Trombone Section Battle - Bowie State University vs Benedict College 2011

[@DameSmiff]

🌺New Musicians and Band Students, what stands out to you in this trombone battle?🌺

[@0HORNMASTER0]

The Trombone can have such a soulful sound

[@kyledragonheart3875]

Amen. I play trombone and if I wanna sound this good. I need to practice

[@gsp49]

Yes, with a trombone you can do guitar riff, bass, trumpet, baritone, voice etc., Very versatile. I play too.

[@jakepaul507]

I play trumpet I actually can play this good if I practice more too

[@stephaniecurry45]

Kyle Dragonheart they don’t sound particularly good

[@Momo-cu7xl]

@@stephaniecurry45 Why don't they sound good?

[@Gabriel_Micah]

7:00 *steps out* "okay let me end this foolishness..."

[@isaiahbonner1220]

Lol ikr

[@gsp49]

Stole the show!

[@tuddyjohnson488]

😆😆😆LOL RT

[@jonquariouseharrison9507]

What song is this

[@RiverIsGaming]

Ikr

[@clevelandiota]

The respect shown to the players in the gold shirts by the opposing players while playing their last song...priceless! Clearly the players in the purple shirts were better, but for them to acknowledge the others was awesome!

[@HumidWarfareStudios]

yellow shirts weren't bad for only having five people. they do need some work though.

[@BigDaddy-iu8ip]

HumidWarfareStudios that's a college too....they should have been individually matured their tone quality in middle school-high school

[@samh7800]

Better than 1 trombone

[@ebok98]

HumidWarfareStudios ya think?

[@RiverIsGaming]

Yeah

[@JohnIvoryMusic]

Yes they were bad

[@mellifluoustbone3684]

Yellow shirts🙄...you didn't quit...respect

[@kylekrogol5038]

dude in purple playing the crazy 1st parts... I strive to be you

[@SmellyHooves]

His name is Hank Bilal

[@holywarrior96]

Kyle Krogol thanks man

[@JxnmadeQDG]

Kyle Krogol me too

[@WolfgangXP65-67]

@@SmellyHooves then I strive to be him.

[@bryananderson6610]

I’m tryna get to be him one day

[@DameSmiff]

Welcome to all the new viewers here a short F.A.Q.: 1. Shoutout ‘Gamer Gang’ The song you gamer’s keep referring to as: “Creeper, aw man!” which is a parody of Usher’s “DJ Got Us Falling In Love Again” 2. The two schools battling are: Bowie State University (Yellow Band) Benedict College (Purple Band) 3. I don’t know all of the song title so I won’t make a list but I will pin the comment if anyone can make an accurate song list. 4. Puffing your cheeks has it’s uses...(Ask the teacher that told you) 5. Lastly, as far as tone, brass instruments sound like this in HBCU bands as we tend to push the limits of our horns’ volume at times while maintaining great unison tone. Other bands don’t do this so their instruments tend to deliver a warmer, rounded tone while playing, but since brass can handle such demand so we go for it.

[@ashtonblunt8583]

Purple definitely won

[@antitheticalaku]

As a former BSU tubist... If you know, you know.

[@SoulGamer-fi1kd]

DameSmiff I’m still tryna practice on my trombone I’m from Opelousas high school I’m a noob at trombone I’m trying to get in concert band so I could get at it playing trombone kinda hard and easy any tips that can help out

[@Dagreatestclips]

Soul Gamer long tones will definitely help develop your tone and lip slurs will help you change notes and all of that good stuff all this stuff helped me out a lot i only been on t-bone for 11months and im great at it now but don’t forget to learn ya scales

[@leciii7831]

Did you ever find out those songs

[@andrerwicks]

Nobody lost. Great sportsmanship. Good clean fun and the memories that last a life time. Loved it!!

[@DameSmiff]

Well said!

[@OGSauceDaddy]

Ok buddy. That’s not how this works. Yellow shirts got chewed up and spit out. They’ll take that L and grow better from it.

[@DameSmiff]

@OGSauceDaddy post yourself playing

[@OGSauceDaddy]

@ how is that a retort to what I said? Explain

[@darrenhernandez2459]

Blue band demolished yellow band god damn😂

[@camp4466]

ahem, purple jk

[@jonbush6131]

Droppin_Bodies ikr

[@matthewtrahan4873]

Yellows lower parts were playing too loud for their melodies to be heard clearly I think. Except for this last one they are playing right now. Its actually fire

[@EzyPezyLemonChezy]

Yea, not really fair tho cuz they had way less poeple

[@noahtinajero403]

Purple had 4 more members. That makes a huge difference in a band. And they’ve been playing that song since they were in high school

[@V.L.R.]

