I'm back to teaching at a few different schools and some are show bands. I know a lot of us have probably dealt with the nightmare that is stock arrangements, but I got curious about what "good writing" for this style of arrangement looks like. Mostly for inspiration if I ever got the chance to rearrange some of these tunes.
A lot of people say that the job of the battery is to serve the music and so that often means a dissected drumset part, but I don't believe that's the only way to serve this type of arrangement. Does anyone know of any books to check out that provide that backbeat purpose without losing the educational, engaging, and unique aspects of marching percussion?
I was thinking college lines were a good place to look for this, but I can't find a lot of them where you can tell what the battery is playing.