DCI Fans!

freshnesschronic · 06-24-2007, 10:37 PM

Just got back from my first Drum Corps International summer show in Lisle, IL with corps including: Racine Kilities, Madison Capital Sound, Lexington Southwind, Rockford Phantom Regiment, Canton Bluecoats and Madison Scouts with the Phantom winning in spectacular fashion. This was my first drum corps event, since two years ago. And it was greaaaat. Anybody else a DCI fan?

My favorite corps, the Rosemont Cavaliers!

Flint · 06-24-2007, 10:41 PM

I used to be roommmates with a corps guy. He had fast hands! He taught me alot about technique. [/ghey-sounding post] srsly

freshnesschronic · 06-24-2007, 10:52 PM

My dad and uncle played when they were growing up in New York.
I played trumpet as a kid but not actively since high school---but I still love drum and bugle.
The trumpet, the voice of the angels!

lumberjim · 06-24-2007, 10:58 PM

coughbandfagscough

freshnesschronic · 06-24-2007, 11:06 PM

You wish you knew music like me. Sure you appreciate it but you don't understand the theory I bet.
And you were on my case for saying the word fag?

lumberjim · 06-24-2007, 11:13 PM

i am also a musician, young man.

not a very good one...but i do a passable elvis

Flint · 06-24-2007, 11:13 PM

I was never in band, I can't read music, I learned by ear. I just bought a metronome and started practicing rudiments very recently, after playing by the seat of my pants for more than a decade. I frequently wish I had a more formal education (and never picked up some bad mechanical habits that have been hard to break), but who knows how I would've turned out. So, I'm happy to be where I'm at now.

freshnesschronic · 06-24-2007, 11:15 PM

Plenty of musicians don't know theory, mister.
Let's start with the basics: Can you tell me who Beadgcf is?
Bonus~~ Tonic is to ______ as up is to down.

Ibby · 06-24-2007, 11:58 PM

seven-string bass?

beadgbe would be guitar, but I think for basses you don't downtune the top two strings a half-step like you do for guitars.
(four strings is plenty of bass for me, thanks.)

freshnesschronic · 06-25-2007, 12:08 AM

The order of the sharps and flats, the circle of fifths.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-25-2007, 12:45 AM

Friday night I watched some guys I know cut a CD. Buzz Saylor, the drummer/percussionist for Simon Apple, is amazingly talented.
Oh yeah, Stefon Pizzuto plays a mean 6 string base, also.

wolf · 06-25-2007, 10:18 AM

I love DCI ... used to be a bigger event for me, I try to catch it when it runs on PBS. Came within a hairsbreadth of joining The Crossmen, but I wanted my summers off.

freshnesschronic · 06-25-2007, 10:59 AM

Wolf what would you have played? Or considering the colorguard? Anyway that's awesome.

Clodfobble · 06-25-2007, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

Let's start with the basics: Can you tell me who Beadgcf is?
Bonus~~ Tonic is to ______ as up is to down.

That's all wind instrument nonsense, for the record. Strings don't organize that way. Orch dorks unite!

keryx · 06-25-2007, 11:13 PM

I've managed to get to a couple of shows in Madison, WI, and if I didn't, I watched the show on PBS. Now, the La Crosse Blue Stars are competing again this year and will host the 39th annual River City Rhapsody on Saturday, June 30th, in La Crosse.! Woo hoo!

06-24-2007, 10:37 PM	#1
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	DCI Fans! Just got back from my first Drum Corps International summer show in Lisle, IL with corps including: Racine Kilities, Madison Capital Sound, Lexington Southwind, Rockford Phantom Regiment, Canton Bluecoats and Madison Scouts with the Phantom winning in spectacular fashion. This was my first drum corps event, since two years ago. And it was greaaaat. Anybody else a DCI fan? My favorite corps, the Rosemont Cavaliers!

06-24-2007, 10:41 PM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I used to be roommmates with a corps guy. He had fast hands! He taught me alot about technique. [/ghey-sounding post] srsly __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-24-2007, 10:58 PM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	coughbandfagscough __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-24-2007, 11:13 PM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i am also a musician, young man. not a very good one...but i do a passable elvis __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-24-2007, 11:13 PM	#7
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I was never in band, I can't read music, I learned by ear. I just bought a metronome and started practicing rudiments very recently, after playing by the seat of my pants for more than a decade. I frequently wish I had a more formal education (and never picked up some bad mechanical habits that have been hard to break), but who knows how I would've turned out. So, I'm happy to be where I'm at now. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-24-2007, 10:52 PM	#3
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	My dad and uncle played when they were growing up in New York. I played trumpet as a kid but not actively since high school---but I still love drum and bugle. The trumpet, the voice of the angels!

06-24-2007, 11:06 PM	#5
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	You wish you knew music like me. Sure you appreciate it but you don't understand the theory I bet. And you were on my case for saying the word fag?

06-24-2007, 11:15 PM	#8
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	Plenty of musicians don't know theory, mister. Let's start with the basics: Can you tell me who Beadgcf is? Bonus~~ Tonic is to ______ as up is to down.

06-24-2007, 11:58 PM	#9
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	seven-string bass? beadgbe would be guitar, but I think for basses you don't downtune the top two strings a half-step like you do for guitars. (four strings is plenty of bass for me, thanks.) __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

06-25-2007, 12:08 AM	#10
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	The order of the sharps and flats, the circle of fifths.

06-25-2007, 12:45 AM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Friday night I watched some guys I know cut a CD. Buzz Saylor, the drummer/percussionist for Simon Apple, is amazingly talented. Oh yeah, Stefon Pizzuto plays a mean 6 string base, also. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 06-25-2007 at 12:54 AM.

06-25-2007, 10:18 AM	#12
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I love DCI ... used to be a bigger event for me, I try to catch it when it runs on PBS. Came within a hairsbreadth of joining The Crossmen, but I wanted my summers off. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-25-2007, 10:59 AM	#13
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	Wolf what would you have played? Or considering the colorguard? Anyway that's awesome.

06-25-2007, 11:13 PM	#15
keryx Mrs. Fargon Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 85	I've managed to get to a couple of shows in Madison, WI, and if I didn't, I watched the show on PBS. Now, the La Crosse Blue Stars are competing again this year and will host the 39th annual River City Rhapsody on Saturday, June 30th, in La Crosse.! Woo hoo! __________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

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