I Paid a Guy $420 to Write This Drum Cadence...

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[@EMCproductions]

The Snot McDuckie cadence sheet music can be downloaded here - drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DqjdeotteZXwNtNdgv2iMkCUvhlc6slp?usp=sharing Contact the composers on Fiverr if you are interested in the other cadences! Links are in the description.

[@Tripp.tambores]

First cadence (the $5 one) was definitely the grooviest. Simple yet effective

[@leaf8997]

YES

[@mattlogan1]

Agreed - the other ones were too complex to be effective cadences. A cadence is something groovy you play during a parade where the rest of the band needs to be able to march in time at 120 bpm. It’s not a parking lot ram.

[@Tripp.tambores]

@@mattlogan1 well said. They were just kinda hard for the sake of being hard.

[@fshalor738]

These were all surprisingly GOOOD for the money. I remember being a band meeting trying to find someone to write us a show and we were getting quotes for $1-5k per chart per piece per show regularly. Drum work was never under $500 per cadence. This was in the 90's.

[@J.RProductions2024]

For the 2nd cadance, you probably hired someone who is familiar with writing HBCU Drumline features. Almost sounds like the BCU 2017 Percussion Feature. Very good cadance.

[@TheMokeleMbembe]

It also kinda reminds me of some college band cadences (Michigan comes to mind)

[@jstraziante]

Great cadences but that $5 one is the one that people would remember. Great chops but that tenor groove is infectious.

[@G-Wizzly]

You can always tell when a snare drummer writes music by how the bass parts sound… #3 is a prime example.

[@henrygillard6238]

Bingo!

[@extremecowz7694]

Ha. I play sax and even I can tell. Snare goes fast and bass is more slow. Bass really was playing like a snare there

[@Histgyph]

@@extremecowz7694 In very high level groups a lot of times the basses play the same thing as the snares

[@extremecowz7694]

@@Histgyph cool

[@jimierrante-humes1119]

I'm a tenor player and I can have wanted to kill so many marching writes over it We always have to rewrite the parts lmao

[@seb_fig7072]

Watered down the second cadence because it’s above his skill level😳so this man is human

[@miless17]

It is even funnier, the second time

[@ethanyeats5872]

I would love a video about marching cymbal technique and notation. It is something I’m clueless about but fascinated by.

[@jamesjefferson6518]

Well you hold it about a 45 degree angle and hit the cymbal one side first then the other, though still in one stroke. If you hit the cymbal evenly on both sides at once then it makes like an air pocket. I did percussion in high school so I only kinda remember

[@EagleScout2019]

Yea. I was learning cymbals for a bit, then my cymbal person who was teaching me seduced me and I never learned anymore. It’s something I still wish I could do more of as it was a lot of fun with the little bit I did learn

[@forgetful9845]

@@EagleScout2019 Sorry you went through that :(

[@EagleScout2019]

@@forgetful9845 dw, I’m a lot better mentally now and I don’t have to deal with that guy anymore. Thank you though

[@dylanyeo1631]

Check out these videos by Seavine kzbin.info/aero/PLs1aSmw34_i7gEFA2IKFcOdggHCbmsSzS

[@JamesThatcher]

For $5.... that was worth every damn penny.... even without sticking and cymbal instructions... my other favorite was the $30 - that one was easy to settle in and march to.... Here's the thing that a lot of percussionist writers forget, they love to do these huge soli areas and show offs, but you have to remember the point of the cadence is so everyone can march in time together... maybe I'm old school, but I think a groove is the best way to do that...

[@derrickburwell7777]

That's how I write my cadences, with a groove. It's something I took from Jeff Porcaro; always thinking about time, and groove.

[@taflhols278]

Yes. that second one had far too much wankery in it that didn't groove.

[@glennsnare09]

I feel like that's only the point of some cadences. Other times the point of a Cadence is to annihilate your competition in a battle

[@JamesThatcher]

@@glennsnare09 only if your competition is afraid of people who can't figure out if it's left or right foot and the actual tempo

[@1hotday1]

Unionize drummers! Unionize writers! Sad state of affairs that we can sell ourselves for less. I can't watch. It breaks my heart. So much talent.

[@Turt3752]

It’s pretty despicable how little arrangers/writers get paid. My uni’s concert band director told me she’d pay me minimum wage hourly to make a baritone BC part transposed from the TC part. I went through and replicated the copyright info, the exact measure spacing all of that, so that it was as professional and close to the TC original as possible. She balked at having to pay me for 4 hours of work - $44. Said “is $25 okay?”

