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SHOW SYNOPSIS:
One evening in 1988, a rebelious teenager drives recklessly into the night. He swerves around traffic, fishtails around corners, and pushes the limits on his new sports car's engine. In the blink of an eye he spins out of control and totals the car into a guard rail. Wrapped inside the twisted metal and clinging to life, the teen has an out of body experience. After being pulled from the wreckage and revived on scene, the young, lifeless boy has a moment of clarity. No longer hopeless and lost, the teen finds meaning and purpose in his life. He's a force to be reckoned with and is driven to greatness. The moment that almost ended it has filled him with life and inspiration!
The musical design draws inspiration from old 1980's new wave style music. Shows like Knight Rider and other shows utilizing old school synthesizer patches have a strong presence in the musical scoring. Costuming should be designed appropriately in the new wave punk style that was prominent in that time period.
PERFORMANCE TIME: 6:02
Tempo Range (in BPM): 92, 108, 152, 172, a lengthy accelerando is also required for the crash sequence
Glock/Xylo (1 player)
Vibes 1, 2
Marimbas 1, 2
Synthesizer
Electric Guitar
Bass Guitar
Drumset
Auxiliary Percussion 1, 2
Snare Drums
Tenor Drums (2 shot drum configuration)
5 Bass Drums (4 Bass Drum part available upon request)
Cymbals
The Front Ensemble book contains very solid open class material including some borderline virtuosic moments for the Marimba 1 part:
- Extended 16th note phrases at 172BPM
- 16th note runs (2 counts maximum) at 172BPM
- 4-mallet block chords in quarter notes and 8th notes at 172BPM
- 16th note arpeggios at 108BPM
- 8th note 4-mallet permutations and double vertical strokes used in combination at 172BPM
- Sextuplet 4-mallet permutations and double vertical strokes used in combination at 92BPM
- Extended 16th note phrases at 172BPM
- Double vertical double stroke triplet phrases at 152BPM
- 16th note arpeggios at 108BPM
- "Cheesy Lead" Patch
- "Heavy Lead" Patch
- Strings Patch
- "Twilight Zone" Patch
- Nightcall Lead and Bass Patches (from the original piece)
- Choir 'oo' Patch
- Choir 'ah' Patch
- Piano Patch
- Spiccato String Patch
- Droning Pad
- Brake Drums
- Cabasa
- Splash Cymbal
- China Cymbal
- Djembe
- Concert Bass Drum
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
- Mark Tree
The battery book contains advanced Open Class Vocabulary :
- 16th note and sextuplet paradiddle, and paradiddle-diddle patterns at 172BPM
- Two Snare drummers perform complex slurred patterns such as quintuplet tap fives, and 9:6 slurred 10 stroke rolls at 172BPM
- 8th note based Cheeses, Flam Drags, and Flam 5's at 172BPM
- Triplet based Cheeses, Flam Drags, and Flam 5's at 152BPM
- non-tuplet single strokes and puh-di-duh rudiments at 172BPM
- Long triplet rolls and ruffs at 152 and 172BPM
- Triplet based Flam taps at 152BPM and 172BPM
- Extended accelerando phrase containing syncopated triplet accents, diddles, and flam rudiments
- Sextuplet singles at 140BPM
- Numerous cross-over flam, and paradiddle patterns at 172BPM
- 16th note cross-over sweeps at 172BPM
- 16th note single stroke cross-overs at 172BPM
- 8th note (1's) 16th note (2's) and sextuplet (3's) splits at 172BPM
- Extended bass feature with syncopated 8th note triplet patterns at 152BPM
- Split singles (16th, triplet, and sextuplet based) between 1&2 and 3&4 at 152BPM (in bass features only)
- 16th note rolls for bass 2 at 120-140BPM as well as triplet rolls at 172BPM
- The cymbal book contains the following techniques:
- Split triplet hi-hats at 152BPM
- Split "herta" patterns at 152BPM
- Extended cymbal feature containing split Hi-hat 8th notes and 16th note patterns at 160BPM
- Clicks (body taps)
- Gongs
- Sizzles
- Siz/Suc (disco hi-hat sizzles)
- Tap Chokes
- Taps
- Zings
- Crash/Crash Chokes
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