Pep Band at Barclays?

Submitted by blueinbelfast on

Was at the game last night.  Tough loss, but a good showing against a good team, and a lot of reason to feel good about improvement over the course of the year.

Does anyone know if that was our pep band there?  They looked super young (of course, that could be because I keep getting older).  They also helped with a t-shirt  promo that Barclay's ran during the game.  And maybe it was just my ears, but their Victors did not sound like it was played by a band who has played it 25,000 times.

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Michigasling

November 26th, 2014 at 7:54 PM ^

Small, very young-looking contingent, so at first I joked that it was a junior intern squad.  (Too many upperclassmen going pro early.)  Just wish they'd announced it so that people would have cheered them on and appreciated their filling in instead of giving the impression our real band had fallen on hard times. 

No cheerleaders, either, so somebody wasn't paying for the trip.  Or knew that the priority was their 9:00 am classes the next morning.

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Danwillhor

November 26th, 2014 at 4:08 PM ^

the home game play of the band has been pretty bad this year. Tons of off keys, bad timing, etc. Sometimes it sounds like our regular band are using broken instruments.

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Danwillhor

November 27th, 2014 at 4:54 AM ^

both are terms widely used in music so...? Haha. For the above reply: Yes, I thought the last game was the worst so that does explain a lot. However, the 4 games I've been to (other than UTL) have sounded kind of "off". But that's just me and I'll come back when I have ears and don't make my own music.

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glewe

November 27th, 2014 at 9:12 PM ^

They may be terms used in music (occasionally, if referring to key signatures and rhythm/tempo). They are not, however, used to describe problems of performance by persons familiar with elements of performance, primarily because the words you used (off key, bad timing) have no rigorous meaning. Hence my indication that terms such as "wrong notes" and "wrong rhythms" or "out-of-tune" and "tempo problems" would be much more specific.

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glewe

November 28th, 2014 at 6:41 PM ^

If you're going to mindlessly insult the MMB, one of the premier university marching bands in the country, then you need to be able to back it up. I take issue with what you said not because you're necessarily wrong, but instead because of the thoughtless cynicism that you are promoting.

So, yes, come back and try again when you can describe to me the difference between "out of tune," "off pitch," "wrong notes," and "key signatures."

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mgobluth

November 26th, 2014 at 4:54 PM ^

In 2010, we played in Atlantic City for the same Legends Classic we just finished. I was there and if I remember correctly it was also a local high school band wearing Michigan shirts. I think they changed shirts after they played for a different school the first game that night (not quite as quickly as Quick Change might I add). 

Of course, I could be confusing it with the 2012 Preseason NIT or one of the other Brooklyn games over the past few years.

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Canadian

November 26th, 2014 at 5:32 PM ^

Yes it sounded poor on tv. And I know that some will take this the wrong way but I have to say it; I was assuming a local high school not just based on sound but the fact that the whole band (that I could see anyways) was of African American decent. There is nothing wrong with that just have never seen a michigan band assembled like that

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WorldBPelekoudas

November 26th, 2014 at 5:43 PM ^

Or so I was told. I have no idea if it's really true. Brooklyn Tech is one of New York City's "Specialized High Schools" -- ie, one of the top public schools In the city. Their campus is just a couple of blocks from the Barclays Center. I have no idea how the arrangement was made to have them sit in for the basketball pep band. I'm glad they were there, but yeah, they didn't sound so great from where I was sitting.

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Srjr75

November 26th, 2014 at 5:52 PM ^

After tomorrows another embarrassment, overall record at U of M will be 31-20 (61%) and Big Ten record 18-14 (56%). After first year with Lloyd and RR's kids, overall record is 20-18, Big Ten 12-12. Last 2 years,  overall 12-13 (48%) and 6-10 in Big Ten (37.5%). Redletter games versus ND, MSU and OSU...3-8. Though a much better man than head coach, come Monday please stop this.

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Srjr75

November 26th, 2014 at 5:57 PM ^

After tomorrows another embarrassment, overall record at U of M will be 31-20 (61%) and Big Ten record 18-14 (56%). After first year with Lloyd and RR's kids, overall record is 20-18, Big Ten 12-12. Last 2 years,  overall 12-13 (48%) and 6-10 in Big Ten (37.5%). Redletter games versus ND, MSU and OSU...3-8. Though a much better man than head coach, come Monday please stop this.

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mgowill

November 26th, 2014 at 6:11 PM ^

A couple things -

1. You need 100 points to create a new topic on the board.  You have 1.

2. If you were to create this thread, it would be deleted about 5 minutes after it was created.

You're new to posting here, so I would take some time to look at the FAQ under the MGoBoard tab up top.  Most of what you have posted has been discussed at length and it would not be discussed as much as you might think.  It would more likely result in people asking for it to be deleted.  Change is coming to the coaching staff, you just have to be patient for a while.

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BlueLikeJazz

November 26th, 2014 at 6:10 PM ^

I was at the tourney at Madison Square Garden last week with Texas, Syracuse, Iowa, and Cal, and all of the bands except Syracuse had the same deal--all high school aged kids who weren't that good.  

I thought maybe each of those schools had chosen to bring a HS band from their area as a sort of prize, but since this happened at this tournament too it tells me that these bands were all local kids.

Also, all of the bands I saw were almost entirely minorities, which means it was likely city schools/kids.  Oddly, Syracuse had a band full of adults--not college kids, but 30 and 40 somethings. 

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Michigasling

November 26th, 2014 at 7:52 PM ^

and they were terrific.  Lots of very large brass instruments, and obviously very strong musicians, since they were bouncing and dancing with all that heavy brass.  The Oregon had a band, too, that was more traditional.  But the VCU bandsfolk were singing and dancing along with several of Oregon's more popular numbers. 

And Oregon's band played a slightly tinkered-with version of Let's Go Blue, so the M people already in the audience gave a very nice [loud] response with our non-tinkered-with lyrics.

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UConscious

November 26th, 2014 at 6:28 PM ^

Fine... I'll  be the one to say it.. The band at the Barclays was much more diversified than our regular pep band and clearly not our band. They also played USC fight song during the game...

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JamieH

November 26th, 2014 at 11:24 PM ^

I don't know about now, but back when I was in school, getting into the UM Basketball Band could actually be difficult.  Some School Of Music guys actually came down and played in the band, probably because of the Fab 5, but it was a challenging audition.  I usually played in the Hockey band because it was slightly easier to get into, had a fixed schedule (Fri/Sat games) and we were allowed to be a lot more rowdy.  :)  And I wasn't chopped liver--I was all-state in high school and routinely got top marks in my solo competitions.

 

So when you compare it to the high school bands, it isn't really that the high school bands are bad.  Our basketball band is pretty darn good. 

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