Why I Started Playing Drums (and why I never quit)

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[@unoriginal7955]

I just love the casual flexing In between stuff, always makes me question my playing ability

[@mileslange5797]

Can’t imagine if emc played woodwind or brass instead.

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

I can't imagine it either, but he would fit in with all the quirky clarinettists.

[@jacobhanekamp2534]

No more Carmen Heights Indoor Percussion

[@richardbeal5343]

I could see him playing trombone

[@brendo7289]

if he played brass he's be more like another trent hamilton.

[@doug2555]

@@lifeontheledgerlines8394 Dont even get me started

[@Inspadave]

It would be interesting to know what led you to joining the Commandant's Own.

[@pdqbachfan]

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[@ferretyluv]

He couldn’t find a job and couldn’t get into the Old Guard. He found out the marines have quads so he signed up.

[@sebastianalmanza4756]

I played piano Band needs a synth player, friends tell me to join, so I do Synth spot gets filled up, so I play xylo instead (close enough) I end up playing bass for football games, and like it Become center marimba the next year Yeah, beats me dude

[@0Aquamelon]

Linda: would you do that if it was a live performance? Me: I dunno, would I play all the way through a concert piece that’s supposed to be snare but with a Tom sound instead?

[@awildjared1396]

The nice thing about middle school band is that it is an easy A+. (I'm a trumpet player)

[@howdydoody6996]

There are always those friends that quit something because they just move on to greener pastures but inspire you to keep doing it because they know you will exceed.

[@joshdilly7025]

I really liked the "positive peer pressure" part of this video. Also you got chopssssssszss.

[@mattortiz8097]

My mom signed me up for my high schools drumline program and I didn’t wanna do it... now I love it

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

What instrument?

[@alexkistermusic4701]

I'm concerned on why the hi-hat is on the other side of the drum set in the thumbnail 😂

[@alexpearce1662]

Alex Kister because the drummer is a leftie lol

[@alexkistermusic4701]

@@alexpearce1662 ohhh lol. I've never seen that before 😂

[@MatthiasEdits]

Alex Pearce - If the drummer was a leftie wouldn’t the toms flip?

[@EnderGaming50]

Alex Pearce I think for that set it would be for someone who plays open handed. Because otherwise the snare and toms would be flipped too

[@howdydoody6996]

Alex Kister Oh yeah that is scary

[@ncedwards1234]

8:22 in and dude same. I ended up on percussion in middle school because I wasn't paying attention when the teacher explained how mouth pieces worked. On the day of mouthpiece testing I tried blowing through them like a recorder and none of them made any noise of course so he basically said "Yo try tapping your foot on quarter notes and clicking sticks on half notes." Since I wasn't a failure I did that and now I play tenors.

[@ncedwards1234]

Ok after finishing the video, I definitely didn't have the same path. I had practically no external motivation to be good because nobody made it fun for me, I honestly stopped liking it sophomore year but kept doing it anyway. Bout to start freshman year of college and I did not make the band because I never got that good, but the practice material for college was more fun that anything else I played, so now I like it... maybe next year.

[@TylerDunphy]

Playing and then realizing your part is a solo is the best feeling, can’t change my mind

[@caseyibara6879]

unless you didn't practice lol

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

@@caseyibara6879 Then it's shameful and really bad. That sorta happened to me yesterday... yikes.

[@theclimbingchef]

Lmao....oh the memories of sight reading .......

[@idekanymore3963]

It weird that I signed the same three instruments when I signed up for band in 6th grade. Now I am a freshmen snare on drumline.

[@konnerbrown3877]

you don't get to know my name exact same situation but i’m on tenors as a freshman lol

[@idekanymore3963]

KonnerBrownDrums tenors are heavy. hope you take care of your back

[@DustinNgo]

I'm liking these types of videos where you talk to us about any random subject.

[@loganknight6454]

I'll tell you why #1: it's fun #2: see answer for #1

[@Cobalt985]

The actual reason I keep playing. It's HELLA fun and totally self-contained so the only one I'm competing against is me.

