Carolina Crown Hornline 2014 - Championships Lot

[@brendnntate1349]

This tuba line doesn't get enough appreciation. It sounds as if this hornline just carried around subwoofers, and every note they play is so solid and glorious.

[@jordancampos6864]

This is DCI we’re talking about, after all.

[@beardoof2139]

@@jordancampos6864 Crown has an insane low brass! Quite literally the reason I want to switch from trumpet to Bari for marching. I have always loved how projected they sound and how much they support the high brass. They aren't afraid to play!!

[@jordancampos6864]

BearDoof If you ignore the “This tuba line doesn’t get enough appreciation” part of Brendnn Tate’s comment, you’ll see that I’m PRAISING Crown’s tuba line.

[@beardoof2139]

@@jordancampos6864 oh no no I know! I'm saying you're right 🤣

[@jordancampos6864]

BearDoof Oh okay, sorry for the confusion!

[@channelthree6678]

I would love for this horn line to time-travel back to some 1970's corps show at a state fair or something. Just transplant them in time and watch the judges just freaking faint.

[@phatmat641]

Channel Three. One of The best comments I've seen on here. Plus I agree with what you said, I'm literally laughing to myself right now thinking about the 2014 Carolina Crown hornline going against a 1970s Santa Clara Vanguard, it would re write everything!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@K7008B]

they'd probably be disqualified for playing in Bb in 1970. :-)

[@lucasb3462]

K70 08B shut up I wanna imagine it

[@arnoldsherrill6305]

Can you imagine Santa Clara or Blue Devils from the seventies or eighties experiencing Carolina Crown dropping the hammer can you imagine the reaction of the other Drum Corps or even better yet the judges?

[@lucasb3462]

Arnold Sherrill what about inferno or something

[@droxide]

2:15 one of the coolest parts ever in dci

[@Atsuyo-z5b]

facts

[@rileymcguire8238]

Nick / Droxide preach

[@isekai_neo]

Y'all can't tell me you don't hear kinetic noise

[@EBG...]

@@isekai_neo not at all imo

[@ryans4917]

@@isekai_neo yeah but crown was first so

[@TrickPatriarch]

That Jupiter hit when they are all on high brass makes me feel some type of way.

[@ralphbrown7776]

P00

[@hannah1771]

It's a yes from me.

[@elitepapercuts]

Simon Cowell lol

[@Chazahc18]

You changed your name lol

[@bernie9543]

with the changed name it just doesnt work anymore lol

[@josealejandroramirez3241]

No te preguntamos Crack

[@alexgoertzen5929]

the fact that the low brass had trumpets at one part makes this 10x better. I literally haven't stopped watching this since 2014.

[@sqosx6015]

5 years later. Are you still watching it?

[@juancacatzun948]

@@sqosx6015 I am. Cant get over how good this is

[@steveg2277]

Goes to show the level of talent needed to be a part of this.

[@prestonjones20013]

The hardest Brass book to ever touch a field, and it was CLEANNNN. The fact that they didn’t win Brass or medal overall is a travesty.

[@Ace_v120]

and blue devils had an easier show...what were the judges on that year?? yea they did everything basically perfect but cmon. at least crown shoulve won brass that year

[@prestonjones20013]

@@Ace_v120 BD was so clean that year that it overruled everything else

[@tredaviousbowser7931]

Their drum line was just so mediocre. They have costed them so much over the several years

[@reecebernard88]

Crowns book was harder that year but everything else was just so outclassed by BD in 2014 it didn’t even matter. Especially the writing, BD2014 is as close to a perfect show we’ll ever get

[@user-tl3hs7ze7w]

@@Ace_v120seeing both in person I understand why devils brass scored higher. Their writing was so much better to the rest of the show and those guys literally mastered every single style in the show. It’s so hard to say at this level that one was much better but if you were there you’d understand. I luckily was on tour that year and able to watch 70% of the devils shows and they absolutely deserved a win in ever single category

[@milesd0texe385]

3:00 - 3:24 is the most beautiful and epic piece of music I've ever heard in my entire life.

[@i-sultan-_1ithe1nwt13]

210...

[@i_cam]

Miles Alexander god dammit who am I what is life after hearing that

[@jacobspaulding-schecter8764]

Okay but the other 2014 warmup has an even better arrangement of the warmup in my opinion-- please look it up!!!

[@opienick]

DO you know what song in their repertoire it is?

[@chasemanhart]

Agreed, can’t stop listening after I discovered that little riff.