Shout Out To MR. HANK BILAL, The Elder Brother of (The NOW) Viral Sensation Will Bilal, same HBCU, different era. As we can see this family is STOCKED with gifted musicians!

[@FatherGod_2kids]

We had fun and actually loved 🎵🎶🎶🎶 music 😁😁😁😁

[@thelovelydrkeyx3250]

I wish he had more content

[@bigrose6169]

This black and blues played has to be the best trombone fanfare I've heard especially the lead trombonist.

[@zarrhiassanders4216]

I respectfully disagree

[@holdeenyo8914]

@@zarrhiassanders4216 you respectfully disagree that he hasn't heard better. Sound like you know this guys life better than he does

[@zarrhiassanders4216]

@@holdeenyo8914 lol, maybe I do😏

[@MichaelWilliams-hb6mj]

This isn't the best version of Black and Blues fs, same college but different group i think.

[@abjectcaribou]

@@zarrhiassanders4216 this dude commented like 2 or 3 years before the vids we know came out, so this was probably the best until those in 2019.

[@ninowavvy6357]

I keep coming back just for Black And Blues

[@korinmcclendon]

check out fairfield sc high school. they did it better in 2016!

[@TylerSmith-rj7ms]

Which one is that

[@YNKMJ]

Korin McClendon the dude that did the solo goes to Benedict now

[@mariacharra6045]

@@YNKMJ this is older brother his name hank bilal the other guy is william bilal

[@YNKMJ]

Maria Charra oh mb thank you

[@Realbluefaces2015]

Tuba and TBone be having the most exciting fanfares ,

[@gibbous3931]

4r3al. I play tuba & tbone and all our fanfares are amazing. I be wondering where all the trumpet fanfares are, lol

[@BOSSHOGG.fishing]

And baritone

[@mailbox6206]

Don't forget the euphonium

[@Samuel-vm7hn]

*sad mello noises*

[@gatorwargod1997]

Euphonium and French horns or mellows are the most dominant sections in band

[@mikekabbabe4314]

anyone else being recommended this in 2019?

[@Samuel-vm7hn]

Mic yup

[@madrerush98]

creeper

[@what_the338]

omg, I thought this was published in 2019 hahaha I can't believe how old this is!

[@jonbush6131]

Me too

[@spacesailor2877]

No

[@thecelerystick1015]

1:45 is my guy on the bottom right recording in inverted colors?

[@striix2725]

lmao xD

[@juliocastro2765]

0:51 Creepa, awww man...

[@cole_bh0373]

Yesssss

[@bariluckymonth9111]

Not what it's called

[@degobeats425]

BariScary Month then dont respond

[@cole_bh0373]

BariScary Month yeah but youre into boomer humor so its okay

[@znachary]

BariScary Month okay boomer

[@nickculastyler2753]

That was on point THE TROMBONES IN THE BLUE NEED AN OSCAR. I played trombone in high & never heard it played anyway like that. What an AWESOME job

[@leciii7831]

I don’t think you know what an Oscar is for

[@TJB24]

@@leciii7831 He deserved an Oscar for putting on a show. That's probably what he means by saying he needs and Oscar

[@lilzreo4878]

purple wins, although yellow was out numbered they still lost and the first chair on purple was killing it

[@brianking3764]

+Lonestar150 😂😂😂😂😂

[@FreshCort88]

+Donald.J Trump corps style does too but either way he has first chair part

[@j0grim97]

Jesus Christ.... that lead bone @ 7:00

[@PimpedKoalas]

He holds it like an idiot though

[@battledroid0075]

PimpedKoalas yeah, I also noticed that.

[@ninowavvy6357]

Joe Finn he was in the soloist mood

[@securitybureauagent3714]

What song was he playing?

[@degobeats425]

Still better than all of us

[@invalid1238]

0:51 now this is something I like to see

[@gerardgeuss1887]

Fr

[@Musicismylife4699]

The dude who soloed for Benedict, dude that was great!

[@jayferguson6238]

Bathai....best tromebone section leader I've seen at bowie.

[@FatherGod_2kids]

Hank

[@nytovaok516]

that "Blacks and Blues" solo was amazing. very technical

[@que8170]

Time Stamp?

