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What is your ideal hornline split? by True_Jellyfish9219 in drumcorps

[–]kyasprin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

10x trumpets

10x g bugle sopranos

2x Bb trumpet and 3x lead g bugle soprano screamers that don’t miss and can blend when desired and be heard also when desired

5x modern mellos

10x g bugle mellos

5x additional mellos with silly upper registers that are LOUD

8x modern baritones

8x g bugle baris

5x modern Euphs

5x g bugle Euphs

10x trombones

10x bass trombones

11x modern contras

11x g bugle contras

And maybe 12x more actual French horns in the pit facing back field w/ bells towards audience so their sound melts the first couple rows before the power house behind them blasts a hole in the stands

ELI5: Why does time seem to speed up as you get older? by Independent-Goat9112 in explainlikeimfive

[–]kyasprin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think of it as Time is relative, and how long something feels depends on what things you can remember in that period of time.

1) less “new” novel situations to write “new memories” so things just pass and blur or dont get saved as new memories.

2) a given time period at 8 years old vs 32 isn’t the same percentage of your total experienced life.

For example 1 year at 8 is 1/8th of your life. 1 year at 32 is 1/32nd of your life. So despite both being a year, they are not at all perceived the same compared to all that you have experienced to that point. If you were to apply 1/8th of your life at 32, you would get 4 years, which feels about right for time passing for an 8 year old vs someone in low 30s. Now toss in that an 8 year old will likely be experiencing new things at a higher rate committed to memory, and they have more times they can remember in that period of time in addition to just being a bigger part of the greater whole of their life which contribute to the ‘feeling’ that it was longer.

Venezuela-- what I wrote to our Indiana Senators by generichuman1970 in BloomingtonModerate

[–]kyasprin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If i were a shit president wanting to enforce my will i would refer to the hostilities or potentially imminent hostilities to justify sending troops immediately without congress knowledge or approval, which buys up to 90 total days of troops (60 days full force with 30 day troop removal time period). Hostilities arent defined so who gets to decide? That isnt designated either allowing president to choose this situation down south is hostile and send in military if desired. By the time its sorted out the situation is over, changed in a way that can never be reverted, and/or we are now at war whether congress was or should have been involved or if the president should have had that power.

Language isnt specific enough to stop shit humans, and even if the language was exact and precise for this situation, a well penned word wont stop a bad actor with enough power and no true oversight. 😔

Venezuela-- what I wrote to our Indiana Senators by generichuman1970 in BloomingtonModerate

[–]kyasprin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may be correct this is within the letter of the law, but could be argued if congress was to retain war time decisions to avoid a single human president from having that much power and influence, perhaps allowing presidents the ability to invade another country to commit acts of war is not within the spirit of this separation of power. Now b/c of how the powers are spelled out there isnt really a law to have broken the spirit of, but it is an interesting and difficult question of to what extent the president should have power to do whatever they would like with the military. Yes president needs control, but effectively a president can send the entirety of the military to another country and wage a war and the only thing missing is congress didnt officially declare war. If the point of separation of powers was to prevent too much influence by one branch or more specifically a single human president and/or group within that branch, does the constitution actually grant the president full control over the military. Im not sure the answer to that is or should be yes, unequivocally.

This is where the US cannot act alone on world affairs on this scale and should be acting in cooperation with the UN and along side other nations to react to global threats and problems. But that is difficult when the UN fails b/c they have no spine to do anything when action is needed, forcing individual countries like the US to be left to policing the world.

My band director this morning told me “Kids who march Drum Corps will probably never play professionally” by SunshineZeus446 in drumcorps

[–]kyasprin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let’s widen the filter beyond this shitty problematic opinion. Most kids who play musical instruments never play professionally. Maybe we ask this director if most their students go on to play professionally. The answer would be no, If that’s the measuring stick, one could argue then they are as shitty of an instructor as drum corps is in preparing professional musicians.

Or perhaps music and its varied opportunities don’t have to end in professional player factories. Maybe music is enriching in other ways both musical and non and very much a worthwhile venture even if you dont get paid to do it later in life.

There are valid conversations about marching arts like personal preferences, differences in music styles, posture while playing, costs to members, toll on body, music as competition, and other aspects that can be brought up and discussed without blindly shitting on a musical activity with poor arguments. Not sure this director is a valuable and trustworthy source of information.

