Are most DDR players in Band or Choir?

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Hm... the States competition... and RI State Showcase... what state are you from?
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Bassline://TSG · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2003 5:55 pm Post subject:

New Jersey. The last competition we went to was the ACDA All-Superior Festival in Maryland a few months ago.
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EUROendangered · Trick Member Joined: 15 Aug 2002 Location: Newport RI

ahh... our choir doesn't really leave New England or the region for competitions:(

But come to think of it, this April we went to perform at Universal and I think I remember (possibly) a choir from New Jersey competing against us.. any chance it might have been you guys?
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Saiyajin · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2003 6:35 pm Post subject:

I was in regular band until 9th grade... I decided marching was not for me, so I tried out for our Honor's Jazz Ensemble... and made that... played first chair Tenor Saxophone for the last two years of High school(graduated in 2002). Improv was my life, until I got DDRMax for Japanese PS2 when it came out. Then school was over, and so was my band carreer.. unfortunately. ;_; But, I use DDR and beatmania IIDX to keep the music flowing inside me.

I definitely think that being a skilled musician helps with overall music game skill. If you narrowed in on rhythm at a younger age, it's much more natural when you step up to a game to get good scores.
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TeeHee! JP ONRY! · Trick Member Joined: 05 Apr 2003

I'm not in band or anything and dont know any players who are but ehhh I play guitar

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Wang · Trick Member Joined: 23 Jun 2003 Location: Erie, PA

A group of my friends plays DDR. A few of them (including the best one) are involved in band. I am in the high school musicals my school holds. I don't know if that helps any. I think the biggest thing that helped me catch on, though, was my experience from Frequency. For those of you who don't know, Frequency is a game for PS2 in which you use the shoulder buttons to "capture" notes. When I was first introduced to DDR, I'd already become pretty good at Frequency, even though now I suck. I think DDR ruined my Frequency skills <sigh>.

I really think a previous musical background does help people to learn the game more quickly, but in the long run, I think everyone has the same potential.[/code]

Trance Of Sorrow · Trick Member Joined: 01 Feb 2003

No, I'm not in choir or in band I be ashamed of myself if I was and DDRing. No way!

Karou-sama · Trick Member Joined: 29 Jul 2002

I'm in chorus, but I'm only a moderate player. I will say that learning to feel the beat in chorus helped
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[Team Jiketsu] apd · Trick Member Joined: 26 May 2003 Location: Meriden, CT

I've been jazz/rock drumming for going on ten years.

And people wonder why I was able to beat the poopy out of nine/ten footers after only three months. I didn't really have to learn anything new - a LOT of drumming skills just transfered over to my DDR playing. Can any other drummers comment on this?

LoopyChew · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Switzerland

I played piano between the ages of seven and fourteen, violin from eight to sixteen, and a failed stint on trumpet for, like, one month when I was thirteen. I was in chorus for middle school and high school, and in orchestra (usually second, third or fourth chair) for the same.

It still took me ages to do well in DDR. :P
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Saiyajin · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 4:08 am Post subject:

Seifis2006 · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 5:44 am Post subject:

While I am one of the ONLY people in my HS that DDRs. (Im in DFW also. I go to Northwest.) The people that have gone with me and seen me play have tried it and ive noticed that the sense of rhythm and skill was in those that were also in marching band/band while the people who werent in it just plain sucked

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telebuffer · Trick Member Joined: 10 May 2003

im proud to say im not in band or chior or anything of the sort, although in 3rd grade music class we played the recorder

ver314 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Albuquerque Nm

I'm in show choir

and i've played the viola

but the thing is none of my classmates play besides me..or as much as i do.
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Mysterio · Trick Member Joined: 20 Nov 2002 Location: Aiken, SC

I palyed violin in 3rd grade, and I must say that it has had no bearing on my DDR ability.

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StripesPanda · Trick Member Joined: 26 Sep 2002 Location: Oakhurst

i was in band for 3 qtr's in 6th grade, i quit cause i was tooo busy, I played clarinet....

and then our band teacher commited suicide, never had the chance to play clarinet again in 7th or 8th grade, and then in 9th i was not into it,

i was never into it, i just played for no reason, and then in 10th i got into ddr and took me 5 months to beat a 9 footer, but i think that's prolly really slow huh?

different subject! I know a cheerleader who SUX at ddr, she tried it and she SUCKED. and then i know another cheerleader who can beat max 300 and maxX unlimited!

My theory is that Tap-Dancing Drummers will start out with the best advantage in DDR.
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nforcer06164 · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Location: Burbank, IL

I am just entering HS and joined band in grade school, practicing snare drum once a week. Now I play bass drum on a marching band, and in concert I play all sorts of percussion knickknacks. I don't know if it has enhanced my performance on DDR, but I just passed into double-digit cata passes a short while ago, just after a band concert. I'll let you make the call

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Milza · Trick Member Joined: 05 Oct 2002

Did any of you choir people go to the Pacific Rim Children's Chorus Festival a couple of years ago?