I’m actually really thankful you posted this because my school doesn’t have a drumline and me being a senior I wanted to do something that made me feel important so I’m starting a drumline completely from scratch. So thank you for posting this because this is giving me some good ideas on what to write for audition.
Really awesome stuff. Glad they let you turn this into [DECLASSIFIED] status for our viewing pleasure! Those prepared solos they had you learn were pretty badass.
I was showing my grandsons a couple of your videos marching and I told them that's what you want to do if you want to be a Marine . Oh ya happy birthday 244 .
The first eight bars of the triplet roll excercise you play on the snare drum is the same as an excercise my drumline used to play called super stock rolls
Eric, I appreciate your service! I'm a singing praise drummer at our church and our Pastor's son is in the Marines and finished in the top 3 of his class and is now an IT expert with a Top Secret (sorry, not the drum corp) clearance protecting our US networks in Israel...hoorah! BTW I never got chance to play quads in HS (single tenor with mallets in '74, snare with prismatic Pro-Mark 3S's from 1975-77 and only basic 26 NARD, ironically after my 1977 graduation they went "full corp" style in '78) but your solos were killer!!!
Very interesting. Often wondered what was involved. We had a guy from our platoon going to band (orchestra?) for (as I recall, been 54 yrs) trombone but I do recall his name, Bavona, 6'2 or 3+" about 230 lbs, big SOB. Our senior about had heart failure. He was the only one out of the series to make it. He said he was shocked to get the call because he bonked several things, brutal tryout.
2:24 I was yanked from my platoon, 2 days after we got picked from receiving, to do a surprise audition for MC Band. I hadn't played in 2 years, was confused as to why I was there, and had this impatient Marine staring at me. I asked why I was here because I never mentioned anything about band, and he said they discovered I had been in hinors band in highschool and volunteered me to audition for a percussion spot. He asked me to play five rudiments...I froze. I couldn't even think straight, mostly due to the shock of being at MCRD, but I couldn't even think of a single rudiment. Nothing. I told him "uh, I swear I know what I'm doing but I don't think this is what I want to do" and I placed the sticks down on the drum and just stood there at parade rest (cough, boot) He tossed me out of the office, right back into the welcoming arms of my DI.
Favorite (most fun) rudiments are "bouncing sextuplets" like RLLRRL/LRRLLR. Easy way to push interesting sextuplet or triplet fills at faster tempos. Really good video. You're a ridiculously great musician/performer to watch.
For the record my favorite rudiment is without a question the pataflafla!!! It’s fun to say, it’s fun to play, and when you tell other people you’re playing pataflaflas you get the best looks even from other drummers just because of how weird it sounds
Hey, Eric! I wasn't sure if you had already made a video about this so I figured I would ask anyway. Could you possibly make a video breaking down some exercises that benefitted you in your tenor playing? Thank you!
My favorite to play was definitely "politically correct triplet rolls". Our 12/8 based tap accent was aweome too. I think we called it "12/8 tripple D". But above all i really enjoyed our tap accent. It was called "finish what ya started" and it sounded awesome.
My favorite rudiment is the parradiddle-diddle, specifically because it is very hard to play them fast, they sound amazing on different drums, and if you can do them well and fast, respect +.
well I think it was just the microphone used in the room on the camera that they had, because your first deep house of every grouping sounds like it was buzzed but you weren't playing at buzz I zoomed in and it was just as clean as the other hits, so so I'm guessing it was a distortion of their input of their audio that they used or the microphone type the head on the camera?
1:41 *thinks back to when me mentioned that he dropped a stick in a solo at the Texas Fair thing that the marine corp went to* I know that it is a joke
*_EMC when are we getting the face reveal_*
yeah dude he cant hide forever, right?
About what?
I still think that EMC is just 36 rubber squeak chickens in a human suit
What do you think of hbcu bands?
I would like this comment, but I wanna keep the like count at 420
In 2017 he looks older than him now, and also he looks like the first boss of Mr Incredible in the Incredibles. Love the channel man👍
That is his older version of himself we have seen his future.
