This is a nice big band, I love it! Looks to be around twice the size of ours, and I'm assuming you have ~200 people. Keep up the great work! - Friendly Neighborhood Tenor Drummer.
The mallet work is crazy I am the best mallet player in my Middle school band, but I can't imagine how much work they put into this song since I can barely hold 2 in one hand with control over them. Great Job!!
question ive always wanted to know, how does the drum major learn the counts and learn the time signatures for the show, do they have a specific page or just take a certain instruments sheet music and learn the counts?
Drum Major of a small band of about 40 people here. Most of the time i just listen for the people who consistently play good to know where I’m at in the music. I usually learn the melody of the song, and go from there based on what my Director tells me.
Drum majors usually have access to their own score, where they can see the time signature changes and dynamics so they can apply it to their conducting
Time signatures you have to score for and you have to memorize. Count structure you kinda just listen for. I just made a sheet with every hold, move, and count and what measure it was on. It was very helpful
Question for my audition: how do you focus when both of your hands are doing something different? For example if your doing a downbeat, strike, or crescendo with one hand, how do you continue to use your other hand so normally? It throws me off every time
there’s an exercise where you do one shaped with your left hand while snapping and one with your right hand while snapping, it takes practice. my best friend is a drum major of this band along side the boy in this video.
Another exercise I used to help with that is to just begin conducting a usual 4/4 time and then let you left hand drop out. Then when you feel comfortable raise your left hand up as if you are crescendoing for four beats then lower it to decrescendo for four beats. Do this over and over again and eventually go to two beats cresc and two beats decrescendo.
Ok, I'm not a drum major myself, but can we all just agree that drum majors all have guts. Like, their guts are freakish. Those stands are scary asf. Do NOT lock your knees. Oh, GOD! Especially the lead drum major! Bro has a set of stairs that turns😭😭
I panic every time I see them at the top of a ladder with nothing but a thin rail on the front. Nothing to stop them going straight back if they move a little bit more. It’s nerve racking.
Dear god... My eldest sister was a drum major in high school (She just got accepted into college with a music program :D) and she freaked me the heck out when she was up there.@@Thornmarching
Yes I agree, I was one of the tenors. We definitely started a habit of rushing because the bass entrance at the beginning was always late, so we decided to keep rushing and couldn't stop😭😭
Most likely for if something is wrong with someone's instrument out on the field they can run up and get a backup instrument and continue on without a problem.
It's because we have a Pride and Spirit group. The spirit group doesn't go to competitions, so they are usually working on other music or practicing their drill.
For BOA we made school history by making it to the finals for the first time! Our UIL journey this year ended at Area due to a few things outside of our control, and some within it, but we have learned a lot and plan to take State by storm next year!
It's because we have a Pride and Spirit group. The spirit group doesn't go to competitions, so they are usually working on other music or practicing their drill.
@@bradykim84384 door minivan is something they all (in our band) say now, lol. If you watch the “When You Give a Band Kid a GoPro” video you will hear duts from kids on the field along with some colorful ways to remember the choreo.
@@jordanplange5288If you want to skip the criticism and go straight to me empathizing with you, skip to the second paragraph. Although, if you have time to spare, I recommend reading the first one, too, because it might encourage you to think with a different mindset. Most band kids I know are just normal people idk what you're on about. Also bold of you to say get a life to us. There are band kids in my school who run cross country, on the baseball team, on the field hockey team, take multiple AP courses, so I guarantee that they have more of a life than you. The stereotypes for band kids are far from being accurate, and so I believe that you should have no shame for being a band kid, Mr. Jordan Plange, and that you saying you are a kid in band shows that you seek attention and want to be recognized as being special or different. OR, maybe you go to a very woke school where everyone is liberal, and the band kids are even weirder. We have a few people in our band who are a bit out there, but we go to a school where most people are very conservative and 40% of the school are rednecks, which is also a stereotype, but they are also just normal people who are usually genuine, nice people. What they like is just influenced by their surroundings and the people around them as they grew up, and going to a school that is surrounded by cornfields and longhorns will make you country. I'm very sorry if you feel like you need to disassociate yourself from the rest of your band, because being in band isn't something you should need to be ashamed of. If there are some weird people in your band, you shouldn't need to worry about being grouped in with them if you make a good positive image for yourself. You also need to embrace what you have in common with your band mates, maybe if you got to know them, they won't seem so bad. From experience, NOBODY CARES that you are in band. Well, at least they won't think less of you. When they see you busting out your chops on that football field during halftime, they're gonna be bragging about you to their friends in the student section. I don't know what grade you are in, but if you are a underclassman in high school, you'll learn to embrace it. If you are an upperclassman, you are probably just annoyed by underclassman because they're still immature, but I GARAUNTEE that that's how upperclassmen thought of you when you were an underclassman. And if you are in middle school, then you haven't even true band. Nothing makes you bond more than sharing blood, sweat in tears during band camp, the whole day, every day, for two weeks at least🤣. And if you are in college, I REALLY don't know what your issue is because from what I've seen, colleges love their marching bands because of all the hype. Don't take this advice for granted, as you aren't going to get far by disassociating yourself from others, instead of embracing it and working together - A high school band kid that has yet to experience all of life himself.
