20 Memes, Trolls, and Pranks for Drummers

[@EMCproductions]

What memes, trolls, and pranks do you want to see next?

[@DesertDuc]

Used to play iPhone ring tones on marimba randomly to see who would grab their phone, the people that did have their phones with them (even if they were on silent) usually got in trouble, lol. Also used to sneak behind the concert bass and play thumb-rolls to encourage that impending sense of dread in unsuspecting flautists. I got so good at thumb rolls I became my school's principle tambourine player. Winning. Also would randomly bow various metallics. Impending sense of dread, so on so forth.

[@johnbroe]

You should play the world's longest solo on a drum set.

[@quackstere]

i find a lot of memes you can play on tenors are very funny because nobody expects it at least not in my band. crab rave and we are number one are 2 of my favorites to play

[@zabooka]

hi

[@NamelessArtists]

Rush e

[@Goalie29]

Good morning! This is video number 53 of me asking Eric to make a set of tenors out of differently sized or tuned snare drums.

[@kh6li]

great idea

[@azxtnt]

He said he would do it once he can afford it

[@ducks_are_fun]

Yes please

[@dinkindane]

He kinda did that in the Ottomotone spiritual

[@hgt_sr7034]

Didn’t he do that in the otamatone spiritual???

[@RedDogMamaHD]

Hey I love your new Mr Krabs temple blocks! 2:22

[@jacobhanekamp2534]

Here’s a fun one. For this, you need to have access to Timpani that have a fine tuner knob. These are common on Timpani that utilize a clutch on the Tuner Pedal that is designed to help hold a specific pitch and eliminate the chances of the pitch increasing or decreasing at random. All you do is either turn the tuner all the way to the right, or all the way to the left. The next person will hop on and be surprised to learn that the pedal positions for their notes had changed. I did this completely on accident to a colleague in my Studio, and although he wasn’t too happy, the simple fix is to turn the Fine Tuner until the pitches match what they were before.

[@NATcha94]

man work sucks but #8 totally brought me back to life. love you eric

[@Alex-ix2zu]

I remember watching AGT with my grandma and I saw you I was like heyyy I watch him on KZbin

[@noamdrums3764]

The Best Video on KZbin!

[@connorsmith9597]

I don’t know what it is about wipeout but I just finished 8th grade and the younger classes worshiped me because I could play it 😂

[@mr.mystery_0074]

About any iPhone ring tone. Specifically the Xylophone one cause that was in our show last year.

[@Sheepish16]

this kid in my high school ensemble won't stop playing this song 😅

[@SealedBuildzz]

Nah but when the winds still aren’t good after 2 months and we were ready the second day and we are still are on measure 12 out of 45

[@OzusoSounds]

Hehe bucket o' fish

[@isaacs9583]

Nerds with perfect pitch know that the note was in fact an A, not a B flat.

[@JackNJazz_]

101

[@Qythero]

Steven is slowly becoming a villain and I love it

[@SALEENS7GTR5]

SSCU Steven Sassafras Cinematic Universe

[@hughneutron5303]

@@SALEENS7GTR5 that's steven's evil twin stephen sassaphras

[@amazngdrummr27]

I usually nail those Hi-Moms every time, I swear!

[@bandthings]

It's the amazngdrummr27!! MY HERO!🥺🥺

[@pulsar-_-4504]

have you ever said hi to ur mom tho???

[@bandthings]

@@pulsar-_-4504 i havent:)

[@j-drummer9132]

Sure u did Steven

[@ethanol3800]

LOL!

[@SALEENS7GTR5]

My college line instructor/writer had a great time confusing us by throwing in random bars of the 5/4 Mars lick into nearly every piece of music we played, as well as an entire sideline drum jig that was just Mars repeated.

[@macerunner4674]

thats kinda hilarious

[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

@@macerunner4674 Guilty as charged. I overused the Mars 5/4 lick as well.

[@Garrett7789]

Hey real talk though. You might be onto something with the snare under the marimba. It’s an interesting sound if you could get it just in the bass notes. Could write a whole piece around that.

[@creamyhummus]

That arrangement of Megolovania was unironically spectacular lol

[@Garrett7789]

Our pit meme was very of the time. We would play “I write sins not tragedies” from Panic at the disco. Sound kind of cool when you have like 4 marimbas pounding the power chords.

[@moyamedia9]

What about the Sleigh Ride slapstick in the conductor's ear?

[@legolas_]

Possible first 😮‍💨

[@EMCproductions]

Correct! Good job.

[@aspoon1]

Any of the ringtones involving marimba make for a good prank

[@colincrenshaw9482]

Says tune to Bb, proceeds to tune to A

[@Jòśíäħ]

LOLLL

[@sowirmango5572]

"Bb please" My brother in christ, thats an A.

[@alexthehuman163]

When the teacher is thinking or pausing the band, I like to play the Jeopardy! theme.

[@JamesThatcher]

11:11 nah... we're fine... we all learned how to cycle breathe years ago... that's the only way we could keep from going bored while you were off playing 8 on a hand for the 5000th time....

