New to Drill Writing

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New to Drill Writing

Post by Peterson » Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:55 pm

I have never written a show before and am looking to learn about drill writing. I've seen some classes I can take, but they mostly say you need to have some experience before you take the class. I ordered Dan Ryder's "Techniques of Marching Band Show Designing" in hopes that I can start to learn. Are there any other resources out there?

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Re: New to Drill Writing

Post by Pyware » Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:25 pm

There are some video tutorials at www.bandfo.com that are very useful for learning to write.
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Re: New to Drill Writing

Post by Peterson » Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:51 pm

hey thanks. I'm aware of these videos. I know Craig Harms is like the Pyware man, but I've watched his free video samples and I get like low tech ADD. I know it's the new version of Pyware that I have and all, but he just used some Mac features and voice overs to make those videos and I just seem to space out and become disinterested. It's strange really. I guess I'll have to crack down and watch the real series.
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Re: New to Drill Writing

Post by Pyware » Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:25 am

If you would like to contact me I would be happy to answer any questions for you as well.

You can contact me at 940-240-8536.
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Re: New to Drill Writing

Post by Peterson » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:01 pm

It's not about "how" to use Pyware. It's about the show design process and the creativity of forms.

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Re: New to Drill Writing

Post by Pyware » Fri Aug 22, 2014 10:54 am

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Re: New to Drill Writing

Post by greatcow95 » Sat Aug 23, 2014 11:17 am

Try this if you are brand new to everything. I still come back to it sometimes.

http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Dril ... ill+design
I enjoy charting military drills. Let me know if you need any assistance with one of them.

Visit G S Bailey Drill Designs

Visit my Youtube page also!

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Re: New to Drill Writing

Post by Peterson » Tue Aug 26, 2014 4:30 pm

I have the First Dan Ryder Book. It's been two years since this original post and I'm in the same spot lol. You never have as much free time as you'd like.

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