DRILL DESIGN

My drills have been performed by high schools and universities across the Midwest and the East Coast. All drill is written with PyWare 3D Java 4.2 and sent to you as Adobe PDF files. Student coordinate sheets are also provided as PDF files. Whether you have an ensemble of 30 or 300, your visual program will follow a logical and creative structure, not random blobs with the guard perpetually in an arc somewhere behind the band.

Over recent years, I have been setting up private web sites for you and your students to download music, full drill charts, and coordinate sheets. These sites are password protected. Many directors utilize this in an effort to allow students to print their drill and music at home. Not only does this save you time in front of the copier, but it also encourages increased responsibility and a sense of ownership for the production and the band. I also utilize the online PyWare viewer for students and staff to watch and listen to fully animated drill. This allows your students to be able to see the "big picture" ahead of time allowing them to have a better understanding of their responsibilities when they hit the field.

My number one concern as a drill writer is that the visual program is serving the music. That means that the appropriate instruments are staged so the balance of the ensemble is working for you, never against you. More importantly, the visual package should be just as musical as the notes that are being played.

As a judge in the Midwest, a constant frustration is seeing a program that has a solid wind book, an interesting visual presentation, yet there is no connection between the two. I look forward to speaking with you, your guard staff, and your percussion staff through the entire design process to ensure that all of the design elements of the show are coordinated into one consistent, logical, and musical presentation.

DOWNLOAD DRILL & AUDIO SAMPLES

Listed below are fully animated samples of previous drill complete with the synth audio soundtrack. Right click and save these files to your hard drive for best viewing. Please note that these are Windows Media files.

• Bloomington 2007 Opener (4.06MB wmv)
  "Not the Ninth"
• Bloomington 2007 Closer (3.95MB wmv)
  "Yoj ot Edo"
• Mott 2007 Opener (4.27 wmv)
  "Industry" - Note that the flutes are also on flag at the beginning
• Mott 2007 Second (3.38 wmv)
  "Daily Grind"

DOWNLOAD DRILL ONLY SAMPLES

Listed below are some fully animated samples of previous drills. These are complete songs animated at high speed to give you an idea of how a production flows from start to finish. Short pauses are inserted at holds. Right click (or middle click for Mac users) and save these files to your computer for best viewing.

• Bloomington 2007 Closer (2.30MB wmv)
  "Yoj ot Edo"
• Champaign Central 2007 Closer (0.89MB wmv)
  "Ode to Joy"
• Indian Rocks 2007 Closer (1.91MB wmv)
  "Fire" - 21 member hornline!
• Marengo 2007 Guard Feature (1.51MB wmv)
  "Lunch Break"
• Royal Oak 2007 Opener (1.88MB wmv)
  "Cyclone"
• Royal Oak 2007 Closer (1.91MB wmv)
  "Brand New Day"
• Truman 2007: Closer (387KB wmv)
  "Tonight"
• Bloomington 2006 Opener (4.57MB avi)
  "Short Ride in a Fast Machine"
• Bloomington 2006 Percussion Feature (3.59MB avi)
  "Ride"
• Bloomington 2006 Closer (6.72MB avi)
  "Machine"
• Marengo 2006 Closer (4.46MB avi)
  "Racing the Yankee Clipper"
• Okemos 2006 Ballad (2.71MB avi)
  "After the Love is Gone"
• Killingly 2004 Opener (4.63MB avi)
  "The 12 Nights of Christmas"
• Killingly 2004 Closer (4.78MB avi)
  "Bells"
  

Click here to download a 5 page sample of full drill charts.

Click here to download a 5 page sample of the student coordinate sheets.

If you are interested in downloading fully animated videos in real time synced with live band audio, please contact me by email for download instructions. Be aware, these videos are significantly larger in size (roughly 15-20MB each).

Revised 15 Oct 07