Glad you reviewed an HBCU. I also marched for one while in college. Each HBCU band prides itself on having a unique style and sound, but definitely check out bands like Florida A&M, Southern, Norfolk, Tennessee State, Alabama A&M, North Carolina A&T just to get a few more examples of different unique styles.
Great video! Check out the Jacksonville State University Marching Southerners. They’re very corps style and are highly respected in the university - they march between 450-500 in a school of 9,000 students. All their shows are great. It I’d recommend reacting to their closer from 2019!
You should definitely check JSU Marching southerners, they use the same arranger as my HS band and sometimes some of our old show music, so they they are very close to me! And of course florida state and university of south alabama have great marching bands too!
I've been in and around a lot of great marching bands in my life and the one time I was literally blown away was when I was on the 10th row of the stadium at JSU on the 40 yard line when the Marching Southerners gave their BOA exhibition performance. Absolutely unfathomable level of sound from that 500+ member talented band.
I came from a college marching band (University of North Alabama) that had a semblance of drum corps mixed with traditional marching band. My days in the band, we had several people who marched Crown, Phantom Regiment and Music City. Our new assistant director March BD back in 2002 and taught with Blue Stars and Teal Sound.
Fun fact- the Texas A&M band is a military-style band so they rely a lot less on dot books and coordinates, and a lot more so on following the person in front of them (with the exception of the drill movements where everyone moves at the same time) as well as the drum major's baton movements. It's a lot more conducive for marchers that have little to no previous experience, as well as making and learning the drill. That's also why their foot timing among other movements is more synchronized- because the style of marching focuses more on matching the person directly in front of you and guiding with your line Their style is so military-esque because the band is comprised of Corps of Cadet members and that also results in their shows looking like they're "rooted in the past." Along those lines, they mostly march at 120 BPM because they either mostly or entirely play marches like Semper Fi or The Stars and Stripes Forever
Glad to see an HBCU up here. You'd be surprised how many different styles there are within HBCU bands as well. You have your Madison Scouts, but you also have your Cavvies, Cadets, and BD equivalents in terms of just how many different approaches there are. Some great DCI cats also marched in HBCU bands (Ricardo Brown from Cadets/Bloo/Mandarins) comes to mind, and many of us like to infuse both DCI and traditional techniques. My HS band director was Ken Bodiford (Spirit, and now at Jacksonville State) and he put me on to DCI when he gave me a cassette tape of the 1988 DCI finals (Madison is still my favorite show of all time). Two former students of mine, Ralph Nader and Alex Blake, marched BD and have a few rings. But yeah, you'd be surprised at the depth and history you'd find among HBCU bands.
I just marched my first ever college half time yesterday with The Florida State Marching Chiefs and it was such an amazing environment especially seeing people’s reactions to our forms during half time.
No wayyy!!! You need to get on WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY! pride of the mountains, you will not regret it! They went to BOA last year to preform exhibition as well so there might be a really good video out there. They have also won the sudler trophy for outstanding collegiate band!! Pretty plz 😂❤
There are certainly some amazing college marching bands. Cool to see all of the recommendations in these comments - I'm going to check out the ones I'm not already aware of as being stand-out programs. If I had to pick ONE college band to recommend Funliner react to, though, it would hands-down be the Jacksonville State University Marching Southerners. The sound their 500+ member band tucked away in rural Alabama produces is unreal. Even better, go see them live.
The bass drums in most HBCU bands aren’t actually tonal bass drums like we have in corps style shows, they’re actually tenors or “single tenors”. Some have tonal basses too
You should watch the Purdue All-American Marching Band. Purdue University doesn’t have a music school but their directors are incredible and have one of the best balanced and sounding college marching bands. They have a dedicated TH-cam channel that posts fabulous videos (I recommend pregame show). Even if you don’t react to them, it will still be a great band to watch nonetheless! They have historically been one of the first bands to do many things. They were the first band to break ranks and create the iconic block “P” which has now led to all marching bands creating forms on the field.
I'm currently a second year in OSU's marching band and I think it's awesome that a DCI youtuber is reviewing people like us! It's really humbling 😊. Anyways, I really enjoy your DCI content, keep it up man!
