@@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.
@@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.
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.
@@ABC1701A top secret isn’t even in the top 20 man… they are very famous on TH-cam 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.
@@ABC1701A 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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
Talk about serendipity!! TH-cam 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!!
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.
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.
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?
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
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. @#%#$^^
Overwhelmed with their talent, devotion to do their best, respect for one another. Music remains the universal language in bringing each other together!🎵🎶🎵
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!!
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.
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...
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.
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
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.
The prescition is astonishing..an hanger is perfect 4 space n resonance like a church 4 voice ..large echo chambet 4 drums n brass wind..bagpipes n marching..x
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!
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.
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.
Lolz. I know exactly. My son did 2 years BDB. Couple years ago now but I didn't like the direction it went. Drums/Horns ok but the other is Too GAY. Ricky.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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The best part of that room full of talent was the respect for each side & absolutely no hatred. That shows maturity .
Trully the most sensible and honourable comment I have came across on TH-cam so far! Thank-you
@@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..
@@lanceboyett9034 Facts
Hatred WTF?
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.
I grew up in Rochester. Eastman was beautiful.
You know I'm pretty sure he's enjoying this maybe even touched one of these souls 💓
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. .....
I bet your Dad knew Mitch Miller
@@MsDmp1 Boston crusaders?
Teacher:"no tapping pencils on the tables"
The boys in the back of the room:
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I've seen Top Secret a couple of times. Incredible precision. Sounded like a single drummer.
That's how they practice! Over & Over & Over
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@Chokyi Nima ,den Drachen ,lassen wir mal so gelten. :-)))))) Aber in dieser Sporthalle ,Der Schall...der haut dich fast um.
I reckon if you visited that hangar today, you’d still be able to hear them.
Sad to dissappoint you two. But there isn't a Door large enough to fit a plane on this "hangar" because it's the exhibition hall.
:-) !!
@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.
I heard that...
@@thenamen935 i meant go to pray. that they'll be the best someday. 🤗
These young adults could teach A LOT of grown adults a lesson or two or ten when it comes to maturity and respect!!!!
If government officials came out of drum corps we'd be living in a very different world, and most likely a better one!
@@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.
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!!!
Neither of these lines are close to the best on The planet 💀💀
@@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.
@@ABC1701A top secret isn’t even in the top 20 man… they are very famous on TH-cam 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.
@@ABC1701A 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😂😂
I've never witnessed such utter devotion to absolute precision in my life. This is just fantastic.
musiclover9361 oh there is much much more on TH-cam that will stun you further in regards to musical precision
Yes, an airplane hanger is the perfect place for lots of drums.
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 our 5th base's last name was Fontenot! Was it just me or were the Blue Devils a lot cleaner?
+Xavier S Just you
Scott Hays Maybe...
+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.
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😎
I was only in the color guard! But this brings back great memories
I had a brother that did that it, he both hated and loved it. It was an overall good experience for him.
I was marching tuba so we were mostly with the drum Corp. Blue Devils were my idols!
@@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
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.
Basel Switzerland? My home town in Europe!
Schweizer Trommel fürs Fastnacht sicher!
@@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.
@@louisegogel7973 I remember that experience. Glad we had the Kirche to keep us warm!
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My favorite part of a percussion line is a long line of snares elbow to elbow watching the stick work perfectly synchronized
I think Blue Devils showed great dynamics and skill, but TS work so well as a singular unit and that is everything when you’re on a line.
Bruh the visuals in TS were so dirty as well as them
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.
@@CissaBlack stop acting like you know their schedule dumbass and this was years ago blue devils have gotten way better than this
M Dunlap blue devils have occasional weekend practices through the year usually and spend every day all day from July to August playing and practicing
@@CissaBlack Full time work in Switzerland is 42 hours (but of course its often more)
The reverberations are astounding! I love it!!
Oh man that echo in the building is almost haunting! I love it!
Love that reverb, sounds like thunder cracking and rolling...
the echo is insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree with you nice and loud
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.
Echo like that, one mistake.
The echo of where they are literally sounds like an Infantry battalion opening fire on a target, cyclic style.