[@drunkndazed8155]

I would definitely say the first one is the best cadence. The other pieces are great in their own right, but the point of a cadence is to sound groovy, but also keep the band in step. Imagining a band trying to stay in step for the last cadence would be hilarious

[@wrekka8348]

My percussion director writes our cadences and he is really good at it too. My favorite cadence is Super Pickle which he made and is where we go down the line from Quads to Snare and we’ll play 2-3 measures of the groove then each person will have a solo

[@bigheavyshoe]

My drumline did that in high school. Fun stuff

[@shaanfliesplanes]

Those tenor shots give me so much happiness.

[@TheTeamIsSHaRP]

I liked the 5 dollar cadence alot.

[@codysuchomski6498]

Honestly your cadence was professional and incredible. I was blown away by the $5 cadence like it probably took the guy 3 hours at least to do.

[@drummermomcjs]

I actually liked all of the cadences. The last one was epic and I love how it varied in dynamics and feel. Having written cadences for my high school, I can appreciate the work that wen into each of these cadences.

[@tcthefish187]

I've started writing my own cadences recently and this video is great for examples and things I can do better. Awesome video!

[@stewieuk1276]

Loved them all and a Happy New Year to you!

[@BlankityBlank]

I've watched a few of your videos before this, but this one got me subscribed. Fan-freaking-tastic.

[@RedDogMamaHD]

Wow! I'm totally missed the notification for this new video. Saw the Dump Channel one, and posted a comment ... Then: 4+ hours after this video was released I saw this! I am losing my touch! And, as always, Snot McDuckie did an excellent job!

[@plant_trees_kg]

Yay #2 most subscribed EMC channel!

[@alt7244]

I know nothing about music writing, reading, playing, the lingo... I just love it. I enjoyed the first and last cadences best.

[@stevenhatcher9133]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 That twist is hilarious

[@C5drummer]

Look at that "FACE OF SERIOUSNESS" you have on these segments...Your facial expression is the SAME in all segments! Thumbs up for that!

[@realmadstupid]

Ok ok.... The last one was a good cadence, I would definitely say it's worth $420. It's pro level writing. I would not want to see a band or corps marching to most of the others, well... Actually it would be fun to watch the horn line stumble around looking for the beat.

[@Zenith3352]

Especially that second one

[@fentishxt4492]

second one goes so hard i cannot

[@profoundresolve]

That last one was funky. Loved the cymbal feature near the end, not enough pieces utilize them to their full potential imo.

[@extremecowz7694]

Do I play percussion? No. Did I watch this confused asf? Yes. Did I enjoy it? Yeah

[@bby4505]

I love to be new and to watcb your videos they are so interesting to watch and see how good people are

[@timkulchitsky6690]

Good morning! I was not expecting another Fiverr video :o The amount of content in this is incredible - however I would looove to see you break these parts down (no. 2 specifically) and explain what you watered down because I'm really curious now what parts were originally written and why they were 'too hard' haha

[@MoustacheCloud]

6:08 WTF that was so sick

[@Fenix_the_12]

Am I the only one who think that marching snare parts are amazing for trap hihats?

[@natepettigrew8415]

Woooo I’ve been waiting for this lol

[@HodorsLeftShoe]

Sick beard, great video

[@michellepalmer6381]

Honestly really enjoyed the $5 one!

[@highstimulation2497]

2:58 TICK. hahahahahaah. (hey, let me amuse myself. perfectionism is like this!)

[@evanmnichproductions]

10:04 you know what this is 😂

[@ikurasake]

Henry's was awesome. What a guy

[@MoustacheCloud]

I knew the Hery Gillard cadence would be a sicko run. I've seen his channel a loong time ago and he's a true choppa.

[@keyunellington7293]

THIS IS A BATTTLLEELE!!!👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@king8of5drums]

As soon as I seen this video posted. My first thought was “you ain’t gonna trick me this time”

[@andrewholaday2850]

4th cadence was pretty good. The bass part was other worldly. Pulled off great

[@RedDogMamaHD]

Video 14 of Loopy Grandma asking Lil' Peanut to play Wipe Out by the Ventures!!! ... I know you are very creative, so I expect something EPIC!

[@duston1649]

Plot twist of the century

[@tonythompson4022]

Great video! I was wondering if since your done with commodants own if you want to do DCA or whatever it's called when you can be any age over the summer?

[@highstimulation2497]

are those back and forth bass parts in the third one 'narly?' Dang! I don't hear such things out there much.

[@mochamadrifky8094]

Sounds great! even without sticking he can figure it out

[@bandthings]

Can you do a break down "Learn the Beats" video over your Squid Game cadence?

[@qUiKnEs666]

Henry Gillard on fiverr? The same Henry Gillard that marched RCC/BD? That's so cool!

[@maxxximum_productions]

I actually liked the first one the best

[@matthewhart9585]

unison fivelet rolls across the whole line...a little too much😂

[@neiss616]

The last one would be hard to march to.

