Private Samantha Minor planned to be an orchestra musician, but fresh
out of boot camp and reluctant to start a career in the Army Band, she
struggles to balance dreams of art, hopes of love, and a strange new
military lifestyle.

SYNOPSIS:

A Band of Others is an original workplace comedy-drama about life in the

Army Band; the contrast between musical art and military machoism, and

the coming of age we all face.

A typical season-long arc will be built around one of three location/career changes in Samantha or other major character’s lives.

The three changes include: being moved to another band/unit in another part of the world, being deployed to the middle east or another war zone for a year or more, or being trained and promoted to a higher rank.

All three of these meta-world story changes result in opportunities for big tonal shifts (going to war for a season), or reboots and recasts of supporting characters.

Because the military moves people constantly, new supporting characters are also constantly appearing.

The style of A Band of Others is a workplace comedy-drama.

The band/music element allows for songs, guest appearances, and artistic sequences as needed.

One stylistic option is a satire of the classic drama A Band of Brothers, which used short interviews of real veterans sharing their stories.

This gives an endless supply of future story and joke ideas, with generations of the military band and regular veterans alive with stories to share that can be developed.

As a former member of the Army Band and military veteran, myself, I am deeply intimate with this world, having lived it for years.

As a unique way to serve our country, by being a military musician, we get to live the life of a non-violent service member.

The social contrast between high school band nerds and jocks is taken to the hilarious extremes when band nerds have joined the Army and the past jocks are now snipers, rangers, and special forces.

The mix of these two ways of life is a golden comedic recipe.

The target audience for this show is wide-ranging, from people interested in situational comedy to veterans, musicians, prideful Americans, and much more.

NOTE: I am a U.S. Army veteran and was a Sergeant in the Army Band for six years as a bass player and sound engineer. I lived this life.