To everyone who has or will leave a negative comment on this video: There’s literally no point. This drumline played incredibly hard music extremely clean. Sure, they don’t always march at particularly big step sizes while playing, but the body/visuals they have while playing is much harder than moving in one direction per phrase. To anybody that’s said something about how this music is easy and that you played harder stuff in high school, please post a video in the comments of you playing along to the video. We’d all love to see it. Please understand the years and years of dedication, late nights of practicing, anger, tears, and rejection that each one of these performers endured in order to end up marching this line. Then think again about posting something negative. Thank you.
Bro ppl really being saying that they played harder stuff in high school, I have yet to see one high school snare line that can start a rep clean lol. They're young musicians, they shouldn't even be compared, it's insulting to the performers (you're calling them trash), and to the high schoolers
MichalH you spin the stick around your left thumb and end in a match grip position with the butt facing the drum and the right hand just has a circular clockwise motion with the stick in the palm
It’s not done by one person. A Bass Line is usually split up between multiple people. The Blue Devils Bass Line consists of 5 people. But, yes. The accuracy of the bass splits is just insane.
Imagine running that stair part set by set and your instructor says take it back and then you do it again and the trombones mess it up (darn trombones) and then you have to do it over and over again
They are rubber tipped sticks. The whole point of the sticks were to mute the snares a lil bit. (the reason being that there were so many snares during the opener) But yeah, they are just rubber tipped sticks.
hitting_things_with _broken_trees if he still hasn’t sent it, a few months ago I wrote out a transcript of about 2/3rds of the movement I never finished(oops. I’m a busy guy lol) I can send a link to what I have if you want, it includes the groove.
I see where you’re coming from, I’ve always wished their line played more through out the show, they’re so talented I want to see more but I’ve come to appreciate the parts they do play in more. This was especially true in 2019 when they only had about 3 chunks of playing. I just wanna hear more
Yoi guys must be around some pretty awesome highschools cause i can assure you that at least all the high schools i visited on the east coats are like baby steps compared to this
Look up Chino Hills or Ayala High school drumlines. Their music is way more intense than this! My high school book was also harder than this show. Yes, they're clean, but compared to previous years and other drum corps this is pretty simple music!
Brandon Ah Yes, some high schools have a book at the skill level of this or harder, but I would rate this show at the level of your average college or high end high school. My book for this season was slightly easier than this, but was still a challenge
The opening and closing vocals is a recording of former director, Jerry Seawright, announcing the corps at it's very first field competition in 1971. Many of us alums who marched around the time Jerry was around got more than a bit misty eyed when we heard his voice.
Why did you guys change the first measure of the snare lick? I thought the old way built up nicely into the fast singles. The triplet flams don't seem to flow as well into the singles. Any reason why it was changed?
sullimd they probably changed it because they were having trouble staying clean when playing it so the change in the beginning helped them stay together
Obviously no offense to the drummers and performers who put their hearts into this performance. I just can't get down with this writing. It's a lot of tap rolls and metric changes with some flams, that's it. I know that this music is hard to perform with the rest of the band, and it is pretty hard on it's own, but it's fairly boring to me. In my opinion, every dci finalist corps had a more interesting and likable book than the blue devils. Look at Rennick's book; it's innovative, interesting, and extremely difficult. While this book may be challenging, it's neither new nor interesting (to me anyway) and that bums me out. Again, this is no offense to any performers and/or people involved in this video, it's just my own opinions about this book. If you want to, please tell me what you think.
ImThatRandomDude I've always thought the same thing. The only time they write in cool licks are the snare features. Compare the writing to SCV or BCs - where they're ramming notes the entire time. And BDs made the book easier for the finals - they changed the opening measure of the snare lick, they changed the "wave" effect of the opening 16 snares. That's all I've found yet, there may be more. Not sure why they practice licks all year, then for finals make them easier. The parts they changed were clean.
How do you guys play in time with everyone when you’re way in the back. And how do u make it sound together to the judges. There has to be some kind of delay in sound right?
There is indeed a delay in sound. Normally the drumline is the section that sets the tempo, and the drum majors watch their feet for time, since light travels faster than sound.
Infinity I mean, no. Look at SCV. During their snare break 2016, probably some of the hardest snare music ever played in a line, they were flying across the field. THAT was fucking impressive. It would still have been cool with easier drill, but it was so much cooler with them taking huge steps at 180 than it would have been at a standstill.