[@johnbroe]

Brilliant, excellent, amazing, sassafrasling, ergonomicon, illasaurus recks, infinity and beyondicide, metal gear sorid, and tricks are for kids. Very good.

[@MisavengersHQ]

Is there going to be a marching madness this year?

[@_ed21]

Best part 😂 07:41 👇

[@djmoosie7237]

#11 Was really funny cause I’m actually playing Yellow After The Rain for a recital 😭 💚

[@theclimbingchef]

You should dona video of all your instruments and how much they cost. As a former oboist, I thought 5k for a loree was pretty standard in the pro level series minus the strad level heritage series. I can't imagine that the marimba is cheap

[@JPINFV]

This is always the surprising thing with indoor percussion. At some point someone had to say, "You know what... let's take a bunch of teens and give them access to $50k+ worth of instruments. You know what's an even better idea? Have said teens run with the instruments because we've minimized set up and tear down time to maximize show time. Surprisingly enough... very little actually goes wrong.

[@theclimbingchef]

@@JPINFV 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@brandonking1737]

Colin McNutt also writes percussion for my old band, so we get our fair share of McNutt specials...

[@excuses6016]

Hi emc most of my high schools drumline watches you and it’s fun to try and replicate the things you do

[@box3229]

Half of My high schools drumline doesn’t like him because they all think he is nerd Most band kids in my school are potheads

[@ferretyluv]

@@box3229But all band kids are supposed to be nerds. Do they not see the hypocrisy?

[@box3229]

@@ferretyluv my school is a whole different story, I am one of the very few who act like a band kid. While the rest of the band finds me annoying

[@ferretyluv]

@@box3229 Wow, they sound like douche bags. Fuck them. You’re awesome. Keep being you.

[@ethanbrown6352]

I like how your marimba sounds Ours a extremely resonant, and its a bit off putting sometimes It sounds cool in slower music But when it comes to faster melodic stuff, playing different notes quickly kind of muddles the tone in my opinion because you can hear the previous notes still on top of the notes you're currently playing It's like when you play the bass, and you don't mute the previous note, yknow Everything just gets in the way

[@MuriKakari]

One of our snare drummers and the tenor sax scored the Naruto theme song on muse score and tried to get the band to learn it. Also, the saxophones played veggie tales during the third quarter and the football coach complained to the band director.

[@ferretyluv]

WHICH Naruto theme song? There’s like 20! Fighting Dreamers?

[@MuriKakari]

​@@ferretyluv Naruto Main Theme

[@MuriKakari]

My Sharona was a meme and a college near me had a song that included random measures of 5/4 , 9/8, etc. which always occurred after enough simple 4/4 measures to get the cheerleaders clapping along.

[@gc1215]

video 31 of asking EMC to make a video of him playing the Rock Band game series

[@RedDogMamaHD]

3:10 Kyle the Cadet!!! EPIC!

[@dantheman8503]

interesting detail about the moon theme, the first few measures are in 15/16. (They're essentially missing a 16th note)

[@rithikv9816]

9:13 bro popped his flam 💀💀

[@Haze_XD]

I'm a quad drummer in 4th grade, this is top tier memes, trolls etc especially the pink guy with the fireman hat's voice makes me cracked up, and the way he laughs is killing me (yes cracking and killing me at the same time(

[@dexterfletcher6908]

Can you make a short on the Mii Theme please

[@BSKY4907]

If your gonna do a “Drums are never animated correctly…right?” Part 7, you should really check out the KISS X scooby-doo crossover

[@colorsrrealduh]

Istg everytime i hear someone play megalovonia in band a braincell dies I now have no braincells

[@Damian_Wyane]

A person in my school band played the PH intro during our area concert

[@CoolDudeClem]

4:02 How modern music is made.

[@Airlo-rk8wj]

Funny thing is that Collin McNutt was actually the percussion judge for one of my mb comps this year.

[@BigMack06]

6:16 hey, what song is the marimba playing?

[@pigeon4422]

thanks I went back to play my drumset for a bit for the first time in a while after seeing this and it was honestly the most fun I've had on an instrument in a long time

[@theautisticdoomgod]

I feel bad for those trumpets and trombones. Because they're STILL NOT DONE. Edit: I forgot to include Mellophones, Baritones, maybe Cornets/Flugelhorns, and Tubas.

[@mrhalfbacon]

Playing the original Mario theme so many times

[@Leonlion0305]

idk if this is consider a drummer meme, but whenever my school play zombie nation at football stand, the tenor would do paradiddles down the drums at the 4th measure of the famous chorus. Also, tenor can definitely play Mario and Tetris theme song

[@Ryans.instruments]

Poor Steven, 2 years and he still can't play the hi-mom

[@Ethang1103]

I remember back in 2019 when Eric was reading awkward band moments and had no idea what Megalovania was😂

[@Percussion-clips]

still not done

[@charleswallace5237]

What it the thing hanging on the wall behind Steven every time he tries to hit the hi-mom shot? It looks like a quad pad but has mallets hanging on it so it could be it’s own instrument. Idk. if any knows what it is pls tell me

[@RedDogMamaHD]

It's an OctoToms. Here's EMCproductions video review kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmTRdot4m9CGZpY

[@charleswallace5237]

@@RedDogMamaHD thanks

[@beanokachino]

Do seven nations army

[@thepuppetboy87]

Not really a meme but we have this inside joke of “Cody that’s a gong!” And practicing 4 mallet with pencils

[@rakninja]

this works really good for me, my good friend is a drummer, and i play recorder.

