What things did you suck at? ...or still suck at?

@elijaha2246

4 жыл бұрын

I suck at hertas

@BB.156

4 жыл бұрын

Everything.

@morf9898

4 жыл бұрын

I couldn't double tongue my euphonium part on Gavorkna Fanfare in 11th grade, I faked my way through it with fast single tonguing.

@mr.mamba_7887

4 жыл бұрын

i suck at jelly rolls

@stevenhatcher9133

4 жыл бұрын

@Pokemonweeaboopikachuninja boi bruh we start seventh grade with a half decent program so chill

I still do ;)

@venteach.6289

4 жыл бұрын

No u don’t

@drowsydemigod553

4 жыл бұрын

Same bro

@drowsydemigod553

4 жыл бұрын

@Nate Cottrell wth

@venteach.6289

4 жыл бұрын

@Nate Cottrell Ik

@CavinLee

3 жыл бұрын

Put a lotta time into it I was literally the worst and now I’m one of the best like just put a lot of time and dedication and you’ll make it

Band directors: I found this really engaging and fun piece for the band! Percussion parts: one measure of music, 200 repeats

@creepysplatter9260

2 жыл бұрын

Lol or 40 measures of rests

@frogfrog2151

2 жыл бұрын

@@creepysplatter9260 that reminds me of in 6th grade where the glockenspiel part didnt play until measure 37

@acrow9762

2 жыл бұрын

@@frogfrog2151 I was on bell's for a piece and didn't get to play till measure 47, of like a 90 measure song

@banks8645

Жыл бұрын

Literally, my band director doesn’t care about the percussion section💀

@CarlDaCool168

Жыл бұрын

sometimes this happened for me in middle school but that’s not happening anymore cuz my band has only two percussionist: me and my friend so I gonna tackle 3 roles at once with a drum set lmao

Imagine having a band teacher in High School that actually teaches your percussion and doesn't just make them go through the motions. Ya'll are fortunate.

@theclimbingchef

3 жыл бұрын

My bd was a percussionist so they always got special treatment/asses reamed, lol

@felwinterslie8223

2 жыл бұрын

My high school has a separate class for percussion for both drumline and front ensemble taught by a trained percussionist

@johnnyboyer8851

2 жыл бұрын

My band is gifted enough to have a percussion director who marched dci🙂

@doug2555

2 жыл бұрын

In all my 3 years of middle school band, there wasn't very much percussion in the class (2 or 3 including me) so my teacher just gave us packets aaaaaaand that's it

@separat0r970

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like my band teacher

One time I couldn’t find a triangle beater so my solution was to hit the triangle with another triangle. Idk what was wrong with me. One time I had this mallet solo test and I had only practiced the first four measures so I just played the rhythms and not the notes. And that was the only assignment in band class that I got and F on. I also have a reputation of playing way above fortissimo.

@spideypool20

4 жыл бұрын

Hey playing fortissimo is WAY better than playing quietly. More percussionists tend to play very quiet at first instead of loud

@Squirrelconga

4 жыл бұрын

FORCE-TISSIMO

@schifoso5591

2 жыл бұрын

Fortissimissimo

@thefreshvince879

2 жыл бұрын

in my pit we had about 5 different siize triangles and would just use any piece of chrome we found as a beater

@lotus4129

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't find a triangle beater, and my solution was to just beat the shit out of it with the butt of a drumstick

Mallet percussion is underrated it's honestly my favorite part of percussion.

@legohexman2858

2 жыл бұрын

It is pretty based

@lasagnajames

2 жыл бұрын

the pit is where it’s at

@eggroll1548

2 жыл бұрын

It’s better then stuff like crash or triangle but every single drum is more fun to play

@0v_x0

2 жыл бұрын

I used to hate getting stuck with all the mallet parts cuz I also played piano and no one else in the percussion section could read music. But I honestly love the instruments and respect the hell out of people who get really good with them. I mostly did the bare minimum in school but these days I sure wish I could shred with 4 mallets on a marimba.