Why is that person with bass 1 sprinting across the field and not being in line or tempo at all with the duts or the other bases the others were in line and in tempo but not that person Edit: i know i am pretty late Dont judge me
Depends on how long you played before leaving the percussion world and joining color guard. Also by play with charts do you mean sight read? If so, no shot. It would take you hundreds of attempts to play this perfectly I guarantee.
Seems to me DCI is becoming less about actually playing drums and more about theater and running around a lot. We did more playing in my high school line.
Ditto! DCI shows are more about music educators showing off their years of music study by rearranging symphonies that the audience do not recognize nor appreciate. What's wrong with Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory" versus some obscure composer's symphony #7 in D Minor?
Conflux yes. They marched that music with 16 snare drums and it was the cleanest show of the night... hence the reason the judges whom actually know what they’re talking about voted them #1
Your drills and formations are very,very impressive. I can only imagine the endless hours devoted to make it look that clean. Great job!
Eh. Could be better
@@Flooby06 technically anything “can be better”
To everyone who has or will leave a negative comment on this video:
There’s literally no point. This drumline played incredibly hard music extremely clean. Sure, they don’t always march at particularly big step sizes while playing, but the body/visuals they have while playing is much harder than moving in one direction per phrase.
To anybody that’s said something about how this music is easy and that you played harder stuff in high school, please post a video in the comments of you playing along to the video. We’d all love to see it.
Please understand the years and years of dedication, late nights of practicing, anger, tears, and rejection that each one of these performers endured in order to end up marching this line. Then think again about posting something negative.
Thank you.
SilverTheFlame very well said! Couldn’t agree more.
no u
well said
Bro ppl really being saying that they played harder stuff in high school, I have yet to see one high school snare line that can start a rep clean lol. They're young musicians, they shouldn't even be compared, it's insulting to the performers (you're calling them trash), and to the high schoolers
Nicely stated!
Lol I found myself saying “hmmm, yes, quite”, and “introducing: the krabby patty” wata time! My eyes!
I had a dollar for every double gok shot I would have 43 $
No one:
Literally No one:
My metronome: 3:48
5:45 sounds sweet
Yes
At 1:14 you can see the pit player who made the other gopro video
my man michael tran
And the drummer who made the other one
It’s all connected my friend
I just realized half way through the video i watched this whole shoe live😂😂
Trace Ncdermott It was a really good shoe
All I want in life is to play double stroke rolls with 7 other guys with the same interpretation
Learn the push pull method for diddles
@@qsgamingandoutdoors4451 its not meant for when playing rolls super fast
5:46 what kind of a stick trick is that? I can't even comprehend that with my tiny little percussionist brain
Gaming On Console a thumb spin on the left into a pancake on the right
Ben StClair thanks, I figured out the thumb spin just gotta figure out the pancake part
@@Panda_man1357 can you translate into english plz
MichalH you spin the stick around your left thumb and end in a match grip position with the butt facing the drum and the right hand just has a circular clockwise motion with the stick in the palm
lil thumb roll with a back stick after it
I've never felt more congested than listening to this trying to hear everything but the drums
6:00 theres no way anybody except bass jesus played that
Gryd 🤦♂️
It’s not done by one person. A Bass Line is usually split up between multiple people. The Blue Devils Bass Line consists of 5 people. But, yes. The accuracy of the bass splits is just insane.
@@PugCuber i know, but bass jesus succumbs to no rules
@@PugCuber yooooo wassup christopher
He's wearing his bluecoats section shorts lol oof
Thanks for posting, and congrats to Ryan for the great I&E solo as well. Great job BD snares - fantastic book played great.
You forgetting miles kenobbie with a first place I&E tenor, or zachary hudson with a first place drum set?
Its not all about snare
@@heatherdenam8955 k
@@heatherdenam8955 one year late, but this is a snare cam video not a quad cam or set cam
I know I’m not the only one who at 10:04 thinks “here’s where the music get *SeXy* !”
just coz the trombone UWU
Oh yeah the sliding in the music UGH
The trombone feature is sick
It doesn't have to be hard to be amazing!
AmPalp except that this is hard
That’s what’s she said? He said?
@@bibicus1691 it is difficult music but compared to other years and corps this book wasn’t as hard as dci drum lines usually play.