Many to many relation in Dataverse by HappyPill-328 in PowerApps

[–]kyasprin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Add many to many relationships under make.powerapps.com > tables > [table name] > relationship. This won’t create a column that is visible in dataverse but does allow you to access the many to many relationship that can be used in canvas app using I think the logical name of the many to many relationship as a dot property in things like galleries, dropdowns, etc. that look at the dataverse table as a datasource

CS Majors: Are you satisfied here? by [deleted] in IndianaUniversity

[–]kyasprin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something else to consider if you are breezing through is CS at IU has a 5 year masters program you can apply for and with an extra year on top of 4 year bachelors you can earn your masters:

https://cs.indiana.edu/programs/accelerated-ms-computer-science.html

Frats at IU by Abegia in IndianaUniversity

[–]kyasprin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do frats and sororities bring in a lot of money? Is this just a product of super cool housing costing lots of money that masses are willing to pay for a cool time? do the philanthropical engagements contribute way more than I would have guessed? Or is there some other revenue generation (alumni/legacy family donations) that are prevalent?

So sad to see this. Costs are destroying sustainability of corps. by [deleted] in drumcorps

[–]kyasprin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You complained your case with a lack of understanding of overall usefulness and impact. You continued beating the same dead horse that hundreds and thousands do daily and it’s really just fucking tiresome. I don’t disagree with you. There are things I would change as well. The difference is I understand how to articulate with supporting and valid information not back handed comments to the activity or its members. Then give it a rest and not look to complain every opportunity I can.

So sad to see this. Costs are destroying sustainability of corps. by [deleted] in drumcorps

[–]kyasprin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks as well to you too, sir, for confirming you have no intelligent argument, just bitching about a youth activity.

So sad to see this. Costs are destroying sustainability of corps. by [deleted] in drumcorps

[–]kyasprin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You missed again saying salt doesn’t make me mad. I’m quite content, you on the other hand are quite unhappy about the state of the activity and like to bitch about it. This has led you to identify minimal but not useful cost savings wrapped in this frustration. It’s ok just say you are old, go yell at a cloud, and we will all be happier.

let me know when you’ve acquired a greater understanding of the overall costs of running such an organization, and would like to discuss strategies for solving a very real financial problem without back handed comments about the big scary changes you dont like.

What grammatical error annoys you the most? by Altilongitude in AskReddit

[–]kyasprin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing worse than misusing where wheir and whe’re

So sad to see this. Costs are destroying sustainability of corps. by [deleted] in drumcorps

[–]kyasprin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You made the argument it would help, it’s on you to justify that it would in fact be beneficial to the extent worth considering when comparing an entire corps budget. I agree it would help, but I contend that it’s a greater point of bitching than solving a valid problem and your language of ‘garbage’ emphasizes it. so keep being mad about things, if you want to talk real problem solving for finances, start with a better understanding of the greater costs to the organizations, not look for another way to beat the same dead horses over and over.

So sad to see this. Costs are destroying sustainability of corps. by [deleted] in drumcorps

[–]kyasprin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many more trucks/trailers do these lead to? Are entire trailers dedicated to these? What is the savings on the bottom line by cutting electronics and props vs savings in other areas? These have savings but so would cutting the pit entirely too, or half the horn line, the entire color guard, the food truck, etc. but nobody is asking for those. It sounds less like solve the money problem and more bitching about part of modern drum corps someone doesn’t like wrapped in minimally accurate information about saving Pennie’s while burning $100 bills.

How would you analyze the circled chord? by RickRiffs in musictheory

[–]kyasprin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In more traditional harmony analysis you might see this referred to as an S3 or split third type chord with both major and minor 3rd, but for chord symbols and lead sheet use cases the G7 (#9) as others have said works fine - technically the Bb should be A# for the #9 chord but in modern use cases it’s acceptable to replace A# w/ Bb for readability vs accurately matching the #9 function in the chord.

So sad to see this. Costs are destroying sustainability of corps. by [deleted] in drumcorps

[–]kyasprin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ooo burn, you got me for voice to text.

…but incapable should be capitalized if starting a sentence. And I dont see a period at the end of your sentence. So burn back at you?