@jessiesjourneyy

2 жыл бұрын

ME TOO except for the glockenspiel

EMC, you can’t suck at anything, we all know you’re a perfect rubber-chicken-squeezing deity :)

@kylianlol13

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it is clearly fake

@503music6

4 жыл бұрын

Kylian als gamer bet

@pitcrew1392

3 жыл бұрын

that’s hot

@indigoselinger1640

2 жыл бұрын

Odd way to say it but pk

@san1nja967

Жыл бұрын

what?

I remember in elementary school and part of middle school no one could do a buzz roll. I caught on eventually but I remember everyone used to just do single stroke rolls as fast as they could

@alex-zj6ef

2 жыл бұрын

god and i thought i was bad in middle school

@dogestep64

2 жыл бұрын

Same we kind of just guessed the buzz roll and pressed into the drum

@benjaminmerkel

2 жыл бұрын

As a trumpet player the buzz roll is literally the only thing I can do

@jameshancock1528

2 жыл бұрын

There's 2 snares in my drumline who have zero idea what a roll skeleton is and don't seem to understand why it's important and I'm frustrated lmao

@Wishuponapancake

2 жыл бұрын

I never had a drum teacher or instructor so the only way i knew how to do rolls was buzz rolls, had no idea that there was a difference between the notation and i just did whatever sticking felt worked well for how long it was lol apparently my band teacher either didn't care enough to correct me or I was faking it good enough

still can’t understand nor get the hang of traditional grip, since we always played with matched before.

@crushingbelial

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely takes perseverance. I prefer trad over matched any day of week but limited application of snare/set/marching had my professors on edge when it came to rest of perc family lol

@aggietommyjones

3 жыл бұрын

Played matched all in middle school. I was told in high school we’d have to play traditional so for my entire 8th grade year I played only traditional. And then we all got to high school and realized no one could play traditional so we switched

@jameshancock1528

2 жыл бұрын

After not practicing the whole summer, I got put on snare for my hs drumline and have been playing so much trad I think I'm a little better at it than matched lol. Not quite as fast but more control

@kaiowens1616

2 жыл бұрын

I played a match grip for almost 8 years and recently learned traditional grip, and I am already better with it at some fast patterns with weird stickings. Still working up my single stroke speed though

No one: Every KZread add: SO LIT MOBILE SENT ME THIS CHARGEABLE BATTERY PACK!!! LETS CHECK IT OUT!!!!!

@nathan_khoury

4 жыл бұрын

I got the same thing!!!

@connorraebel

4 жыл бұрын

it can charge my phone w i r e l e s s l y

@BobJones-bh9qz

4 жыл бұрын

So many of them 🤦‍♂️

@brettdufrene2723

4 жыл бұрын

Yea I got the same ad 3 times in a row

@nathannolte4333

4 жыл бұрын

I hate those ads SO MUCH!!!!!! They have different people reading the same script for each ad. And there is so many!

I was the bass 5 player in my school this last season and in our third movement, we had this impact thing where I was playing this triplet, kinda Mars sounding drum thing with the flats. I was the only bass playing it. The drill had us moving forward like quite a bit so I was crabbing. The snares and the tenors were almost 20 yards away from me because we were in this massive arc set. It was absolute hell to line up. And I couldn't really see them either because it's bass 5. And keep in mind, this was my first year on battery in highschool.

@jackthecommenter2768

2 жыл бұрын

@@braedenkersey3570 jeez

@savingcpr5450

2 жыл бұрын

Got stuck with bass 4 with no prior percussion experience my sophomore year… totally loved it though, great stuff!

Did anyone else first see hertas and think of them as "that rhythm from Bleed by Meshuggah" before they knew the word herta?

@erikwaterson361

4 жыл бұрын

Bruh what the fuck lol

@Alex-ve3it

3 жыл бұрын

Yessir

I started learning euphonium (my first instrument) about two years ago. I still suck at a lot of things, but listening back to old recordings I am proud of my progress. It’s all about striving for improvement, not for perfection. 🎶🎺🎷🥁🎹🎶

@evansaccount1548

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@TotFr1

Жыл бұрын

Euphonium/baritone on top

Man this is the most high quality vid you"ve ever made in my opinion

@seancarr972

4 жыл бұрын

i totally agree

I played the African bell carol on the congas, pretty hard.. I was grade 8, and I still am.

