Matt Bowers 2008 I&E 1st Place

[@thebaronvingrimm]

Matt Bowers is and has always been a drum machine lol. I marched with him in High School he was always impressive to watch!

[@gnarlyohana]

supposed to be studying for school, sucked into watching dci videos on youtube again...

[@chasemanhart]

Arn't we all! Ha!

[@DrMasterJ]

HE PLAYS AT BLINDING SPEED!

[@chrisegg7936]

Agreed. The one thing that always impressed me about Matt was that he has absolutely ridiculous chops but still backs them up with technique and musicality.

[@Aaaronicus]

i love that riff he keeps bringing back throughout the piece. it's awesome.

[@Snarician]

holy shit, that was the sickest tenor solo i've seen in a while

[@wannabeAOB93]

MATT BOWERS!!! went to my high school and marched with my instructer. hes butt rapin amazin. he helped out our line a little bit after his 08 season wit bd

[@homfencing]

Not entirely...he has wet macular degeneration. His vision IS significantly impaired, but he;s not totally blind/ The fact that he could march on the field in BD, and Cadets before that, says a lot about him.

[@DieNaSty4me]

im loving the consistency! good god!

[@thasnargoblin]

he can only see out of his peripheral vision. and hes just a beast at everything else

[@kungfuken432]

What an inspiration.

[@D_Hill_Drums]

I marched with this guy at Spirit in '03. One of the hardest workers I've ever seen!

[@lij2015]

@thsma2009 WGi is if you you turn 22 before the season ever begins. But if you do it it mid season you're okay( I march WGI)

[@Angelzxairwaves]

That's amazing!

[@RimAlexa]

@mrTooKanSam if you knew, he is only partially blind, more things far away.

[@Snebasseor]

I might have been intentional. It was a visual in their show.

[@RanchoBass5222]

was he in cadets 05? if so hes got a DCI world champion title, two dci percussion trophies, a WGI world champion title, and now a tenor i&e title from dci. HOLY SHIT

[@PhantomPhire25]

10 bucks says this guy routienly does this in his sleep.

[@MadSmokerBBQ]

Sweet!

[@drumist101]

Downright epic

[@shotgunjojoful]

The fact he is better than all of us in these comments i think its fine

[@tower72]

Wow! I have so much respect for drum line drummers, especially when you see talent and dedication like this. I play a set but every time i see something like this, I am like DANG!!!! I need to work on my technique lol.Thank you sir for humbling people everywhere :) good job.

[@zsparling]

awesome.10 stARS!

[@Rogers1977]

Well, my instructor always harps on us on slicing. When Bowers played a roll on one drums, you can see the slice mainly in his left hand (since that's like the only hand you see). Otherwise, it's the angle that the video was taken at. My instructor said that this guys was probably the best sounding, as in sound quality, that's he's heard in a long time.

[@OldSchoolLovin15]

you can tell he put a lot of work into this solo

[@AlexBasaCo]

@Snebasseor OH MY GOD HE'S BLIND. Repeck.

[@killerdud363453]

@jazzman3071 yeah i watched him at 2009 WGI finals, he had the shades on at finals

[@Rogers1977]

I'll second that.

[@DI0NY5US]

WOW!! did he just do that?! lol that was amazingly clean for the speed he was going at. in fact i heard only about 2 or 3 rims good god i hope i can learn to play like that.

[@Furiousity]

did he miss that one note toward the end on purpose? well on purpose or not that was still a fucking sick solo!

[@drumline451]

@c2dinc where if anywhere could i get the sheet music to this, please and thank you

[@HarmoniousChirp]

Anyone know where I can find sheet music for this if possible?

[@cru4you]

spirit in 05

[@Jerahmeel]

But for the Blue Devils A Corps, you must be 18-22 right? I think that is what it said on my flyer.

[@darksion]

nice groove part

[@Hawaianboy808]

hey in his first section is whut chris drummer played in his 2010 i&e

[@TricoreSonata09]

Theres always that one guy that says "WOOOO" after a lick in a DCI vid.

[@BSBINC1]

@c2dinc Like Matt R from RCC his age out yr is 07 but he had WGI bouns

[@UberJumpTactics]

Wow ive seen you comment on like all drum vids lol including the one by quakertownbands

[@sumthingmessy]

agreed

[@evanwbradley23]

sheet music please? :)

[@Rogers1977]

You mean double paradiddles?

[@saue6143]

you cant even tell the singles from the diddles. unbelieveable

[@OldSchoolLovin15]

im guessing tim jackson didnt win this year?

[@rio197]

is this the same guy who marched cadets '06?

[@hesgrant]

don't quote me on this but i'm pretty sure he aged out this year (meaning Touch was his last show ever). i'm not positive though, but i think so.

[@monicoconutx]

rhythm x 08 and 09?

[@Jerahmeel]

Damn, Fosho!

