Eric, it’s really unfortunate to hear about your last place finishes on all 5 solos. But, I want you to know we are all proud of you no matter what! I’m sure you will not let it get you down, and you will get back to practicing 69 hours a day, so next year you can show them why you are the #1 EMC!
One of 2 things will happen from this, they will either make changes in the guidelines not allowing it again or there will be more people competing in categories like this. Regardless, you just made an impact on DCA and are a 5 time World Champ. Well done sir, well done.
given the low barrier of entry thing I can't see them being soo uptight about this that they are going to change the rules and to not allow for this to happen again. I think making the rules say something like this can't happen ever again would be slightly hypocritical of a competition with such a low barrier to entry.
You realize how dumb this is right? “Tenor” already being a descriptor of pitch… you can’t have a “bass tenor” so you would just switch the word tenor and you’d get “bass drums”… oh wait!
When I saw your "sheet music" I was thinking "oh so he's gonna play like maybe 20 notes or instrument then win by default." NOPE. YOU FREAKIN KILLED IT. Amazing performances on all the instruments man, a real joy to witness such oddball proficiency
@@MichaelG63 We Like to Party! by the Vengaboys! Dude, I about lost it, that was amazing. (90s kids will remember the song featured in the Six Flags commercial featuring dancer/choreographer Danny Teeson - in costume, he was not actually an old man)
Amazing job on all of your solos! Performing live for the first time in almost a year, on non-traditional instruments must be nerve-wracking, but you did a killer job holy hell! Awesome work Eric 'McLovin' Carr.
You're what we need in this world of Percussion. With everything getting more and more cut throat of "what can we do next", you're out here pushing boundaries while having the greatest time of your life. I'm positive that it took a lot of practice to get these solo's. We could hear the one thousandth sad story about "loss", "the adventure", "what it means to be", but no one is out here doing the crazy things you are, and for that, I appreciate you.
To me the most hilarious part is they just had you play all 5 in a row. As someone who's marched DCA and had to explain to every person what DCA is I really appreciate you doing this!
It was fun seeing you! I was the guy with Tradition who asked you to sign my tenor sticks and my buddy asked you to sign Morbius. We saw at finals you were wearing CT merch. Thank you for your support!
What I liked is you had FUN! You played to the crowd, and they fed it back to you. Great job. Would have been happier if my old team (Cabs) had won, but hey, you can't get everything you want!
Eric, as a retired Marine and father of an ECU Marching Pirate Bass Drummer, I love your channel. Keep up the great content and know that ECU is receptive to UA-camrs… we’d also be happy to have you here in Swansboro (next to LeJeune) if you want to come down and clinic with our drum line.
No! I'm sure they all know Eric/EMCproductions and were happy to have him perform and increase attendance at the I&E event. (And Loopy Grandma says "Watch your language, young man!!!" 😂😂🤣🤣
Love your channel. I'm getting ready to compete for MA Dance and Auxiliary in the colliegate color guard solo divisions. Thank goodness there is no age limit and I hope to inspire others like you did
That trick with the shoe was really nice. 13:20 Yeah Chicken Man! Congratulations! It reminded me of the time when I saw King Crimson in around 2018 and one of the drummers (they had three at the time) had a drum with a little tube to blow into and change the sound similarily.
@@RedDogMamaHD yeah, most of it is online now, but I still have a nice collection of alot of CDs. speaking of King Crimson, I'd love to see Erics reaction to the beat club performance of Lark's tongues in aspic I with Jamie Muir. (not sure if it wont get taken down tho)
Everything about this is awesome. What a killer display of creativity, musicianship, chops, and straight up fun. Nicely done. Way to rep Bush (and from what I've heard, Tradition too). Love it.
