You really can't comprehend how awesome a drumline's cadence is until you are marching over to the field and you hear the drums and you see the people moving over for you.
Every year in HS, we would play a different drum cadence to march into the Football games with. Every year we couldn't WAIT to hear it for the first time in Band summer practice.
I have always loved SC.Growing up in Maryland it was my lifelong dream to go there! However,reality hit me hard.I admire you men and women who went there! Take care and God Bless.FIGHT ON!
These guys are the cleanest and badest college drummers out there. USC takes the cake by far. That drumline piece is beautifully orchestrated. Nice tempos and rhythms and the toms in the back are perfectly played. What a piece!
Holy smokes. That's some clean tight playing. Great beats :D. I'm dancing like a lunatic to this stuff. Should pipe it through the stereo in my car and blast it until my ears hurt.
...what can be said about this? The fact that they can keep time so well, stay together the entire way through, handle all the advanced sticking and flourishing...and the unison...perfection. Perfect 10.
I love how the snare line is so together, as well as the tenors and the bass and the cymbals. Good job guys, the timing was pretty good and love the tuplets!
More 'SC trivia - Fleetwood Mac used the USC Marching Band for their song "Tusk" in the '80's. I have a photo book of USC history showing different photos over the years. One of the pics show Mick Fleetwood wearing a set on the practice field on campus. LA streets used to run through the current day campus. The white Alumni House is the original school from 1888. There's a gargoyle on campus which flashes the "finger". There's also a new sculpture that does the same facing the University of California for Lower Achievement.
wow a lot of practice plus staying in step and all the visuals and memorizing wow wow wow!!! that is what university i want to be in and to play in the marching band
i live and breathe for USC. im going there, no doubt. i've dreamt of going to USC since i was a little kid and i've always just loved them such a great school.
if my religion alowed me to i would worship you but i have watched this clip maby 5,000 times u guys are the best i have seen ever EVER srssly nice work
i love it! it sounds like whoever wrote it wasn't trying too hard to make it sound complex and hard and all that. and its just perfect. its got a great sound, and performed spectacularly
The greatest marching band in the Universe. this drumline and band can resurect the dead. This is truly the Spirit of Troy. Ancient Troy lives forever because of the spirit of this band. I will live forever because of this group and future editions of this greatest band ever. God Bless the Spirit of Troy, FIGHT ON !!! Class 0f 1972
As a fan of the traditionally "black" bands, I must say, USC is one of the best I have EVER seen, and that includes Southern University, Grambling State, FAMU, and others... Good job USC!! BTW, Univ. of Texas's band is pretty decent too...
10 minutes, yes... Lots of repeats though. And the music isn't really challenging except for the 2 minute mark. But that was also really clean so... Haha