Composer/Musician Reacts to Bluecoats 2017 (REACTION!!!)

[@CriticalReactions]

I mentioned in the video that this was a final rehearsal. This is incorrect. This footage is a first time runthrough on a field -- which sort of makes it even more incredible that so much of this is still performed at such a high level.

[@lukeduarte7840]

I’m 2 months late but when you said the double time conducting, but that’s called thumping if I’m not mistaken, but holds the same purpose in the fast tempos

[@Zzaneyy5]

Hey Bryan, I actually have a google drive full of dci finals shows from 1974-2019 if your want me to email them to you I definitely can!

[@Ryan-dz7mg]

@@Zzaneyy5 Could you email that to me Lol

[@Zzaneyy5]

@@Ryan-dz7mg absolutely, what's your email

[@jacobharper4647]

@@Zzaneyy5 Wow, can't believe you have finals shows from that far back!

[@masonclark7931]

14 hour rehearsal days, everyday, for 85 days straight. Best 85 days of my life!

[@dampersand]

I didn't realize this was going to be another Thank You Scientist video in disguise.

[@YoungDoug13]

Caught that too.

[@bysuke-]

6:57 The higher trumpet player is actually Malik he did the mute solo in Blue Devils 2018 the screamer shake solo in 2019 BD and Straight Mute solo

[@MiraDaWulf]

Once a Bluecoat always a Bluecoat, he played in BC 2016

[@notromanramirez]

Bluecoats 2017 was such a good show, especially since it features music from Thank You Scientist! So glad you reacted to them!

[@drmegawhits6548]

Thank You Scientist's official video for FXMLDR features the blue coats. Its pretty rad

[@CriticalReactions]

Coming later today!

[@Bradlyeon]

Not to dis on the sports fans, but I've always liked watching marching bands perform way more than watching the game.

[@BroudbrunMusicMerge]

No offense taken - most traditional sports desperately need to adopt rules to make proceedings less stale and boring, lol

[@ckokomo808]

I don’t know much about drum line but that was amazing. The physical and musical coordination was fantastic. Thanks for sharing something new and different!

[@CriticalReactions]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. There's actually quite a few people in the comments asking for DCI/marching band stuff, especially after I did the Blue Devils video months ago, so maybe this won't be the last time I look at this stuff.

[@ckokomo808]

Critical Reactions Awesome! Would love to see more! Personally I recommend metal because that’s what I enjoy, and I bet lots of other metal people enjoy sharing and hearing about metal, but other genres are cool too!

[@klausdrager5494]

Didn't expect to hear Zappa in there (Zombie Woof, at 11:20). Cool stuff.

[@samsignorelli]

Blue Devils did Enchinda's Arf for s drum feature in 1987.

[@bysuke-]

Also at 9:00 the drumline is under the prop playing their own thing that's seperate from the ballad which I really find cool and I love it

[@BRUXXUS]

As a marching drill and visual designer/instructor, I really appreciate that you acknowledge how these shows are designed in a way so visual feeds from the music and music pushes the visual to create something greater than the sum of the parts. How it all fits together to create excitement, emotion, and reaction from the crowd. :)

[@znmckague]

Man there are some very amazing shows out there in DCI. Star 93, Phantom 96, SCV 89, Cadets 05 etc. I highly recommend The Cadets 2005 show 'the Zone' if you can find the finals performance

[@xhectichectorx]

That was cool I wouldn't mind a week of this.

[@CriticalReactions]

Hmm...maybe I'll throw it in a future poll and see what other's think.

[@jonathanhenderson9422]

This was definitely cool for a change, even more so since you have experience in that world and could explain what's going on.

[@convour1]

YES! Haven't even watched it yet but I am super excited with your choice! Thanks for following my advice 😎

[@samsignorelli]

That damn ramp scared the hell out of me all season, especially after one of the snares slipped on it during the first show. It wasn't until the last guy made it down -- and it was clear they would not win and do an encore run -- that I finally relaxed about it.

[@AlexWells02]

They use the song Psychopomp by Thank You Scientist in the opener

[@CriticalReactions]

Your user icon made me laugh so hard because it made me read your comment with a shocked "no way" inflection 😂

[@AlexWells02]

Critical Reactions That’s amazing 😂😂

[@JordnV_8]

Absolutely AMAZING reaction! You should TOTALLY react to Blue Devils 2011,2014 or SCV 2017 :). Crown 2016, and 2019 as well (just to name a few)

[@Lecraeisawsome]

Fun fact: SCV, the reigning 4 year in a row holder of the best percussion caption award, don’t teach heights. They more or less teach balance of sound. Some people have heavier hands than others, and that’s something that they take into account. Doesn’t necessarily look the best, but it sounds amazing.

