Doing DCI, WGI, School, Work, Sports, and Life. IS IT POSSIBLE?!?

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[@EMCproductions]

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[@BudderBoyz]

Short answer: no Long answer: maaaaybe

[@marcelszekowski315]

dadabudy

[@JamesThatcher]

OK - so... here's my suggestion to anyone trying to do multiple things... this has worked for me before, and continues to work for me today: Step 1: Get a Google Account (i.e. Gmail) - it's free, you probably already have one so go to Step 2 Step 2: Open Google Calendars Step 3: Learn how to create multiple calendars Step 4: Create a calendar for EACH GROUP you want to do stuff with Step 5: In each Calendar enter all dates, times, and locations (and basic descriptions) for all stuff you want to do Step 6: Look for conflicts (remember especially to look at two or more events happening on the same day - example: WGI and Senior Recital Rehearsal... you may be in Dayton for one and need to be in NJ for the other) Step 7: If possible to mitigate or reschedule you can now see what actual times you will not have conflicts and attempt to do so Step 8: if you cannot reschedule you must prioritize what is important to you and then talk with the conflicting group/party on how you can work with them to come up with a solution Step 8a: Seriously, have a game plan before you show up... don't just show up and say "I have a problem, I need you to fix it" - that rarely goes well Step 9: Enjoy your reduced conflict stress life and end up making lots of $$$$ doing what you love Step 10: share that money with EMC and myself since we both helped you get there... seems fair right?

[@aidanbotham442]

I believe there is also a way to share/add individual calendars together, so that way you could easily see instead of looking between multiple

[@JamesThatcher]

@@aidanbotham442 there is, but personally I like to sort them by colour

[@GingerKing243]

Hold on... Are you telling me that the only solution to scheduling conflicts... Is being organized and making a schedule? LIKE THAT'LL EVER HAPPEN

[@JamesThatcher]

@@GingerKing243 I mean.... 🤷‍♂️

[@MegaMech]

When I joined college I was like "I want to do ALL of the ensembles!!!" My piano professor was like, you know these classes are three hours long each right? And there's a fifty minute master class each week. I was like, oh, I'll just take choir then... ... And jazz band!

[@scbdrummer3084]

“Baseball” *Football Image*

[@KillerRaspberry]

SCB Drummer I see no problem

[@dantemcnair9169]

He has a shirt for that

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

That's the joke my good sir

[@syspivey]

🤦‍♂️

[@sketchyAnalogies]

Your high school experience sounds like mine in terms of overcommitment and conflict

[@christianmclaughlin8945]

FINALLY SOMEONE NEEDED TO MAKE THIS VIDEO

[@anthonylangston23]

You had detention for 3 days because you went to a swim meet? That is fricking cringe bro 😳

[@phenylmusic]

thanks we needed this edit: to thank you i watched through first ad and 31 secs of second ad

[@pocketisoyt-_7831]

Were you on a Emc video if so you were good

[@phenylmusic]

ツToxic_Ryan2x i was in two emc videos: my hertas 2 and worst auditions thanks!

[@pocketisoyt-_7831]

@@phenylmusic if you ever wanna do a collab/drum cadence with me email [e-mail] ok

[@DouglasStevens0521]

Definitely save up money before hand. It's really expensive to march. I did my first season of DCI after my Junior year of highschool then ran out of money. I took of last summer and I'll be taking off this summer as well. I am currently marching indoor since it is cheaper I could afford it and hopefully I will be able to keep doing at least indoor but yeah. Save up as much as you can and work as much as you can before you start marching

[@brittislove]

I was hoping to hear about your every day schedule. Between making so many videos, military, social life, etc... how do you do it? For 6 months I had to work 3 jobs, school, 2 bands, girlfriend, and still find time to beat the Witcher 3. It wasn't easy and I pretty much just woke up, got moving, and then did it without thinking about it. The longer I thought about it, the more it sucked instead of just getting it over with

[@bvp547]

Eric, I really hope you see this because I have no idea what to do. So i am currently a senior in high school and I am on pace to get accepted into either University of Tennessee, or LSU. Both of which I want to do the college marching band. But more importantly, I want to do DCI more than anything in the world. And just today actually I had a meeting with the assistant director who unfortunately reassured me that if I do DCI, not only will I miss the freshman orientation, but I wouldnt get seats, dorm spots, books, and the classes I want. On top of that Id have to go straight from DCI to college with no goodbye. So what am I supposed to do? Im a kid filled with DCI ambition, but I dont wanna be a music major, and im afraid my future is on the line. Any tips?

