A Quick Thank You
Good day! It’s been a while since any news came out of BandSir.com and today is no exception. My goal with this post is to thank ALL OF YOU for listening to the great music that we all created together. I just wanted to express my gratitude to you all for making the site what it is today. If you’ve been away for a while, this also serves as an invitation to return to the music of our youth and enjoy the forgotten memories that blossom from listening to our collective past. And please remind your other VFMA Bandsmen friends … Get your chin in and keep reading…
New Record Added – “A Community’s Tribute”
Check out the new album “A Community’s Tribute.” Many thanks to Norm Arndt for providing the album. It’s contributors like him that make this work. Click here or on the album covers to listen! Here’s some more information: From Norm Arndt, “I have an original of this album if you are interested Dan.. mostly Dirge music by our band but you are welcome to it. Title is ‘A COMMUNITY’S TRIBUTE’ and was recorded when we performed for JFK’s funeral in Philly… 1963 Norm (Buddy) Arndt 62/64JC”. Here’s the text from the back of the album cover: “On November 22, 1963, … Get your chin in and keep reading…
Not Marches: Tracks I Like
Back in this post, I listed some of my favorite marches that are on the site. I got a lot of positive feedback on the playlist idea and so I thought I’d do it again. While there are no marches on this list, there’s a lot of great music and these are some of my go-to’s that I click on when I am looking for someting nostalgic and fun. Send your favorite playlist that you’d like to share and I’ll post it along with any notes you’d like to make. Email address is BandSir.com@gmail.com. Enjoy! Dan Cadet David Hemberger, Soloist, Portrait … Get your chin in and keep reading…
All Audio Files Are Now Dowloadable!!
A couple of years back, I had to replace the audio player on the site because the company that owned the original one went out of business. I switched to AudioIgniter Plus. I assumed that it had a similar download feature. I was wrong. After learning that you couldn’t download individual tracks, I have fixed it so that you can download any one of over 400 individual tracks on the site! (Anything hosted on YouTube will still not download.) To the right of each track name is a download button. It looks like this: Just click on the download button … Get your chin in and keep reading…