What an amazing union of two very talented groups. The respect that they shared for each other was evident.
holy mother of reverb
You kiss your mother with that mouth?
PG-13, kiddo.
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...
@@nic12344 just hope there were wearing ear plugs
@@suzankialemieux1430 lol if they weren't then they would be deaf
mac thomson erb...erb....erb.....erb......
There is nothing like music to bring us together and to marvel at a shared love.
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!
Johnny Dominguez
Great movie! 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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.
@Johnny Dominguez it’s a great movie but they have bad technique
Never heard BD be called underdogs before lol
@@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 am always Impressed at drum precision...I love the explosive echo of this location.
No Crowd...no distractions.
Nothing to win or lose...just a jam session.
Game On.
🤘Kudos to the camera guy...spot on man
Blue Devils, You are a great group of drummers. Keep up the great work.
Great Drumming I enjoying listening. To them greetings from Christiane Berlin Germany
When it sounds more like an indoor semi automatic gun range than a drumline.
Exactly!!!!
"fully" semi-automatic
When class and tecgnique meets speed and noise.... That learning curve tho..... Insane how fast they get in sync.
Mad respect. I'm a Cavalier and live for our drum line but this is true love for the sport and awsome sound of drums
Very good
I would like to send it to grandson ,he played in a band scare drums head leader
Talk about serendipity!! TH-cam 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!!
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.
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.
That's why I don't even read most comments. As I said, I was so happy to be there.
Thanks for sharing.
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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?
@@StevenJamesBurks whoooooo 'Murican democracy incoming in 3,2,1.......
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
Right: "boom boom boom etc..."
Left: "That's cute, watch this...011101110101010111011011111"
So that's where Binary originated? Who knew?
Tsdc is not world class 😂
Jumping around like they at a Beyoncé concert or something?
@@diensthunds ανεμοπαραγαδο
shit just got real
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. @#%#$^^
your dog is absolutely beautiful.
Ken Flask
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That Swiss team is so nice and crisp, very cool. I saw them at the Edinburgh tattoo.
Top Secret are incredible. I saw them at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo back in 2009.
Amazing how fast the two drummer groups can pick up the new beats and all be in sync with each other.
Thanks for this video. Take care.
Music truly is the Universal Language. Thank you for this Behind the Scenes upload... What a privilege to watch. 🌈💜
They’re ALL amazing drummers, WOW!! Masterfully done, and holy echo Batman!! 😍
Oh, yeah? Well, I don't mean to brag, but I can breathe and walk at the same time. Sometimes...
Tyler Pritchett I'm so fuckin dead😂😂
Tyler Pritchett what if we throw some chewing gum into the mix...
Adam Reichl Chewing gum? Do you want to kill him?
Adam Reichl Are you MAD, man? XD
Country boy zach
so I guess you... can't? breathe and walk?
Overwhelmed with their talent, devotion to do their best, respect for one another. Music remains the universal language in bringing each other together!🎵🎶🎵
Top secret were so tight. Made it sound like one instrument.
Class
Class
Class
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 well said! music and competition shouldn't be in the same sentence
+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!!
As a drummer, I guarantee you this was a competition.
Wowwww...those in black shirt are so syncro!! Their hands level, movement, superb!
This is so impressive and the sound in this location is absolutely amazing! Bravo! ❤
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.
I love the Blue Devils! Before every football game the whole marching band would watch videos of them to pump us up, it worked everytime.
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.
zolluuu - Well, 8:02 is not 8:00. He was correct.
laughed, my Mom is Swiss they are precision obsessed people for sure
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...
This was so oddly specific yet, makes all the sense.
gosh! you americans you can't stop making generalizations everywhere - can you (hi hi !)
Its freakin amazing how talented they all are!!!
I could watch this over and over...and I did! Both were fun to watch, but the precision of the team all in black was spot on.
Watching professionals, masters of their craft, is always entertaining.
Actually Top Secret is a hobby group, they do all in their free time. So basically they are amateurs... Still masters of their craft though
MrChillerNo1 yea, bd are real masters, but the quads and the acoustics made it sound really dirty
MrChillerNo1 So is BD, literally a bunch of teens and college kids 🤣
Torrey Williams yet still better that TS.
