The Heart of the Band

I do not know how many of you have ever seen the movie Drumline starring Nick Cannon, but I feel I need to start here to give a clear understanding as to something that has been on my mind the last week in a new school term.

The movie Drumline is about a kid with a passion as a drummer who goes to college and joins the marching band, specifically the drum line.  The kid, played by Cannon, is a freshman who is extremely talented, which is intimidating to others, even the leader of the drum line.  Basically the theme of the story becomes that 'there is no 'i' in team' or in this case 'You're the best, Devon, but when we're on the field, nobody hears you.  They hear the band.'

I am sure you are wondering what this has to do with anything.  Well, there is this part in the movie where you see the leaders of each section of the band giving a pep talk to his or her own section.

'Trumpets are the voice of the band.  We are the melody.  We are the clarity.'
'Tubas are the most important section of this band...Tubas are the boom...'
'Saxophones are the truth, the funk, and the hook.  See, once they hear us, they recognize the song'

and then the camera turns to the drum line as they are clapping....clap...clap...clap...and the clapping speeds up as the drum leader says:

'We are the heart and the soul.  Without the percussion section, the band doesn't move, doesn't come alive....'

*Increase clap speed*

'We are the pulse, and without a pulse, you're dead.'

*Clapping stops*

'That's why we're the most important section of the band.'




With a specific perception, the small pep talks may look conceited, but in actuality are completely honest.  In today's society  people think that the the one thing they are passionate about is the one thing that makes our world go round.  Without science we would not have found fuel to power machines or chemical mixtures that make up medicine to improve a person's health. Oh, but without technology we would not have the records to access the information for science or have the capability combining the mixture properly.  Oh, BUT WAIT, without language, English for me, we would not have the capability to record any of this information in order for progress or evolution of substances to continue.

As you can see, each sentence is similar to the idea to the pep talks above, but also notice that without each piece, the puzzle cannot progress to something better.  Why am I acknowledging this concept?  Debate.  No, I do not want to start one, as it has already been started, but I want to finish it with this acknowledgment.  For instance, some people think that technology is the main contributor to how much our knowledge and understanding of the world has grown and as much as part of me can empathize with that thought, I have to send in the rebuttal with my passion for English and say that no one would have known of the progression in technology had you not had language as a tool used to communicate this information.  So would that not mean that language or communication make the world go around?

It is not really a thought or a debate at this point because as many know of science, you cannot create a solid theory with multiple variables.  However, you need to have multiple passionate people control the many variable aspects that make the world go around. ;)