Glassmen '08- Lux Aurumque

[SilverFlair]

The tempo is only about 10 clicks faster then the Eric Whitacre piece.

[awesomeniggers]

0:22 beautiful :3

[ZingZee123456789]

Your cut-offs are TOO ABRUPT! This is incredibly rushed! Tone was good, though.

[musicmajor023]

this is pretty legit. :) wish I could hear a full version of it...I bet it would sound incredibly awesome.

[RBAF7MXVA13]

This sounds just as good with only brass as it does with woodwinds involved

[theatricmarker]

man they really ruined this song for me

[mrdanntheman09]

Beautiful :)

[cardsbeast]

SLOW THE **** DOWN!

[garylee9966]

wayy too fast. jesus. but hey, it's a marching band. which is dumb as shit.

[PGauding09]

@garylee9966 thanks for the update.

[2jazzy4MyShirt]

It was a little out of tune in the beginning.... but otherwise, i would have loved to be there! :) GREAT JOB!!!

[natacheese]

I was here with my whole marching band (: It was pretty legit.

[BorkZorkBork]

My god. Why did you guys rush this so much? You killed the song and your dynamics were terrible. Where's the creshendos? Your tone is god awful!

[vinnykov18]

What the heck? Way too abrupt, waaaaayyy too rushed! Takes so much away from the beauty of the song. :(

[CrazyRobotsRock7]

The only thing I'm going to say is the releases were bad. Just saying.

[PS3Playa426]

@BLAZE9857 Keep in mind that it's at the arranger's descretion. If you where expecting the full 5 or so minute piece, that is not how modern Drum Corps work anymore. I understand the Latin and appreciate classical music, yet the full 5 minutes actually bores me. The G-Men arrangement gets the point across rather well in my opinion.

[BLAZE9857]

@PS3Playa426 Well said, comment removed.

[MusicWonderz]

This is awesome, but I wish it wasn't so rushed, and all of it was included...

[Bass0nist]

i think that cutting off the notes like that was a mistake, for the piece is supposed to be dreamy, but when you cut off the notes, then it becomes interrupted.

I'm not trying to be mean, just if it is ever being performed again, then i would release the notes instead of cutting them off.

also...

THERE IS NO RUSH...

slow it down a bit! :D

wonderful job guys

[sweetcaroline0706]

this sounds like shit compared to the real lux arumque

[milestailzprower]

@sweetcaroline0706 Damn straight.

[SL1DEmemphis]

As much as I like this corp I think they could have done much better with this piece.

[vvbrandon]

okay go listen to the original choir version. it is the exact same way. sorry that the acoustics of the outdoors is not the same as a choir hall. put them in the same venue that most choirs perform in and you will not be complaining about the phrases ending abruptly. sorry it was too clean for you

[gshuda22]

@vvbrandon This had nothing to do with the actual releases... the music itself was bad, because they changed the piece (different sections in different spots).

THAT is why it stunk... and other people seem to agree with me.

[vvbrandon]

@gshuda22 okay. i can respect that thought, but when i hear "cutting phrases short" i think you mean the players are not finishing their phrases.

[BLAZE9857]

Great corp, great concert song, but a dollar menu worthy arrangement.

[blakegowen8562]

it sounds okay, but horrible arrangement... this song is supposed to be long and drawn out.

[lildarkangel3001]

where was this performed??

[SilverFlair]

@lildarkangel3001 A high school in the Toledo area

[NickSquires]

I do think that this could've improved by decreasing the tempo, and opposed to staccatos, sustaining the phrases..

That's just a personal thing, it feels fuller to me.

But other than those, I think they did an amazing job, this is one of my favorite pieces.

[c7snare]

the glassmen havent been a good drum corpse sense like 2006 when the did beethoven... even then it wasnt very orchestral

[SilverFlair]

youre right they have been an amazing drum corps

[EmoReaper]

@c7snare im sorry but you are mistaken. ALL drum corps open or world or phenominal. I dont care if you come in first or last place, all drum corps are great. They bust their ass all summer long just so someone like you can sit on your ass and tell THEM that they aren't good? Go play some eights...

[txkyle2013]

@EmoReaper Well said. ;)

[hodgeeees]

@c7snare - Ya, top 12 in the world is pretty bad. lol. And what exactly made 2006 so much "better" then all the years sense? Consider that they made 11th in '07 and '08, then 10th in '09 and 12th in '10. From a ranking side it appears you are wrong. Then consider this: '06 score - 86.000. 2007 - 85.75. But then in '08 and '09 they jumped up to 87.2 and 87.75.

So go back to your community college and comment after you've marched.

[ThatAwkwardMan]

@c7snare You are very much a dumbass...

[vinchenzo54]

This sounds great.. but I feel like the quality of the recording really takes away what something like this would sound like in person.

[SilverFlair]

it was recorded on a small camera

[rc1260]

I 100% agree with you... I wish I could have been there to hear this live

[tj888334]

@vinchenzo54 I agree. i marched scouts this past summer, and for some reason we always warmed up near the glassmen. Hearing them play this live is really enjoyable.

[TricoreSonata09]

Creeper laugh :09

[zukavatar]

Most of the problems are the fact that they took one of the most beautiful concert pieces, and tried to convert them into fast paced marching band. Those things considered, this is really good.

[SilverFlair]

this is NOT a marching band

[zukavatar]

sorry, drum corps.

[jamaicanfun]

@zukavatar Yep and the fact that the concert piece requires tapered releases for it to sound right. I think the fact that the note just stopped and wasn't tapered is what probably bothered me the most.

[AndyMan4000]

Too fast. Sounds good though.

[FCO0710]

way too fast, otherwise nice

[jacace2010]

We played this song for our balled my freshman year of highschool marching band!!

[Anielday06]

I would LOVE IT if Phantom Regiment played a show of Eric Whitacre music!

[retoricalanswers]

omg, this is real good!

[hysteria544]

Thanks for this! This is awesome!

[SnydeComment]

LOVE IT~! Thanks so much for this recording!!!!!!

[Jeef27]

very nice but a little short...still awesome though