I was once that little boy boy standing there and watching in awe. So when I turned 18 I joined the Cape Town Caledonian Pipe Band and stayed with them for just over 30 years.

@RhythmMonster

4 жыл бұрын

Lovely story. Cheers to 30+30+30 more years!!🥁🔥

@chico305SIGMA

4 жыл бұрын

I have a question are Italians allowed to join?

@RhythmMonster

4 жыл бұрын

@@chico305SIGMA Yes indeed, Mr. Washington:)

This drumline is sooo good, I also like how the age range is huge.

@MrJord137

Ай бұрын

Father Time and Tiktok Tapper side by side

@Kieran.percussion

24 күн бұрын

@@MrJord137 for sure

I play a side drum in a conventional marching band, but this kind of flawless technical wizardry is awesome, and some of those drummers are very young men. Notice how they don't take their eyes off the lead drummers hands for a second, wonderful skill.

@RhythmMonster

4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful indeed Hugh! You could learn this wizardry too, my friend!:)

@ulsteralbert1873

Жыл бұрын

I’m same. Play side drum in band but pipe band drumming is very special

@PhilDrdekAxE216

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to our world lol. Former side drummer here. I competed at the worlds the year St. Lawrence O'Toole won the world title (2010). If you want to get involved in pipe bands, Google one near you. A lot have free lessons.

i still just cant get enough of the sound of snares in a pipe band

@user-tr8kr1jd2o

Жыл бұрын

It’s that top head secondary snare!

@trizlet

Жыл бұрын

@@user-tr8kr1jd2o and both sets of snares are steel coil vs synthetic gut!

Back again. It’s such a slinky jazzy feel,I love it.

So cool, very tight sound--and, you can see why their champions. Brings back memories when I used to play the drums, too....

@RhythmMonster

4 жыл бұрын

It's never too late to come back!

@FasterMobionline

6 ай бұрын

_they're_ , even

We used to have the Highland Games for years on New years day in Tenterfield NSW 15/20 bands from all over. Loved the drums

@colinmacgregor8718

4 жыл бұрын

Jack Tattis Wentworth park in Sydney on New Year’s Day was a great day also.

Tight!

Ahh thistakes me back to the 50s and Tenterfield NSW with its New Year Pipe band Competition They used to have the Australian Championships

Sublime march

Very very good!

Burning…jeez, these guys and gals are amazing!

@LimpBizkit999

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed

so cool.

First class upload as usual !

@RhythmMonster

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you dig, Kenny!! More Monstery goodness from SLOT coming soon!!

LAK, Islay ball, mrs Mac

fantastic camera work!!!

@RhythmMonster

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you dig! You should check-out the REAL action- www.Rhythm-Monster.com

Oh yes

Is that Bass Maestro John Dunne on the snare drum?

Sick Edit: i mean that in a good way

@RhythmMonster

5 жыл бұрын

The sickliest! Bro, check-out the site for even more sick drumming: www.Rhythm-Monster.com

If you were to send like solid BD or other top 3 DCI techs to clean them up. That shitd be insane funky. Give them a bassline and start doing splits

@hoookyspoooky2482

5 ай бұрын

theyre already hella clean though, but yea it would be interesting to see a highland/marching style hybrid drumming

@Kieran.percussion

3 ай бұрын

I find it crazy just how together the snares sound despite all the flam modulations they have. I also suppose that it is quite hard to play clean if you are not rehearsing as much as the blue devils. I can tell they are clean bc of how many diddles sound like one person. To get that level of Diddle togetherness (cold attack or not) your interpretation of the music has to be 99% self similar to everyone else or the dirt will show up.

When the opponent heard this lot coming ove4 the hill they must have shat themselves!

I thought I was drummer. !!!!!!

I feel like this setting is for lord Alexander Kennedy?

@sebastianpotgieter8288

2 жыл бұрын

bingo sir

What kind of batter heads were they using?

@jamie376

4 жыл бұрын

elilovestrains Evans drum heads

@Histgyph

2 жыл бұрын

Evans pipe band snare batter 14” oversized

Nice LAK

@RhythmMonster

5 жыл бұрын

For sure it is!

These guys are technically phenomenal!!! 👏👏👏 Also, one of those few moments when a man in a skirt conveys a deep feeling of heroism and masculinity 😂👍... Respect for the kilt 🙌

Armies ana all

Did St Lawrence o toole win the world's ?

@RhythmMonster

5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, they did not, HOWEVER, they did in fact winning the Drumming Prize AGAIN! #toomonster

@RhythmMonster

5 жыл бұрын

PS- Check-out all the other sweet SLOT vids here: www.rhythm-monster.com/scottish-pipe-band-drumming-blog

These pipe bands really got superior technique to all other marching drumlines Like wtf

What drums are they using? They sound really crisp

@kevinb9407

5 жыл бұрын

When I used to play the drums its the very tightly wound snare wires on the bottom drum head that gives the sharper crack for pipe drummers (ordinary snare drums use less tightly wound wires). The basic drum is not much different between different drum manufacturers, and plays the same when you release the tension on the snare wires, and sounds very hollow when played.

@avaboot

4 жыл бұрын

Premier. It’s written on the drum.

@scottyspeedshop9951

4 жыл бұрын

Premier drums with the Evans blackhead drum heads

@celticpridedrums

10 ай бұрын

actually its the tight top snares that give the pipe drum its crispness plus the extremely tight kevlar heads.The bottom snare doesn't really add that much snare sound only a higher tone quality. You can tell the difference in tone when you release the bottom snares and only play the top snares . Pipe drums have very thin shells (6 ply) with a thick re-ring and the heads are not tensioned to the lugs on the shell. The rods holding the tension are secured to a metal ring that does not touch the shell. The shells are free-floating--pipe drums are nothing like any other drum. @@kevinb9407

Is it just me (I am somewhat new to pipe drumming) or are the drummers waving their mallets around in the air just for show?

@RhythmMonster

3 жыл бұрын

Hey there! Well...I suppose one could say that anything visual is "just for show" :)xoxo Flourishing is an important contribution from the modern Pipe Band Tenor Drummer. Like many other art forms, it's a unique and beautiful mix of sight and sound. Enjoy!

@captainkiwi77

3 жыл бұрын

Any sort of marching art form of music is gonna have a lot of visual stuff that’s just for show, from the mallet waves here, the back sticking and high moms and crossovers and body movement of drum corps, the whip stroke and hip thrusts you see in hbcu show style (also just all the same dci wgi stick tricks +more) it’s all pageantry but it’s important cause we collectively agree, as with anything

@lonnysimmons1889

Жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same.

Sorry.Armies and all!

Lovely drumming, but why do 'modern' bands have all these tenner drummers adding nothing to the sound? Do they even touch stick to drum?

@RhythmMonster

5 ай бұрын

Gab some headphones, brother! The Tenors & Bass have a huge musical contribution to the corps and band. Their pitches are all quite low, so you'll need some headphones to hear them in all their glory, just like you could in real life. Enjoy!

Scots have a better drum sound & w/bagpipes! I know, I'm Scot/American!

They just play drums. The other showing off isn’t necessary.