What’s your go to music for drill team? Medium difficulty and lower would be great.
Re: Drill team music
Posted by Swamplander on 5/2/2026, 6:02 am, in reply to "Drill team music"
I do it the hard way.
I go through JWPepper and set the filter to ME/E and I sift through the whole list. I look for major pop, hiphop, or dance hits or iconic rock songs. I look at the score with my ensemble in mind and pick a list of around 10 songs. I will also include a few we’ve done in the past (longer than 4 years ago so the kids don’t dance the same song twice). Then I send her the list, and have her and her officers pick 4 they want to dance to.
I started doing it this way after my first year when the old drill team sponsor picked 3 APC pieces for kick tunes. We’re a small band and APC tunes are categorically not designed for our level.
It’s a lot of work, but both the band and drill team have been WAY happier and more successful.
Re: Drill team music
Posted by Mr. Dude on 4/27/2026, 11:55 am, in reply to "Drill team music"
All of the Big and Easy series...except they do get really repititive tempo wise, sometimes I have to branch out to find a kick or military dance.
Mind you, we're a 3A, and I'm trying to teach my dance tunes in as little time as possible. We usually have one early season dance tune that is a little more difficult, and it's usually something that will stick in the stand tunes folder all season.
6A Director - I send the Drill Team instructor a link to the Hal Leonard site with the filter set to M and ME.
She picks the 4-5 she wants. Sometimes we already have them, if not, I order them. We learn all the tunes in Summer Band and play them in the stands when it's not their week.
She usually picks cooler music than I could. The kids like them too. Drill Team also has different choreo/motion in the stands now, as well.
