@@djmuffy8934 Thank you. I just call it the way I see it. I'm a FIRM BELIEVER in POSITIVE FEEDBACK. You can ALWAYS tell who the ppl are that have absolutely no desire to make the world a better place w/ all their NEGATIVITY..
yes, hatred. Merriam - Webster definition ha•tred/ noun - 1. extreme dislike or disgust : hate. 2. ill will or resentment that is usually mutual : prejudiced hostility or animosity old racial prejudices and national hatred. Now that we ALLL know the definition of hatred. Like I said, THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NONE.
I wish I had discovered this before my Dad died (Feb. 2019). He would love this. He was a classically-trained percussionist -- graduated from Eastman School of Music, 1938. He lived to be 102 years old. Love to see precision drumming.
My dad lived to be 89 and was manager of a large drum corps near Boston. I was in a senior corps Drum line. I am 70 niw but remember those days like it was yesterday. Still have my drumsticks and still can play some of the routines. Love this. TS is amazing. .....
@Frank Heuvelman Well ... how should I tell you ... we've got a place called "Barfüsserplatz" which literally gets translated to Barefootsquare. There we have the barefoot church.
Perhaps two of the most precise, disciplined, and genuinely gifted drum lines on the planet, having fun, and showing what "competition" is REALLY all about--not trophies, titles, or accolades--but improving and perfecting ones SELF. Bravo!!!
@@TopDrumCorps Top secret drum corp one of the top two, never heard of the other team but they aren't bad. Not the best but not bad, just not very original but that might be because I've seen a number of different bands playing in Europe.
@@musicandbooklover-p2o top secret isn’t even in the top 20 man… they are very famous on RU-vid for sure, but they are just a show line. That’s all they are… for show. In the drumline community, they are known as a meme. They play drums mediocre at best. They don’t play or March anything near as musically clean/difficult or demanding as some others I’ve seen. The best way to describe them is this: you have Mumble Rap and Jazz. Mumble rap is by far much more popular and recognized but compared to Jazz, it’s complete garbage music. Top secret is mainstream garbage while the real lines and musicians don’t get recognized.
@@TopDrumCorps I suspect you are either referring to military bands or university type ones like the Texas Fighting Aggies or something, which are proclaimed to be the best marching band in the world {far from but hey ho]. Drummers DO NOT have to be ones who march, that is generally reserved for drummers within larger bands eg the RM drummers are part of the RM band, or the drummers in the Royal Scots are part of the Pipes and Drums although both play on their own at times. The Blue Devils or whatever they''re called certainly didn't do any marching and their drum stick work was slovenly compared to the Top Secret drummers. But each to their own, I thoroughly enjoy watching the Top Secret Drummers [who don't only perform in Europe but given that is where they live and work - important, no work = no income - then it isn't surprising that most of their performances are on that continent. They don't have huge wealthy backers, they do what they do because they love it and they pay their way themselves and have to fit practices in around their civilian lives. They can't be compared to military bands in respect to marching etc but they are actually every bit as good when it comes down simply to drumming, and have performed with the best at various events.
@@musicandbooklover-p2o I’m not referring to College bands or military bands. So your whole argument is already out the window. Those are also show lines that are just for football crowds and such. and just for show…. Minus The Hellcats and the North Texas snare/quad ensembles. Those are still top tier. But I’m referring to DCI Lines. The fact that you don’t know what DCI or WGI is, already tells me you know nothing about the marching percussion. The Blue Devils they played with are not the real blue devils anyways. That’s the international line. Also the fact you just said “marching drum stick work” is so cringe. Nobody who actually knows what they are talking about would ever say that😂😂
Yeah, I know it's hard to find space for the activity. I've always despised having marching percussion indoors, even though I have a strong indoor-drum line background.
+Dwight Fontenot They rehearsed the opening and finale of the Basel Tattoo in there when I was there last year. You're talking 400 odd drums, brass and woodwind plus a good 200 pipers. My ears are still ringing.
They are Swiss. They work 30 hours a week and get the entire month of August off. Too bad the Blue Devils from CONCORD, NOT CONCORDE, don’t have same free time.
