re: Video diary of TGBFTL @ MSU

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In show style bands. Songs like break bread are used as warm up songs

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Break Bread sure can be a warm up and is often used as such. However, my point was that even a warm up song can sound MUCH better than that "performance" you posted. (By the way, TGBFTL plays it as the last song of the night after the game which means they've been playing all day so they still have that control when they're tired.)

The new video you posted, while better than the first, still shows a band that's not as together as they need to be. The horns can't get tight and they don't sound as one. (TERRIBLE at 0:12!!) I even think one of the directors turned around to look because it was so bad. The bottom line is that LSU's band is simply a much higher caliber. And as far as style of playing and what people like, that's all subjective. Most don't want to see SU's band do a more subdued corps style show. They want loud and dancing so that's what they get. That's their style and that's fine. (Albeit we're not talking about that here.) LSU's band is a more corps style with emphasis on musicianship in addition to marching.
TGBFTL horns shown HERE are incredibly together and they sound as one.

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