Its nice to see a drumline youtuber who doesnt just play snare :)

@TimKGrimes

5 жыл бұрын

BirdmanGamez Hahaha. What does that mean? - Spirit of Atlanta snare, 1877, no I mean, 1977. Lol

@cbass7864

4 жыл бұрын

He’s an all around percussionist. He mains tenor drum tho

can confirm. cadets dont sleep. if we got to a housing site at 5 in the morning, we would be on the field by 7 or 8. 2 hours on the floor.

@brandtschaible8124

5 жыл бұрын

@@EMCproductions yep. hopkins said that all the time. i never listened to him anyway. he wasnt my tech or caption head so he was just a big ball of worthless words whenever he talked anyway.

@victormorales8408

5 жыл бұрын

@@brandtschaible8124 hopkins kinda super sucks

@randompineapple3979

5 жыл бұрын

Hopkins left the Cadets and now they're getting more sleep

@brianjungen4059

5 жыл бұрын

@@randompineapple3979 Hopkins didn't leave, he got fired and honestly should be in jail.

@richdaley9982

3 жыл бұрын

Same was true when I marched Cadets 25 years ago. We'd get 8.5 hours between the time the bus leaves the previous night's show until breakfast the next morning. Typically we'd leave after retreat around 11:00pm, get to the next housing site around 3am or 4am and breakfast would be at 7:30am with rehearsal at 8:30am. A few times a week I would not sleep when I arrived at the new housing site, especially if we got there late, and I would scout out the are around the school for places to buy drinks, junk food, and cigarettes because smoking and running around the field at 200 bpm really went well together. A "day off" was more or less just a regular reheaersal day but they would drive us to whatever cool city we were in or water park around 4pm instead of going to a show.

Having marched Cadets last year, we have a policy where we have to get "8 hours of sleep" but that includes a portion of the bus rides. So for the most part, it was 50-75 percent of the bus ride counted towards sleep. So for a 10 hour bus ride (the maximum length allowed) we still had to be given at least 30 minutes of floor time

@kylekorb5305

5 жыл бұрын

Although, I also know that that policy is change from when GH was in charge which was pretty much get off the bus and start rehearsing no matter the length of the bus ride

@younggangstah8357

5 жыл бұрын

Kyle Korb dude say hi to Louis Kravits the baritone for me

@VoltzzGaming1

5 жыл бұрын

Young Gangstah you know louis???

@richdaley9982

5 жыл бұрын

It was the same when I marched Cadets in the 90s but they would shave the time a little. Say we needed to be on the buses at 11 after a show but the buses didn’t leave until 11:30, we would still be up at 7am. Most nights we would arrive at the housing site around 4am and get about 3-4 hours on the floor. I was in the hornline but I know many nights the drum bus would continue rehearsing on their pads for a while after departure.

@ryanthompson2137

4 жыл бұрын

Rich Daley *Every* night, not most nights. They called it chopping out, as I recall. I guess it helps them unwind or something? I dont know I was hornline. After a while it just became like a gentle rain on a cabin roof. Except for that one pit guy who sat *right* behind me who wanted to be battery, so it was gentle rain plus this guy. My last year I switched to horn bus. Would have switched right the heck back if Id marched again. It was nice not having to listen to the radio, though, but I did crack up at our driver constantly cussing at the guy who drove (drives?) the drum bus, now knowing she had been doing that every night for *years*, but I had no idea because she *never* says a thing on the radio. I didnt march Cadets but we were affiliated with them at the time (blech) and I remember Hopkins saying "You can sleep when youre dead" and I was thinking yeah no thanks. Guy was so skeezy.

This was a really good video

Yes, we never slept in the Cadets, at all. Boot camp was sweet getting 8 hours every night, with exception of firewatch. Great video!

@Cbarnes256

5 жыл бұрын

Joseph Cayse whatup joe!

@madtenors

5 жыл бұрын

@@Cbarnes256Sup Holy Bass?!