Come on Eric, you know I can’t tell the difference if it was recorded on a literal potato.

@theCDGeffect

3 жыл бұрын

all you gotta do is pull a CSI and enhance

"I was kinda leaving things out without realizing I was...i hope that makes sense"....it makes total sense

4:58 every 2019 Cadet just got super triggered That's where we had the first half of spring training and that place was HORRENDOUS

@trevehr7442

4 жыл бұрын

Bro that was my high school band camp spot all 4 years, it was buns

I'm bad at mostly all drumline instruments(can do great on cymbals though). My passion has always been mallet percussion so I focus more on that. Though learning snare would be useful, I don't have the motivation...

@shadow105720

3 жыл бұрын

From people who hated mallets and just wanted the snare and bass parts, thank you so much.

EMC: Herta bae Me in marching band not knowing what they are: 🙂 *yep*

OMG I remember playing the African Bell Carol solo. I freaking loved it. That brought so many memories hearing on this video thanks for that.

Ah yes, the good old trusted "just look at the conductor, bob your head and count bars" method. :D

Ayy, it’s EMC. I used to suck at paradiddles

@dominickcardenas5631

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@averybondeson3322

4 жыл бұрын

Me too. I still kinda do. I'm embarrassingly bad at flam rudiments

@jacks7ven265

4 жыл бұрын

Avery Bondeson the key is to start slow, than build the speed

@evanmnichproductions

4 жыл бұрын

same

@evanmnichproductions

4 жыл бұрын

@@averybondeson3322 im super bad at flams like I can sorta play flam taps

Bro, I had to play armenian dances my freshman year (saxophone). We spent an entire day just figuring out the alternating 5/8 feel. Ah those were the days.

My HIGH SCHOOL drumline only knew how to buzz roll, and I had to teach them how to actually double stroke roll (they never caught on). No one practiced rudiments, so drumline was constantly dumbing down their rhythms. It was really frustrating.

It boosts my confidence to know you struggle with mallet instruments, when those are my strong intsurments.

BRO I PLAYED THE BONGO SOLO FOR AFRICAN BELL CAROL IN MY SEVENTH GRADE CONCERT

@joelsurfleet9528

3 жыл бұрын

Yo i did too, thats a classic right there

@chasecasselman5353

3 жыл бұрын

Same here haha

@sephoratrevino7033

2 жыл бұрын

I played the big shaker thing 💀

I just discovered this channel and my God, those costumes and humor is 10/10. Pls keep making content

Sameee!!! But its all practice man! And pretty much passion... if you have a passion for a goal.. you’ll learn whataver is in the middle to get to the goal! :,)

As a trombonist, I sucked mainly at flats and naturals. I used to always play Ab's instead of normal A's. After a couple years of being constantly told not to play Ab's. I finally was able to play pieces correctly until this year when I had a part of a piece in Ab, so I started getting constantly told to play the note right again. Long story short, read key signatures correctly.

I love these story videos! The way you present them are hilarious, and those chickens are looking amazing!

@nonameguy

3 жыл бұрын

oo aa monke

@insertchannelnamehere632

Жыл бұрын

Omg why are you here

Oh my gosh I sucked at mallet percussion too. That was so relatable. (I'm still not that great, but I'm trying to get better :))

@thezencaliff8891

3 жыл бұрын

I really suck at mallets but I really decent at timpani so I guess I just always play timpani lmao

This would be a good video to show beginning band students, in addition to some of your other content where you absolutely shred on a drum part.

Can you make a video explaining why Carolina crown show had to get rewritten because of copyright?

@jasonstone6134

4 жыл бұрын

which show?

The one in the thumbnail I used to absolutely suck at. I also sometimes struggle with paradiddles and paradiddle diddles.

