Marching Band Show Pacing (BOA 2024)

[@therealnocommonsense]

This is very insightful! Thank you for showing this data.

[@DuaneDeWire]

Be fun to graph how much a band moved vs stand

[@benjaminallisonii724]

And how much they marched versus how much they did flutter or jazz runs.

[@loganwilliams7237]

This guy is my brass director! He's the best! Great job Mr Sampson!

[@BlaineKleinMusic]

Love this! Interesting to see the difference in show length being so large. Thank you for posting.

[@zzhamilton]

Outstanding work! Love the analysis! Thank you for sharing

[@trevorschachner3014]

Love the insight! Thanks for sharing!

[@livingpicture]

This is a cool comparison! E.g., full impact is usually around 30 seconds, and an outlier at about 1:40... and then there's Penstriped in 2021, which had full impact about 5 seconds in. 😂 of course, Hebron didn't do that show at Grand Nats, but just throwing that out as an example of another outlier.

[@dougiejones5719]

Nice analysis, never gave much thought to how shows are paced. Gonna be paying closer attention to it now

[@Naecoyote]

This is really interesting! Thank you for sharing!

[@andrewscheller9850]

Wow, so interesting. Thanks for sharing this!

[@chatter4043]

Very cool! BTW at 4 minutes for the Carmel show it is a muted trumpet sextet

[@velocitymarchingdesign]

Thanks, I updated it! I definitely miss some of those details when typing at lightning speed during the show.

[@RVVDont]

You should get in touch with General Effect Media for future marching arts things like DCI. THIS is a very cool piece of data that I'm sure they'd love to bring into the fold.

[@TheCubeTube]

This is so cool!!! Makes me want to make one for my band lol

[@velocitymarchingdesign]

Turn on a stopwatch and type fast!

[@RVVDont]

OH GOD! I've found something I didn't know I wanted.

[@KillinItWithFire]

“Slower moments allowing to build with the solo”=hiding their actual ensemble

[@velocitymarchingdesign]

I wouldn't personally agree with that assessment. None of these bands need to hide their ensemble sound. Variety of orchestration is crucial to a musically compelling show, and that includes solos and small ensembles.

[@KillinItWithFire]

@@velocitymarchingdesign I totally agree with having solos and smaller ensembles, but when 1/3 of the show features just a few talented students, it does lead me to wonder about the quality of the full ensemble.

[@quantumchris1]

wow I love this, algorithm jackpot

[@drumguy6499]

Great stuff Brad!

[@eee_inn2658]

Do the Michigan ohio state show!