[@Gizzy9987]

Put it on half speed at 2:19 and you can here how how clear and resonant those individual double tonged notes are...crazy

[@sambraun5758]

2:58 is debatably my favorite part of DCI. Something about it just feels so beautiful while also being aggressive and fast.

[@ianimhoff2927]

10 years later - this still holds up as my favorite warm up. KILLER!

[@TheZacman2]

This hornline's sound is genuinely organ-like, a quality all hornlines should strive for.

[@Play2ManyGames69]

I've seen this a thousand times and I still get goosebumps every time I watch it

[@Roytheasian]

To think that the low brass learned another instrument for 1:40 is insane. the baritone and tubas are playing trumpet and mello. AND they sound so freaking good

[@farallondeeps8264]

Just unbelievable how powerful and precise this horn section is. "Out of This World" was a perfect name for the show. Exceptional!

[@davonrodriguez9685]

Best 5th place show of all time

[@master_wilds]

Tied with cadets this year

[@tredaviousbowser7931]

@@master_wildswho?

[@feverpa]

1:40 - 2:28 might be the best section of pure brass brilliance in the history of DCI.

[@nickwerstler5512]

Others may not feel the same way but I think things like this are inspiring. I strive to be the best trumpet playing I can be and things like this just make me all happy and full of hope. I absolutely love crown and what they do.

[@i-sultan-_1ithe1nwt13]

same

[@antoniobenitez4428]

3:00 when she asks about my tongue game

[@refrain5277]

+Kevin Lindorfer doesn't mean you don't use your tongue ;)

[@bambam12357]

Vincent Garza uhhh actually yeah it does

[@panicatthemelanie21romance87]

antonio benitez ha

[@tianamccrae6929]

oh my god I just died laughing! And tried to explain to someone who doesn't play instruments...they didn't understand -.-

[@titucolceri7489]

Except most of that lick is slurred

[@parkermathews9553]

How. The crap. Did this not win Jim Ott.

[@DFiscus1]

Parker Mathews not good enough??

[@turnr3326]

Theinfinitato you spelled crown wrong

[@turnr3326]

DFiscus1 take the not out of that sentence then your right

[@ThisisTechie]

Wrong year for this show

[@Danny-sy7bg]

Theinfinitato watch the slowed down version and tell me this isn’t clean again lmfao, i think bd deserved to win, but brass shouldve gone to crown

[@prionian6641]

ALL THE HITS!!!!!!! SO CLEAN!!!!!!!! 45/10

[@ronangray1878]

The syncopation at 1:30 is absolutely insane

[@corygates7460]

In case anyone still doesn't realize this, from 1:37-2:28 the entire low brass section is playing trumpet.

[@adamthornton4675]

Cory you da man!

[@Dynam1cDr3w]

Second in brass my ass -.-

[@RevanPorkins]

what i was thinking howd they lose that year in brass?

[@prestonjones20013]

@@ImVee10they didn’t lose to the Cadets. They lost to the Blue Devils.

[@tredaviousbowser7931]

@@RevanPorkinsshould have been the one category that bd should have gotten second in.

[@user-tl3hs7ze7w]

I remember getting off field at Lucas oil, rushing to go change and get my snacks to go watch the coats murder this at finals. I had probably watched them perform tilt close to 10 or 11 times that season. But finals was different. Hearing that ballad for what I knew was the last time I would ever hear it in my life made me cry like a baby

[@codywright2840]

This is why I love CC. Their shows are so diverse in rhythms and style yet they flow so well. Between the HUGE(well balanced) sound they put out during the whole show(but especially the holds. Like seriously, your getting a cinder block wall in your face every time!!) and the ridiculously fast licks they play, I don't see any Drum Corps steeling the title of my favorite any time soon. I hope CC keeps this up. If they do, I'll bet they'll have a couple more DCI titles before the decade is out.

[@codywright2840]

7 years later: This aged poorly lol, CC still only won once but damn if their hornline ain’t still arguably the best

[@cristenshannon9139]

Played this for my friend in the car. He had never heard it before...we almost got into an accident.

[@tyleradelman6904]

I see Star of Indiana in them.

[@erikwaterson361]

Matt Harloff was the drum major for 93 Star, so makes sense

[@trumpetguy13]

2:28 is the very definitely of love of music. Frickin inspiring.

[@garythesnail8674]

0:29 I have never heard 20 trumpets sound so much like 1 trumpet. Absolutely perfect intonation

[@blueshort1011]

How the judge can go to sleep every night knowing he gave the "whole notes, standstill" Blue Devils the Jim Ott over this is amazing to me.