[@GingerKing243]

It's possible, you just have to communicate. If you don't communicate, that's when people start to get angry. I did marching band, indoor drumline, musicals, plays, dance, and had a job. My brother did marching band, football, dive team, musical pit, and also had a job. Both of us did just fine and had a very healthy social life as well as school life. A trick to homework is to not overthink it. That's something I learned way too late in life. Most teachers just want to see that you did it and (in terms of english assignments) that you have an opinion/thoughts. You can do it! Just believe in yourself (that's the hardest part 😉)

[@ziomatthewmusic4205]

I am the same. At uni I trained 6-10 hours a week and competed in archery travelling to matches and competitions, I started piano and got to grade 4, I went to almost every Friday evening rock and roll society event and almost all main parties no matter what uni work I had that week. I also did gym or yoga most days to keep in shape for archery. Now I am a teacher, I do extra courses to boost my CV, I play piano and recorder and have two tiny KZbin channels one for piano songs and one for English lessons and keep up with advanced Italian. Doing a million things is awesome.

[@Magucci13]

I can't see Eric doing things that require both feet off the ground at the same time😂

[@youngson6005]

I was lucky that my marching band practice was mon, wed, thurs 6pm to 9pm. While my football practice was from after school to 530pm. I never got too play in the half time show, but the band director and drumline coach was ok with that. And then when I did DCA I was in the Army stationed in Maryland. The Bucs was at first not sure about it because every once in while I would miss due to weekend duties. but they were ok with that because they would email me all the changes and I would work on them on the base football field.

[@supernova7043]

I also played varsity football and drumline. took alot of work and I have to sacrifice being lead snare for it but my band director was ok with placing me lead tenor instead. Only difference is football went from after school to 6:30 and band was from 6 to 9:30 so my director wasnt too happy about that but he just got used to it. Perks of going to school in a small town.

[@Jag683]

6:33 don’t worry I’m only talented on trombone

[@elliotnewman4352]

Littlest Timmy same but also euphonium

[@TheMMXX]

1:24 that’s ECU Band... I see people I know lmao

[@Ace_v120]

i just realized until you pointed it out. ik some people too lmao

[@xandermarshall6755]

My high school had 3 sports teams Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Freshmen. For my band I told the varsity coach to put me on JV then play with varsity every other week. This helped with the conflicts. My dumb ass was in choir and band... So I missed 2 games. My team got 2nd in state with 2 losses. Advice is to talk your parents, your directors, and teachers. If you go on trips to festivals either drive or get your parents to drive. Everything works out.

[@theamazingme9734]

I relate to your struggles. I'm a top cross country athlete in my school and in the marching band(drumline). I finish running up to 13 miles a day then carry base 4 around for 3 hours everyday. Thanks to my coaches/ directors for helping me out and letting me skip practices to go to races/competitions. The only way this works is that xc practice ends at 4:30 and band starts at 5, so my sister brings me food to eat in the 30 minutes inbetween practices.

[@PopHappi]

I have the same problem with band and xc. I was lucky to be able to skip some practices for xc meets. It’s about the end of my freshman year and I want to both play trombone for concert and play baritone for marching next year. Not sure how I’m going to do this if I keep doing xc. I might just quit xc and do track since there are hardly any conflicts or keep doing both.