@@jordanplange5288 We’re not going to tolerate any toxicity here. Band is one big family. We hold each other up, not tear each other down. If you can’t play well with others please find a new playground.
Ain’t that the question of the moment! I may or may not have shed a tear for the kids that night. 😢 Sometimes we learn more by being humbled from time-to-time. As much as it sucked, we have learnt and grown, and hopefully we’ll take Area by storm next year!
@@Thornmarching were just out here trying to make finals lmao. judges rlly were interesting that day. put midland above yall lmao and then put us at 13th below central and odessa :/
@@gamerium8 Yeah, I dunno what the judges were smoking that day something felt off. I will say that Permian definitely deserved top honors and I only saw that unfinished show at BOA. I can’t imagine how much it grew between BOA and Area. Did you guys make finals? Remind me what your show was?
@@Thornmarching our show was called badlands. basically the setting was in a national park and the sun was setting. and like the colorguard was bad while the rest of the band was like just the "scenery" kind of. it was stupid tbh. we used music from taylor swift and billie eilish it sounded bad unless done good
I love the little noises and humming he makes 😭
glad to see im not the only drum major who says "4 door minivan"
The winds visuals in this show is actually crazy. In my show I have like 4 visual key points😭 The entire show has visuals! Amazing!
You should watch the American fork high school marching bands show this year their visuals are crazy
@@sporkpig8723last years were incredible too. Such a pleasure to see AF at each comp.
@@sporkpig8723yes bro i just went up against fort hill in Utah yesterday and oh my god. they are amazing.
@@julieflutters I know they’re crazy
Four-door minivan!!! Love the Reuel reference 👍👍
I’m using this to train for my drum major auditions. Thanks :)
Best of luck!!
@@Thornmarching ty Ty!
My exact thought 😂.
I never knew the dog of wisdom was based on a human
1:16
lol, true tho
Fr though
This is a nice big band, I love it! Looks to be around twice the size of ours, and I'm assuming you have ~200 people. Keep up the great work! - Friendly Neighborhood Tenor Drummer.
You were really close. About 200-300
There a 6A more. That that a 5A has 200~300 I know for sure
POV: you’re the drum major
our silly campbell
THIS IS MY BAND!!
It's a pretty bad ass band to be in!
The mallet work is crazy I am the best mallet player in my Middle school band, but I can't imagine how much work they put into this song since I can barely hold 2 in one hand with control over them. Great Job!!
YOOO THE PIT PART IS STUNNING?? ESPECIALLY MARIMBAS, ALSO THATS A REALLY BIG PIT!!
I wish Orchestra did fun things like this. Because it is usually band who does stuff like this
I have all district auditions in 4 days and watching alot of percussion rn
This title sounds like “if you give a mouse a cookie”
The sections of Fur Elise actually go so hard
This is gonna sound crazy but I think this is a Keys Reference
🤣🤣
😮😮😮😮 no way me too
I’m from Hebron, I didn’t even know there was a 6A band in that state
Do you mean that side of the state?
that pit is 🤌🤌🤌
Gotta love selections from Beethovens Fur Elise
Four door minivan ‼️‼️💪💪 🔥
Really nice sounds and a really big band love it!!
-7th place uil state Texas
CALALLEN
Raegans show was pretty cool, I got to watch it live yesterday, cedar park was able to watch y’all!
@@Andi-Bricks Cool!!! Did you watch calallens show “interstellar?
@@Yourspecial_kairi no, we had to get ready for retreat sadly, that or it was during our down time from when we performed
Love the callouts 😂
This is an awesome show!
I go to Midland high and I love y’all’s show!
Thank you sm!!! -Bass Clarinet
Congrats on going to state this year! Rooting for ya'll and Permian!
Congrats on state! y’all’s show was so fun
@@kimivie1088 Ty sm!
@@shrekisloveshrekislife5055 Ty!
40k views?! campbells debut to fame is on thorn marching, thats great
the pit sounds so yummy 🙏
question ive always wanted to know, how does the drum major learn the counts and learn the time signatures for the show, do they have a specific page or just take a certain instruments sheet music and learn the counts?
Drum Major of a small band of about 40 people here. Most of the time i just listen for the people who consistently play good to know where I’m at in the music. I usually learn the melody of the song, and go from there based on what my Director tells me.
