RCC Indoor Percussion - WGI Finals 2015

[@jakewithonions]

This is still my favorite show of all time

[@rileysmith110]

Favorite closer ever, possibly show. Awesome

[@nepercussion9527]

Their shots give me chills

[@safteytorch]

That like hidden hand to hand at 7:24 gives me life

[@jeremyweaver5639]

Oh shit how did I not ever hear that. It's so beautiful.

[@zimdinkley]

I'm trying to figure this out haha what are you talking about?

[@Moonjay0714]

bass splits between 1 and 2 i think

[@zimdinkley]

i can hear it, yeah now that it's pointed out, pretty phenomenal.

[@marionotarangelo6856]

HOLY SHIT

[@brothaNblue]

And with this show, they surpassed the OG with the second most titles.

[@ohtrueblackops]

the drumset parts around 4:50 are incredible

[@0Aquamelon]

Wait did they just use an Adam Watts song before Broken City was a thing? Geez

[@jonaldjager]

RCC Also used Adam Watts in Hope Dream Fly

[@houstonmiguel2474]

this makes me want to plant a tree and do the tree growing dance at 5:20

[@ryandunklee8595]

those pearl drums are godly

[@engamer6467]

I wish I could’ve watched this live

[@neenaguerra]

Patrick and Jordan we're my instructors! Drumset and xylo player

[@safteytorch]

Also Naomi's backwards technique at 6:50 makes me moist

[@lonely_ghost9857]

3:50 mmm delicate base splits

[@matthewcousineau56]

5:08 when pit is actually lit.

[@yssnareline]

7:55

[@heyvsau]

1:31 Dinklebot??

[@jasminealiya8846]

what's the song in the sample?

[@Severen45]

Kinda funny that Broken City/OCI (Pre 2016) writes their shows using an Adam Watts song and RCC did it as well.

[@hithere327]

bryan harris yeah Adam watts went to mission Viejo when Jim wunderlich was working there

[@chickenbiscuit958]

Song at 7:00 ??

[@mebiboraakerejola9449]

Life on Earth by Adam watts

[@samuelwillner9390]

4:19 Colin drops his stick

[@jaredkronenwetter7460]

Can someone please explain to me how Broken City 2018 scored higher than this? Was it the notes? There's too many notes in this show and not enough singing right? That's what it is?

[@fuckerikbockenstette]

Jared Kronenwetter it’s boring not a lot of wow moments

[@Lecraeisawsome]

Judges adjudicate differently as the activity changes, plus broken city was really good this year even though their show was a little slower, it was still a unique way to tell a story. Not to say RCC 15 wasn’t fantastic too, because that line was absolutely amazing. Adjudicators are giving scores based off of their first impression of a show and they, individually, probably don’t know what the full score will be while they are judging a group.

[@jakewithonions]

I used to be mad about this too, but scores are subjective from year to year and there's really no need to keep a tally of why scores the highest.

[@CaptainKylan]

From a General Effect perspective, Broken Citiy's show was INCREDIBLE. Movements happened because the music asked for it, and the music was pulled along by the movement. While Broken City's program was slower and subdued, the artistry and musicality of the performers was, in my opinion, the best I have ever seen in this activity. What most viewers don't understand is just how difficult it is to simultaneously slow down, speed up, crescendo, and decrescendo while still making it sound like only one person is playing. It requires every single performer to be hitting their instruments with the same technique, velocity, and touch. And this difficulty was CONSTANT throughout the entire runtime. From a musical perspective this show was nuts. Difficulty in the writing, consistent acceleration and deceleration, not to mention the time signature changes. For a good 90 seconds of their show, the performers were switching between a loop of 19/16 to 15/16 to 11/16, all while maintaining their level of clarity (my only gripe is that the quad line was not as clean as the other sections in parts). From a visual performance perspective every movement was very clean and again fit into those odd time signatures which add that extra layer of content score. The movements were precise which requires every performer to move their bodies the exact same way. Even slight discrepancies can cause visual clarity to be lost, but they managed to pull it off.

[@JustGrantHorn]

Jimmy you mean 2019 not 2018 because 2018 did not outscore this. But it's really hard to compare scores from year to year it's even hard to compare scores from show to shows with different panels different circumstances and different expectations.