[@jamesgifford8291]

congratulations on your drum playing. and thanks for serving our country.

[@Daves1world]

My very first instrument was originally the Tuba... Only 5th Grader Participant in a 6th grade band. But in 6th grade I officially made the switch to drums/percussion. I was/wasn't the best student because I wasn't paying attention but ended up not quitting. I'm naturally good at it and made Auxiliary Percussion in Marching Band. At the end of everything I am happy that I did drums/percussion and drumline. I already have my rudiments and timing and that's all I need. Lol

[@JulianKlimczyk]

Good morning!

[@blaine8197]

Tldr: I didn’t pay attention in music class in elementary school

[@swifferwetjet1_288]

We sang in music, idk why but we did

[@absolutelyshmooie7086]

I didnt like recorder or cello soooo

[@jackjames3113]

You are my fav KZbinr love ya man keep it up

[@markzuckerberg365]

6:34 drum corps master race

[@coiLz0r911]

Thanks for sharing man. I really enjoyed this. Btw I had some problems last year with my hands and thought I'd gotten tendonitis. Back then I asked you for advice, and I remember you said something like "don't play as hard maybe?". Turns out I had to learn how to play a freestroke. So that was some good advice you gave me there, thank you!

[@mrzeeftp8126]

I’m a sophomore for my highschool band and this is almost the same stuff that happened to me

[@nicholasabshire8345]

The same happened to me kind of. I wanted to do drums but I was naturally really good at rhythms and I was always first chair except 2 times because I was sick:( I’m now a freshman on snare for marching band and love it a lot but I hope to get tenors next year! Nice story, had a lot of unexpected events lol.

[@MaxisaBandKid]

Did you get quads?

[@ngineno9]

we need the official nicholas abshire quad update

[@shrieking5563]

The wigs are going to kill me

[@JaggedFish104]

My parents said no drums or no band, so i chose alto sax in 4th grade, then moved to bari sax in 6th and played in the marching band till my 10th grade. They had a percussion class i joined and i went above and beyond what the class needed and tried out for the drumline. Ik it was a dumb decision but to be fair i almost got on. So i ended up meeting my current best friend on drumline and he said he’d help me get on the line my senior year. I learned that years marching show for snare and tenors from memory. Now after the entire year of practicing i am now on the line on snare and the bass drum section leader.

[@mattmcneal7945]

I would love to see a video about where you’ve marched and how it was and all that!

[@thedevilofmetal5335]

I almost decided to play the clarinet, but it was actually the quad players at the high school that inspired 4th/5th grade me. Last minute decision to play drums instead. I would later go on to be 1st chair of the d line on the same quads that inspired me. Years later I am so happy that I chose drums.

[@morganmeehan5199]

Washington Twp.! Very cool, I was a Marching Pioneer from Clearview. In the 80's

[@htsal1985]

This is literally like my story but with flute my second choice was trumpet and I got to play flute for 5 years and I now switched to trumpet because flute was too easy for me or kind of boring. One reason is because you can’t really hear flutes and i was the only other boy besides 2 other boys. I was named the best flute player in my middle school year. Now im a freshmen and play trumpet which is fun...

[@williamnjagi2388]

Was it hard adjusting

[@PuffyOne1898]

Good morning. More licks yay!

[@alutious]

Nice thanks, drumming and your concepts are so foreign to me, which makes this a great experience to watch. Your rooted characteristics are obviously timing/beat/rythym and memory. I played the trumpet and guitar, I learned alot. Music made me a better wrestler. I am amazed at your drumming, it is so fun to watch.

[@Leonlion0305]

that lick at 16:08 cracked me tf up lmaooo it's very cool to know your drumming experiences, I guess I didn't end up doing music because I wasn't in all of the band lol, but marching band still a big part of my high school tho

[@makaganovic2372]

Eric. You a cool dude. Keep up the vids

[@bearblackhawk9362]

Eric. You are the KING of Dorks...And you own it. GOD BLESS YA, MATE! And youre a hell of drummer too. Ps. Thanks for your service! Semper Fi!

