DCI 2013 Member Spotlight: Brandon Olander

[@DiglahProductions]

at 15 i was still learning how to hold my drumsticks correctly.

[@GabeT04]

EllisEvolvedProductions it is ok dude keep on druming and never stop if you have a really passion. Not to brag i can play thel 2017 blue devils whole show as a snare player and i only been playing for 4 months if i can do it you can do it.(it took me a week to get down traditional grip good)

[@jackargie1092]

Gabriel {BYOS} f traditional grip. Doesn’t make you any better and actually uses less muscles then matched grip so it puts more strain on them. Plus, you aren’t marching with a snare that’s tilted from your knee are you? Sorry for my rant lol

[@IWantToBeInOVO]

@@jackargie1092 most people will agree with u but the thing is is that SOOOO many people use trad grip on lines that you just are forced into it a line is supposed to be all the same so its hard to switch everyone to matched when they have been play trad for years on end.

[@SaneTheBro]

@@jackargie1092 I love traditional grip

[@joshuagharis9017]

Right though, happy just play high school snare

[@HaydenBacon]

So grateful to have Brandon in our own High School band, we actually have 2 very talented Academy marchers performing with us this year.

[@karlmarx2590]

This is crazy to see after hes aged out

[@turnr3326]

Big fan Karl!

[@mikerom7991]

He already made BD :)

[@devinmcmillonjr5464]

Devin Zrjch be2

[@joshlahlum9681]

He has to make Bluecoats instead. Go blooo!

[@coleforbes2059]

He aged out of bd this year

[@elliotwoo6127]

and he already aged out :(

[@Drummachine22]

I'm digging the Jim Kilpatrick snare harness and Pearl drums! I'm a Scottish drummer and more of a fan of the music, but DCI groups do put on amazing shows and I really appreciate the hard work that goes into it! Well done!

[@mackstewart6425]

Drummachine84 im scottish tae

[@gavin_bigred]

Its mapex and Randall may harnesses?

[@BesideTheBrave]

you cannot help but be proud of this young man, Its incredible to see him now after the years when he looked like a little kid but now only 15 he's matured so much. Good job Brandon.

[@khorne4518]

Anyone here in 2019 after his age out?💀

[@coledelong427]

K Horne what’s an age out?

[@alexlopez9157]

@@coledelong427 it means they are too old to march

[@flarfatron2190]

Cole Delong it’s a limit on age, so you can’t march after you turn 21

[@gentrywalker]

cainanuk But he didn't say "beginner" corps, he said "beginning", as in, this is Brandon's first corps that he's ever marched plus its proximity to him. Use your brain next time.

[@grantpaisley9012]

Huh yeah. The Academy is nothing to sneeze at.

[@Griffin그리핀]

Grant Paisley 2013 Academy placed 19th. He commented on this 3 years ago. Academy was stuck in 15 for the longest time. It was only in 2016 they actually made finals since moving to world class.

[@grantpaisley9012]

Rogue With that still in mind, I definitely won't sneeze at ANY of the corps. I have no position to do so. I am a fan of any hardworking, professional corps.

[@ShufflingAlpacas]

#A team

[@nicolabatley8664]

You have done so well keep it up so proud of you from this little shy kid to what you have become now keep it up and keep it real

[@ashleypeters4938]

I am 15 and marched in the Colts this past year!

[@joseph-nd6hv]

ralph nader!! 0:27

[@JBDrums.23]

Blue Devils Bound!!

[@TheRabbitHasLanded]

Didn't he do a season with blue devils

[@unknown_gamer6956]

Yeah. More than 1

[@sybrenroorda3865]

Doclin 0409 in 2014, 2015 and 2016. He marched with academy in 2013

[@Greenday4-121]

He was center this season he aged out

[@sentoryuga7311]

payday 2 he age out next year I think

[@Pantsthaniel]

Academy in 2013, Blue Devils 2014-16 and then Blue Devils 18-19.

[@prairiesound2004]

I can't wait to see what he does next year, 2014. He is bound to be in the Drum Crops Hall of Fame.

[@mell0_ben]

0:49 i love how he just puts on his snare carefully xD (edit: no clue why I made this comment, pretty cringe.)

