Clean the Drill and Dial In the Mix: Five Tips for Optimizing your Field Audio byMike Lawson August 14, 2015 0 Audio has quickly become a necessity in marching band, and I feel that we all have a love/hate relationship with...
Survival Tip One – Who Moved My Band Director? Suggestions for Accepting Change byMike Lawson July 24, 2015 0 Congratulations! You’ve been a hot shot your whole life. Going to music school wasn’t the question, which instrument you were...
Survival Tip Two – Setting Your Band’s Expectations Before the Levy Breaks….. byMike Lawson July 24, 2015 0 Let’s put ourselves in that moment where we get the emergency call. Our community is in danger from the rising...
Survival Tip Three – Dealing with Inequality in Your District byMike Lawson July 24, 2015 0 In America, Schools Are Not Equal: A View From Another SideOver my 40 years in public education, I have seen...
Perspective: Often Overlooked Student Benefits of Band Travel byMike Lawson June 11, 2015 0 This past week I’ve spent a lot of time meeting with the top brass of the performing arts programs put...
UpClose: Justin Barr Is Getting the Band Back Together byMike Lawson June 11, 2015 0 Two years ago in Fairview, TN, a small town suburb 35 miles west of Nashville, the Fairview High School band...
Pictorial: Style and Sound – Uniforms, Footwear, and Field Equipment for 2015 byMike Lawson June 11, 2015 0 SBO presents some of the latest uniform and footwear designs plus new field equipment for marching bands and color guards...
School Band und Orchester in Europa auf der Musikmesse byMike Lawson May 19, 2015 0 I recently returned from another annual trip to Frankfurt, Germany where I again attend the Musikmesse/ProLight + Sound tradeshow. Some...
Up Close with Will Kuhn byMike Lawson May 19, 2015 0 Ohio's Award-Winning, Pioneering High School Music Technology Educator Will Kuhn teaches music technology at Lebanon High School in Lebanon, Ohio,...
Your Band: Part 3 – Splicing Together Takes and Adding Effects byMike Lawson May 19, 2015 0 Our first two installments in this series covered proper ensemble recording and EQ, which like any musical skill will improve...
Row-Loff Basket O’ Cadences byMike Lawson May 18, 2015 0 Row-Loff announced the launch of their 2015 Marching Percussion Catalog. Eight new marching percussion features from seven seasoned marching percussion...
The Wonderful World of Disney Performing Arts Workshops bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 A conversation with Betsy Ervin about all things choral and Disney.