When I clicked on this video, I thought he was auditioning for the top secret drum corps😅😅😅
Ditto.
But top secret doesn't have tenors😂
Same
@SavegerAlex Plays no
That’s what I’m a member of. I can smoke all of you bitches at the drums but I’m not allowed to prove it
I’m actually really thankful you posted this because my school doesn’t have a drumline and me being a senior I wanted to do something that made me feel important so I’m starting a drumline completely from scratch. So thank you for posting this because this is giving me some good ideas on what to write for audition.
Hows it goin?
Dude how did it go?!
ayo? howd the drumline go?
How’s the drumline
i mean it worked out for a few months but then covid happened. it was a good experience for me though and helped me realize how much i enjoy teaching.
The para-diddle-diddle is my favorite rudiment. My favorite warm-up is one called fred.
Mine too, it’s so fun!
I love cheeses
I had to do an all state band audition with a
paradiddle-diddle
Yes I did make it in
@@scsi2707 I think paradiddlediddles are gonna be the easy part of those all state etudes lol
Tyler Dunphy
I had practiced so much out of it because we played it on 8th notes at 120 bpm
After only seeing the 'fit' version of you, the Marine's really got you in shape!
Brian Esposito He’s also wearing a shirt that fits which helps
Yeah I watched the stick tricks video from several years ago and man he looks better now
Happy Birthday Marine! Thank you for your service!
You're like the Stevie T of marching percussion.
What if....
EMC, Stevie T and Davie all did a collab?
@j77 not in a rude way though lol
dude i was just thinking the same thing :o
thats offensive
@@corbinragan5649 not really
My favorite warmup is whole notes at 20 bpm on a cowbell
I'm going to scream
@@CalebDaThing DUHNK... DUHNK... DUHNK... DUHNK
No way me too!!!!!
Really awesome stuff. Glad they let you turn this into [DECLASSIFIED] status for our viewing pleasure! Those prepared solos they had you learn were pretty badass.
That "Master Guns" warmup looked GODLY, is it possible to get the music for that?
Comment you favorite rudiments
Me a brass player: Ah yes rudiments uhh F natural?
Love this
Personally, I would have to choose E sharp
I’m a drummer, so I would’ve chosen Q sharp
@@graysonorr9318 oh yes the legendary Q note, only the best may hit it 😂😂😂
As a trombone player my favorite rudiment is the parawippledoodydiddydumbarooniealabamasistersdiddydomberonie
5:19 Eric hasn't practiced his 40 hours a day
EMC-Lingling
40 HOUUUURRRRRSSSSSS
Who else’s favorite rudiment is the double-triple-cheesy-Alabama-cheesy-steak-flamabangadutdut-DUT-flammamamamamamamama?
Yes it is quite yummy..
Are we talking about the same thing lol?
My favorite rudiment is the parawippledoodydiddydumbarooniealabamasistersdiddydomberonie
Hey Marine, thank you for your service Brother. Continue to sound the war drum. Also, here’s a belated birthday shout out to the Corps.
I was showing my grandsons a couple of your videos marching and I told them that's what you want to do if you want to be a Marine . Oh ya happy birthday 244 .
You have inspired me to relearn my old cadet marching band stuff, great channel!!!!
I love how you cut to the reaction on every tick and look into the camera for that fraction of a second. You rock! Nothing but honesty in this video.
The first eight bars of the triplet roll excercise you play on the snare drum is the same as an excercise my drumline used to play called super stock rolls
This is probably my new favorite video of yours, the editing was phenomenal!
😘 Had a great time at DCI Finals 2022, talking to MGySgt Rulapaugh (with others) about this audition. Good Times! 😘
You are very deserving of being in the Marine Corps Band! Semper Fi!
