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The 2025 Guide for Band Directors. Avoid ghosting, missed deadlines, and unplayable parts.
Choosing a design team is the single most important decision you make for your competitive season. The right partner elevates your students and makes your life easier; the wrong one causes months of stress, wasted rehearsals, and lower scores.
With hundreds of "custom design" sites popping up, how do you filter the professionals from the hobbyists? Here is the honest truth about what to look for—and what to avoid.
The #1 complaint we hear from new clients isn't about bad music—it's about communication. Too many designers take a deposit and then disappear until August. Your designer needs to be a partner, not just a vendor.
Does your designer reply to emails within 24 hours? Do they have a published production calendar? At Bright Designs, we treat show design like project management. We use a structured system to ensure you never have to chase us for a movement or a rewrite.
Many "custom" shows are just recycled templates with a new title. True custom design starts with your instrumentation and your students' ability levels.
If a designer doesn't ask for your Instrumentation List or Soloist Capabilities before writing a single note, they aren't writing for your band. They are writing for a MIDI file.
This is the hidden cost that blows up budgets. What happens if the woodwind feature is too hard? What if your drill writer needs 16 more counts in the ballad?
Most designers charge $100-$300 per hour for edits.We offer unlimited difficulty adjustments at no extra cost. If it doesn't work on the field, we fix it. Period.
Cheap design is expensive. Saving $500 on the front end often costs you hours of rehearsal time rewriting unplayable parts, or points on the sheets because the orchestration is muddy.
Let's discuss your band's goals and how we can design a vehicle for your success.
