Blue Devils 2019 - Center Snare Head Cam - BRANDON OLANDER 

And the Olander era has ended...

LAST year with BD?! Wow time flies! I remember watching a video with Brandon as a kid with BD drummers and keeping right up. I think he was born with drum sticks in his hands! Best wishes to a long bright future!

When I read that this was his final year I cried. Such a good percussionist!

it honestly blows my mind how good his chops are

Last of the nose cams :( but he made his last one special by also including his eyebrows

"I'm a percussionist!" "Oh so you play the snare? Maybe bass drum? Timpani?" "I play the tap shoes"

God how time has passed I remember watching this guy back in 2011 when he was a kid... Now he’s aging out this year #OLANDERARMY2019

I took me way to long to realize I was looking at his nose and not some weird growth he had on his chest.

Nose cam

0:21 Brandon walking perfect 7 to 5 steps

This guy has 500 spare sticks

“Scojo said we’re gonna win tonight, and then spread the gap tomorrow” 👀

Show was amazing this year! Thought blue coats were gonna win but good job bd for taking the victory, you will always be my favorite

This practice run was done about a mile from my house.

Brandon Olander nose and eyebrows cam

My marching band days were in the 70’s. I just discovered Brandon and I’m watching all the videos I can find of him. My Dad was a high school band director and a drummer. I wish he could see this young man. Watching this video had me huffing and puffing in a minute. Everyone was soaked at the end, which triggered my twisted brain.....I wonder who foots the bill for the dry-cleaning of uniforms. That could get stinky. 🥴 (sorry, couldn’t help it) Hey Brandon, I wish you all the best. I joined your story late, but that doesn’t make it any less impressive. 🏆🏆🏆

Something I noticed is how consistent he is. One is looking at wear on his snare head one quarter size spots for both sticks. Also the area where the paint wears off when he plays shots are ridiculous.

"scojo said we're gonna win tonight and spread the gap tomorrow" RIP Bluecoats 2019 but congrats you guys! Did amazing!

Makes it seriously look easy

I’ve been waiting for ages for this to come out

It's still crazy to think that he has actually aged out. I remember hearing about Brandon back in 2014 on that news segment he did. He's inspired me in ways I could never imagine. Thank you Brandon for inspiring me to be more confident in myself as a player. Hopefully I'll be out there by next season.

Definitly the head cam we wanted, and needed.

6:00 love how they played part of metamorph even if it’s barley anything

Man -- what a solid run. I've been watching Brandon for such a long time and as someone who is well beyond aged out and never got a single opportunity to be on a drumline due to extenuating circumstances, I lived vicariously through this prodigy for a decade and loved every bit of it. To this day, I take time away from my day job and noodle on a pad with some SRCs and learn a little of certain books. The ONLY thing that taints my love for this video is that comment at the beginning where ScoJo mentions that they're expected to win in Semis and widen the 1st place gap on finals night. I've watched many of these Funliner Productions videos and have zero bad blood with any of the BD members, but there have been a few key moments in the channel (ex: Here and in the SCV 2018 commentary) where BD alumni continually mention winning and how important it is to them. Yes, I get that everyone wants to win. I just think BD needs to be a little more selective in their language around scores/winning and focus on the message of pursuing musical excellence, because let's face it -- BD is a great program and deserves 19 World Championships. But many of us would like to see another Corps get the spotlight every now and then (Yes, I know Cadets, Crown, Bloo, and SCV have taken titles in recent years -- don't come after me). Some fans of DCI purposely hope for BD to lose BECAUSE they win so much. I, admittedly, was one of them in 2018. But hearing this and remembering that night that Bloo -- ahead for most of the tour -- conveniently stays stagnant in their scores on Semis and BD surges in their score, taking over 1st. If someone who was there in Indy can give me concrete confirmation that Bluecoats legitimately dropped the ball in semis, then that's good enough for me. I purchased both shows and watch them often. Either ScoJo is a wizard (beyond percussion) or there is a perpetuated favoritism here for the team with the most resources and a brand that extends into hardware sales (System Blue), etc. to take the full BD program full circle. Again -- not bashing the video, Brandon Olander, BD as a whole or their respective members/staff, but small comments like this seeping through the cracks are what people remember and damage their perception of an otherwise phenomenal organization/legacy. Brandon, you're seriously something special. Thank you for the gifts you brought to the music community -- from overcoming health conditions to perform at a professional athletic level to showing up fully-matured DCI snare players at a fraction of the age, continually pushing the envelope of rudimental snare percussion.

