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18 minutes ago, Cellano said:

Blue Stars don’t Mic their horn line.  What you hear is pure brass power. 

One of few. I found out about the top groups mic'ing two of every part to mix through sound board and am not a fan of that. Mic soloist only for solo though as long as it helps transition I'm good. 

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22 minutes ago, Cellano said:

Blue Stars don’t Mic their horn line.  What you hear is pure brass power. 

They do not have individuals mic’d for tutti moments but they do use a number of field mics exclusively to enhance volume and allow members to play with control during tutti moments. If you see them live it’s obvious. 
 

With that said, there’s nothing wrong with that when done tastefully, but don’t deny it’s happening. 😂

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27 minutes ago, mjoakes said:

There’s something going on there.

Blue Stars do use field mics this year. I think this is the first season they used them.

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Phantom's show is another very good one. Interesting to consider where this corps was not long ago. Great sound - best ending excitement of the night. (Blucoats have an exciting ending, too, with as clever beat that sort of bookends their show.) They've got big props, but these don't get in the way of showcasing the corps and are well integrated into their show.

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Walking back to my hotel, I thought: There's a Grand Canyon separating BC, Phantom and then the rest.

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Regiment. Crowd loved them. Power! The pacing seemed better, but didn't notice a lot of changes. The only obvious change was at the very end, they've juice it up. Longer chord and more flourishes. 

The thing about this year is the percussion and guard are a notch up. 

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