Drum majors usually have access to their own score, where they can see the time signature changes and dynamics so they can apply it to their conducting
Personally I have both a score and and a trumpet music sheet(bc I play trumpet). But I mostly learn the counts through practice and the battery👍
Time signatures you have to score for and you have to memorize. Count structure you kinda just listen for. I just made a sheet with every hold, move, and count and what measure it was on. It was very helpful
My band has it to where the dm gets a full music ensemble score like the directors in a giant binder
Saw you guys in midland much love from mustang
awesome soloists!!
lol i was a drum major too and i made the noises just like this!!!!!
When you give a mouse a cookie…..
Question for my audition: how do you focus when both of your hands are doing something different? For example if your doing a downbeat, strike, or crescendo with one hand, how do you continue to use your other hand so normally? It throws me off every time
there’s an exercise where you do one shaped with your left hand while snapping and one with your right hand while snapping, it takes practice. my best friend is a drum major of this band along side the boy in this video.
thank you very much!!
Another exercise I used to help with that is to just begin conducting a usual 4/4 time and then let you left hand drop out. Then when you feel comfortable raise your left hand up as if you are crescendoing for four beats then lower it to decrescendo for four beats. Do this over and over again and eventually go to two beats cresc and two beats decrescendo.
okay thank you! you're awesome
I L:OVE TH FRONT ENSEMBLE
bassline with the crazy splits
4:33 look down😊
omg i see myself
Amazing everyone give the GoPro a kiss
fire show
if only :( there isn't any marching in my area
DUDE FRONT ENSEMBLE IS CRAZY-HS DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH FRONT ENSEMBLE THEY HAD TO RECRUIT US 8TH PERCUSSION
Ok, I'm not a drum major myself, but can we all just agree that drum majors all have guts. Like, their guts are freakish. Those stands are scary asf. Do NOT lock your knees. Oh, GOD! Especially the lead drum major! Bro has a set of stairs that turns😭😭
I panic every time I see them at the top of a ladder with nothing but a thin rail on the front. Nothing to stop them going straight back if they move a little bit more. It’s nerve racking.
Dear god... My eldest sister was a drum major in high school (She just got accepted into college with a music program :D) and she freaked me the heck out when she was up there.@@Thornmarching
four door mini van
If there was a 7A class this band would be in it
There is
@@tristanperciful6609 Just looked it up and there is no 7A class for any bands including Texas bands.
@@tristanperciful6609not in Texas where these guys are at
@@ctk3316 Just found out that my band went up against 2 7A bands from Arkansas and beat them in the comp.
and were a 5A band
Do you have the camera attached to a chest accesory?
It's a head band contraption.
Questions, do you have a click or are you keeping time in your head?
I believe having a metronome running performance isn’t allowed in competition or at least that’s what my state does
In comps you can't have a metronome but this looks like rehearsal, so they might have a metronome
This account is run by the bass clarinet’s mom
I think he looks at feet from head snare
@@KiwiFinch😂
As a percussionist i must say they were rushing just a bit👌in the first piece feel free to correct me if im wrong
Yes I agree, I was one of the tenors. We definitely started a habit of rushing because the bass entrance at the beginning was always late, so we decided to keep rushing and couldn't stop😭😭
Bro is beatboxing xDDD
4 DOOR MINIVAN !!!!!!!!
Ooh this sounds cool! What’s the show name and theme?
Keys, music based on famous classical artists.
Hey are y’all going to Pearl tomorrow for competition
da! da! da! da! da!
damn, you have a large marching band
Why was there a bunch of trumpet's on the ground to the left of you??
Most likely for if something is wrong with someone's instrument out on the field they can run up and get a backup instrument and continue on without a problem.
It's because we have a Pride and Spirit group. The spirit group doesn't go to competitions, so they are usually working on other music or practicing their drill.
How did your band do in the competition?
For BOA we made school history by making it to the finals for the first time! Our UIL journey this year ended at Area due to a few things outside of our control, and some within it, but we have learned a lot and plan to take State by storm next year!
@@Thornmarching great for y’all!! Glad you made it to finals (:
@@Hanselfrei Thanks! Growing and learning!
6A?!
In my state it goes up to 7a
@@tristanperciful6609 no I was surprised that they were a 6A, I've seen a lot of 6A's but very few are this good.
Mines a 4A
Hm if u were my Drum Major i be wondering what u be wearing
(I play clarinet btw)
Yo what songs are these called
Epic pit
Camp bell
that is him, the soup man
Dang 6A in Kentucky doesn’t even exist
Wait why is there a trumpet stack on your left the whole show
Some trumpets probably just didn't bring their instruments on their field
Props
It's because we have a Pride and Spirit group. The spirit group doesn't go to competitions, so they are usually working on other music or practicing their drill.
did yall make state???
We did not. 😭😥
I’ll how I see this and we also have Beethoven in are thing
Why do yall have hats and plumes but preforming in shorts and t-shirts? Is it apart of yalls theme or what?
