About a year and a half ago, I witnessed this video for the first time. I maybe watched it 2 or three times a day, I was so mesmorized that I couldn't help it. I couldn't believe what this guy was pulling off, and how composed he was. That's when I knew that this is what I wanted to do. I wanted to join DCI in a pit. After many months of practice and many lessons, I honestly believe that I could play most of this show (maybe not those runs, but most of everything else). Next season I will be auditioning for an Open Class corp along the East coast. It's amazing how much inspiration can come from one video.
@HyukBurgersTV8 жыл бұрын
As someone in drumline I love the way pit players move when they play. It looks so fluid and full of passion. Awesome
@musikgeek92894 жыл бұрын
That's how it is when it's done right. I love it too! **edit** amplification has helped with this too, since the performers can play more fluidly and musically without having to overplay and distort sound quality in order for their sound to cut through.
@marana112310 жыл бұрын
if anybody ever disses pit, show them this
@joshhowell533411 жыл бұрын
This has to be my all time favorite marimba cam. Speechless at how ridiculously awesome this is.
@beasterbunny21710 жыл бұрын
I have watched this so many times, it's inspiring.
@SilverTheFlame10 жыл бұрын
Ikr :,)
@mwproductions70758 жыл бұрын
I am a mallet/marimba player myself going into my first year of marching band. I aspire to do this well... I completely admire marimba and mallet players.
@CreepyDemonGuy10 жыл бұрын
Them mallet runs. And them abs... GOD EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS IS AMAZING
@StatuesUnknown9 жыл бұрын
imr
@StatuesUnknown9 жыл бұрын
ikr*
@nowayjose206 жыл бұрын
What abs...?
@MacMacWA10 жыл бұрын
Favorite drum corps pit! This was so much fun to take me back to my front ensemble years. What I love about the Cavies pit is they REALLY know how to work the dissonant notes and resolve them with the band, it's such perfectly integrated keyboard writing!
@lillianbleano732910 жыл бұрын
These are my favorite videos to watch on youtube because the pit is absolutely amazing!!
@chrishaight304911 жыл бұрын
There are not enough Marimba Cams out there
@samschellhase88318 жыл бұрын
Agreed. The world needs more front line!!
@bseaman9710 жыл бұрын
THIS guy right here is a Marimba God!!!!
@funkmastergeneral11 жыл бұрын
I BEEN WAITING FOREVER FOR A MARIMBA CAMERA THANK YOU
@tyhigh32339 жыл бұрын
I think we need to start a charity called shirts for dci where we all donate money so that dci people can have shirts XD
@Monocle928 жыл бұрын
they have shirts. It's hot, so everyone takes them off
@noahvanhyning77528 жыл бұрын
+Zachary Kinnard the joke flew so high over your head it hit snoop dog
@carmelanncapin24886 жыл бұрын
The cars
@bricesonwatson88335 жыл бұрын
@@noahvanhyning7752 when your reply gets more likes then the comment
@noahvanhyning77525 жыл бұрын
@@bricesonwatson8833 haha it's funny seeing old comments like these from me, it's like a whole different person
@Sad-Roach10 жыл бұрын
best go-pro video I've ever seen in DCI
@raneyboy99375 жыл бұрын
“I will delete it” 5 years later Still not deleted. Not that I am complaining and am so happy he didn’t delete it! Anyone else?
@musicmaniac9299211 жыл бұрын
Wherever these guys learn percussion, I'm applying.
@drummer199197 жыл бұрын
Indiana University
@brandonmoore7372 жыл бұрын
Favorite pit cam to this day
@SmellyT3311 жыл бұрын
This is why I aspire to someday be on a Corp frontline.
@jdphd902510 жыл бұрын
It is a band all by itself. I have enjoyed it. Thanks.
@WarriorStar13029 жыл бұрын
I can't believe that this is my private lesson tutor
@raneyboy99375 жыл бұрын
Noah John That’s cool! Is he still your tutor?
@coltonmccrackin329710 жыл бұрын
I didn't want it to end
@nightstar24009 жыл бұрын
And people say drum line is cooler I don't think so I love being in pit
@ColonelMittens648 жыл бұрын
+Abby Rusher Pit is part of the drum line. I believe you're thinking of the battery.
