BLUECOATS 2023 CENTER MARIMBA HEADCAM || The Garden of Love

This concludes my 6 year long Drum Corps journey, starting with Heat Wave in 2018 and ending with this show, the second highest Bluecoats scoring show of all time. I cannot thank enough all those who supported me to get me here.
Sorry about the hair getting in the way of the lens a few times 😅
COMING SOON: LEARN THE MUSIC FOR THIS HEADCAM!!
Recorded on Prelims Afternoon: August 10th, 2023.

[@_Methhead_]

We making it out of the chapel with this one 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@nicod3839]

LMAOOOO

[@crimsonstar1590]

🗣

[@babymerc8014]

REALL!!

[@slimjimmy5159]

Ok marimba

[@milkshake-380]

Beautiful

[@nicod3839]

Bloopit never disappoints

[@ThePeytonBlack]

BUMP PERSPECTIVE WAS CRAZY

[@tnorri25]

The passages at 5:03-5:38 and 7:40-8:20 are soo beautifully written & played. Killer chops as always!

[@kentarnold5688]

They are also one of the reasons I am NOT ready for BlooPit this year :(

[@joshhh.avilayt]

Nikolai gotta be one of the best center marimbas I’ve seen 💙

[@vanathan]

A spectacular musician and a fantastic leader, congratulations on the age out Nikolai

[@M0on1c]

I’ve always said that I like blue devils but bluecoats front ensemble writing was better in my opinion and this kind of solidified that. Bump wend CRAZY

[@dragonfruitcave]

hi owen

[@M0on1c]

@@dragonfruitcave no

[@dragonfruitcave]

@@M0on1c 😦

[@jacobsingson12_]

Im a huge Nikolai Coletta fan. Glad I met you back in December!

[@smoke_stacks]

rarick loves his pentatonic scales

[@lolzorgfykys]

a chapel a chapel a chapel 🤓
fr though i've been waiting for this this season, you're wicked! great job this year!

[@CoenWilson1]

JP introduced me to you at San Antonio and I've realized how cool it was to meet you. I don't know how you are this good it's crazy.

[@CouchPotato524]

COEN

[@CoenWilson1]

@@CouchPotato524what’s up

[@bkdoodles]

very inspirational, hopeful to take my marimba cams to dci one day

[@gxw_7779]

YEAHHHHHHHHH MY FAVORITE FRONT ENSEMBLE!!!

[@henwill8]

I love the the sound of those mallets, very articulate!

[@ThePeytonBlack]

nikolai is the best center marimba i’ve ever seen👹

[@shadowkille8r99]

Lol

[@Loganleach32307]

Ong

[@brennandennis6889]

Ong

[@vic_gutii]

Hi, reading that description really inspired me and I’m happy you had such a great summer. I will be auditioning for Atlanta CV in the fall and I really hope to start my Drum Corps journey there. You’re an amazing player, I really hope that one day I will get to march with the Bluecoats. 💙 :)

[@hxrnandxz7013]

ive been waiting for this video

[@unluckygd4672]

THE GOAT

[@rvrtornadogaming3419]

Met you on a free day nice cam hehe👹👹👹👹

[@DavidThePercussionist]

Yo WAKE UP NEW Nikolai Cam🗣️‼️

[@nic-farris]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@vanillatwilight1701]

oh my gosh i wish i had chops like this

[@WeMissDimebag]

I have to know, how did you guys manage meter in the flugelhorn portion of the balad? You’re all playing runs but the DM’s are still sitting and there’s no hands. How’d you determine tempo there?

[@jamil6045]

They’re just locked in 🤞🏿

[@jordancruz3598]

Nikolaiii omg😻😻

[@brennandennis6889]

Yo wake up new Nikolai just dropped

[@BaldMartin420]

WE MAKIN IT OUT OF THE GARDEN WITH DIS ONE 🥶🥶🥶🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Illytbh]

cmon now dont copy top comment and change one word

[@BaldMartin420]

@@Illytbh cmon don’t be that one bitch who cries about that

[@Ryanasuarusrex]

lmaoo frfr@@Illytbh

[@thatlegend57]

this is the one i’ve been waiting for ;)
it’s transcribing time 🫡

[@ryanbongo9981]

8:08 those right hand close lats were smoooth

[@pupsic0la]

1:05 - 1:24 is so sick

[@Mike-Brtn]

This is so good, is there anything on Spotify that sounds like this?

[@kitchencommaben4798]

i'm in awe of the sick fucking cowbell behind you during the bump

[@LynxWolf9309]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS LOL XD

[@skurc]

Did Ben Armeni do a good job, he’s the percussion director at my highschool and he does an amazing job!

[@nikolaicoletta]

Ben Armeni is amazing! He did a great job the two years he’s been here.

[@jamil6045]

Back a year later with the same question 😈: what mallets are y’all using
Ps: I marched my first year of dci this past season and I have way more respect for the things you guys do so keep going on bro 🤙🏿

[@SKoll1729]

Looks like IP 3003 Tom Rarick mallets (light gray), IP FS150s (dark gray softer mallet), and IP 1003 Jim Casella Mallets (the hard white ones)

[@GH_percussion]

where can i find this book to learn?

[@ryan_1314]

This might sound weird but you move like you're in one of those tiktoks that's filmed at half speed and manually sped up. You just put so much effort into the choreo and runs and it SHOWS.

[@Ryanasuarusrex]

YES MANNY YES HE DOES

[@22scams32]

Nikolai should just go back and tech for the bluecoats

[@sa1barba]

7:38

[@NotAFurry357]

3:00 reverse tripple laterals🥹

[@sebastianmarsol]

where my GoPro creds at 🤨

[@nikolaicoletta]

13:33

[@Glaciace]

the 🔵 🧥 lateral runs into 200 bpm runs and one handed octaves with perfect accuracy, i cant believe i listed to this &🪚 it