Texas Tech Band Percussion Drum line at Spirit Arena 2004

[tonybell7]

the snare line was better in '83

[jbage007]

traditional is only traditional because of original high steppers that were nothing more than a shoulder sling, tilting the drums at an obtuse angle which made it impossible to play matched

[guitarmansegovia]

NEW WORLD!!!

[basedrummer06]

Tech's director of percussive studies believes trad ruins concert technique. That's why. You should have seen us try and sneak trad into one of our shows one year. You would have thought we were inventing the wheel.

[tonybell7]

@basedrummer06 Shinn believes alot of things.

[mephistefales]

Kirsten with the zoom in!

[DGarce5]

the best marching band in the country.

[gshuda22]

lol.......................... :|

[john3047X]

NSU is better

[sdsu54]

I've always wondered why they play matched grip instead of traditional, as most other college drumlines play traditional...

[ttu48]

because its the smart thing to do ask any pro. they will tell you that trad is just for looks

[561chris]

I always wondered that too

[Orbicularisoris]

I was there. It was this fast.

[john3047X]

lots of pros play traditional....

[IHATEPLAID]

does anyone know where i can get the sheetmusic for TTU's version of spyder??

[barisaxy34]

Can you imagine if we tried to do march over actually at THIS tempo?

[basedrummer06]

We probably do. March over always seems to fly by for such a long trek.

[Bulova101]

True enough.  I think its just the acoustics of the stadium that make the snare rolls seem faster and thus made the whole of the cadences feel a bit faster.

[basedrummer06]

It IS a little fast, tho =D