I live in Rochester and well I wish I saw you but I never did but holy hell I saw the dca championships and it was amazing I wish I saw you there too but damn I love you bro 😢👍🏻
I remember when I started highschool and wanted to play tenors. I took my dads roto Tom set and took it apart and made tenors to play at home. Personally I thought it was the best thing since Picasso
To be fair, that flub solo was as much stick solo as drum solo. ;) Looks like you managed to keep Steven from tagging along, which was a good thing! Man, you did awesome. You own the crowd for sure, lol. Wish I could have seen it in person.
Remember that awkward girl that sat behind you at i and e I’m her I also march in Cincinnati tradition (I’m the youngest person at 11 years old) i think I saw you in the Stands recording the drum line in our mech is that true
Growing up, I was in select coral groups, so I understand the long hours of practice and dedication behind the music, especially at a competitive level. EMC, thank you, you are typical of any who competes in DCI and goes on to greater things, like your service with the USMC. The gift of music, and the discipline it brings to those of us who gladly receive it, last a lifetime. Congratulations on your well-earned awards. Fantastic work.
Now I see why you always win so many gold medals. Also, imagine my surprise to actually not hear Jig 2 in there somewhere. I do have one question as I am not familiar with roto drums. What exactly is the point of rotating the drums? does it change the tuning?
Genuine question that I desperately hope to get an answer for: Is there a name for the technique where you pressed down on the drum head with the stick to induce a pitch change? My searches have yielded nothing.
EMC really just doing side quests after besting the game of percussion
When DCA becomes a side quest you know you've won. This guys on new game+
He always be beating the game of percussion on expert +
Already beat it on Mastermode so the admins created new DLC just for him
Where would I get a times are tough shirt? Please let me know. Excellent drumming.
Exactly
Eric, it’s really unfortunate to hear about your last place finishes on all 5 solos. But, I want you to know we are all proud of you no matter what! I’m sure you will not let it get you down, and you will get back to practicing 69 hours a day, so next year you can show them why you are the #1 EMC!
wait im confused i thought he got top on all of them ?
@@claudekim7876 ‘tis a jokey joke
@@claudekim7876 He got first and last in each category because he was the only one in each category.
This comment here is gold. 👏👏👏
You win the internet 🤣
One of 2 things will happen from this, they will either make changes in the guidelines not allowing it again or there will be more people competing in categories like this. Regardless, you just made an impact on DCA and are a 5 time World Champ. Well done sir, well done.
given the low barrier of entry thing I can't see them being soo uptight about this that they are going to change the rules and to not allow for this to happen again. I think making the rules say something like this can't happen ever again would be slightly hypocritical of a competition with such a low barrier to entry.
Also who in the right mind would make their own wacky instrument just to compete with Eric
Only one that's reasonable is the Flub solo
The roto-tom solo was actually pretty lit. Then you bust out the SCV bass cadence for the bass solo and I’m like 🤯 yaaasssss
I just watched your 2010 First Place DCA Snare Solo! Amazing! It will be 12 years since you posted it tomorrow!
You seriously missed a perfect opportunity to call the bass drums the “contrabass tenors.”
You realize how dumb this is right? “Tenor” already being a descriptor of pitch… you can’t have a “bass tenor” so you would just switch the word tenor and you’d get “bass drums”… oh wait!
I suppose one could say "contrabass quads".
@@LeakyJAZZ that's the point
@@kaikaichen that’s better
@@LeakyJAZZ bro missed the joke
If you didn't know this was a competition, it looks like one of the craziest busking gigs ever. There should be a hat full of money at your feet.
It would have been hilarious if someone else had shown up with mega-tenors to give you a run for your money
Connor Ferguson.
@@Apollostowel oh my
When I saw your "sheet music" I was thinking "oh so he's gonna play like maybe 20 notes or instrument then win by default." NOPE. YOU FREAKIN KILLED IT. Amazing performances on all the instruments man, a real joy to witness such oddball proficiency
Yeah, oddball for sure ... I'm sure he could walk away with bags of money playing in Times Square everyday
Of course you won them all!!!
