands out among everyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSnareDrummer Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Cavaliers never fail to impress. Think it was '21 when they had an unbelievable feature. Was watching Finals with friends and one of them asked, "Is that hard to do?" I say, "no, not at all for one person playing all 5 drums". Plus....who can not love hearing Iowa as they leave the field? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVG_DC Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 I'm remembering the judging tape on Phantom Regiment's 2010 Sanford winning line and that moment after the basses feature that elicited a "what are you doing? that is wonderful" or something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutasaurus Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Let’s put this here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbass598 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Glassmen 94-96 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 There’s been many amazing bass lines. Holy Bass any year. Crossmen in the Thurston years. Cavies especially since Mac took over. BD, SCV… the list goes on. the problem is in a dome it’s harder to hear them and catch the amazing way they split atoms 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilme861 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 (edited) The Rennick Phantom and SCV lines almost always take the cake for me with the rare exception going to BD or Cadets probably. I can't pick a favorite but Phantom 06, Phantom 07, Phantom 10, SCV 18 instantly come to mind as lines I will show someone if I want to show off what a DCI line can do. Saying that, it's becoming more and more rare to find a line on finals night that isn't VERY good. Even the last few corps are putting out some very quality lines, which wasn't the case when I marched. The talent in DCI percussion lines is just ridiculous now! Edited January 28 by wilme861 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 The 1966 Madison Scouts bass drums propelled them into VFW finals. This was the era of shortened prelim shows (7 min) , and the judging was biased heavily toward execution. Madison had the entire Corps off the field by the 2-min mark, except for 2 bass drums that continued to mark time to the quarter-notes they were playing. It worked; Madison made it into finals & came in (iirc) 10th. But, this probably isn't what OP had in mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keystone3ply Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 14 hours ago, Sutasaurus said: Let’s put this here: That written "decelerando" (or deceleration) @11:20 is so sweet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingusmonk Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 In a hurry, but a few obviously unmentioned so far ... 1985/86 Suncoast Sound 1989 Santa Clara Vanguard 2008 Bluecoats I'll be back 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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