Welcome to my daily feature where I try to use the movie The 40 Year Old Virgin (which I do not endorse for anyone under the age of 37) to explain the ins and outs of drum and bugle corps for the uninitiated.
Today's Quote:
If I have to hear "Yamo Be There" one more time, I'm going to "Yamo" burn this place to the ground. -David
What does this have to do with drum corps?:
I have noticed an increasing trend for high school and college marching bands to rely on the same tired rock tunes for their half-time shows at football games. As this is the version of marching music most people are familiar with, it may be difficult for them to understand the appeal of a drum corps show. After all who wants to spend three hours watching and hearing the same tired ditties from Jefferson Airplane, Earth Wind & Fire, or the Allmond Brothers. While half time shows have become stagnant recycling sessions of the Time-Life "Greatest Hits of the "70's" collection, drum and bugle corps actually push the artistic envelope. No drum corps wants to be compared to someone else's performance of a song. Every corps works hard to find new and interesting music or at least new and interesting interpretations. Even though they draw from orchestral music they often use modern pieces by current composers. Sometimes they dig back for music from the past that people aren't as familiar with (i.e. it hasn't been used in a thousand movie soundtracks already). You even have a rising number of corps commission entirely original music for their performances. I am not guaranteeing that the music these groups play will appeal to you, but at least you have some assurance it won't be the same dull elevator rock you've heard dozens of times before.
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