[@ima-bot4829]

@@que8170 3:29

[@thebagelman2852]

@@que81703:35

[@mellowmade]

3:30

[@davidharris1293]

That black and blues gave me the swang

[@grantchambers3241]

the guy in the middle of yellow at the end destroyed it

[@rogerbrown7988]

Yes LAWD he did

[@thelovelydrkeyx3250]

He really did, though ❤

[@hyperlurki5587]

7:47 that part gives me chills

[@melonlord1813]

what song is this if anyone knows

[@DameSmiff]

Thanks for all the views, criticism and comments. Benedict did a great job that day and it was nice hanging out with band members that take pride in being a part their band. ....I just wish the mellophones were more risk takers in the stands lol

[@RonanBodisch]

Ig being part of a mello player is that we don’t take risks like that😂😂 It would be cool to see what a mello section that only takes risks like that would sound like

[@MichaelWilliams-hb6mj]

​@@RonanBodisch fr, as a mello i always wondered what we would sound like if we actually tried.

[@sabin97]

i dont know which is which, but the guys in the purple uniforms had more musicians so they could have richer harmonies.....also i liked their selection of songs better. the guy playing the solos seems quite skilled. they should have played one song all of them together.

[@theak-1663]

the mic made the notes sound like kazoos

[@iXTMAstro]

no, they are blaring. thats what a blaring trombone sounds like.

[@tubruh7256]

Jalen Ruth blaring is playing so loud that your tone sounds bad and out of tune. Like a loud dog. or something......

[@iXTMAstro]

Tubruh I don't think it sounds bad. It actually takes a lot of air and control to play in tune and with a more decent blaring sound like they are doing here. Trombone Shorty plays with a tone like this sometimes during solos in his more rock driven tunes. Every musician has their own preference. You'll probably never hear a classical trombonist play like this or even like it, lol.

[@tubruh7256]

Cameron Benson I wasn't trying to say they sound bad, I was just explaining what blaring is.

[@nathanberry5633]

The AK-16 it's not the mic it's the tone they are playing with, it's usually just caused by playing as loud as u can while puffing out your cheecks

[@vernonlobb2812]

Doesn't matter when it was recorded, music is timeless. I hope their spirits remain as high as they are now.

[@izzzDelta]

God this tuning... Loud is one thing, Hitting a note in the center as well as loud is much better than just loud.

[@hanskaser6582]

Trombone is hands down the best sounding instrument in a band! Let’s argue! Lol I miss playing it in high school marching band!

[@WolfgangXP65-67]

My middle school band teacher would disagree but that's because she likes being a b*tch about my instrument and never favored any trombonist. I say Horn, but when Trombones just fly away on itself during a great piece, IT'S MAGICAL!!!!!!!!

[@MenuKnight]

As a tuba player I'm biased to tuba

[@bestbrassDCI]

As someone who has played a handful of instruments over the years bones r easily the coolest instrument in the band. Sadly I never got any good at it tho 😢

[@BigHappyASU]

Wow!!!!!! As a Trombonist myself, I am truly amazed!!!! Gotta learn the solo from that Black and Blues melody type song..........amazing!!!

[@WolfgangXP65-67]

Ikr. Benedict SLAYED IT

[@JohnIvoryMusic]

how the heck he end up at benedict lol

[@EMANDADON1]

That "Black & Blues'' just did something to my soul!

[@VagueTheory]

In my opinion, Benedict took the win, but Bowie had a lot of heart. Much respect to both sections!

[@spoongerad8330]

My favorite trombone battle to listen to!

[@LettuceLover123]

Me: Why is this recommended to me? 0:48 ohhhh...

[@gabriellewelch6875]

3:35 for me

[@78s_TheArtists_AndTheHistory]

3:35 black and blue

[@DameSmiff]

The college now is growing way more diverse as they're expanding the campus as well as reaching out to students nationwide. As for why, there's really no particular reason, it's just the area is predominantly black and full of black musicians.

[@josuevalar6465]

I've seen this video like a hundred times but i'd never seen the guy conducting at 5:26. He L E T G O hahaha

[@daylenrobinson1477]

Black and blue trombone section😍😍😍

[@djgarcia8477]

What song is that at 3:35? I really wanna know!!

[@DameSmiff]

+Dj Garcia Black And Blues By Al Jareau

[@atomicbogator6799]

Darude Sandstorm

[@grantchambers3241]

+Donald J. Trump lmao

[@morwaze]

black & blue

[@JoseJavier-pe6xm]

what is this song? 7:00

[@BBG_CJ]

10 years later and we still never found it 😔

[@ninowavvy6357]

The soloist could blow out the other college 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@discountdruid]

man yellow shirts were painful to listen to, blue crushed it though.

