MadisonBandMan1 Posted July 15, 2017 Posted July 15, 2017 Lately I have been seeing different bands starting to make a name for themselves. What bands do you know are rising up? And what do you think of these bands? James Madison has been steadily improving over the years, and had a wonderful show in 2016. Not only did they win a competition, place only .1 behind first at the next competition as jumped 10 places at BOA San Antonio, they also managed to get chosen as a feature band at the Fiesta Band Festival. What do you think of this band? Quote
Popular Post takigan Posted July 18, 2017 Popular Post Posted July 18, 2017 Y'know.... it's kind of really tacky to start a thread under the pretense of talking about "rising/underdog bands" (even though there's already another thread about it literally 2 lines down), then basically use the opening post to hype your affiliated band (but not actually claim it as a band you're affiliated with, despite the fact the band name is in your ID) as the prime and only example. Then afterward, closing the post by redirecting the focus of the topic from "rising/underdog bands" to "please say nice things about my band?...pretty please?". It wouldn't be so tacky if you owned up that it was your band, made a casual mention of why you thought they were rising, and then maybe name off 3 or 4 other bands that you've noticed are in fact rising and talk about them in detail. Bonertrom, jmatthews and principalagent 3 Quote
MadisonBandMan1 Posted July 19, 2017 Author Posted July 19, 2017 On 7/18/2017 at 7:36 PM, takigan said: Y'know.... it's kind of really tacky to start a thread under the pretense of talking about "rising/underdog bands" (even though there's already another thread about it literally 2 lines down), then basically use the opening post to hype your affiliated band (but not actually claim it as a band you're affiliated with, despite the fact the band name is in your ID) as the prime and only example. Then afterward, closing the post by redirecting the focus of the topic from "rising/underdog bands" to "please say nice things about my band?...pretty please?". It wouldn't be so tacky if you owned up that it was your band, made a casual mention of why you thought they were rising, and then maybe name off 3 or 4 other bands that you've noticed are in fact rising and talk about them in detail. Sorry, I didn't mean anything tacky. I was mentioning my band because we ARE starting to find ourselves, but I was just waiting for someone's thoughts on other bands and then I was going to add the bands I see. Here are some bands I have been watching: Pioneer Vandegrift (because they have not yet been to GN) Dripping Springs Also, the thread younger talking about discusses more well known bands that are foreseen to improve in the future. My thread is about either lesser known bands or bands thatvarent given the credit they deserve. That's why I created this thread. It wasn't meant to be tacky. Sorry if that bothered you. And yes, I do go to Madison and was trying to put our name out there and see what people actually think of us and not putting things in people's head. Again, sorry for the confusion. NTxBandMom8 and inmysights31 2 Quote
zvchy Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 As I have explained on another forum, Hutto. Yes, it may sound crazy of me to say, but don't overlook us. Quote
jmatthews Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 It's not a surprise that no one posts on here when people like the OP get berated for self-promoting their band. Yes, it can be annoying at times, but it also brings awareness to nascent band programs and their recent successes, if kept to a reasonable level. When people from less-known schools get suppressed, we end up getting the same discussion about the same bands in the Dallas suburbs and Austin, or worse, no discussion at all. OP, thanks for posting. I'm happy to hear that SA Madison is doing well. I'll try to listen for them. inmysights31 and NTxBandMom8 2 Quote
jmatthews Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 For 5A State this year: Tompkins Roma Barbers Hill Ridge Point Southwest Quote
MadisonBandMan1 Posted July 31, 2017 Author Posted July 31, 2017 On 7/31/2017 at 5:21 AM, jmatthews said: It's not a surprise that no one posts on here when people like the OP get berated for self-promoting their band. Yes, it can be annoying at times, but it also brings awareness to nascent band programs and their recent successes, if kept to a reasonable level. When people from less-known schools get suppressed, we end up getting the same discussion about the same bands in the Dallas suburbs and Austin, or worse, no discussion at all. OP, thanks for posting. I'm happy to hear that SA Madison is doing well. I'll try to listen for them. Thank you. Nice list by the way. Quote
MadisonBandMan1 Posted August 1, 2017 Author Posted August 1, 2017 What do y'all think of Smithson valley? I noticed that they did pretty well last year. Quote
meursault Posted August 1, 2017 Posted August 1, 2017 On 7/31/2017 at 5:21 AM, jmatthews said: It's not a surprise that no one posts on here when people like the OP get berated for self-promoting their band. Yes, it can be annoying at times, but it also brings awareness to nascent band programs and their recent successes, if kept to a reasonable level. When people from less-known schools get suppressed, we end up getting the same discussion about the same bands in the Dallas suburbs and Austin, or worse, no discussion at all. OP, thanks for posting. I'm happy to hear that SA Madison is doing well. I'll try to listen for them. the problem wasn't that they were posting about their own band, it was that a) they do it constantly, which can kinda drown out discussion on the forum and b ) they started a new thread to do this when a different thread already exists. I agree that its great to publicize other bands so we don't just constantly talk about the same top 15 or so bands in the state, but this thread was a little excessive. Quote
Tailgate88 Posted August 23, 2017 Posted August 23, 2017 On 7/31/2017 at 5:27 AM, jmatthews said: For 5A State this year: Tompkins Roma Barbers Hill Ridge Point Southwest Tompkins and Ridge Point have moved up to 6A I believe. It appears the Southwest high school in San Antonio is also 6A but there are a few "Southwests" in Texas so I'm not sure which one you are referring to? Quote
MadisonBandMan1 Posted September 7, 2017 Author Posted September 7, 2017 I would admit that if anything pioneer would he one of these "underdog" bands that I am talking about, am I right? Quote
Guest Posted September 8, 2017 Posted September 8, 2017 Liberty high school in Dallas. They move up in placement at BOA every year but are never talked about. Quote
DRbandDAD Posted October 28, 2017 Posted October 28, 2017 Del Rio High School Marching band has surprised a few last year and this year. Check them out Quote
MadisonBandMan1 Posted October 28, 2017 Author Posted October 28, 2017 On 10/28/2017 at 8:47 PM, DRbandDAD said: Del Rio High School Marching band has surprised a few last year and this year. Check them out I saw them at mcallen this year, and they were LOUD LOUD LOUD for their size! Loved it! DRbandDAD 1 Quote
DRbandDAD Posted October 28, 2017 Posted October 28, 2017 Here is their UIL competition at Judson Stadium. Quote
VVontera Posted November 4, 2017 Posted November 4, 2017 Our band, the Lubbock High school band made it to state this year, first 5A from Lubbock in 33 years I think. We knocked out a region 22 band at Area, specifically Eastlake, only band from region 16 at state. Quote
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