The brilliance of the concept of Pitch Perfection is actually in all of the 'bad' stuff they are doing. The ideas of breath control and release, air movement and control, articulation (which is not perfect, but absolutely consistent throughout the line - which means its getting better), are all perfectly executed when they are doing the 'wrong' things This makes the focus on getting it right is just that much more important and centered when they are dead on.
I never tire of PR's top-heavy HL. The prominent low brass sound is something I've always been drawn to by this corps. Such richness. The ballad at the end is stunningly beautiful. No crazy runs or fancy articulations. Just a perfect blend of voices that soothes the soul.
I enjoyed the time when I marched Lead Soprano with Star in 1988 and we competed against Phantom in so many competitions. There were two competitions where we tied for 1st at both of them two days apart. I think by the end of the year it was something like 8 wins for Phantom and 7 for Star with 2 ties. That was a lot of times for us to meet each other. Great times.
Stumbled across this again on December 31 2022. DCI has always been a love of mine and Phantom is my favorite Corp. this video illustrates so much, but if I had to put my finger on the one thing that sends me, it’s the hit, it’s always going to be that hit
My band director does this exact exercises with us. Well, I'm a senior now, but yeah. It made our sound much better. The listening, the watching, everything was just better. This was the best year of marching that my high school has had, other than my freshmen year. We missed state by one. :/ But yeah, these guys know what they're doing.
