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re: LSU Band...How difficult is it to make the drum line?
Posted on 3/21/23 at 1:34 pm to The Boat
Posted on 3/21/23 at 1:34 pm to The Boat
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No chance at playing drums freshman year. Best hope is to hold cymbals on the off chance you make it.
This is why I chose to say frick marching and just played kit after high school. I did all state marching band on snare and quads and that was enough of a taste to turn me off to college band. The only reason I'm happy I marched was using the rudiments to make fills and grooves. Otherwise being a drummer in a marching band sucks a-hole even before they make you hold cymbals like a puss.
ETA: I had an ex Drum Corps instructor who tried to get me to go to corps or a a major university. I learned quick that marching and the people within it are not the type of people I wanted to associate with.
My advice would be to get a drum kit and start doing something you can do forever instead of something you'll be stressed about for 4 years and then never use again forever. No one is ever looking for a quad player to sit in on a wednesday night.
This post was edited on 3/21/23 at 1:42 pm
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Posted on 3/21/23 at 3:03 pm to ShoeBang
Does anybody remember when Expressions used to practice at Lee High?
Buddy of mine from Stanislaus was center snare there for a couple before trying out with Hurley when he got a full ride to Notre Dame. Didn’t get on with Phantom, but ended graduating as center snare at ND and performed during filming for Rudy.
Fun fact, at Stanislaus we had the same cadence (1/2 of it) as LSU since early 90’s with a revised bass score.
Buddy of mine from Stanislaus was center snare there for a couple before trying out with Hurley when he got a full ride to Notre Dame. Didn’t get on with Phantom, but ended graduating as center snare at ND and performed during filming for Rudy.
Fun fact, at Stanislaus we had the same cadence (1/2 of it) as LSU since early 90’s with a revised bass score.
Posted on 3/21/23 at 3:04 pm to ShoeBang
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My advice would be to get a drum kit and start doing something you can do forever instead of something you'll be stressed about for 4 years and then never use again forever. No one is ever looking for a quad player to sit in on a wednesday night.
I mean, these are two totally different things.
That’s like telling a kid to learn golf instead of baseball because he can play it into his later years.
Being in Tiger Band is more than playing music. College marching band is a very unique experience and an opportunity to be part of the gameday atmosphere that so few get to do. Bowl trips. Road games. I could go on.
If you want to play set and make some bucks on the weekend, great. But it’s not an apples to apples comparison.
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