Thank you for all that you do EMC, love the videos and hope you are doing well
I liked the annotations throughout this video! The little white text blurbs throughout were pretty helpful
12:14 *_our face knowing we can't play like that_*
REDWINGS27 bruhhhhh😂😂😂
Those looks at the camera when a tic happens😂🤣ur frickin hilarious dude
Great video. I admire your guts to put something like this out here. Not perfect throughout but great playing. Nice work, man.
Eric, I appreciate your service! I'm a singing praise drummer at our church and our Pastor's son is in the Marines and finished in the top 3 of his class and is now an IT expert with a Top Secret (sorry, not the drum corp) clearance protecting our US networks in Israel...hoorah! BTW I never got chance to play quads in HS (single tenor with mallets in '74, snare with prismatic Pro-Mark 3S's from 1975-77 and only basic 26 NARD, ironically after my 1977 graduation they went "full corp" style in '78) but your solos were killer!!!
1:44 would've been a perfect spot to put an EMC blooper reel
Always great to put audition stuff out there and encourage others to keep auditioning and practicing. Not enough real instruments in this world!
Favorite rudiment is GameCube’s
Bass Drummers Stand Uppp!!!
EMC literally looked like he had a full time office job in the audition not gonna lie.
Who the fuck cares if your first just enjoy this man... very talented man
It was definitely a marijuana waiver. I've got one of those too, haha. Happy birthday, percussion devil.
My favorite rudiment?
The one few shall ever master
The single stroke roll
Who else has the libertybell rung?
It’s the notification bell
Also first😀
Jacobeson 4 lame
Jacobeson 4 it’s the liberty bell
Nope! And never will 🙂
Hey man - fantastic playing! Please post a video that includes all the conversation with the judges!
Happy birthday RAH brother Semper Fidelis
Another 10 November baby here. Happy mutual birthday, USMC!
Me: brags about getting straight A's
Everyone else at the hepatitis clinic: 12:15
Very interesting.
Often wondered what was involved.
We had a guy from our platoon going to band (orchestra?) for (as I recall, been 54 yrs) trombone but I do recall his name, Bavona, 6'2 or 3+" about 230 lbs, big SOB. Our senior about had heart failure. He was the only one out of the series to make it. He said he was shocked to get the call because he bonked several things, brutal tryout.
Happy birthday devil dog! Keep laying down sweet beats
Yeah, my favorite rudiment is Meshuggah's "Bleed" too.
My rudiment is the flambuzzadiddle swiss-dragachudda inverted cheesy tap
Make sure it’s extra cheesy
2:24 I was yanked from my platoon, 2 days after we got picked from receiving, to do a surprise audition for MC Band. I hadn't played in 2 years, was confused as to why I was there, and had this impatient Marine staring at me. I asked why I was here because I never mentioned anything about band, and he said they discovered I had been in hinors band in highschool and volunteered me to audition for a percussion spot.
He asked me to play five rudiments...I froze. I couldn't even think straight, mostly due to the shock of being at MCRD, but I couldn't even think of a single rudiment. Nothing.
I told him "uh, I swear I know what I'm doing but I don't think this is what I want to do" and I placed the sticks down on the drum and just stood there at parade rest (cough, boot)
He tossed me out of the office, right back into the welcoming arms of my DI.
How long are you allowed to STAY in The Commandant's Own? Indefinitely??
This man deadass already revealed it 420k 😂😂 good job bro
My favorite rudiment is ticking in rehearsal on the stuff I spent hours at home practicing
My boy Eric be looking like professor plum for his audition
Eric: hits rim
Eric: 👁👄👁
Is it just me or does the fact that the tenors are tuned in minor thirds unsettling?
They sound like my school's lol
How is it unsettling?
My favorite warmup exercise is the triplet flam grid.
8:15 wow Ive never seen writen in ghosted notes in an audition solo, those were really good!
My fav warm up we do is called sixteenth note roles, which is easy m, but just fun to play
Favorite rudiment: Double stroke roll
Favorite exercise: Chicken and rooooooooooll
Okay, can I say that that shirt is absolutely amazing
Favorite (most fun) rudiments are "bouncing sextuplets" like RLLRRL/LRRLLR. Easy way to push interesting sextuplet or triplet fills at faster tempos. Really good video. You're a ridiculously great musician/performer to watch.
