» Carolina Crown 2007 Brass, Brass-only show recording

So, who all had heard the brass-only recording of Triple Crown? Any comments, questions, transcription attempts, impressions, etc? It isn't often we get a full record of the brassline alone playing an entire show.

It eFFing Rocked, I'll say that!

Where'd you get that?

http://www.box5productions.com/media/crown...n_07_audio.html

They're actually charging for that?

You expected it to be free? They've got to pay royalties on use of the music they arranged, plus DCI would never allow a competing audio option without them charging.

DCI is full of Fascists

I'm just saying that I wrote out the small ensemble part of Dreamer right at the beginning of the show. As usual, staying in that nice key of F.

This post has been edited by CoatHope on Feb 3 2008, 04:19 AM

On a similar note, if you look through Box 5's catalog, they also have Bluecoats.

That's cause Klesch has been around long enough in DCI to get a few Jim Otts and Championships under his teaching belt. He knows that technique is a huge part of gettign a large and full brass sound, but writing in keys such as Eb, Bb, and F (within the instruments' natural harmonics) will give just that little extra boost to the volume, and make for ease of tuning. Tricky keys aren't that impressive. It's not like the judge is wandering around making remarks like "Oh my, that run was ridiculously clean for being in B Major!"

That's cause Klesch has been around long enough in DCI to get a few Jim Otts and Championships under his teaching belt. He knows that technique is a huge part of gettign a large and full brass sound, but writing in keys such as Eb, Bb, and F (within the instruments' natural harmonics) will give just that little extra boost to the volume, and make for ease of tuning. Tricky keys aren't that impressive. It's not like the judge is wandering around making remarks like "Oh my, that run was ridiculously clean for being in B Major!"

It would be interesting to see someone pull off a show in B major with great success. It's only a half step.

This post has been edited by CoatHope on Feb 18 2008, 03:15 AM

It just holds no real value. The half step's difference won't matter to anyone who doesn't have perfect pitch. Plus, it's harder to play and tune (and you don't get recognition for the difficulty of the key and tuning). Basically, you'd be making your show harder than you'd get credit for. While the members, or anyone who sees the music could appreciate it, it's just not worth it from a competitive standpoint.

I understand that. As a viewer, I would find it interesting. It's just not the best choice. Plus, can't one just speculate?

This post has been edited by CoatHope on Feb 20 2008, 03:33 AM

Oh, of course they are John!!!

Yeah, Crown's hornline is just amazing, Nuf' said. I finshed watching "Finis" on YouTube.
Holy cow, they stopped once in the whole show, and that was when the percussion was playing their drum feature.