@ColonelMittens648 жыл бұрын
+aPattyson I've always been taught that the drumline consists of the battery and the front ensemble. It's really meant to encompass all percussionists on the field, matching or not. Perhaps the definition changes depending on where one learns it?
@garetwilliams6948 жыл бұрын
+aPattyson same here
@Monocle928 жыл бұрын
+aPattyson that's correct
@Monocle928 жыл бұрын
after spending two years on pit, and two years on drumline, with both of my drumline years spent managing both sections (we didn't have a percussion instructor) I have a lot of respect for both sections. they are both important and both present their own challenges
@SuburbanNinja800010 жыл бұрын
all the good old days in the pit.
@charredolive11 жыл бұрын
Best cam I think I've ever seen...
@squirtle11 жыл бұрын
This is the best thing I've ever seen. I can pretend I'm really good at playing with four mallets.
@whitneymitchell10110 жыл бұрын
Good God the chops needed to play this piece are crazy!!!
@richkane197711 жыл бұрын
Simply amazing. This is a great new perspective for me.
@JamesHaste9 жыл бұрын
Wow i am in the drumline and this right here has proven , that whatever you choose , most things are cool! Good job! It got intense at 1:45
@AWOLatx9 жыл бұрын
Pit is Legit
@DolphinPain9 жыл бұрын
I need to make t-shirts that say that.
@ambrosiaackerman21899 жыл бұрын
HipieofBSA I would buy that Tshirt
@memebersh1p9 жыл бұрын
+Ambrosia Ackerman Samee
@kungfuken4328 жыл бұрын
+Hank Fuentes Bars.
@RHG_Drums10 жыл бұрын
This has to be my favorite DCI video I've ever seen
@pupsic0la4 ай бұрын
will always come back to this.
@PlushChronicles11 жыл бұрын
WHO THE SHIT WRITES THESE PARTS DEAR GOD LET ME LEARN FROM THEM
@alexthrailkill Жыл бұрын
2:31 to 3:51 is fucking awesome. I was in the pit through high school and this video was so inspiring to me, I just tried to find it again for like half an hour and it’s as good as I remembered it.
@iamsteelee2410 жыл бұрын
That is some GREAT writing!!! Great skills, too!
@awesomeboss62799 жыл бұрын
Great recovery at 5:32
@kywindage13719 жыл бұрын
agreed
@KentArnsbarger11 жыл бұрын
The incredible flexing marimba (11:11)
@mikemills264710 жыл бұрын
Anyone notice the stick drop at 5:32 or so?
@Quicko9910 жыл бұрын
Wow! I didn't notice it the first time!
@zakattack19459 жыл бұрын
AHhh now I remember why I stuck with auxiliary percussion.
@TenorSaxPlayer10009 жыл бұрын
Amen
@zakattack19459 жыл бұрын
uasuka ^^^ love it when people have no sense of humor...
@drummer4life1511 жыл бұрын
I wish there was a marimba cam from 2011 :/
@NickWishesHeWasCool10 жыл бұрын
Holy fuck, thank you for proving that this can be an exciting instrument
@luiscobos218 жыл бұрын
This guy works at my high school now
@Bighous5038 жыл бұрын
thatd what alot of people say
@missnutellanbiscoff8 жыл бұрын
well most members of corps go into teaching what they know best so its not uncommon for students to go watch their teacher's performances. Especially if their instructor put their name on the video
@ChrisM-dx8up8 жыл бұрын
yeah a lot of dci members end up teaching in schools. My percussion director was in blue stars pit in 2012
@skatestacker7 жыл бұрын
my percussion teacher marched bluecoats 2007, 2009, 2010 snare
@raneyboy99375 жыл бұрын
I love that concert snare part at 11:18! You are a Marimba God!!
@davidarmstrong55499 жыл бұрын
Needs more cowbell
@meanintellectual31728 жыл бұрын
Okay that joke is so old
@sarahelizabeth53928 жыл бұрын
+Drummer From Heaven this comment is old
@synergetic.74277 жыл бұрын
Sarah Elizabeth your mom is so old
@HersHeyZtheTastyStuF10 жыл бұрын
"I'll delete it".
