thePerfectbuzz Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Do explain... well obviously the mello players at the Cadets have electronic equipment and synthesizers in their bells....so their obivously not phyiscally playing their parts....DUH!!! oh and you should've came running with me today jerk! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumcorpsfan471 Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Bocook is a god Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubamann Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I must agree that Michael Klesh needs some love in this category. His arrangements with Garfield/CBC from 85 to 92 were incredible. He has done some fantastic arranging for other corps as well, including Crown the past few years, Colts a few years ago, and Phantom in 2000 and 2001 (two really great musical books). One thing I love about his arranging is that he focuses on arranging the music - an actual melody. He does not do the hack and slash and snip and cut arranging style that has come into vogue as of late. A funny thing about MK.. A very nice guy..mild mannered..but don't play poorly! BTW..he also wrote Spirit's horn book in 1990. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadetsnare Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 (edited) Mike Klesch is a really good friend of mine, and whenever I write for any bands, I ALWAYS try to get Mike the writing gig. His stuff actually contains a melody!! It makes it such a blast to write to! Really, I believe that a large part of Crown's success as of late has to do with Mike. Crown and Phantom are among the last of the corps who actually write brass books that you can listen to over and over on a CD and not get bored. And yes, you'd better play well in front of him! I remember back in 84-96, you could buy the CDs, and just get lost listening to all of the great arrangements! BD 86, Suncoast any year, Spirit 85 and 86, VK 87/88, Phantom/Cadets/SCV 89, SCV/BD/cadets 90, etc, etc. I really wish that corps would find their way back to the time that a melody lasted longer than 8 counts. Edited April 20, 2007 by Cadetsnare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contrajedi8 Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Best arranger isn't in top 6. Best arranger: Steve Vento- Southwind Former best arranger- Scott Boerma- Madison Scouts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xstevex Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I say Cavaliers for their on-field warmup alone. You gotta love all those Dick Sauce chords you hear them play, and being one of the few arrangers who writes probably the most original music, easy answer for me. Casella too, should be exciting seeing what he, and his team, does now that he's a little more settled in with the Cavaliers. 2. Cadets 3. BD 4. Bluecoats 5. Phantom 6. SCV Its easy to misjudge arranging for brass concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro767 Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Bluecoats & Phantom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein On The Beach Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I say Cavaliers for their on-field warmup alone. You gotta love all those Dick Sauce chords you hear them play, and being one of the few arrangers who writes probably the most original music, easy answer for me. Casella too, should be exciting seeing what he, and his team, does now that he's a little more settled in with the Cavaliers. 2. Cadets 3. BD 4. Bluecoats 5. Phantom 6. SCV Its easy to misjudge arranging for brass concept. Dick Sauce....I like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubamann Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 (edited) Dick Sauce....I like that :sshh: Edited April 20, 2007 by tubamann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersop Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Wayne Downey circa 1982-1989 hands down ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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