If you dont, then just dont respond please haha.

But for me, i havent been involved at music at all prior to when i started to drum (snare). That was a year ago. Before that, all i did was sports. In my opinion, marching has a competitive aspect to it that kit just doesnt have, even though it may be more fun to play kit. And sports is competitive, so i kinda miss that competition.

How bout you guys?

Well, I choose marching over kit for a couple of reasons:

1. Sound. - To me, the sound of a drumline is something that is awesome. I love to listen to any good drumline just play anything. It just the sounds that are coming from it. Even if it's just eights, I still love the sound.

2. Teamwork - When you're playing kit, you are (most of the time) the main man. You are the only one responsible for keeping time and rhythm. But when you are a part of a line, then you can mess up and there are other people there to pick you up. Plus, when you're playing on a drumline and you play this awesome beat or groove and you get people into it, the feeling you get is awesome.

3. Competition - Pretty much what you said...

I prefer marching because it's an experience versus a hobby. Unless you end up playing professionally playing drum set will always be a hobby, the only thing you'll learn in general is how to get better at drum set. When you march however it's unexplainable how much you learn especially teamwork and instruction following. Marching isn't just a hobby, it's a learning experience. Beside dedication you can't really take what you learn from drum set (playing drum set) into life. Marching is exactly the opposite.

Very very true apollo.

As for me, I first started in drumline...fell in love with percussion in general and wanted to become more well rounded in all areas.

I bought a drumset, practiced daily during the off season, then started a band. I love drumset, but as I get older, it gets tougher to find the time for it. But I continue to teach at the high school and indoor level. I don't even have time to teach at the drumcorps level anymore. It sucks but, as long as I have a little bit of this activity in my life, it'll continue to give me that much needed escape from the real world.

Why, you ask? . . .

Because I didn't have enough money to buy a drum kit.

Well, that's one reason. The other reason was the fact that it just looked so much more fun. interacting with people and drumming, and all that.

theres just something more satisfying about playing as part of a line in competition
that and im better at bass guitar than set. so nobody would invite me to be a drummer for a band. plus sets are too damn expensive for me

Because you get more chicks with a harness tan than with fancy brushes. Nuff said.

Well, I would much rather have Kitt than play on a drum. Imagine having a car that can eject you up to a third story window and jump through a moving train. It would be awesome.

I just love the rudimentary aspect to it. And how technique is so important and all. Just all of the little details.

I like holding a big stick...

I guess drumset bored me. I still play, usually it's only at church, and everyone knows how awesome church band music is. I figure I can only do marching percussion during the college years. Yeah, there's DCA, but it's hard to do that with a job, family, etc. I'm taking advantage of an opportunity that's only avaliable for a limited time. And I guess my whole life would be a limited time, but that's a much longer amount of time; I can play set more then, when I'm too old and fat to stand up and/or mark time and/or chopless.