I’d love to see you watch more Ohio state and big 10 in general, I’ve tried out at Ohio state for a few years and it’s so difficult. I’m hoping to get in next year.
Check out the University of Arizona Pride of Arizona when you get a chance, they are very different to most college bands by taking a more DCI approach to things. Very fun to be apart of their band.
Fantastic choice of bands! I’m so glad you looked at OSU! You should also look at the Ohio University Marching 110. Ohio is proud to have two fantastic marching bands that are less than 60 miles apart from each other!
Auburn University has an awesome show that they partnered with the engineering department for- their honoring America halftime show from 2021! They use a combination of drill and lights to do some really cool stuff.
You should react to the University of Texas longhorn Marching band field walk-on it’s epic !! Also Louisiana Southern Marching band… their trombone section throws down 🔥 especially with a song called black and blues
You should absolutely check out the Marching Southerners at JSU in Jacksonville Alabama. 100% will be worth the listen. Sound wise there isnt another band that comes CLOSE in my opinion
I'd love to see you react to the Western Kentucky University Marching Band's 2018 Show. I had a friend who played mello there and I always went up for home games to see them play. Their band is very slept on because it isn't some Top Tier university, but they have a phenomenal music program!
Hey, I’m writing this comment with the presumption that you may or may not know about the style that the Aggie band uses, which is actually a very popular style used here in Texas called military, marching and military marching comes with its own stepsize which is 6 to five and contains many of its own drill, moves such as TTRs flanks crossover’s, and more very specific military style marching moves. The schools, including college and high school, here in Texas obviously have Core marching, but we have military style marching at some high schools too and the military, marching side to high school actually has its own competitive league just like core marching in Texas has the UIL state marching competition.
You should check out the West Chester University Incomparable Golden Rams Marching Band! Very drum corps oriented college band in terms of show design, we even use props! We're also the only D2 school top receive the sudler trophy which is also pretty neat. I'd recommend watching either our 2018 show at BOA Grand Nats or our 2021 show at the collegiate marching band festival at J Birney.
The University of Alabamas Million Dollar Band has probably the most under rated band. It’s never really talked about anywhere but they are really good
If you do a part 2, react to West Chester Iniversity. They are the most similar to any sort of drum corps/high school marching band from what I've found
I will second the vote for West Chester University from PA. First D2 school to be awarded the Sudler shield. They will be in the Rose Parade this New Years Day and at the festival of bands they will be performing their field show “In Bloom”. The guard is the best collegiate group and the drill, music and pageantry are at corps level.
For the future, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire has a giant marching band for size. 475 marchers this year in a school of 10k. Our assistant director is David Lofy of the Madison Scouts. We’re very much a fun style band, not really corps focused, not military, not big 10. We do drill, but nothing insane. I highly recommend anything from 2018-2023, but anytime is good. Look up the Blugold Marching Band!!
I should mention, the band is entirely student run, minus our director and assistant director. All drum majors are students, music and visuals are taught by students, equipment managers are students, etc. Numbers wise, this year we have 70 something trumpets, and 50+ trombones
I’m a little biased, but you should check out the Blugold Marching Band University of Wisconsin Eau Claire There’s over 450 of us at a D3 college in some random town in Wisconsin. More people come to football games for us than the actual football game
DO LSU. I’ll shout “Let the band PLAY NECK” all damn day, but I think it sometimes gets in the way of just how good the LSU band really is. The Veterans Day halftime is always AMAZING.
Please do University of Alabama 2023. The level of music from the front ensemble is easily at a top 12 drum core level with many of our marimbas marching in DCI this year. I think you would enjoy our show!
I recommend watching Michigan State's marching band, they play with highest level of sound and drill that I've seen in college marching band. I also believe that the BIG 10 conference and other schools in the midwest region have the best performance style and traditions.
I think you tapped into a new market doing analysis of college bands! I'd love to see more. I was a part of Kansas State's marching band. In 2015, they received the Sudler trophy, which honors the nation's top collegiate college band. I'm partial to 2010's Glee show. There's a sweet percussion feature, while the rest of the band does some cool drill marching. The pre-game drill is also rooted in some heavy tradition, most notably the Wabash Cannonball. Keep up the great work!
