Cromagnum said:

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It has to suck to be in the Aggie Band these days. You march in, and do a halftime drill, and get to play the War Hymn and Spirit of Aggieland and wildcat a handful of times, but have to listen to rap music the rest of the game.

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Most of your players prefer rap music.

An issue with the DJ that no one talks about is that the same music that pumps up our players also pumps up the other team. We need to spend all pre-season training our players to have a pavlovian response to some kind of obscure genre of music and blast nothing but that the entire game. Imagine the other team scared and disoriented on 3rd and 8 and Mongolian death metal fades in.

The old miserable **** thread

We did BTHO plenty of times during the game. And the band played plenty of times during the game. Yall are having selective hearing.

The college football world has been talking about the atmosphere at Kyle on Saturday night. We had recruits commit right after the game. And y'all are still mad. Yall are gonna be livid if we win a natty.

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Cromagnum said:

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It has to suck to be in the Aggie Band these days. You march in, and do a halftime drill, and get to play the War Hymn and Spirit of Aggieland and wildcat a handful of times, but have to listen to rap music the rest of the game.

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The band still plays, and the DJ defers to them whenever they do play. After the NCAA changed the rules about when bands could play in 1986 (ask the SMU band about that rule), you hear the FTAB a lot less than you used to. I think the mix is about right. They should probably mic the band up a bit so that you can hear them throughout the stadium (it's hard to hear any band if they aren't playing in your direction).

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The NCAA may have changed the rules, but in the 70's the FTAB NEVER played while either team was at the line or during live action. At most, a wildcat for a good play. (which in those days was a first down)

Ditto what TxAg76 said. The DJ actually reduces traditional CROWD noise. It used to build as the opposing offense lined up until they snapped the ball. Now we get artificial DJ noise until just before the snap and the crowd joins late. Other stadiums create the artificial noise too (just as loud), our crowd noise is what used to make Kyle unique. But that's the new Kyle Field experience, and from comments here, many like it.

Do we hate the DJ and fun as much as we hate pretty girls with Pom poms, or is it a more subtle hate?

RepublicOfTexas said:

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Incorrect, the gameday experience with a DJ is significantly better than when I was in school without a DJ. That said, they can be better about coordinating between the band/yell leaders.

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I must say the DJ has been much better this year. Better selections at the right times to get people pumped up.

mo bamba? Isn't that some kind of thug rap stuff?

Was at the game Saturday, wish we had DJ Mike back when I was in school (2012-2016). Don't change a thing, especially to cater to olds who either don't go to games or who aren't doing the heavy lifting at games. DJ Mike has his finger on the pulse of anyone aged ~40 and under and gets us energized between snaps. Who looks at what Kyle Field was like last Saturday, complains about it, and thinks they're helping?

IcaX91 said:

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Was at the game Saturday, wish we had DJ Mike back when I was in school (2012-2016). Don't change a thing, especially to cater to olds who either don't go to games or who aren't doing the heavy lifting at games. DJ Mike has his finger on the pulse of anyone aged ~40 and under and gets us energized between snaps. Who looks at what Kyle Field was like last Saturday, complains about it, and thinks they're helping?

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Could it be that the atmosphere has become more "electric" because we're winning, not because we have a DJ?

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IcaX91 said:

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Was at the game Saturday, wish we had DJ Mike back when I was in school (2012-2016). Don't change a thing, especially to cater to olds who either don't go to games or who aren't doing the heavy lifting at games. DJ Mike has his finger on the pulse of anyone aged ~40 and under and gets us energized between snaps. Who looks at what Kyle Field was like last Saturday, complains about it, and thinks they're helping?

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Could it be that the atmosphere has become more "electric" because we're winning, not because we have a DJ?

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Could it be that the DJ has created an awesome atmosphere the players love and that's why we're winning?

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twk said:

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Cromagnum said:

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It has to suck to be in the Aggie Band these days. You march in, and do a halftime drill, and get to play the War Hymn and Spirit of Aggieland and wildcat a handful of times, but have to listen to rap music the rest of the game.

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The band still plays, and the DJ defers to them whenever they do play. After the NCAA changed the rules about when bands could play in 1986 (ask the SMU band about that rule), you hear the FTAB a lot less than you used to. I think the mix is about right. They should probably mic the band up a bit so that you can hear them throughout the stadium (it's hard to hear any band if they aren't playing in your direction).