[@dougfunk1667]

Thanks for making this video, my kid needs to hear that sports and band is possible. Two other side notes: I’m a Buccaneer alum, love that you have a shout out to Bush/DCA. I’m also a WCU Incomparable Golden Rams Marching Band alum, I never liked going to University of Delaware games because the football team would get drilled. Always appreciated the Delaware Band though!

[@turtleashes4371]

As a kid from New Jersey who is also gonna do bushwackers in 2023 and most likely gonna go to Rowan this was very helpful

[@ethanwebb1758]

Guys! We have to get 5,000 likes so we can watch Eric do so many belly/back flops!!!

[@MKelly5967]

This video should be required viewing for all incoming high school freshmen. Good stuff.

[@samueldoyon1180]

I do cadet on Tuesday I have band on Friday I have volleyball practice on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday I am learning to drive planes on Monday and I work on the weekend so I really relate to conflict problem lmao

[@Behundagut]

This is the silliest video ever. "Is it possible to do all of it at the same time?" No, no, it's not. Unless your dad pays for all of it.

[@chameleom9410]

last time i was this early eric didnt play tenors

[@Jbroz21]

Sometimes, you have to just drop a few things just to make yourself at ease . . .

[@RedDogMamaHD]

Two comments: "Thanks, Dad!!!!" 😉😘🥰So nice that you appreciate what your parents did for you; and "It's possible to do DCI, WGI, School, Work and Sports" ... but I notice that you totally left out that you could have a Social Life! 😎

[@SeanLaMontagne]

It's a lot easier to do all of the things when you got a solid home life oh, don't have to worry about money food housing calm your family safety or security, etc. There is survivorship bias in the activity where a lot of people who had success attribute all of that to their work ethic and absolutely none of it too the life they were born into, it creates this sense of everyone being able to do the same. However it's a lot easier to fundraise thousand dollars when you come from a community that has spare income

[@naruke9373]

The only thing I’m worried about is the financial aspect of college, dci, and wgi. Dci now is really expensive same with college. Also how do you balance work and DCI/WGI.

[@zanderpimenidis1139]

I start varsity soccer, I'm in marching band, jazz band, honor band, etc etc. I'm also in highschool. So yeah, I know how it is

[@jix8088]

I swear this is the only KZbinr where I’ll sit and watch all the ads

[@stevebishop2504]

Definitely, but definitely not at the same time

[@cadencarrithers2339]

So this year, my senior year I decided to do indoor percussion. This started right after marching band, the problem is I'm in a fife and drum corps randall of the practices till the start of this season line up with winter percussion practices, and the instructor is really big on not missing practices, luckily I was able to figure out a solution

[@ultra9349]

This makes me think because since i wanna be a teacher, I should come up with like a system where if i’m teaching something out of school times then u have to choose but i have like a guideline or if i won’t have a set player in jazz i need to improvise(gud thing i play drum set in my school’s jazz band)

[@mattnieri1202]

Thanks, Dad 🤗

[@owenfleck4435]

Eric and I are so similar. We both did swim and dive and both swam the backstroke

[@cojuan7596]

Dammmnn i respect u so much more man like i love when i see people take on multiple commitments like sports band and other extra ciriculars

[@MegaMech]

I had a choir professor who never followed the syllabus and made his students do way more work then they should have been doing. He had required workshops which were just fun and games. What took a weekend to learn could have been learned in an hour by ourselves. I basically constantly conflicted with that prof because I had like seven other classes and three of them also wanted 100% of my time. Solution: Don't choose one, do nothing instead (I'm kidding). The funny thing is, this prof was likely the most unorganized person I've ever met. When students are more responsible than the prof, there's a problem.

[@ryanwilson1414]

OHHHHHH so what your telling me is I don’t need school work or anything just drum line and wgi ight thanks fam

[@ocean9355]

I clicked off when you said we had to have time management

[@calebyurasek8871]

Who plans a percussion concert the same day as WGI finals?

[@Z6D4C4]

seriously

[@aidensaari3957]

Yo! I do both swim and dive in Minnesota and I’ve been doing it for 5 years and I’m a drumming! Where like the same person!!