@Wildbillcooper10 жыл бұрын
No you won't lol!
@NyrocAxios10 жыл бұрын
Lol we have the same mallets. When I make enough money, I'm buying my own marimba, because being a marimbist is a lot of fun. Also, nice stick throw. Always happens. Can't escape it.
@CrunchyHDG7 жыл бұрын
what mallets do they use?
@MegaClutch710 жыл бұрын
Those mallet runs...
@marcmathura43308 жыл бұрын
how 2 chops pls
@NoName-yq2jn8 жыл бұрын
Use a pillow and try to keep your hits to sound the same. It burns... But no pain, no gain.
@marcmathura43308 жыл бұрын
lit
@blackshadow22916 жыл бұрын
Just watching this video and seeing how fast he's playing on the marimba with the four mallets makes me smile at the sight. I'm playing marimba for my school's marching band and playing with four mallets is pretty hard once you first learn it, but it gets easy. Playing cords with the notes really close to each other is hard but I'll soon get used to it
@rebeccamylum88489 жыл бұрын
I like how u dropped ur mallet and kept going!
@zanestackhouse82979 жыл бұрын
+Rebecca Mylum Nah he dropped his mallet so he was gonna give up half way through the show lol
@XxdrummerdudexXx9 жыл бұрын
+uasuka usually you have an extra in the stick bag. if you run out, you keep playing like it didnt happen. It's all about uniformity and composure.
@rebeccamylum88488 жыл бұрын
+Zane Stackhouse I'm just saying that because some people would've gotten embarrassed and froze up during the show
@doob57927 жыл бұрын
Rebecca Mylum Not necessarily. I was playing at a dome for championships during my first year in my school's national class band, and one of my hard xylophone mallets broke halfway through a 16th note run. Of course, only the top half of my right mallet broke so I kept on using it till a snare break where I was able to switch to a different pair. It wasn't really scary at all - I found it funny, actually. Especially because I was using those mallets since the beginning of the season. Although, DCI may be different. I don't know of any penalties that my state's conference have on mallets breaking.
@安藤菜見子10 жыл бұрын
That's incredible!!!!
@angthebandgeek11 жыл бұрын
not exactly sure why, but this made me mind blown
@KenKenTheDrummer10 жыл бұрын
Those are some pretty keyboard sweet runs!
@iipyrosketch24778 жыл бұрын
That was awesome!
@EVILPENGUIN9711 жыл бұрын
That ensemble goes hard!
@gnojoe63598 жыл бұрын
Your name sounds like a wizard101 character 😂😂😂
@dominabox8 жыл бұрын
Joseph Ludwig So true 😂
@jimmyj9568 жыл бұрын
Joseph Ludwig yours sounds like a mario character
@benmay193211 жыл бұрын
Good lord that was intense! I had no idea that what these guys did is that difficult
@michelleperdue653910 жыл бұрын
Our drum captain needs to watch this.
@richardschrand626410 жыл бұрын
"How do i stop it?"
@gusosaurusrex675910 жыл бұрын
"I'll delete it." Haha, well so much for that.
@josephgraboskyhfcs11 жыл бұрын
The only reason synths should be used in Drum Corps. Right.. About... There 6:04 Perfect!!!
@onamusic55398 жыл бұрын
where can we stream buy or downloaf his music
@aaaqui__97617 жыл бұрын
Ona Music i listen to tons of drum corps shows on soundcloud but 2013 cavies isnt on there cuz of the star trek music but there is a bunch of other cavies shows
@christianboose4447 жыл бұрын
I have so much respect for mallet players. Playing mallet instruments is HARD, it's certainly not for everybody; it really takes talent.
@samschellhase88318 жыл бұрын
5:50--is that supposed to be a break drum? Small mallets for one if it is!!
@raneyboy99378 жыл бұрын
Sam Schellhase I think those are bell plates
@MichaelMyers67897 жыл бұрын
I just learned the grip he is using. This guy is really good!
@A320flyerB610 жыл бұрын
This is extremely demanding music
@alanburns836210 жыл бұрын
Oh my god even the marimbas are awesome
@keatonjones715510 жыл бұрын
Marimbas were always good...