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The NCAA may have changed the rules, but in the 70's the FTAB NEVER played while either team was at the line or during live action. At most, a wildcat for a good play. (which in those days was a first down)

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That's simply not true. Listen to the 1973 Live at Kyle Field album if you think the FTAB wasn't playing during live action. They didn't do it to disrupt opponents, but like pretty much every other band at the time, they liked to play an entire piece through.

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mo bamba? Isn't that some kind of thug rap stuff?

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You haven't met very many current students have you?

The DJ turns Kyle into a mad house, watch this clip of cruits visiting and see how the DJ is turning up the entire crowd.

Gosh. How in the world will we ever consistently win on the road then? The players won't have "their" DJ playing music that makes them play better.

While we are on this topic ,when did we quit playing the war hymn at the end of the first quarter - that used to be a twice a game occurrence. The whole stadium participates so not sure why we decided to only do this at end of 3rd quarter.

I am '85 and see benefit of the DJ but I think there are times when he runs it too long and takes away from pure crowd noise - kickoffs being one of those and other times it is random defensive plays where he runs it up too close to allow the fans to get to full volume ahead of the snap

AgDad121619 said:

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While we are on this topic ,when did we quit playing the war hymn at the end of the first quarter - that used to be a twice a game occurrence. The whole stadium participates so not sure why we decided to only do this at end of 3rd quarter.

I am '85 and see benefit of the DJ but I think there are times when he runs it too long and takes away from pure crowd noise - kickoffs being one of those and other times it is random defensive plays where he runs it up too close to allow the fans to get to full volume ahead of the snap

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It has been a very long time since we played the War Hymn at the end of the first quarter on a regular basis. It is now at the player entrance and at the end of the 3rd quarter.

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Gosh. How in the world will we ever consistently win on the road then? The players won't have "their" DJ playing music that makes them play better.

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Good point, we should start heckling our own players at home so they can be better prepared for road environments.

NE PA Ag said:

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I'm class of '88. I remember often complaining and getting wide agreement from other Aggies on too many yells, or more specifically the Yell Leaders deciding to do more yells between possessions, or for too long as the opposing offense was getting started. The complaint was that it disrupted the din of noise and took momentum away from the 12th Man in creating havoc for the other team.

Sounds like the DJ is doing the opposite of that. The most important thing of all in the Kyle Field experience is the wall of noise the 12th Man and the rest of the crowd makes to disrupt opposing offenses.

It sounds like yells are being done at appropriate times, I hope that continues, but priority 1 is unparalleled noise.

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We didn't have too many games where we got to be true disrupters but that same problem would persist in the Fran era. We would be excited and yelling our asses off and the yell leaders decided right then would be a good time to do a yell and it would kill the the crowd noise momentum.

AgDad121619 said:

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While we are on this topic ,when did we quit playing the war hymn at the end of the first quarter - that used to be a twice a game occurrence. The whole stadium participates so not sure why we decided to only do this at end of 3rd quarter.

I am '85 and see benefit of the DJ but I think there are times when he runs it too long and takes away from pure crowd noise - kickoffs being one of those and other times it is random defensive plays where he runs it up too close to allow the fans to get to full volume ahead of the snap

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Here's another question Ive seen for 25 years. Aggie band plays at the end of the third. Always. The opposing band plays at the end of the first. I havent been around in a while to know if we still do the war hymn when there is no opposing band (I suspect yes, but maybe thats given over to DJ music now). However, I do know that LSU had their band there Saturday night and therefore they probably played a song at the end of the first quarter.

Outside of the nerds that are at the stadium for the halftime show, nobody wants to listen to Flight of the Bumblebee or a craptastic band version of a song while a football game is going on.

Keep the band for halftime and the "tradition". The DJ has tremendously helped with the energy level and the young recruits think that is a lot cooler than a marching band.

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AgDad121619 said:

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While we are on this topic ,when did we quit playing the war hymn at the end of the first quarter - that used to be a twice a game occurrence. The whole stadium participates so not sure why we decided to only do this at end of 3rd quarter.

I am '85 and see benefit of the DJ but I think there are times when he runs it too long and takes away from pure crowd noise - kickoffs being one of those and other times it is random defensive plays where he runs it up too close to allow the fans to get to full volume ahead of the snap

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Here's another question Ive seen for 25 years. Aggie band plays at the end of the third. Always. The opposing band plays at the end of the first. I havent been around in a while to know if we still do the war hymn when there is no opposing band (I suspect yes, but maybe thats given over to DJ music now). However, I do know that LSU had their band there Saturday night and therefore they probably played a song at the end of the first quarter.

