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MTB Summer Series | Episode 4 - BAC Prelims Rehearsal, Military Park, Semifinals Vlog + Finals Recap

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2246946/open_sms] Welcome in everybody to THE LAST EPISODE for The Summer Series Edition of the Meet The Bus Podcast! This final episode wraps up on one of the best DCI seasons I’ve seen in a while. 2024 was a summer that put the activity back on the map in my opinion as so many groups put their best shows to date on the field, and it’s got me in high spirits about what’s to come for the future of Drum Corps International.  I made sure to include as much as I could from experience in Indy over the two days I was there, but my phone was on 10% for the last 4 corps, so I had to use my videos sparingly! I also give my closing remarks on the Top 12 after seeing everyone live, and I give a sneak peak into the future of Meet The Bus. Thank you all for watching and supporting us over the summer! I hope you’ve all enjoyed the series, and please let us know down below if there's something you'd like us to cover during the offseason as we head into the 2025 season. P.S- DROP YOUR Q’s DOWN BELOW BECAUSE I MIGHT DO A Q&A VIDEO IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE THAT :) INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/meetthebus/ APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-the-bus/id1707078072 SPOTIFY: https://spotify.link/7bnPGvewBDb AMAZON MUSIC: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/658... SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS :) Editor: Michael Brunk- https://brunkphoto.myportfolio.com/home?fbclid=PAAabhtffzTyA9fFgXAARIzZ1K-faRJBawYdQzsaUxLGHsCy7XoT-tMPC7ZxI_aem_ATlKydP2r1lhkXGieNuPf5p8GpPUNCVD39IPUFbgerlc9kbbPzPhL3_QOYrvIT1JMrQ Thumbnail: Grant Langston  - 0:00- Intro + My Experience in Indianapolis  - 12:55- Boston Crusaders Prelims Rehearsal - 14:57- Military Park Prelims Day - 18:30- Getting Into Lucas Oil - 41:45- Final Thoughts on Indy - 53:40- The Top 12 of 2024 - 1:05:50- The Future Of MTB

MTB Summer Series | Episode 3 - Texas Tour W/BK, ATL Recap, Rankings + Show Thoughts, DCI Finals

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2246946/open_sms] Welcome in everybody to The Summer Series Edition of the Meet The Bus Podcast!  In today's episode, we're keeping it short and sweet. I got word from a good friend from my time at Blue Knights, Juan Rutiaga, that he volunteered for the week during Texas Tour and put some videos together of the corps. I also sat down for a fun conversation with Joey Teixeira where we recapped the Atlanta Regional as well as our overall thoughts on the shows and rankings. Lastly, I AM GOING TO BE IN INDIANAPOLIS FOR FINALS WEEK!!  Well...at least Thursday and Friday! It's going to be my first time since I was in the activity that I'll be watching drum corps at Lucas Oil, and it's going to be a blast!  I hope you guys enjoyed this episode of the Summer Series! Let us know down below if there's something you'd like us to cover this 2024 season or anything you might want to see on this channel! INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/meetthebus/ APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-the-bus/id1707078072 SPOTIFY: https://spotify.link/7bnPGvewBDb AMAZON MUSIC: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/658... SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS :) Editor: Michael Brunk- https://brunkphoto.myportfolio.com/home?fbclid=PAAabhtffzTyA9fFgXAARIzZ1K-faRJBawYdQzsaUxLGHsCy7XoT-tMPC7ZxI_aem_ATlKydP2r1lhkXGieNuPf5p8GpPUNCVD39IPUFbgerlc9kbbPzPhL3_QOYrvIT1JMrQ Thumbnail: Grant Langston - 0:00- Intro - 5:32- Juan’s Time W/ Blue Knights - 12:59- DCI Atlanta Recap - 26:00- Judge Sheet Breakdown from ATL - 44:12- Overall Show Thoughts From The 2024 Season - 1:19:28- Outro

MTB Summer Series | Episode 2 - Early DCI 2024 Show Clips, San Antonio, Member + Staff Interviews

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2246946/open_sms] Welcome in everybody to The Summer Series Edition of the Meet The Bus Podcast!  We are back again for a PACKED episode of drum corps, so I hope you got your popcorn ready!  For today's episode, I started by recapping the beginning of the 2024 DCI Season, and where groups are stacking up in the rankings as we head into the San Antonio Regional. We then kick it to some early tour content from 2 DIFFERENT SHOWS!! I got the opportunity to get some coverage from the DCI Muncie show that started the 2024 season, and it was such a blast to be a fan again. I got to see so many old friends and teachers of mine who are now flourishing in all different areas of the activity. I made sure to get everything from lot coverage, hornlines warming up in the lot, and some show chunks from all 6 corps who performed that night. We also have some more exclusive show content from returning guest of the podcast, Riley Fitzpatrick! Riley was out at the DCI Idaho show, and got some great clips of all the corps in attendance that night as well as a special encore from the Blue Knights! We also got the opportunity to catch up with the member interviews again from our two stars, Matthew Iida and Alberto Paulino. I got to get some deeper insight into both The Blue Devils and Pacific Crest productions and how the groups are feeling after starting the competitive part of the season.  Before we wrapped for episode 2, I decided to bring on a special guest from The Guardians Visual Staff, Dylan Rider! We got into what's happening in their season this year and the challenges that Open Class groups face during the course of a whole summer.  I hope you guys enjoyed this episode of the Summer Series! Let us know down below if there's something you'd like us to cover this 2024 season or anything you might want to see on this channel! INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/meetthebus/ APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-the-bus/id1707078072 SPOTIFY: https://spotify.link/7bnPGvewBDb AMAZON MUSIC: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/658... SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS :) Editor: Michael Brunk- https://brunkphoto.myportfolio.com/home?fbclid=PAAabhtffzTyA9fFgXAARIzZ1K-faRJBawYdQzsaUxLGHsCy7XoT-tMPC7ZxI_aem_ATlKydP2r1lhkXGieNuPf5p8GpPUNCVD39IPUFbgerlc9kbbPzPhL3_QOYrvIT1JMrQ Thumbnail: Grant Langston - 0:00- Intro - 16:51- DCI Muncie - 47:00- DCI Idaho - 54:25- Member Interview: Matthew Iida w/ The Blue Devils - 1:13:00- Member Interview: Alberto Paulino w/ Pacific Crest ON THE BUS - 1:29:25- Staff Interview: Dylan Rider w/ The Guardians Visual Staff - 2:19:00- 2024 Blue Knights Encore "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" - 2:23:48- Outro

