Over at Cedar Park, we got Michael as our front ensemble director, and he genuinely like one of my best friends. Love that guy. This was his first DCI show he was ever in.
I'm pretty sure the drummer has some sort of pedal that sends a metronome click to the earpieces, because almost any time the drummer isn't playing a consistent groove his foot is still moving to the beat. The most obvious spot of this is right at the beginning, where his foot moves perfectly to the beat through the accel, despite how sparse everything else is, implying that he is deciding the tempo.
Jeffrey Noriega I feel like they go hand in hand. Being able to keep time and subdivision is crucial to being a good musician. Anyone is technically able to play, but if you put the right notes at random times it will sound jumbled and all over the place.
anyone know the warmup at the end of the video with the 4mallets , I saw a group at WGI playing this and wanted to know what it was called so I could learn it .
it is also known as Lockjaw, it's not too hard to figure out or find the music for. The other is a mix of Blocks and Broccoli, those are also pretty common
We play it as a warmup too! We call it 'grid'. We do a little different beat but the same permutations. (different order though) We do... 1234-2341-3412-4123 You can learn what they play with these permutations.
epicreader123 Colorguard helps them plus the staff of the bluecoats, that’s why they went on last at every show in 2016, they had so much stuff they needed time to get it off the field
***** since they are spread so far apart, the way they hear across will totally throw them off.. the in-car system allows them to play together while being apart.. me personally being a musician who has played with an in ear system, I find it better to hear what's happening from the audience standpoint. If that makes sense
2 reasons I can think of off the top of my head, no girls came to audition or didn't make the cut, and more players is harder to clean. Less numbers = Cleaner section. Always.
+RoyaltonDrummer922 that makes no sense. if you get all good players which clearly bloo can do then cleaning shouldn't be an issue. plus if you have more people and they all play together you will get a lot more credit than less players. also having them so far apart makes it harder to clean and play together anyway so saying have less people makes it easier is false just because of the set up.
+Annette 4 President that's why they are wearing in-ear packs (they are linked to a small mic resting on the front sideline), that way they can still hear each other in sync. Plus from the stands it look pretty damn cool.
