SlideShow! Presents: Pokémon

Here is our first video release under our new name, SlideShow! I arranged the Pokémon theme song for trombone quartet and drum set. In addition to the music, this video contains a noteworthy performance by Guillermo Ramirez as Ash Ketchum.

We are all huge Pokémon fans! We grew up watching the cartoons, playing the games and trading the cards. In 2016 our childhood love for Pokémon reawakened when PokémonGo came out for iPhone. At that time time we were in rehearsals for the show Blast! The Music of Disney. We would spend our lunch and dinner breaks together wondering around "catching" Pokémon. 

This past summer, when Blast! The Music of Disney toured Japan, we continued to play together fighting gym battles, doing raids and giving those friendly reminders to open your apps while walking to the convenie. Ben Owens and I would even go running everyday with our PokémonGo apps open to hatch eggs. Hey, it's a great way to stay fit! 

I want to use this blog to give a little more insight to the inspiration behind my arrangements for SlideShow! There is a story behind every arrangement, and if you care to read, it might make you love the songs just as much as we do. Please enjoy Pokémon! Feel free to share and spread the word about SlideShow!. We're just getting started.