[@benhernandez3853]

Great video. Loved the story of lil eric

[@cadencantwil651]

I have been watching your videos and I’m in 5th grade and is inspired by you to play more drums I’m trying to play sax 🎷 and drums 🥁

[@jeffreymarcum9053]

I have been on a EMC spree and this is my favorite video so far

[@robbyhale4756]

I’m in percussion it’s fun with the timpani, marimba, snare or quads and even piccolo snare drum

[@jacobhanekamp2534]

Piccolo Snares are really fun

[@swifferwetjet1_288]

Mirambas where it's at

[@robbyhale4756]

Bicycle Boi same

[@robbyhale4756]

I’m also a god at timpani

[@sparklymop]

Controversial question maybe Who do you think should have won DCI 2019? Bluecoats or Blue Devils?

[@masontrent3287]

I think he’s a Crown Guy

[@sparklymop]

@@masontrent3287 I know, but between the two this year, l wanna know who he thought should've won since there was a 0.087 point difference

[@kaitlynhunter666]

Vanguard

[@garminkid]

Bluecoats all the way. Ghostlight was cool visually, but had no substance to the music and didn't make sense to me.

[@RedDogMamaHD]

1-21-2022 So fun rewatching these videos. My son-in-law really wants it to be Neal Peart that encouraged you to play drums! Then I talk about this video and just laugh!

[@bdnelsupremo7666]

I started band in 7th grade and I play perc because they wouldn't give me trombone but I loved it. I'm still playing perc and I'm the 9th grade tenor player at my school. I love what I do and I plan to keep playing. And I feel what u said about hating school if it wasn't for band. I still do but not as much.

[@shealinbanta4169]

I’m so happy for Eric that he stuck with it. He is really good at playing.

[@caydencrawford4948]

Still made percussion though and I love it. Marching tenors this year 💪

[@jaycesobotka8497]

As someone who joined band as a percussionist at my school and also has a good sense of beat and rythm, This is a cool story👍🥁

[@paladinapollo4967]

I love the licks and the cameos from the Carrmem Hights members. Also, why do you look so dead during the "Dreidel lick" at 4:04? 😁

[@KorZen10]

Probably looking at the sheet music.

[@paladinapollo4967]

Probably

[@resonanttotality8322]

There are no accidents....

[@ryanrivet9987]

That's so cool, I played hotaru-koi in 5th grade honor band, nice dude.

[@shealinbanta4169]

I started playing the drums at the age of 10 in 4th grade before I began playing the saxophone and trumpet. I used to play the drums in band, but I just play the saxophone in band. I still play the drums, but I have been taking drum lessons in 7th grade.

[@LInkinPark4life]

In the 8th grade, my best friend (and my asthma) were my 2 inspirations for being a percussionist. Im only in 9th grade but im already pretty good at drumset, learned a few songs on it too, learned a bunch of stuff on mallet percussion, just learned how to play timpani, did really good on my marching comps (4th in the first out of about 20 bands, 2nd in the 2nd one with 22 bands), and met a girl who shares a lot of stuff in common with me, including an interest in percussion

[@richardlee3430]

So inspirational!

[@fluanitolo-fi8333]

Been waiting all weekend for this lol

[@vidkid1067]

Congrats on 1st comment

[@EMCproductions]

First comment again!

[@MichaelSoucy]

I like that your professional life is an accident. Neat!

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

It's absolutely hilarious.

[@_tayp8850]

I started percussion because our school requires one year of music at least, (general music, band, choir, orchestra) and i thought drums sounded cool so i did it. i was for some reason the best one there and it was kind of fun. so i did it for all of middle school and now im here. it brings me down that everyone else hates band or 'band kids', but i love what i do.

[@nicholasfreese2971]

I kind of have a similar story. I started band in the 5th grade because my brother did it, and my mom did when she was in school. But after 2 years, I moved schools and, while I liked playing, Moving schools was terrifying to me. So when I started at my new school, I just went into the general music elective in the 7th grade rather than band, and I was terrified of joining. On the first day of this general music class, we were given an assessment, and the teacher saw how much I new on this assessment and.... pretty much said "You're joining band. Get out of my class." I proceeded to march on the line all through high school and did 3 years of a Music Education degree before I took a break from school for health reasons. I haven't been able to play anything since I left school after Spring of 18 and your videos make me really miss playing so much. I get a lot of the feelings of playing back just from watching your videos. I appreciate your content.

