About Us

Our Mission

MakeTheLine - 2025

MakeTheLine is a marching arts brand that provides students everywhere with access to the tools they need to achieve their marching goals, and connects marchers with professional instructors from around the top of the marching community.

Our amazing MakeTheLine instructors have marched and taught at numerous DCI and WGI groups, including Blue Devils, Bluecoats, Carolina Crown, Broken City, Pulse, RCC, and Thesis, with rich knowledge of various techniques and marching styles. We strive to give every student the ability to achieve their marching dreams without any geographical boundaries that have and continue to limit members of the community from less prominent hotspots of the performing arts community.

Our Instructors

  • Will Belford

    Tenor Instructor

    Founder

  • A smiling woman wearing a tan wide-brimmed hat and a beige shirt standing in a colorful flower field under a clear blue sky.

    Zoe Chidambaram

    Bass Instructor

  • A marching band member playing a bass drum on a football field during a nighttime performance.

    Patrick Dalton

    Bass Instructor

  • Four young men dressed in matching colorful athletic uniforms playing drums in a gymnasium.

    Philipp Droste

    Snare Instructor

  • Smiling young person with earrings, nose ring, and a necklace, wearing a gray hoodie, standing in front of a gray background.

    Nels Lebakken

    Tenor & Bass Instructor

  • A young man with glasses, black T-shirt, and tattoos on his arm, holding a plastic cup of coffee, looking at it thoughtfully inside a building with brick and glass architecture.

    Liam Maxwell

    Tenor Instructor

  • Young man smiling on a wooden pier overlooking the ocean with a clear blue sky.

    Luthfi Bima Anadea Pamula

    Snare Instructor

  • Smiling young person with short dark hair, wearing a dark patterned short-sleeve shirt, standing against a beige wall.

    Michaela Perez

    Snare Instructor

  • Person wearing a green beanie, sunglasses, and a floral-patterned jacket holding a metronome in front of a camera at an outdoor event, with a group of people in the background.

    Caleb Pitt

    Bass & Cymbal Instructor

  • A young man with curly hair and sunglasses taking a selfie in front of an abstract painting with swirling figures and warm colors.

    Jonathan Walker

    Snare Instructor

  • A person with long, curly hair wearing sunglasses, a headband, and a backpack, standing outdoors with others and musical drums in the background.

    Caleb Ward

    Snare Instructor