[@chrisbowen6857]

Brandon Olander 2013 - "It's crazy to think that I'm done" ...yup

[@MandiTheNarwhal]

I think getting into any world class corps at that age is amazing.

[@TravisCyprien]

Wow I am glad he Join I saw his video several years ago and he is really Good.

[@Eyeoftherhino]

This is that kid!

[@JackdotBodd]

He hasn't got a spot reserved, and he has to audition, he auditioned this year got a call back and didn't get it, that just proves it, he's still an amazing player and to get into a world class corps at 15 is amazing, let alone a call back to bd.

[@pax4708]

this made me emotional

[@AllStater09]

This guys all grown up now! Best wishes!

[@theonlyuilly7492]

i'm 15 and i play 3rd snare for my highschool, i'm not that good but i can match my instructors diddles and crap perfectly, and being a sophomore i have time until DCI,hope to be on the Bluecoats

[@ericdiaz1701]

Why not start now? Go to auditions at smaller corps, if you don't make it Keep going. Im a freshman & Im trying out for Crossmen this year :)

[@theonlyuilly7492]

good luck Eric Diaz hope to see you on the crossman, i'll keep a lookout, but i still need practice and i'm 2nd snare* miss typed that,want to stay in the high school feel and be center snare my junior/senior year so i can lead my friends/family on the drum line to getting more than 4 best percussion's at contest(that was what we got my frteshman year) but yea good luck man!

[@championblue4129]

trying out for oregon crusaders next year as a junior (fingers crossed) right now i play tenors for my drumline

[@theonlyuilly7492]

good luck Champion Blue like to see others going for their dreams

[@championblue4129]

thanks man, means alot! c:

[@ZxiTzLuCkYxZ]

AWW! He's grown up now!

[@Griffin그리핀]

Drum corps is very political. BD has an average age of 21.5 or 20.5 each year. The idea is the older you are the more experience you have. In Brandon's case he was too good to not contract him. However you look at it he worked hard to make BD and he also went to Academy camps as well. He lived in Tucson and most likely he had Academy be his back up corp if he didn't make BD that year. So after he was done he moved up and continued with Blue Devils. Academy is a great corps like all world class corps. But people don't really stay in the lower corps till age out unless they choose to. Everyone wants to be in a Top 12 corps.

[@scherzo7224]

He's 20 now!

[@nathanielabadilla7029]

Just wondering, what if going into auditions you are physically unfit, more specifically being overweight and stuff. Would it effect your audition and how they would look at you regardless of how you play?

[@jakekessler2972]

They will take weight as a reason to cut you. However it just depends on how well you can keep up with the physical aspect. Because when you audition, you are not only auditioning musically and visually, but physically as well. I suggest starting a workout before auditioning. The activity is extremely physically demanding.

[@joeysalinas8056]

if you look/sound Hella good on the move, the corps you're auditioning for will probably take you

[@jgatez1304]

Who knew this would be the same man to rule them all

[@pax4708]

everyone

[@chrischris8821]

Amazing

[@sumbooodeeee]

what about the 14 year old that played snare for bdb?

[@TylerMcComb18]

this is the 12 year old that played with the blue devils snare line in videos they put up a couple years ago. he grew up. and got a contract with BD for 2014

[@sumbooodeeee]

i know who brandon is but one of the kids that goes to high school in my area in socal marched bdb at 14 and is marching bluecoats this year at 15 along with an independent world line. I met him a few times, i was just curious why he isnt ever talked about

[@TylerMcComb18]

sumbooodeeee ohhh ok. good question, I have heard of a lot of 15 year olds marching, but never a 14 year old.

[@sumbooodeeee]

Tyler McComb yeah and especially not 15 year olds in a top 5 drumline.

[@friscotriscuit1714]

sumbooodeeee Arjun is your friend?

[@antaviussmith6290]

I see Ralph Nader

[@mickeyscv67]

Glad you marched and not watch from the sideline.....take that experience and move on......I think that you can march anyplace you want.....I still think that you're a little young for BD.......but, you have the music talent.....give yourself another year with the Academy!!! Keep the great attitude.....I'm waiting to see you as centre snare in a top 12 soon!!!

[@jabronasaurus]

He made the snareline this year for the Blue Devils!