[@Darrell1234R]

EJ Whanger *purple

[@CrazySlay3r]

Benedict's soloist? That nigga there has some SOUL! Played the hell out of that horn. Mad props.

[@mrbigg151]

Benedict didn't have to do em like that, smh. Impressive playing by the soloist. FAMU Marching "100" Kappa Kappa Psi Delta Iota,, Chapter

[@tiny2.011]

KK !!!!

[@mrbigg151]

@@tiny2.011 PSI !!!🤘🏾

[@DameSmiff]

Who do you think won the battle?

[@5PercentTint]

Hard to watch an unfair fight. Out numbered and out gunned but Bene pulled blacks and blues mid battle which is a game breaker. But Bowie really crushed the ending 8:40.

[@spikyendsenpai64]

Dude it's not even a question

[@rogerbrown7988]

Gave it to purple team but the dude from yellow team showed up at the end so now I say tie plus yellow team only had 5 people

[@d3athsn1p3r]

@@5PercentTint You can still have a good sound even with a small section. Take from me in highschool we were one of the smaller bands but we still won comps due to sound and execution. We marched 40 (the smallest) more towards my senior we marched around 80 ish i believe.

[@landrydunhm3067]

Purple was way better in tune and stayed together better

[@1411MEDIA]

If you had to ask what fanfare was at 3:35 you shouldn't even be criticizing them.

[@Neworleansickk]

So which fanfare was at 7:00 David 👀

[@thecolonoscoper5168]

What did they play at 2:05 ?

[@illmatiic]

is that hank???

[@thelovelydrkeyx3250]

Yes

[@skinnymon123]

plz check tuning

[@DameSmiff]

skinnymon123 lol this was recorded in 2011 when would you like that done

[@skinnymon123]

DameSmiff by 2018

[@dreamtheaterfanboy4421]

That is a good question, indeed.

[@amirkelly1934]

It's an HBCU sir.

[@lockthegreat]

skinnymon123 the mic is effecting the tones. because of the power of the instruments. they could be in tune but the mic is not designed to accept that power so it's distorting the tone

[@DjBronz15]

Soloist @ 4:42.... Lawd, that boy is playin' that horn!!!! Like he's playing at a jazz gig! Beautiful *round of applause*

[@andrewneal9356]

I play trombone and i wish i could play like the blue side

[@peytondixon5781]

Andrew Neal they're blaring lol

[@SmellyHooves]

peyton trombone is that not what you're supposed to do in fanfares?

[@breadbiscuit5375]

Same

[@WolfgangXP65-67]

@@SmellyHooves it's what you should do.

[@tbangbang3]

whats the fanfare that start at 7:00

[@hanskaser6582]

Man! I ain’t touched a trombone since 10th grade but that blue team makes me wanna play again the trombone is such a beautiful instrument! Unlike the French horn haha 😂

[@BrendanCalliesComposer]

My friend you must never have heard a good French horn player

[@araxshiriau9275]

You mustn’t have been around a good mellophonist

[@smileyk3103]

Still my favorite video to come back and watch over and over again 🤣

[@racojahtheloxodon2844]

It was an unfair competition, the blue trombones should have chose their best 5 and then faced off.

[@Moonboy11Productions]

Ahahaha they still would have won!

[@JxnmadeQDG]

Burgundy Blues PURPLE

[@Idk_something09]

Burgundy Blues that's not how battles work

[@Hardcore500mg]

Hey man! How does it work then please? I m french and I really want to know because we dont have this kind of things here. I love that shit!

[@Bandcentral]

Hardcore500mg in these types of battles everyone in your section battles as one

[@djunior2011]

That 2nd tronone fanfare gve me lofe!!!! That solo was everything

[@smithpugh8116]

So dirty how Benedict did Bowie at their front door. And for the nay sayers... BC has been playing this fanfare since 2003. #TRADITION

[@grandmasterjax21]

ok why is there only one soloist for benedict, i would like to see the others do more than play chords

[@henrybaror]

Who did the black and blues solo? And who was the section leader?

[@romedebaine]

I'm pretty sure the kid who went viral playing the black and blues solo is this the younger brother of the guy who played it here

[@raptorfan1115]

Yup William is the younger brother of hank!

[@Iveboy32]

I love the absolute respect between both groups and at the end benedict college patting them on the backs as they leave was a nice gesture.

