toddschultz Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Thank you for clarifying, I'm glad I read the whole thread before I unleashed my wrath. Not a problem. I had the pleasure of studying with Mr. Jacobs, have read the books written by him/about him, and currently work with his longtime student, and 2nd tuba in the CSO in the late 60's, so I have been able to dispell many of the rumors from first hand knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistofflies Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 2000's I've seen alot of practices and watched alot of corps. Phantom 2004, Devils 2003 and Cadets 2005 stick out but power and technique have replaced loud. There are just too many good powerful corps now. No no no no no....let's get this right. You marched in the 70's, right? You're not allowed to think that corps these days play powerfully. What with instructors teaching that god-awful "proper blass-playing technique" and the switch from G to Bb that could only be a ploy by Satan himself to corrupt the very moral fiber of drum corps, it should be obvious that corps these days play quieter than a dead grandmother could play the horn back in the "good ole days." ^0^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dciguy1987 Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Probably the Cavaliers 2002 hornline. ^0^ Did they break the mf barrier? Pretty sure they did not...but they play in tune yawn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dccorpsfan Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Yeah, the 2002 Cavies hornline wasn't too terribly loud But the 2002 Cavies percussion sections were pretty sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein On The Beach Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Did they break the mf barrier? Pretty sure they did not...but they play in tune yawn... He wasn't being serious sir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 No no no no no....let's get this right. You marched in the 70's, right? You're not allowed to think that corps these days play powerfully. What with instructors teaching that god-awful "proper blass-playing technique" and the switch from G to Bb that could only be a ploy by Satan himself to corrupt the very moral fiber of drum corps, it should be obvious that corps these days play quieter than a dead grandmother could play the horn back in the "good ole days." ^0^ ROFLMAO That was good. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmpiano Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 i'm gonna go with LSU's brass section- we always got told at our rehearsals (for another SEC band who will remain nameless at this time, hehe) that we needed to play more like them... cause i mean, dang.... they were loud... and i gotta give it up to Alabama and Georgia as well- all 3 could put out some massive sound- but we could always march a good circle drill! hehe Alabama....loud????? :worthy: Gotta disagree with you on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom D'Bomb Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 ROFLMAO That was good. :P There is no way to ever verify any of this, so you can opine all you want. There's no sense dissing one era or another... but just trust me on this: 75 Madison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourouttheforty Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 There was an out of state band that did a major show in NC my senior year of HS. They fielded like 300 people, that had to be the biggest sound I've ever heard, it was unreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxingfred Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 No no no no no....let's get this right. You marched in the 70's, right? You're not allowed to think that corps these days play powerfully. What with instructors teaching that god-awful "proper blass-playing technique" and the switch from G to Bb that could only be a ploy by Satan himself to corrupt the very moral fiber of drum corps, it should be obvious that corps these days play quieter than a dead grandmother could play the horn back in the "good ole days." ^0^ LMFAO! Your Right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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