Been away a while and I come back and y'all got 4 pages on this. Tuboss2, we had the infamous thread you mentioned and now we have 4 more pages of the same opinions. Does this mean we can expect another thread from you with yet another video that says "Hey guys, just wondering what you thought of this?" every time you get bored and want to stir up the old guys?
Let me break it down for you. One group loves it and most of these are young people who like energizing sounds and do not mind being stimulated and overstimulated by sounds. I grant that there are some older folks who appreciate the sound, but not so many.
A second group hates this kind of thing and thinks it is anti-musical. Many classical musicians and more traditional folks.
A third small group realize that everything has its place and can appreciate this sound in its realm, which is mostly the football stadium, maybe the basketball arena.
What I find surprising is that NO ONE commented on how the group you posted was not in tune with each other and was not together, either. IDK if this was intentional or not, but it does seem as if they can't keep together and can't play in tune with each other. You'd have to tell me whether a) this is an essential part of this type of sound making or b) whether tuning and rhythm just don't matter or c) something else. By contrast to your clip, the other clip posted, "Tuba players at their best" was in three part harmony, with what sounded like double tonguing on the lead, all the parts together and actually "ringing" in tune on sustained notes. IDK if their tone was different or just that the recording was better.
My reaction is that you ought to know by now what you like and you ought to know by now what other people think, so there isn't a necessity for more "Hey guys, I ran across this clip and wondered what you thought." I would certainly vote in favor of those like minded individuals in favor of these clips having their own section on the forum. If there's any support for this, we can have a thread to name the subforum. "Football tubists" or SouzyBlatt" come to mind for me, but I'm not the best person to ask . . .
I would have to admit that I do play this way when I am trying to piss off or scare my dog and I can do it on trumpet, cornet, flugel, alto horn, baritone, euph and tuba. Also on my front porch at midnight on New Year's Eve, in lieu of a noisemaker.



