This question is pretty self explanatory! It will probably step on toes, But I'm extremely curious to the answers I'll read! My personal style comes directly from my mentor Mr. Odie E. Burrus, M4 director from 82 - 87. He was a stickler for musical execution! He hated bad intonation, poor playing techniques, and loved blended balance. He also championed originality! "Be the best YOU you can be" & "trust your training" Was a phrases he would often say!!! I've seen many bands during my years I've seed good and bad version of every band out there! Why would a person Go to a university and train their band to be like another band?(As you guys can see I'm kind of bored!)

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  • I PLAN to use a combination of SU and Grambling marching wise......staccato but relaxed with a bit of swag. Musically, I don't think I really will stay SWAC....I really want a more symphonic sound....uh....yea...basically it lol (on that boredom train with u lol)
  • i may go with the marching of SU or BCU...they are two of the few bands who really pick their feet up and march..musically i have to go with NSU. the intensity that they have is amazing and the DCI influence works well with their style...overall swag would have to be MBC of old...miss that band...2's...

  • Will use Grambling and DCI Techniques and Phil me and the band director from Dunbar High School in Fort Worth was just talking about this very topic. There is no way in the world would i have my band marching like my nemesis. NO WAY. lol.
    • lol think of it as michigan's style
      • I can't lol. It's to many SU clones in college and high school lol
  • NSU....the attention to detail, themes n originality is second to none. NSU can hold their own very well no matta wat band is in front of them be it PWC or HBCU....NSU covers it all!

    BEHOLD!
  • I would not want to be like any marching band out there.. personally i believe in creating your own style......
    • even if you did do that you know u have people that will reach til the find something to compare you to....or call u a hybrid band
  • ME personally, I would just love my my band to have a full balanced sound that is based off of the sound pyramid where the lower voices are always leading the way and every other section nows its role. My band would have to be one that pays attention to detail (dynamics, style, phrasing,etc.) ; that would come from our symphonic band setting and transfer over into the stands during marching season. I want to sound clean but BRING HEAT at the same time which I believe sometimes there can be a thin line between the two depending on the instrumentation and the counterpoint in song selections. I attend PV and I would love my band to have a sound like we did in 04"when the band had its most numbers ever and woodwinds were pretty deep which catered to the FULL SOUND that we had. But I also love Southern's HEAVY WEIGHTED DARK BRASS SOUND. So I would have to get out there and see what works best for me through trail and error. I don't ever think I would try to create a symphonic band sound with a marching band because they are to different genres that should be distinct to me personally. I would just try to get use the aspects of a symphonic band setting to derive the result I would want out of my marching band. CAUSE WE GON BE BLOWIN'
  • I direct our church band and I love the fact that i control their musical experience! I'm patterning them to be like M4 with the exception that they will march (maybe next year) corp style! I've had them for 2 years and my older students will be 8th graders this year! They are a mixed group of students that are majority white with only8 black kids! The white kids wanted to march show style but my rule is you must be able to play all scales and memorize all of your music to 95% accuracy! they all must take private lessons  so when we grow larger any level of music won't be an issue! In 2 years I'm gonna have them performing everywhere!

     

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