What was that clap around 5:11 for😂😂😂😂looks funny
1:30 that was cool
Yeah. It’s a 4-Way-Split. There’s also one that starts at 0:33. Ryan was part of the first group of 4 in that 4-Way-Split.
@@PugCuber I don’t think that was a split, it sounded more like a canon to me but I could be wrong.
Yes! Love these drum cams! You uploaded them so fast haha. Congratulations BD!
Good
10:05 what are they playing?
Matt Ramos da
Trombones
Trombones
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PLEASE next year let them get a drum feature without pop music
Ian you thought
Immediately uses Michael Jackson as source material
Ha I’m 2019 it’s even worse
Gabe H. What song did they use for 2019?
@@xXGAPPLEPvPXxGapL nothing.. they used shoes
Now watch this back to back with the snare cam from SCV's book and see who's playing what...
Look at the Blue Devils 1976 show, then you’ll understand where this came from.
Imagine running that stair part set by set and your instructor says take it back and then you do it again and the trombones mess it up (darn trombones) and then you have to do it over and over again
Hey bones aren’t that incompetent
@@jacobbau8328 you would be surprised how many times I hear "well it seems the trombones have more important matters to discuss" during band camp
@@jacobbau8328 👀 be honest with yourself
It's crazy to think he's the caption head of the scouts this next season
he’s an amazing caption head!!!
RIP Stick At 10:50
Yep!
Rip basses at 6:02
aww the thank you at 2:50
I love the music in this show. So many amazing features and moments, executed so incredibly well. So triumphant sounding, as well.
Thank You Miles Kenobbie
does anyone know what kind of sticks those are the beginning with the blue tips?
They are rubber tipped sticks. The whole point of the sticks were to mute the snares a lil bit. (the reason being that there were so many snares during the opener) But yeah, they are just rubber tipped sticks.
This book especially the drum break at the end is ALOT harder than everybody is giving it credit for. Btw...
I could watch this all day
I never realized how many spots in the show the snares didn't play.
WHOAH that ghost note at 8:26
i think thats an audio glitch lol
Sorry, that is a stitching error that happened when the GoPro recorded a full 12 minutes and then switched to a new clip.
Daniel Mendez no its a tenor drum
Can someone please transcribe that sick groove at 5:45?
hitting_things_with _broken_trees my friend actually did today. Once we put it into Sibelius I'll give you the link
MrSirEric sick man thanks!
He hasn’t sent the link and I really want to learn that part 😂😂😂☹️☹️☹️
hitting_things_with _broken_trees if he still hasn’t sent it, a few months ago I wrote out a transcript of about 2/3rds of the movement I never finished(oops. I’m a busy guy lol) I can send a link to what I have if you want, it includes the groove.
Bryan Criswell Can you send the link
Did they play flight of the bumblebee?
Yes.
Yes
Introducing the Krabby Patty
at 10:49 one of them drops their snare stick
lightwithNshdow1 rip
They have extras (Commonly called “Drop Sticks”)
i noticed rhis
Lol wish I could do that I'm only in 7nth grade my 2nd year in band after this I'm dead inside ( I thought I was good). :(
the Legend 27 just practice
the Legend 27 don't worry man, you'll be really good in time if you keep practicing
This dude is probably 20 years old he's got years of experience. Keep up the practice you can be at this level
I played in high school and this is still very impressive.
Welcome to freshman year- if you're still playing, have fun :)
FINALLY!!! IVE BEEN WAITING FOREVER FOR THIS!!!
Omg a couple days ago I watched another drummer he was filming this too he was like the second or third one from him
Snare cam by Ryan Ellis posted by Miles kenobbie
Life’s great.
I can’t wait till high school 😭
Have fun!
The split base is insane
10:28 Bill Laimbeer?😂 Like that old Pistons player?
I’m in the 8th grade and it’s my dream to be on the Blue Devils one day
Evan Kawasaki you go for it man, don’t let anyone stop you. However I will warn you DCI comes with a cost (literally, that cost is 3,000 deneros)
What song is that at 7:00
Que baquetas usa ?
I love the Blue Devils but that's a boring ass book.
Scott P trewrgj
Like you’ve played better beats
@@joshuasilva9290 It's an opinion about the show, not a slight on the abilities of any of the players or staff, calm down bro.
