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Cavalier Promotions, Inc. The Green Machine, Drumming For the New Millennium
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1/11/2006
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$55.00
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9.0
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Description:
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*Note - From The Cavaliers' website.
The Green Machine, Drumming For The New Millennium
We are pleased to bring you our first in a line of Instructional DVD’s. The same quality and care, that for decades has earned The Cavalier Drumline a reputation for excellence, is brought into focus here for the purpose of providing you with an opportunity to step inside the line.
Taking you beyond The Cavaliers standard, presentational clinic format, this DVD allows you over 2 hours of in depth video instruction, and over 3 plus hours of one on one instruction via the video based, supplemental audio tracks.
The eight different tracks include Fundamentals, Exercises, Music, Tuning and Care of Equipment and Outtakes.
A must for serious drummers!
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Cavaliers Technique line pit front ensemble
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Posts: 41
Registered: August 2002
Location: Stateboro
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goobs22xx
Registered: August 2002
Location: Stateboro
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Review Date: 6/15/2004
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $55.00
| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Good quality footage, great instructional segments
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Would have liked to have seen more bass and front ensemble technique
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This DVD is great for all levels, from the newbie right up through the experienced instructor looking for new tips and methods. From start to finish a very useful and informative DVD.
The DVD starts out with and introduction to the DVD by Bret Kuhn and Mike Macintosh immediately followed by an explanation of the Cavaliers' technique as well as practice tips and exercises. The information they give about practicing is very sound, and can be applied to all other techniques, not just the Cavalier way.
The first informational section is followed by the line playing through some of the show music. Then Mike takes the battery through some of the exercises and explains what the goals are for each exercise as well as things to look for. Each section of the line is examined in great depth, with some good closeups of the players' hands. I would have liked to have seen more details than what they touched on for the bass technique, however the basses do get much more screen time than they have in the past, which is really good to see.
For both the exercises and the show excerpts there is a second audio track where both Bret and Mike explain even more about what it is you are actually seeing as well as explaining some of the design choices that influenced the show.
After the battery section of the DVD, the front ensemble takes over. The arranger Erik Johnson takes the viewer through the some of the basics of Cavalier style mallet playing, including grip style and permutations. This leads into the front line playing some basic exercises. Erik also explains some of the finer points of mallet and accessory playing including timing coordination and equipment setup considerations followed by instrument care suggestions.
The front ensemble then plays through sections of the show (which I have to say is a feast for the ears.) The second audio track has Gary Rudolph expanding on things to look for as well as tips on creating an effective ensemble and arranging for the pit.
After the front ensemble section, There is an ensemble performance of the entire percussion section interlaced with footage of competitions and practices with the second audio track with commentary from Bret Kuhn and Mike Macintosh.
The instructional section of the DVD finishes up with Mike Macintosh explaining head tuning methods used by the corps and some battery instrument care advice. That is followed by Gary Rudolph speaking about front ensemble instrument care and then tuning of membraned pit instruments.
I would have liked to have seen a little more detail on the bass and front ensemble techniques, however this DVD is worth it's weight in gold for all of the information it contains.
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[color:"purple"]01-02 Calvary High - Bass
02-03 Calvary High- Drumline Captain/Snare
03-04 Calvary High - Drumline Captain/Snare[/color]
[color:"maroon"]04-05 South Effingham High - Snare[/color]
[color:"blue"]05-06 Georgia Southern University Front Ensemble[/color]
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Review Date: 1/11/2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $55.00
| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Great all-around product
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Some more bass and pit stuff would be nice
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This DVD is broken into 8 "tracks".
1. It starts out with the Fundamentals: grip, stroke, & practice tips. This segment is almost a half-hour in length and teaches good technique that everyone can use.
2-3. Exercises. The second part takes us through the warm-up routine of the battery section in an arc. There is a secondary audio track where they explain exactly what is going on. Very informative. The 3 track is the same but with the pit.
4-5. Are show music excerpts. Track 4 is the front ensemble and starts out with a quick speech on instrument care. Track 5 is the pit playing with the battery. and includes a few show clips from the summer. Both of these tracks also include secondary audio with commentary.
6-7. Tuning and Care of Equipment. Track six goes through tuning techniques for the snares/tenors/basses. Track 7 does a little tympani tuning. Also included are proper equipment care.
8. Outakes, they go through an thank the sponsers and then show a few quick outakes. Nothing much.
All-in-all a great Dvd. You can tell they put some time and effort into producing this. I give it two thumbs up.
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