Oh yes I think this is a common trait across the college professor sphere really should be encouraging it if they want a stellar guard brass and drum line
Honestly, college marching has never been my thing. I've only ever played in corps-style groups and other styles influenced by the drum corps activity. I don't know if I ever will do college band. For me, at least, competition in the judges and scores sense is kind of a must if I want to do any kind of marching activity. That being said, I really appreciate what college marching is in the context of what it's there for. It's still talented musicians doing cool things.
Of course, there are some corps style college marching bands. The following is from my freshman year at Marshall University in 1997. th-cam.com/video/woD_6yNfi0k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=avjMVZAPdENaMV0z
I HATE the $¢ band with a passion. Mainly because they’re rude and arrogant to other bands. However, the Trojan Band is leaps and bounds better than both the Ohio State and Texas A&M bands in terms of talent (though the clip you chose didn’t really showcase them well). As a musician and a band nerd, I just don’t see how Ohio State’s band is so overrated. Texas A&M is its own thing so and they are good at it. I would get really bored playing music at 120bpm and 8-to-5 all the time though. I love HBCUs! My only issue with them is that they overblow their instruments. I think you should be comparing pregame shows because it’s when college bands shine, shows their traditions, and showcases their marching styles better. I never thought college band would be as fun and amazing as I thought it would be when I marched with the Cal Band. I miss those days.
TBDBITL is ALL TRADITION. The reason we do 8-5 and 6-5 all the time is cause it’s how we stay clean. That’s why it’s super militaristic. That’s why we focus so heavily on chair stepping. It’s all tradition and the things that we do make it easier to control your movements diagonally and doing crossovers.
Glad you reviewed an HBCU. I also marched for one while in college. Each HBCU band prides itself on having a unique style and sound, but definitely check out bands like Florida A&M, Southern, Norfolk, Tennessee State, Alabama A&M, North Carolina A&T just to get a few more examples of different unique styles.
Great video! Check out the Jacksonville State University Marching Southerners. They’re very corps style and are highly respected in the university - they march between 450-500 in a school of 9,000 students. All their shows are great. It I’d recommend reacting to their closer from 2019!
You should definitely check JSU Marching southerners, they use the same arranger as my HS band and sometimes some of our old show music, so they they are very close to me! And of course florida state and university of south alabama have great marching bands too!
I've been in and around a lot of great marching bands in my life and the one time I was literally blown away was when I was on the 10th row of the stadium at JSU on the 40 yard line when the Marching Southerners gave their BOA exhibition performance. Absolutely unfathomable level of sound from that 500+ member talented band.
I came from a college marching band (University of North Alabama) that had a semblance of drum corps mixed with traditional marching band. My days in the band, we had several people who marched Crown, Phantom Regiment and Music City. Our new assistant director March BD back in 2002 and taught with Blue Stars and Teal Sound.
did the phantom regiment folk and phantom regiment folk ever squabble? i can imagine being in such similar corps would cause some issues
Fun fact- the Texas A&M band is a military-style band so they rely a lot less on dot books and coordinates, and a lot more so on following the person in front of them (with the exception of the drill movements where everyone moves at the same time) as well as the drum major's baton movements. It's a lot more conducive for marchers that have little to no previous experience, as well as making and learning the drill. That's also why their foot timing among other movements is more synchronized- because the style of marching focuses more on matching the person directly in front of you and guiding with your line
Their style is so military-esque because the band is comprised of Corps of Cadet members and that also results in their shows looking like they're "rooted in the past." Along those lines, they mostly march at 120 BPM because they either mostly or entirely play marches like Semper Fi or The Stars and Stripes Forever
Glad to see an HBCU up here. You'd be surprised how many different styles there are within HBCU bands as well. You have your Madison Scouts, but you also have your Cavvies, Cadets, and BD equivalents in terms of just how many different approaches there are. Some great DCI cats also marched in HBCU bands (Ricardo Brown from Cadets/Bloo/Mandarins) comes to mind, and many of us like to infuse both DCI and traditional techniques. My HS band director was Ken Bodiford (Spirit, and now at Jacksonville State) and he put me on to DCI when he gave me a cassette tape of the 1988 DCI finals (Madison is still my favorite show of all time). Two former students of mine, Ralph Nader and Alex Blake, marched BD and have a few rings. But yeah, you'd be surprised at the depth and history you'd find among HBCU bands.