[@drumset09]

The worst conflict I had was in high school. There was a robotics (I was the team captain) end-of-year state wide competition and the indoor drumline's (one of only two tenor players) prelims were on the same freakin' day. I did both, because my parents were super cool about driving me from one to the other (didn't have a license then). Actually, I take that back. Right now (many, many years later) I do both a 'normal' 9 to 5 job, and I plow snow for a different company. In the interview with the 9 to 5 place, I told them "hey, I already agreed to plow again (7th winter) with this company I've been with for years. I can be at work for the 9 to 5 stuffs, unless it snows - will that be a problem? They really wanted me to work there, so they agreed to make it work.

[@brittislove]

"Important message about the 2020 tokyo olympics!" uhmm........ lol.

[@benjiboy9907]

Band and swimming gang.

[@jeffreycanfield1939]

Bushwackers hell yeah

[@tadbarnes1499]

What's your best stroke

[@melissamania8769]

Epic

[@lucscott3631]

What the fork how did this video not get 5000 likes

[@luisespinoza3709]

So right now I'm doing all that and a little bit more, im a senior in high school and im working while in my indoor line as the section leader tenor while also the drumset player for my magnet school and also trying out for a scholarship tryouts at my local university coming up while also trying out for a drum corps with time to spare, btw I work every single day from 7 to closing

[@featherjean6291]

My stepson went to UDel. I have a blue hen on my fridge.

[@christianshaffer3723]

It sucks, I am in an A-Class Independent Corp, It is EVERY weekend and I work 3 times a week and always have tons of homework... So I tend to only get 1 free day a week and basically fall asleep ALL the time. It is still fun a worth while.

[@andrewdressler7076]

Great video EMC. Since you touched on the subject of earning money to afford marching, what is your take on people starting GoFundMe pages so they can march or asking for sponsorship money?

[@grassaythompson4472]

I somehow pulled of band and wrestling.

[@betaomega04]

How adorable...you thought your 2020 was going to plan!

[@Dribones9]

ayyyyyyyy backstroke gang

[@johnbuhrmanfegan]

John Ziemann is actually a very understanding guy

[@KAYDdubz]

I swear every band director is like yours lmao

[@matthewsaxman1028]

More likes needed, people! We need to see the dives.

[@lukehaskins5608]

I’m in marching band ,jazz band and indoor percussion and cross country and track but good thing my band director is cool if I have to miss rehearsal for my meets

[@PopHappi]

If I did Drumline and xc/track then I would have to quit one of them, I’m lucky I’m in winds lol

[@LeftOverRavioli]

I was in the same boat last year (freshman year). I did marching band, concert band, orchestra, winterdrumline, and mariachi, it worked out well

[@LeftOverRavioli]

AJ Kalvelage yeah and after highschool I plan on doing wgi and dci like Eric. My goals for dci are either cavaliers or scv and for wgi pulse percussion

[@mrpoop4296]

I felt that I’m in hockey lacrosse marching band and pep band

[@iKentEven]

Oh my god this is my life! I’m doing WGI 3 hours from my college and DCI 6 hours.

[@dalianstopjones3767]

How did it go? Any tips, because I plan on doing dci distant from my college?

[@iKentEven]

@@dalianstopjones3767 well

[@iKentEven]

@@dalianstopjones3767 covid hit. But even though WGI was a much better experience than DCI overall I wouldn’t do a WGI group 3 hrs away from my college as a music major again. The time conflicts were too much when I should have been focusing on grades and practicing and learning how to college better. This was my freshman year. It realllllly depends on your professor. Mine did not like WGI so he didn’t encourage or work with it as much. My advice, if marching is important to you, go to a school that values it, or at least understands it. #1 thing is GO TO AN AUDITION no matter what you do. I cannot stress than enough. If you’re even slightly interested, show up.