If youve ever marched in drum corps youre loving this!! i was a baritone (hornline geek) but still i remember these scenes from corp camps in the winter and practice in the summer. Nothing on earth like it- before nor since😎
@@juliagrant3299 phantom regimen and santa clara vangaurd were my idols as a kid- phantom because their uniforms in the late 80s early 90s were sick and vanguard for that phantom of the opera DCI win in 89 or 90 i forget the exact year where they made the phantom disappear up in the pit lol
You can actually hear the compressor in the audio turning the level back up, shortly after the direct sound from the drums stop. It sounds like the echo is gradually amplified over a couple of seconds , but it is just returning to default recording level.
@@thehomelessconsultant9949 kind of my thought. I was thinking more of being a team instead of all individuals with feelings. That was awesome job these people did! Amazing to listen to.
I lived in Basel for a year. During the festival before lent the streets are filled with drum chores aging from 5 year olds to senior citizen. Drumming is the the Baselers soul. Both teams are great but combined together they are magnificent.
@@louisegogel7973 We spent a wonderful year there when my husbands work brought us to Basel. I still make the onion pie that I learned how to make during Fastnacht there.
@@SeldimSeen1 Toll!! Wonderful!! Zwiebelwaihe… onion tart at 3am available here there and everywhere in the streets before the first drum roll… I loved being there with my brother and father and siblings for the start of Fasnacht! First the silence, absolute stillness, then a quick drum roll, silence, again the drums, silence, …. until the fifes join in and the start of the whole parade and celebration in those wee hours of the morning flow into day and on all day into the night.
I haven't commented much on the drumming, but as a Drummer myself, who has been playing for over 60 years (yes, the hands still work at 71) I was just happy to be in Basel when I was. The fact that they let me record (on my phone) has helped a lot of people. The town was FULL of all sorts of bands, and they were lucky to find a ware house where they could practice. I've had thousands of followers and echo or not, most people appreciate what happened. I even had a company offer my $$ in case someone wants to use it in advertising or "something" The worst thing is that I had to leave the morning of the first real show, but I left happy that I got to see the get together, and the practice the night before. Keep the Beat! Ben
Thank you so much for sharing this with us! What an experience you had! And I'm so happy you are still playing. My Dad is about your age and whenever I hear him play, I know he's at his happiest. Blessings from Atlanta.
Don't let he haters get you down. None of them have been involved in Drum Corps. None of them have had to practice at a county fairground in huge concrete structures. Most importantly, none of them realize these are two of the best drum corps in the world. The Blue Devils have been a winning force in the US since the 1970's. They have won at least three national championships each decade since 1970. And Top Secret is, well Top Secret! They are phenomenal. I've practiced with much worse acoustics. Thanks for the video.
Talk about serendipity!! RU-vid somehow placed this video in my feed when I was watching videos of my former fife and drum corps- Guilford, Connecticut's Ancient Mariners (traditionally full of former Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps members), in anticipation of the Deep River Ancients Muster. I've been a big fan of drum and bugle corps also (I miss you so badly, North Star!!), so was absolutely thrilled to see something by The Blue Devils (I should mention: I'd never heard of Top Secret before). Within two minutes of opening this video, my jaw hit the floor!! I was absolutely blown away by the immeasurable talent the two of these corps have!!! And I used to think Opus was challenging! A couple of weeks ago, I was at an outdoor concert at The Company of Fifers and Drummers Museum in Ivoryton, CT to hopefully see some of my old friends from The Old Guard playing in Confluence, an ensemble of current and former Old Guard members. Well, needless to say, I felt like an old fart because they now had WOMEN in The Old Guard (woohoo!! and did they kick some MAJOR ASS with their talents!!) and they were ALL young enough for me to be their Mum! Ugh! When their unbelievably beautiful, complex, finely finely finely executed, wonderfully written (many tunes written and/or arranged by my dear friend I'm so proud of John Ciaglia and his cohort in crime Greg Bacon- a match made in heaven there!!) music was over, I went to speak with a few of Confluence's immensely talented players. The serendipitous