[@aquafinax5006]

I’m in 7th grade rn starting drums (well I’m like 2 months into learning), I wish I started earlier but my school is a charter school and it was new so they didn’t have many electives. But I like the drum 🥁I’m also playing mallets

[@sterlingsmith8307]

what you filled out on your instrument sheet is EXACTLY what I did lol

[@mynameisaiah4482]

I saw a slidey trumpet and now I've been stuck here for about 5 years

[@k-joy11]

0:54 we had that exact same rug in my music class in elementary

[@rugcutter284]

13:08 “Why I wanted to audition for Cavaliers”

[@macsdaddy3383]

If you ever get out of the Corps, you'll make a wonderful music teacher,.....and probably bandmaster. Opp's, my bad!, I just got to the end of your video where you said that Music Education IS NOT your coup of tea. I refer you to Mr. Neil Pert for your next life's percussion adventure.

[@gabrielmascolo473]

I really enjoy drumming and if been doing it for 8 years and I’m 11

[@williamsharrow7825]

This video is wholesome

[@bandoSquirrel]

Hotaru Koi was the shit. Great impersonations of the teachers btw!

[@Ghost.toastt]

Snare drums are asome

[@briandugan4586]

I can relate to all of this

[@jomloft1]

Needs more hertas

[@miless17]

herta herta shot

[@DaveStroble]

I have no idea why I watch this channel...I have no musical ability and I don't care about drums...But, damn...this is interesting and I can't stop! Thanks for making weird, very addictive videos!

[@clintanderson3165]

I'd love to hear what you think about Scottish drumming. Asking for a friend...a newbie scottish snare drummer

[@Ghost.toastt]

I wish I was in band case I love the drums

[@Bananita305]

EMC Please make more rope tension drum videos

[@ErnieJ89]

I saw you playing snare at Sgt Maj Black’s appointment ceremony today. He was my Bn Sgt Maj in Afghanistan. Tough dude. My question is, do you guys regularly interact with the President’s Own? And do tenor players always play snare for these kinds of ceremony or do you guys get split up into the different field drum sections? Love the vids bro. S/F

[@JaneCMusic1]

9:13 at my school we have objectives for pieces in our book and if played it you get a sticker and if you do most or all you moved to the next grade band

[@nodnarbthegreatest]

i signed up for orchestra because strings were the easiest because i had some experience with a guitar i didnt know at the time that this decision would be the best for future me

[@davidg1564]

Please do drumline visuals, both stick ones and body movements please!!!

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

He has 2 videos on stick tricks.

[@davidg1564]

@@lifeontheledgerlines8394 stick tricks are different than stick visuals, I'm talking about things you can be doing during a marching show between phrases or times you stay still or while moving

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

@@davidg1564 Sorry, at my school the terms are lumped together.

[@jgamesgeno4966]

Man, I wish I had that experience in band. I had talent with knowing rhythms, but my technique was never quite there until later. I was constantly harassed or shunned in my band up until my senior year which I almost quit doing band entirely (I had dropped marching band junior year because the harassment I got was taking its toll, but I did concert and jazz band that year) because I didn't think I belonged there, but eventually I found people that actually encouraged me, and I haven't stopped drumming since, even though it's not my major, I will drum for as long as I can.

[@dr.chilipepper6846]

stevie t slightly normal twin?

[@artemusmusic]

I was thinking the same thing!! Like Stevie T for Drums. Glad us Drummers finally have our own Stevie

[@ferretyluv]

I think me not getting into honors band in middle school, despite me being objectively more advanced than a lot of the other kids, is what started me getting soured on music as a kid. I kept playing until I aged out, but without a high school band (I transferred to a charter school without one), I wasn’t having fun anymore. Now KZbin makes me wish I stuck with it. I probably could have gotten to Book 10 if I wasn’t so lazy.

