Bluecoats 2022 - Finals Lot (Show Music)

The 2022, Drum Corps International, Fred Sanford Best Percussion Performance Award winners doing one final run through of their book in the lot before DCI Finals on 08/13/22

[@anthonytrivisonnojr]

What amazes me is how clean they play during lots without the use of the hands or a metronome! They absolutely smoked everyone else out this year in terms of percussion. I'd even say they were better than Vanguard this year! Btw, we will miss you SCV, come back soon!

[@CoreyTheBearded]

What's going on with SCV?

[@anthonytrivisonnojr]

@@CoreyTheBearded They aren't performing this year due to financial reasons.

[@CoreyTheBearded]

@@anthonytrivisonnojr Oh I missed that. Thank you.

[@mexicanpoptart17]

Wait… you know that drum lines definitely aren’t using the drum major as a means to play in time right? It’s more of an alignment thing for the whole corps.

[@jordantyler148]

@@mexicanpoptart17 it’s pretty common for drumlines to have a drum major conducting in the lot

[@subbot8077]

8:13 "Are you hearing this?!? This is really good!! This is really good!!!"

[@RHG_Music]

Didn’t notice the dude in the tree till a minute in

[@BagChatters10]

Probably my favorite book since 2015, which this sounds a lot like. Great job Bloo.

[@lalomuse4832]

There’s literally nothing more badass than a DCI drumline

[@kjf729]

Reminds me of those Cavies books from the turn of the century... pure groove, relentlessly tasty, and full of confident simplicity... and of course cleaner than a dinner plate at a homeless shelter.

[@CleanIsClean]

Again to the brother doing the whole lot in AF-1’s. You are a Machine

[@subbot8077]

quadline is INSANE! 🔥🔥🔥 go BlooQ!

[@brentbrownjr.5303]

Congrats on a great year!

[@MandoPercussion]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO, BLOOOOOOOO!!!!

[@yourself5000]

the yamaha overtones bring back so many memories lol

[@LukeZuniga]

i know that exact feel

[@gameknightgaming]

Just incredible absolutely dope

[@k.b.korben5366]

Bit frustrated BC didn’t win sanford, but I’m also glad they got their first Sanford. Love the quad tuning!

[@benjaminli188]

I just realized both Boston and Bluecoats could technically be shortened to BC, and that makes this comment quite confusing

[@Will-train]

@@benjaminli188 Boston is generally abbreviated to BAC

[@benjaminli188]

@@Will-train right, that's why I said technically shortened. I know Boston is usually BAC, but I don't typically see an abbreviation for Bluecoats. I guess BC would be logical, but I don't see it a lot.

[@dci_fan0345]

@@benjaminli188 I just use Bloo for bluecoats.

[@luvspaiste]

The lesson of 2022: front ensemble matters.

[@percy445]

9:03 "we bleed blue!" "YEAH YOU DO!"

[@michaell.8938]

Clean as hell.

[@nickmatthewsmusicstudio]

That's the cleanest snare line I ever heard

[@Jacob.Cornejo]

Highly questionable...

[@nickmatthewsmusicstudio]

@@Jacob.Cornejo Which snare line did I hear that was cleaner?

[@Jacob.Cornejo]

@@nickmatthewsmusicstudio What have you listened to before?

[@nickmatthewsmusicstudio]

@@Jacob.Cornejo You want me to list every drumline I've ever heard?

[@Panda_man1357]

@@nickmatthewsmusicstudioyes

[@boriente]

That was rad

[@GarthParris-im4cv]

Their Dynamics Is Great. Nice And Clean! Good Snare Tones. Who Ever Adjusted The Snares, Has A Good Taste!

[@SabianCarthen]

1:47 sheesh dude, wow

[@legolas_]

2016 book right there

[@themultigoat6710]

Other than the guy hiding in the tree amazing drumline and their visuals go hard

[@absolutelyshmooie7086]

Love the man in the tree, he's always watchin

[@spicyboy_17]

3:12 is so cool, i'm not perc person but the bass tuning is so good I can hear E major chord (Ab E B) very very cool and clean

[@frederickmeunier3478]

Guys that was gangster as hell!!! Tight, you guys are like machines, lol Your all gonna kill when you step up to other crews, let the drum battles begin!!!!

[@yourself5000]

so happy they won drums, even happier scv didnt

[@tonionknight7472]

why? SCV was superb as always

[@yourself5000]

@@tonionknight7472 im just a hater lol

[@tonionknight7472]

@@yourself5000 at least you’re honest 😭

[@iancenteno3387]

@@yourself5000 lmao, SCV drums are so good tho. 18 is my favorite of any show ever.

[@lauragonzalez7509]

Honestly it's just nice to see someone other than SCV win. Not that they aren't good but seeing the same champions can become stale

[@zav...5141]

2:16 💥

[@dudders___1684]

awesome. love the bluecoats. i'd be the guy in the tree lol

[@dhjet2000]

Two things I noticed - First is how many different grips there are on the left hands. Second is What the heck is that guy doing in the tree?