In middle school i typically played the marimba parts but for my 8th grade percussion ensemble we played a song called gypsy dance. I had a snare a bongo part i wasn't able to play at all. When it got to the performance i messed up the entire time and even dropped my sticks.

@bufobufo9671

4 жыл бұрын

There was also another piece i had trouble with in 9th grade called midnight sleigh ride. I had trouble cause it's just a constant 16 note pattern. I had to do it with a right hand lead but im left handed. Then from measure 61 to 70 the part changes and im not very good at rimshots.

@xxnvytechxx6417

Жыл бұрын

No way I played the same thing that year. That’s funny. I think I was auxiliary. I still have my music somewhere

I still suck at drums.

@hotdog3392

4 жыл бұрын

Huh? But but... you’re the smart one 1 :(

@manisueyou

4 жыл бұрын

Anthony S Hey I am smart that’s why I am good at piano and music theory. I just can’t play that cleanly on snare.

First episode for me and dude.... new subscriber.. seriously entertained! Well done

Thank you for uploading, it reminded me that I need to work on my audition pieces for my high school drum line

11:40 the opposite happened for me. I played front line mallet percussion in my high school’s marching band. Senior year, I play xylophone just as the drumline comes in from way back in the backfield. Trying to listen to the one snare playing, and come in on time with them, and seeing the drum majors being on time but a little ahead f the sound getting to me made sure I always sucked at my entrance, coming in too fast and too early. Very beginning of the show, and it’s a very noticeable mess up since it’s xylophones, they cut through anything! I slow down with the measure but it sounds *awful* Here’s the show, I’m on the far left. Always struggled with that entrance. kzread.info/dash/bejne/naqh1tmmqbu6pqw.html show starts around 3:30

6:13 same. I couldn't figure out mallet percussion or the piano. My brother was insanely good at piano and mallet percussion. My percussion director made us learn everything. For some reason, I could not play multiple notes on time... I play tenors fine and am the section leader. I don't know why this happens.

Thanks for getting me through quarantine love you Eric

You in middle school with the keyboards was what my first year of college was like. Now I'm working towards compositional grad school.

6:13 We always said "The 'D' is between the buns"

Lmao we’re playing Armenian Dances in my college wind ensemble this concert cycle, the 5/8 part takes so much effort to keep on track when you have a million rests because of it switching from 3-2 to 2-3 over and over

This video is incredibly inspiring, makes me feel like I can improve

You mentioned about the distance and timing issue. I just realised my first ever (and so far only) show that I marched in (we never finished it because of people quiting) had a part that actually was even harder than having a tenor solo coming in right after a turn to the front. In one of the sets the percussion section actually had to split up to both sides of the field facing eachothers backs for a good 24 beats until turning 180 degrees to march back to the center. So besides the distance and therefore sound delay getting bigger and bigger with each step we not only had no sound reference, we also had no visual for those 24 beats on either the drum major or eachother to keep it together.

I love how everyone hates mallets. They are my main game. Always were, always will be. I suck at quick snare everything tho. And jazz drumming. Oh and that one time we had only 3 drummers for 5 drumparts and the timpanist had to play through the whole thing. So I had to constantly change between bells and marimba, and because marimba needed 4 mallets this was really had for me.

@FireFoxie1345

2 жыл бұрын

I would love that challenge

@lilvoltbeats8706

2 жыл бұрын

Same

I'm an adult learner and am very jealous of the music programming you had access to!

That's craaazy that you were in Crown 2010! My brother was in high school marching band, and Crown was rehearsing at out school, and that's where I fell in love with band!!!

I didn't know why the staging stuff was difficult. Now I'm in winter percussion, so I do

i have recently made a new friend really quickly deeply - i.e. she is a recent really close friend. We share a lot together and spend a lot of time together and I have been sharing things (like art projects and other creative things) that I am really proud of. It was only after a while when I expressed surprise at picking up something quite easily where she made an "of course you did" kinda comment, that I realised she didn't pick up on the fact I ONLY share things that I am confident in, and ONLY start new things that I can see have a low barrier to entry. I was flattered that she thinks I am very able (or smart or skilled or whatever) but a really embarrassed that she doesn't realise how much of a fraud I am. I just never try at anything I might not take to easily.