@johnz.miller22588 жыл бұрын
"I will have it deleted"
@SportzGuyRy1824199810 жыл бұрын
Those runs... Soo sick.
@milliepennell11038 жыл бұрын
wow he's amazing at that
@grantpaisley90128 жыл бұрын
As a Cavies snare potential, the pit, especially marimba, seems like such a difficult yet, for lack of a better word, awesome group.
@ThomasNeal8 жыл бұрын
It's amazing that you can memorize a 13 minute show, while most of the kids at my middle school cant even remember their region music.
@DolphinPain8 жыл бұрын
Thomas Neal When you practice 12 hours a day for three months and even learn it before the season starts, you'll be fine. Not to mention that there's a lot of memorable patterns in pit music that are not as easily seen by non percussionists. His runs simply scale modes. Chords and perms and yadayadayada.
@spxrk11718 жыл бұрын
ikr
@AllTheElephants10 жыл бұрын
I wish I could get the music for this. You wouldn't happen to have it would you?
@bcmasur10 жыл бұрын
you just watched it
@intrepid_grovyle10 жыл бұрын
i realllyyy want the sheet music too
@Xtrovid10 жыл бұрын
bcmasur Transcibe it. You have all you need. Though chances are you can't play it. Before I did DCI, I transcribed an MCDC (Open class) show only to find that it was damn near impossible for me at the time. Remember that it always looks easier than it is, but if you work on it (with someone who's been there preferably) perhaps you'll find yourself with the music not because you transcribed it, but because it's your show for that summer.
@intrepid_grovyle10 жыл бұрын
Xtrovid yeah that is very true. I am about to try out for jersey surf just for the experience and of course this music is wayyy out of my playing ability. but it would be something really cool to have in my library to play when i am at that level.
@Joselrcblkops11 жыл бұрын
Damn this looks so cool!
@the_actual_ghost_king49518 жыл бұрын
Jose Reyes dude me too, I'm only a freshman though but I'm going to try out for drum line next marching season.
@Joselrcblkops8 жыл бұрын
The_Actual_Ghost_King Nice man! Good luck:)
@Nasha090910 жыл бұрын
@napkinoftruth its a ribbon crasher!
@RHG_Drums10 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@ThisIsRazer11 жыл бұрын
Awesome, sweet technique
@iBleed_RoyLty43688 жыл бұрын
Ok I have to start playing marimba. one question though.....whats up wit the multiple pairs of sticks? The double sticking is awesome.
@samschellhase88318 жыл бұрын
Allows you to play scales with the inner two (hard to get down) and seamlessly play 4 note chords with all 4 mallets (also hard to get down at the start). Then you can play arpeggios in a descending or ascending order without moving your mallets around too much!
@samschellhase88318 жыл бұрын
And the multiple pairs are just different types. Hard, medium hard, soft, etc. Depends where on the instrument you're generally playing
@iBleed_RoyLty43688 жыл бұрын
Well doesn't seem hard to learn, but hard to master
@hhds1138 жыл бұрын
+Delroy Langston There's different kinds for a reason. Sometimes a music calls for soft sound to be played so you use softer mallets. Or a sharp sound so you use a harder stiffer mallet. As for the multiple mallets, its like a piano except you play with mallets. The usual playing is with two mallets. But more advance playing is with four and even 6 mallets. I played in my marching band, concert band, marimba ensemble, wind ensemble and drum corps alot with xylophones and marimbas. I sometimes play up to 4 mallets and its not really easy either. Its fun to. I love playing mallets when I played back in 1997-2001. Loved it alot and you will too once you get the hang of it. Placement of the mallets in you hands can feel a little weird too.
@lilacclouds94388 жыл бұрын
Also depends which grip your using for 4 mallets. Some are easier to learn and master than others. Stevens grip (one used in the video) takes a lot of practice and time to master but in the end extremely worth it
@Logaddi10 жыл бұрын
What type of mallets were those at 7:50?
@agogobell2810 жыл бұрын
Does anyone get the feeling that most marimba parts in DCI are demand for demand's sake?
@Xtrovid10 жыл бұрын
As in they are more focused on being hard than sounding good? Of course, but you don't win drums with an easy book that sounds great. You win with a hard book that sounds great. See Carolina Crown if you need proof that easy (relatively) but pleasant books don't win.