part: I was speaking with amazingly talented snare drummer Mark Reilly and asked him if he'd "ever seen this amazing video with The Blue Devils and The Top Secret Drum Corps?" He nonchalantly replies "I was in Top Secret." You could've freaking knocked me over with a feather, if my dropped jaw wasn't anchoring me so securely!!! I was floored! I had to really control myself to not do one of those Elaine Benis from Seinfeld get-outta-here doublehanded pushes to the poor guy. He undoubtedly had the talent to be in the corps. He started telling me about how he toured with them and played for Kings of different countries, all over the world, and even had an audience with the Pope (to whom he gave an Old Guard pin). He showed me some pix on his phone of Top Secret's shows (firsthand with the Pope!!), some Old Guard photos (sorry, they still deeply touch my heart), and some Confluence pix- I wanted to steal that boy's phone, just to look at all the beautiful pix! I did have him send me a gorgeous pic of The Old Guard on the Lawn! OMG, I want to live my (no vacation in 36 years) life vicariously through this young man!!! He's lived the adventures of a thousand lifetimes, and he's still so very young. I was absolutely amazed at his talent, deeply impressed by his grandiose plans for organizing all the world's government bands so they'll know about and learn from each other (Denmark's piccolo and drum corps was there for the Ivoryton concert)- I have the utmost confidence he'll achieve this goal!!, and wicked happy for his dreams of his future with The Old Guard. If I were his Mum, I'd have a guaranteed seat in heaven at the right hand of The Man for giving the world such an amazing son! She done good!! And Mark has even bested her. An amazing man to meet so serendipitously! Go buy Confluence's albums- you won't ever be sorry, even if you overpay for them...worth every penny. And try to see them live- you'll think you died, went to Heaven and came back, all in a single afternoon! A big thanks to The Company of Fifers and Drummers Museum for hosting Confluence!! Please support the Museum in any way you can- they preserve, promote and honor the fife and drum corps' history and future. Take my word for it- that's a very beautiful thing!!
This reminds me of like every 90s kid sports movie where you would have the underdogs with no uniform and really casual looks competing against adn eventually defeating the really well-funded stuck-up all-in-black-uniform guys. Luckily this did end well for both parties! Great performance!
Gonzalo Carrica the blue devils are way more funded, and really the better corps, top secret is just for entertainment where as bd is for competitive purposes.
@@flarfatron2190 Never heard of the blue devils, who are they and where are they from. Top Secret Drum Corp are simply ordinary civilians, not competitive but very very well known and are invited to play/perform at all the top military tattoos. Never seen or heard of the other team before so guessing they don't perform outside of where they are.
I remember seeing them when I was in high school there. So amazing! I was going to make a goofy comment about most famous music folks from Concord, then I remembered Dave Brubeck.
Haha 1970. Same family running it!! . I grew up in Pinole. 59 yrs old. Course Pinole Valley high football team was good too. Think we always beat Concord. Lol.
It's no surprise that the Swiss would be awesome precision drummers. I was an exchange student to Switzerland when I was in high school and one night my host father asked me which train I planned to take the next morning. I said "The 8 o'clock train." He said "There is no 8 o'clock train." I said "Yes, there is. I looked it up on the schedule." He said "There is no 8 o'clock train!" and proceeded to pull out the schedule. He goes "Aha! See! I told you! No 8 o'clock train!" The train was at 8:02. I've never met such precision-obsessed people in my life.
When we were in Switzerland as the train left we would say 'Ah yes, it's 0947' (or whatever) as that was the time the train was due to leave. That's why we have timetables. In England, we still have to realise this...
While I undersatnd their technical abilities,I believe ALL of these drummers are great. Remember,,this get together is NOT a competition,but merely a show for everyone to enjoy.
+mark patricia wodarski sr Exactly! Difficult to compare a drum line consisting of college aged students and older working adults to one whose membership ages out at 21.....but for a show to highlight two of the best in the world not in competition - Bravo to those who put the two together!!
See, respect for each other. Watch: 4:51, handshake and cooperation. That's (!) how it should be. Not all that dissin' and hatin' each other. Damn, we are talking about the top 0.1% of the drum lines of this world here.