Jacksonville State University! They are fantastic:) if I was in a college marching band, I would love to go there
I wish you would watch OSU’s ramp entrance that’s my favorite thing the band does.
I just marched my first ever college half time yesterday with The Florida State Marching Chiefs and it was such an amazing environment especially seeing people’s reactions to our forms during half time.
Surprised nobody mentioned the JMU MRDs, they're great. Over 500 people creating some of the most powerful sounds.
Fr. JMU is awesome. I get to go there often and love hanging with the MRDs.
James Madison or Jacksonville State are two of my favorite non HBCU bands
No wayyy!!! You need to get on WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY! pride of the mountains, you will not regret it! They went to BOA last year to preform exhibition as well so there might be a really good video out there. They have also won the sudler trophy for outstanding collegiate band!! Pretty plz 😂❤
For HBCUs, please check out NCA&T as well as Norfolk! Both are very Corps influenced and are known to be some of the best!
There are certainly some amazing college marching bands. Cool to see all of the recommendations in these comments - I'm going to check out the ones I'm not already aware of as being stand-out programs.
If I had to pick ONE college band to recommend Funliner react to, though, it would hands-down be the Jacksonville State University Marching Southerners. The sound their 500+ member band tucked away in rural Alabama produces is unreal. Even better, go see them live.
Insightful video, love that you highlighted an HBCU marching band, marching bands from a different perspective, love to see it !!
The bass drums in most HBCU bands aren’t actually tonal bass drums like we have in corps style shows, they’re actually tenors or “single tenors”. Some have tonal basses too
You should watch the Purdue All-American Marching Band. Purdue University doesn’t have a music school but their directors are incredible and have one of the best balanced and sounding college marching bands. They have a dedicated TH-cam channel that posts fabulous videos (I recommend pregame show). Even if you don’t react to them, it will still be a great band to watch nonetheless! They have historically been one of the first bands to do many things. They were the first band to break ranks and create the iconic block “P” which has now led to all marching bands creating forms on the field.
Pregame and Country Western halftime show from last year
I'm currently a second year in OSU's marching band and I think it's awesome that a DCI youtuber is reviewing people like us! It's really humbling 😊. Anyways, I really enjoy your DCI content, keep it up man!
That’s great! My band is going to be at the buckeye invitational this year! I’m excited to see you guys!
I would be really cool if you reacted to UTK's Pride of the Southland. Their pregame, and especially their Circle Drill, is incredible
I’d love to see you watch more Ohio state and big 10 in general, I’ve tried out at Ohio state for a few years and it’s so difficult. I’m hoping to get in next year.
Yes it is. Good luck next year! Hope to see you here. What row were you trying for?
@@Illytbh I-row. This year and last year I got to second cuts, so it only feels like a matter of time lol.
@@gavin_bigred MY ROW!! Hell yeah!! Get it, I believe in ya
Check out the University of Arizona Pride of Arizona when you get a chance, they are very different to most college bands by taking a more DCI approach to things. Very fun to be apart of their band.
Fantastic choice of bands! I’m so glad you looked at OSU! You should also look at the Ohio University Marching 110. Ohio is proud to have two fantastic marching bands that are less than 60 miles apart from each other!
Yes!! As a TBDBITLr gotta love is ofc… but I do have some connections at 110 and I love the dearly.
should definitely check out jacksonville state university the “marching southerners” i think you’d really like it
Auburn University has an awesome show that they partnered with the engineering department for- their honoring America halftime show from 2021! They use a combination of drill and lights to do some really cool stuff.
You should react to the University of Texas longhorn Marching band field walk-on it’s epic !! Also Louisiana Southern Marching band… their trombone section throws down 🔥 especially with a song called black and blues
You should absolutely check out the Marching Southerners at JSU in Jacksonville Alabama. 100% will be worth the listen. Sound wise there isnt another band that comes CLOSE in my opinion
NMSU Pride Marching band is a combination of many different styles. It is where I received my Music Ed degree.
