re: VOTE FOR THE BAND

Seriously, why is there not a sticky for this yet?

This really needs to be Sticked for the next 2 weeks... Or a better Idea, to keep things fresh. Lets just start a new thread every day!

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Just so everyone knows, the poll on the "Quest For the Crystal" page is NOT the official poll. The official poll is the one on the home page next to the video of the bands.

Dont be confused.

sticky? as said in the post above, be sure to vote on the page with the videos

Tiger Band Alum here (Drumline '90 - '95)

While I liked our band the best, including great GG outfits and even one for Mike, the problem with our video is that it was recorded in the indoor practice facility. It has TERRIBLE acoustics!

Go listen again. Believe me, I HATE USC, but their drumline (especially basses) sounded so crisp and clean while ours simply rattled off the walls and sounded muddy. I know that's not how we really sound but recording inside that building sucks.

We used to record every show in there when I was there for our yearly CD, and it always sucked that I couldn't even make out the bassline because of the sound bouncing off the walls.

In any case, I hope we pull this through. The band really needs the money and a new band hall.

The set number used to be 180 members in the 60's and the Tiger Band sounded just as big and warm as the modern version. A lot has to do with the scoring of musical arrangements. John Edmunds, the staff arranger back then employed a technique which is still used somewhat today. That is he scored the low brass in octaves with a middle low brass part a fifth above the bass (fourth below the upper octave). Even the tenor sax parts were scored that way to add richness to the low brass sound. Then, all clarinet parts mirrored the trumpet parts. ae: 3rd clarinet played the 1st trumpet part an octave lower; 2nd clarinet played third trumpet part; 1st clarinet usually played the 2nd trumpet part. No flutes of course. Percussion was nowhere near what it is today. Just used snare, tenor and bass...and glock parts reinforced the piccolos. All in all the created that "warm" sound that was known across the country as a unique Tiger Band sound. Everyone tried to emulate it. Today's Tiger Band still has that warmth and I hear some of the same orchestration techniques being used. But the overwhelming reason the band sounds great is because of a terrific group of band directors along with their assistants and fine musicians throughout the ensemble.

I love our Band!!!

It was 280 people into the 90's. The money was still 640.00 then. A few years back the had the option of raising the money you get during the fall semester or adding more people. Of course you know that they added more since the number now in 325. I'm glad that the band got a bump in their scholarship money. The band puts in many hours for a 1 hour credit class

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