This was a rehearsal. I assume they’re wearing the plumes to get used to the weight when performing certain maneuvers.
what class is this a 5a band ?
6A
So you dont be down there dancing with the big stick?
campbells a great guy but him dancing with a big stick is my wost nightmare
no drumset 😭
we have a drumset right up front lmao
What school is this?
Frenship HS
I said 4 door minivan
where are their suuuuiiitts
This was a rehearsal
@@KiwiFinch0:43
@@hyabott5452The band director does that to mimic a competition environment. @Kiwifinch663 is in this band.
@@ThornmarchingOohhhh that makes sense
I can tell this dude is former drumline. Has to be
Nope. Trumpet player
@@KiwiFinch But.. but.. but the 4-door-minivan and the dutting 😔
@@bradykim84384 door minivan is something they all (in our band) say now, lol. If you watch the “When You Give a Band Kid a GoPro” video you will hear duts from kids on the field along with some colorful ways to remember the choreo.
@@Thornmarching Ah I see lol, it’s usually only our drumline that does that stuff at my school.
nope, just a silly not so little trumpet boy with a wide imagination
band kids are so wierd like get a life
Yet you came here looking for band content. 🤣
@@jordanplange5288people who say that ARE the band kids
@@jordanplange5288bro really went on every band kid phone to check if it’s actually true
@@jordanplange5288If you want to skip the criticism and go straight to me empathizing with you, skip to the second paragraph. Although, if you have time to spare, I recommend reading the first one, too, because it might encourage you to think with a different mindset.
Most band kids I know are just normal people idk what you're on about. Also bold of you to say get a life to us. There are band kids in my school who run cross country, on the baseball team, on the field hockey team, take multiple AP courses, so I guarantee that they have more of a life than you. The stereotypes for band kids are far from being accurate, and so I believe that you should have no shame for being a band kid, Mr. Jordan Plange, and that you saying you are a kid in band shows that you seek attention and want to be recognized as being special or different. OR, maybe you go to a very woke school where everyone is liberal, and the band kids are even weirder. We have a few people in our band who are a bit out there, but we go to a school where most people are very conservative and 40% of the school are rednecks, which is also a stereotype, but they are also just normal people who are usually genuine, nice people. What they like is just influenced by their surroundings and the people around them as they grew up, and going to a school that is surrounded by cornfields and longhorns will make you country.
I'm very sorry if you feel like you need to disassociate yourself from the rest of your band, because being in band isn't something you should need to be ashamed of. If there are some weird people in your band, you shouldn't need to worry about being grouped in with them if you make a good positive image for yourself. You also need to embrace what you have in common with your band mates, maybe if you got to know them, they won't seem so bad. From experience, NOBODY CARES that you are in band. Well, at least they won't think less of you. When they see you busting out your chops on that football field during halftime, they're gonna be bragging about you to their friends in the student section. I don't know what grade you are in, but if you are a underclassman in high school, you'll learn to embrace it. If you are an upperclassman, you are probably just annoyed by underclassman because they're still immature, but I GARAUNTEE that that's how upperclassmen thought of you when you were an underclassman. And if you are in middle school, then you haven't even true band. Nothing makes you bond more than sharing blood, sweat in tears during band camp, the whole day, every day, for two weeks at least🤣. And if you are in college, I REALLY don't know what your issue is because from what I've seen, colleges love their marching bands because of all the hype. Don't take this advice for granted, as you aren't going to get far by disassociating yourself from others, instead of embracing it and working together - A high school band kid that has yet to experience all of life himself.
@@jordanplange5288 We’re not going to tolerate any toxicity here. Band is one big family. We hold each other up, not tear each other down. If you can’t play well with others please find a new playground.
dude i know frenship. i go to legacy (how did yall get 5th at area lmao)
Ain’t that the question of the moment! I may or may not have shed a tear for the kids that night. 😢 Sometimes we learn more by being humbled from time-to-time. As much as it sucked, we have learnt and grown, and hopefully we’ll take Area by storm next year!
Tbh I don’t even know
@@Thornmarching were just out here trying to make finals lmao. judges rlly were interesting that day. put midland above yall lmao and then put us at 13th below central and odessa :/
@@gamerium8 Yeah, I dunno what the judges were smoking that day something felt off. I will say that Permian definitely deserved top honors and I only saw that unfinished show at BOA. I can’t imagine how much it grew between BOA and Area.
Did you guys make finals? Remind me what your show was?
@@Thornmarching our show was called badlands. basically the setting was in a national park and the sun was setting. and like the colorguard was bad while the rest of the band was like just the "scenery" kind of. it was stupid tbh. we used music from taylor swift and billie eilish it sounded bad unless done good
Aaahh it’s Campbell
he is silly isnt he