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My experience with the LSU band is they play pretty much whenever they want. They live in their own little world.

How about a compromise, FTAB plays Mo Bamba…

Luke The Drifter said:

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Goose83 said:

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IcaX91 said:

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Was at the game Saturday, wish we had DJ Mike back when I was in school (2012-2016). Don't change a thing, especially to cater to olds who either don't go to games or who aren't doing the heavy lifting at games. DJ Mike has his finger on the pulse of anyone aged ~40 and under and gets us energized between snaps. Who looks at what Kyle Field was like last Saturday, complains about it, and thinks they're helping?

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Could it be that the atmosphere has become more "electric" because we're winning, not because we have a DJ?

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Could it be that the DJ has created an awesome atmosphere the players love and that's why we're winning?

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Then where was he during the Fisher years? We had a DJ then and couldn't win for losing.

So who does the DJ report to? Does he have free reign on doing anything he wants or does his play list get preapproved?

Goose83 said:

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Luke The Drifter said:

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Goose83 said:

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IcaX91 said:

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Was at the game Saturday, wish we had DJ Mike back when I was in school (2012-2016). Don't change a thing, especially to cater to olds who either don't go to games or who aren't doing the heavy lifting at games. DJ Mike has his finger on the pulse of anyone aged ~40 and under and gets us energized between snaps. Who looks at what Kyle Field was like last Saturday, complains about it, and thinks they're helping?

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Could it be that the atmosphere has become more "electric" because we're winning, not because we have a DJ?

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Could it be that the DJ has created an awesome atmosphere the players love and that's why we're winning?

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Then where was he during the Fisher years? We had a DJ then and couldn't win for losing.

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I think we all know why we didn't win during the Fisher years.

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Urban Country Boy said:

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TxAG#2011 said:

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Actually, can we just get rid of the yell leaders instead?

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Absolutely NOT!

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Then can we at least make them less...um..."flouncy"?

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It would be cool to get yell leaders that were men again.

I have reconsidered this one. Playing the loud music gives the 12th man a chance to rest their voices and then resume yelling louder and longer when the resume play clock gets down to a few seconds.

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Martin Cash said:

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twk said:

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Cromagnum said:

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It has to suck to be in the Aggie Band these days. You march in, and do a halftime drill, and get to play the War Hymn and Spirit of Aggieland and wildcat a handful of times, but have to listen to rap music the rest of the game.

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The band still plays, and the DJ defers to them whenever they do play. After the NCAA changed the rules about when bands could play in 1986 (ask the SMU band about that rule), you hear the FTAB a lot less than you used to. I think the mix is about right. They should probably mic the band up a bit so that you can hear them throughout the stadium (it's hard to hear any band if they aren't playing in your direction).

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The NCAA may have changed the rules, but in the 70's the FTAB NEVER played while either team was at the line or during live action. At most, a wildcat for a good play. (which in those days was a first down)

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That's simply not true. Listen to the 1973 Live at Kyle Field album if you think the FTAB wasn't playing during live action. They didn't do it to disrupt opponents, but like pretty much every other band at the time, they liked to play an entire piece through.

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Well, I guess I dreamed those years from 71 to 74. And I'm on that album. Not sure how you can tell from a CD or vinyl album that there is a play in action. There wasn't.

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Luke The Drifter said:

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Urban Country Boy said:

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TxAG#2011 said:

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Actually, can we just get rid of the yell leaders instead?

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Absolutely NOT!

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Then can we at least make them less...um..."flouncy"?

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It would be cool to get yell leaders that were men again.

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I think this really needs to be emphasized. It's not that we have yell leaders. It's HOW they're yell leaders. The training process needs to be evaluated…and fixed.

Anyone saying to get rid of the DJ is absolutely insane

Cliff.Booth said:

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An issue with the DJ that no one talks about is that the same music that pumps up our players also pumps up the other team. We need to spend all pre-season training our players to have a pavlovian response to some kind of obscure genre of music and blast nothing but that the entire game. Imagine the other team scared and disoriented on 3rd and 8 and Mongolian death metal fades in.

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Who doesn't like Mongolian death metal?