Mastodawn

What an Easter break to remember!

Huge congratulations to Liam for representing Doncaster Corps of Drums during the Beating Retreat at Edinburgh Castle. Performing in those historic grounds is such a fantastic achievement. Well done, Liam! #beatingretreat #edinburghcastle #armycadets #militaryband #corpsofdrums @armycadetsuk @britisharmy #enjoyingexcellence

braydenwise Mar 22

And in other news, I suppose it's official now, seeing as I just sent off my acceptance. I'm doing my MMus in #windband conducting at the University of Victoria with Dr. Steven Capaldo starting this fall! It’s exciting and daunting, and it’s going to be a great time. #gradstudent #yyj #mmus #concertband #militaryband

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braydenwise Jun 30, 2025

The 3DMEs are nice because I can dial in how much (or little) ambient sound I hear, so I can get a little more of the top end of my arco playing in Band situations, while still getting good fundamental via the DI. This looks quite promising for the future. #bassist #doublebass #hearingprotection #militaryband #windband #stringbass #bassguitar 3/3

braydenwise Jun 3, 2025

I’ve not had this productive a day in the practice room in a long time. I got the nod to play the 2nd Bassoon part in Gounod’s Petite Symphonie on double bass and it’s at once kicking my ass and validating. Nothing like reading and playing up the octave, and in tenor clef no less. #doublebass #chambermusic #windband #militaryband

braydenwise May 20, 2025

I'm appreciating the free wifi on this aircraft, as well as the fact that I'm kinda mashed into my seat and still able to work without contorting my body. Just did a fun arrangement of some music for brass quintet and woodwind quintet for funsies, now going to turn my attention to this big band thing I’ve been meaning to do.

#windensemble #militaryband #arranger #arranging #brassquintet #woodwindquintet #bigband #jazz #musescore

braydenwise Feb 18, 2025

Glad to be headed home today after a couple of weeks on the road in support of #invictusgames - one more gig tho before I get a couple days off… gotta go do the Opening of the British Columbia Legislature! #bcpoli #militaryband

braydenwise Jan 30, 2025

Me and the boss clean up real nice. Just did the farewell ceremony for the Lieutenant Governor of BC. #rcn #militaryband #militarymusician #drummajor #parade #yyj

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🕵️old klezmers🎻Nov 17, 2024

The more typical performance style of this piece is by military marching bands (Mehter band). Heck, I'm sure I saw one of these bands play it when I was in Istanbul a decade ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvIlWhDi14o&ab_channel=%C3%9Cst%C3%A2dKem%C3%A2nke%C5%9F%F0%9F%8F%B9

#OttomanMusic #MehterBand #Istanbul #MarchingBand #MilitaryBand

42-Elçi Peşrevî [1080p]

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braydenwise Nov 17, 2024

Had my first success with the PDF import feature of #musescore today. I imported a part that I wanted transposed, and it got about 80% of the work done for me on the first pass. Considering I’d tried it previously and it failed horribly, this is a massive step forward. #windband #militaryband #composer #arranger