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DCI 4 Realz

This is a rare late season studio recording.

Phantom Regiment 2010 - Into the Light [RARE] [Studio Recording]

Carolina Crown - 98.300 - 01 - 2013 Carolina Crown - E=mc²

Santa Clara Vanguard 2012-Music of The Starry Night

Bluecoats 2011- Brave New World

DCI 2008 - Carolina Crown - Finis

Bluecoats- Tilt  DCI 2014

Boston Crusaders- Animal Farm  DCI 2014

Carolina Crown- Out Of This World  DCI 2014

Santa Clara Vanguard- Scheherazade  DCI 2014

Blue Devils- Felliniesque  DCI 2014

The Cavaliers- Immortal  DCI 2014

Cavaliers 2002 Frameworks

Carolina Crown's superb 2011 production, "Rach Star".... I know many didn't enjoy this show too much, but I thought it was one of their better shows. Hits were incredible, great musicianship, and very demanding drill overall. I also love the new ending they added a week and a half before finals. That "Freebird" rendition concluded the show perfectly.

Rach Star - Carolina Crown

Carolina crown - A Second Chance

Double Beat 2004 is Murray Gusseck's latest version of the immensely popular pre-show piece played by the SCV drumline. Gusseck and the guys take it up another notch or two with this extended version that contains new grooves and the same backbeat funkiness that has made this into one of the most popular drumline stand-alone pieces of all time.

Sheet music available from http://www.tapspace.com

Double Beat 2004 (Murray Gusseck)

Doublebeat 9000 is an ostinato-based jammy jam for the groovy drumline. Its inherent challenges lie in the nonstop repetition of swing-style 16th notes for the snares, melodic-based diddle patterns for the tenors, and bottom feeder running lines for the basses. This piece could be a cadence, a stadium groove, or simply something for after school.

From the mind of Murray comes another vehicle of danceable battery music for the drumline consumer—BUCKLE UP FOR SAFETY!

Sheet music available from http://www.tapspace.com

Doublebeat 9000 (Murray Gusseck)

Electric Wheelchair was written as a street cadence for the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps in 1990 by Murray Gusseck, who was a marching tenor player at the time. Since then it has become a trademark piece for the SCV drumline, and one of the most popular cadences of all time. This 2003 version is the most current iteration heard played by SCV. The original version of Electric Wheelchair is also available as part of the Tapspace collection of battery ensemble pieces, Parking Lot Etudes, written by Murray Gusseck.

Sheet music available from http://www.tapspace.com

Electric Wheelchair 2003 (Murray Gusseck)

Latin Lover Grande is the extended sequel to the popular favorite played by the Cavaliers drumline from Rosemont, IL. Added to this extended version are a few more variations to the original, as well as a diverse middle section that cleverly modulates to 12/8. Also included are some extra snare and tenor licks, an optional part for cymbal line, and a beefy extended ending. The piece seamlessly flows in and out of these sections while the energy remains constant until the last note.


Sheet music available from http://www.tapspace.com


Latin Lover Grande (Brian Perez)

The word "scintilla" was originally Latin for "spark." It is currently defined on dictionary.com as a minute amount; hint, trace, or particle. Newcomer Andrew Ziehm's Scintilla for marching battery ensemble has a hint of some spark, alright…lots of it. The phrase, "It's all in the details" seems apropos when listening to this sophisticated work by a very young composer.

The piece effortlessly mixes 6/8, 4/4, and 7/8 and keeps dancing the whole time. Particularly scintillating bits are during the 6/8 sections where the interplay between snares, tenors, basses, AND cymbals create not so much a theme as a vibe. Very cool stuff!


Scintilla (Andrew Ziehm)

Finals performance of all top 12 corps from 2012

Cavaliers 2002 Frameworks

Stefan Koeckeritz