Eric: Used to suck at drums Me: Currently sucks at drums BTW If Eric hearts this I will get better

@koifish528

4 жыл бұрын

You shouldn’t base your practice on whether or not he hearts your comment

dude you're giving me flashbacks to the mid 90s.. killin me

Just found your channel yesterday. Loved the few vids that I saw. Today comes and I continue checking out the channel. I was thinking that much of this seems to be like an east coast if not an NJ vibe of what band kids go thru. Then I saw your NJMEA logo! I was like, "was that the NJMEA logo?!?" Product of Parsippany Hills, and current teacher in Belleville, NJ! Good stuff, man!

You know, I haven't been in marching band for years, and I never marched in corps, but every time I watch your videos I miss marching :/ drum set is fun but I liked the amount of variety in ensembles I had in school

I couldn’t read music till my junior year, so basically two years of marching band and indoor learning music by ear and only using the sheets for the sticking lol. Another one is I’m naturally left handed but I forced myself to learn how to play righty when I started learning drum set. I really only played rock and metal till high school so when I did flams I did them however it was comfortable for me (all left handed with the grace note essentially at the same height at the accent). Flash forward to high school I made the snare line and I went a whole year without ever realizing there was a difference between left handed and right handed flams. They fixed the grace note height issue but somehow never noticed my flams were lefty. Enter sophomore year and we got some new staff who marched and taught the Cadets and one of them noticed I played all my flams lefty. He was like bro right handed flams have the right hand higher. But again I didn’t realize righty flams have the left hand as the grace note so basically my left handed flams were correct but right handed flams ended up being malfs. Needless to say the entire drum staff was dumbfounded 😂

@jackthecommenter2768

2 жыл бұрын

Brhh

@lasagnajames

2 жыл бұрын

i can’t believe you went that long without knowing how to read music.

@MikeAvinMusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@lasagnajames Ive played in bands since 6th grade so I’m pretty good at learning stuff by ear. My first few seasons marching I would use the mp3s our arranger sent out and then just watch the drummer next to me and referencing the sheets only for sticking. Worked alright for a while lol

@lasagnajames

2 жыл бұрын

@@MikeAvinMusic did you learn mallet percussion parts by ear too? if so that is impressive

@MikeAvinMusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@lasagnajames I usually tried to avoid the mallet parts in concert band like the plague if I could lol but when I had to play mallets I listened to as many recordings as I could and then would figure it out note by note matching pitches as I heard them!

This year I played congas in African Bell Carol and I got the solo! It was so much fun to ad lib the solo.

I remember at a concert I had i forgot the 2nd half of the snare part and just made it up. Easily the scariest moment of my life.

Long list I suck at: Tenors Long list I used to suck at: Snare

Eric:"I fortunately had a band director who actually cared about all the percussionists. Me:"You fortunately had a band director who actually cared about the percussionists.😂😂

2:14 OMG! The Blue Knights DOT UNIFORM!! I marched BK in 1991 (Baritone) which was the first year they rolled out these awesome unis. I aged out in 1993. Best 3 years of my life 🎼🎺🥁👨‍🎤

My highschool band director was a percussionist herself growing up so percussion at my school was no joke. I miss marching now tbh. I played bass drum at first then tenors the rest of highschool

When your first instrument is the dreaded mallet percussion.

1:51 don’t you mean “Coongas”

@lucscott3631

3 жыл бұрын

Nah. He means daddy bongos

@simonking5381

3 жыл бұрын

one guitar, i mean one conga

LMFAO, I have to play the conga part for African bell carol this school year. The music sheet is right in front of me right now.😂😂😂

Yeesss I love Armenian Dances, I’ve played it in wind ensemble last year as part of our spring concert or SMPA “concert”, it is a really fun song to play. Cool to hear you’ve played it before too.

When I started percussion I SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKED at timpani

@Charl_Ed

4 жыл бұрын

Same could never play loud enough in relation to the orchestra x

Sometimes I overestimate how good I am, and sometimes I underestimate how good I am.