I see where you’re coming from, I’ve always wished their line played more through out the show, they’re so talented I want to see more but I’ve come to appreciate the parts they do play in more. This was especially true in 2019 when they only had about 3 chunks of playing. I just wanna hear more
How tf do you memorize the music and the places you need to go to?! It’s insane
reps, reps, reps
@@TylerDunphy what do you mean by reps im tryna get the hang of memorzing the notes
@@specialgamer2789 repeated reps, just keep practicing sections over and over until you can't mess it up
@@TylerDunphy thanks alot needed that
When are they gonna say goose?
Shalinado :D 😂😂 probably 11 months later🤷♂️
I don’t know why I loved the stick clicks do much at 1:30
I might be 4 years late to ask this question but why do the snare change sticks?
To not damage the sticks notice when he changes them to the ones without the blue tips he hits the rim
the ones at the start have rubber tips to reduce attack because there are 16 snares when the rest of the line plays they switch to the other sticks
What sticks are you using?
scott johnson signature snare sticks.
Is it just me or does this seem like music typically written for a high school drumline? It's not exactly complicated by any means!
Brandon Ah Yea I can eyeball the whole Book
Yoi guys must be around some pretty awesome highschools cause i can assure you that at least all the high schools i visited on the east coats are like baby steps compared to this
Look up Chino Hills or Ayala High school drumlines. Their music is way more intense than this! My high school book was also harder than this show. Yes, they're clean, but compared to previous years and other drum corps this is pretty simple music!
Definitely harder than a high schools book, but also definitely a bit lacking for The Blue Devils™
Brandon Ah Yes, some high schools have a book at the skill level of this or harder, but I would rate this show at the level of your average college or high end high school. My book for this season was slightly easier than this, but was still a challenge
where the vocals at tho like last year had so many
Daniel Mendez "da da da da da da da da da da da da da uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh"
The opening and closing vocals is a recording of former director, Jerry Seawright, announcing the corps at it's very first field competition in 1971.
Many of us alums who marched around the time Jerry was around got more than a bit misty eyed when we heard his voice.
Listen to the snare/quad version of this show
Before this vid I got 2 unskippable ads
Anyone else struggle with that on other vids
9:58
Why did you guys change the first measure of the snare lick? I thought the old way built up nicely into the fast singles. The triplet flams don't seem to flow as well into the singles. Any reason why it was changed?
sullimd they probably changed it because they were having trouble staying clean when playing it so the change in the beginning helped them stay together
LordRJ that's usually why, but it was clean all season.
absolutly insane very impressive
How many movements are in this one?
I loved when they played with Top Secret ❤️
Obviously no offense to the drummers and performers who put their hearts into this performance.
I just can't get down with this writing. It's a lot of tap rolls and metric changes with some flams, that's it. I know that this music is hard to perform with the rest of the band, and it is pretty hard on it's own, but it's fairly boring to me. In my opinion, every dci finalist corps had a more interesting and likable book than the blue devils. Look at Rennick's book; it's innovative, interesting, and extremely difficult. While this book may be challenging, it's neither new nor interesting (to me anyway) and that bums me out. Again, this is no offense to any performers and/or people involved in this video, it's just my own opinions about this book. If you want to, please tell me what you think.
ImThatRandomDude I've always thought the same thing. The only time they write in cool licks are the snare features. Compare the writing to SCV or BCs - where they're ramming notes the entire time. And BDs made the book easier for the finals - they changed the opening measure of the snare lick, they changed the "wave" effect of the opening 16 snares. That's all I've found yet, there may be more. Not sure why they practice licks all year, then for finals make them easier. The parts they changed were clean.
They also don't march hardly at all when playing compared to SCV, cadets, cavaliers, or even coats.
ImThatRandomDude in my opinion SCV plays the same book every single year nearly .. cause that's what wins
ImThatRandomDude I dunno, drum break seemed pretty interesting to me lol
it was interesting, but again, tap rolls and flams
How do you guys play in time with everyone when you’re way in the back. And how do u make it sound together to the judges. There has to be some kind of delay in sound right?
There is indeed a delay in sound. Normally the drumline is the section that sets the tempo, and the drum majors watch their feet for time, since light travels faster than sound.
Watching the drum major is everyone's most important job
@@fitchyyboi when in dci the drum major isnt as important as in a high school band per say
how come Ryan was second from the outside when he had like the most experience?(1 year at spirit 2 at coats and 3 at devils)
they often put their best players spaced out to create a very clean line
if you put all the super clean players in the center then its harder for the outer line to listen in and etc
5:10 that fortnite clap
What top head is that?
