TopBass Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 The MBI bassline is very busy planning visuals for your viewing pleasure. Every year we seem to come up with the "best visual ever" and then of course the next year we top it. The snuggy vish is still a personal favorite of mine circa 2004 (and very functional too in the middle of the show where you are already pretty much guaranteed to have one, wearing a unitard. Just imagine being able to pull that snuggy out and have it be PART OF THE SHOW! BRILLIANT! Next time the staff takes out one of our visuals [the hop] they may think twice, just what are we going to put in its place?) But I digress, back to the present. Does anyone out there have a stock visual they do every year? I have one I personally must work into every bass show I march and it's been in every year I've marched Bass. (In case you're wondering - 94, 95, 96, 98, 04, 05, 06) This vish is blowing on the mallet and wiping off the drum head. I love it and even if I didn't, I think I'm too supersticious to leave it out now. We've done the snuggy vish two years in a row now. Will be three as soon as we find a spot for it. And for the best visual ever this year? We are adding some pointless spins just for fun quickly followed by a super fun break-dancing move. These have been done before but not in this order and not in a spot that fits the music more perfectly. It's very dangerous writing in so many rests for us. And yes, we already have a practice vish, one only done in practice and only when we stop at a certain part of the show. Of course, it's the same practice vish as last year, almost the same form too. This seems fair though since the '06 MBI Bassline is the same as the '05 Bassline, we might as well recycle our visuals too. Another one of my favorites from last year is our random visual spot. We've been doing this for the last couple years as well. Rather than always having the line do stuff together it's nice to be able to have some originality every now and then. Our goal is to entertain and we like to keep the five or six people that look our way at least once in the show with the best performance possible. These random visuals would even change show to show so you'll never know what you get with us. Of course, the main reason we do this is because if the staff saw what we were doing they would probably take it out. So while we have practice only visuals, we also have SHOW only visuals. Anyone else do this or are we special? I probably shouldn't be talking about this... WHOOOPSIE! So, what's your favorite visual you've done and what are some of the favorite you've seen? If any of our staff is reading this, I'm just kidding. Go back to ignoring us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorf Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Jesse, First of all, I couldn't let this thread go without a reply. It's great to see you out there having fun and y'all sound great to me. As I was walking past the Marshall Fields lot in preparation for our last rehearsal segment, the battery was hard at work running through parts of the show. You came to a point where there was pause and everyone exclaimed "Wait for it!". Now I realize that's audio rather than visual, but it was pretty cool just the same. P.S. Glad we don't have camp this weekend. Constant rain and temps in the 40's. Welcome to Springtime in Minnesota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brassop Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 (edited) I've not been able to find Jeff Bridges in our bass drum line. Edited May 13, 2006 by Brassop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappyslap Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 sounds like March on treasure island Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 oh we had a few...the SCV wishlist mainly. the lean, the point, and then we made on our own, the "wiggle" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBass Posted May 14, 2006 Author Share Posted May 14, 2006 I should expand this thread to audio's as well. We definitely have audio's in the show every year. You usually can't hear 'em on any recording (if they are done right) but they are fun for us to know they are there. There is a cool audio in '91 Scouts show actually, you can hear the cymballs going "whoa-oh, whoa-oh" during City of Angels. I'm not sure if it was staff sponsored or not but it was pretty cool and fit the music so I'm assuming yes. I have a visual WITH an audio in honor of Pete H called the choad-a-dactyl, the sound goes, "CAW!" like a crow and visual looks like the winning kick in karate kid, sort of. It's been in the show each of the last two years! The snares have a fun audio during a long rest where they sing the music in "meows" And if you were wondering, the bassline is responsible for the "wait for it" audio. Ever seen the Robin Williams comedy special involving monkeys throwing ####? It's in reference to that. Which one did you hear? There's actually two right now but will probably be cut down to one. One is definitely better than the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Pete Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 "CAW" nice Jesse!!! I'm glad I could help!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bscontra Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 (edited) pete came out of his hidding place!! just like karite kid! Edited May 19, 2006 by bscontra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original El Guapo Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 " You're the best,... around" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumcorpsmama Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 MBI: Good luck in '06. I have fond memories of watching Brass in the 80"s and 90's. For All We Know Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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