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Post by oldschool on Nov 10, 2022 12:56:48 GMT -5
To me the departure of our former lead arranger ,Dr. Thomas Jones, has made the biggest impact to our sound . As we all know he returned to his alma mater ,Hampton University to become their band director . You can have three different people do an arrangement for the same song ,and have three different reactions to each arrangement .One reaction might say that was alright, one might say that was wack ,and another say that isht was the bomb ,that deserves a Grammy for that arrangement . To me personally his arrangements were off the chain especially the slow jams. And when I used to drop by and watch the band practices he was always the one in charge with the bull horn .So his departure has had a major impact whether we want to admit it or not ,as well as instrumentation as others have pointed out.
And I don't care what nobody says ,there ain't another group of majorettes ,dancers,auxiliary ,whatever you want to call them ,that outshines "The Golden Delight". Shout out to Ms Tiffany Brown ,a former Golden Delight herself,and her staff for all of the work they put in .
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Post by outsidethinker on Nov 10, 2022 13:39:41 GMT -5
Southern is just as bad as A&T when it comes to scholarships, and look at them... Its a different band world down there. Same as football. Its just different. Heck....even the feeder school argument was valid in that regard......just look at what they bring out for parade season the closer we get to Mardi Gras Definitely agree. They started teaching us how to play actual instruments and read music in elementary school in New Orleans. We started marching band in Middle School performing everywhere along with a million parades lol. It blew my mind moving to NC and playing with first time instrumentalist In high school. I'm still not sure what NSU is doing to continuously keep a heavy brass presence. Maybe this is just one down year. They've stayed pretty consistent since 2008. 2006 was awful and hard to stomach.
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Post by 919aggie on Nov 10, 2022 16:04:02 GMT -5
To me the departure of our former lead arranger ,Dr. Thomas Jones, has made the biggest impact to our sound . As we all know he returned to his alma mater ,Hampton University to become their band director . You can have three different people do an arrangement for the same song ,and have three different reactions to each arrangement .One reaction might say that was alright, one might say that was wack ,and another say that isht was the bomb ,that deserves a Grammy for that arrangement . To me personally his arrangements were off the chain especially the slow jams. And when I used to drop by and watch the band practices he was always the one in charge with the bull horn .So his departure has had a major impact whether we want to admit it or not ,as well as instrumentation as others have pointed out. And I don't care what nobody says ,there ain't another group of majorettes ,dancers,auxiliary ,whatever you want to call them ,that outshines "The Golden Delight". Shout out to Ms Tiffany Brown ,a former Golden Delight herself,and her staff for all of the work they put in . IDK...I personally enjoyed our sound last year. Hampton sounds horrible btw...
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Post by B&GMM 80 on Nov 10, 2022 16:32:15 GMT -5
To me the departure of our former lead arranger ,Dr. Thomas Jones, has made the biggest impact to our sound . As we all know he returned to his alma mater ,Hampton University to become their band director . You can have three different people do an arrangement for the same song ,and have three different reactions to each arrangement .One reaction might say that was alright, one might say that was wack ,and another say that isht was the bomb ,that deserves a Grammy for that arrangement . To me personally his arrangements were off the chain especially the slow jams. And when I used to drop by and watch the band practices he was always the one in charge with the bull horn .So his departure has had a major impact whether we want to admit it or not ,as well as instrumentation as others have pointed out. And I don't care what nobody says ,there ain't another group of majorettes ,dancers,auxiliary ,whatever you want to call them ,that outshines "The Golden Delight". Shout out to Ms Tiffany Brown ,a former Golden Delight herself,and her staff for all of the work they put in . I've ENJOYED DR. THOMAS JONES, his arrangements were FIRE!
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Post by neal on Nov 10, 2022 16:44:48 GMT -5
I am speaking from a bandhead perspective. The high school students do not like the style as much as you all think. They are very vocal in the audience at the battle of the bands. I went to the NSU/A&T game and the weekend before I attended the Su JSU battle and game. Big difference. East coast bands are not providing the excitement like the SWAC schools or how it was in the past MEAC band years. The crowd was quiet after T performance Sunday.