@cheath432

5 жыл бұрын

What boot camp did you go to where you got 8 hours of sleep a night lmao

@raymondfallon7429

5 жыл бұрын

@@cheath432 I was just thinking the same thing - if we ever got 5 hrs (okay it was 1970 so days were still 35 hrs long, before the change in 1976) it was an event. I don't believe I had 3 eight hour sleep nights in 4 years and 2 mos, although a lot of that was self-inflicted.

@cheath432

5 жыл бұрын

Raymond Fallon yeah I recently went through (comparatively) in 2012 and I maybe got on average 4 or 5 hours of sleep a night. Not to include fire guard or the drill sergeants playing their games in the middle of the night

Great video! I marched Cadets in the 90s and agree with you about the food. It was always really good. Sometimes the host school would provide dinner for us too. While I agree that drum corps techs are usually nice to you off the field, they could be pretty intense during rehearsals. They were probably more mean back in the day and did stuff they can’t do now. For example, I remember I missed my dot and was way outside a form after a free form during a show and the instructor made me stand on my spot for 30 minutes during lunch the next day. Good times.

@williamdavanaria4727

5 жыл бұрын

Was that a George Zingali drill?

@richdaley9982

4 жыл бұрын

@@williamdavanaria4727 No, that happened in 1992 so Marc Sylvester was writing the drill.

@highstimulation2497

10 ай бұрын

I ate about 3 peanut butter sandwiches (three separate slices for lunch AND dinner,) plus other food, there. Loved it. Greg was the cook, right? big tall nice guy. in 97 we um, had an accident, the food truck bumped one of those big yellow poles in a parking lot and it had to stay behind to get fixed. no food truck? Greg and co. rushed out and went to a store and bought like ALL the milk (and other things) they had, and we still had breakfast. food truck arrived a few hours later. Loved Greg. #rip

With no disrespect whatsoever (just the opposite, in fact) to EMCproductions, the comments to this video have been as good as the video. The drum corps community (including the young "bandos" that love DCI with their hearts and souls) are truly the greatest people on Earth. I read through the comments to more "political" videos and I worry about our society - you just don't see that on these threads. I love this activity.

We definitely got more sleep in basic than I did when I marched genesis

@MySlenderGames

4 жыл бұрын

I marched Genesis in 2017. The bus ride counted to like 90% of our "sleep". By mid July we were all ridiculously exhausted. Towards the end of July, one of our brass caption heads asked us one day why we were so sluggish at music block, had to straight up tell him that Magonigal wasn't letting us sleep. Had pretty good floor time the last few weeks after that.

@bigjo1797

4 жыл бұрын

Do you all know Dillon Ingle, the drum tech

@everydayshowday5151

3 жыл бұрын

I had Chris M. as a brass tech when I marched. Super intense and passionate. He made some beast of baritone performers.

1 year DCI 1 year DCA and 21 in the Army. Drum corps teaches you how to follow direction and have discipline. You will be ahead of about 95% of the folks in your basic training company, although you will be doing pushups because of them :)

@highstimulation2497

10 ай бұрын

sounds like that's one thing that sucks about getting used to kicking ass and having high standards, others aren't necessarily on par and a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link.

@brianjungen4059

10 ай бұрын

@@highstimulation2497 pretty much. Went through basic at 24 as a college graduate with a bunch of kids right out of high school. 🙄

I was sleep deprived, constantly getting yelled at or getting blamed for something I was suppose to do that no instructor told to me to do my rookie year.

@julioj.sequeira8558

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamraleigh3172 re-audition. Mostly a formality

When I marched with the Blue Stars in 2016, the staff forgot about a time zone change. When we got to the housing site we had like 25 minutes of sleep after a long bus ride, and then had a full rehearsal day. Luckily, they cut one hour off at the end to make up for it lol

This channel is about to xplOde.

@ohcanrm

4 жыл бұрын

I am from the future and you are correct

@joedaddy1424

3 жыл бұрын

nick and I am from further in the future

@lucscott3631

3 жыл бұрын

@@joedaddy1424 I am from even further in the future and you are correct

I've been laughing so hard this entire video at all the little comedic parts. OMFG. Keep it up. I love your stuff.

