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Post by Marine. on Feb 20, 2008 18:42:22 GMT -5
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Post by 84bdsop on Feb 26, 2009 14:13:47 GMT -5
Too bad the sound doesn't line up.
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Post by lipsprain on Feb 28, 2009 11:01:03 GMT -5
I like this one better for demonstrating what 'old' drum corps was like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wkv6UUmdZE&feature=relatedin its day it was the definitive recruiting and documentary video for D&BC. I am proud to admit that I recognize the faces of a few friends in some of the shots, and I had the pleasure of seeing all of those shows live - let me tell you that the video does not do justice to any of the music or visual presentation. I loved drum corps then and love where it has progressed. But I look forward to dying in the stands a happy drum corps nut the year SCV combines the techniques of today with "Young Person's Guide to Drum Corps" or the 'Bottle Dance' |
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Post by stickshifty on Feb 28, 2009 16:41:24 GMT -5
Dudeeeeee... mellophones with pistons and rotors... that's crazy.
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Post by 84bdsop on Feb 28, 2009 22:44:06 GMT -5
That was the way it was for decades....even more "fun"...the piston was valve 1 and the rotor valve 2....playing with the order reversed AND with your thumbs on some designs...
And yet...BD played Channel One Suite in 76 on those buggers (78 or 79 was when the 2 piston upright I played on came out)...amazing.
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Post by the_sousabone on Mar 6, 2009 18:31:41 GMT -5
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Post by 84bdsop on Mar 7, 2009 1:41:11 GMT -5
I KNEW before clicking the link it would be from my show!! I'm the very top point in the right "horn" as the chart starts. I never got around to auditioning for one of the opening trio parts...a shame...had I gotton it, I would've had the great closeup instead of Stymie. (50 yard line set....would'a been killer!)...but I see my horn going WAY up in the last park & bark as I take a BIG breath...we were LOUD! The sop in the middle at 1:55 is Gino Cipriani of -- in addition to BD -- SCV, Magic or Orlando, and Cadets fame. |
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Post by the_sousabone on Mar 7, 2009 13:01:19 GMT -5
(50 yard line set....would'a been killer!) HI MOM The sop in the middle at 1:55 is Gino Cipriani of -- in addition to BD -- SCV, Magic or Orlando, and Cadets fame. That's awesome. The camera picked just the perfect angle so you can't see any of his face.....  But none the less, an awesome video. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2009 18:53:48 GMT -5
There is a word for bd84sop. More of an acronym, actually. It is OG.
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Post by 84bdsop on Mar 7, 2009 23:02:30 GMT -5
That's awesome. The camera picked just the perfect angle so you can't see any of his face..... Oh, well....in THAT case...  Left to right...Duane Schimmel (part of the La Fiesta trio...dude had a solo or feature in every chart in 84), Gino Cipriani, Steve "Stymie" Leanene, Bath Geick (solo and duet in the 86 show), me, John "Hackmaster" Hendrickson (La Fiesta trio). I STILL can't figure why I was playing with the upper leads...I played 4th sop (a lot of upper lead stuff an octave down and doubling the lead bari). it was during a camp around mid practice season (because of the hat I was wearing....long story). And...just to give some love to the rest of my section....I present the 1984 Blue Devils soprano line...the finest musicians it's ever been my pleasure to perform with.  Front row, L to R: Tommy Gong, Andy Johnson, Me, Maria Klutz, Diane Fashing, Rich Duarte, Paul McClusky, Beth Geick. Middle row: Duane Schimmel, John Hendrickson, Tim Morning, Rick Haller, Steve Leanene, Gino Cipriani, Doug Peterson, John Steavenson, Julia Bland. Back row: Todd Clark, Henry De la O, Mike Deak, Russell Bridgewater, John Trombetta (all 14 yeard old of him!) And, of course....my axe....King K-20 G soprano bugle...not the same one I played, but the same model (and the one I played in SoCal Dream until the 2006 season)  |
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Post by the_sousabone on Mar 7, 2009 23:59:02 GMT -5
There's a DEG 2 valve G sop hanging on the wall in a little music store by my house. One day I just might buy it.