RE: Respect: Agreed. (The following is with respect to, and on respect, and is rhetorical, more or less): Yet how can the people of the U.S. general public know how to properly interact with each other without ever having been taught or shown how? How are they to recognize a difference where there’s so little frames of reference to be found in our society anywhere? American culture, especially within schools, fosters quite the opposite to shaking hands and cooperating. Maybe while in class or at practice manners are recognized and half-used if it’s under a somewhat decent Principal or staff. This however, is not common behavior though as soon as ones leaves that very proper forum if that. I played sports year around too and trust me, once the coach’s eyes turn away and he’s not within ear shot the remarks and comments describing how individuals can treat each other is unbelievable. And it wasn’t their fault. Every aspect of our culture teaches bad behavior. I’d challenge anyone to simply turn on your television and count how many seconds it took for either the program (perfect noun for what it is) the advertisement airing at that exact moment, or especially news coverage, before the time it took before witnessing any of one theme which reflects or that can in any way be referenced as: overly competitive or exclusive, about pride, cut throat in nature but by way of man, violent (this isn’t always obvious), us vs. them, keeping up with the Jones’, meant to play on one’s fear factors, idolization of youth-centricity, subliminally or straight up discriminating/racist, and/or is marginalizing by the objectification of women. For most everyone any of these themes should be apparent as soon as the tv screen powers up. And if not, I’m going to guess that for others it shouldn’t take very long, even a few seconds, and bet that zero will find that they can clock just one second more than 30. For those who wouldn’t count that sports game or the show COPS then it saddens me, although I expect that, the majority or at least great number of those who would fail to see the reality of how dangerous these exclusively focused lifestyle themes are when they are overly saturated in our lives above anything else. For a person to have difficulty in being able to recognize the reasoning against this form of American propaganda is by way, of course, of the very effects of conditioning intended by this sublime slime. Grossly, it’s because it is in fact working and doing what it is supposed to by effectively making our brains normalize this so we miss how harmful by-products of this cultural conditioning are. As soon as the programming effects behind these exclusively negative lifestyles which we’re consistently sold and fed have on us set in as normal to us and with its tireless and never-ending continuity, we will rarely if ever be able to identify this and connect our own human behavior as consequences to its drastic effects. Is it hopeless for a society like ours to recover from the awful effects already in play daily in the world on sought by the incessant, degrading, and mindless culture set deliberately by faceless corporations with the sole purpose of achievement by their executives in personal gain by capitalizing on people who they see only as a specific dollar amount of potential money to attain from, or as nothing more than but a replaceable cog from a never-ending human resource supply of society’s youth to use to work as drastically underpaid support in part for their corporate, political, institutional, or other-based gluttony?
When I was a teenager I joined the cadets, and played in the pipes and drums. We practiced this stuff endlessly, along with the marching drill that went with it.Practicing with the colour party. I can so identify with what is happening in this video. When we finally went on parade, we were spectacular. That was another part of my life, now 50 years later, i can appreciate the hard work and devotion it takes to do this.
My Dad took me every summer to see the Champion of Parades, Kennedy Stadium, Bridgeport, Connecticut over 50 years ago. Brings back great memories. Thanks. Great job kids. And the teachers and the people who keep these venues going.
This is actually pretty awesome. I have never seen drum corps performances actually getting arranged, just being performed. At first I thought this video at 16+ minutes long was not worth the watch, but I'm glad I stuck around, because it was pretty interesting. It's a bit humourous that the instructor can say things like "So you do the dugga-dugga-dug-DUG-dugga-dugga" and the corps understands what he means.
drum speak is funny when our high school band got a new director who knew what he was doing he hired a drum tech. me being in front ensemble and our show had revolved around a drumset player we as a whole section have never heard drum speak. our teacher told the drum player to go back to the du GAK um ohm and add a bass kick at the end and we all laughed at him cause we had no idea what he was talking about and it sounded so silly.
One of the best shows I've ever seen took place in a tavern in Bremerton, Washington. My uncles band, Soulstice, was playing there and a friend of theirs, a drummer from another band, flew in and played with them that night. It was dueling drums such as I have never heard before. Never will forget it.
