Welcome to volume 11 of The 90 Degree Show for 2017. In this podcast we discuss our first SIAC matchup in Miles College Purple Marching Machine vs. The Morehouse College House of Funk Marching Band. We also touch on HBCU band awards awarded for 2017, one created by The National Show Band Association and one created by The Rogers Brothers. This podcast is brought to you by SAY Marketing and Promotions, and Block Band Music & Publishing. RE/MAX PATRIOTS and BlockUsUp.com Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to volume 10 of The 90 Degree Show for 2017. In this podcast we discuss The Celebration Bowl with the Champions of the MEAC in The Blue and Gold Marching Machine of North Carolina A&T vs. The Champions of the SWAC in The World Renown Marching Band from Tigerland of Grambling State. This podcast is brought to you by SAY Marketing and Promotions, and Block Band Music & Publishing. RE/MAX PATRIOTS and BlockUsUp.com Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to volume 9 of The 90 Degree Show for 2017. In this podcast we continue our conversation about the idea that HBCU marching bands are not learning and practicing proper music technique and we examine if the proper research is being applied to this theory. This podcast is brought to you by SAY Marketing and Promotions, and Block Band Music & Publishing. RE/MAX PATRIOTS and BlockUsUp.com Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to volume 8 of The 90 Degree Show for 2017. In this podcast we discuss The SWAC Championship game pitting Grambling University's World Renown Marching Band from Tiger Land against Alcorn University Sounds of Dynamite. This podcast is brought to you by SAY Marketing and Promotions, and Block Band Music & Publishing. RE/MAX PATRIOTS and BlockUsUp.com Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to volume 7 of The 90 Degree Show for 2017. In this podcast we discuss The Bayou Classic pitting Southern University's Human Jukebox vs. Grambling University's World Renown Marching Band from Tiger Land. This podcast is brought to you by SAY Marketing and Promotions, and Block Band Music & Publishing. and BlockUsUp.com Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to volume 6 of The 90 Degree Show for 2017. In this podcast we discuss The Florida Classic pitting The Bethune Cookman Marching Wildcats vs. The Florida A&M Marching 100. This podcast is brought to you by SAY Marketing and Promotions, and Block Band Music & Publishing. and BlockUsUp.com Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to volume 5 of The 90 Degree Show for 2017. In this podcast we discuss Are Band Rankings and Band Polls helping the Craft? This is based on an article published by The Undefeated Blog division of ESPN where they are going to decide on the Band of the Year at the Celebration Bowl in December. This podcast is brought to you by SAY Marketing and Promotions, and Block Band Music & Publishing. and BlockUsUp.com Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to volume 4 of The 90 Degree Show for 2017. In this podcast we discuss a great MEAC matchup with The Norfolk State University Spartan Legion vs. North Carolina A&T State University Blue and Gold Marching Machine. We welcome back Christy Walker, Rashad Watters and absent is Bridgette while we hold her up in prayer this week. This podcast is brought to you by SAY Marketing and Promotions, and Block Band Music & Publishing. and BlockUsUp.com Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to volume 3 of The 90 Degree Show for 2017. In this podcast we discuss another great rivalry The Magic City Classic between Alabama State The Marching Hornets and Alabama A&M University The Marching Maroon and White. We also touch on the 8 bands selected for the Honda Battle of the Bands in 2018. We welcome back Christy Walker, Bridgette Bell and Rashad Watters for another podcast of the show. This podcast is brought to you by SAY Marketing and Promotions, and Block Band Music & Publishing. and BlockUsUp.com Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome back to The 90 Degree Show for 2017. In this podcast we discuss copyright issues and Tresona, the CIAA halftime rule and band director decorum. Finally we wrap up the podcast talking about Crankfest. Find out what our panelists thought of the event and we ask the question.. is 'crankin' good for our band programs? We welcome back Christy Walker, Bridgette Bell and Rashad Watters for another year of the show. This podcast is brought to you by SAY Marketing and Promotions, and Block Band Music & Publishing. Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to the 2016-17 90 Degree Show. In this podcast we discuss the Granddaddy of battles The Honda BOTB from the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. We welcome Christy Walker and Rashad Watters to the podcast to talk about their 2017 experience. We ask if this was a great Honda and if the performances were worthy of the circumstance. We will discuss what jumped out at us from the event and we will ponder over if this will be the last Honda BOTB. We talk briefly about some of the articles written about the Honda and about HBCU Bands and we wrap up with some schools that we would have liked to see this year and some schools to see in 2018. This podcast is brought to you by Double Time Entertainment. DaEdge 1 Productions, Block Band Music & Publishing. Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to the 2016-17 90 Degree Show. In this podcast we discuss The Marching Tornadoes of Talladega College and their decision to march for the Inauguration this month. We welcome Christy Walker, Bridgette Bell and Rashad Watters to talk about how they feel about the parade and the plus and minus of the decision. This podcast is brought to you by Double Time Entertainment. DaEdge 1 Productions, Block Band Music & Publishing. Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to the 2016 90 Degree Show. We welcome back Bridgette Bell and Rashad Watters to talk about their Christmas plans and we discuss The Midwest Band Clinic that took place in Chicago, Ill. We also discuss an article from CollegeMarching.com announcing The National Collegiate Marching Band Championship that opens up a previous discussion about the state of HBCU marching bands. Finally we wrap up the podcast talking about the 2016 Celebration Bowl between The SWAC champ Grambling State vs. The MEAC champ North Carolina Central State. This podcast is brought to you by Double Time Entertainment. DaEdge 1 Productions, Block Band Music & Publishing. Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to the 2016 90 Degree Show. This is the second installment of the Bayou Classic Week. We talk to Kelli Charles about what she did for the holiday and what she thought about the performance from the two bands. We continue the discussion on the article published by HBCUDigest on the passing of Debra White the chancellor at North Carolina Central State University. Kelli gives her perspective about the Bayou Classic itself, traditions in our community, her experiences as a female educational admin, and recruiting athletes to HBCUs. This podcast is brought to you by Double Time Entertainment. DaEdge 1 Productions, Block Band Music & Publishing. Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to the 2016 90 Degree Show. This is the first installment of the Bayou Classic Week. We talk to Bridgette Bell about what she did last week for the holiday and we get into an article published by HBCUDigest on the passing of Debra White the chancellor at North Carolina Central State University. This sparks a conversation about women in leadership roles at HBCU's. We close out the show talking about the videos that we saw from the Bayou and we discuss various traditions in our HBCU band programs that should or should not be present in 2016. This podcast is brought to you by Double Time Entertainment. DaEdge 1 Productions, Block Band Music & Publishing. Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to the 2016 90 Degree Show. In this podcast we welcome back Christy Walker and Rashad Watters to talk about what they are thankful for. We tell each other what we did this week including Christy schooling us on the latest Harry Potter movie and we talk about one of the schools that is removing themselves from the 2017 Honda. Should the Honda have something in place to avoid this from happening? We finish up the show with talking about the Florida classic between FAMU and BCU and we touch a little on the Soul Bowl between the Boom and the Sounds of Dynamite. This podcast is brought to you by Double Time Entertainment. DaEdge 1 Productions, Block Band Music & Publishing. Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to the 2016 90 Degree Show. In this podcast we welcome back Christy Walker and Rashad Watters to talk about what they did this week and their experience with the 2016 US presidential election. We then get into the the 2017 Honda Battle of the Bands where we discuss the bands selected, if there were some bands that were not selected that we want to see, and bands that are on the come up that we hope to see in the Honda in 2018. This podcast is brought to you by Double Time Entertainment. DaEdge 1 Productions, Block Band Music & Publishing. Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to the 2016 90 Degree Show. In this podcast we talk The Southern Regional BOTB between Miles College and Talladega College. We welcome back Bridgette Bell and Rashad Watters to tell us what they did this week and we get into a discussion about philosophies in arranging music. We wrap up the podcast by discussing the battle between the two schools and the Pros and Cons of the competition. This podcast is brought to you by Double Time Entertainment. DaEdge 1 Productions, Block Band Music & Publishing. Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to Week 7 of the 2016 90 Degree Show. In this podcast we talk Crankfest 2016 and this years edition of the BoomBox Classic between Southern University and Jackson State University. We introduce a fan of the show and Sonic Boom Alum Andrea Snell who tells us what she does for a living and her experience at the Crankfest BOTB. We wrap up this podcast by talking with the Director of Media for the Human Jukebox Garrett Edgerson. Garrett tells us about his experiences at both events and what challenges him when filming games and battle of the bands. This podcast is brought to you by Double Time Entertainment. DaEdge 1 Productions, Block Band Music & Publishing. Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to Week 6 of the 2016 90 Degree Show. This week Rashad and I talk about the new Netflix series Luke Cage and we discuss what it takes for black shows to appeal to a national American audience. Next we talk about the Thursday night game between North Carolina A&T and Hampton. Rashad attended that game where he gives us his experience using FaceBook Live. Last we wrap up the week with Jackson State vs. Mississippi Valley where we introduce a new director to the rivalry. This podcast is brought to you by Double Time Entertainment. DaEdge 1 Productions, Block Band Music & Publishing. Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to Week 5 of the 2016 90 Degree Show. This week we introduce a new voice to the show Ms. Bridgette Bell, a Morgan State Grad. Bridgette and I will talk about what we did this week including baby dedications and homework. Next we go over the Howard vs. Morgan State game that she attended, were she tells us something that we should be concerned about. This podcast is brought to you by Double Time Entertainment. DaEdge 1 Productions, Block Band Music & Publishing. Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to Week 4 of the 2016 90 Degree Show. This week our host talks about FAMU vs. Tuskegee with Mr. John Lennard, the head band director at Tuskegee. Find out how Mr. Lennard felt 'as the enemy'. We then talk about the battle and the halftime show between Prairie View A&M and Alabama A&M with Barney Smart of Double Time Entertainment and Rashad Watters of Block Band Music and Publishing. The 90 Degree Show coins another phrase in our craft. This podcast is brought to you by Double Time Entertainment. DaEdge 1 Productions, Block Band Music & Publishing. Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2t
Welcome to Weeks 2 & 3 of the 2016 90 Degree Show. For week 2 we talk to Issac Orton who marched in the band with our host. Issac will tell us about the JSU experience in Vegas and how the band performed against UNLV. For Week 3 we talk about The Southern Heritage Classic with Gerard Howard of HBCUBands.com, and Rashad Watters aka 'Prune Juice'. We take time to give props to Gerard for a prestigious recognition along with a walk back through history about our craft and the internet. Finally we talk about HBCU events that everyone should attend. This podcast is brought to you by Double Time Entertainment. DaEdge 1 Productions, Block Band Music & Publishing. Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2
Welcome to Week 1 of the 2016 90 Degree Show. This week Christy Walker, Rashad Watters and our host discuss the 2016 Queen City Battle of the Bands in Charlotte, NC. This podcast is brought to you by Double Time Entertainment. DaEdge 1 Productions, Block Band Music & Publishing. Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, tweet us @marchingpodcast, and follow our blog at http://bit.ly/17Gl2e2