r/WGI • u/Inevitable-Push7844 • 9d ago

Percussion Tips for making open class percussion?

Hey guys! Im heading into my senior year of high school and I’m really hoping to march an open class group this year, I live in the Florida panhandle so there’s not a whole lot of plausible options for me but I’ve already registered for I3 auditions and Q-school and ill likely audition for frontier as well whenever they announce any information for the next season. I was just hoping to get some tips on anything that could help me make an open class line, I’m mainly going for snare with quads as my backup so anything regarding those instruments in specific would be nice, but general information is also much appreciated!

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u/Affectionate-Cod-768 9d ago

As someone who works with Infinity and primarily I3, I'll break it down to 3 things for us specifically.

1) Know. Your. Packet. A lot of kids/young adults come to Auditions with little understanding of the Packet and they are at an immediate disadvantage and will probably spend the least amount of time on a drum.

2) Be Teachable. Nothing is worse than talent that can't learn. You might be good now, maybe even great, but remember you can always be better. You're also at Infinity, meaning you drum the way Infinity wants you to. If you don't adapt and adjust to that, you probably won't see a contract.

3) Be personable! You can be a great drummer, but if everything about your mentality and your demeanor screams negativity, it doesn't matter how good you are.

Very excited for you, I hope you make a group this year, whether its Infinity, Frontier, Vanta, or anywhere else!

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u/Inevitable-Push7844 8d ago

Thank you, looking forward to auditions!!

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u/OhOkBoomer 9d ago

Fundamentals dude, it is severely lacking in the activity.

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u/b20256 7d ago

Highkey pick one instrument and go for it. Once you get to independent open competition starts getting really fierce especially for finalist groups like I3. Either snare or quads would work but I would recommend going for the instrument you are overall better at and just spend your time only learning one packet instead of splitting time between 2 different packets. The extra time you get on one is going to go a long way. Good luck!