Peak Blue Devils with the sunglasses at night!

Definitely one of BD’s best Tenor lines ever! 😎😎😎🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🔥🔥🔥

Love the crispy sound of Yamahas!

@drumcorps0junkie

2 жыл бұрын

👂😎👌🥁💯🔥🏆🔥💯🥁👌😎👂

Crazy to say i was there at that show! Was a junior in high school. Best BD years in my opinion....

This bass drum tuning is amazing!

@leonardwoodsii4348

2 жыл бұрын

Forget about the tuning. The lick is serious shit!!!

@Paiste2002Fan

2 жыл бұрын

@@leonardwoodsii4348 why not both?

I remember seeing this line at Nighbeat. It was almost completely dark and they’re basically in all black. They looked and felt 10 feet tall. One of my all time favorite lot memories. Love this line!

Those shots on the drum feature can be heard from space…

These dudes were my heroes when I marched in college

Oh Shit!! 13 Hour is THE absolute hardest lick EVER. Period. I dare challenge anyone who disagrees

I feel like I heard the audio from this on Napster many years ago. Like this exact audio was available as an MP3. I'm ageing myself here.

@TonyPerez816

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! I still have those in my music library! lol. Napster feels like such an eternity ago.

@rifle2563

3 жыл бұрын

@@TonyPerez816 wanna dropbox em?

99 and 00 spree are so so sweet

I missed going to the DVC lights out show. They didn't miss a beat and kept playing. 99 was an awesome year!

I remember going to this show as a 10yr old with my family and being blown away by the velocity and power they played with. I ended up joining the C corps the next year because I knew I had to be a part of the organization. Appreciate the upload!!

@drumcorps0junkie

2 жыл бұрын

It's Will Spikes, I remember going to this show with Eric, Joey, Chris Thomas and 💩 🧱 s after exposure to such 🔥 RAW 🥁ing.

@tnorri25

2 жыл бұрын

@@drumcorps0junkie WILL! Hope you’re well, bro!

@billiswillis4087

2 жыл бұрын

@@tnorri25 I'm good and trying to start a community drumline future drum and bugle corps from Tracy California.

Up to that time, BDs best bass line. And Roger Carter patrolling the snare line along Sean Vega with the tenor line.

@smdftb8495

3 жыл бұрын

I think that bass line was the best one until 2019.

@jeffe_77

3 жыл бұрын

@@smdftb8495 I was going to say that, but man, the bass drumming game has come so far in the last 10 years, it’s hard to say. Hand to hand splits, split flams, etc

@smdftb8495

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffe_77 yeah they play some crazy stuff these days. As a former quad drummer/bass drummer, I've always said the split stuff is cool but thumping unisons are what impress me. I also don't think the 2001 quad line has been surpassed either- maybe one of the Tim Jackson lines or 2011. There was just so much talent on the 01 quad line.

@jeffe_77

3 жыл бұрын

@@smdftb8495 yep, the fast unisons, especially in the closer was ridiculous by BD 99. And yeah, the 2011 tenor line aka La Quinta H.S. + Chris Drummer is up there.

13th Hour🤘🏽

Lol I love when the tap off is super fast and they come like 6 bpm slower and together!

@smdftb8495

3 жыл бұрын

Classic BD. Love it

@AlexMartin011

3 жыл бұрын

@@smdftb8495 I agree!

@AlexMartin011

3 жыл бұрын

@@StevenJamesBurks it happens with my band too. I think if you’re listening well, and blending maybe it’s okay! Definitely something I’ve noticed too though.

Those shots as a line freaking amazing stuff right here

Such a great show and line. Thanks for the upload!!

6:55 to 8:45 is the part of the show when the drums are not featured, in the back, meanwhile the whole time being drowned out by the G bugles. At the same time the tenors are playing crazy splits and the snares are playing pretty fast rolls. A different time indeed.

13th Hour. Damn.

Starting at 9:27, it's like a cannon going off. That must have been so loud.

99 spree is my favorite one.

Crazy how clean the snares are during the spree. Tenors and basses...struggling a little. These guys ended up smokin'.

For the algorithm. ✊

So much more interesting playing then vs. today. I get bored with BDs books the last several years.

Damn, besides the camera quality this seems very modern

The tuning is so exposed but when things truly lock in, it’s such a clean sound

@isiahrowser

3 жыл бұрын

Drum lines don’t tune like that anymore. They trying to hide dirt. Ijs

@Prof.CheeseDog

3 жыл бұрын

Tenors sound totally dead. Maybe that's just yamaha though

@daintersc4

3 жыл бұрын

@@Prof.CheeseDog if you listen to Cavaliers quad tuning from the early 2000s, the shallow cut Yamaha drums have the same sound. Blue Devils also has some wack tuning on their tenors where they crank the absolute hell out of their heads, even up until around 2014

@isiahrowser

3 жыл бұрын

@@daintersc4 I agree with what you said about Yamaha shallow cut drums. To say BD’s tenor tuning is wack that’s a stretch. Tuning drums is a personal preference first off. Also, back in the 90’s the horn lines were using different bugles back then. I don’t know if they are using B bugles or G bugles, but I’m sure BD tuned that way to have the drums cut though the horn sound on the field. If not, the drum sound would get covered up. Ijs. Me personally I like the high tuning. If you have the talent that plays clean with that tuning you can’t argue. Clean is clean.

@sanford198

3 жыл бұрын

@@Prof.CheeseDog It's 90's camcorder quality. They sounded much better in person.

That section from 7:30-8:05 ending in the accelerating lick is brilliant, like the rest of the book. No getting better than this, wow.

Talk about brilliant!

Congratulations on the video/audio quality! I only wish the audio in the DCI productions from the late 90’s would’ve been half as good.