[@foomfs]

how do you get drums to sound good on recording like this is so crisp

[@anthonytrivisonnojr]

I assume he is using stereo mics to record this. It's also just the Bluecoats playing with such clarity and the tuning of the drums.

[@zackattack0720]

bro sitting up in the tree in the background 😆

[@euphed_up]

will there be headcams out soon?

[@rbass311]

No headcams but there will be some GoPro cams coming out soon.

[@maryd86]

What are they all staring at? So intensely focused.

[@mel-px7hl]

Heelys in the lot?? Oh hell yeah

[@jacksonaculp]

Oh yea! Had to take out the wheels though haha!

[@Ace_v120]

@@jacksonaculp imagine marching in heelys with the wheels lmaoo

[@JustinBianchiniArt]

my dude in the tree

[@Sodapop.-]

I legit got scared when I see something moving on the tree branch 😂

[@luvspaiste]

Seeing the girls play snare and bass drum in top-level lines is now the norm. When are we going to see them on tenors?

[@jaredkronenwetter7460]

BD had a girl quad player this year. She also marched RCC.

[@rbass311]

Blue Stars had girl quad drummers in 2019 and 2021.

[@gbyoung27]

@@rbass311 It is the same person, right? She's badass.

[@rudy8146]

Can we appreciate the guy in the tree?

[@Uncle_Yam]

What sticks are the tenors using?

[@kaitiak1]

Tom Raricks. Same as the snares.

[@luvspaiste]

I am usually not a fan of Yamaha bass drums but these sound great.

[@RYANRUTH]

Dude. The whole line sounds great. This is peak Yamaha tuning

[@gavin_bigred]

Bluecoats basses always sound amazing imo. Too bad they're switching to tama. But the new tama marching drums sounds a lot better than the old ones. *correction, the tama drums sound great. And I'm very excited for what they do with them!

[@jasonpetitjean8332]

Did any of you notice the guy in the tree

[@wowtiy6703]

6:47

[@mcgrud]

For the algorithm. ✊

[@brycejohnson8486]

Theres literally a person in the tree

[@twobrainedserpent]

anyone else see the foo in the tree

[@Jorstors]

5:01

[@knifeknife69]

holy shit, harry styles at snares?

[@jimsykes6843]

8:12

[@brokenarrow_-ts4vv]

Made the thumbnail the bearded guy going past vertical. Did that man’s dirty

[@OndrausCissell]

It makes me wonder. Does anyone commenting on these videos actually attend DCI FINALS ; or go for all three nights. So, they are not defining and determining, then coming to a conclusion what they have listen to just from listening in the lot !! If you haven't listened live in person for all three nights at DCI FINALS you cannot make a judgement.

[@TFordSuperstar]

No ode to Joe, Joe, Joe... Joe, Woody, and Tom?

[@sebastianmarsol]

we said it on the field but it was during rests that we didn't go through in the lot 😉

[@JohnSmith-zi9or]

Everything is fast and rammed .... just not musical in my opinion. I'm convinced if DCI had to play the Star Bangled Anthem ... it would have to be at 160 bpm.

[@justincoffey8718]

Rarick consistently writes the most musical books in all of DCI. You can't appreciate it as such, just by hearing the battery by itself.

[@JohnSmith-zi9or]

@@justincoffey8718 Your comment makes literally no sense. If his books were the most musical, the battery alone would be musical without the pit or the ... amplified brass and electronics. Sigh. DCI isn't musical anymore. Its all about who can play the hardest licks without regard to musicality. This is precisely why DCI sucks now and isn't interesting.

[@justincoffey8718]

@@JohnSmith-zi9or I don't understand what doesn't make sense. The battery and pit books are written to complement the horn book. The battery book is only one facet of the work as a whole; how they all fit together into a coherent presentation is what's important. What makes Rarick's books so musical is that they aren't 12 minutes of ram. There's a logic and a flow, and a sort of playfulness to them, and they incorporate all the possible textures of the various drums. They aren't balls-out aggressive or hyper-technical. You don't have to like or even appreciate any of it, but if you're going to complain that there's too many notes in a battery book, a Bloo video is not the place to do so.

[@JohnSmith-zi9or]

@@justincoffey8718 I just rewatched the video just to make sure I didn't miss anything. According to my BPM counter, I think every fucking song they played was 178BPM. It's the same shit rammed out over and over and over. Musicality? Bullshit. These shows are all about harder and faster because that is what wins, not musicality and entertainment. Listen, this video will receive maybe a 50-100 thousands views in its lifetime. A sloppy playing drumline in Europe (Top Secret) will get MILLIONS of views per video. There's a reason. And ya'll just don't get it. Keep playing that high tempo crap.

[@justincoffey8718]

@@JohnSmith-zi9or You completely ignored what I said about how to gauge musicality. Plus, you're the only one here complaining that the tempos are too fast. You don't have to like anything you don't like, but you aren't going to be validated here for your opinion. So just go listen to something that's more your speed, okay?