[@samsignorelli]

A little young for BD? He made the A corps snare line...so ScoJo saw something in him he liked. Besides, age is just a number....the guy who was behind me when I got my camera pass in 84 BD was only 14, and I was aging out.

[@Wahl95]

@qwerty00183 Plus, travel costs are something to be factored in as well. Brandon might live right up the road from the Academy's housing site, for all we know. Traveling to Concord every few weeks before spring training might have been a bit tough financially.

[@TexSnare0702]

This kid's going somewhere.

[@Pez5688]

It isn't disrespectful to assume something like this at all. It is, afterall, his "beginning corps." I started marching at Brandon's age as well and I didn't end my career with the corps I had started with. There are people I know who stay until they age out, sure. That doesn't make Academy any less important to Brandon's development as a musician. If he stays until he ages out, great. Based on when I marched, corps that were under the top 5 often had members move on to the top 5 by ageout.

[@TheMrGhostlore]

I heard that Scojo told him to get a few years under his belt at a smaller corps then come to BD when he is 17-18

[@JakeXLS]

Man, he has turned into quite a good looking fella.

[@none5129]

He’s already 22

[@gohanspace]

At 12 (i live in Honduras) i play the 4 snare one.

[@techpower1000]

Quads?

[@gohanspace]

Im not from the Usa Dude.

[@gohanspace]

So.... youre just going to continue with the same shit? sayin lolol like a complete idiot, oh wait no you are a jackass, and just keep saying i dont know an instrument? Get something better to say next time.

[@kibez41]

+Akio Music Hes not native, hes trying to describe quads because he doesnt know what we call them in english. They dont call them quads in honduras. Stop being such a dick.

[@jordanloks5363]

The 4 snare one😂?

[@Sofia-zp7hc]

Isn't that girl playing first bass also the one who plays first bass for ASU's drumline?

[@rikuantu]

That's true.

[@qUiKnEs666]

Well he lives in AZ after all so might as well as a begininng corp

[@isaacwiththehood-minecraft773]

WAIT HE WAS IN THE ACADEMY

[@qwerty00183]

O.o after all of these years he marched Academy, what a plot twist!

[@ChumpkinsNumber7]

Wow, hes grown up quite a bit.

[@jaydalar32]

Scojo said that he wanted him on BD, but he needed to get some experience marching somewhere else first.

[@Wahl95]

@qwerty00183 It's easier to start out in a lower corps to help improve not only your playing skills, but also your marching skills. I don't think anyone can get into any corps by being JUST a good musician; you have to be well-versed with the physical aspects of the activity as well. That's what I think, at least.

[@jorjwosheengtin9612]

That would be pretty freaky if this guy marched 5 years of Devils....

[@lukeshaffer9316]

GUYS IT'S THAT KID

[@qUiKnEs666]

-.- beginning, as in a starter, first time corp for HIM sheesh, he can't be expected to go all the way to cali or across the country to be in a corp when this was his first year in DCI

[@JesusRamirez-hv5wj]

This guy is the Messi on soccer

[@KrypticGG]

Was this to look fancy? Or was he with the Boston Crusaders? (Or the Academy?)

[@KrypticGG]

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! why? HE SHOULD BE WITH THE BLUE DEVILS!

[@KrypticGG]

That sucks SO bad... :(

[@sumbooodeeee]

***** I know someone who got a bk callback in 2012 and he was 15

[@jadenmccallum17]

sumbooodeeee Some corps have different minimum age requirements, some are 15 years some are 16.

[@yutsi_e]

Noah Weibel Why? He still gets 6 years in the Blue Devils.

[@anthonyhall974]

I started marching MCDC when I was 13. I'm now 16 and trumpet section leader. Where's my "member spotlight"?!?!

