Even Better Bands

This is just a long list of some I have on my ipod already and looking for new bands.

Andrew Bird
Animal Collective
Aqueduct
Arctic Monkeys
Bag Raiders
Band Of Horses
Beach House
Blitzen Trapper
Bloc Party
The Blow
Blue Sky Black Death
Bombay Bicycle Club
British Beef
Chairlift
Cocoon
Cut Copy
Dananananaykroyd
Dirty Heads
Donora
The Dresden Dolls
Ellie Goulding
Empire Of The Sun
Eugene McGuinness
Fleet Foxes
Fruit Bats
Glamour For Better
Gramercy Arms
Gregory And The Hawk
Haudouken!
Ida Maria
Jamie T
Johnny Foreigner
The Kills
The Kooks
The Limousines
Local Native
Lykke Li
Manchester Orchestra
Marching Band
MGMT
Mike Snow
Mobius Band
Mumford And Sons
muse
Mute Math
Noah And The Whale
Of Montreal
OK GO
Passion pit
Peter Bjorn and John
Phoenix
Rogue Wave
The Ruby Suns
The Shins
The Silent Years
Silversun pickups
Slow Runner
The Sounds
Spoon
Sufjan Stevens
Takka Takka
The Temper Trap
Tilly And The Wall
Vampire Weekend
Vetiver
Violent Femmes
The Walkmen
That’s just a long list aha but any bands would be helpful. I LOVE Indie music soooooo much=]
Just any Indie bands you may know of:) I listen to Indie radio stations and get some but it’s easier to do this haha. Thanks and God bless
Not pop rock or rock pop whatever. Indie please

Bat for Lashes
Grizzly bear
Late of the pier
Hot chip
Flaming lips
Friendly fires
The lasy shadow puppets
Nick Cave and the bad seeds
Super furry animals
Tv on the radio
The XX
Yeasayer

Not all strictly indie, but they’re similar to the bands you listed….btw, I love your taste in music and the fact you put them all in alphabetical order.

White Cotton Gloves (Available for purchase during camp)

White Spats (new for 2009!!) (Available for purchase during camp)

Marching Shoes: Solid black, lace-up shoes with black rubber soles are required. Shoes specifically designed for marching are preferred. These will also be available for purchase from a representative during camp.

White Socks

Lyre (new for 2009!!) (Available for purchase during camp)

Flip Chart w/15 pages (new for 2009!!) (Available for purchase during camp)

copied and pasted from last fall’s band camp, guessing it’ll be the same things this year

Gloves: $3/pair
Spats: $6/pair
Marching shoes: $35
Socks: $10 for 6 pairs
Lyre: $4
Flipbook: $15

I’m going out to a bar tonight to watch my friend’s band and I don’t have a tan yet so I was thinking of wearing a tunic, black leggings, and black boots. However, it’s not cold anymore and we are just getting into spring so is it ok to wear this now? If not, the only other option i have is a nice top and jeans.

Sure why not….go for it

He said "Son when you grow up would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned?"
He said "Will you defeat them? Your demons, and all the non-believers. The plans they have made? Because one day, I’ll leave you a phantom in the summer, to join the black parade"

What do these lyrics mean to you?

1. One of the songs I like very much from Chemical Romance.

2. The guy sounded like a recruiter for the Church XD

I recently just painted my room black and red and my mom is getting a girl to come into my room and draw on the walls.
Im a big MCR fan so any Ideas?
I will be having The Black Parade Marching Band Guy .
Also I wanted her to do a group portrait of the band, so what would be a good picture for her to place on my wall.
Thank you Any Ideas would be great
xo.Kenzie

I think your avatar would be pretty cool painted onto the wall..

Or I think a cool idea would be to have a white strip around your room, and in it paint your favorite lyrics by them in black.

The cover of The Ghost Of You single ( http://farm1.static.flickr.com/91/207730626_58fc9066d2_o.jpg ) is pretty cool too, maybe get her to paint that with the clouds and everything.

Good luck figuring out what you want, I’m sure your room will look freaking awesome once you’re done (:

I’m starting high school next year, and going to be in the marching band. I have a black belt, but I can’t do push ups, sit ups, or run for any period of time. I truthfully am scared about marching band now. what can i do to help me not be so scared? I’m thinking about riding my bike more, and working until I can do sit ups and push ups. I’m truthfully worried. Am i blowing the whole thing out of proportion?