Yea those slurred six stroke rolls are fun. Sound great in USM's Pride Jam
I marched in DCI with the XO of the Commadant's own. That was a great video
My favorite rudiment is paradiddlediddles. But my favorite hybrid is between book reports and blue cheeses.
My favorite warm up is measure 45 beyond in the music piece, The Tempest by Robert W. Smith.
I've always been a fan of the inverted flam tap. Or maybe the egg beater.
My fav rudiment is the paradiddlediddle but honestly you can’t ever go wrong with pugedas.
Favorite warm up: Irish Spring
I was wondering if you could make a sheet music pdf for your personal solo?? Its very impressive and I'd love to see it in writing
My favorite warm up my high school plays is our triplet rolls cycle because at the end we just play 11 straight bars of rolls
For the record my favorite rudiment is without a question the pataflafla!!! It’s fun to say, it’s fun to play, and when you tell other people you’re playing pataflaflas you get the best looks even from other drummers just because of how weird it sounds
Cheese chain (its a hybrid for those who don't know) for rudiment and chicken-and-a-roll for excercise (bass split is epic for 3)
Double beat is my fav no doubt
that snare was ringing like the liberty bell
Hey, Eric! I wasn't sure if you had already made a video about this so I figured I would ask anyway. Could you possibly make a video breaking down some exercises that benefitted you in your tenor playing? Thank you!
I saw you on TV at the Veterans Day Parade!
My favorite to play was definitely "politically correct triplet rolls". Our 12/8 based tap accent was aweome too. I think we called it "12/8 tripple D". But above all i really enjoyed our tap accent. It was called "finish what ya started" and it sounded awesome.
At 9:17 giving me those Scooby Doo running sound effect vibes.
My favorite rudiment is the parradiddle-diddle, specifically because it is very hard to play them fast, they sound amazing on different drums, and if you can do them well and fast, respect +.
Man actually is the shredder
Semper Fi
Corps Brother!
Book Reports are probably my favorite
GJ! You killed it!
Favorite rudiment is a diddle-egg-5, also double paradiddles.
What an oddly specific subscriber goal before your reveal.
omg the groove at 9:08
I have a bunch of fav rudiments... cheese, flamdrags, flammyfives and swisstrips!!
DUDE U ROCK
“raw uncensored footage” -EMC
13:11 he's so sweaty from self criticism
Omg 😆 straight fax honestly
Any drum set player knows that the 6 stroke roll is the best rudiment.
Thank you all marines for your service.
Pls share this with your other marines if you see this.
well I think it was just the microphone used in the room on the camera that they had, because your first deep house of every grouping sounds like it was buzzed but you weren't playing at buzz I zoomed in and it was just as clean as the other hits, so so I'm guessing it was a distortion of their input of their audio that they used or the microphone type the head on the camera?
This was awesome
When are we getting the sheet music for street cred tho
My favorite rudiment is choo-choos.
My favorite rudiment is probably either the paradiddle-diddle or the double flam tap.
Hey you have to Do random licks off this Instruments
Beatring
Shaker
Triangle
Claves
Tam Tam
Mayonnaise
And Whistle
My favorite warm is crabs. It is just 16 on left 16 on right 16 on both. 8 left. 8 right. 8 both
Could we get a transcription of the solo that you did here? I'd love to play that it's amazing
My favorite rudiment is the book report
Haha I see my boy gio on the end of the snare line
good morning! FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
1:41 *thinks back to when me mentioned that he dropped a stick in a solo at the Texas Fair thing that the marine corp went to*
I know that it is a joke
When you ask what our favorite rudiments do you mean hybrid or non hybrid rudiments?
Probably hybrid, because he said herta
Probably both
Favorite Rudiment Flam Accents
Favorite Exercise is called Rhythms with a Certain Sticking