5:44 is the best part of ghostlight

Ever realize he has practiced and performed a full hour of DCI shows with the Blue Devils?

1:10 ONE... THREE... FIVE... SEVEN ONE... THREE... FIVE... SEVEN ONE... THREE

so glad you got to do this before covid

His legend will live on in DCI culture..

I just want to see the damn music for this dude, the craziest thing I have ever had to play holds nothing on this fine masterpiece of an art.

Glad he came Into The Blue Devils winning and left with the win as well. 🙏🏼

"Felliniesque Era" has ended...

Gotta love them rests😂

F in chat for my mans

A living legend

This is so impressive

When i miss brandon, i'll back to watch all of his old clip while he still w blue devils

That's awesome, may I use this for a reaction video? DCI crapped on all my other reactions but I think headcams are ok. Thanks!

interesting that his right stick playing position is dead-center on the head, with his left slightly off-center. NOT a criticism, just interesting (I'm a mostly-former quad player, I know jack about snare playing positions)

When you have so many stick tricks in your show so you have 539 and a half sticks to spare...

I love this guy

Quite epic

that was amazing

Love him 💔

there he is

What happened to the snare sound from last year??? Last year had so much snare response but it’s all gone this year. What happened??

What a ride he had....and if he hadn't taken that year off, he'd be part of the very exclusive 4-ring club. I think only BD and Cadet alum have that distinction (not sure if anyone from SCV took 4 rings).

Drum Set Cammmmmm

That is more tacet than I expected.

The end of an era...

The first bit they played was straight up Yoshi's story

2:11 first chunk, 3:47 second chunk 2:28 triplets, 4:10 last few bars

From this day forward, competition will be much fairer

Almost forgot to watch this today

I’m not even a drum I’m guitarist but this guy is inspirational

That sucks that DCI prohibits an age limit of 21+. It was miles Kenobbie that had to leave, now Brandon Olander?

And the felliniesque era is over

5:56 heck yeah

💙💙💙💙💙

Please get a bass drum cam next year

March on

2:11 first chunk, 3:47 second chunk 2:28 triplets, 4:10 last few bars 4:51 snare break

Brandon olander tip of the nose cam

Ahhh Yess. I live staring at nose

Dammm 😍👌 I am a JR in highschool percussionist (quint/pit player) and I want to do choreography and stuff in my half time show so bad.

😭😭😭

does anyone know what sticks they used that year?

2:11 first chunk, 3:47 second chunk 2:28 triplets, 4:10 last few bars.

thats all folks

Does he really need that much backup sticks?

What sticks are those dc17 or dc17 lights

That coordination really terrifies me...

Nice nose cam

Anybody know what this badass is doing with the rest of his life?

What sticks did he use

the sweat

Never thought I’d be watching your nose for 12 mins

Did he skip a year or did they do bad math? 14 to 19 is 6 years

Love you nose

why is this his final year?

was he center snare? cuz if he was he’s literally the best snare in all of dci

4:50

So sad it’s his last year 😔

I KNOW HIM!!!!

i love the view of brandons nose forehead and eyebrows LOL

Piece name?

6:23

We have lost a good man this year

2:21

I'm really confused on what their shouting, "cha cha cha cha"? ;-;

So does Brandon have the most rings of anybody? 14, 15, 17, 19

I like that you can just barely see his nose

his nose just chillin at the bottom like 👃

Dang that one part from 0:00 to 12:28 I can’t play

i don’t follow him much but why’s he leaving

drumhead?

The line doesn't move ever.

Ibcouldnt tell if that was his nose or his chin

Nose

We better see him teching in the future, than again I've never known him to be much of a teacher.