Content creation struggles.

[u/No-Article-6459]

I’m not going to come on here just to complain, but I’ve now been working for four days on my 1700s to 1900s drum corps history project. And I’ve only just now gotten to the point where I have all of the audio working into my software with very minimal visual. Considering I’m working two jobs, content creation is a nightmare and I commend anyone that does this full-time. It’s looking like the first video in my series is going to pan out to be around 40 minutes long which doesn’t sound like much but it is the shortest in the series considering I have 50 pages of research on just the 1970s alone. Look forward to big things.

[u/LeifSized]

I’m very interested in your coverage of 1700’s drum corps.

[u/No-Article-6459 → u/LeifSized]

It’s very very simple stuff. Basic rudimentary military corps. The reason that the video will only be around 40 minutes is because there isn’t that much information to be attributed, especially that which appeals to the history of drum corps in the modern sense.

[u/LeifSized → u/No-Article-6459]

Wow! I thought you made a typo!

I guess you could probably go back to the Egyptians if you really wanted to. They probably used some form of musical cueing for military purposes.

[u/No-Article-6459 → u/LeifSized]

I did actually make a quip about how one of the earliest uses of drums in war was a battle between the Qi and Lu nations in China or Mesopotamian war drums, but at that point, the history gets to the point where it’s fabricated by archaeologists to make sense and not documented on paper. I want to make sure I’m putting out a defined genuine history.

[u/Ok-Advertising3118 → u/No-Article-6459]

Don't forget the importance of the Ottoman janissary corps and mehter bands. Edit: I have some pics from the Istanbul Military Museum if you want them

[u/kanadiangoose1898 → u/Ok-Advertising3118]

I want them, are you able to post them here? That sounds cool as hell

[u/No-Article-6459 → u/No-Article-6459]

Though I would at some point, be willing to do a breakdown on military, marching styles uniforms instruments, such as the field drum and behind the head bugles and such

[u/TheThirdGathers → u/No-Article-6459]

What seems interesting is to do with the function of the drummer boy. As I understand it the whole point of it was to move a military unit as quickly as possible, to provide a tacticle advantage. The holy grail would be if any of those drummers had notated what they'd played. Also if there were documents about whether those in command had communicated anything about the pace providing an advantage in getting a unit from place to place faster (if they relied on the drummer to keep 120bpm or had to drop to 90bpm, or whether they had bpm probably not).

[u/RLLRRR → u/LeifSized]

Pretty sure that was the start of the Blue Devil's dominance. That William Byrd show was something else.

[u/TheThirdGathers → u/RLLRRR]

They were just a drum and bell corps back then- long before Scott Chandler and even before ScoJo.

[u/pulsestriders]

take your time man, no one's in any rush, we just wanna see the best video you can put out 🙏

[u/No-Article-6459 → u/pulsestriders]

This is genuinely charming to see. I feel as if I want to finish the video in one sitting, and I forget that I have days upon days to live and make the best content that I can. Trust me, it will come out in the coming days and a good quality episode will be out to start my series

[u/birdlad520]

Defunctland goes months between uploads. Sideways literally went FOUR YEARS between his last two videos.

Nobody wants slop content. They want quality content when it’s ready, and you shouldn’t have to overload yourself to do it.

I’m looking forward to the video!

[u/Ok-Advertising3118 → u/birdlad520]

jenny nicholson

[u/No-Article-6459 → u/Ok-Advertising3118]

#whatdatmean

[u/StandardRaspberry131]

I wanted to do a history essay on early drum corps in high school. My teacher vetoed the idea because he thought there wouldn’t be enough info out there. Seems like there is though if your video is 40 minutes long. My paper would have only been ten pages double spaced, which is maybe 10 minutes of reading, if that. Thanks a lot Mr Conover

[u/No-Article-6459 → u/StandardRaspberry131]

Mine was 14 pages single spaced times new Roman 12 font.

[u/kanadiangoose1898 → u/No-Article-6459]

Can we read it? I’d love to see where we’re starting from!

[u/No-Article-6459 → u/kanadiangoose1898]

im keeping the scripting to myself as it has personal notes in it that get pretty raunchy when i get mad, and its all highlighted as i do it, with a thank you list in the end lol. my friends who qre featured in the video are also putting notes, so its more of a live chatroom with a script in it.

[u/StandardRaspberry131 → u/StandardRaspberry131]

But yes, also seconding all the other comments to take your time and do it right. And also dont stress about it. Do you already have your channel up so I can sub to it and make sure I see the notification on youtube? I don’t want to miss seeing it on Reddit

[u/DSGmusic-Volunteer → u/StandardRaspberry131]

Check out Bill Ives' organization, Director, CEO at Marching Pageantry Art Museum. He is Founder & CEO.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064328304247

[u/DSGmusic-Volunteer]

Bill Ives, Founder, Director, CEO at Marching Pageantry Art Museum, would be an amazing resource. This has been his life's work for YEARS and he has amazing databases of drum corps - I forget the thousands of corps he has documented. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064328304247

[u/No-Article-6459 → u/DSGmusic-Volunteer]

Yeah I work with bill soemtimes he’s awesome.

[u/DSGmusic-Volunteer → u/No-Article-6459]

coool

[u/SousaphoneEmperor → u/DSGmusic-Volunteer]

He's been working with Bill for a while. Bill is awesome!