@agogobell2810 жыл бұрын
Yes, but a lot of the marimba book shown makes very little musical sense. It's just ridiculously fast scales and arpeggios. There's honestly no finesse or musicality involved - and I think that's the problem with DCI these days, brass books AND drum books alike. A lot of it is just showing off.
@semhak10 жыл бұрын
I for one think it sounds epic and awesome too. It really is a mindset. If you're used to popular/pop music you'll have a hard time appreciating the tonal spectrum of this kind of music. Also keep in mind because this is filmed from the player's kind of view the sound of his own marimba is greatly emphasised and you're not able to hear the "whole thing".
@Xtrovid10 жыл бұрын
Oh I completely get it and love it. Hell, I better since I'm in a DCI front ensemble, but seriously undoubtedly being difficult is a major aspect of DCI front ensemble books nowadays.
@semhak10 жыл бұрын
Well of course, but making music difficult doesn't mean it can't be awesome to listen to anymore :)
@isabelledavis5468 жыл бұрын
Inside 2's were amazing in technique
@tianaclark91838 жыл бұрын
yasss! I play the Synthesizer in the pit at my high school and just omg the honor of getting to even be that close to a marimba player!! They are so talented, I envy my section leader
@lauracooper13268 жыл бұрын
Tiana Clark I also play the synthesizer in the pit! But I also play marimba too.
@andrewnguyen10910 жыл бұрын
They came to my school and practiced the year of 2014
@dikki11 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@emae53069 жыл бұрын
My only question is how?
@JonahHall10 жыл бұрын
This is so sick!!!
@nikadorii_percussion7 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh, I would flip out in dci cause all those sticks hitting my legs when I play (maybe it's my broken stick bag)
@mykelfam69847 жыл бұрын
Ukeleyla Pretty sure its a broken stick bag. My school has just as many mallets and my mallets don't hit my legs
@nikadorii_percussion7 жыл бұрын
Darn...that sucks :/ Ig I just gotta deal with it
@RuthlessGaming179 жыл бұрын
4:20 name of the instrument tied to the bar?
@theironchicken81969 жыл бұрын
Ribbon crasher
@aaaqui__97618 жыл бұрын
whats that thing on the bar they play on in the end
@aaaqui__97618 жыл бұрын
Im pretty sure a slapstick is another name for the whip, which i played in auxiliary for my band this year
@jacksonweinberg35448 жыл бұрын
ribbon crasher
@MattDFan965 жыл бұрын
I tried learning piano many times being a brass player of 10 years but honestly having marched one year of DCI and seen this video, I would rather learn marimba.
@friendsofcopalaa7 жыл бұрын
i wish there was a "love" button
@RHG_Drums10 жыл бұрын
What's that thing attached to the bar in front of the marimba?
@dansullivanstudios10 жыл бұрын
It's called a ribbon crasher.
@iamsteelee2410 жыл бұрын
Is it metal or bamboo or . . . ????*****
@bradymclaughlin311810 жыл бұрын
Stephen Coe Usually metal
@sarahhancock692410 жыл бұрын
This song😭👌
@TheDimajkee11 жыл бұрын
Сколько примерно времени уходит для того что бы выучить музыкальную программу? Google Translate
@GuitarBrandedCom10 жыл бұрын
What song is that, have any printed music, i want to play that !
@thefourstooges23768 жыл бұрын
was this used in a vic firth video?
@alexadams-heard16048 жыл бұрын
Cavies use Innovative Percussion so no
@thefourstooges23768 жыл бұрын
oh. i thought this was though....
@goo378 жыл бұрын
+Why Not They may have used the Cadets video from the same year.
@thefourstooges23768 жыл бұрын
ok
@jadenmccallum1711 жыл бұрын
I have a new respect for pit percussion.
@musicfanatic7twothree23611 жыл бұрын
Those chops!
@KAYUMPERCUSION10 жыл бұрын
Very original!
@brittanyvega285010 жыл бұрын
How does process?
@tylerthompson98226 жыл бұрын
#Legend👑
@famoussaturn32379 жыл бұрын
I think he was a pit instructor at our school for indoor last year.