Geoff and our good friends Jordan and Beth of the Sickos Committee explore the long, loud, and painful history of marching percussion. Hitting on such topics as the Ottoman Empire, the terrifying horses, communication, John Philips Sousa, things that cause back pain, the limits of wood as a load baring material, drum tuning, trying to support tubas, more things that cause back pain, even more things that cause back pain, and the thing that has caused the most back pain ever.
Links for Image Sources:
https://www.marineband.marines.mil/About/Our-History/History-of-the-National-Concert-Tour/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glockenspiel#/media/File:%22Lord_Mayor's_Show%22_London_2006_(295240726).jpg
http://www.graphicality.co.uk/music/mymusic_later.htm
https://medium.com/@casciomusic/anatomy-of-a-snare-drum-367a12ed5702
https://www.flintpercussion.co.uk/a-brief-history-of-the-marching-drum/
https://www.dcxmuseum.org//assets/03%20-%20Marching%20Percussion%20in%20the%2020th%20Century.pdf
https://www.dci.org/news/the-he-men-and-she-ras-of-percussion
https://flamlife.tumblr.com/post/23553248531/defenders-marching-chimes-1978
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0yacgWHx-T/?hl=en&img_index=1
Links for Video/Audio Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DjnHP5gSCs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utbDDy3ocrQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIrQvJhO8RU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYZZyF_FyCk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Peq68GqU4k4
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