This Keytar solo is an acid trip. (Bluecoats 2022 Transcribed) 

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I have a friend who works for bloo and he told me this fun fact: The director never told the corp members nor the techs about the keytar, they just showed up with it one day and it was a huge surprise to everybody

Title Correction: This Entire Show is an Acid Trip

This is unique. I'm a boomer who marched in the early 80's but I must say this appeals to me. The interplay between percussion and keytar is cool. Thanks for keeping some of the old and adding the new. 😃

Saw this show when they performed at NIU. Makes me want to go back to marching again. I loved this show

cutting edge to use electronics, but I could easily see this as a trumpet/soprano feature.

I saw this exact show live! I was performing for RHR earlier in the day. Was such an amazing show. 0:24 was my absolute favorite part

Not bad, When I think of the Keytar, I think of those great R&B bands of the 80's like The GAP Band, Cameo, The System and, even Earth Wind and Fire. Even Punk/Nuwave band Devo. They all used it and it added a little something to their songs. Cool 👍

i saw them live 2 days ago, they were amazing. highly underrated drum corps for sure

Love seeing the Keytar solos in DCI!!

oh my God, watched so many dci shows yesterday and this solo was definitely a standout.

As a keytar player and my brother being in marching band I and gonna learn this right now

modern music should always be trying to invent new sounds and feelings, i love!

0:36 till the end of that first bit is the best part.

omg i was able to see this in person and IT WAS SO GOOD

Currently learning this solo and getting a keytar for the bit

So glad I got to see this in person

I went to the show in Ohio recently, and good god it was so excellent. The song had a narrator over it describing a dream he had, and it was so cool to listen to him while having the music bring his descriptions to life.

Saw them last night at NightBEAT, this is a show that gets better every time I see it

“Hernandez Encore” 😯 😉 Great video!! Something very unheard of in DCI, for sure :)

1:07 WOOOO OH MAN!!!! That got me! Wooowwwww I love Keytars SO much

Life was good when I saw this for the first time.

That was brilliant!!!

Can you transcribe the earlier version? I personally like the version from June 28th..

god this sounds so good

I’m an 80s dinosaur horn player and also a piano and synth player. This guy plays very well. But the integration of electronics into drum corps still feels experimental, all these years later. It comes down to the mix. The majority of the ensemble has never needed amplification. But an electronic instrument has to have it by definition. So getting the mix right so the music sounds good (and not distracted by the mix) from most audience locations) is practically impossible. I’m also a trombonist, and I feel similarly about trombones in drum corps. I’m sick of the lack of commitment to them as a field instrument, so they end up seeming like a gimmick. I’m also a singer and amplified singing in drum corps nearly always sounds like an afterthought.

I was here. Amazing experience

This solo has come a long way

I was very shocked when I saw this tbh

It really sounds like a Mario Kart 8 Track Soundtrack. It sounds great

This is my favorite Risk of Rain 2 song

At 0:37 He's quoting a bit of Torq's Lymaks They use their song Tazio as the opener.

Trust me it’s even better in person

00:23 is my fav part

righteous 🤟🤙

Jimmy Hendrix vibes. Love it.

The whole show is an acid trip

I gotta start doing this

This reminds me of mega man

Have you more transcriptions about famous keytar’s solo? Thanks

I'm so confused but it is amazing

Fucking rules. The future is now. Keytars are here to stay.

Those chords at 0:27 😩😩

pretty awesome. feels like megaman, somehow

This show was definitely designed by guys on a crap ton of drugs. That being said, it was designed by a bunch of geniuses on drugs.

Whenever I watch one of these DCI videos it just seems like everyone is on a combination of aderall and crack.

now that is how lectric stuff should be used

"We don't talk about this part" LMAO

Snarky Puppy?

Is that an encore run or a practice

do you transpose these yourself?

Imagine if this solo was transposed into a lead trumpet solo how insane would that be I wonder…..?

This shit sound like a Mario kart map theme and it’s third lap

this could be a level of sonic or megaman

Risk of rain vibes

sexy.

What’s the name of the sonh

1:04 heavily influenced by FF7 Bombing Mission song

Kent State? DID I MISS IT?

Anyone know the model keytar he’s got?

Risk of rain 2 ah beat

Written or improvised?

Blooooooo

This would have sounded much better as a wailing Trumpet Duet.

Bluecoats would’ve won if the Keytar solo was a trumpet solo

L crowd

The original solo was better

I didn't like it

I still dislike the show, but the solo was sick, nonetheless.

It became dense and annoying after 10 seconds

the minecraft outro really did it for me