By Michael Guy Bowman bowman Bandcamp YouTube YouTube mguybowman Twitter michaelguybowman.com Other mguybowman Instagram.
Released 7/19/2016.
Duration: 1:00.

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Also released as:

• (20189/24/2018; about 2 years, 2 months later) In The Marching Band (Archive)

Tracks that reference In The Marching Band:

From Fandom:

• The CANMT by WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES, Scarodactyl, and Wights End

Lyrics:

Some bands only play in small bars
Show up in their own cars
Only just to pass time
But my band always plays arenas
You probably have seen us
Playing at the half time

Sequined soldiers of the football stands
Killing our evenings in the marching band
At every game we're in demand
Our parents are our biggest fans
As long as we're in marching band

Some bands never really get big
Only play a few gigs
Not at all immersing
But my band always goes to contest
Cannot get a night's rest
Always up rehearsing

If the team keeps winning, wouldn't that be grand?
Going to playoffs in the marching band
Loading the equipment van
Testing our attention span
Oh why'd we join the marching band?

Artist commentary:

Michael Guy Bowman: (composer, SoundCloud description)

Commissioned by Mason Herschberg for the "Send Bowman and His Band to SXSW 2012" fundraiser.

Original request as follows:

"Marching Band really changed my life in 2011 so I figured a neat little jingle about Marching Band would be a fun thing to use as a ringtone and show my friends that also know about your music! I'd like like it to be funny and lighthearted."

Michael Guy Bowman: (alternate artwork, SoundCloud)