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re: LSU Band...How difficult is it to make the drum line?
Posted on 3/21/23 at 8:13 pm to Tiger in the Sticks
Posted on 3/21/23 at 8:13 pm to Tiger in the Sticks
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I’ve always heard you have to be selected for another instrument before you could try out for drum line.
I made snare my Freshman year, along with a few others. One of the former year's snare drummers didn't make it and was put on cymbals instead.
I wouldn't say it was overly difficult. I was certainly no prodigy or anything. I learned the book front to back. Could play all the cadences with the CD. I put in about two weeks work of 3 hours a day on it I'd say.
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Posted on 3/21/23 at 8:16 pm to tLSU
A lot of drumline people do play other instruments that don't march (like bassoon or something) but they generally end up on cymbals or bass, not snare.
ETA: It was the same in high school so they all had experience.
ETA: It was the same in high school so they all had experience.
This post was edited on 3/21/23 at 8:18 pm
Posted on 3/21/23 at 8:34 pm to LSUBoo
Shoot I got the Golden Oaks scholarship that was specifically for out of state non-music majors and covered all out of state tuition - First year was 2009. Still had to try out every year and fortunate to make it every year. Back then cuts were BRUTAL for woodwinds
Posted on 3/21/23 at 9:10 pm to TxTyger13
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woodwinds
Should have cut them all.
I kid, I kid... but yeah supply and demand was not on your side.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 12:18 am to tLSU
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I was certainly no prodigy or anything
Ehh, what you did is not easy. Anywhere, I’d imagine.
Did you stay on? DCI?
Posted on 3/22/23 at 12:36 am to Stacey A
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Posted on 3/22/23 at 12:44 am to CocomoLSU
I don’t know if there’s a more good/bad movie than Drumline. I really love it and hate it.
Mostly net like it but not sure why.
Mostly net like it but not sure why.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 6:04 am to NewIberiaHaircut
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And it wasn't $1,000 back then either, I think it was $640.
$640.00 was it if you made every practice and game. Forty bucks a week to match the maximum a student employee at LSU could get paid for a week. The idea was that band members ought to be compensated for putting in twenty hours of practice time per week and receiving only one hour credit for Tigerband for the semester.
It paid for our booze (which was much less expensive back then), so it was a good little bit of change for your back pocket.
I think Bengal Brass (the basketball band) paid either $5 or $10 per basketball game back in the 80s as well. It's been a long time though, and my memory is getting to be "presidential" these days.
This post was edited on 3/22/23 at 7:32 am
Posted on 3/22/23 at 7:06 am to Stacey A
Man - I think I probably know several of you 
If you can play your arse off, you can get on a drum as a freshman.
It's fun. Enjoy it.
If you can play your arse off, you can get on a drum as a freshman.
It's fun. Enjoy it.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 7:35 am to Tiger in the Sticks
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I’ve always heard you have to be selected for another instrument before you could try out for drum line.
That makes zero sense
Contrary to what people on the drumline may say, they're just another section in the band.
This post was edited on 3/22/23 at 7:36 am
Posted on 3/22/23 at 8:53 am to BRgetthenet
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DCI?
In another life I was involved in this. Won a championship and all.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 8:58 am to TCO
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In another life I was involved in this. Won a championship and all.
With who?
When I marched with Southeastern we had a bunch of corps guys marching with us. They all tried to recruit me but that was way too much commitment.
We had a bells player name Donna from Jersey who marched with the Bayonne Bridgemen. She was hot AF.
We had some guys from The Crossmen, Phantom and The Madison Scouts. They all use to rag on each other. I always told them I wanted to see two nerds fight.
This post was edited on 3/22/23 at 9:04 am
Posted on 3/22/23 at 9:02 am to Hangover Haven
If they won championship and all, it was most likely Blue Devils, not to derail the thread.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 9:07 am to RedPop4
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it was most likely Blue Devils
Yeah, they have like 20 titles.
This post was edited on 3/22/23 at 9:08 am
Posted on 3/22/23 at 9:12 am to RedPop4
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If they won championship and all, it was most likely Blue Devils, not to derail the thread.
Nope. Green Team out of Rosemont
Posted on 3/22/23 at 9:25 am to TCO
Never heard of them...
Posted on 3/22/23 at 9:29 am to boxcarbarney
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Can you play through the cadence sequence? YouTube Have your rudiments down pat. Be able to learn on the fly. It wouldn't hurt to improve your sight reading abilities.
I just saw Whiplash couple nights ago.
I got dis.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 9:30 am to TCO
The Cavaliers? Have a friend who was on the snare line there back in the 90's. Won a championship.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 9:38 am to ob1pimpbobi
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The Cavaliers? Have a friend who was on the snare line there back in the 90's. Won a championship.
I was there in the early 2000’s
Posted on 3/22/23 at 3:32 pm to TCO
I was asked to try out for Cavaliers between HS and LSU, but opted to work instead. I doubt that I would have made the cut anyway.
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