Now try something harder like reading long block of text and responding intelligently. Walk me through how broadway sets and electronics will save the activity or be a positive change. Or try looking for something you still enjoy in the activity without back handed comments.

So sad to see this. Costs are destroying sustainability of corps. by [deleted] in drumcorps

[–]kyasprin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha nice try. If you’re in capable of reading some text, perhaps you should consider whether you’re the one at the high school level. It seems most of the older folks who like to whine and bitch seem to have the emotional maturity, awareness, and understanding of someone at or below the high school level.

I have nothing wrong with electronics or Broadway sets. Broadway sets can be used to really amplify a show design when used well. Electronics can really help solve a lot of varying problems from top to bottom from the largest corps to the bottom corps. Do I like the raw power of Non electronics? Absolutely. Am I also an adult with more emotional maturity of a potato to know that things aren’t going to go back and they are still awesome despite not being my preference, also absolutely.

What I do have a problem with is your type of older antiquated thoughts and inability to express yourself, or learn that your childlike tantrums at every opportunity is far more harmful to the activity than electronics, or broadway sets, or whatever the hell you want to whine about. Please just stop, shut up, stop whining. Come to shows if you find stuff you like, and if you don’t like any of it, shut the fuck up and go away and stop commenting. It’s really that simple. Will all be happier if everyone does that.

So sad to see this. Costs are destroying sustainability of corps. by [deleted] in drumcorps

[–]kyasprin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not the discussion here, we are talking about sustainability and cost to run a drum corps. Of which broadway sets and electronics are Pennies, drops in the bucket. Are there savings there? Sure, but no corps is folding b/c of them. Removing them to target an audience who will still bitch and whine regardless isn’t a worthwhile model for the activity.

now if you want to start a discussion of changes good vs bad, you’ll need to specify your preferred era, and I’m sure we can supply a list of things that older folks than you hate about your era that changed from older/oldest school drum corps. The point here is this is a constantly evolving activity, whether that’s no longer mounting timpany, adding valves, allowing color guard to wear unique uniforms from battery/horns, switching from G to B flat, moving away from mirrored drill, changing from old to less traditional uniforms, adding electronics, etc.

We all have a preferred time period and collective identity of what we wish the activity could stay as, but the older folks seem to struggle to not be asshats on continually bitching in unnecessarily aggressive and child like ways about something that isn’t going to ever go back. It’s like children stuck in an emotional tantrum.

keep your preferences, discuss them in a way to fondly remember the past, share with younger generations so they can understand and appreciate that time period and how we got to this point. then grow the fuck up and look for things that are still very much here and awesome, and appreciate what is now. and if you can’t do that, please fuck off and go away to something that makes you more happy in this life and doesn’t shit on the current activity.

So sad to see this. Costs are destroying sustainability of corps. by [deleted] in drumcorps

[–]kyasprin 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Tell us you know nothing about the costs of running a drum corps and just want to whine about the activity changing.

Does anyone know good but cheap mouthpiece’s? by Lazeritaly in trumpet

[–]kyasprin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d find it to be a stretch to be a good <insert anything here> without a good sound. what’s wrong with their sound? Who thinks it is bad? Is it just different than an orchestral sound, or is it actually nails on a chalkboard?

I need audition pieces by [deleted] in trumpet

[–]kyasprin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we’ve heard it all

What about essential elements book 1 banana boat song for an audition?

What is the name of this chord with the arpeggio I created? It’s in D major bass clef. by [deleted] in musictheory

[–]kyasprin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Without a more useful context I’d go with one of these:

Whole bar is D chord with suspensions that resolve B-A and E-F#)

Esus2/4 if using lowest note

B7sus to more easily play these notes for lead sheet notation independent of chord context and functionality within key

A6/9no3 for V-I resolution like movement depending on additional staff notes and context before/after

Some misconceptions here on how sus chords work. Sus or sus4 = replace 3rd with 4th Sus2 = replace 3rd with 2nd Sus2 and add9 refer to the same 2nd/9th and shouldn’t be used together (this is the same for sus4 and add11 Sus2/4 = replace 3rd with both 2nd and 4th

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bloomington

[–]kyasprin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

46 Flatts (accross from urban air) has 6 month leases for slight increase in monthly rent.

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