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Expert Profile: Justin Robards

Expertise: I can answer questions on any marching or symphonic instrument. I can give ideas for pit setups, battery setups, or practice etiquette. I can pretty much cover all percussion categories but I am not as strong as I`d like to be in latin and african percussion.

Experience in the area
I am currently a High School marching percussion instructor and I was an instructor for the Kiwanis Kavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps and the Magic Drum and Bugle Corps. I am now the cymbal tech of the WGI Independent Open line Paradox Percussion Theatre. I have 6 years of drum corps experience, 4 years of high school experience, 4 years of college (symphony), Two years teaching at a Div. I drum corps level, and I've had the pleasure of meeting pretty much everybody in the drum corps and marching percussion categories. I can help you with marching equipment, techniques, how to start playing, pretty much everything in the marching and Symphonic world of percussion.

Education/Credentials
4 years high school
AA in Music education

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Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 670
Knowledge	9.88 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.96 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.72 Best of the best
Politeness	10.0 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		15
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		126

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	08/17/08
10	10	10	10	08/12/08
10	10	10	10	08/09/08
10	10	8	10	07/31/08
10	10	10	10	07/26/08

User Comments

No problem, I understand it's marching band season =) Thanks, it is such a pain not to have access to a decent size instrument, but I'll look them up!
(Heather on 08/17/08)

Thank you again, at least I know it isn't just me, not that that's a good thing, but I like your idea.
(Heather on 08/12/08)

Justin, thank you very much for your prompt response. Our first issue was finding out if there is such hardware designed for this and there doesn't se
(Tony on 08/09/08)

Thank you again! I always hate having to guess when buying mallets!
(Heather on 07/31/08)

Thank you so much, the instrument is so old I don't think we can do much to hurt it anyway, We were just scared the spraypaint would affect the sound
(Heather on 07/26/08)

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Recent Answers from Justin Robards

2008-09-27 flam notation: You can manually put the flams in using 2 different ways: 1. You can manually put it in through the mouse (not the best way because even if zoomed in, this is hard to select the exact right spot). 2...

2008-09-12 sticks and mallets: Peter, first, thank you for being a great father by taking an interest in your son's music...I teach students all the time whose parents I have never seen. Anyway, here are some good links to check out...

2008-08-31 marimba mallets: A good starter set of Marimba mallets that you can buy are the Giff Howarth Series Marimba mallets from Vic Firth. Basically, there are mallets to suit any needs. Go to www.vicfirth.com and check out their...

2008-08-26 Pit set up: From left to right, I would set it up this way in an arc: Vibe, Marimba, Xylo, Vibe, xylo, marimba, Vibe. Bells on one side behind the mallets, synth on the other side. This would be good because it would...

2008-08-12 4 Mallet Solos: Heather, Sorry it took so long to respond, I have been doing band camps all week and it has been tough getting on to the computer for more than a second. As far as solos go, it is really difficult to...