The Boston snares go through their subs routine, getting reps on various show chunks and are later joined by the basses (who were down 1 member), in the lot at the DCI event in DeKalb, IL 7/7/23
1:39 On social media, you see endless conversations about modern drum corps and how much it sucks compared to drum corps in the 1720's, or whatever. But when I was marching age, The Cadets played a few counts of hemiola and called it a drum feature; that's how proud they were of it. Meanwhile, these kids are taking a hemiola way out in to the Twilight Zone, to the point where it isn't just a matter of chops, but of four-limb independence, like a good drumset player might have. So next time some Civil War veteran posts something online, talking about "real drum corps," remind them that in their day, regardless of how great their uniforms were, drumlines stood still on the 50-yard-line, ramming six-stroke rolls at one dynamic level, with the feet landing on every downbeat. For my money, we're in the golden era of marching percussion.
We’re fs in a golden age of marching percussion - just look at the state of WGI: groups constantly pushing the envelope, new groups forming constantly, and the activity is only growing more and more popular with every year. DCI might be dying, but WGI and marching percussion is thriving.
I remember when Cadets did the floppies in 2013 and everyone lost their mind, and then Rythm X did hand-to-hands and everyone lost their minds, then Infinity did lasers and everyone lost their mind, and now all of those things are not only mainstream, but considered to be just one of many tools a drumline whips out these days. There's no doubt today's drumlines are better than ever, with harder drill than ever, with harder listening environments than ever.
@@smegmosisjones5645This is really the thing. Anyone can get used to listening and playing fast rolls standing in one position these days. The fact that they do so much movement and spread out so much, plus how complex of rhythms they're playing vs. yesteryear. I thought we were pretty good at Matrix '05-'08. Chino Hills would blow us away today lol
Back when I used to march, we didn’t have any of this namby-pamby dancing around. We just marched up and down the 50 and it was uphill both ways.😂 no I Marched 19 70s and 1980s DCI, drum and bugle corps. The modern 2015 and up are so much better than when I marched. Even some of these high school level marching organizations are much better than the top second level corps that I remember.
It's really a shame that one line gets to lay claim to the Sanford Award at the end of the summer. There are so many great lines doing so many great things and playing so much technical and musical content. I mean, one likes BD's style, one likes Boston's style, another likes Blue Coats' style while another prefers Crown's style. I guess it all comes down to the score sheets and how the chips fall in August. Regardless of the outcome, these kids play well and are pushing the envelope forward for future generations.
I see your point, but when one of those heads busts is the center going to change it out quickly while the rest of the line continues in subs? Does the center tune the drums before the warmup too? In this situation before a show, you'd rather be focused on playing well, and not critiquing especially as the center. It takes a lot to do either one of those things effectively. Hence why there are techs around constantly. They don't get to the level that they sound, having the mindset of: "No need for techs" They needed to hear whatever Colin was there coaching them up on.
Plus techs have a different listening point than center does, so if something is off they can stand back an hear the entire line vs the center who may not be able to at all times. Plus when you're in the zone of doing reps you dont think and see the same ways techs do.....like heights, technique, or a certain segment for example which was giving us trouble, our snare tech knew a way to break it down and it cleaned up instantly. ( I swear he could clean anything, but hey he did march Cavies lol)
How did you find them yesterday? I started looking for them right before intermission, but I guess they had already rehearsed elsewhere :(. They were smoking on field. I loved it!