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This was so I didn't have to say HAHAHAHAHAHA to Oscar in a double post.
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Post by 84bdsop on Mar 8, 2009 0:13:59 GMT -5
There is a word for bd84sop. More of an acronym, actually. It is OG. "Old Guy?" It would fit...after getting home from working the high school fencing tournament today, I feel it....and after tomorrows event, I'll probably be dead!!  |
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Post by lipsprain on Mar 9, 2009 14:49:38 GMT -5
That's awesome. The camera picked just the perfect angle so you can't see any of his face..... Oh, well....in THAT case... Left to right...Duane Schimmel (part of the La Fiesta trio...dude had a solo or feature in every chart in 84), Gino Cipriani, Steve "Stymie" Leanene, Bath Geick (solo and duet in the 86 show), me, John "Hackmaster" Hendrickson (La Fiesta trio). I STILL can't figure why I was playing with the upper leads...I played 4th sop (a lot of upper lead stuff an octave down and doubling the lead bari). it was during a camp around mid practice season (because of the hat I was wearing....long story). And...just to give some love to the rest of my section....I present the 1984 Blue Devils soprano line...the finest musicians it's ever been my pleasure to perform with. Front row, L to R: Tommy Gong, Andy Johnson, Me, Maria Klutz, Diane Fashing, Rich Duarte, Paul McClusky, Beth Geick. Middle row: Duane Schimmel, John Hendrickson, Tim Morning, Rick Haller, Steve Leanene, Gino Cipriani, Doug Peterson, John Steavenson, Julia Bland. Back row: Todd Clark, Henry De la O, Mike Deak, Russell Bridgewater, John Trombetta (all 14 yeard old of him!) And, of course....my axe....King K-20 G soprano bugle...not the same one I played, but the same model (and the one I played in SoCal Dream until the 2006 season) I saw your first pic and immediately thought "I didn't know Father Guido Sarducci marched BD" - nice lid, man. we will likely be the only two on here who know who I am talking about. catching up: -I'll guess the reason you are next to the leads Sam is because of your octave voicing. Bet the staff were using you to check the parts? - before the valve/rotor, of course, there was the valve/slide. Incredible how we were able to get any decent music out of those brass beasts. But anyone with some time should listen in on some recordings pre-1970. - Best of the best on a valve/slide was a gentleman by the name of Riggie Laus. He would play a "Flight of the Bumblebee" that would make your jaw drop. good stuff. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2009 22:44:59 GMT -5
OG refers to "original gangster" but it can mean any originator of a group of people.
Two valves? Good God.
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Post by 84bdsop on Mar 12, 2009 23:37:27 GMT -5
OG refers to "original gangster" but it can mean any originator of a group of people. Two valves? Good God. Well, re "OG" I AM of Sicilian descent....go fig! 2 valves was no big deal...same fingering patterns as a Bb trumpet....the most difficult part was learning to hear the notes correctly, since a G bugle - 2 or 3 valve - is a minor 3rd LOWER than a Bb....a C# on a trumpet is an A on a G horn. There were only 4 notes the pre 1990 G horns could not play...C#, D, Eb and Ab in/below the staff...above the staff Ab was 1st valve and push the 1st valve slie all the way in. We had to work the 1st valve slide a lot anyway, since the top line D -- among other notes using the 1st valve -- was inherently out of tune. Watch any mid 80s vid and watch the left hands....you see the slide move a lot. Even today -- 25 years later -- if I'm listening to my show and fingering my parts, my left thumb moves. The 3rd vlave issue wasn't a big one for the uppers and mids...but for the baris, euphs, and contras it was an issue, since it was right in the middle of their playing range....you just wrote around it or gave the notes to other instruments. |
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