[@Matthew_Troll]

I sort of had the opposite experience when picking instruments in elementary school. We could start orchestra in 3rd grade (oh my god was 3rd grademe bad, I was literally 4th chair and doubling the 2nd viola part) and band in 4th grade. I really wanted to play the trumpet like …. Really wanted to play the trumpet …. but I have super bad athsma (I was always missing like 15-25 days a year because whenever I got a cold it was a 50/50 on if I’d need a respirator). I had actually been taken to the hospital from school in kindergarten because I had an athsma attack first thing in the morning in home room. I remember being excited about picking my instrument and writing trumpet in all caps and then flute (because it’s pretty) and then finally drums. And I remember being reduced to tears when they told me I couldn’t play trumpet. Basically what had happened was the band teacher called my mom on her cell phone at work to basically explain “your son really likes music but I don’t want him to die because he’s a frail little marshmallow”. And my mom said something asking the lines of “Put him on drums he’s pretty hyper”. TL:DR I was so bad at violin and so sickly that the music teacher and my mom conspired against me to both make me play a non melodic and non wind instrument. I did eventually pick up the trumpet in middle school and was 2nd chair in the jazz band but quickly put it down after I started marching drum line my sophomore year of high school. I ended up marching Ravens band 2013-2016 so we just missed each other by a year or two. Every now and then I wonder how much my life would have been different if I didn’t have Athsma. I know it still would haven been music that drives me but drumming is so much a part of my identity it’s hard to separate the two from each other.

[@vectorjiu-jitsu955]

My brother was in band so I had to go to practice to get ride home . In regular classes I subconsciously played drumline warm ups with my feet . Classmate members talked me into joining. July band camp I was on bass 4 ( going into 10th grade could not read music ). Nov I made regional honor band . Next camp I was section leader .

[@zazaowen]

2:45 that was my band teacher from 5th to 6th grade Dr. McDaniel

[@bruhmoment-yr4fn]

until freshman year of high school, i always hated drums and showed no intrest what so ever. now, drum is life.

[@reneosornio5130]

for my school 6th grade is when you start band and the only reason i became a percussionist is because my siblings told me it was the easiest and i was just trying to get it over with so i could quit the next year

[@lukerogers7126]

I’m practicing right now 😂

[@sotriggered5201]

If I was TJ I wouldn’t come back to school 😂😂😂🔫

[@musicgirl_gwyn]

“I did music education for a while, but then, I realized, NO” - I FELT THAT

[@hiimbrandon6317]

Bro you had band in forth grade!!! Lucky

[@Cruisenpoter5]

You know what’s funny is that when I was growing up our school is having trouble getting percussions

[@dab0masterx130]

Reason why i keep going in percussion is because of you

[@toddkennedy6234]

My names TJ and I did the sticker race for drum lessons in 6th grade, I’m in 8th grade now. Wish it was you I was racing against.

[@not_carson8642]

Why wouldn’t you turn your snare back on during a performance😂

[@trentthedrummer8983]

6:37 I got the same thing in 4th grade, and I don’t know how, but I wrote the same exact thing

[@whirry242]

ugh drumssss their mind😍

[@chicoravelli5703]

When I was four, I would constantly tap my fingers to the sheet music that you use when you say "Compose a comment down below!". By the way, you're welcome. I did.

[@jacobhanekamp2534]

My school dropped Music Tech and Music Theory......

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

Oof, we have music theory and music tech was just added this year.

[@serenaramirez9563]

in my elementary school, they only let us choose between clarinet, trumpet, flute or beats (and they played with those stupid lil colorful sticks). i of course chose the clarinet, then in middle school they let us choose any instrument and i thankfully stuck with the clarinet every since

[@a_wild_jac9083]

Does the chicken say YEET or no?

[@michaeldickson8208]

When you dont pay attention in second grade and end up in the us marine corps.

[@marketabomb]

same thing happened to me when i started playing

[@infinityspike8876]

Tour of champs boiiiissss