Blue Devils Snareline 2012 - Indianapolis, IN

[@femix26]

man those Pearls sound soooo much better than the Dynasty's they used for years.

[@flarfatron2190]

Rip pearl, apperantly BD is going back to dynasty since system blue went bankrupt

[@nathannguyen4440]

Flarfatron I thought it was Ludwig, not dynasty

[@flarfatron2190]

Nathan Nguyen oh, I heard it was dynasty. Would be great to see Ludwig make a comeback and score a sponsorship with BD. Then again, anything is better than system blue.

[@birdoclock8736]

@@flarfatron2190 guess what system blue isn’t dead they basically just merged with ludwig

[@TheAwsomeman3]

they look like they would be the bad guys if there was ever a movie about drum lines

[@ToomanyFrancis]

You're gonna be shocked when you hear about the movie "Drumline"

[@poastoast]

@@ToomanyFrancis a response 7 years later 😂 i see you i see you

[@Queeze101]

@@ToomanyFrancis I almost had a verbatim response lol

[@Zachary-ro6eg]

@@ToomanyFrancis 💀💀💀

[@vitorrodriguesgoncalves1971]

anyways

[@ryandunklee8595]

Love how the end snare is center the year after this

[@gaigemercado2763]

And snare tech at Pacific Crest ;)

[@owencole4356]

pretty sure bd and rcc put good people at the end and the ticks one inside

[@Kieran.percussion]

@@owencole4356 That checks out given a 2014 vet was placed one inside, and Nicole (2013 SL) was placed on the end

[@eXcommunicate1979]

Not the hardest licks in the world, but supremely clean. Piss clean, as my late drum instructor used to say.

[@gobears5497]

The beginning of that feature sounds cool with the rim clicks!

[@justinevans7550]

Still one of my favorite snare breaks of all time. 0:00-0:13

[@juhstion]

we have the same name

[@aleccarriedo8279]

Such cool beats! I LOVE this video! They are all so talented! It’s my goal to drum at this level by my age out! Going into my first drum corps season this summer! Super stoked!

[@MillCreekDrumline]

This is one of my favorite drum videos

[@henrygillardlive]

We just love to get better as the season goes on ;)

[@Michaelscott62518]

Its crazy that the center snare (nick) is our drumline instructor

[@Judefluff525]

Kevin Quiñones you had a good one!

[@JeffN311]

I'm not usually a fan of BD, but holy hell. I can definitely say that they earned the drums trophy this year.

[@MrFuManChuBar]

1:09 great shot of the hands. Thanks for that!!

[@Henry_GamesX]

Well said!!

[@mmfofficial509]

@Gerson Gomez, those are corps necklaces. You get one for each year you are there

[@subbot8077]

I miss when BD's books sounded like this ngl

[@Erichx14]

Yes, She also marched Bluecoats 2011 and Chino Hills

[@Sharpfourth]

I love how people are just walking by casually. Its like, STOP AND WATCH THE FUCKING BLUE DEVILS.

[@blueturtleteo65]

wasn't the center on the quad line in 2010

[@bobsaget7592]

2009 too.

[@flarfatron2190]

Jeez I miss when bd used pearl

[@davidraburnel7676]

You guys are good

[@deekerr1613]

Those are some really big cigarettes...

[@grayson-bubbles-light5025]

what

[@deekerr1613]

Their sticks.

[@grayson-bubbles-light5025]

D Kerr boy am i a dipshit

[@snareromie5295]

Dc17 Dc50 dcScotj

[@ed4l63]

whats the check pattern at 0:27

[@flabaman44]

HEY YOURE ON THE XYMOX PAGE AND THOSE ARE RINGS FROM PAST SEASONS ON A CHAIN.

[@xxzhoutaixx]

:22 IS THAT THE KID FROM UP IN THE BACK?

[@EuphPlayer115]

I'm from the east coast, and I really like it.

[@Kieran.percussion]

1:22 an onward is so clean

[@PlushChronicles]

Yep! And marched Bluecoats in 2011 and marches Pulse :)

[@xxzhoutaixx]

Same here I understand what you're saying. Sometimes lines are just amazing, they don't have to be dirty at the start, but who's not to say that something can be incredibly challenging but at the same time musical? Both are highly important aspects of the percussion score, so if we can ramp up both, why not. I understand that by making the book harder, you can sometimes lose musicality, but ScoJo has his way of maintaining musicality while offering an insane book to his line.

