re: Their band was louder, has a xylophone section and marching ballerinas

Why do you continue to post the same shite in every thread? You already posted that article. No one cares considering the source.

All I knew was that the piccolo marching my old spot in pregame stunk up his solo TTR but unlike you, I decided not to start a thread to let everyone know the world is ending.

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You obviously know more than I do on the state of TGBFTL, but JSU has a better band than most schools.

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They are not better than Auburn, Alabama, etc. Bigger is not always better, but in this case, it was much better. We should (and used to) have the best band in the SEC.

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That being said, there were dozens of Tiger Band members marching to their own drummers, and not the LSU drum line.

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More evidence of the members stating "how unprepared they were."

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growing pains with a new administration

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Marching out of step = growing pains??
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Ok. Thanks.

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They are not better than Auburn, Alabama, etc. Bigger is not always better, but in this case, it was much better. We should (and used to) have the best band in the SEC.

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I hope you are referring to LSU not being better than Auburn, Alabama, etc. They don't compare well to JSU. No SEC band does.

If you meant JSU, that is ok. I admit that "better" is a subjective term. Some people probably prefer the Kanye West's version of "Bohemian Rhapsody," to the Queen version.

It is difficult to compare bands because of stylistic differences. In terms of musicianship, The Marching Southerners are a level above most, due to the heavy recruiting of top high school band programs in Georgia, and the DCI connections. The staff is phenomenal as well. The JSU Percussion section is top 5 nationally. Our band is a corp style band but closer to 80's DCI than to modern, and I am glad of that... modern DCI has ceased to be music. It is art, but not music. The size of our band limits our drill somewhat, and makes it harder to clean... so smaller, modern corp style bands like Riverside Community College and The University of North Alabama would claim superiority due to their cleaner shows and faster drill. The problem is, their interpretive shows are fingers on a chalkboard to a lot of purists.

TAMU has a cool band... as does Michigan State. They are both really good, but really different than us. Comparing us to bands like that is like arguing whether or not a banana or a lemon is a better watermelon. Probably the bands most similar to us are Western Carolina and MTSU, though both of them play more modern music, whereas we play more classical. They are both very good at what they do. James Madison is also similar, and usually very good. The Troy State Sound of the South wants badly to be in the discussion...but they really suck... and they do it loudly.

Irish is a troll that does nothing but try and tear down the band...just click on his profile and see how sad it is.

Incorrect, the band played the full version of tiger rag after playing "presto" for touchdowns for the past two years. But you know everything about tiger band so that's fine.