Alrighty, I'm going to be picky, but I'm trying to be constructive. Maybe some of these problems are just apparent in this particular run-through, so you can take what I have to say with a grain of salt. Hope it helps :) Chronologically; Your right hand is a lot smoother on Moeller Modulation, i.e. your left hand tends to fall in early after an accent. This is exaggerated when you're doing just regular bucks, and your right hand does it a little here, too; it kinda sounds like the first 2 partials of a triplet rather than continuous 8th notes. It corrects largely when using both hands, except for the 9lets at the end. The rolls exercise is well done. There are a few times where you come in on a cold attack a tiny bit early, but overall I think you display a lot of maturity in the way you handle space, and especially the consistency of your diddle quality. You're not "fishing" for the interpretation of your doubles, and it doesn't change whether there is an accent or not, which is really good. I think on your LH paradiddles, your first right hand after the accent seems inconsistent (lRllrr). I'm personally hearing it as late. There is one that is especially late near the end of the exercise that you might want reference if you don't hear it right away. Most of those single rights are just a teeny bit late and that keeps it from sounding silky smooth, like your RH paradiddles. (You can also hear this in when you have them in the Contrasting Differences exercise). I also think your left hand doubles after the accent (lrLLrr) do not sound as full, or even as look as high, as the rest of the strokes or your right hand doubles for RH paradiddlediddles. See if you can make these low left hands the same quality you have in your flam accents--also, both flam exercises sounded really good. I'd say you could work the LH bucks and LH paradiddlediddles being more rhythmically smooth, and making sure your right hand can "follow" just as well as your left hand. That's always been a problem of mine as well, where my left hand can lead but my right hand often has trouble placing the inner-beats consistently. Overall though, you sound pretty solid. Those exercises are definitely weird, but just hammer out some of those little inconsistencies and you will do well :)
you're so damn good. if you didn't make it yet I'm never gonna make it because I'm not even comparable. I can play, and I do play for a pretty decent highschool snare line that uses traditional grip and plays some really clean rolls and looks uniform, but only our center is even slightly comparable to you. he's just really beefy
I just got back from the Ohio camp, also auditioning for snare. Just a tip, on Double D make sure you do the tenutos in the intro and outro, also make sure you're really paying attention to tap height, making sure it's 3 inches. Looks pretty good though, hope to see you in January!
Just putting this out there, but I expect to see you in the 2016 edition of the Bluecoats' Flam Jam! Hope you made it! If I had wind of this earlier than mid-November, I might have tried out for the Cadets at the very least (I live closest to them out of all the Drum Corps.), but best of luck and LET'S GO BLOOOOOOOO!!!
PS: Could you pm me a link to the audition packet? I want to keep myself well-rounded in the drum world (Technical drum kit material, orchestral snare material (learning melodic percussion but it's shaky haha), and now marching snare or marching tenor material).
A different video's uploader put this up so people could see it, and I shared it. it is not mine, and all material belongs to the Bluecoats of Canton, Ohio and DCI. drive.google.com/file/d/0B8dJIzJivixeZTNpSXVhd0hDQ1U/view
Alrighty, I'm going to be picky, but I'm trying to be constructive. Maybe some of these problems are just apparent in this particular run-through, so you can take what I have to say with a grain of salt. Hope it helps :)
Chronologically; Your right hand is a lot smoother on Moeller Modulation, i.e. your left hand tends to fall in early after an accent. This is exaggerated when you're doing just regular bucks, and your right hand does it a little here, too; it kinda sounds like the first 2 partials of a triplet rather than continuous 8th notes. It corrects largely when using both hands, except for the 9lets at the end.
The rolls exercise is well done. There are a few times where you come in on a cold attack a tiny bit early, but overall I think you display a lot of maturity in the way you handle space, and especially the consistency of your diddle quality. You're not "fishing" for the interpretation of your doubles, and it doesn't change whether there is an accent or not, which is really good.
I think on your LH paradiddles, your first right hand after the accent seems inconsistent (lRllrr). I'm personally hearing it as late. There is one that is especially late near the end of the exercise that you might want reference if you don't hear it right away. Most of those single rights are just a teeny bit late and that keeps it from sounding silky smooth, like your RH paradiddles. (You can also hear this in when you have them in the Contrasting Differences exercise). I also think your left hand doubles after the accent (lrLLrr) do not sound as full, or even as look as high, as the rest of the strokes or your right hand doubles for RH paradiddlediddles. See if you can make these low left hands the same quality you have in your flam accents--also, both flam exercises sounded really good.
I'd say you could work the LH bucks and LH paradiddlediddles being more rhythmically smooth, and making sure your right hand can "follow" just as well as your left hand. That's always been a problem of mine as well, where my left hand can lead but my right hand often has trouble placing the inner-beats consistently. Overall though, you sound pretty solid. Those exercises are definitely weird, but just hammer out some of those little inconsistencies and you will do well :)
you're so damn good. if you didn't make it yet I'm never gonna make it because I'm not even comparable.
I can play, and I do play for a pretty decent highschool snare line that uses traditional grip and plays some really clean rolls and looks uniform, but only our center is even slightly comparable to you. he's just really beefy
I just got back from the Ohio camp, also auditioning for snare. Just a tip, on Double D make sure you do the tenutos in the intro and outro, also make sure you're really paying attention to tap height, making sure it's 3 inches. Looks pretty good though, hope to see you in January!
It looks like you aren't keeping your tacet hand down and you're anticipating the attack.
Aye he's in this year
Just putting this out there, but I expect to see you in the 2016 edition of the Bluecoats' Flam Jam!
Hope you made it! If I had wind of this earlier than mid-November, I might have tried out for the Cadets at the very least (I live closest to them out of all the Drum Corps.), but best of luck and LET'S GO BLOOOOOOOO!!!
PS: Could you pm me a link to the audition packet? I want to keep myself well-rounded in the drum world (Technical drum kit material, orchestral snare material (learning melodic percussion but it's shaky haha), and now marching snare or marching tenor material).
+Ben M I can email it to you
+Dill Pickle can you send me it too? I would really appreciate it if so send it to vault101resident@gmail.com
A different video's uploader put this up so people could see it, and I shared it. it is not mine, and all material belongs to the Bluecoats of Canton, Ohio and DCI.
drive.google.com/file/d/0B8dJIzJivixeZTNpSXVhd0hDQ1U/view
+Ben Michalowicz Can you send me too? I would appreciate it too. My email is jose9502@live.com.mx
If you're still looking for a place to march, Pioneer and Carolina Gold probably have open spots. You should email some caption heads.
What’s the second exercise called
Bloo Rolls
Right Hand looks great dawg!
Really solid! Good luck :)
Did you make it?
Victor Kindermann he marches for them now.
music city has a snare spot open