[@hhmudirector]

Anthony, 1st congrats on your accomplishment. No small deal to be a drum corps member at 13 or section head by 16. That being said however I just want to give you a devils advocate. I think Brandon's story became bigger because of the "internet sensation" he was. To be as young as he was when those videos came out to be hanging with the BD line is unreal. I know 30 year olds playing their whole lives who cant handle those beats. 2nd (and I know I will get flamed for this) I think its much more common for a 16 year old trumpet player (or flute or clarinet etc) to have advanced skills because those skills are taught at a much earlier age. Many publics schools and kids who take lessons often start as young as 3rd or 4th grade. For percussion students, even if you start that early, its rarely contemporary rudimental snare. 99% of students dont even get exposure to that until they are in good competitive HS ensembles. There is the occasional rare elementary or MS program, but again those are all but extinct. Most drummers only have drum set available to them and that doesnt help you much if you want to break into the rudimental snare thing. Finally, being a leader is more than "recognition". Be proud of what you have done, and what you have accomplished. Dont feel slighted because someone else got a video. HAve fun out there! It doesnt last long even if you start young.

[@hotdog3392]

Anthony Hall Anthony Hall Anthony Hall Anthony Hall Anthony Hall Anthony Hall Anthony Hall That's weird 😂😂

[@drumer363]

He's got his spot in BD just waiting for him haha

[@drumcorps0junkie]

;-) CONGRATS BRO (-;

[@liambailey9882]

Is it odd that he's on snareline at my school

[@myaccountissocooler]

I saw you with my school the other day! HEY, LEAVE MY SOCK ALONE.

[@hotdog3392]

The only thing I'm worried about is I would be the worst one or be trash and mess us all up

[@micahstrauss77]

ThunderAnt don't worry about that. A world class corps won't accept you unless they believe you are capable of performing with them. Don't worry about being bad, just keep learning and practicing... you'll get there faster than you think.

[@petergriffin374]

He has a future in the Devils

[@maxalmaraz6463]

SO what do people usually do when they age out of dci?

[@homfencing]

Max Almaraz Depends on where they are. I went into the military, but managed to march a Sr corps in NY and a British corps while on an overseas assignment. Then I came home to San Diego where there WAS no drum corps presence, so I had to get a real life.

[@l0af_o]

yeah what does that mean

[@icurnvs776]

They go to DCA

[@NotAverageChannel]

Weird he's blue devils not academy

[@dawsonryder0637]

hi

[@Fluffy172]

I heard that he just needed get some experience somewhere and then he'd be able to march a corp!

[@CptTibbles]

probably get one more year somewhere else then head for bd.

[@multibuddhaneo]

Sorry to burst your bubble but no spots are 'reserved'. Everyone has to audition. No exceptions whatsoever.

[@TheBman266]

He said surfing lol

[@jaydalar32]

I see it too..... Hmmmmm

[@samflegal1]

Grown a lot in three years

[@MrPanda7426]

They should really make more low-profile harnesses so it doesn't make you look like a hunchback when you put the coat on over it...

[@LayneBmane]

jesus puberty hit him ;-;

[@staceybenavides8178]

He's cute :))

[@juancacatzun948]

The cap when he told the story hahaha.

[@hunteralexander9791]

Where? Everything he said was his own experiences. Don’t act like you know his life better than he does.

[@juancacatzun948]

@@hunteralexander9791 well kinda cap he was looking for drumming videos bc of his crush that joined percussion and that made him drum in the first place . He wasn’t bored lmao

[@nightcoremore3682]

handaome :v

[@davidk2628]

What?

[@hotdog3392]

What?

[@Iam-xw2hp]

what am I even doing with my life Jesus christ

[@hannahjames6033]

Ahamay

[@samflegal1]

Grown a lot in three yeats

[@JackdotBodd]

He hasn't got a spot reserved. An

[@qwerty00183]

What's wrong with you man? It was just a comment on what he's done. Chill out man.

[@cainanuk]

How disrespectful are you? To refer to The Academy as a "beginner" corps is totally insulting to the members and staff that work so hard to put out a good show... Lest you forget, they damned near made finals in 2012... 2013 was merely a speedbump.

[@chaytonsmith9118]

cainanuk he said beginning corps as in the Corp he started in 😂

[@ScumbagSonny]

This is cool. It's like we watched him grow up.

[@ghislainedidntkillherself]

Yeah they do. Their B Corps.

[@Chihuahuauno1]

Overrated - at best... . .

[@anthonyhall974]

I started marching MCDC when I was 13. I'm now 16 and trumpet section leader. Where's my "member spotlight"?!?!

[@yutsi_e]

Because getting into DCI for trumpet is way less competitive than getting in on snare.