You should watch the Auburn University Marching Band Pregame. Its very cool and very coordinated!
I agree! I actually just played my first game with the AUMB this past Saturday and actually got a primary spot for both pregame and halftime
I'd love to see you react to the Western Kentucky University Marching Band's 2018 Show. I had a friend who played mello there and I always went up for home games to see them play. Their band is very slept on because it isn't some Top Tier university, but they have a phenomenal music program!
If you do a part 2, you should check out University of Tennessee “circle drill”
yup ☺️☺️☺️☺️
Hey, I’m writing this comment with the presumption that you may or may not know about the style that the Aggie band uses, which is actually a very popular style used here in Texas called military, marching and military marching comes with its own stepsize which is 6 to five and contains many of its own drill, moves such as TTRs flanks crossover’s, and more very specific military style marching moves. The schools, including college and high school, here in Texas obviously have Core marching, but we have military style marching at some high schools too and the military, marching side to high school actually has its own competitive league just like core marching in Texas has the UIL state marching competition.
You should check out the West Chester University Incomparable Golden Rams Marching Band! Very drum corps oriented college band in terms of show design, we even use props! We're also the only D2 school top receive the sudler trophy which is also pretty neat. I'd recommend watching either our 2018 show at BOA Grand Nats or our 2021 show at the collegiate marching band festival at J Birney.
You should take a look at the Murray State Racer Band! We Performed at BOA in 2021 and it was one of the best performances I've ever had!
If you decide to do another College Marching Band video…Boise State’s Blue Thunder Marching Band would be AWESOME for you to get a reaction! :))
I marched Blue Thunder! I too would love to see a reaction
The University of Alabamas Million Dollar Band has probably the most under rated band. It’s never really talked about anywhere but they are really good
Need to check out southern human jukebox
If you do a part 2, react to West Chester Iniversity. They are the most similar to any sort of drum corps/high school marching band from what I've found
should definitely check out JSU Marching Southerners if you do another one of these!
I will second the vote for West Chester University from PA. First D2 school to be awarded the Sudler shield. They will be in the Rose Parade this New Years Day and at the festival of bands they will be performing their field show “In Bloom”. The guard is the best collegiate group and the drill, music and pageantry are at corps level.
For the future, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire has a giant marching band for size. 475 marchers this year in a school of 10k. Our assistant director is David Lofy of the Madison Scouts. We’re very much a fun style band, not really corps focused, not military, not big 10. We do drill, but nothing insane. I highly recommend anything from 2018-2023, but anytime is good. Look up the Blugold Marching Band!!
I should mention, the band is entirely student run, minus our director and assistant director. All drum majors are students, music and visuals are taught by students, equipment managers are students, etc. Numbers wise, this year we have 70 something trumpets, and 50+ trombones
As a former DCI member of the 80’s , Jackson State has a Bridgemen vibe😎
💚💚💚
I’m a little biased, but you should check out the Blugold Marching Band
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
There’s over 450 of us at a D3 college in some random town in Wisconsin. More people come to football games for us than the actual football game
A&M is a military style band so they are actually 6 to 5. I'm not actually sure why or who decided on 6 to 5 and 8 to 5 being standard sized steps
Would love to see Southern Human Jukebox or NCAT (my home state!!)
Totally should review western Carolina university.
You should go down the Sudler Award Winning College Marching Bands!
DO LSU. I’ll shout “Let the band PLAY NECK” all damn day, but I think it sometimes gets in the way of just how good the LSU band really is. The Veterans Day halftime is always AMAZING.
Please do University of Alabama 2023. The level of music from the front ensemble is easily at a top 12 drum core level with many of our marimbas marching in DCI this year. I think you would enjoy our show!
please review the Pride of Arizona 🙏🙏🙏🙏
also Southern University is another HBCU that's very well-known for their marching band
Missing out on JMU marching royal dukes. 2022 535 members!
