Watch this video to learn about introductions (rules for live, how to “gather the people” in your audience). Also learn about the lead guitar player (“whens” and “when nots” of the pedal board); first word, first step; and monitor placement. Performing Brad Paisley’s “Tick” is the Army band from Fort Campbell KY at a Tom […]
Clarksville Military Band Music Makeover Part 1 of 3 Video
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Clarksville Military Band Music Makeover Part 2 of 3 Video
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This video is chock-full of teaching concepts! Musical vs. visual (what wins?)… Making the 2nd verse different than the 1st… Audience expectations of the drummer… Facing the audience… Using the bridge as an intro… Watch Tom and his associates in this video as they help the Fort Campbell Army Band work through some moments in […]
Clarksville Military Band Music Makeover Part 3 of 3 Video
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Rehearsal is the place for deconstructing and developing ideas. In this video, watch Tom help a band work on two ideas for the bridge of a song (an introduction out of time… or maybe use the bridge to do an audience participation moment) – this is what a rehearsal should look like. The point of […]
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