Why not share mp3s/videos of yourself playing music on your instrument.. for feedback or just for fun?

Ah, I will be posting later...I have hopes to audition for drum corps (Glassmen maybe?) this next year, and feedback would be appreciated.

Do videos we were in but not playing by ourselves (or, in fact, not entirely visible) count?
If so, then I offer this, from my Bluecoats audition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X6iy49-CQo

And this, my high school band that same year. I am not proud of how we played, but here it is anyway. I'm the soloist on the right end in the beginning. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=210034537897898640#

Very cool.. So BC has like an camp or something for auditions where everyone plays together? Did you make it? Do they have individual auditions as well? How does their audition process work? (sorry just interesting) at BD 95% of the audition over two days was just marching. The only time you played was warming up and your actual music audition in front of the music staff.. almost all of it was marching though (and without horns)

That was the show-and-tell thing at the end of the camp. We were performing for parents and everyone who came to see us. Since we had this we did a lot of playing outside the audition process. I believe they culled the herd twice, once in November and again in December, which I imagine was more marching-related then. The marching audition was murder, because I had figured we'd be outside and so wore my Drillmasters-brand marching shoes, thinking I'd have an advantage. Of course, the marching audition was in a junior high gymnasium, where standing up straight and still was hard enough without falling over in them. I nearly ran over the poor girl behind me during the marching tests, more than once.

I didn't make it, partly because of my marching and partly because at the time, I suppose I really didn't know what good playing was.

@ mellohero
The fact that you willing admit that you didn't really know what good playing was will put you light years beyond many who will never look themselves in the mirror. It's a lesson not everyone gets to learn till much later in life. That itself, puts you ahead of the pack.

keep the faith. I've been teaching for over 30 years and when I think back on different eras of my teaching I'm always amazed at how much I actually did with what little I knew, but sadly think of what I could have done with what I know now. ( if that makes sense)

Remember, learning is a lifelong adventure, not a destination.
( ever notice how people who have never failed have no clue how to play the blues ?)

That's pretty interesting. I know some other corps do more of a camp type audition. I've just never experienced anything like that so it's interesting. Do you do individual playing auditions as well?

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I guess it's only fair I post mine as well..

Trombone stuff - made this around 2002, on a model 42 Bach Strad trombone, sterling silver bell, open wrap.. Christian Lindberg 4CL or 5CL mouthpiece I forget which one.. and playing into a Silent Brass connected to my computer. The piece is T-Bone Concerto written by Johan De Meij... (on my spare time while in the Navy...) The first recording I made about 3 weeks of practicing and is just a short section near the beginning and the second recording was about 2 weeks of practicing, and where the first recording leaves off)

http://sandbox.53mp.com/x/Eric%201%20MIX1.MP3
http://sandbox.53mp.com/x/Eric%202%20T%20Bone%20Concerto.mp3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u97hWDWH-8 - 2007 DCA SoCal Dream Minicorps (small ensemble) I'm the bari next to the contra.. (the sop screamer was 20 at the time.. he made BD the next year on music, but was put on marching call back.. and never went back.. he hits a triple C)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WPZ4MIAyLA - this was our field show in 07. took 3rd

Oh.. lol not me playing... but marching -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Xsflzq_OI you might have seen this a few years ago


I marched BDB 96, 97 and BD 98, 99 (ageout was 02) and Dream 06, 07

@cire

Props to you for marching BD.

Besides DCI, I really dig the all inclusive "weekend" groups. To me, they are what it's all about. You can still have a real life AND march corps.

@cire

Individual auditions were what decided whether you made it in or not; the practices were solely for this little show-and-tell performance.

At least once a year, someone dies wo is really well respected and we all come out to play. Professional musicians, band directors, college students and I've even brought one of my high school trumpet players to get the feel.

This is how we roll in New Orleans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krJW2qMVv4M