@jackthecommenter2768

2 жыл бұрын

Hm good mindset

@adrienne9962

2 жыл бұрын

Ditto, it’s a super fun endless cycle of trying to balance my confidence ahah

i remember doing the african bell carol between me (congas) and another percussionist (bongos) also had a choir concert that same night and I was sick (strep) and it hurt to talk for like 2 weeks let alone sing, it was a rough concert

Quarantine would be the perfect time for you to make videos on quad techniques. Sweeps, crossovers etc

This quarantine has been giving me a lot of time to practice 😤 [This comment has 69 likes, so don’t like it anymore]

@byronbunch7633

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@jamjam6623

4 жыл бұрын

True

@antihypocrite510

4 жыл бұрын

Luke Cullen I haven’t touched my drums once 😭

@badmeme6801

4 жыл бұрын

@@antihypocrite510 same lol I just don't know what to practice

@flarfatron2190

4 жыл бұрын

Same

*I still suck at drums...* Hit "C" for cymbal in the chat 😪

That 5/8 section lol... I played euphonium but I remember it took a while to learn that.

This video was made 3 years ago today. Happy birthday

I had the same African carol bongo solo and I was so scared on our concert day! My face was red the entire time!

I just started high school and got snare. It’s awesome but I know that Some things we play I’m not very good at some parts. Mostly flams and paradiddles. But I’m gonna keep working on being better and practicing every day.

I played african bell carol this year for the christmas concert and i had the bongo solo and everyone looked at me during it

I remember that Crown finals, man, that was a good show.

Ive been playing rock and heavy metal drums for 33 years. I learned the double stroke roll early on but always had trouble with singles. Till this day I suck at them. ty

I started dying when I saw Jeff Queen doing his dual snare solo while you were talking about African bell carrol

This video actually helped me figure out that triplet roll exercise XD

hey we're playing African Bell Carol for our school, it was cool to see it here!

Omg I had the exact same thing when 7th and 8th were combined too when I was playing the congas and struggled in the solo

I played African bell carol in 7th grade and I was put on vibes, I didn’t know the part until the day before the concert when I asked my friend how to play it and I memorized it.

That damn African Bell Carol solo got me for like a month in 7th grade

This is totally random but your thumbnail is the rhythm from Nintendo Duck Hunt when you shoot a bird haha. First thing that came to mind when I "played" your thumbnail in my head.

I can understand you on the flams. They’re the bane of my existence.

African Bell Carol got me too with the bongo solo

Seeing African bell carol being mentioned brought back my 8th grade concert band years when I sucked at the timpani part on this song lol

I played congas on African bell carol! Loved the part

I didn't know how to really count correctly until like my late junior year of High School. And I started playing drums in school in 6th grade. And I never stopped until I graduated high school.

Biggest thing I had to learn out of the 20 years of playing drums, is that drumming is a constant learning process. I still challenge myself to this day on things that are outside of my comfort zone.

Delayed notes still happens in my band a lot.

As an 11th grader who was put into concert band because the band director found out I was a musician and was forced to learn marimba and mallet persuasion, I second how frustrating it is, my problem was just learning how to read sheet music because I know where all the notes on mallet percussion instruments are but I couldn’t read sheet music till like 6 weeks ago

Oh man, the US always amazes me; you guys, kids at that time, played in huge stadiums for a massive audience, that's freaking cool!!

so glad my town has one of the best programs in the country, i didn't know this stuff was supposed to be difficult

Been a while since I’ve been in band(started college the fall after Covid hit) but I am pleased to say I will be returning to it this spring. Back when I was in band playing tbn I remember distinctly struggling with up beats for some odd reason. The other thing was not really my fault but junior year due to a miscommunication between our drill writer and director props moved without anyone stationed to move them so we had to find people to move them but I’ll let you guys guess what happened the first rehearsal with props.

we are currently playing the African bell carol for my high school symphonic band.

OMG! Playing Armed Forces on Parade in band rn!! Following in your steps to greatness!!