Hrothgar15 Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Probably '78 Phantom Regiment if we're going just by tone quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayback Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 any John Simpson horn line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScribeToo Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 No one ever talks about tone or musicality. This thread will apply to any brass playing...hell woodwinds too. I heard a recording of Hindemith conducting his "Concert Music for Strings and Brass" a while ago, definitely some pristine brass playing going on there. Bud Herseth is the sound every trumpet player should be striving for. How about the opening of Cavies 2002? Cavaliers ballad in 05 (Amazing Grace). Not my all time favorite show.. but every time I heard that ballad, I just felt completely swallowed up by the richness of tone they achieved -- particularly mid-voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raphael18 Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 The composer's intent dictates both. Then of course, the conductor or instructor throws in his slant on things. In corps it gets even worse with judges deciding (typically three levels removed) what would sound good and what doesn't. That's a good point - the way something is arranged can drastically affect the clarity of the performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nero14 Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 cavies 2002.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWaterCavie Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 "Best Tone & Musicality":1962: Madison Scouts 1963: Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights. 1965: Chicago Royal Airs 1970-1973: Argonne Rebels Elphaba WWW Hmm... rotor/valve corps don't compare to the tools the performers have today. Also - for 4 years the Argonne Rebels had the"Best Tone & Musicality"? Seriously? Have you listened to anything in the last 5 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medeabrass Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 any John Simpson horn line Wayback, can you give me a John Simpson "resume?" I've heard great things about him but I don't know what hornlines he did besides '85 Star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tone Quality Matters Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 It's "Tool-Time" featuring LSU Grad. :P My handle says it best. Boooooo to LSU. <**> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHall Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 St. Joseph's of Batavia 1969 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayback Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Wayback, can you give me a John Simpson "resume?" I've heard great things about him but I don't know what hornlines he did besides '85 Star. His resume'? I think the Bugler's HOF has a little bio personally? I was fortunate enough to watch him work with Sky Ryders in '80 & '81. Then I was with SCV in '82, & they came west on tour... every night for that entire tour (including when BD was in attendance), goosebumps and hairs-on-end were the order of the day for all the other brassmen when Sky played Larry Kirschner's arrangement of "Here's That Rainy Day" - reserved and rich throughout, & the bottom... oy. For that time, I think they had the best contra section going. They were monsters (like a wall of Samoan linemen), & I think they were the 1st with the giant bell King contras. I heard his sound follow him. I think the most unique feature of drum corps - the thing that makes it essentially different from marching band - is the oral tradition of teaching brassmen in the arc. The bugler's art is different than what is taught in music school/conservatory/German symphonic tradition, in the manner of teaching at least, & I don't know how much of it survives. I am not knowledgable about current drum corps. Sandra Opie, Frank Dorritie (sp?), Tim Saltzman (very different, but also amazing. student of Chicago Symphony's Jacobs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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