I am wanting to know what recordings of military and rah-rah music by
legitimate marching bands-military or drum corps- are out there and
some opinions as to their merits.

The best recordings of MARCHES (not marching band) are by the Eastman
Wind Ensemble and those conducted by Keith Brion on Naxos. The
recordings by the President's Own Band are also good; again, recordings
of marches, not marching band. In my experience, there ARE no good
recordings of marching bands, except available from colleges directly.
For drum corps, I imagine DCI would have the best.

Jenn, who is trying to conduct her way through all of Sousa's marches
before she dies

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I am wanting to know what recordings of military and rah-rah music by
legitimate marching bands...

Don McLean "American Pie"


GeoSynch

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I am wanting to know what recordings of military and rah-rah music by
legitimate marching bands...

Don McLean "American Pie"


Eight for five just doesn't work with that.



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Clyde Slick figured:

GeoSynch wrote:

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I am wanting to know what recordings of military and rah-rah music by
legitimate marching bands...

Don McLean "American Pie"

Eight for five just doesn't work with that.

How 'bout 25 or 6 to 4? It has some Transit to it.


GeoSynch

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Clyde Slick figured:

GeoSynch wrote:

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I am wanting to know what recordings of military and rah-rah music by
legitimate marching bands...

Don McLean "American Pie"

Eight for five just doesn't work with that.

How 'bout 25 or 6 to 4? It has some Transit to it.


Actually, it would work well on a football field.



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Clyde Slick wrote:

wrote:

I am wanting to know what recordings of military and rah-rah music by
legitimate marching bands...

Don McLean "American Pie"

Eight for five just doesn't work with that.

How 'bout 25 or 6 to 4? It has some Transit to it.

Actually, it would work well on a football field.

Soldier Field?


GeoSynch

In my experience, military music is performed well only by ensembles
who have paid the price. It's payable only in one currency: shoe
leather.

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In my experience, military music is performed well only by ensembles
who have paid the price. It's payable only in one currency: shoe
leather.


Same for military cooking. Shoe leather.



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Clyde Slick wrote:
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In my experience, military music is performed well only by
ensembles
who have paid the price. It's payable only in one currency: shoe
leather.


Same for military cooking. Shoe leather.

The voice of inexperience.

I have eaten at the chow halls of all four armed services (yeah, I
know there's a Coast Guard too, but I never was on a CG base) and can
report the Air Force and Navy have good chow, the Marines so-so, and US
Army is the worst. However this is over roughly a fifteen year period,
and not a great number of visits.

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I have eaten at the chow halls of all four armed services (yeah, I
know there's a Coast Guard too, but I never was on a CG base) and can
report the Air Force and Navy have good chow, the Marines so-so, and US
Army is the worst. However this is over roughly a fifteen year period,
and not a great number of visits.

The trick is to be picky, kind of like the food service at most
colleges. Pass on the fish and most of the meat, and stick
to things that aren't a bunch of goo(like the nasty Mac and Cheese
that anyone could do better themselves just by reading the box).

In article ,
" wrote:

However this is over roughly a fifteen year period,
and not a great number of visits.

So it has roughly the same weight as your opinions on audio.

Good to know.

Michael Conzo wrote:
In article ,
" wrote:

However this is over roughly a fifteen year period,
and not a great number of visits.

So it has roughly the same weight as your opinions on audio.

Exactly.

Good to know.

Right.