{"id":3073,"date":"2018-10-22T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/?p=3073"},"modified":"2021-12-06T13:23:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T19:23:02","slug":"1995-phantom-regiment-recordings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/1995-phantom-regiment-recordings\/","title":{"rendered":"1995 Phantom Regiment Recordings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After graduating from Irondale High School in 1995 I went on my first tour with the Phantom Regiment Drum &amp; Bugle Corps. I wasn&#8217;t just a band geek I was an audio geek as well. I purchased a MiniDisc recorder in 1994 and I brought it on tour in 1995.\u00a0Even though I was playing Euphonium with the corps, my friend and Irondale alumnus Aaron Fisher (who was on staff) was able to set things up and record a couple rehearsals and performances.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Winter Camps<\/h2>\n<p>I think most of these recordings were from the March camp, because we went outside for the April camp and these are definitely indoor recordings.<\/p>\n<p>One of the concert pieces we played during camp was an irish traditional called <em>The Minstrel Boy<\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3073-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/The-Minstrel-Boy.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/The-Minstrel-Boy.mp3\">https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/The-Minstrel-Boy.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here is the hornline singing <em>The Minstrel Boy<\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3073-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/The-Minstrel-Boy-Sung.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/The-Minstrel-Boy-Sung.mp3\">https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/The-Minstrel-Boy-Sung.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>The 1995 Program &#8211;\u00a0<em>Adventures Under a Darkened Sky <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"748\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a class=\"thumbnail\" href='https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/1-Cappricio-Intro-and-Symphonic-Dances.mp3'>Capriccio Intro and Symphonic Dances<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"thumbnail\" href='https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/2-18th-Variation.mp3'>18th Variation<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"thumbnail\" href='https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/3-2nd-Piano-Concerto.mp3'>2nd Piano Concerto<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"thumbnail\" href='https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/4-Drum-Interlude-and-Caprice-Bohemian.mp3'>Percussion Interlude and Caprice Bohemian<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":false,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/1-Cappricio-Intro-and-Symphonic-Dances.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Capriccio Intro and Symphonic Dances\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"Capriccio Intro and Symphonic Dances\",\"meta\":[],\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}},{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/2-18th-Variation.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"18th Variation\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"18th Variation\",\"meta\":[],\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}},{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/3-2nd-Piano-Concerto.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"2nd Piano Concerto\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"2nd Piano Concerto\",\"meta\":[],\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}},{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/4-Drum-Interlude-and-Caprice-Bohemian.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Percussion Interlude and Caprice Bohemian\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"Percussion Interlude and Caprice Bohemian\",\"meta\":[],\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p>About the tracks on this early recording of the 1995 program:<\/p>\n<p>1. The capriccio introduction and <em>Symphonic Dances<\/em> remained relatively unchanged throughout the season (minus tempo changes).<\/p>\n<p>2. The ballad &#8211; <em>Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, 18th Variation<\/em> remained relatively unchanged throughout the season.<\/p>\n<p>3. This introduction to the <em>2nd Piano Concerto<\/em> remained relatively unchanged, except by the time we got to DCI finals, the last note was a whopping 24 counts\u00a0\ud83d\ude01<\/p>\n<p>4. Jeff Prosperie, our percussion arranger at the time, is a visionary. Phantom Regiment was doing very innovative (and sometimes crazy) things with percussion design in the 90s during his reign. One of the things I had almost forgotten about was the &#8220;pots and pans&#8221; tenors. Jeff had a set of tenor drums made with what I can only describe as pots in place of the drums. It was a wild idea that never made it to the field, but you can hear them in this recording.<\/p>\n<p>Also this version of the closer has the longer original arrangement of <em>Caprice Bohemian<\/em>. Later in the season it was shortened and the <em>Allego from the 3rd Symphony<\/em> was inserted as the new percussion feature.<\/p>\n<h2>Summer Tour<\/h2>\n<p>We did a fairly extensive east-coast tour in 1995 and participated in some sort of concert-in-the-park standstill performance with the Cadets.<\/p>\n<p>1995 Phantom Regiment Cadence<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3073-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/1995-PR-Cadence.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/1995-PR-Cadence.mp3\">https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/1995-PR-Cadence.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>1995 Phantom Regiment East Coast Standstill &#8211; this show has an earlier arrangement of Rachmaninov&#8217;s <em>3rd Symphony<\/em> &#8211; before the notes got watered down on the road to finals.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3073-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/1995-Phantom-Regiment-Show-East-Coast-Standstill.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/1995-Phantom-Regiment-Show-East-Coast-Standstill.mp3\">https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/1995-Phantom-Regiment-Show-East-Coast-Standstill.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>1995 Cadets Cadence<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3073-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/1995-Cadets-Cadence.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/1995-Cadets-Cadence.mp3\">https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/1995-Cadets-Cadence.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h2>DCI Finals<\/h2>\n<p>At finals in Buffalo we recorded the Blue Devils on-field warm-up. It was a variation on their &#8220;west coast warm-up&#8221; to reflect their <em>Carpe Noctem<\/em> show:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3073-6\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/1995-Blue-Devils-Carpe-Noctem-Warm-Up.mp3?_=6\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/1995-Blue-Devils-Carpe-Noctem-Warm-Up.mp3\">https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/1995-Blue-Devils-Carpe-Noctem-Warm-Up.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>And also <em>America \/ O Canada<\/em> &#8211; led by the Cavaliers who had been crowned champions that night.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3073-7\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/1995-America-O-Canada.mp3?_=7\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/1995-America-O-Canada.mp3\">https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2018\/10\/1995-America-O-Canada.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h2>Do you remember?<\/h2>\n<p>If you remember any more of the details of this stuff let me know in the comments and I&#8217;ll update it. Otherwise, enjoy!<\/p>\n<h2>Extras<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another post about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/shostakovich-symphony-no-10-2nd-movement\/\">Shostakovich&#8217;s <em>10th Symphony<\/em><\/a>. I have a CD that I bought in 1996 of the <em>4th Ballet Suite<\/em> (which we played that year), and it also included Shostakovich 10. My regular jam was to gather original recordings of all the music we played in the summer &#8211; including concert pieces, etc. I&#8217;d listen to those recordings before and during tour to get to know the composer or the piece a little better. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/shostakovich-symphony-no-10-2nd-movement\/\">Check out that recording and an interesting comment from the CD liner notes.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class='kindleWidget kindleLight' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-content\/plugins\/send-to-kindle\/media\/white-15.png\" \/><span>Send to Kindle<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After graduating from Irondale High School in 1995 I went on my first tour with the Phantom Regiment Drum &amp; Bugle Corps. I wasn&#8217;t just a band geek I was an audio geek as well. I purchased a MiniDisc recorder in 1994 and I brought it on tour in 1995.\u00a0Even though I was playing Euphonium&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/1995-phantom-regiment-recordings\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"1995 Phantom Regiment Tour Recordings - from my MiniDisc vault!","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[157],"class_list":["post-3073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casual","category-drum-corps","tag-phantom-regiment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3073"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4491,"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3073\/revisions\/4491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}