My favorite part: 10:47 In the Hall of the Mountain King! A nice classical touch! 🥁
i love that part
And The Lion Sleeps Tonight at 11:15
Another song at 12:00, I think Coffin Dance.
And probably others that I'm too ignorant to recognize.
@@MichaelG63 We Like to Party! by the Vengaboys! Dude, I about lost it, that was amazing.
(90s kids will remember the song featured in the Six Flags commercial featuring dancer/choreographer Danny Teeson - in costume, he was not actually an old man)
@@TrojanManSCP For a Halloween Party years ago, one of our female Harley riders dressed up as that guy! She really was perfect as that character!
It kinda sounded like he was playing my school's marching cadence for a sec
The M stands for Michael
This is lore everyone should know
I thought it stood for Micah
emc lore
It's truly an amazing thing to watch a skilled percussionist create music from the oddest collections of instruments... and make it look easy.
Can't wait for the video 10 years from now where you come back and transcribe these solos and play em all again
YESSIR
Amazing job on all of your solos! Performing live for the first time in almost a year, on non-traditional instruments must be nerve-wracking, but you did a killer job holy hell! Awesome work Eric 'McLovin' Carr.
He has nerves of steel for sure. The guy is not afraid to go out and make people laugh doing goofy stuff, and that can be hard to do
@@palibakufun oh yeah absolutely. I cannot perform solo in front of an audience. My nerves would get to me way too easily lmao
Dayum dude. The USMC should have just let you film whatever you wanted to film....just to keep you in the D&B.
Yeah, they screwed that pooch big time
I was just thinking this. Marines done fucked around and found out
4:03-7:10
Mega Tenors Solo
7:17-9:53
Octobans Solo
9:59-13:18
Roto Tenors Solo
13:27-15:54
Marching Bass Drums Stack Solo
16:03-18:40 Flub Drum Solo
🏆🥇What. A. LEGEND!!!!🥇🏆
they really just let eric do anything nowadays, love it
The M stands for masterpiece. Those solos were awesome
The M is his middle initial
@@LENNIE-LCO Eric Masterpiece Carr
@@cozycowboy Charles Entertainment Cheese
You're what we need in this world of Percussion. With everything getting more and more cut throat of "what can we do next", you're out here pushing boundaries while having the greatest time of your life. I'm positive that it took a lot of practice to get these solo's. We could hear the one thousandth sad story about "loss", "the adventure", "what it means to be", but no one is out here doing the crazy things you are, and for that, I appreciate you.
This is proof that the feel and tuning of the drums changes what kind of inspiration hits you
for us, the mega tenors are what normal tenors look like for non percussionists
EMC is like the Blue Devils when it comes to I&E he's just simply unmatched
EMC is unmatched because who else plays drums for 40 hrs a day x 7 days a week x 365 days a year? He's the Ling Ling of percussion
To me the most hilarious part is they just had you play all 5 in a row.
As someone who's marched DCA and had to explain to every person what DCA is I really appreciate you doing this!
“Let’s get it over with 🙄”
When I got there and saw him, I took my octabons and flub drums and went home. 😔
Let’s be honest only Eric can truly make a Flub drum solo look and sound so cool!
This is super cool! Congrats on the win! I have never heard of this DCA I&E compition.
It was fun seeing you! I was the guy with Tradition who asked you to sign my tenor sticks and my buddy asked you to sign Morbius. We saw at finals you were wearing CT merch. Thank you for your support!
What I liked is you had FUN! You played to the crowd, and they fed it back to you. Great job. Would have been happier if my old team (Cabs) had won, but hey, you can't get everything you want!
I heard there was a guy named Stephen that said he will take you down next year on the Flub Drum.
Eric, as a retired Marine and father of an ECU Marching Pirate Bass Drummer, I love your channel. Keep up the great content and know that ECU is receptive to UA-camrs… we’d also be happy to have you here in Swansboro (next to LeJeune) if you want to come down and clinic with our drum line.