One is the most mentally and physically draining experiences you'll ever endure. The other is just boot camp.

@Inspadave

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah because drum corps is so much harder than boot camp.

@JonathonEuphRomero

4 жыл бұрын

@@Inspadave it's called sarcasm.

@sublime4984

Жыл бұрын

@@Inspadave it's called sarcasm.

@SS2Balls

Жыл бұрын

@@Inspadave it’s call sarcasm.

@d33738

Жыл бұрын

@@Inspadave It’s called sarcasm.

This was a really fascinating video. I'm currently a junior in high school playing alto saxophone. I want to be a high school band director/music teacher and I've considered doing either Drum Corps (I'd probably learn a brass or auxiliary percussion) and Marine Band. It was really informative and fascinating to hear from someone who has done both.

@killerspark117

5 жыл бұрын

Ay same

@haleyd6265

5 жыл бұрын

Ay same

@frederickdavis4208

5 жыл бұрын

Ay same

@jacobbau8328

4 жыл бұрын

Ay not same

@linflores5473

2 жыл бұрын

ay same but clarinet

16:58 BD 2014 in a nutshell That joke was gift wrapped ok!

@michaelgalvan1749

5 жыл бұрын

On the dime😂

7:41 is just hilarious LOL

Marched Crossmen in 2017. Now I'm a proud Marine. So happy you made this video!!

I often thought that drum corps was the closest I came to going through military boot camp. Great insight.

Gotta love the band humor.

glad to hear Crown still has the sweet tea :D it was my FAVE (that and the sausage gravy breakfast)

“And dropped rifle tosses” *has immediate flashbacks to me dislocating my pinkie because I dropped a stupid triple toss on rifle*

I like this, a little. I did drum corps, prior to DCI, and I did the US Air Force including a year in Viet Nam and a year and a half flying over it. I dig drum corps - it has been an incredible part of my life. Nothing, ever, has ever been as all-consuming as military service. I know that the video is about basic and DCI tour, and I get it - I loved (upper case LOVED) DCI tour, which I got to do as an instructor when I came back. The two are simply not comparable. Much respect to you jarheads - some of the craziest mothers I ever served with. Much respect to your DCI marchers - unbelievable dedication and skill. In my humble opinion, not real similar - neat premise though.

@raymondfallon7429

5 жыл бұрын

@@EMCproductions Here's a funny thing - I had orders for the band, too. During basic I messed up and did well on a language aptitude test - they red-lined the orders and sent me to language school. Life turns on a dime. I don't regret a day - okay - a couple of days here and there - maybe a month or two - but life happens while you're making plans. I've raised 3 music teachers, a dance teacher, a banker (trumpet), and a nutritionist. Life is good. BTW, service is service - the military needs music, too. Gotta march, dude - out of step it doesn't work. Just don't do right foot first, Cadet style - no bueno for the military.

@raymondfallon7429

5 жыл бұрын

@@EMCproductions We could tell some stories. Keep the LRLL RLRR going. You've served the world well doing DCI - every service member serves, whether it's with mallets, or an M16 (is it an M4, now? I know you jarheads, including musicians, sleep with them for basic and AIT. I needed the guy next to me to shoot my target for me to qualify. We didn't do assault weapons on Long Island during the 60s - they may now. Hang in there - keep the videos coming.

@raymondfallon7429

5 жыл бұрын

@@EMCproductions throw it on full auto, and open up and it sounds like 12 college snares playing singles.

@raymondfallon7429

5 жыл бұрын

I did come up with one parallel - when we would fly RC135s down to the Gulf of Tonkin from Okinawa, the sleep policy was very similar to bus sleep (a concept I never really understood - I always thought BD had it right - give the corps as close to 8 hrs on the floor as possible - you're asking the kids to absorb an awful lot of material in a rehearsal - having a functional brain always seemed like a good idea) but we were alloted 2 hrs in a bunk for a 30 hr mission, plus 3 hrs down and back sitting in a rigid upright chair. Bus sleep to the N'th power. Oh to be 21 years old again! Not a lot of sleep in basic either, between scrubbing latrines at 1am and getting up at 5am.