Jackson Merriam its the system blue evans head
What gopro did you use?
Quick question. Where are the basses at the beginning? I see someone hand this dude a drum. Is that from a bass? I’m confused. Send help
Bradley Sowers that was another snare
I’m pretty sure they were all playing snare in the beginning. I know the tenors were.
I think all except for bass 4 and 5 were on snares. 9 snares, 4 tenors, and 3 basses makes 16 snares
Notice every time they start drumming they either stop or do easy drill
Infinity I mean, no. Look at SCV. During their snare break 2016, probably some of the hardest snare music ever played in a line, they were flying across the field. THAT was fucking impressive. It would still have been cool with easier drill, but it was so much cooler with them taking huge steps at 180 than it would have been at a standstill.
Notice how you aren’t on bd’s drumline. Just saying, no matter what they are really good. And that’s coming from a guy who’s scv all the way.
Jacob Wetzel Amen brother
Ethan Bates playing any of the notes they could play, being that clean while marching a 35 to 5 would be hard.
zack h well if every other core can find a way to do it I’m sure they can
Idky but at 10:08 I really like it 🤷🏼♀️😂 love the blue devils
What cind of the drum is that
Marching snare
Why did he take that one guys snare
They had to take away the snares that the tenors were using in the beginning of the show
Why three extra sticks exactly?
One’s a drop stick and I believe the other pair was used at the start for a different sound but I’m not entirely sure
Jeez I didn't realize they played so little in the beginning!
This is so cool!!!
what heads are those
evans system blue 14”
Is brandon there?
no
のんしろ so... where is he now? I hope he didn't give up.
He took a summer off for college stuff I believe
Nah he was with SCVG
Sorry SCV
Anyone plz help how can you get the drum sticks with a blue ball
Elijah's Gaming Rubber Tipped Scott Johnsons
Miles Kenobbie how come there isn’t the blue tipped
Elijah's Gaming Look up "promark rubber tipped scott johnson stick" and a bunch of options will appear.
11:20 🔥🔥🔥
Why does it say evans? That’s the name of my HS
That’s he drum head brand that Blue Devils and many drum corps use.
evans is a drumhead brand?
sticks 2b? using?
promark system blue scott johnson txdc17w
This is very good
I can play 4:22 and im a brass player in middle school with no experience with percussion.... hehehe
Impressive! I can’t even imagine the talent ✨✨✨
What was that other snare at 2:49
They had to take away the snares that the tenors were using in the beginning of the show
They used a the background theme music from Interstellar
The cough at 12:14...
Why is that person with bass 1 sprinting across the field and not being in line or tempo at all with the duts or the other bases the others were in line and in tempo but not that person
Edit: i know i am pretty late
Dont judge me
Why are they playing it with rubber tip drumsticks
different sound, probably also less loud because they have so many snares
honestly
i’m in colorgaurd
(used to play percussion)
i could probably play this with charts
Oliver Thompson no
Oliver Thompson good luck lol
Depends on how long you played before leaving the percussion world and joining color guard. Also by play with charts do you mean sight read? If so, no shot. It would take you hundreds of attempts to play this perfectly I guarantee.
no.
Very very beautiful good
Dut. Btw that was awesome
yo i saw a blue bead thing on the ground
they were at the bills stadium
Seems to me DCI is becoming less about actually playing drums and more about theater and running around a lot. We did more playing in my high school line.
Powder Keg this isn’t your high school line.
I'd like to see your high school line do anything like this unless you went to chino hills or a ayala or something like that
Ditto! DCI shows are more about music educators showing off their years of music study by rearranging symphonies that the audience do not recognize nor appreciate. What's wrong with Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory" versus some obscure composer's symphony #7 in D Minor?
Dick Hunglo have you seen the sheet music?
Conflux yes. They marched that music with 16 snare drums and it was the cleanest show of the night... hence the reason the judges whom actually know what they’re talking about voted them #1
Bass line at 6:00 SOLID!!!!
I want $1 for every “DUT” I hear.
Me too
we can hear miles dutting from miles away "DUCK"
I'm pretty sure I heard Sean Clarks duts in the background.
Rip vocals
10:18
“Duk duk”