Im about 4 years late to this but I was listening to the original and thought to myself “This would go so hard as a DCI arrangement” it’s cool to know another musician thought so too
Im watching DCI right now. I'm so tired of watching the corps prance around instead of marching like the old school days like this. They showed much more discipline and magic back then. I marched and it is so disappointing to see where DCI has gone. Don't get me wrong I LOVE DCI but this is real corp marching. When the players marched and not pranced (leave that for the color guard). GO BLUE DEVS.
That's J.D Shaw for you. He alway implements augmented chords in his arrangements and I love it. He did the same thing when he was writing for Phantom Regiment.
My biggest regret has always been that nobody ever told us WE could do DCI, or that there was an age limit. Will never forgive my band director, I always thought it was professional job growing up
Classy organizations who are secure about themselves don’t need to yell their name out there for everyone to hear. Instead, they let their work speak for itself and they make sure everyone knows their name due to said work, not due to having it yelled at them. Unfortunately, SCV is neither a classy nor a well-run organization. They almost went bankrupt and out of business due to financial mismanagement. On the field, they never consistently finish within the top tier of placements. So, they yell their name out of a deep-seated inferiority and insecurity complex that they harbor about themselves due to all of the above. They know that they have always been, and will always be, second banana in their own state to the Blue Devils (or at least perceived as such). So, yelling their name and getting the crowd to yell it along with them is their way of lashing out at their unenviable status as also-rans. Again: people and organizations that are secure about themselves don’t need to yell out their own names. You will never hear BD scream their name out to any crowd, ever. That’s because people damn well already know exactly who BD is: they’re usually the ones hoisting up the big ol’ shiny trophy at the end of the summer. No name-yelling needed when you're the champs.
I think anyone who hears the original for the first time ends up at the end 😮 Subsequent listening are equally stunning. There’s a reason it’s widely covered.
Although they're a highschool group, Hebron's (2021?) show Penstriped had this same Blue Shades excerpt that was such a nice addition to an amazing closer.
Can you tell why this is inferior to the 1988 version? It is faster, but the music is broken up by drum breaks rather than united by the brass soloist. The execution is poorer. The drill is less original and interesting except for the final unspiraling, which is fantastic. Very good, but not great like 1988.
The French horn solo at the end of 88 show was best ending for a malaguena... they should've put that in 96 show.. cadets 03 version was alright... Boston 03 version was pretty good.. I don't think it's been played since
Oh my GOD as a perfect-pitched person this hurts my brain, oh god. I mean, everything else is the same... I mean, the other extraneous noises and all the tiny performance details and the clapping... ouch.... ohh, why do you hate me:)
Cadets. I like the 2019 BK recording quality more but Cadets sound quality, intonation and timing were slightly better especially in the second half of the phrase