MTB Summer Series | Episode 1 - DCI 2024 Spring Training, Mandarins + Blue Devils Send Off + More!

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2246946/open_sms] Welcome in everybody to The Summer Series Edition of the Meet The Bus Podcast!  We're starting something new again with this one! I've talked about this idea of doing a summer series throughout the 2024 DCI Season, so finally after some moving, more moving and starting a new job I got the chance to pick the mic back up and talk some drum corps! I know I'm a little late to the party, so I'm gonna try my best to catch back up with everyone else! In this first episode, I do my best to quickly catch you (the viewer) up to date on WHY I haven't posted in 2 months. Big thank you to Alberto Paulino and Matthew Iida for taking the time out of their days to do an interview for the podcast as well because they were absolutely incredible, and I could not be more excited to see what Pacific Crest and The Blue Devils have to bring to the field this summer.  The really fun part of this video, and it's something I'd love to keep doing throughout the summer was done by the one and only, Joey Teixeira. He got some great footage of the Mandarins hornline as well as some behind the scenes action and interviews with members of the corps! Joey also got the opportunity to attend BD's family day for 2024, and again got some great behind the scenes content of the event as well as some funny behind the scenes interviews with members of the Blue Devils hornline.  We have special surprise for this one as well as Joey got to sit down for a 1-on-1 interview with the Brass Caption Head of The Blue Devils, Chip Crotts!  I hope you guys enjoyed this first episode of the Summer Series! Let us know down below if there's something you'd like us to cover this 2024 season or anything you might want to see on this channel! INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/meetthebus/ APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-the-bus/id1707078072 SPOTIFY: https://spotify.link/7bnPGvewBDb AMAZON MUSIC: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/658... SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS :) Editor: Michael Brunk- https://brunkphoto.myportfolio.com/home?fbclid=PAAabhtffzTyA9fFgXAARIzZ1K-faRJBawYdQzsaUxLGHsCy7XoT-tMPC7ZxI_aem_ATlKydP2r1lhkXGieNuPf5p8GpPUNCVD39IPUFbgerlc9kbbPzPhL3_QOYrvIT1JMrQ Thumbnail: Grant Langston - 0:00- Intro + Where Have I Been? - 6:45- What’s Happening NOW - 10:50- Spring Training Standouts - 22:16- Lay of The Land - 28:35- The Alberto Paulino Interview  - 41:00- The Matthew Iida Interview - 54:30-Joey Texiera at Mandarins Send-Off Show - 1:02:00- 2024 Blue Devils Family Day - 1:13:50- Outro

Episode 25: Talking New DCI Partnerships! (feat. Riley Fitzpatrick)

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2246946/open_sms] Welcome back to the Meet The Bus Podcast! This week, we decided to call a quick audible and change up the regularly scheduled program to talk about some new partnerships that have been created recently with DCI. There has been a lot of negative news for Drum Corps International in the last couple years whether it's COVID or multiple groups having to fold whether it's for a season or some have had to completely fold up, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to talk about the exciting future of this activity! I brought my good friend and first seat partner in DCI, Riley Fitzpatrick back on for this episode (you can also find him in episode 3 and 7 of this podcast for more stories and getting to know the boy) and we had a really fun time just taking a look at what drum corps is doing to keep the future bright.  QUICK DISCLAIMER: WE ARE NOT BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS. THIS WAS AN OFF THE CUFF PODCAST WITH TWO OLD DRUM CORPS GUYS SIMPLY GIVING THEIR OPINION NONE OF THIS IS FACT.....thank you :) Stay tuned! Summer Series is coming soon and if you've read this far...comment a cool name for the summer series down below because right now I think I want to call it "The Free Day Report"  ....thoughts?? I really hope you guys enjoy this episode! If you do, don't forget to like this episode, subscribe, comment down below what you enjoyed about the episode and follow the podcast on Instagram @meetthebus. #dci #drumcorps #band #marchingband  MTB INTERVIEW INTEREST FORM: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSer1Ye7oLPKblrrU-_xS-su6M5HN5PmpMLBtAkh74JFsl5Bfg/viewform?usp=sf_link APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-the-bus/id1707078072 SPOTIFY: https://spotify.link/7bnPGvewBDb AMAZON MUSIC: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/658... SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS :) Erick's Website: https://www.erickbooth.com  Editor: Michael Brunk- https://brunkphoto.myportfolio.com/home?fbclid=PAAabhtffzTyA9fFgXAARIzZ1K-faRJBawYdQzsaUxLGHsCy7XoT-tMPC7ZxI_aem_ATlKydP2r1lhkXGieNuPf5p8GpPUNCVD39IPUFbgerlc9kbbPzPhL3_QOYrvIT1JMrQ Thumbnail: Grant Langston