[@TheODUDRMR]

One line you can definitely see so many different techniques is SCV. Their snare line is a mix of guys. But, they have one great thing going for them. Musicality out of the ass! That's why they sound so good and make "easy" things sound "easy".

[@drummer4life15]

That girl looks familiar...did she march with pulse percussion this past season?

[@ryanluis6928]

they are using the pro mark system blue scojo's.

[@zachaidansmom]

It’s cool that nick was center for quads and snare

[@joedavila19681]

Awesome!

[@salarmander27]

that mini snare break at 1:33 makes me smile.

[@xxzhoutaixx]

Only Keelan, Amir, Chris, Brandon, Joey, and I think most of the basses are from BDB

[@vontelildude]

Does Anybody Know Whats The Name Of The First One They Played

[@nickniehaus1763]

God there is power in those snares

[@xxzhoutaixx]

Those aren't corps necklaces. Usually if you don't want to wear your rings in the hornline, you put them on a necklace. Drumline you can't drum with rings on so they have to wear necklaces. Same with pit and guard. Those are championship rings.

[@FoSalgueiro_Music]

Anyone know what kinda sticks they're using?

[@DrumCorpsTube]

Being clean isn't everything. Musicality and variety are also important, as well as staging demands. I'm sure there's even other factors as well. While judging isn't perfect, I trust them over anyone watching from the stands. They have the best perspective, and understand all of the different demands the members are performing through. Not to mention the changes to their book mid season, which may have made them more dirty while they worked it out. It was designed to peak by finals.

[@FlareOfPhoenixMC]

can anyone tell me where I could find any Pearl FFX snares like that online?

[@ImPoppy_1]

what are those rings hanging around their necks?

[@BZDrummer1]

i think hes talking about Corey Sajous, on the other side of Nick.

[@fletchermyhre7628]

what part of the show were they playing at the very beginning? (0:04)

[@FlareOfPhoenixMC]

They use Vic Firth Ralphie Jr./Sr.'s, same sticks used by most drumlines. Mine use them. I am only guessing by the look from the video, though

[@dillpickle6843]

they use dc50s

[@dfisk79]

wow. nice stuff!

[@Tre4Sho1914]

Who in Hades would DISLIKE this?! I pitty the fool who gave this a thumbs down!

[@HiyaItsNathan]

yes

[@AllStater09]

Yeah I saw that! Very obvious in comparison to the line

[@TheODUDRMR]

Actually, to put you in the right spot, Scott Johnson DOES write for them. He as well as David Glyde, and Jim Wunderlich write for them. And the writing has everything to do with it. Writing has everything to do with how well a drumline can pull a book off. What I was specifically talking about is how their book is written at a level which takes them all season to clean. There for they never plateau. Have you ever marched in corps. before?

[@cartermansur7513]

Two guys to the right of Keelan marched through 2015 i believe.

[@lukecosby7813]

+WoahDrumFeatures 2014

[@soupienips6338]

Cxrtah one was center til 2014

[@alexmok2]

POV: you’re hear watching this after coming from Kyle Tsuchiya’s latest video

[@leviataishellahot4885]

man I wanna do that with my band, god they are pretty fucking good

[@kylosme]

haha yeah I know. I posted this just to see how people react. I marched Scouts snareline I think I got the idea haha. this is just the way I wanted people to react tho haha.

[@jsk8drummer]

I'm very familiar with that saying haha. Agreed about the different backgrounds even though a decent number of these guys are from BDB.

[@PlushChronicles]

Actually not true, the staff tunes their drums ALOT. When a drum has a lower pitch sound you can "hide" dirt a little, which is what most corps do at the end of the season after changes and polishes to cleanliness have been made and they can let the drum speak more and sound better, producing a cleaner, louder sound. but when they are trying to clean stuff in te early season they tune the drums higher to hear dirt and fix it so they can clean it to ultimately make a louder deep tone at the end.

[@SamItalia08]

Best snareline ever?

[@cferg6222]

Does anyone know why nick was center snare over Keelan ?

[@owencole4356]

cuz hes the goat

[@andressuarez7158]

i took 3 showers today and this was cleaner

[@Soju_Papi]

Those are rings, not bells.

[@jsk8drummer]

David Glyde writes their book... Idk what the writing has to do with it either... With the amount of talent they have they can be clean early season if they choose to. I'm not sure what method of writing you're talking about.

[@brandonellis981]

nice pearl snare drum

[@xxzhoutaixx]

Indeed he does, the bass line is gonna sound sick this year too with joey martinez as their tech.

[@kylosme]

damn RGIII can do anything!