[@sheevpalpatine4413]

When I was in band our band director would often give us songs with NO PERCUSSION(❗️❗️❗️) so we would goof off back there. When we were juniors and seniors the freshman band had rehearsal right after we did, so we loosened the straps on the crash cymbals, so they would fall off. We were evil. Additionally we would mess the timpani up for them. We got detention once for doing the “tuba knight” thing with a sousaphone bell.

[@EdgeVr_YT]

I love how EMC makes money & a name for himself by rubbing his buttocks on a Piano… love the content tho, keep making so I can keep learning!

[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

Just don't play Careless Whisper on the saxophone and we'll be happy!

[@syobonactionfan]

Hey Eric, may i know your drumstick brand you use while playing marching stuff?

[@fazbearentertainment7505]

Good Morning, hello emc I am a young 6th grade tenor player, I would like a Vic Firth Practice Pad so I can practice our music while im at home

[@brythkaltaris]

4:43 except for that time when it's your school's fight song XD

[@tannerlebo9862]

0:00 I love you Eric, but f*ck you, f*ck you, f*ck you, hahahaha. I always played that when I was on the vibes and made my friends get in trouble once lmaooo

[@Apollo_2763]

Fun fact: EMCproductions actually made the original meme remix back in 2014!

[@jeromieb038]

Haha

[@fl1ppR]

8:15 This is for all the Enemy Chasers out there that are Hardstuck in Gold from watching Chilling Smite xD.

[@TrojanManSCP]

Really dating yourself with the Rugrats Theme. We played that all the time in HS over two decades ago. lolz

[@MaydupNem]

I think you're playing the moon theme wrong; the original is in 15/8, and I may be wrong, but it looks like you have it written in 4/4

[@garminkid]

I like the Nitro, Volcano, and Hersheypark stickers 😃

[@Jazzy5989]

My first year of percussion my teacher showed me the grace note video.😂 also, he hates the McDonald’s theme song

[@Jazzy5989]

In my 6th grade percussion class my percussion teacher played that exact flam video

[@dancoroian1]

That's so clearly bad *recorder* music...thank fuck the flute sounds nothing like that!

[@theogdinogamer5059]

#14 tho

[@zabooka]

YES

[@JLogz418]

This is a band directors worst nightmare Coming from a band director who is also a percussionist

[@frankstanley7079]

My friends and I also play the Thomas the tank engine theme (1980s one) and cbat as memes.

[@CellPhoneGuy]

This guy's videos bring me back to the old youtube, the good youtube

[@justinmeengs6523]

8:43

[@tboneboi]

I think it's funny that my band director has officially banned the use of megalovania in anything band related, and that's the first one on this list.

[@mmm-tacos]

fourth

[@alsdrumhang]

AITA for hating Steven Sassafras with a burning passion? 🤨

[@ferretyluv]

What happened to Steven’s lisp? Has he been getting speech therapy? I miss when it was thicker.

[@JCGver]

What do you do if the drummer is drooling out of one corner of his mouth? Tell the stage crew the stage isn't level

[@tungster24]

please for the love of god upload a full version of that ducktales moon theme cover

[@chipthecomputerkatze8936]

Playing the quad part of jig 2 on the snare. I do it alot pepole are so confused.

[@washedburrito928]

I don’t know what kind of Mii theme you’ve heard of but that’s not it😭

[@TylerSmith-hi5zh]

Hi mom should be hi dad Because the skill was there for a second saw the out come and left and never came back

[@ragomtb]

"Still not done! Still Not done!" Me: We will we will ROCK YOU!

[@BestANT832]

3:20 Fun fact: he's saying: *"Not My King!"*

[@PsychophantFR]

is it just me or does the drumming in the second section of megalovania kinda sound like chop suey

[@BeatCarrier]

I love how the mii theme at 1:30 takes a schizophrenic turn about halfway though

[@_Ello]

Anyone who even cares about undertale or it’s soundtrack is always a wierdo on the next level

[@Potato_the_third]

Big country has led to many shenanigans in my schools front ensemble…

[@Darraghs1]

This reminds me of number three and number six of slipknot 7:00

[@motomike71]

Nah, Yellow After the Rain sounds better with snares.

[@Tophadoodledoo]

Missed my all time favorite: shifting the accidentals on the marimbas. When it works, the confusion of the marimba player is priceless.

[@bigboiinanut9967]

Omg thats evil