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.
it's a copy of callers and dancers in India. He calls, they dance with bells on their ankles, no rehearsal.
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.
that sound salvo in this hall is just unbelievable, that echo, wow
Just amZing to get such cooperation so easily from two highly gifted teams
He’s a great teacher
I got a feeling. I feel like more cowbell.
I need more cowbell.
Love the cowbell 😂♥️ and this is coming from a trumpet player
I got a fever........and the only prescription..........is more cowbell
Somebody get that dude a cowbell. Wait I'll see if Bessie the cow will loan you hers.
Lmfao
OMG YASSSSSSS LOL
If only our percussionists could keep play like that, let alone keep time or march correctly XD
+The Idiot Files Know the feel, bro.
+The Idiot Files Your telling me I wish my drum corp would actually get the hint.
Oh how we love them, and all of their learning and work!!
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
I’d laugh. “Time to play the easiest music possible”
regardless of some of the critical comments, i think this was pretty damn impressive! they all are obviously very talented young men!
And woman..
@@rick2112rkrk Where? I didn't see any. I'd love for there to be more.
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.
The prescition is astonishing..an hanger is perfect 4 space n resonance like a church 4 voice ..large echo chambet 4 drums n brass wind..bagpipes n marching..x
We’re enjoying watching them and they on both side of the isle are loving playing together..so cool 😎
That was some Swiss precision right there!
Top Secret at 3:10 is perfect. Absolutely perfect. Cant Imagine how much time it took to get everyone's hands to get that close.
Yeah I watch that part over and over. Their like a machine. It’s mesmerizing
Now that's probably the world's best drumline ever 👌👌
Amazing... Two Rivals come to together and make a Wonderful Team... The world needs more of this.
And THAT my friends is how you set up a fundamental resonance within a structure.... a m a z i n g on both sides.
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Nick does Quad drumming It’s a giant aircraft hangar with echo, what do you expect? Them to sound like SCV in an open field? 🤣
Holy mother of pearl, i loved the reverb. These guys did amazing!!!
I really love how a Vs became a together in the end...That is some respect right there...
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!
The Blue Devils are from CONCORD California. I first saw them perform in 1970. They have always been great.
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.
My son did BD in high school. I loved it. Hard zzz work! Blue Devils has won the Most #1 Comps in DCI .
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.
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.
Could sit here all day and just watch and listen and I am in Australia just fantastic
"Hit em with the flight of the bumblebee."
dem echos its like the ROLLING M*THERFUCKING THUNDER O_O i love it !
hieronymous blackmane RIGHT!
You should listen to the m'fing ROLLING STONES.
nice - two strange groups play together - THAT I find worth seeing!
Love this and love both of these drum lines equally.
Incredible, just amazing! These guys are true artists! Awesome, truly awesome to watch.
Gotta LOVE the creativity, showmanship and mutual respect!
The precision of the Swiss drummers is incredible. Probably even more so without the humongous reverberation... :)
Son was a blue devil and later a drum Corp coach. He loves the thrill.
Lolz. I know exactly. My son did 2 years BDB. Couple years ago now but I didn't like the direction it went. Drums/Horns ok but the other is Too GAY. Ricky.
Came back two years later and it still amazes me seeing these two groups meet, play a bit, and then completely smash it.
Who still watching in 2021? 🙋🙋😂
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Love the both groups. 2 styles. Ever since the movie, I’ve loved to watch this .
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.
Holy cow I went to camp with some of these guys an I never realized how good they were
I saw the performance they did and it was just WOW. They came together so fast.
Absolutely fantastic. Thank you.
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.
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.
Absolutely amazing!
As a drummer and former band geek
/american, gotta say, Basel Corp killed it
IT'S A WONDERFUL THING, I LOVE A GOOD LINE, KEEP UP
I was in the Blue Devils. Waaaaaay, back in the day.
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.
If not mistaken my oldest sister marched for the blue devils...a very long time ago! Shoutout Half-moon bay & Los Caballeros!
Amazing. Thanks for posting Ben.
This is freaking awesomeness & I enjoyed this so much thank y’all for sharing ❤️🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