GSNewell Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Charleston Gazette article from Thursday David Williams is the paper's classical music critic and a long-time drum corps fan. He has been a full-time composer for 25 years. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburstall Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 (edited) Everyone but the sidelined percussionists march an intricately plotted show that can run the gamut from block formations that your grandfather’s band director would recognize, to ever-changing geometric patterns that look like they sprang from a fractal program on a mathematician’s computer. Sadly this is very poor comparison because it's anything but. You can use simple planar analysis to figure it out. Drills are nowhere close to fractal geometry. Edited July 28, 2005 by sburstall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony L. Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Nice article. Too bad the program described for Madison is from last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro767 Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Fractals! Yum! b**bs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickCogley Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 I think it's a good article: non-insulting, relatively accurate, mentions the athleticism. As for fractals, well, he did use the words "look like they sprang from a fractal program" in that sentence. He did not say drills actually were fractals. This is a breath of fresh air compared to some of the b.s. written about the activity... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburstall Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Fractals! Yum! b**bs <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You mean "Fractals...." BTW, I noticed that you're an econ major. Are you studing Mendelbrot's paper on using Fractal geometry to explain the stock market? Mandelbrot: A Math Maverick Takes Stock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glory Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Sadly this is very poor comparison because it's anything but. You can use simple planar analysis to figure it out. Drills are nowhere close to fractal geometry. Well, I can say this. At least you bring to outsiders the same cynicism you bring to DCI. HH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburstall Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Hardly. I liked the article. I really describes today's junior corps. But then, there has been a lot of very good articles besides this that has described drum corps, from a non-music person to this music critic. I just an issue with his comparison of drills to a "sprang from a fractal program". Not a lot of people care about or know how fractal geometry works. So the comparison missed the target, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Hardly. I liked the article. I really describes today's junior corps. But then, there has been a lot of very good articles besides this that has described drum corps, from a non-music person to this music critic.I just an issue with his comparison of drills to a "sprang from a fractal program". Not a lot of people care about or know how fractal geometry works. So the comparison missed the target, IMO. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think it's more of a poetic image than a literal comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glory Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Okay. I concede. You bring more cynicism to DCI than anything else! HH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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