I recommend watching Michigan State's marching band, they play with highest level of sound and drill that I've seen in college marching band. I also believe that the BIG 10 conference and other schools in the midwest region have the best performance style and traditions.
Florida A&M University and Bethune Cookman University!
North Carolina A&T and Norfolk State University too !
Yes NCAT!!
Flo Marching should add college marching bands to their service.
Do Purdue if you do another one of these, preferentially country western halftime show from last season
Do Jacksonville State University or University of North Alabama next! I would love to see your reaction.
I think you tapped into a new market doing analysis of college bands! I'd love to see more.
I was a part of Kansas State's marching band. In 2015, they received the Sudler trophy, which honors the nation's top collegiate college band. I'm partial to 2010's Glee show. There's a sweet percussion feature, while the rest of the band does some cool drill marching. The pre-game drill is also rooted in some heavy tradition, most notably the Wabash Cannonball.
Keep up the great work!
You should review 2a band in texas
TCU 2003 and 2008 are very corps style shows, with 2003 being HEAVILY based off of Blue Devil’s 1999 show.
HBCU Norfolk State, queen city battle 2017 or the away game show at NCA&T 2022
also could look at Remo Bandfest 2023 (also Norfolk State)
Definitely make more college marching band vids. You should definitely do the Marching 110 next😉
Did your professor discourage drumcorps?
Oh yes I think this is a common trait across the college professor sphere really should be encouraging it if they want a stellar guard brass and drum line
Can react to Aledo High School’s 2019 show? I think it’s one of the best in 5A
YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT JAMES MADISON'S MARCHING ROYALE DUKES.
Honestly, college marching has never been my thing. I've only ever played in corps-style groups and other styles influenced by the drum corps activity. I don't know if I ever will do college band. For me, at least, competition in the judges and scores sense is kind of a must if I want to do any kind of marching activity.
That being said, I really appreciate what college marching is in the context of what it's there for. It's still talented musicians doing cool things.
TEXAS TECH! Missed opportunity.
Of course, there are some corps style college marching bands. The following is from my freshman year at Marshall University in 1997. th-cam.com/video/woD_6yNfi0k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=avjMVZAPdENaMV0z
if you decide to react to another high school marching band i got a good recommendation.
You should watch University of Washington’s marching band
Best college marching band I’ve ever seen & heard…FSU Marching Chiefs - hands down
React to southern university vs lsu 5th quarter!!
Ut longhorn band is a good one
HBCUs BANDS are the best!
I would love to see you react to the University of Akron Marching Band, or the University of Ohio.
Yes love 110
Get me into USC Everett kim
Watch the USF Herd of Thunder Marching Band! One of it not the best corps style bands in FL
A&M was moving 6 to 5
Bruh you went to SC and didn’t know that the Spirit of Troy is self proclaimed the greatest marching band in the history of the universe. 😂
Where is The pride of the south land band
im first lol im so awesome and cool and cute and epic
University of North Texas.
Texas A&M is marching 6 to 5 in this clip....not 8 to 5. 🙂
I HATE the $¢ band with a passion. Mainly because they’re rude and arrogant to other bands. However, the Trojan Band is leaps and bounds better than both the Ohio State and Texas A&M bands in terms of talent (though the clip you chose didn’t really showcase them well). As a musician and a band nerd, I just don’t see how Ohio State’s band is so overrated. Texas A&M is its own thing so and they are good at it. I would get really bored playing music at 120bpm and 8-to-5 all the time though. I love HBCUs! My only issue with them is that they overblow their instruments.
I think you should be comparing pregame shows because it’s when college bands shine, shows their traditions, and showcases their marching styles better.
I never thought college band would be as fun and amazing as I thought it would be when I marched with the Cal Band. I miss those days.
TBDBITL is ALL TRADITION. The reason we do 8-5 and 6-5 all the time is cause it’s how we stay clean. That’s why it’s super militaristic. That’s why we focus so heavily on chair stepping. It’s all tradition and the things that we do make it easier to control your movements diagonally and doing crossovers.
Lord have mercy. This immigrant fled his country, family, culture, language and he thinks it is normal. He hates his people, amazing
NO MICHIGAN STATE IS CRIMINAL
sorry USC is the worst one