Wow. No worries, you’ll be fine. go for it its fun as hell. trust me

Next year i will be a sophomore in college and im going to join my university’s marching band. I go to a Historically Black University, and the marching band is a known band.There is one problem.there is a BIG HAZING issue. You either have a option to cross or dont cross. When u cross yo have to do all types of crazy ish to earn respect and also get hazed and get beat with a paddle. I do not want to go through that.Its not worth it becuase anything could happen with this and also when i apply for a job they wont care that i was in So&So section. On the other hand if you dont cross they will pick on you and talk about you.I do not want to cross. I keep tellin myself im there to get my education not there for them so they can talk about me and say all types of things.But i want my respect but i dont want to cross.Also when u cross you get cool boots but not eveyone in the band has cross. I just do not want to go through with all that getting beat its not worth it.What is a good option?
my school was just in the news about a BIG hazing Incident the band director does know but he does not/will not do anything about it because of tradition. The hazing wont stop until something really bad happens like maybe a death but other then that he knows he just does not do anything about it and wont

Haha… I attended an HBCU for 2 years. Marched with them for both of those years. I pledged my section. Yes, I was hazed. BRUTALLY hazed. You have some balls for asking this question online…. and I have a lot for just answering it!

I initially didn’t want to go through the process, but I did. If you didn’t pledge your section, then they totally shunned you. Everyone taunted you. Your band experience would not be very pleasant if you chose not to participate in the abuse. But I looked at it like a challenge. I was considered the weakest link in my section and probably in the band. At first glance I was fragile and intolerant. I wanted to prove them all wrong, so I pledged my section and I crossed. It was pure hell. Yes, I got the paddle COUNTLESS times. I shed many tears.

Was it worth it? No. I have moved on with my life (military) and I don’t keep up with them anymore. After I crossed, I was still bitter about a lot and I couldn’t bond with them the way that I was "supposed" to (I was bitter because personal reasons. . . . long story). Some other things happened… a lot of drama and conflict arose. They weren’t my "brothers" and "sisters" like they were "supposed" to become. But it was a very memorable experience. I had some good times with them while it lasted. Do I regret it? Nope! I look back on some situations and I laugh at them. I’m stronger and the pain from back then doesn’t pain me anymore. Plus, the experience showed me that I had an inner strength and endurance that was previously unfelt. It was hard going through it, but at the end I was so proud of myself. . .

I won’t tell you what to do. I don’t condone hazing and abuse. But trust me when I say that IF you decide to go through with it and you cross, you will laugh at most of the happenings. Beautiful bonds are created with your line brothers/sisters. But again, I DON’T condone hazing and abuse. I’d NEVER tell someone that they should go through that.

I don’t regret my experience though. I wouldn’t re-do it.

If you really don’t want to do it, don’t. And don’t do it for the boots, lol. I had to personalize my reason to pledge to make me feel like doing it. . . . . . . . . .

i am kinda picky like i like shoes that are as flat as possible because i am tall and i have a skaterish style these shoes also have to be conformable because i have to wear them for marching band as well.
they can’t be too expensive like less expensive is better!
can you give me a link to the ones you find?

thanks soo much!

easy go online. Seriously you can get way better deals and much more variety
http://www.nike2nike.com/Brand-Shoes-c-1624.html

ok so im captain of the marching band colorguard team and i usually start planning things for next year when the season is almost over. i know its good to have one ascent on everyone like the same lipstick or something but most of the guard are black and i think it looks bad a little with red lipstick which we used this year. i wanted to switch to cat eyes makeup because i think it would look better so what do you think?. also do u know what hair styles we should do? keep in mind that most of the gurad wears weave so a hair style that works around it would be nice. or do you think we should not allow the girls to wear weave during marching season? is that mean and unfair?

What I would recommend as a former director would be accentuate the face with the same lipstick and " your mascot eyes". The more uniform you are the more you begin to act as a team. However, be as democratic as possible. Have cycles that you go through whatever to make it work. As far as the makeup use your school colors. I.e. If your school colors are blue and silver try find silver lipstick for everyone, black and gold, gold lipstick etc… The weaves are not as important as long as you can get them to feel and work as a team interested in outperforming and outclassing everyone they come against. I hope this helps.

Does anyone know where I can get a black parade marching jacket?
Like the top to a marching band uniform, but designed like My Chems black parade?

I saw one at Hot Topic a long time ago, but it I haven’t seen it since, not even online.
Any help?

Oh, and I don’t use ebay.
Thanks.

Yea Hot Topic and Cosmic used to have one all i know to do is to check there online sites sorry.