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 Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 4:59 pm
In sixth grade i started on flute and 1 month in i had chosen snare. I've been playin snare since and i'm a junior in HS. My director, Steve Floyd, says i'm one of the best. My bf Brandon also plays snare along side me and damn he's good. This summer I get to try out for U.S. Allstar Band which, by the way, has like 100 snares trying out! SNARE IS THE WAY OF LIFE. FACE IT, IN MARCHING BAND YOU WOULD BE LOST WITH OUT IT.
btw, Marching Band rocks my socks! mrgreen
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 12:21 pm
Well we just had finals.. We got second, 95.4.
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 8:04 pm
We just had championships and got second. I'm so mad. The school that beat us beat us by a quarter of a point. A freakin' quarter! We had a 90.25 and they had a 90.5. It was so damn close.
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 8:34 pm
Woah...I haven't been here in a really, really long time.
eek
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 6:13 pm
LeonTheEviscerator Yay! A percussion thread!! I've been in marching band pit for two years and was in pit for winter drumline last year. Then again, I played in a percussion ensemble in elementary school...so I've played percussion on and off for eight years. Oh yeahhh! Pit rox de eternal fluffy sox!!! I am personally a marimba freak myself.
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 6:19 pm
Actually, it appears as if no one has been here for quite some time.*slids a perfectly clean finger across a table* Eeeew, dust! Let's hope the marimba has a cover on it, lest I should go on a mad virtual killing-spree. twisted
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 7:49 pm
Does anyone's concert of marching band use any Sabian ice bells (7" or 9")?
I'm just wondering if these actually exsist and if they're actually avialable for the general public.
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 10:06 am
Ive been playing drums for 2 years now...and im a drum captian.I play the multi tenors drums....if u dont kno what that is then its a quad...and if u still dont know what that is it has 5 other drums on it...so yea......marching these drums are really heavy and tiring.So yea
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:47 pm
Fruit Jammers I love playing the marimba with 4 mallets! It's so much fun to have three octaves all to yourself. I actually had to play vibes in my school's jazz band because no one else could play with more than 2 mallets. We have a great batterie, because nobody ever wants to do pit for more than one year. We actually did really well at PASIC the last two years, so I can't complain.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm a little enthusiastic about my instruments...
Marimba isn't the only one I play though, Vibe is a close second to the marimba, and xylo is third by a fraction of a fraction of an inch. I'm actually pretty well rounded in the percussion area, heh, heh...
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:50 pm
drumliner559 Ive been playing drums for 2 years now...and im a drum captian.I play the multi tenors drums....if u dont kno what that is then its a quad...and if u still dont know what that is it has 5 other drums on it...so yea......marching these drums are really heavy and tiring.So yea
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:02 pm
DKDarkness I heart my Marimba!! I only know 2 mallet sweatdrop but I'm learning 4 mallet 3nodding 2nd year in marching band and 3rd year in winter drumline in South Cali ^__^ Anyone doing any ADLA competitions?
I love my marimba too, have you named yours? Mine had two names because the high end and the low end are like two different personalities, don't ya think? Then I forgot the names when I moved *screams in frustration*
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:13 pm
Elizabeth07LHDL i love being in the drumline (LHDL rules) ne ways i am in the front ensamble and omg i love it at OMEA state finals we got all 1's in EVERYTHING.. we have an awesome drumline.. even tho the laps around the frikin huge school and parking lot at 7 in th morning wasnt my cup of tea.. i hate tea..lol. and the practices in the rain were tiring. and getting up at 5 in the morning to get to school for practice 2 hrs b4 the of the band gats there... but it was the beat. i loved it. we did the newsies show and the dl instructor wrote most of the percussion music. extremly hard... but i wouldnt trade it for nuthin!!1 p.s. the marimbas and vibes ROCK if u think 4 mallets is hard try doing 6 mallets......lol ninja the drumline ninja will throw a drumstick at u...
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:54 pm
I play mallets. We just bought a new Marimba with 4.6 octaves! *dies* It's heaven.
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Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:17 pm
Well, let's see here... I started band in 6th grade as a snare drummer, but then I broke my left index finger two weeks before the christmas concert and had to learn the concert bass drum part to all the songs (except African Noel, which would be played with one hand on an African drum so I didn't have to worry about that. I just had to make sure I stood on the right side of the drum.) Anyway, after 6th grade I quit band for a while because I figured they'd expect more out of me in junior high and would force me to practice more (I played everything perfectly in 6th grade but got a B all the time since I never practiced at home. I didn't NEED to practice! It was too easy!). After junior high I decided to go into colorguard, which turned out to be the biggest mistake of my life (no offense to any guard members who might be reading this). Then after that I joined the pit since I had minimal percussion experience and I was assigned to concert bass drum for just about everything. I've played other auxiliary instruments (triangle, suspended cymbal, claves, etc.) but I've always specialized in concert bass drum. Junior year, I was a leader in the pit (that's one rank below section leader) and in my senior year I was one of four section leaders in the pit (long story involving the two section leaders from the previous year getting pissed since they weren't chosen for section leader this year. I think one of them hated the idea of being ranked below me even though I was a SENIOR and she's a junior!)
My little brother is also a percussionist. He was originally going to do trumpet but he couldn't do that buzzing thing with his lips so he went into percussion like me. He's was the 5th bass drum this year and next year he'll be 6th snare (And the only sophomore on the snare line! We're all so proud!). Too bad I'll be in college and won't be around to see it... I'll make mom film a contest and send it to me or something. BTW I won't be in band in college. I've had about enough band for one lifetime, but I'll always have the memories and I'll always be proud of having served my band as a section leader (not like anyone ever listened to me though...)
Oh, and I DO play concert snare occasionally, like for solo competition. Sophomore year I played a class 2 solo and I sucked so bad the percussion director took pity on me and exempted me from having to compete. Junior year I played a class 2 again and got a 2 on it, and senior year I played yet another class 2 and got a 1. Woot! I got a nice, shiny medal for that! *will put it on her letter jacket after she gets her band letter* *already has a letter for something else (BPA)*
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:29 pm
Grip: Matched or Traditional?
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