[@upsidedownpyramid7617]

That was a trombone but it didn't have a harmon mute, I think part of it was because of the mic quality and the other part was because it seemed like Skatune (The guy who played the baritone solo in the ballad and the trombone solo) has a pretty noticeable tone and his chops were blown at that point of the performance

[@chaddickerson7190]

This was the final rehearsal of spring training about a month or so before finals

[@hunterbraun5273]

React to Carolina Crown 2016 or Crown 2013

[@Oliver-do8vr]

"i wonder why they got this conductor on a ladder"

[@CrustyBladeOfGrass]

remember that this is the first time they're playing the full show, months before finals

[@vibeauxssxuaebiv3489]

Yeah, tour can be at least 5 hours a day with rehearsal days of 12-14 hours, but the Move-in section is about 2-4 weeks of 12-14 hour days, 7 days a week.

[@DankyBongBluntTree]

I love all the Thank You Scientist riffs

[@mattwallace4768]

I wanted to try out for Canton so bad when I was younger, but I could never afford it. Womp Womp

[@CriticalReactions]

Dude, the price of performing in DCI is no joke.

[@thewhorocks515]

Fuck yeah Zomby Woof by Zappa. It starts around 11:18.

[@rahttt9245]

The stage is actually just a bunch of curtains on the sides. And seeing POVs of performers, it’s not incredibly spacious, but it fits all of them in/beside it.

[@rahttt9245]

There are also microphones for solos and the percussion rumbling in the ballad, and storage for instruments/guard equipment.

[@blakepierce4543]

Man you haven't reacted to a drum corp in a while, watch 2013 carolina crown finals.. awesome show. And the only time a corp has received a perfect brass score. 20/20

[@CriticalReactions]

I'll be getting back to some drum corp in the next couple of months, I just gotta get through my Special Selections list so that I have some slots open to explore some personal selections -- like more drum corps stuff.

[@Phicksusmc]

You missed that the trumpet soloists at the end were using wah-wah (autocorrect sucks) pedals as they played into the mic and you didn’t recognize Zombee Wolf by Frank Zappa as the penultimate song.

[@noahs5914]

please react to santa clara vanguards babylon or metamorph from the bluedevils

[@jakewilliams7484]

love the bluecoats reactions!

[@garpog2458]

Plz react to SCV 2018 and 2019. their shows were really cool.

[@CriticalReactions]

I've added them to a DCI reaction folder. I can't promise I'll do another one of these within any time frame but I do plan on checking more DCI out on the channel eventually.

[@gersongomez1876]

Critical Reactions scv 2018 was awesome

[@dylancouch7286]

@@CriticalReactions scv 2018 was ridiculously good. hehe

[@garpog2458]

Dylan Couch we ain’t gonna talk about scv 2019 bro?

[@optional_apples2218]

More like 10-12 hours a day most days for DCI practice

[@CharlesEMurphy]

I missed most of that. Out of habit, as soon as the marching band came on I went to the can, made some nachos and a sandwich, and grabbed a beer. Just kidding! 😉 That was really impressive.

[@xandersedmak]

There’s a 2016 on daily motion

[@Wclbullsfan1]

Do anything Carolina Crown

[@propagrandma]

Can you review "Betelguese" by Strawberry Girls? It's one of my favorite instrumental song.

[@jason_liu.]

Bluecoats 2016 is really cool and you should still check it out and make a video. There is a pretty good quality full video on Daily Motion: www.dailymotion.com/video/x4rzua7

[@enterthyname_2376]

PLEASE do the new song by The Ocean "Jurassic | Cretaceous" when we return to the regular.

[@firstofficerchris1321]

I don’t know if anyone will see this and agree, but you have to react to Bluecoats 2016 or Blue Devils 2017. Two VERY good shows

[@EuphAsta]

For future reference be sure to go on Dailymotion to get the professionally shot runs. You'll have a much easier time finding a good video along with audio

[@ange1ito]

do blue devils 2017!!!

[@flawlesslazyyy5099]

Please react to Roll like this by Napom its professional beatbox and i think it would be interesting if you can check it out

[@CriticalReactions]

I've added it to the Sunday folder so I'll get to it as soon as I can.

[@m1stertim]

what happened to having your sister as the guest reactor for DCI?

[@matimo279]

Tip : instead of having the video in the tiny square.. Rather have the actual video cover the screen and you in the corner...

[@CriticalReactions]

That's not a bad idea for the next time I check out a DCI performance. My only worry is the video being blocked for visual copyright -- which is what led to me using a small corner video.

[@matimo279]

@@CriticalReactions makes sense, didn't think of that

[@tigerlilylexxi]

Is no one gonna talk about how he shoulda reacted to 2014 not 2017?

[@devinholloway6575]

During the beginning of the year I remember how frustrated I got that the band wouldn’t turn around on the ballad. So much power gone to waste

[@magdong8839]

13th hour.....

[@aidanray4846]

You talk at the wrong times