The flub drum solo ending was fantastic. Such fast clicking into a slam onto the drum
This is one of the most entertaining and fun videos I've ever seen on YT!!! Bravo!!!
the people who ran this program were probably like "what the fuck is a mega tenor?"
No! I'm sure they all know Eric/EMCproductions and were happy to have him perform and increase attendance at the I&E event. (And Loopy Grandma says "Watch your language, young man!!!" 😂😂🤣🤣
Nahh… they saw here’s a guy paying us $50 let him play whatever he wants.
14:33 the lighting + your camera quality is so good that it looks like you've been greenscreened in
Love your channel. I'm getting ready to compete for MA Dance and Auxiliary in the colliegate color guard solo divisions. Thank goodness there is no age limit and I hope to inspire others like you did
i love how much you know every instrument in it special kind and bring the best sound out of them =) greetings from germany
Hey, UA-cam, great job, man. So many gimmicks, man. UA-cam, you’re the man, UA-cam.
If you dressed in Steven’s outfit for the flub drum solo that would’ve been so hilarious
Most underrated channel on UA-cam
That trick with the shoe was really nice.
13:20 Yeah Chicken Man!
Congratulations!
It reminded me of the time when I saw King Crimson in around 2018 and one of the drummers (they had three at the time) had a drum with a little tube to blow into and change the sound similarily.
Wow! King Crimson! I still have all my vinyl! Fond Memories! I need to listen to this and Emerson Lake and Palmer again!
@@RedDogMamaHD yeah, most of it is online now, but I still have a nice collection of alot of CDs.
speaking of King Crimson, I'd love to see Erics reaction to the beat club performance of Lark's tongues in aspic I with Jamie Muir. (not sure if it wont get taken down tho)
That was me cheering for chicken man
That roto-tom solo had so many songs crammed into it, like howww
I loved meeting you, these were so cool in person.
As a tenor player (alumni) I gotta say, excellent solo on the mega-tenors! . . . even if there were a handful of rim clicks on sweeps . . .
The M stands for MINI , when it should be switched to W for WUMBO
0:23 underrated joke, it’s a tenor trombone.
Good morning! This is video number 10 of me asking Eric to make a set of tenors out of differently sized snare drums.
marching snares? are there enough different sizes?
@@bruh-ez4wo i don't know it could be concert snares or drum set snares. I don't know just thought it would be cool.
@@Goalie29 yea itd probably work with drum set snares or something
Everything about this is awesome. What a killer display of creativity, musicianship, chops, and straight up fun. Nicely done. Way to rep Bush (and from what I've heard, Tradition too). Love it.
All the "Yups" and "Yeahs" coming from the crowd goes to show your skills and showmanship. 10 outta 10!
The slo-mo claw on the flub bro...😂
Congratulations Eric. Epic solos my friend! I really enjoyed your solos and found them most entertaining.
Today is the day I heard "We Like to Party" on rototoms, which is a occurrence I'd never think of hearing, but I'm happy I did.
I live in Rochester and well I wish I saw you but I never did but holy hell I saw the dca championships and it was amazing I wish I saw you there too but damn I love you bro 😢👍🏻
I remember when I started highschool and wanted to play tenors. I took my dads roto Tom set and took it apart and made tenors to play at home. Personally I thought it was the best thing since Picasso
Quite an honor to have your skills showcased there. I hope you come back!
This was pretty epic all the way around! 💙🥁💙
they should call them gold colored metals,when I won my first one,I thought,I can sell it and help my parents out.Pawn shop guy laughed at me.😭😭😭😭🤣
You're getting really good at the green-screen. It almost looked like you were really out there on the street performing!
You would have scored higher on bass drum if you had all 5.
