Marching Band

[Grizzly700]

Well, its that time of year again, time to get ready and in shape for band camp. Anyone else here in band? I'm a tuba player. Share what your shows are going to be and all that stuff.

Here is a link to my band's music this year - http://heritageband.org/


And here is a video of last years Journey show PLUS and good shot of our first chair trumpet falling on his face and recovering quite nicely - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi_Bq...eature=channel

[MadMan118]

Played bass drum in drumline, but not no more, man band camp was fun.

[KeithBMI]

I played the electric bass in marching band. It really taught me some cool lines.

My senior year was "Earth, Wind, and Fire"

before that is was the music of Bill Chase:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guM-I-8CQ74

The guy actually let me have a bass solo.

'Twas sweet.

I'll always remember what the tuba players told me... "Turn it up... we don't know our parts"

[wazzel]

I played in the marching band from 8th-12th grade. 8-9 was on the saxaphone, 10 on tuba and 11-12 was the french horn

[ADbassman]

I used to play Tuba and Trombone in marching band. Our music over my 4 years was:

Freshman year: Reflections of Earth (Music from the 2000 Disney Millennium celebration)
Sophomore year: The Quest (An original piece)
Junior Year: Perpeteum (The music of Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy)
Senior Year: Infusion ( Take 5 and the Black eyed peas...ugh.)

[username n/a]

I don't like band people. They always spit on the floor.

[Grizzly700]

Originally Posted by username n/a

I don't like band people. They always spit on the floor.

That's not correct, our instruments spit on the floor.

[username n/a]

Originally Posted by Grizzly700

That's not correct, our instruments spit on the floor.

Well, that doesn't change the fact that I have to stand in it!

[L-A]

Originally Posted by username n/a

Well, that doesn't change the fact that I have to stand in it!

You know, when I cross a banana peel on the sidewalk, I don't have to fall of stepping on it.

[doctorjazz]

Marched sax for freshman through junior year and was drum major my senior year. Marching band was a "fun" thing for me, there's no way I could take it seriously from a musical perspective because marching bands frankly don't sound that good.

[Grizzly700]

Originally Posted by doctorjazz

Marched sax for freshman through junior year and was drum major my senior year. Marching band was a "fun" thing for me, there's no way I could take it seriously from a musical perspective because marching bands frankly don't sound that good.

Leave the musical stuff to concert band. I'm going to try out for drum major next year, my lessons start tomorrow. Any advice?

[elpezpr]

Originally Posted by username n/a

I don't like band people. They always spit on the floor.

In 10 years of music recording I've only seen one brass player bring a rag for clearing his instrument. I just don't get it. Hardwood floors and you're clearing your instrument on it? How would it look if I changed strings and left all the packaging and old strings in the floor where I was?

[ADbassman]

Originally Posted by elpezpr

In 10 years of music recording I've only seen one brass player bring a rag for clearing his instrument. I just don't get it. Hardwood floors and you're clearing your instrument on it? How would it look if I changed strings and left all the packaging and old strings in the floor where I was?

I'd say you have an amazing talent and ought to sell the strings your body apparently produces.

[Hoover]

I played flute in marching band from 5th through 8th grade. I hated it. 20 degrees farenheit while some stupid 10-year-olds play football and I've got my spit condensing & freezing so heavily inside the instrument that it was unplayable.

[XtreO]

Originally Posted by Hoover

I played flute in marching band from 5th through 8th grade. I hated it. 20 degrees farenheit while some stupid 10-year-olds play football and I've got my spit condensing & freezing so heavily inside the instrument that it was unplayable.

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[wdinc01]

Originally Posted by KeithBMI

before that is was the music of Bill Chase:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guM-I-8CQ74

The guy actually let me have a bass solo.

We played that for our jazz band districts. She didn't play us the actual song until the week of the concert. Had I listened to it earlier, I probably would have totally wanked on the bass at the end.

And I did marching band 10-12th grade, all on baritone. My last show, which was last fall since I just graduated, was the music of the "Doobie Brothers". I use quotes because it was actually three tunes written by Michael McDonald (freaking boring) and one written by Kenny Loggins. Before that we did a grab bag of different songs, the opener being Karn Evil 9, which was fun to play. And the year before THAT, we did Styx.

Now that I think of it, I really wish we could have done some better shows while I was playing, but you're gonna complain about every one of them so whatever. This year they're doing the music of Chuck Mangione.

[Zombbg4]

I was really into marching band , though the later years weren't so great as all the freshman and sophmores had no idea what they were doing. I played tuba, too. The bands in my area are super competitive which results in pretty amazing shows from the bigger bands. Last year we play "The Machines" which was pretty sick.

[Zombbg4]

Oh, when we actually played real songs for a parade, we did The Hand that Feeds by nine inch nails, kicked ***.

[jonathan_matos5]

im going to band camp tomorrow but not marching. im playing in a trombone choir.

[mjolnir]

I did that whole thing in high school and college, played bass clarinet, sax, tuba, and electric bass depending on which director needed what for the show each year. It was fun, I kind of miss it sometimes.