@raymondfallon7429

5 жыл бұрын

@@EMCproductions How on Earth did he do that accidentally? (As you know) it's not that easy...

Oh no not the cronchy back

@williamwaller4377

5 жыл бұрын

Bass fives can relate.

HAHAHA this was hilarious! And yes I can confirm, here at the blue devils we always get 8 hours of floor time 🛏 I’m looking forward to my boot camp experience in the future lol

This was very well thought out. I normally don'y like videos like this (there are just so many comparison videos on KZread), but this is something I've wondered for the longest time. It honestly makes me want to join the military again. Thanks for the quality content.

I really enjoyed the critique of the differences. As a spouse of someone who was in the Air Force and went through basic training (in 1971), it was interesting to hear your explanation of both disciplines.

Why are u literally the most underrated channel ever

At 9:20, I was thinking about my experience with the mattresses at Emerald Bay scouting ranch, those mattresses were A. exposed to the elements in 20 year old steaming canvas tents full of bugs, were dusty, dirty, and worn. B. the cots were rusty, unstable, some had termite eaten wooden boards underneath. C. the floor of your tent was a termite eaten wood skit.

When I did my first year of corps, we were a small enough group that we only used one tour bus, and so we had literally no room to stretch out on long bus rides (especially the 15 hour bus ride from Indianapolis back to the group's hometown). There would be kids sleeping on the bus floor, under seats, across the aisle, it was mad. After our longest bus ride during tour, which was 9 hours, we arrived at our housing site at 5am, the drum major came into the gym and said "lights out is in 15 minutes, wake up is gonna be at 7:30." At that point we all died a little inside.

@williamnjagi2388

4 жыл бұрын

7:30 BOUSE OFF THE BODY

I just wanna see how good of back muscles every DCI tenors have

This was a great video and subject. Keep doing what you’re doing man.

I had forgotten about the t "blouse off the body aye sir!" But then it triggered something really deep in my head.

"Boot camp is 13 weeks" but then you're in a contract after that. After DCI you can go home lol

The showers are the best part of drum Corp change my mind

@jirachytft

4 жыл бұрын

Being trans, being able to shower around other people and like everyone else was comfortable around me naked was absolutely fantastic and really helped me feel more comfortable with myself it was amazing

Cool video man. I marched Drum Corps in 1986, 1987, and 1990 with the Spartans from Vancouver, Washington. I was from Oregon though. Then in 1991 I went into the Marines and served 8 years.

Fantastic video! Before watching this I wasn’t sure how comparable the two were but I guess there’s plenty of things that are somewhat similar.

I marched drum corps and I ship off to USMC boot camp in September

Yeah my section tech was not so friendly but a genuinely great guy. Really reminded me of those drill instructors in those old boot camp videos I used to watch!

The first picture of a gym is a picture of my high school gym.

So far all high school marching band has taught me is to suck it up and just full change on the bus with everyone else packed in. Fend for yourself.

AMEN ON THE EATING! I ate taco bell twice a day every day at move-ins and I burned off 4 pounds a week. but when I came back oh lord

I did not eat well my 1st 2 years... Then we got a nutritionist! And money... I also found that by day 6 or 7 of training, the pain would just stop. It would gradually suck more each day until that point, but knowing it was ending soon helped me mentally the last few year's.

This is freaking hilarious!!!!

Love your style of explaining things.

Thanks! I've actually had this question for a while now.

7:19 first good laugh in a while

Wow, this is so helpful!

10:50 perfect advice and just in time for thanksgiving

the extra-cronchy back is kind of a trade off in DCI. If you do hornline, you get a less cronchy back. If you do battery, you have ultra-cronch, but you get to play the really cool shit.

