Bluecoats 2011 - Hey Soul Sister

Bluecoats having some fun at the end of rehearsal.

[@bubo8329]

You can totally tell at 1:05 that there was supposed to be a drum break and the guy only played an eighth note, but it still sounded freaking amazing

[@bubo8329]

All of the directors flipped out too XD

[@ilovetivo]

It was actually supposed to be a tuba solo

[@orange8586]

That's the kinda thing that makes this fucking amazing

[@josiah8793]

It’s actually a tuba solo

[@bosaki8244]

It's weird how they can be so relaxed and still have amazing sound... The vibe of this video is amazing

[@mychannelboyeeeeeeee]

I would pay to get a CD of dci corps recorded playing pop songs. It would probably be better than the actual songs.

[@TSFLYER4]

You still have that playlist anywhere?

[@ethanuyeda8731]

You got that playlist?

[@samanthaswanson7946]

Nine years later and this is still one of my favorites.

[@midknightWRS]

It’s crazy to think about that I am currently marching with people who were not born yet when this was recorded, yet it’s still one of my favorite childhood songs.

[@toddchavez8274]

You’re marching with

[@midknightWRS]

@@toddchavez8274 12 - 18 year olds bc our band included middle school into our marching band

[@MrSaxySeb]

I wish I was in a band were after rehearsal we would still be happy enough to all simultaneously play Hey Soul Sister and be having fun while playing beautifully.

[@lindseybussell969]

I didn't know hey soul sister could give me chills. Well played bluecoats..... well played.

[@Brad4747474747]

DCI, making songs better than kidz bob could even hope to

[@MugiwaraCarat]

they're on a completly different dimensional world :)

[@TheBiiiiGTiiiiME97]

Definitely My favorite contra section by far

[@xxzhoutaixx]

no one likes you.

[@zangoose..]

i like him

[@calebbenton367]

Brian Nguyen he seems pretty cool

[@TheRealAjGaming]

Michael Dotson my favorite contra section is whichever one you are in 😘

[@masonk8362]

He has a picture of him playing a contra he has to be cool

[@patrickfoit8261]

when they're able to play like this without any fract'd notes and when it sounds really good

[@kevinstone9638]

Marched 93 Euph and loved jam sessions like these. GO BLUUUEE. Have a great year in 2013 its hard to believe its been twenty years since I wore a Bluecoat. Cherish the moments you have in corps.

[@gavinwalker1963]

Best contra section

[@fluteskrillex78]

I would pay to see them play Gonna Give you Hell

[@Dynamic1312]

The Bluecoats play all the hipster stuff!

[@jared0111]

+Erick Sanchez are you serious? isn't this song by maroon 5? they're like the least 'hipster' band i can think of, their stuff is played in department stores and dentists offices and stuff.

[@UkeleleplayinQUESTIE]

+truthviamusic The song is by Train.

[@Kamoojaan]

@@jared0111 ¿Qué?

[@cosmixwrld8253]

This aged well

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen9524]

I dont care what anyone says, once im in college, I'm learning how to play a brass instrument so I can join DCI. Their sound is amazing

[@toddchavez8274]

Do Open Class! They’ll teach you there

[@anonymoussealion1403]

Sea Lion Approves

[@kilroy227]

This makes my heart feel good...

[@OnlyOnline2O1O]

IT SOUNDS SO GOOD :D

[@DivideByZeroGetCake]

That's drum corps for you. Perfect sound. Always.

[@unusuallynormal231]

This makes me smile

[@marchingmajorleague]

Awesome song - awesome arrangement! Bloo!!! GREAT STUFF!!!

[@Key2MyHeart]

Their sound gives me chills

[@jakemillena3352]

one of the best drum and bugle corps. EVER

[@kurtwarnick4343]

8 years later and im still listening

[@MissTrumpet1]

they can play whatever they want.. bluecoats will always be in my heart.! *-*

[@Amendous]

I'm deffidently gonna join up with these guys when the age comes...

[@samkwon94]

i love how DCI makes good songs AWESOME

[@andrewjordan9396]

how could someone thumbs down this???

[@AllStater09]

Gotta love drum corp!