[@iKentEven]

@@dalianstopjones3767 I just realized you said DCI not WGI. 100% go for it. DCI is easy with time conflicts. Memorize your packet and know how to play variations of almost everything. And SHOW UP. Get to know the vets and become friends with them and you’ll make it. I hope his helps

[@psychodelicjoey6710]

Did XC/track, work, school, drum corps, wgi, and girlfriend. Wanted to die lol

[@matthewtedder6074]

Possible idea...you should make a video on the ravens marching band experience. I've always wanted to join the ravens but I can't because of conflicts similar to yours.

[@MatthewTims]

bro!! 5k where's the dives!!!

[@RCPercussion]

The pinned comment crying in the corner:

[@homerogarcia3451]

Your dad is the mvp bro

[@TAQWAVION]

6:32 : the story of how I became the flub drum. Jk I was a bass player my freshman year and right now expected to be the next snare according to upper battery. (Snare and tenor)

[@psychozero1173]

I dont think the summer Olympics happened I wonder why 😊😂

[@lopingmymule3104]

It’s almost to 5k likes

[@OtterSauce_]

You should do a podcast

[@76turner1]

I played football and marched my sophomore year in high school. I loved music more so I quit ball. The following year my high school football team won c.i.f. and were National champs😖

[@ultra9349]

9:48 i wish i could i just keep getting denied tho everywhere i try I’m entering senior year of high school and i don’t have a job and i’m planning on entering dca this year in either pit or trying out for snare with bass as a back up I’m the bass section leader at school although i hate marching bass drum since i don’t like having to split the parts but my instructor told me snare would be near unachievable from the traditional grip standpoint as i didn’t learn it till a month ago and it’s currently beginning of september

[@miless17]

Still need to hit 5,000 likes

[@akaiyui9300]

Ngl I have to move out of my country (either US or Japan) if I plan on joining another drum corps. However, I'm torn between drum corps, rock band, competitive gaming, and running a business. Also, is New Jersey expensive to live? I'm eyeing about Hawthorne Caballeros.

[@jamesisbrandt9148]

I have an idea for your merchandise. I don’t think you have it. It does involve a coffee cup. lol

[@maxanderson8329]

See my solution to this problem was to simply quit my sport for band lmao

[@littlerockrocks2272]

Goodmorning Eric, hope you have a good morning!

[@jameskeller202]

Bro just do the diving anyway!

[@camrynspangler6786]

Moral: make parents pay

[@imarylie]

You turned into a color guard member here: 0:25

[@imarylie]

WE BACK 2 YEARS LATER now i’m a sophomore and i’ve been in drumline for 2 years. marched snare as a freshy and now i’m a tenor, going back to snare lol..

[@shotziiif6234]

Do a percussion ow and post it.

[@shotziiif6234]

IQ

[@jtnesbitt6755]

1:00.53 in back isn’t bad but It wouldn’t get you anywhere at state

[@BigJoee]

You need to like this video immediately.

[@jackpendergrass1922]

I'm a football player and a tenor player it sucked not doing that again

[@depresseddan8210]

Well... I'm in football... and in marching band... so every football game is a conflict.

[@theminecraftarchitect889]

Can you do this and collage marching band with it?

[@hyrumbaungartner2150]

How come people that watch this dont like, 1,000 views yet half liked wheres the other 50%

[@GrahamSlam]

What Kind of high school Jazz band doesn't have a backup drummer?

[@willj7621]

Dude, if I was wired like you, I'd would probably blow up!

[@mavadelo]

I am curious, have you ever participated in a WMC or other true international event? Like Kerkrade in the Netherlands for example?

[@featherjean6291]

You're surprised by the serious look on your face? 😂

[@Wayninator]

If you go to a small school it's a lot easier

[@cre8tivjcre8tivj29]

OH MY GOD WE WHENT TO THE SAME CAMP FOR BAND

[@notimpressedbyyourm4932]

I’m 17 doing dci and wgi and I’m a gigantic parent moocher too😂😂

[@ryanwhite5857]

Come teach my school

[@whirry242]

THANK YOUUU

[@gpkawesomeness4512]

"Its possible"... (has dad pay for everything)