This made me feel better about missing out on DCi. I wouldn’t have lasted 1 week.

This was extremely helpful. I’m thinking about playing Tuba in DCI which probably wouldn’t be great either.

@bread_girl_jane

2 жыл бұрын

did you ever end up doing it?

Hey dude, thanks for the video. I always wondered about this

😂 the basic skits are perfect

You should make more videos talking about anything related to these topics. I'd love to learn more about boot camp!

@nickniehaus1763

5 жыл бұрын

EMCproductions I would watch a video about anything if you talk about it🤷🏻‍♂️

Nice video. I was in Marine Drum Corps 84 -92.

@richardzellers

5 жыл бұрын

@@EMCproductions Soprano. The last guy from my era was Buckles. It's strange not knowing anyone in the corps anymore.

@richardzellers

5 жыл бұрын

@@EMCproductions Oh, I thought he had already retired. Is there anyone left from the Truman Crawford era?

I'm never going to do neither of these but I'm still going to watch your video

We were always tired in magic

My friend who graduated from my high school marched with the cadets this past year and yes it’s true they get less than 2 hours of sleep.

Love the video. As far as food goes I don’t think I’ve ever had a good meal during drum corps though lol

@poconofriend777

5 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say the food was particularly good but everything tastes amazing when you're hungry. It hit the spot

@EanGoreham

5 жыл бұрын

ah yeah, i guess you're right

@greysongriffey7663

5 жыл бұрын

Because feeding your members good food would make too much sense...

@EanGoreham

5 жыл бұрын

Greyson Griffey hi greyson

@samsignorelli

5 жыл бұрын

I ate very good at BD in 84....we never had to go the "loser's lunch" or bag of popcorn route.

I was the guy at 13:05 carrying a plate of food with the flip phone on my shorts. Bluecoats 2008 snare; it’s so weird coming across a random video that depicts you on the internet 10 years later...

@5metalacid1

5 жыл бұрын

You were a snare in 2008? Did you by chance know a Zack (or Zach?) Bernard? He was our tech at BA my senior year of outdoor and indoor for 2017-2018 and he talked about when he marched Bluecoats 2008 snareline a few times

@jaredstarcher699

5 жыл бұрын

*PAPI CHULO* Yeah dude I knew zac, that drum line had one hell of a wild one that season. You should ask him about rookie talent night.

At 7:19 we had the same thing in drum corps. The left everything rule. 1000's of push up was done each season for forgetting to use the left on everything we do.

At Colts we try to get 7 1/2 hours, with the idea of bus sleep being the same as stated in the video

Can you make a video on the audition process of The Commandant's Own or DCI in the future?

Corporate needs you to find the difference between these two pictures. Me: they’re the same picture

I like that the Marine timetable allocates time for "Hazing"

For my corps we spend 11 months doing drum corps stuff BD gives us actually 5 hours because not everyone can fall asleep fast

Love it. Second time watching it. Hreat stuff.

The backround music sounds exactly like how I would imagine a marine corps version of jig 2 would be

Lol this is different and much more similar when your director was a marine😂

the “good morning “ tho.

Boot camp is a joke these days. I was in navy boot camp and it was almost a pointless 9 weeks. DCI actually does push you and teach you

@chrislugo5838

5 жыл бұрын

EMCproductions yeah I suppose your right, it’s designed to get people of all backgrounds on the same page but I’d like to see it go back to the older traditions and challenge people the way it used to.

@LDrumsOhio

5 жыл бұрын

I mean, it's Navy Boot Camp sooooo... Sounds about right :)

@mw2addictish

5 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t the marine corps though, it’s called 13 weeks of misery for a reason. I’ve lived it, and it sucked

@TheBico

5 жыл бұрын

Yea but that's navy. Its always ben like that. Marine Corps boot camp has never changed, its still 13 weeks of hell

@watsonira7

2 жыл бұрын

I did 68750 push ups in 91, I was 15 years old riding a bmx bike thirty two miles across state lines to all days. Then ride back home at 9 o clock. The fat bodies making it through the depot now days wouldn't have a prayer in hell doing that. I'm not bitchin it was a great time.