[@FanPlastic]

but I'm a creep

[@beanbirb6354]

FanPlastic Im a weirdooooo (My marching band actually did this song :D)

[@kohenjohnson2493]

Lucky af

[@gabri3l7]

this makes me wish i was still young enough to march....

[@sammo98]

This makes me regret picking a woodwind instrument over the baritone my teacher tried to convince me to play. ugh they're so perfect

[@nickr9505]

Samantha Ollweiler every woodwind player ever. My condolences, A baritone player.

[@ignbqsil]

why does this make me wanna cry fr

[@tiffanysilva3967]

I love them so much

[@TheTyTralzar]

Even when its not perfect its better than on a radio

[@MrDrummerGuyxD]

Beautiful.

[@darthhelios00]

As great as their contra section is, I hate to break it to you but the bass line you're mostly hearing is the keyboard.

[@irfanabdurrahman3592]

sounds so good!!!

[@JAKE__v11]

AMAZINGNESS THTS A FAMILY RIGHT THERE

[@ichigostrawberryzoey]

AMAZING!

[@1049berkeley]

Can I double like this ? Love their freakin hornline................

[@bestic5524]

I love blue coats awesome

[@fluteskrillex78]

I love the contra sound in the beginning

[@themeleed]

Nice. I play trumpet too, thinking about auditioning for the 2013 season, and after that I'd probably do 2014 too before I age out. I bought the $15 packet for the 2012 season to see their practice and warm up stuff and the audition stuff for this last season, I'd recommend picking that up.

[@OGGangstaT]

That's very motivating to hear, thanks! ;)

[@smartbluma]

ENCORE!!!

[@Jplan72]

Recording came out great here. Blooo sounds pretty good, too.

[@Skystorm16]

Thanks, I'll work on that! And me and my friend were gonna audition for them this fall too but we decided to wait until after we graduate.

[@CarthageDude13]

CHEEYEAH, GO MELLOPHONES!!!!! =)

[@pivotmaster275]

What is this "heaven" to my ears?;)

[@davidnelson5958]

THE BLUECOATS FROM OHIO MY FRIEND STARTED THIS CORPS LOVE TO HEAR THEM PLAY

[@TheMultimediaproject]

Practicing my whole heart out to become a bluecoat..

[@Sinliner17]

@smeargle777 its a song for the audience so its for entertainment not a show peice so its ok to throw things in like that

[@Skratche17]

@phantomcoats94 In my highschool band (all of them, concert, marching, jazz) the low brass is easily the strongest section. Really, only one of our trumpets ever play out...

[@krazypyroboi05]

the Soprano Ego :-)

[@NickzAndMikz]

That ended not with a bang but a whimper

[@saxmachine223]

i can tell everyone of thm are jammin

[@Skratche17]

:( I like both. (I play bass guitar, upright bass, euphonium, and trombone).

[@trollfaceqcrs]

i fucking love being a brass player

[@1600jacob]

Damn you Bluecoats........you all made me jizz my pants AGAIN!

[@MegaMagicDave]

holy shiiiiit!

[@FlyingFreak67]

This sounds good even on my poopy laptop speakers!

[@IvanLam6]

@IvanLam6 Just copy and paste the link and add a (.) between youtube/ noteflight and the com, sorry forgot to put that in. I hope it helps!

[@kadune]

This kills me on the inside.

[@Gregovitchthevolcano]

@smeargle777 Yeah, I played lead with Coats this summer and the staff told him to put it in.

[@IvanLam6]

@MusicFr3ak99 youtube com/watch?v=umxPZNkif7U&feature=feedu is where you can find a transcription of the score. I took that and put it on a site called Noteflight for easier viewing and added some things, changed the rhythm a bit so it sounded less choppy and more connected, this also makes it easier to see. But here's the score that I inputted: noteflight com/scores/view/82b682f0ec301fb0acdac12525cca7ce54b47a43

[@themeleed]

Go for tone and musicality in the extreme upper register. Practice lip slurs/trills and scales/arpeggios. Avoid using excess pressure, let your air do the magic for you, because air is free =). Try making your notes a little below your highest note sound really good and come really easy, and your highest notes will come a lot easier and sound a lot better. Do this often and you'll see very good results- I did. I plan on auditioning for bluecoats this fall.