[@eyesoftheworld73]

Do a video about best college marching bands

[@hutao7917]

I think the first one was the best.

[@tedcords1cupcake988]

ummmmm coulda just hired me just gotta let me lift your hyundai

[@cyanidelizards]

Keep up the great beard.

[@emperor_sebas2572]

Video 14 of commenting until EMC makes a marching drum with a snare drum, tenor drums, bass drums, and some cymbals.

[@GreenGremlinable]

Cadence 1: Rock! ro-bot rock!

[@acsotirrec]

Famova deserves a bonus! 😄

[@skkrify5596]

I think it would be awesome if you made a video about double beat 9000

[@BlakeBlackstone]

I never knew Super Humman could play drums!

[@bambino100011]

I really liked the 30 dollar cadence. I loved the groove.

[@highstimulation2497]

Ok, I started this video expecting it to be someone saying that it is NOT worth that, (I totally think it is, btw,) and ... nice troll. you won me over. nice to meet you.

[@sunnydavis9850]

Yo it’s a little late but you should check out the Hebron hs band’s pen striped. It deserves more attention.

[@thomashelm6931]

I knew that the last one was written by you. If you look closely, there was a part for the snares, tenors, bass drums, symbols and beard. 🧔

[@peytonrhodes2536]

Pretty cool

[@Kihidokid]

Now that's a nice beard

[@keyunellington7293]

I feel like with the first cadence the ending at 3:00 could’ve been like in the middle of that cadence instead of what was there with the cymbals doing the -xxxx- because I’m the middle of the cadence it sounded to dirty but at the ending with the cymbals split “xxxx” it sounded good

[@radiokaos6266]

Next challenge should be who can write the best cadence that can only be performed with a full grown handlebar moustache.

[@moppr]

2:55 i fucking love bar 59

[@bruh60297]

eric carr, is there any way to make a 10 inch side snare drum sound like a marching snare drum? can you make a video on it?

[@Thor962]

Pulling a Voldemort there

[@CharleyClose]

The only thing missing from Snot’s cadence was bagpipes. 😎

[@iccash3579]

I amsoloutly e loved mr chicken

[@xer4730]

Just a question i wanted to ask. What kind of sticks are you using for tenor

[@D-Vinko]

You look great with a beard man; you can almost start trimming and designing it a bit.

[@tahoehikergirl7340]

I knew you had to be one of those writers! Question- so did you pay yourself?! HA!!!

[@anthonywindle5511]

I like you with your beard!

[@drumlinekid2977]

Aaaaayy you are number 2

[@highstimulation2497]

6:31 YEAH

[@zakindabox]

Can you write a tenor solo with rim ticks as part of the groove?

[@highstimulation2497]

420. yes indeed it is.

[@GoGoGadgetBasketballBand]

okay but I actually really liked the first one

[@Childish_Gavino]

at least we didn’t get rickrolled

[@jopado]

im not falling for this again

[@erichart7707]

I am in the 8th grade and I am going to be trying out for the highschool drumline in about 1-2 years when I am old enough would I be cut from the band or not pass auditions if I cannot preform propper grip or if I cannot preform the stick tricks?

[@alighozi4709]

Marching Band Gita Surosowan (Indonesia) using this 1st cadence, though with slightly different arrangement..

[@lwilliams7364]

Do you have to record your self playing each part, one at a time, for every cadence?

[@Potter5416]

Where did you get five base drums?

[@Michael_VG]

What video editor do you use?

[@ItalianOrlando]

I think they mistook the $420 to mean a different 420 🤪

[@jordankatz3039]

Nice

[@serrisdaylor1015]

I had a feeling that the amount charged would make it yours haha- I was about to compose a comment about how I didn't want to like the most expensive one the best, but that I couldn't deny it! I really liked #4 a lot as well, I think it's my favourite that wasn't you

[@perwestermark8920]

The price makes me think about Davie504.

[@highstimulation2497]

the hell happens at 7:37? I mean, extra 16th note in the dubbing, as if the bar just before is 17/16. (which would be 'excellently subversive' if it were on purpose:) heeheeheeheehee

[@iglb314]

Video 11 of asking for a front ensemble feature

[@gianbailey969]

Video 14 of commenting until EMC makes a front ensemble out of spocks

[@bobbarksofficial4335]

Ooh hahahaaaaaa

[@omgleatherworks3253]

I like the cadences that make the rest of the band go out of step. *evil genius laugh *

[@erc2595]

As a member of the formal and robust community of the emc initialed homo sapiens, might I ask what the emc in your Chanel name means. (My name is eric Matthew chirolla by the way)

[@rla1000]

No.1 rifkynemo. No. 2 Snot McDuckie (why 420, heh)