Mid-season beats.

Dammmm please please bring back this style of writing? Clearly we need to go back to the days of old….

@prim7112

2 жыл бұрын

Well if we just kept this style up to today it wouldn’t be so special. Things change so we can look back at the old times and appreciate them more.

@jambey9792

2 жыл бұрын

@@prim7112 agreed but today the music is boring!! I respect your wisdom but the drumming isn’t that good.. I know this time was special but I wish the love and energy was the same…BD is what made me love drums and marching

@prim7112

2 жыл бұрын

World class drumming standards haven’t changed, the only thing that’s changed is musical interpretation. Today involves a lot more body movements and more musical expression which is a good thing. There’s still the same amount of chops needed for the books. Back in the 90s it was all just hands and no real musical expression, but I will admit BD 99 is my favorite show of all time, but the note on drumming being “ not as good “ is completely opinionated and ignorant.

@jambey9792

2 жыл бұрын

With all do respect please stop I’m not ignorant I’m simply giving my opinion like you just did.. That’s like me calling you a sick head while agreeing on what your saying!!

@jambey9792

2 жыл бұрын

Before you cast a stone be sure to think because you might catch a brick in your direction ✊🏾

Graduated high school in 1999 and saw them play, then remembered I haven't seen a cleaner line since. Sure, Brandon helped the line by being a young U tube creeper, but he never experienced this kind of speed with dynamics. For the way they play now, it's all about notes, not notes and dynamics. What makes a good line is gone from all corps

So heavy!

Fck that if it wasn’t for the Blue Devils drum corps wouldn’t be what it is today!! 13hour for all those hatters

Damn this show made me want to be a blue devil as a 12 year old.

Full extension then all the way down to 1"!

1:27👂💯😎🥁

@2:14 kinda gives me some SCV Martian Mambo vibes

Want the sheet music from 9:30 on

Do you have some vids of SCV 1999 drumline?

@DrumlineArchives

3 жыл бұрын

Not that I am aware of, but there may be something hidden on one of these VHS tapes that I have! If anything comes up I'll let you know.

@AlexMartin011

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrumlineArchives Quick question. What is your process of conversion from vhs to the interwebs?

@DrumlineArchives

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexMartin011 I use an RCA to HDMI upscaler, then an HDMI to USB converter to digitize the signal. Hoping to make a tutorial video explaining it if I have the time!

@AlexMartin011

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrumlineArchives okay! Thanks dude!

WHY DID THEY STRAY AWAY FROM THESE DRUMS AND TUNING!!!????

@jeromieb038

Жыл бұрын

A lot of reasons honestly hiding dirt at lowering tuning you save money on heads because when you crank them that high and Don't let them sit they will tear much faster. Lower tuning is better on your hands and it has a full sound.

#quadpimps

9:32

Those tenor players scare me

Geez the snare's arms aren't moving at all! I've heard people talk about how little arm used to be used but this is insane!

@DennisJohnsonDrummer

3 жыл бұрын

We played with this style at Spirit of Atlanta.(1980) Tom Float actually brought this style to DCI from Oakland Crusaders and then to Atlanta and then on to Concord. It takes a while to learn to play this way and it is not natural. Float changed some after a few years if my memory serves me correctly. It is cool thing to see a line playing seemingly effortless. It is NOT effortless. Just looks that way.

@DrumlineArchives

3 жыл бұрын

One of the snares in this line was the head battery tech at Mandarins my rookie year, he talked about having a lot of issues with his hands and wrists in the years after he stopped marching. Other people I have talked to from this era have said the same thing, in addition to lots of shoulder pain from how much they boxed their elbows out.

@jjmachuca

3 жыл бұрын

I feel that current SCV with Rennick has maintained this approach. He’s also kept sticks in and stock exercises. Looks like it still works!

One of the last years they played a "meaty" book. Not a big fan of the dancing and playing nowadays. I miss the in your face tight tuning raw sound.

@unclemonster48

3 жыл бұрын

I agree I know the youngins nowadays call us old guys boomers and such. But boomers are the former members and fans now. I can’t get on the level with the “performance art”. I guess as long as they are drawing crowds to make money nothing will change. I haven’t seen a live show since 2004

@urbandecayed79

3 жыл бұрын

The dancing. You got that right about the dancing/choreography being done these days. Because of it I don't really call the activity 'drum corps' anymore. The abundance of choreography just makes it look like so many corps are just one giant color guard section with some of them carrying horns or drums instead of rifles/sabers and flags.

@erichead4134

2 жыл бұрын

I just don’t enjoy DCI these days because of the dancing and squats, etc.

@MicahtheDrumCorpsPseudoboomer

Жыл бұрын

My biggest bone to pick on with the current activity is not the dancing, but the abuse of amplification and synthesizers.

Weird seeing Blue Devils using Yamaha

@a.m.creativ

3 жыл бұрын

Depends what era you're from. I marched Div III '93 to '95, then DCA all-age from 97-05. I grew up watching BD play Yamaha basically. This is more familiar to me than seeing them with Pearl or the Natal drums they use now.

@first-namelast-name4198

3 жыл бұрын

@@a.m.creativ weren’t they big into Dynasty for awhile?

@a.m.creativ

3 жыл бұрын

@@first-namelast-name4198 Yes starting in 2000, but I’m not sure when they dropped Dynasty and went to Pearl.

@unclemonster48

3 жыл бұрын

Are they going back to Ludwigs? Or is that rumors

@Paiste2002Fan

3 жыл бұрын

@@a.m.creativ yeah, I feel old reading some of these comments. Even to this day, seeing the Blue Devils not using Yamaha feels weird to me.

god have we gotten soft over the years

9:27