[@TTJIF]

It's a good thing I play Baritone and percussion

[@Curtie99]

Our marching band got to be me

[@gabri3l7]

@BarracksSi see i only work on the weekends...that and i haven't played a horn since i aged out in 09

[@jlhanford01]

why does this have so many views?!?! one of the first times we played it and it sounds horrible! haha, soo much fun tho :)

[@jck1794]

1:35

[@Ayylmao546]

Drum major dodges instructor's conducting XD

[@scottreed1977]

@smeargle777 It's on every recording of this I have ever heard!

[@4stringFanatico]

@GreenHope92 i slappa da contra.

[@NotMyBatmanCup]

Woot no dislikes

[@StoneAndersonStudio]

@gabri3l7 You could do senior corps, like the Renegades. (:

[@TheClarkDrummer702]

I wanna be that drumset player D:

[@rikuantu]

@unusuallynormal231 they bascilly did it for fun

[@bassdrumfour]

@smeargle777 we have so many players like that in our band, they think because they can play loud they're amazing, I am in no way saying that about these guys though, I dont want anyone to get the wrong idea about what i meant

[@atbenline]

@smeargle777 i think the staff wanted him to. didn't on one rep and they told him put it back it in

[@brandysadorable]

@baseballnumber75 Me too....

[@KarnKrash]

@TheMultimediaproject me too!

[@rifkyario678]

Keren

[@MrJofferson]

LIP SLURS LIP SLURS LIPS SLURS LIPS SLURS!!!! And occasionally go chromatically from the lowest note you can hit to the highest. And remember if you don't hit the note you want after about 3 times, your done with that for the day.

[@twwallace]

@Skystorm16 Sounds like either a G or an A.

[@xxzhoutaixx]

Not that hard, there have been people that have switched and within 1-2 years they were in a top corps. There was a clarinet player that had never played a keyboard ever and in 2 years she made the Blue Devils. In the Cadets, their voice actor that they hired became so entranced with them that he picked up bari/euph and learned it and joined the corps. It's all up to you, as for me I used to be a sax player and now I'm on tuba. It comes down to how much you want it.

[@thesousabone]

@smeargle777 I'm assuming you're not very familiar with drum corps. Hangovers like that are common place.

[@Skystorm16]

@silfner1 I think it is a G. Awesome. I can squeak a high G out. Anyone got any tips for range? I'm a sophomore in high school. First chair trumpet and I'd like to be able to hit Double C by September this year. Much appreciated. (:

[@HsuTimothy]

On a scale of 1-10, how hard is it to make a corp if you're switiching from a woodwind? I feel like that the people in each corp is a music major and is super godly

[@m_rissspeedruns1231]

0 because I major in band and play the euphonium in band and marching band

[@soupienips6338]

Timothy Hsu a lot of people have did it actually. Just make sure you practice a lot before hand because the people you're going against have been playing for a while.

[@shekels2616]

Plenty of people have done it, there’s a mellophone player that switched from clarinet (idr which group)

[@itstheboi8860]

10 Because when my brother tried out he placed 2nd in it playing but didn’t make it because his marching wasn’t good enough

[@ConnerEByrd]

God, I hate being a woodwind...

[@Skystorm16]

Anyone know the high note that the trumpet holds out after the cutoff?

[@xxzhoutaixx]

Corps will look for a person that's average but has a hard work ethic and by the end of the season will be great, compared to a person who's above average and has an okay worth ethic and will be a little bit less than great by the end of the season. They can tell who really wants it during the audition process.

[@SirSaxALot13]

pst theres a lil secret.... you could switch *o*

[@GreenHope92]

I prefer contra's sound to bass guitar's one.

[@BarracksSi]

No, it's not the same -- work hard just on the weekends, rock a show, then beer at the hotel afterwards. Not like junior corps at all. :D

[@DaGuitarSaxMan]

Can I get this arrangement? Haha

[@kadune]

@MrSaxySeb Because it screams Carolina Crown (go look at their Madonna encore from 2010). Again, I know they're digging in and having fun -- that's the important thing, but it just bugs me to see that sort of cheese coming from my beloved Bluecoats.

[@gabri3l7]

i dont think it would quite the same as junior corps you know....

[@MrSaxySeb]

@kadune why?