FOOT84 wrote:
It just needs to be
Coordinated with the
Band. It has to be
Understood by both
When it's your turn.
And I know this sounds
trivial, but can the BMB
please come up with a
new pregame show.
I've heard the Arkansa
Traveler and the Troopers
Battle Hymn enough
already...
The DJ thinks it is his job to play between every play. I wish the band played more between every play. When you watch the big FBS schools play, you hear the bands going a lot.
And I know the director now is different than Dr. Brooks, but when I was in the BMB:
1. Pre-game was an afterthought. We worked it a few times early on in season and then would run through it on game day. We could sometimes get on the field for a Friday practice before a game and would work it then.
2. Same thing with stand charts.
3. Neither get changed until a director gets changed.
4. The focus is on half time.
I don't mind the Battle Hymn, but the Arkansas Traveler needs to go. I would much rather see more around getting the crowd involved via fight song, collaboration with the cheerleaders for chants, something.
But yeah, the DJ needs to be clued in a bit. And the songs should be edited, both in pre-game and during the game.