So I mentioned going show to him, but he started talking jibber-jabber about why show bands were bad and stuff. But, Not all show bands have to "have sex" on the field as some would put it. And i try to tell him that ALL the time. Our band went to see SCSU and they didnt do all that stuff, so i used them as an example and that helped a little but not that much. I'm sure you all agree wit me that show bands give you more... SO, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS: What are your views on this and How can i convince him that show is the way to go????
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bman94 said:
Anyway, try asking him for a little more freedom to play differently in the stands, don't let anyone blow their chops out before third quarter though, otherwise the show will sound bad. Try arranging stand tunes for the band yourself. I do some of my own arranging. Your director is more than likely to not only look at it, but will likely be impressed that you're taking a hand in writing music for the band.
Remember though, there might be people in your band who also aren't interested in show style. I know that there are in my band, granted most of them are weak musicians who think everything louder than their corps style Fortissimo is "blasting". But there is at least one good player among them who can't see the difference, and that bothers me. But I get over it. Honestly, one of our drum majors calls anything I do that they couldn't identify "blasting". All I did was play really sharp and hang over for to long by accident on the last note of a song and then I get the speech,
We are not "Rival School", they suck, stop blasting, don't play like "Rival School".
Of course, I came from "Rival School" origionally, but it still ruins the drum majors point when you say "Rival school sucks!" and then point at your first chair tuba player, a transfer student who came in just this year and is already recognized as one of our stronger players.
But yeah, I doubt you'd be able to change the feild show, but you can still play like a show band in the stands. Just play with good tones as well. Try to immitate FAMU, not SCSU or other bands like them. FAMU goes for tone quality and other bands just blow their faces off. You can play loud and still sound dark, it just takes practice.
If all else fails, you can either continue to be in what is probably the better band, or you can try and transfer to another school. But I doubt that's a good idea. Marching band is a short season, but Wind Ensemble is year round.
"Mister Band director, we the entire band want to do something a little extra. We would like to mix in just a little bit of what we want into what you want to do, JUST FOR THIS GAME.!!! If we can do it for this game, for the rest of the time we will do whatever you want us to do."
If he lets you do it once, then you got him. LOL
That doesn't mean he hates the style, but would you expect the head of the music program to buckle under the pressure of his students? And if he did once, you'd probably pressure him more. Pretty soon, a supirior rated program starts going to evaluation abd getting fairs and poors because their director couldn't keep control. Because, in the end, the director makes a high school program good, not the students. My school is a perfect example of that.
DARRICK(GREYSKULL) BOLTON(JUKE87 said:
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