[@GraysonBuzz]

Blue Devils hate is such a beautiful thing to watch. 17 in 2015!

[@maalsop]

Look at the recap. The judge on Finals night nailed it. Crown took the content category because they played more notes. BD took the achievement category because they were cleaner. From my seat in the 600 level on the 45 yard line, I would agree completely with the brass judge.

[@Brad4747474747]

Michael Alsop i personally know the finals night brass judge and i completely agree, He was 100 percent correct in the judging. it's not about how difficult the music is, it's about how clean it sounds

[@Scheater5]

It wasn't just that BD was clean in terms of rhythm - attacks and releases, etc. They were also super in tune and had a big, balanced sound. I loves me some crown, but BD's hornline was ridiculous. Now that Crown has finally proven themselves, got a championship, and are not demoted purely because of politics, I try to think less about who-scored-what, and more about "this is some friggin epic music - let me get this in my soul."

[@ryanfischer8005]

Scheater5 Ridiculous is 1:39 when the bari's, euph's, and tubas put down their instruments and pick up a TRUMPET for the hottest horn licks in DCI this summer. ....and second place for hottest horn lick isn't even close.... Let's review; entire horn line on trumpet or mello, spread out over 35 yards back field, playing the sickest syncopation with the sickest mello runs cutting through the ensemble, and stacking the sickest 3 octave high brass cord I've ever heard. There was no comparison this year for repertoire, because for the hottest horn section of the whole show, most of the horn line WASN'T ON THEIR OWN INSTRUMENT!!!!!!!

[@tashaunanderson3085]

I don't know how they didn't get best brass caption This is the best brass i ever heard

[@madpistol]

Such a seriously clean hornline! Wow!!!

[@atking1999]

By far the best hornline in DCI

[@AuraFPS_]

Antonio King ACCURATE

[@DFiscus1]

But they didn’t win high brass?

[@ericw3841]

I actually shouted while watching this and woke my mom up

[@KiranSundarkdog97]

At this point, I’ve watched this video a bajillion times, but I can’t help smile when Harloff cuts off the hornline and looks out at the crowd at 2:28. His face is basically saying “yeah that’s right, my hornline RULES.”

[@GamingwithDrwho0204]

2:20 Dang that’s amazing

[@jeremyw386]

Man! That staccato at 3:13 😩🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@Andrew-cx6cs]

This is an iconic lot. With full respect to the definition of iconic.

[@hannah_micaela]

Will someone PLEASE put this in slow motion so we can hear how incredibly clean this truly is?

[@DrumCorpsTube]

It'll happen. :)

[@bigrynoisbot3902]

DrumCorpsTube well you see there this new feature where u click on settings and then you can select a speed.....

[@jacobvaughn50]

Click the settings option on the video, under speed. You're welcome. :)

[@DrumCorpsTube]

Here it is! Much better sound quality than just changing the speed on this video's options. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2Gac4hujriknZI

[@hannah_micaela]

DrumCorpsTube Thank you!! :)

[@pookr300]

2:56 is amazing

[@greyalton5247]

2:10-2:28 gives me chills every time

[@tigerjingles9734]

Def the best horn line that yr

[@rickyleleux26]

2:16 top 3 fav moments in DCI history….

[@matthewfix1344]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@myahitt1247]

2:12 this tickled my brain in just the right spot.

[@TheZacman2]

I am grateful this exists.

[@reidgriffin6838]

Slightly heard the Bluecoats in the background. Hymn of Axciom.

[@lonelyjackmusic]

2:10 and on is my favorite part.

[@alexalsup8180]

Every time I listen to this I get chill bumps. I've never in my life heard a hornline that talented. Hands down. Thumbs up

[@whodat1967]

2:24 that OVERTONE!!!!

[@pmil9645]

It’s like it was being played by some flutes or something

[@justingreen4769]

I could listen to 2:05-2:27 all day long! It's so good!!!!!

[@opus2129]

That fanfare...so good.

[@larkinsharpe]

Always leads every hornline in clarity. Great stuff

[@nschnitz1954]

I keep rewatching 2:58. God, those licks are incredible.

[@tredaviousbowser7931]

Dare I say that this hornline was better than their 2013?

[@tomborning4428]

I sort of feel that Crown is the new Star of Indiana in that they are not really appreciated fully by judges etc. Just think, Star '93 didn't win and that showed pretty much single handedly revolutionized the drum corps we watch today. To me, Crown is at the forefront. For the 2014 show to not be at least top two, crazy! For them not to win in '09, nuts! They will break through I hope, but they may have to do something drastic and unexpected. Don't misunderstand me either, I'm not hating on other corps' either, they are all awesome and deserving of their awards. Lord knows the Cadets were pushing the envelope for awhile too

[@Monke2120]

Tom Borning the 2014 show had way to much visual dirt, dirty percussion, and design flops to medal.