[@anthonytata9884]

what's the song at 6:58

[@dannymorgan7252]

Believe that’s Hank Bilal on the solo

[@thatbandgirl2535]

This is the first time an instrument battle doesn't suck ass

[@jonbush6131]

7:01 my favorite part such smooth tone

[@HankBilalMusic]

This video has over 261k views. With that being said, I accept Cashapp, Paypal, and Venmo🙂

[@TJB24]

U went too crazy too. And what was that last song yall played. That was a thing on beauty 💯🔥🔥🔥

[@HankBilalMusic]

@@TJB24 thanks! That was called Midnight Groove. It’s one of our originals

[@dub12beast]

i want to know... how does that trombone soloist from benedict play like that... me being a trombone player myself i want to learn how to do that

[@charlesjunor]

What was the last thing Benedict played called

[@owem6511]

Y’all are all talking about how the yellow band did good “for only having 5 trombonists”, but I’ve seen so many jazz bands with a killer trombone section with the exact same size as the yellow band.

[@kadenswansonmusic7662]

I might cop that trombone solo for jazz band 😂😂😂

[@tashiaduncan9026]

Hank Bilal. Now you see where Wil.gets it from

[@k.jjohnson5359]

the lead trombone tune at benedict college is so good it sounds like a guitar

[@WolfgangXP65-67]

Agreed. I STRIVE to be him

[@yukiere7857]

this is why my favorite is the trombone

[@crisgallardo8512]

the trombone is my favorite out of 5 instruments i play

[@crisgallardo8512]

the trombone is my favorite out of 5 instruments i play

[@ayooochill8868]

They blaring hard as shit damn

[@Ryan.Baumgartner]

Jalen Ruth Playing as loud as possible without trying to sacrifice tuning and tone.

[@slepp3843]

Jalen Ruth blaring is a loud, harsh sound.

[@voncarrie1518]

That house of prayer feel all through this

[@fistnamelastname5130]

Playing revenge 8 years before it was popular, such innovation

[@BBG_CJ]

Is that the song at 7:00 ?

[@pepe017]

It was over as soon as they whipped out the black and blues

[@phillipburnett4051]

HANK!!!! You Blessed that trombone doc!

[@AlwaysCute13]

Why did Benedict have to embarrass them like that? Lol but their soloist at Benedict is on point.

[@pbh07]

@DameSmiff they are here on youtube, take a few seconds and look for them.

[@Jman_96]

1:52 such a nice chord

[@48Muscle]

My momma Stayed in Allen-Benedict Court and I miss sitting out side or sneaking in to watch the band practice.

[@coreykenny5395]

too be completely honest i never hear about Benedict College but hearing y'all soloist trombone y'all have inspired me to come there when i get out of high school…Y'all most def will be getting a call from me

[@imayhaveadhd]

Whered you end up goin?

[@dwdvids]

Amazing trombonist. He is making that horn sing.

[@awesomekid9431]

The blue trombones won but it was unfair because they had more people so they could do their songs like that

[@pesante5]

Not the level of trombone battles i'm use too, but i'm glad my E.O.D is atleast making attempts to bring back the battles. Keep working at it fellas. Wish i had time to come up there and work with ya. Your founding father!

[@JesusChristIsMyLordSavior]

If they can team up, everyone is a winner ❤️❤️❤️✝️God bless

[@pevorilopkins7504]

The song at 7:00 musescore.com/user/1297866/scores/5916604

[@CheDaCheez]

thank you so much dude, this is underappreciated as hell

[@deadrozes575]

I didn't know KZbin allowed massacres to be on their site. This should be age restricted by how badly the band in yellow was destroyed. No disrespect to them, the band in blue was just outstanding

[@KronesianLTD]

Which fanfares did Benedict play?

[@kristen527254]

this man poured out his heart and cranked on that entire section at the same time

[@_Cal30K]

This was the challenge that should’ve went viral, I watched in HS.

[@matthewgregory3850]

I have seen 6 make a mess if 13

[@JOblo6049]

i like how Bowie state took one of SCSU trombone riffs and just changed it around

[@SkylarTheAvatar]

I play a trombone

[@SkylarTheAvatar]

HEYY

[@antoniosantana9091]

Bravo BRAVISSÌMO.QUE Deus lhe abênçoe.

[@OLucasTs]

Sabe o nome primeira musica que a black blues tocou?

[@leeahcl6942]

Massacre rather than a battle