HISTORY OF SPIDER
Snare311
I know that it was first used by Sun Coast Sound and it was written by
the staff of SCS. Which staff members I do not know. I have heard that
John Campese had a hand in writting it and somebody else gave me a list
of other instructors that could have written it.
Ultimately all the music and info I recieve about spider will be placed
on the future Capital Regiment Drumline website.
So if you have any info about the history of spider or actual versions
of spider (either one of the SCS versions, college versions, or HS
versions) please send that to me.
thanks,
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Capital Regiment D&BC Bass Cat
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RobbSi
I know that it was first used by Sun Coast Sound and it was written by
the staff of SCS. Which staff members I do not know. I have heard that
John Campese had a hand in writting it and somebody else gave me a list
of other instructors that could have written it>>
Contact Al Murray al...@skokboks.com. Spider is his baby. You hear
variations on a theme.
-- Robb Sirat
NARD and IARP enthusiast
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Dora Wright
member...I think he taught snares) the year before Al Murray went to
Suncoast. Ken taught Suncoast and a few other corps, as well as my high
school drumline, so I've heard the "history of Spider" a couple times... It
was the Friday night of a camp, the air was hot and humid, and there were
mosquitos everywhere. Only half the drumline was there, and the snares were
playing a 16th note diddle exercise for which there was no bass drum part.
Since the basses were just hanging out, Ken made up a part for them that was
based upon the diddle pattern that the snares were playing. I think it was
that the basses played on every 16th note that the snares didn't have a
diddle... as Ken explained it, "the part wrote itself." It was one of those
spur of the moment, "uh...basses, play this..." kind of things. I don't
know what year all of this happened, but I could find out for you if you
really want to know. At any rate, the next year Al showed up and
apparently "Spider" became associated with him. John Campese might know
more about the whole "Spider" thing because he actually marched under Ken
around that time. I'd like to see that list you have of "people who could
have written Spider," though. I think it would be kind of interesting to
see who's on it.
Buz
Magicbag3
him
Trip 696
Snare311
The list includes: Kim Lloyd, Al Murray (I emailed him yesterday. He
said he would get back to me on the info) Jack Starling, Joe Southard,
and John Campese. This is some info sent by quite two different people.
JSHawk2001
them did, but my sister marched in thier band. I was about 10 years old, and I
still remember what "Spider" sounds like! =)
I think the University of Tennessee plays it too.
John
Snare311
Dude, I was at a band comp and out of the 10 bands i saw that night
about 6 of them played a version of spider. At my HS we had two verions
of spider which we played from 95-98.
JSU plays it and I heard UT play it.
JSHawk2001
Awesome. I also remember when the University of Memphis played it coming off
the field after pre-game. It was almost like a tradition. =]
LONG LIVE SPIDER!
John
D &W Lieux
version then second tour they changed it to add a bass solo...
Doug
bh...@my-dejanews.com
I marched Boston '89 to '92. We played the original version of Spider (bass
drumm lead in to the spider lick repeat with split snare and tom part then a 4
bar roll into 1 bar solos) in 1989. Al Murray had written that version. At
least that is what was on the score.
In 1990 we played a different version of Spider. "Jungle Spider" . Suncoast
had played this version as well. I had heard a recording that involved the
pit percussion too. This version starts with the bass playing the melody to
"Jugnle Love". You know, that tune from the 80's? then breaks into spider.
After drum corps I had the High School Line I teach play a version of Jungle
Spider. It is very close to the one we played in Boston minus a few rudiments
(and not half as clean!) You can hear it on our web site.
http://home.maine.rr.com/bhsdl
or just go to
http://home.maine.rr.com/bhsdl/sound.htm
Thanks
Andrew Carpenter
Percussion Coordinator
(Bass Drummer '89 - '92 Bosotn Crusaders)
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Mrpink843
>Dude, I was at a band comp and out of the 10 bands i saw that night
>about 6 of them played a version of spider. At my HS we had two verions
>of spider which we played from 95-98.
>
>JSU plays it and I heard UT play it.
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>Johnathan "FUGI" Richards
>Capital Regiment D&BC Bass Cat
It must be a mostly east side thing.. because I don't think I've ever heard it
played by a group around here on the west coast.. could someone send me a copy
of it or something, so I can see what everyone is talking about?
bh...@yahoo.com
mrpi...@aol.com (Mrpink843) wrote:
>
> It must be a mostly east side thing.. because I don't think I've ever
heard it
> played by a group around here on the west coast.. could someone send
me a copy
> of it or something, so I can see what everyone is talking about?
>
I don't have the written music on the site yet, but I do have a watered
HS Version on audio that the line I teach played. I also have 2 Boston
Cadences on there with the spider lick in them (audio as well). You can
check it out at the Percussion Parking Lot.
http://home.maine.rr.com/bhsdl just go to the sound archive.
hope this helps.
Andrew Carpenter
BAC 89-92
Percussion Coordinator bhsdl\webmaster
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JSHawk2001
>>
>>Dude, I was at a band comp and out of the 10 bands i saw that night
>>about 6 of them played a version of spider. At my HS we had two verions
>>of spider which we played from 95-98.
>>
>>JSU plays it and I heard UT play it.
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>>Johnathan "FUGI" Richards
>>Capital Regiment D&BC Bass Cat
>
>
>it
>played by a group around here on the west coast.. could someone send me a
>copy
>of it or something, so I can see what everyone is talking about?
Yo Fugi~
I was talkin to KT about Spider and he played it when he was at the
University of Memphis too!! Just a little input!
John Hawkins
Houston High School
Snare Line
Snare311
cool! Yes I do believe it is an east coast thing and if you want to get
down to it, it is a south east thing. Another one I hear alot is the
carolina crown beat.
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Johnathan "FUGI" Richards
Capital Regiment D&BC Bass Cat
OSU Ween
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Patrick Vandagriff
Oklahoma State Drumline
Baylorks1
Dean Adamczyk
when he was the caption head there.
Andrew Seigel
I marched in West Chester's line in the mid-80's (under Tom Aungst) - one of
the guys, I think named Kevin Reimert, had a mallet piece entitled Spider,
crazy meters, rhythms, melodic groupings - I thought he was involved w/ one
of the central PA area corps in the late 70's/early 80's.
Is this the same piece I'm seeing so many references to? I have a very poor
photocopy of the mallet part. I had been under the impression it was a xylo
piece of some sort - I never new it was connected to corps
Thanks
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