[@RevanPorkins]

Percussion kills them every year not that they are bad drumline they just need to bump them up to top 4 drumline and they will start winning all the time .

[@Fuekashi97]

That chord at 2:24....oh my gosh I kills me every single time I listen

[@jayd1342]

This to me was the best crown hornline of all time! The show was poorly designed, but this might be the best hornline ever in DCI . Really was that clean and good .

[@natehollenbeck6348]

I mean it wasn’t even the best hornline that year but you do you

[@loganjohnson8010]

@@natehollenbeck6348 that's your opinion, you do you

[@booker9816]

@@loganjohnson8010 No, like, Crown lost on finals night in Brass to BD. They weren't the best hornline in 2014.

[@loganjohnson8010]

@@booker9816 ik that but we all have opinions

[@bencausey]

Guys remember…this is not just “the best brass ensemble on a marching field”; I contend it’s one of the best brass ensembles to ever play brass instruments. This is SOOOOOO technically proficient, with crazy breath control, crazy dynamics, and perfect tuning at all possible volumes. They are world beaters. I will go to my grave preaching that it’s on the same level of miraculous performance as Cirque Du Soliel, Olympics, etc. The entire package of a show from all of the top 10 corps every year is arguably the greatest entertainment bang for the buck imaginable.

[@TheCasualSirenEnthusiast]

the whole part from 1:40 to 2:28 is just AWESOME

[@seabassmcbigfat]

Still one of the best lots ever recorded.

[@gentrywalker]

Why does the space between those notes in the trumpets at 2:10 sound so crushed? Is it to compensate for how spread out the hornline is during that part of the show so it sounds correct on the field?

[@Tyetanic238]

That is exactly why it sounds that way. I marched with this group and if you listen to the finals recording you can hear the clarity that is missing in this video. Good ears man!

[@KleinkMusic]

0:25 Banjo-Kazooie type beat

[@johnpendell9042]

2019 and IM STILL HERE

[@timothymcinerney8718]

John Pendell 2020

[@aidenschwartz8371]

@@timothymcinerney8718 2021

[@Mnlsnk528]

Amazing Music, Outstanding performance, crazy crazy crazy Crown keeps setting the bar pretty high for themselves year after year (especially after 2012 IMO) Pretty cool to witness this drum corp. evolving and pushing forward the sport.

[@audiobookeycom-km2go]

loooove this director!!!

[@michaelcseh1463]

2:18 SOOOOOOO CLLLLLLEEEEEEAAANNNNN

[@samuelking6274]

I come back to this ALL THE TIME

[@fadededed]

1:30 oOo I heard something special up there ;)

[@jayjay62566]

Don't yell at me but I think even though this may not have been the cleanest show, it was ,,for me, by far the most entertaining

[@kdkdkd4153]

They are soooo good. Thanks for posting.

[@irvinortega9772]

My fav. horn line of 2014

[@Jesspeon]

God damn that release at 2:26....

[@lanemyers426]

3:00 YESSS TRUMPETS YES!!!!

[@croatiancowboy]

The fact that that line is only played by first trumpet and 1st baritone makes it even better

[@saifye]

Amazing!!!

[@FelipeDSFranca]

3:00 those trumpets tho

[@jacobspaulding-schecter8764]

The only thing I'm thinking while I listen to this is: "YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS"

[@ralphgeigner3011]

Miss the great days of Real Drum Corps ! THE 60s era ! There was 1000s of corps ! Most local hometown corps ! Go Mariners Kenosha Kingsmen GO ARMY RETIRED

[@connorfuhrmann1462]

This IS the best brass playing in all of DCI. Not gonna lie. There is a lot that comes close, but if I had to pick one section of a show that was the best, this would be it.

[@marinaflores2564]

OMG. the brass. I am in love with this.

[@johnpendell9042]

The sharpness of articulations with especially triplets and basically any other rhythm as a major group is like... impeccable. Unheard of. Maybe old school Cadets. The balance, the arrangement, the complexity. The arranger writes as a choir writer and it proves to work amazingly. Crown the best hornline to ever exist. They’re right, as I heard a tech say to the mellos, keep it relaxed.