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Post by neal on Nov 10, 2022 16:50:50 GMT -5
To me the departure of our former lead arranger ,Dr. Thomas Jones, has made the biggest impact to our sound . As we all know he returned to his alma mater ,Hampton University to become their band director . You can have three different people do an arrangement for the same song ,and have three different reactions to each arrangement .One reaction might say that was alright, one might say that was wack ,and another say that isht was the bomb ,that deserves a Grammy for that arrangement . To me personally his arrangements were off the chain especially the slow jams. And when I used to drop by and watch the band practices he was always the one in charge with the bull horn .So his departure has had a major impact whether we want to admit it or not ,as well as instrumentation as others have pointed out. And I don't care what nobody says ,there ain't another group of majorettes ,dancers,auxiliary ,whatever you want to call them ,that outshines "The Golden Delight". Shout out to Ms Tiffany Brown ,a former Golden Delight herself,and her staff for all of the work they put in . From a bandhead perspective or individuals that have actually marched in a band. GD is actually mediocre in all aspects of their talents. They are not really impressive with each aspect of their shows due to them trying to have three aspects of a performance placed into one squad. They do not out dance schools whose dancers are strictly dancers without the added duties such as SU JSU and a few others. The flag aspect of GD is basic. Twirl left, twirl right, spin then run to another spot with the colorful. It is a reason why many who are not in NC do not think much of them.
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Post by tony on Nov 10, 2022 21:15:42 GMT -5
Southern is just as bad as A&T when it comes to scholarships, and look at them... Its a different band world down there. Same as football. Its just different. Heck....even the feeder school argument was valid in that regard......just look at what they bring out for parade season the closer we get to Mardi Gras It might be a different band world down there but it doesn’t have to be. We already have middle school band programs, most of them are just incompetent if you look closely. I could go on for days but I don’t feel like getting into it now. It doesn’t take more than a few appearances from a portion of the BGMM at the right time to make 5th graders want to take band next year. All it takes is a band director capable of teaching scales, reading music, and managing 11 year olds (maybe that’s a tall order) to get them good with music. All it takes is interesting, fun, and not overly complicated arrangements to keep them motivated. Notice money has NOT entered this discussion. Most parents are willing to find or rent instruments. Amazon has decent versions of everything for reasonable prices. Get this going well in high school and you’ll have a lot more and better recruits for college. That’s what NSU does - look at Hopewell and their other feeders. 90% brass - I haven’t talked to anybody, but I guarantee you that’s not by accident. Directors have to be telling kids what to play, and the product speaks for itself.
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Post by tony on Nov 10, 2022 21:19:53 GMT -5
To me the departure of our former lead arranger ,Dr. Thomas Jones, has made the biggest impact to our sound . As we all know he returned to his alma mater ,Hampton University to become their band director . You can have three different people do an arrangement for the same song ,and have three different reactions to each arrangement .One reaction might say that was alright, one might say that was wack ,and another say that isht was the bomb ,that deserves a Grammy for that arrangement . To me personally his arrangements were off the chain especially the slow jams. And when I used to drop by and watch the band practices he was always the one in charge with the bull horn .So his departure has had a major impact whether we want to admit it or not ,as well as instrumentation as others have pointed out. And I don't care what nobody says ,there ain't another group of majorettes ,dancers,auxiliary ,whatever you want to call them ,that outshines "The Golden Delight". Shout out to Ms Tiffany Brown ,a former Golden Delight herself,and her staff for all of the work they put in . Dr. Jones was good but his absence has very little to do with anything. We had the same complaints about lack of aggression when he was here. The problem with sound is due to instrumentation - it’s just awful. People say we have a big band but it’s built all wrong. If you look at the Euphoniums and Mellophones where the same size as NCCU. Those sections add a lot to the sound, and there we’re a Central sized band looking like NSU size. Recipe for trouble. I’ve been pretty happy with the arrangements - we sounded really good last year, although I don’t like hearing the same 4 songs over and over. Our book could definitely be a lot bigger. Maybe we need to add more arrangers? It’s not like the songs are that hard, they definitely should be able to learn them.
