drum corps

[jbrih13]

i know some of my woodwind friends that tried out for Drum Corps either learned cymbols or learned how to play like contra, or melo or something. I like Corps better with out woodwinds, sry guys.

[I win]

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I agree WWs shouldn't be in corps...then it wouldn't be a corp duh! But if you really want to march then there is no other option but to learn a brass or percussion instrument or learn to spin a flag, rifle, sabre, etc. You can get the same WW effect with the pit and probably a whole lot cleaner too (with runs or something like that). I'm not trying to diss WWs for those of you who think that's what I'm trying to do. I play the clarinet, but I don't think you'd get the same effect with WWs than you do with a full brass line.

 

You should really go listen to Cedar Park's 2006 show (Fire of Eternal Glory)and listen to the WW runs near the end of the show. You can't get much cleaner than that, even in DCI pits.

[BassoonPadwan]

If Denis Hopkins has his way, woodwinds will be in Drum corps =)

[MartinHorn]

  BassoonPadwan said:

If Denis Hopkins has his way, woodwinds will be in Drum corps =)

George Hopkins*

 

The day that happens is the day I go crazy, and you do not want to see me get that way.

[Skippy]

I support the change, and I think woodwinds should be allowed in DCI.

 

I don't see fielding full WW sections as practical, without having to dramatically increase the size of the corps, or greatly reducing the number of brass. But with amplification, it could be used for neat effects and solos, to add stuff to a show. I don't know how all it would be used, but I'm all for having new possibilities.

[Aegis Fang]

Drum and Bugle Corps

 

If I'm wrong let me know, but I don't see woodwinds in there anywhere...

 

Don't woodwind the drum corps. MAN LAW!!

[ChaoticOrder]

Pit and Guard aren't in there either...

 

Anyway, I think woodwinds could potentially add another dimension to the shows. I believe that you would be able to retain almost all of the amazing features DCI currently has to offer its audience with the addition of them. Sound would of course be an issue (dynamically), but with proper staging, as well as other possible techniques, one could achieve a pretty cool show. It should at least be an option, I think. You don't invent better things without experimentation, at least.

[jwt3k]

Perhaps a miced (miked? w/e how ever you spell it) woodwind ensemble in the pit? But where's the fun in that? No marching!

[crazyjakeup]

  jwt3k said:

Perhaps a miced (miked? w/e how ever you spell it) woodwind ensemble in the pit? But where's the fun in that? No marching!

we had that in the third movement of my freashman year, it was okay but i think we lost some credibility points for that. and every year after that we have miced/miked a WW who was eather playing a solo or playing th WW melody because the rest of the WW werent loud enough...

 

i say screaming trumpets are cooler than miced/miked WoodWinds

[jrp10]

i really dont enjoy drum corps much. it doesnt have the texturea and quality of woodwinds. i wouldnt like to be out a whole summer marching sleeping on buses. my cousin marched and by what he described i wouldnt like to be there. i dont know how they find all that stuff so fun. jazz band forever! im new here so be nice. texas bands are way better than our bands. i wish i went to ld bell!!!

[MartinHorn]

Drum Corps has been described as one of the funnest experiences you can have in life by some people, so I guess it's personal preference. I'm still against woodwinds, I think it's great how corps have to adapt with their music without woodwinds. Amplified woodwinds are not the answer, and putting a reasonable number of them on the fields would require them to up the number for corps membership, and that may not be financially good for some corps. DCI is fine how it is. Do I wish there was something woodwinds could do like this so they could have something similar to a Drum Corps experience? Yes I do, but there isn't anything right now. And plus, it's always good to be able to play another instrument.

[crazyjakeup]

  jrp10 said:

texas bands are way better than our bands. i wish i went to ld bell!!!

ld bell is okay(compared to a couple years back) but i like marcus and reagan a tad more

[MartinHorn]

  crazyjakeup said:

ld bell is okay(compared to a couple years back) but i like marcus and reagan a tad more

Marcus's music program is amazing. (The marching one anyways, I don't know about the concert one.)

[crazyjakeup]

i liked how they marched on the field shaped as fish...

[thesnareguy]

It's fine the way it is. Guard, horns, and percussion .

[crazyjakeup]

wws+dci= negitive

[EODrillDesigner98]

  BlinK Day 41 said:

so does anybody know of any sort of drum core-like thing that includes woodwinds? that'd be cool but i severely doubt it as i hear so much about DCI and nothing about the topic i'm inquiring of

 

 

Hey! BlinK Day 41

 

 

DCI does offer Woodwinds I&E during DCI Championship.

[bluebellbrass07]

QUOTE (crazyjakeup @ May 6 2007, 01:03 PM)

ld bell is okay(compared to a couple years back)

Was that part sarcasm?

[crazyjakeup]

yeah sort of... not that i have any room to talk cuz rowlett can bearly get second to duncanville in area C... i saw Bell at the HEB marching championships, it was really cold, so i didnt enjoy it cuz i was unconfortable... then at state i was getting nachos so i missed the preformance, twice... i really enjoyed the 2004 show though...

[borchnork]

It's to late to apply, but I must say that DCI soponsored an All-American Marching Band, for seniors '08 ONLY! It included all instruments and is supposed to do something VERY DCI esque. They'll be performing at half-time in the "all american Bowl" in January.

 

But, yes to add ww's in drum corps is stupid... you can only hear them if there's like... 16 of every instrument, and that would completely throw off the sound that the brass would be allowed to make.