[@IMustQQ]

2:56 Talk about fast fingers, just imagine being behind them. When they start, turning your head thinking WTF

[@jaman198]

As a trombonist, its sounds super intimidating. But daily repetition of scales and arpeggios should help the patterns stick under the fingers. That's what I like most about Crown - their insanely technical passages.

[@justintherailfan2644]

Those articulations!!!!! So crisp....so clean

[@ikurasake]

I am in love with this hornline.

[@matthewhodge8708]

i made a second account so i could press like twice

[@droobers1314]

The overtones at that last chord at 2:23 … GOD.

[@alfredjimenez6507]

This is wild

[@bleach101able]

this gets me everytime

[@r8escjohn]

And WHY did CC not take Brass caption?

[@xBlazinMYST]

I feel you. I'm not saying BD didn't do some crazy shit, but Crown really deserved high brass.

[@aidengonzalez8073]

2:43 Hey that's my private lesson teacher lol

[@patrickflanagan3184]

This still remains my favorite video on the inter web

[@dansullivanstudios]

The jupiter lick makes me. so. fucking. HAPPY. UGH! :D

[@TheZacman2]

This is convincing me to do another season of drum corps.

[@lyacamillo4708]

Wow ... Talented people with instrument and dance, this is show, congratulations!!!

[@keemez]

if this had been Madison, they woulda had a few lead sop/trumpet guys nail the stink out of an 8va at 2:25 ish. and it would have been even more jaw dropping than it already is

[@msewell763]

2:13 Matt Harloff hitting the griddy

[@jayd1342]

Lost respect for DCI and their unregulated or supervised judging many times since early 2000s, but it just gets worse every year. The fact that this hornline did NOT win the Jim OTT trophy was nothing but shady stuff going on in press box in parking lot, at band camps, promised jobs whatever. UNREAL!! This hornline was better than the 2013 hornline yet somehow scored worse and lost the brass trophy. This was the best hornline I have ever ever ever heard live in DCI. Again it comes back to what I believe is DCI feeling pressure from BD especially when BD loses the year before. You can go back to 2000 cadets for instance. Great hornline great show and won brass trophy, however everyone with any ears including members and staff knew that the 01 hornline was far cleaner and more talented than the 00 hornline yet lost to BD in brass at finals. It is just stupid. This Crown 14 hornline how they did not win brass nevermind the show is just beyond me. Please don't tell me how their show is reason they did not win. How did BD win brass like every year mid 80s early 90s with 4th and 5th place finishes? BD should have walked across the field and gave the JIm OTT to Crown. Even if you were a member of BD hornline in 14 you knew Crown was better. Anyone with any musical sense at all knows it.

[@thatoneguy285]

I agree with everything you said.

[@JakeBros3]

I fully agree as well. The judging at DCI has gotten worse and worse every year, and this year was no exception. I don't believe that Crown should have won this year, but taking 5th place with a hornline like that... Something is definitely going on behind the performances on those judging panels..

[@NickOnFire1490]

I agreed with you, but you have to admit that Felliniesque was about as close to perfect as you can get. did they deserve perfect GE and visual and nearly perfect music? probably not. but they did an amazing job, and they deserved 1st

[@samanthabree1246]

wow. totally agree. that 01 cadets brass was amazing. actually, i felt like 00 bd was ahead of the cadets but the cavies smoked both on those g bugles (a tie between Cadets on Bb and Cavies on G). That's why in the end its not about who wins... its about the legacy of your show. I love 1990 and 1992 BD. When those guys that marched those years here that I listen to their music in the car, it puts a smile on their face. Thats what Drum Corps all about: leaving it all on that field for the enjoyment of the crowd and for fans to treasure your work for years. Hell, thats what all art is about.

[@jayd1342]

BD and Cadets should have flipped years on the brass trophy. BD should have won 00 and cadets 01. 00 finals performance of cadets there were cracks and over playing all over. Cadets 01 hornline was flat out the best hornline in DCI that year. Nobody created that clean sound again until Crown in the late 2000s. 90s BD hornlines to me are still the best of all time. From 1992 through 1999 every BD hornline was just amazing to listen to.

[@verynoice8209]

A guy that went to my school was in this horn line, kids a beast.

[@AMB514]

What happened to that F Lydian lick the mellophones play at 1:30 that goes up to the high C? Did they take it out or are they just resting?

[@Double.D123]

Most likely just saving their chops for the actual performance.

[@jaredpianoclark]

I was just thinking the same thing

[@zachmoreimi2790]

Or maybe it was taken out for that moment to make sure the syncopated part played by the others was together.

[@benmay1932]

SalemSaxophone8 Yeah, they play it full out in the actual show