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Post by tony on Nov 10, 2022 21:21:09 GMT -5
To me the departure of our former lead arranger ,Dr. Thomas Jones, has made the biggest impact to our sound . As we all know he returned to his alma mater ,Hampton University to become their band director . You can have three different people do an arrangement for the same song ,and have three different reactions to each arrangement .One reaction might say that was alright, one might say that was wack ,and another say that isht was the bomb ,that deserves a Grammy for that arrangement . To me personally his arrangements were off the chain especially the slow jams. And when I used to drop by and watch the band practices he was always the one in charge with the bull horn .So his departure has had a major impact whether we want to admit it or not ,as well as instrumentation as others have pointed out. And I don't care what nobody says ,there ain't another group of majorettes ,dancers,auxiliary ,whatever you want to call them ,that outshines "The Golden Delight". Shout out to Ms Tiffany Brown ,a former Golden Delight herself,and her staff for all of the work they put in . From a bandhead perspective or individuals that have actually marched in a band. GD is actually mediocre in all aspects of their talents. They are not really impressive with each aspect of their shows due to them trying to have three aspects of a performance placed into one squad. They do not out dance schools whose dancers are strictly dancers without the added duties such as SU JSU and a few others. The flag aspect of GD is basic. Twirl left, twirl right, spin then run to another spot with the colorful. It is a reason why many who are not in NC do not think much of them. No idea what you’re talking about there, and don’t want to know - I like Golden Delight just the way they are. If there’s something wrong please don’t let me in on it lol!
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Post by tony on Nov 10, 2022 21:21:43 GMT -5
I am speaking from a bandhead perspective. The high school students do not like the style as much as you all think. They are very vocal in the audience at the battle of the bands. I went to the NSU/A&T game and the weekend before I attended the Su JSU battle and game. Big difference. East coast bands are not providing the excitement like the SWAC schools or how it was in the past MEAC band years. The crowd was quiet after T performance Sunday. THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Bornthrilla on Nov 11, 2022 8:48:20 GMT -5
So now everyone outside of NC is unhappy with Golden Delight? SMH.
Yall band geeks have lost total sense of reality.
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Post by Maxell on Nov 11, 2022 10:52:00 GMT -5
So now everyone outside of NC is unhappy with Golden Delight? SMH. Yall band geeks have lost total sense of reality. GD is better than those squads, period. They've had better years but they are still better than the Dolls IMO. A couple of the squads have more sass but that's about it. As far as aggression goes, here's your answer. Dr. Ruff played flute in the band. LOL
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Post by 919aggie on Nov 11, 2022 13:14:38 GMT -5
If the MEAC was still intact, I would consider A&T the most aggressive. Now that may not be saying much, but we did have a little aggression. I really wanted to build off of the momentum last year, but I guess something went wrong.
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Post by 919aggie on Nov 11, 2022 13:32:40 GMT -5
To me the departure of our former lead arranger ,Dr. Thomas Jones, has made the biggest impact to our sound . As we all know he returned to his alma mater ,Hampton University to become their band director . You can have three different people do an arrangement for the same song ,and have three different reactions to each arrangement .One reaction might say that was alright, one might say that was wack ,and another say that isht was the bomb ,that deserves a Grammy for that arrangement . To me personally his arrangements were off the chain especially the slow jams. And when I used to drop by and watch the band practices he was always the one in charge with the bull horn .So his departure has had a major impact whether we want to admit it or not ,as well as instrumentation as others have pointed out. And I don't care what nobody says ,there ain't another group of majorettes ,dancers,auxiliary ,whatever you want to call them ,that outshines "The Golden Delight". Shout out to Ms Tiffany Brown ,a former Golden Delight herself,and her staff for all of the work they put in . From a bandhead perspective or individuals that have actually marched in a band. GD is actually mediocre in all aspects of their talents. They are not really impressive with each aspect of their shows due to them trying to have three aspects of a performance placed into one squad. They do not out dance schools whose dancers are strictly dancers without the added duties such as SU JSU and a few others. The flag aspect of GD is basic. Twirl left, twirl right, spin then run to another spot with the colorful. It is a reason why many who are not in NC do not think much of them. Sadly, this is the opinion of many in the band world. I've seen comments about them having too many girls, but never anything about them being mediocre. GDs biggest problem is the lack of competition/exposure (compared to the SWAC). A&T is mostly respected for field shows...but nothing else outside of that.(same with Norfolk)
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Post by Maxell on Nov 11, 2022 14:33:25 GMT -5
I consider 5 aspects of band game performance and THIS YEAR'S grades so far (from video only):
1. Entrance C- 2. Stands C 3. Field Show A 4. Auxillary A- 5. 5th Quarter B-
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