There was one dude in the crowd just loving it. You could tell he was looking forward to hearing this guy play each time
Eric, thanks for wearing a Cincinnati Tradition hoodie at championships! It meant a lot to our members to see you hyping us at finals!
They have last place medals? Sweet! I'll sign up next year so you can move up a spot. 😂. Nice job brother!
To be fair, that flub solo was as much stick solo as drum solo. ;) Looks like you managed to keep Steven from tagging along, which was a good thing! Man, you did awesome. You own the crowd for sure, lol. Wish I could have seen it in person.
Your creativity and story telling is top notch.
Sum up of all the solos
CRASH! BOOM! BAM!
Yooo was that Vengabus at 12:03 that was sick!
Thank you for your service Eric. 🙏
kudos to the five solos which all fitted the instruments so well
Video 2 of asking you to look at Lake Travis HS marching show from last year. It is called Please be Seated. The show effects are great.
Dude I was cheering like crazy here at home! great job!!!! It gave me the chills man!
Great job Eric "Magic Hands" Carr 🌟🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇Congratulations!
The M in Eric M Carr stands for Megatenors
I wish I could click 5 likes for 5 solos! Nice job!
Haha the props for transporting all the equipment was the best part.
They used to have a much larger crowd and a stage setup, kinda weird seeing how small it is now.
Have you ever tried entering one of these competitions just playing sticks?
Catching Tim Jackson 2006 vibes on the mega tenor solo
The M has to stand for Michael it’s the only name that sounds right in the middle of Eric Carr.
I can’t believe I get to watch this talent for free!
4:05 Eric is so adorable when he is shying 😂😂 But it went very well!
Remember that awkward girl that sat behind you at i and e I’m her I also march in Cincinnati tradition (I’m the youngest person at 11 years old) i think I saw you in the Stands recording the drum line in our mech is that true
I’m super impressed with how clever your compositions were with each respective performance/instrument. Very creative and well executed!
This is so entertaining to watch!!! I aspire to be as great as you some day!! Please keep up this awesome content!!!
Growing up, I was in select coral groups, so I understand the long hours of practice and dedication behind the music, especially at a competitive level. EMC, thank you, you are typical of any who competes in DCI and goes on to greater things, like your service with the USMC. The gift of music, and the discipline it brings to those of us who gladly receive it, last a lifetime. Congratulations on your well-earned awards. Fantastic work.
This is one of my favorite videos. Thanks for sharing
When I was in Junior High I played marching roto toms!
But seriously… your solos are PERFECT for the DCA environment! ❤️ Digging all of this!
…and the growing pile of drums behind you with each solo… 😂
I don’t envy you for having to transport all that out to Rochester.
Pro tip make a new instrument, win first place
You fools... The M stands for Musical Madman, but it's concentrated down to one M for more impact...
I'd like to see Eric as a hibachi chef.
Now I see why you always win so many gold medals. Also, imagine my surprise to actually not hear Jig 2 in there somewhere. I do have one question as I am not familiar with roto drums. What exactly is the point of rotating the drums? does it change the tuning?
This is insane great job🎉
Sweet playing!!!! I will pick up my sticks and keep practicing some new stuff!!! Clave rules!!!
Sick Nasty on the weird … errrr … I mean avant-garde instruments..
Nothing short of awesome, and my favorite was the roto-toms.
"Excellent finger control on lose head." Oh my! XD
What a legend
DCA: hey it's that guy, let's just approve him, it'll be fun
“You deserve it just for getting the stuff here”
I almost feel like you should’ve had a tip jar out when playing all of this! 😂
I wonder if they approved the mega-tenor drum solo because they were like "what in the f**k is a mega-tenor??"
Genuine question that I desperately hope to get an answer for: Is there a name for the technique where you pressed down on the drum head with the stick to induce a pitch change? My searches have yielded nothing.
I don't think there is a name. I just call it a pitch bend.
@@EMCproductions Thanks!
Glad you had fun! That looked like a sweet crowd.