Blue Devils SPACE CHORDS [Quality Audio] 

***** Thanks a ton!!

No problem man, it's all you! HornlineFanatic

Coincidence: I just had BD’s 2014 ballad going through my head

+gpbd11 When I passed that sign, I knew I had to get it on camera. I also managed to sneak that clip into a Spirit vid as well! :) I've listened to quite a bit of the Spirit recordings posted by Roy Perez. You guys made some incredible music, and Jim's writing/instruction was cutting-edge. Thanks for watching and for performing!!

Thanks Quinlen! Getting a great recording of Space Chords has been a huge goal of mine. Hope I achieved that.

HornlineFanatic you damn well achieved it that was beautiful.

jimisback With Blue Devils? Any recordings?

No! I played Spirit Of Atlanta , Contra. I wish I had recordings of our warmups. There are some on RU-vid. Not the best quality recordings but still cool.

jimisback What a great time to be in the activity, and also with SOA. Thanks for sharing. Several months ago, I gave a pretty long listen to Roy Perez's 1979 recordings of Jim Ott's instruction, as well as some of the hornline member auditions, and I also read a lot of comments from people describing what it was like to hear SOA for the first time during those years. About the quality, to paraphrase a comment I read elsewhere, the technology existed for great recordings...even in 1979...and it's a real shame there weren't more. At least Mr. Ott had the good sense to capture some hornline sounds in stereo...more than we can say for a lot of hornline recordings even today. Otherwise, I'll be happy w/ a crap quality recording if I can get a detailed first-person account from someone who was actually there. Got any links to a vintage 70s or 80s space chords recording?

HornlineFanatic Wish I did man. No recordings of the space cord. Roy may have one. He has loads of stuff from what I have see. I got hurt the first week of tour that year and Jim Ott made me stand infront of the arc. It was BRILLIANT ! It took months for the goose bumps to go away. BD was also my fav. corps. Other than Spirit. Man I miss those days.

jimisback Someday soon, when the novelties of clarinet features, oboes solos, vocal solos with auto-tune, and even entire-hornline-DJing-on-iPad gimmicks have worn off in DCI, I predict that some rebellious corps will strip out the electronics, shed a valve or two, and give audiences a taste of the DCI G bugle sound again. You read it here. I'm calling it now. A "#Throwback" show is coming...and it will be the talk of the season, the GE score will be over the top, it'll get standing ovations every night, and I will definitely be capturing every sound I possibly can from that hornline.

Jose Reyes Thanks! I am using Rode mics in all of my videos, but as I have told others, there are lots of great options out today and the best choice depends on what you want to acheive, as well as your budget. Also, it's not only about the equipment used. Other factors such as the capture settings (format, dynamics, etc..) as well as the codec of the uploaded video are critical.

It is his solo from their 2014 show--an excerpt from the ballad.

+HornlineFanatic their 2014 show was amazing

Thanks! Regarding your question, I really have no clue. I've never been to DCI West. But I'll bet someone like 1Blueblood1 knows.

Thanks man, anyway. I love your posts. I'm a long time(back to 1963) drum corps fan. Never marched. Space Chords is such a cool warm up. Don't know why I find it so inspirational. Love your posts.

***** We usually don't perform it at Stanford(did in 13 at rehearsal) but always do at riverside!

That's the point, yes. Holding over the highest partial is a stylistic choice.

Never heard of Hunter Moss of of Spirit of Atlanta, have you?

sam signorelli Actually, I would've been guilty as charged myself. Just looked him up on the BHOF page. I may head up to DCA finals this weekend to catch some hornlines. Wonder if he's performing w/ Atlanta CV this year.

HornlineFanatic I think he still is. I made a point to seek him out after 04 finals (I was DM for SoCal Dream that year...our first year out to DCA) and tell him how much I admired his work over the years, especially since I competed against him in 84. Nice guy...very gracious.

sam signorelli I completely agree. Hunter is a legend. Right up there w/ Brady and Kievat imo. Not surprising at all to hear he's a humble, gracious guy. Most of the real greats are.

in case you haven't found out in a year's time, yes you absolutely can. I'm not sure where you can find it, but it's definitely out there. We did this exact routine in my hs marching band a couple years ago.

Pick a note. Finger=louder, no finger=softer