Friday, March 20, 2009

"Who Took The Drum Out of Drum Corps?"

"Who Took The Drum Out of Drum Corps?" by Ken Mazur (from RAMD Virtual Symposium 1997: Crossroads). See http://www.rudimentaldrumming.com/tips.html for Ken's lengthy (very) exposition of a lot of fascinating drum corps history.

The following clips are metaphors for what's happened to drum corps. We've gone from this (acoustic drums):



to this (not acoustic drums, not drums but electronic pick-ups attached to a drum head):

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