Early season videos

[FaultLineBlues]

  On 9/16/2023 at 12:54 PM, stix said:

Did anyone see Cedar Ridge, VistaRidge, Westwood, Round Rock perform last night? 

 

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There's some decent quality vids of Cedar Ridge up now! 

[packwick]

  On 9/16/2023 at 7:17 PM, FaultLineBlues said:

There's some decent quality vids of Cedar Ridge up now! 

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yep yep!! and they're def improving!! onward and upward. couldn't tell what the set pieces were, stacked blocks or something, they fill in some of that empty space nicely.

looks like Vista had homecoming.

[packwick]

Carmel was fab today in prelims. another slow start show from them (even cooler w/ airplane sound lol), lots of modern sounds in that Bernstein, not sure audiences are gonna like this one, but i love the music, feels like a feast. another case of them doing music ive heard a bunch before but in their own Saucedo-y way. beefier book too and they're executing well. vis a little busy for my tastes, but blows most of what ive seen this yr out of the water. very layered and detailed.

[BandFan50]

 

[packwick]

  On 9/16/2023 at 8:41 PM, BandFan50 said:

 

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musical clarity def improving in that opener!! it's so challenging!!

[packwick]

Carmel in 1st over Avon w/ music and GE in Kentucky. haven't really seen Avon yet. def Carmel's music is a strength right now, agree w/ that.

[packwick]

anybody else dealing w/ sub-HD quality from Box 5 w/o any option to increase the resolution in the vid menus? on phone the picture is not very clear despite the small screen. my internet is fine btw.

[Tubalord11]

  On 9/16/2023 at 11:25 PM, packwick said:

anybody else dealing w/ sub-HD quality from Box 5 w/o any option to increase the resolution in the vid menus? on phone the picture is not very clear despite the small screen. my internet is fine btw.

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I'm on my laptop and not having any issues, so maybe it's just a phone thing? 

[packwick]

  On 9/17/2023 at 12:00 AM, Tubalord11 said:

I'm on my laptop and not having any issues, so maybe it's just a phone thing? 

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yah on my regular desktop monitor it looks auto 1080p. the auto setting for mobile devices must be sub 720p or something. should be at least 720p!!!

[Tubalord11]

Avon was STELLER tonight! I love the music, and that visual package was crazy hard, but they are killing it, both musically and visually! Time to see how Carmel responds

[Tubalord11]

Well, I see why Carmel won this morning, they sound SO GOOD! like my goodness. I don't really feel the GE as much as Avon, I think they still take music, visual goes to Avon, GE could go either way imo, both were amazing though! 

[packwick]

i thought Carmel was a bit cleaner than Avon both musically and visually tonight. not sure what Avon looked like in prelims tho.

i watched on high. Avon's costumes look like track suits from that angle LOL. i looove the purple and the stripes, it made the yardlines look bumpy at the beginning, like little hills. very interesting arrangement of Pictures, which is GREAT because this is one of THE most overplayed pieces. the slower mid-tempo section loses me a little but overall it's fun fast paced Avon.

im staaaartin to get a feeling of who the top 3 at Nats will be. not sure about champ yet. will have to wait until shows are actually done.

[packwick]

lol the retreats still get my heart racing even tho i have absolutely no horse in the race.

Carmel sweep at Kentucky finals, winning by about a point, no surprise there, well-earned. congrats to them, lookin' forward to seeing the rest of it.

aaaaanyway back to topic, any new football vids?

[Tubalord11]

  On 9/17/2023 at 3:27 AM, packwick said:

lol the retreats still get my heart racing even tho i have absolutely no horse in the race.

Carmel sweep at Kentucky finals, winning by about a point, no surprise there, well-earned. congrats to them, lookin' forward to seeing the rest of it.

aaaaanyway back to topic, any new football vids?

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There's a video of Lake Ridges most recent performance. They are absolutely killing it this year and I'm very excited to see them at Wylie here in a couple weekends! I've only been able to find what everyone else has been posting, and I may be wrong, but based on what I've seen, it seems many bands are sounding and looking better earlier this year, so I'm hoping that's a good sign! 

[SleepySeal]

Idk about you guys but I’m most excited to see Leander at BOA San Antonio. They sound so powerful and that Equus section is fantastic! Happy they’re bringing back that Leander punch. 

[Rubisco]

I missed tonight's BOA contests, but a friend shared some recordings with me. (Thank you!)

Avon and Carmel were both great, but my gut says the door might be ever-so-slightly open for a Texas win at Nationals this year. Of course, it's early, and Avon and Carmel both enjoy a very significant rehearsal time advantage, so my feelings could easily change.

[packwick]

William Mason is looking and sounding pretty solid. they're all wearing black cloaks, looks like a lot of extra flags on the field. it's all veryyy... voluminous lol.

[Tubalord11]

  On 9/16/2023 at 8:41 PM, BandFan50 said:

 

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Just got around to watching this and MY GOD they are on fire right now! I’m probably wrong but are they bigger this year? Ik they’ve been big in size for a good while now but I feel like I see a noticeable difference 🤷‍♂️ regardless they are cleaning up very nicely! 

[Tubalord11]

here’s a really good one of Vista! They sound DANGEROUSLY GOOD! I love the music and they’ve got such a rich sound, and also look incredible as well! They could do some serious damage this weekend 

[BandFan95]

  On 9/16/2023 at 7:17 PM, FaultLineBlues said:

There's some decent quality vids of Cedar Ridge up now! 

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Westwood had their marchathon this weekend. The link was on their facebook page but it looks like they took it down. They have bright new show tops and the drum majors have new unis as well. It's different from what I've seen them do in the past. The show didn't feel cutesy like in the past. But it's not Believe from 2019. Their ballad was lovely. 

No predictions or anything like that from me anymore. I don't live in Central Texas anymore and I likely won't be attending any competitions from now on. I will be using my Saturdays enjoying and agonizing over Aggie Football. I do live down the street from  Rudder High in Bryan and can hear them practice every now and then. I think about going over there then my daughter texts me from class at A&M and says, "Mom, I'm not in high school anymore..remember?"

[packwick]

  On 9/18/2023 at 5:02 PM, Tubalord11 said:

here’s a really good one of Vista! They sound DANGEROUSLY GOOD! I love the music and they’ve got such a rich sound, and also look incredible as well! They could do some serious damage this weekend 

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yayyy!! ive been looking for them, been wondering if anyone would challenge Vandy at all this weekend, hadn't seen Vista in a while. they sound fab. def could snag the music caption at Austin. guard is a liiiittle distracting for me, not so sure about the vis side of things. for the most part Vandy doesn't have to deal w/ flags going up and down at different times like Vista which might be good for Vandy early season, tho they miss out on that extra 3D flair a guard can give a vis program.

[DifferentialBrassExplosion]

Clear Brook again (is it still considered early season)

 

[MikeKyu]

Wow! Vista Ridge sounds amazing and looks so good. 

[packwick]

  On 9/18/2023 at 6:23 PM, DifferentialBrassExplosion said:

Clear Brook again (is it still considered early season)

 

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another one to watch i think. they should do well at BOA Conroe in a couple weeks. cool show, love the sax section, very seductive. def one of the cleaner guards ive seen too.

[packwick]

ahh ok it's the boy who swallowed the star from Howl's Moving Castle that Bowie's doing. dont remember that piece so well, not one of my fave Ghibli flicks, but it sure is a purdy tune.

https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/howls-moving-castle-original-soundtrack/25%20the%20boy%20who%20accepted%20the%20star.mp3

show needs a lot of cleaning but im still really liking Bowie.