[@tommy2122108]

@Sam Pisano: I wouldn't go that far. It was a pretty sick line but definitely not the best.

[@damaripoo78]

whats the first warm up they played???

[@PlushChronicles]

WEll yeah they make SOOOO many changes XD

[@chrisgaray87]

should've kept the mid-season staches

[@Se7enE1even1]

Bluecoats, Phantom, SCV, and Spirit of Atlanta.

[@brianrandol]

I have some of the same videos, and audio, the flash pictures you see being taken, I have on my facebook.

[@boarthefighter]

the stuff they play at 1:21 is pretty impressive.

[@zimdinkley]

@Sam Pisona, I can't agree to that because there were some snare lines in the past that blew this one out of the water. Remember in the world of drums there is no such thing as permenant best.

[@jsk8drummer]

But they weren't clean. Doesn't matter what the score sheet says. If you watch videos of them or saw them live early to mid season you'd see that they were clearly not playing clean as Coats, or SCV or even Cadets who really made a ton of progress around mid season. Like I said though, the last couple weeks of the season they really turned it up. Dont forget the pit is also a large part of the percussion score.

[@Rezzyroo]

It's percussion the more in sync they sound the better it's for competition.

[@sureshot157]

I should know this, but what is the 3rd warm up called? Thanks

[@JeDeSoN2]

None of these are really "warmups" rather just excerpts from the show.

[@salarmander27]

chris bosh*

[@AFortuna129]

Or that the line is so good that they are cleaner sooner? It seems everyones argument is always the same...So I guess every group that is clean more than a week before finals means that their book is too easy? and vice versa that if a group is dirty the week of finals that their book was to hard?

[@bradleyperry1103]

they usually are until finals week, then they just give everyone the t(^_^t) and get it together. ScoJo told me the only show he aims for is finals, he doesn't water parts just to be clean mid-season

[@kingjokerful]

am i the only one who notices dude right beside the female , his carrier is not centered ?

[@sikeyouthought3019]

So their center snare for the 2012 *season* marched tenors there in 2010/2011? Whata guy.

[@mattlogan1]

Snare is easier :)

[@owencole4356]

@@mattlogan1 still pretty crazy and he like revolutionized snare drumming

[@CleanIsClean]

You must be a SCV fan boy but yeah please march this show and play this book.

[@zimdinkley]

@Sam Pisano: It's not the best.. But it's honestly one of the better lines to ever emerge in DCI. I love BD's 2012 line, it was killer. Along with the Coats line.

[@MrRyguy]

Why are the people in the background just walking by without a care in the world??!!

[@jsk8drummer]

Ok thats a good point. But I still dont think that this book is so insanely difficult that it should take guys of this caliber a full season to play it clean. I think Cadets play beats that are just as hard and they were sounding better mid season. No I haven't marched a dci corps yet, couple years of dca. Im not sure what that has to do with what is being discussed. It seems like you're looking for reasons to insult me when my original comment wasnt hating or implying that I could do better.

[@Se7enE1even1]

oh, and rhythm x 2009

[@hskellison]

I have watched this video 129308723570935 times

[@Pez5688]

That's the point.

[@micah_drums]

DC50 or DC17?

[@snareromie5295]

They use both I was at one of there shows

[@magicalpandaboy830]

it is meant to be that way. If the book is clean halfway through the season, then the book is too easy for the line.

[@elmdrumline2011]

I LUV BD, but i still feel SCV is cleaner and has more clarity

[@sumbooodeeee]

I reallllllly love nicks technique... Just me?

[@pearlsnares3538]

Guy.. these aren't warm ups lol. this is show music hahahaha

[@meatwad314]

it also has to do with them being inside...

[@brandonforsman]

2012

[@TheODUDRMR]

I have no intentions of insulting you haha. The book sounds like it's not hard. But, there are many things that most people just can't see without "being behind the drum". Have you ever heard of the acronym or saying, it was the TITS??? THis is my plug regarding if you've ever marched DCI before. A lot of techs will use this as a teaching tool. Remember having a line comprised of drummers that come from all around the US make it very difficult to even play the simplest of things.

[@prodigydrummer]

they didn't blink, they looked down.

[@PlushChronicles]

Lol it makes no sense though XD they were clean as hell from the start! They were never really actualy dirty. Maybe for like a little bit from like 2007-2009 XD

[@anggayogiawan]

keuuurennnnn

[@adderton8]

I wanna be that good one day

[@nathanmooney6980]

Carolina Crown, Blue Coats, Cavaliers.. well.. cavaliers 2011.