Blue Devils 2023 "The Cut-Outs" Synth 1 Cam (Luke Eckles)

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[@phantmdraws4898]

This makes me so jealous of show bands so much, my marching band is a parade band and I’ve always been jealous that I have to march bells, but synth cams awaken something in me

[@horus3416]

my idol tbh !!! synth on top !!!! (my hardest part in the show is wrapping wires after a comp)

[@FBarnacle]

It’s been a pleasure following your show! Very well performed and the sound checks are 👍

[@lukeeckles188]

thank you so much!!!

[@RealJoey]

Best synth book of the season!!! Well done!

[@lukeeckles188]

thank you, can’t wait to hear you shred with rhythm x this year!!

[@vsc5076]

I’ve never seen any head cam from the pit before looks pretty cool to be up top and jamming the entire time ❤

[@lukeeckles188]

definitely freeing to not have to worry about choreo

[@shotbysal]

absolutely SHREDDING!!! im so proud of you and it was an honor to have experienced your journey this season!

[@lukeeckles188]

thank you so much! it was awesome being on tour with you and also thank you for teaching me how a gopro works

[@BenBakerJr]

That synth at the start was straight up giving Styx vibes

[@joesensor4508]

it's headcam season!!

[@BubbaLubz]

LETS GOO

[@poopoopeepeebutt]

if luke has 10 fans i’m one of them if he has one fan i am him if he doesn’t have any fans i’m dead

[@vanathan]

Oh yeah, this is synth playing

[@korikeyz]

🔥🔥

[@dci_boi]

This is sick how am I finding this just now

[@CatherallAudio]

That MainStage Layout looks a bit familiar ;)

[@Chelia_11]

I've been playing piano for almost 7 years now, and next year I'm going to play the synth for my band! I'm so exited.

[@lukeeckles188]

congrats!!! synth is the best 😎

[@lianimations]

hey im in highschool marching band, its my first year (though ima sophomore) and im planning on doing band in college and or trying out for this type of stuff. this year i played the synth for our show (planning on doing it for my next 2 years) and any also other percussion instrument for gigs (bass drum as my main). i had a question, what can i do to be prepared if i wanna do synth for in the future. vids like these make me realize how not that good i am at piano and the synth so i wanna learn how to get better for the future. (ive also played piano for years now, but never professionally.) pls help lol, you look really good at it.

[@lukeeckles188]

hey! super appreciate your kind words, biggest advice i have for synth is to get super familiar with the technology aspect early on. mainstage 3 is the primary program that most groups use and having a basic understanding of how that works is super valuable to staff members looking to contract you. in terms of actually playing the instrument, try and build a super defined interpretation of rhythm. something to help this would be practicing your drumline’s exercises and then applying those rhythms to a scale on the keyboard. definitely let me know if you have any other questions!!

[@devonpita9193]

ding

[@haydenmcelhaney2297]

What is that fist patch your using?

[@lukeeckles188]

i forgot which patch exactly but both the top lead line and the midrange aggressive bass thing are found within omnisphere, maybe something along the lines of “smooth analog lead”? i’ll get access to the mainstage files again in january so i can definitely update you then, hope this helps!

[@phantmdraws4898]

@@lukeeckles188have you updated them yet?

[@thetheoryofphantomsdelta2779]

@@lukeeckles188 do you have the sf2 files for the synths, they sound really good and I want to use them in my own scores!

[@generalsupremo_]

I saw a kid play Bohemian Rhapsody better than this. I think it was at a movie theater

[@lukeeckles188]

what if i told you…

[@soggybread5406]

this is my first time ever seeing what you synths do behind all the mallets

[@lukeeckles188]

tbh it’s mostly eating snacks and troubleshooting but they wouldn’t let me upload a video of that

[@soggybread5406]

@@lukeeckles188 living the life lmao