Are most DDR players in Band or Choir?

ddr_dragon · Basic Member Joined: 23 Jun 2003 Location: Dallas, TX

Even though I started the thread, I foolishly didn't post anything about myself...

I played the Alto Sax in sixth grade and quit in the beginning of seventh. Then I joined again in tenth to play Tenor Sax, about the same time I started DDR. Now that I've graduated, I'm out of playing the Sax for the summer, I might play in college, but I plan to DDR for a long time.

LouieT · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 10:32 pm Post subject:

I was in the school band for 2 years in middle school. I was always last chair and never got better at it and quit.

QuEeNcHrIsTiNe13 · Basic Member Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Location: Oregon

I am not in band or choir, but I take private voice classes, and I go to a dance academy... so I guess that counts? A lot of the band guys play, but one guy I know who has never touched an instrument in his life could burn them all, mostly.
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bee · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2003 10:35 am Post subject:

I aaam... and I know three other people in the band who are pretty damn good players (DDR-wise... but one of them is dropping out of band for next year.). I don't know if anyone else there plays. Huzzah!

bee · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2003 10:47 am Post subject:

I didn't say anything about myself either

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I've been playing oboe since 6th grade, always been the only one, always been the best to go to All-Districts, I just get nervous at auditions

and get 2nd... I'm going into James River High School (HUZZAH!) this fall, unfortunately into Concert band... but in 10th grade I'm promised a spot in Symphonic

AAaaannndd I'm gonna be in the pit for marching band. I MAY SEEM LIKE A GEEK... but, no, I am a FREAK (A YOUNG freak at that, considering that most of you posting here have graduated or are close to it...). And, yes, I DID learn the game quicker than my non-music friends. I actually went over to a friend's house to play a lot since I didnt have my own mat & game

until Christmas...

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ArchDuke · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2003 2:09 pm Post subject:

I've been in band since 6th grade, which was 8 years ago. I've been in marching band for 6 years now. Also, i was in choir my senior year in HS. That's why I was initially good at DDR. Hearing, feeling, and keeping a beat is essential to both band and DDR.
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Hope springs, Eternal · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Location: Providence, RI

Ten years of orchestra, and 6 of various choirs (w00t for Regionals). Music runs through my veins, and it's so much FUN! Figuring out the intricacies of the rhythms in some of the heavy DDR songs make it more entertaining for music geeks ^^, and the timing element makes it great practice for instrumentalists, especially percussionists.
I've seen a percussionist who'd never seen DDR before in his life (we brought it to orchestra as a rhythm study) stepped up and got a B on Burnin' the Floor trick, and continued to do similar things. It's gotta be the timpani. Kinda freaky.
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Drunk With Power!! · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2003 2:56 pm Post subject:

I've been playing the piano since I was six, I played violin from 6th-10th grade. After my sophomore I quit that and focused more on the piano. DDR began around 11th grade and was amazed when I first listened to Kakumei a few years later. I was like "Wow...

" Working on trying to play Kakumei on the piano...with REALLY small progress!

But I can play Fur Elise. (Then again, who can't?)
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J. S. Mill · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2003 3:03 pm Post subject:

Played Violin and Clarinet but I don't think it helped me that much in DDR. I just played it because it reminds me of Japan.
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trunks12 · Trick Member Joined: 17 Sep 2002

9 years playing trumpet. though i think being really good at marching band helped me get into it quickly.
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the gattchoon · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jan 2002

I've been playing violin for 7 years...so yeah, I'm in orchestra. Maybe that's why I can identify the classical songs and who they're by in BeMani. =P
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brianspud33 · Trick Member Joined: 17 Oct 2002 Location: Greenfield, MA

Hell yes. I've been in some type of school band since 4th grade. I've played piano since I was 3. I've been playing drums for 6 years now, and drum set for 5 of those years. This past school year I was a sophomore in high school and I was the Percussion Section Leader and played lead snare drum for marching band. Our concert band, in which I played snare, timpani, and pretty much anything else, won a gold medal in a statewide music competition and went on to play at Boston Symphony Hall. I'm also the set drummer for Jazz Band, and I have my own punk band called Hydraulic Sandwich (check my signature). I'd have to attribute a lot of my DDR skill to my percussion skills and my sense of rhythm and tempo. I see a lot of people playing DDR who rush all their steps and end up getting mostly Greats, while I can stay on tempo extremely well and get a lot of Perfects. When I started playing DDR almost a year ago, I could do any song on Basic and a lot of songs on Trick after playing for a day. Yeah, so I think my musical skills have helped me out a lot with DDR.
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SDSUMarcus01 · Trick Member Joined: 23 May 2003

Not in any band or choir but I like to sing a LOT on my own and I'm taking voice lessons now.

a breezy era · Trick Member Joined: 27 Jun 2003

Heheheheh...small world. I played oboe for a while too. I've been in band for 5 years now, and I started off on oboe and ended up swtiching to bassoon. I still play oboe at home though. I only know 3 people that I ddr with that aren't in band, orchestra or choir. But musics is pretty big at my area. Well rock on. - G

Julie QQQ...? · Trick Member Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Location: Boston, MA

I'm going to be a senior in high school this upcoming school year. I did the band thing for 3 years (I played flute), I've been playing piano for 14 years, and I sing Alto in various choirs... church, school, regions, and all-state (our school doesn't compete). I play a pretty decent Maniac and can hold my own.

Surprisingly, not many choir/band kids play in Hillsborough. We have a few who do and most of those who do are Basic/Trick players. Most of the kids I play with from my town are my friends who I've sucked in, non-choir/band kids. We had a band/chorus laser tag night, and I think playing Witch Doctor Heavy scared lots of kids away...

Most kids who play in this town have nothing better to do and have become hardcore n00bs who think they are the ultimate shiznits because they can pass certain Trick/Maniac songs.

Otla · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 2:12 pm Post subject:

I play the Bass Clarinet! /em cheers Though it doesn't really help since I usually just get cued to play 2 notes.

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Darkjolt1 · Trick Member Joined: 11 Apr 2003 Location: Darkness

Yeah im in band why is this sooo weird

>? im also in other stuff too like Theater and etc...

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Tephralord · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 3:25 pm Post subject:

I started piano right around the time I started DDR (7/2001), and percussion a month or two later. Thing is, neither of those have helped me with DDR, but the game has improved my rhythm a lot.