fighterkit Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 (edited) Just now, STARZ1128 said: Who's drum majors are you referring to? Brian. Don't you have rehearsal right now? Edited October 19, 2023 by fighterkit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STARZ1128 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 1 minute ago, fighterkit said: Brian. Don't you have rehearsal right now? Seems like you're trying to call out the BAC 2022 drum major team. Too much flair. Not enough leadership 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weaklefthand4ever Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 1 hour ago, fighterkit said: There is a lot that goes into being a drum major in todays corps. A lot of DMs spend countless hours doing score studies between camps and before moving in with the corps to make sure that they are setting the ensemble up for the best success possible. I am assuming that the Mandarins DM coordinator helps make sure that they are running rehearsal as efficiently and as effortlessly as possible, because that is something that takes getting used to and is frankly extremely nerve wracking. Learning how to run any rehearsal and deal with rehearsal etiquette is something that most corps throw DMs into without any prior knowledge and making sure that they are on their game for this early will help prevent early season hiccups during spring training or camps. Also a DM coordinator can help double check timing and make sure that the DMs are starting things exactly on tempo and not rushing or dragging. I remember in 2022 starting the show a few times at comps ~200. The written tempo was 188. It was never an issue because the battery and hornline could do it, but no one ever let me know until we had a staff member who was acting as a DM coordinator double check me. I know this thread is laughing about the amount of DMs corps have today. But I promise that they are extremely useful and having a large team relieves so much headaches from the DMs as well as the staff. With a team of four DM's you can have all three on the front conducting and someone in the back running met for the corps. That way the timing responsibilities are being rehearsed as much as they can. Why remove a DM to have them run met when a marcher on the field will be using them for a timing. And you can send DMs around to make sure that staff can adequately teach rather than having to worry about the met and running the met. You can send a DM to battery to run the met and let the staff do their jobs and teach. In 22 when I was the sole Drum Major running the entire corps, having rehearsal assistants be able to run the met kept a massive weight off my shoulders. There is so much that goes into being a modern drum major nowadays. It's not just ignoring leadership and waving your arms fancy like certain corps. I think in general, people have a great deal of respect for the DM's. I always had excellent DM's from a leadership perspective. I would agree that in modern shows, it would be very tough to only have one DM as shows now have a great deal of challenges in listening environment, sight lines etc. The spreads of the shows now are huge. All that being said, drummers will always joke around. It's just what we do lol. I certainly meant no offense if any was taken. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighterkit Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 1 minute ago, Weaklefthand4ever said: I think in general, people have a great deal of respect for the DM's. I always had excellent DM's from a leadership perspective. I would agree that in modern shows, it would be very tough to only have one DM as shows now have a great deal of challenges in listening environment, sight lines etc. The spreads of the shows now are huge. All that being said, drummers will always joke around. It's just what we do lol. I certainly meant no offense if any was taken. No offense taken. I just figured that a modern DM perspective would be useful. The drummers I marched with in 22 gave me the most crap outta anyone. It was all in good fun. We almost convinced the corps to let me march quads for a parade because we had an extra set. Did not work out. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, fighterkit said: The drummers I marched with in 22 gave me the most crap outta anyone. That is the primary job of the drummers! Good to see they were doing their job. (said this drummer). 😀 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighterkit Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 4 minutes ago, MikeD said: That is the primary job of the drummers! Good to see they were doing their job. (said this drummer). 😀 My "favorite" one was Two minutes before lights out all the drummers would yell "THE LIGHTS. HUNTER. THE LIGHTS" Looking back it was funny, but that one got under my skin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSnareDrummer Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 7 hours ago, Weaklefthand4ever said: All that being said, drummers will always joke around. It's just what we do lol. I certainly meant no offense if any was taken. Me too, @fighterkit My BITD drum corps girlfriend was a DM. All the respect in the world for her leadership during those days. I had to or she'd kick my azz. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 2 hours ago, OldSnareDrummer said: Me too, @fighterkit My BITD drum corps girlfriend was a DM. All the respect in the world for her leadership during those days. I had to or she'd kick my azz. I liked them fine until they said something really dumb like “Get some sleep. We have a long bus ride tomorrow.” 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 a very good sign. the big step is to get the percussion level up another notch. even with Cadets out, that middle pack is stacked, and if they want to break out of it, there's where it needs to happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighterkit Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Terri Schehr said: I liked them fine until they said something really dumb like “Get some sleep. We have a long bus ride tomorrow.” I know drummers well enough. Yall are gonna pad and practice until 4 am 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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