[@sickeningsplat]

MAD CHOPS!!

[@Parkerplaysperc]

@thsma2009 the changed it to 23 after he already aged out and left

[@AjaxHammer6]

dude, he majorly slices in his left hand. never noticed.

[@dssk1023]

what was his score?

[@IchigoRukiaBleach]

They're both great drummers! lol

[@joshuaduquez9835]

this dude had a mean ass slice when he warmed up

[@JBDrums.23]

The dude is like 90% blind. I think we can forgive a little slice.

[@snareromie5295]

6:40

[@JBDrums.23]

HAH no. heck. the drum major for the blue devils this past summer was 17

[@poopmcdoopdoop]

Wow, do you even lift?

[@MBlood08]

He missed at the end. Nice.

[@sumthingmessy]

isnt the blindfold pretty redundant for him? i mean. from what i understand, hes almost blind..... but either way, he shreds.

[@rojograndeypelu]

he went Kenshi on them drums man..

[@nathanthesnare]

He looks like Malcolm McDowell without hair.

[@carpeyourmom]

yeah, you've obviously never been in...

[@MeatXLoverX69X]

you should do some research on promark. theyre gonna be good in the next 5 years.

[@Ridebmx34521]

he plays with sound quality cuz he marched cadets and rx

[@Tenorcapacity121]

@mrTooKanSam it's still badass though

[@lij2015]

@thsma2009 welcome haha.

[@Reedisyograndpappy]

0:34 nice slice bro

[@sumthingmessy]

lol. thank you :)

[@Rogers1977]

Wow, his slicing is worse than mine. I'm not bagging on him, it's just that I didn't think that he would slice. I always thought that they didn't slice and that's why my instructor always harped on me to stop slicing.

[@EnterTheOcho]

@betaomega04 It's actually called "macular degeneration."

[@JBDrums.23]

@gfaithw MY EYES!

[@VesperoRealm]

drums

[@TooLegiTT11B]

Yeah it was redundant it was a joke and it was halarious lol - he desearved the win, the solo was very clean unlike others.

[@tommioatis9338]

ever wonder howmany heads hes broken? lol

[@snareromie5295]

99999

[@Genomaciec]

Its any age, but it all depends on skill level.

[@pkim9]

well, i don't get why the blindfold thing is so OMFG. when my instructor marched cadets, they made them use blindfolds when playing so they don't rely on sight. but that WAS 95 96 so idk about now.

[@sickeningsplat]

If you watch these: watch?v=JJPq7qhywLs watch?v=31B89xgfP6o you'll see them both looking down. When you start playing some serious notes, it's hard not to look down. And I agree some visuals would be awesome, but I don't think you can expect visuals from a non-visual guy. lol

[@MeatXLoverX69X]

hahahahahaha. thats great

[@sickeningsplat]

So he's better than Tim Jackson?

[@drummer703]

well he's used to not seeing cuz he's practically blind.

[@xfactormunky]

frikkin awesome but umm..... does the blindfold really make a difference?, well i guess it does kinda since he misses the last note, but still, i think he was kinda, idk, cheating with the blindfold thing

[@BSBINC1]

MAD effen CHOPS

[@OldSchoolLovin15]

haha what? he only won 4 times though!

[@jerredwilliamson8407]

Blindfold? doesn't matter blind anyway

[@alton020]

um.....long arms...

[@xfactormunky]

thats my point.....

[@Dreamdrummer33]

he is no tim jackson...lol cool tho

[@enjoythesmash17]

He has tunnel vision. No perefs (however you spell it).

[@rikuantu]

oh no he didnt...blind folded!

[@betaomega04]

Matt has a condition called immaculate degeneration, which renders him legally blind. He told me that when he sees, he sees sporadic splotches of color; that he has a general idea of what things are, so it helps him move around a football field. When it comes to music, he uses a large electronic magnifier that blows up the image of a bar several times and he has to put his face very close to it. So before he ever plays something, he has to memorize it first. How's that for sight-reading?

[@Jerahmeel]

Well, he is legally blind.

[@wagglemonkey]

thats not irony... its more redundant...

[@Jerahmeel]

WOW Really? 06 Regiment won that year too, and there was really a 16 year old? Hahaha Thanks for the knowledge.

[@MBlood08]

He mussed his last big hit! Be made up for it by almost breaking the low drum's head.

[@Jerahmeel]

Well, Jackson won four years in a row. Haha

[@sickeningsplat]

But you said before that James Christian is better than Tim Jackson...That would knock Matt out of the top three.

[@natemaster2083]

It is on purpose.

[@natemaster2083]

That's on purpose.

[@Jerahmeel]

You can only win 4 times. DCI World Class ages from 18-22.

[@MeatXLoverX69X]

Blue Devils drumline....Making Promark look like the shit.

[@rockthetenors]

Three people can't play a flam.