8 hours in the USMC boot camp? Dang, I am going to be so well rested. I function on around 2 already

Im in CAP and Marching band. So I understand how this would work. I Hope.

I've only marched WGI and just swore into the Air force

As an Army veteran: you're a Soldier first and your MOS second. I really appreciate this video. I didn't get to do DCI (auditioned and failed at euphonium before trombones were allowed), but I did march in college. I think this comparison is great. Marching band is grueling and people outside of the sport are under the illusion that it's just easy peasy and no sweat. There's a great study somebody (I don't remember who) did that compared the body rhythmics of a marcher with a traditional athlete and the intensity of adrenaline and physical exertion was more in the marcher than the athlete.

@keemez

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/aIuLz69qmtOzaKw.html

@christopherfreude6775

4 жыл бұрын

@@keemez That's the one.

You’re right I’m in my 50’s went to Paris island in 1988 and to this day there are still times when I do or hear something and a light bulb goes off, and I say ooooh so that’s why they made us do that

EMC talking about what dungeons to grind in order to build a character like his

good morning to you too!!

That sweet tea was bomb. And the tator tot casserole

Dude, you’re hilarious

Starting to realize my high school drum line was a bit militant 😳jk - great video

Also, Marines and Band aids have the same general humor. Being a Marine and the band in high school (band kids are band kids whether it's high school or DCI)

@poconofriend777

5 жыл бұрын

dci members arent like band kids; you get ridiculed for being a bando. It's a lot like a seasoned marine vs a boot. Certain corps have more of a bando culture though, like crown.

The no mattress rule is still accurate :/

@johntesner3491

5 жыл бұрын

It’s more of a “No air mattress” rule now. People do it anyways, but they just can’t have the loud electric pump

@sneakybeaver13V2

5 жыл бұрын

Yuuuup, I just used a camping mat

@remkeymssb143

5 жыл бұрын

Kristopher Ring bluecoats let us have full air mattresses, we just had a rule that it had to be full size or smaller, and you couldn’t pump in the sleeping area past lights out

Great vid dude! But one correction: we did get lots of sleep on tour at Cadets when I marched! We wouldn't get floor time only if we pulled in a housing site when the sun was up. So I,m guessing you were refering those rumors from 45 years ago...;-)

You should do an improved practice pad review. That's still my favorite video on your channel

That schedule part hit me hard. Carrying quads at band camp is the worst shit I’ve ever had to do

@adamsutton1748

5 жыл бұрын

And the worst part is when it’s your first season ever in a marching band and BAM! You get hit with those babies when you’re super skinny and can barely lift 30 pounds 😂

Heh...my DEP was a season with Blue Devils!

@mikeapplegate3303

4 жыл бұрын

My DEP was a summer with SCV. left for Basic 3 days after getting back from finals. Basic was much easier than tour was.

@samsignorelli

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikeapplegate3303 Heh....same for me! I was 84...when did you march (and what? I was a soprano)

I was in Drum and Bugle Corps while in boot camp

What about after boot camp? and where do I get that calendar?

good for yall an academy for police in philippines is 4 years with 5 phases and final exam

the part about gaining weight after drum corps was so true for me. I went from working out pretty much all day every day to playing warcraft all day every day.......

I just listened for the New Corps vs Old Corps. Things have definitely changed...

First Thank You for Your Service and for the videos!!!! I do wonder why though you marched in surf, crown and Bushwackers but you use a lot of Cavalier pics not that there is anything wrong with that just wondering why no killer pics of the quad lines you marched in to go with the killer vids?

Respect. Hella respect.

Where can I find the Sound of Shitstains DBC, because I wanna join

7:57 "you slow thing"😂

Proud to say I’ve done both as well.

Which year did you March crown? Also which drum did you play and how many years did you march?

What corps did you march other than crown?