Great to see two different styles working together. loved this. Pure entertainment. Have watched Top secret drummers for years. Put on a great show. These Californian kids can knock it out of the park also.
Overwhelmed with their talent, devotion to do their best, respect for one another. Music remains the universal language in bringing each other together!🎵🎶🎵
imagine being in the Blue Devils showing up to practice and your director is standing there just like “Get ready! You’re working with TS today!” I think I would implode
what a great group of talented young people, very proud of them even though I know them not. Would love to see a live performance, very addictive to watch. Kudos to all involved.
I'm from the fife and drum corps world (40+ years) and hail from The Ancient Mariners in Guilford, Connecticut, but have dipped into the drum and bugle scene for many, many years. The (now disbanded) North Star (North Shore, Boston, MA) and the Concord, California Blue Devils were my favorite corps for quite a few of those years! The only corps I had known from Basel though, was our sister fife and drum corps, The Swiss Mariners. I knew the (record highest DCI scoring) Blue Devils put out decades of top shelf DCI shows, but this Top Secret Corps drumline from Basel is so tight they're worthy competition!! I'd love to hear them during Fasnacht Basel! If you think the reverb in that hangar is magic, go hear them play on the mountainsides!! God, I loved this video!!!!
I also marched with Drum Corp back in 59 to 63 and played in a bag pipe band in the late 90s. We marched at Hunter mountain a few times. And at the end of the competition we all lined up on the mountain in files of two and marched down the hill all together. The winner played the first strain of amazing Grace before we all joined in. Amazing
I haven't seen a live DCI show since around 92 or 93. It was the last time I ever played. I would LOVE to see another show. But there's never anything in Canada anymore. Or that I'm aware of. So watching all this talent online is a great way to kill an hour. Well done.
In the early 1980’s, I worked I. concord, CA. My office was in the old bank building just across the street from Todos Santos Plaza, the old town square. During the summer, the Blue Devils (no uniforms, no marching formations) would come out to run their numbers. It was such a treat to hear them. I’ve known several very all-around talented people over the years who lived and breathed Drum & Bugle. A wonderful learning opportunity!
J'adore!!!! Je ' les ai découvert il y a déjà plusieurs années lors D'un Basel Tattoo. Ils sont géniaux (mon groupe préféré). BRAVO LES GARS !! Continuez comme ça Au plaisir de vous revoir au Basel Tattoo 2022 (Billets déjà achetés ) Mme Monique.S.
As someone who can't walk and chew gum, I just want to say that you ALL are so amazing, talented, and inspiring. This was such a joy to watch. The almost military precision and timing is mindboggling. Congratulations on a most successful jam.
I am just amazed at how crisp both groups were not only with their original unit, but once mixed! I was so impressed I was wondering why the video stopped... it was over! I was looking for more! Excellent work for both for TSDC and BDPT.
It's a mix of echo and reverb, but mostly echo to be technical, since the most of the reflective surfaces (walls and ceiling) are further than 17 meters...
Both are excellent and different. I used to be in Drum Corps in my school and became Captain on my Senior year. I remember very well the Concord Blue Devils during a band review in Anaheim. We didn’t compete with them ( we were Division D, I think they were A or B) but I saw them on the field and they were awesome.
I haven't marched in 35 years and wouldn't pass an audition for either of these fine organizations. Age aside, the BDs wouldn't take me because I can't play at their level and TS wouldn't take me because I can't dance. Both showmanship and technical precision have their places in drumming history and I'm just appreciative that people are still doing something to keep it alive and push it forward.
Ken Flask I wish I could have been there tonight (Thursday) for the actual Show. I hope someone else posts the two teams together! I was fun watching them meet, shake hands and proceed to play almost perfectly. There would have been more, but my cell phone battery died. @#%#$^^
Back in the mid 50s my high school majorette a quad and cheerleading squad presented a competition in our hi*h school gym. Special time for me . Then in the mi 70s I took my daughters to the worlds in Philadelphia Franklin field. Loved the sounds and routines and uniforms.
