apoch003 Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Hey! THANK YOU GUYS for making this thread open conversational and debatable. Instead of an us against them thread. Its very interesting now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawker Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 This may be the eight most civil pages ever on DCP. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomR Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 heh. I agree. ~>conner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
^Michael^ Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 I would prefer not to attend a "DCI" show but we have no choice since they've hijacked the activity. <snip> <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So let me get this straight: Drum corps "hijacked" the drum corps activity. By george - I think he's got it! :P (Reminder - DCI IS the drum corps!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawker Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 (Reminder - DCI IS the drum corps!) But it's still not all drum corps. ^0^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScribeToo Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Hey, this is great stuff!I see posters who I haven't seen for ages. There IS a confusion about "what is" today. Many here seem to be concerned, and that's a good thing. I no longer attend DCI. I once spent thousands to do so. I've lost interest . . .and so what! Many others have taken my place. That's great. I continue to ponder what it will take to bring me back into the fold, and I really DO want to be there! Tonight, here's what I'm thinking . . . I need MELODY, sustained melody. I really don't care how obscure the piece, I just need time to appreciate it. Time to know it. Today's short, disjointed sound bytes are confusing to me and lead to a sameness that doesn't keep my interest. In addition, this whole amplification thing has to go! Good gosh, it's brass and percussion, amplification has so little value to what I need to hear from the performances, and don't get me started on the narration and vocals, that's a real turn-off to what I want. I realize it's not all about me. "Me" has already gone elsewhere. That doesn't make me a bad guy, does it? Thanks for reading. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No, of course it doesn't make you a bad guy. It's human to want what we want. There's no fault in wanting.. the fault enters into it when you (empirical, not specifically YOU) start complaining endlessly and knocking everything that is on the field today because YOU don't like it or it doesn't meet your standards for entertainment. You, specifically, have taken the path that I would take. I've said repeatedly, if there comes a time when I am no longer entertained by DCI, then I'll find something else to spend my time and money on. I'd mourn the loss, naturally.. but I don't see myself having a tantrum because it's not what I want. If and until that happens, I LIKE what I see and enjoy watching, listening and talking about it. I don't even mind debating pros and cons.. I like that, too.. it's just tiresome and annoying to be constantly bombarded by the whining from the small minority who make the biggest racket.. seemingly because drum corps is not precisely as they would like it to be.. and they can't let it go. There's just no pleasing some folks. Stef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
^Michael^ Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 <snip>the fault enters into it when you (empirical, not specifically YOU) start complaining endlessly and knocking everything that is on the field today because YOU don't like it or it doesn't meet your standards for entertainment. You, specifically, have taken the path that I would take. I've said repeatedly, if there comes a time when I am no longer entertained by DCI, then I'll find something else to spend my time and money on. I'd mourn the loss, naturally.. but I don't see myself having a tantrum because it's not what I want. If and until that happens, I LIKE what I see and enjoy watching, listening and talking about it. I don't even mind debating pros and cons.. I like that, too.. it's just tiresome and annoying to be constantly bombarded by the whining from the small minority who make the biggest racket.. seemingly because drum corps is not precisely as they would like it to be.. and they can't let it go. There's just no pleasing some folks. Stef <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Once again, Stef - my sentiments exactly! ^OO^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Brady Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 This may be the eight most civil pages ever on DCP. :P <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Give it time!! ^0^ :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torn8o Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 (edited) I've been a drum corps fan since 1996 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That one statement right there was as far as I needed to read. Edited August 17, 2005 by torn8o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScribeToo Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 That one statement right there was as far as I needed to read. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This one statement right here is probably the saddest of all. :( Stef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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