| Not arguing with you, Sgt. Just wondering why you feel it necessary to have a "dedicated" forum? Each forum absorbs extra bandwidth apparently (we had a purge of "little used" forums a while back). Why not just go ahead and post in one of the regular forums? I'll agree that it's nice to "slice and dice" and have little pigeonholes for everything... but then things usually end up with a lot of "cross pollination"...it gets hard to know where to post what.
Knowing how widely versed in all forms of music most military bandsmen are (and regardless of their nationality) seems to me that you folks would have a lot to offer to us amateurs, students, midnight skulkers, etc. Community Bands tend to take a LOT of their repertoire from martial music.
You are correct, there are quite a few military musicians in this website: unfortunately several of them are.... shall we say.... "playing in a big sandbox for an extended gig" right now and don't have the regular internet access that we (and their families) would like.
Having said that, I'd like to welcome you to the site. Nobody bites, everyone likes a clean latrine, and you're just in time to check out the "Eclipse contest" thread in the Eclipse forum and find out what surprises are in store in a few months' time! |