Reminds me a lot of 2011 in that the difficulty is in the openness and space between the notes as much as the notes themselves. At first glance, it may not seem as "difficult" as a lot of lines are attempting, but "the simple things" are what those other lines are not executing quite as well as this line as of the last few days in my opinion... the thing is, those "simple things" open rythems, isolated attacks etc are the most difficult to clean and get consistent... it requires a level of togetherness and chemistry between the members that is rarely achieved...but wtf do I know 😂 Just my humble opinion. Kudos to these hard working kids and staff! Keep is the zone and keep pushing! ❤🙏
This is kind of a weird request but if you could get like maybe a slo-mo shot of that crazy casey claw thing (10:38) that the snares do that would be awesome.
I'll eat crow because the beauty of drum Corps is that it's not over til it's over... and... This drumline is way cleaner than they were two weeks ago and I'm sure the quality is there on the field. I still don't think this content is better than BAC or Crown and they owe that Aussie tip to their incredible front ensemble. Hands down. But the boys are clean enough. Now.
This line is super consistent and they have an incredible front ensemble but if Boston comes out swinging all three nights I think they will edge them out just based on how early Cavies go on. Both great percussion sections for sure!
@@spellingchampeon Because they are clean, the parts are well coordinated with the front ensemble and the brass without taking away from the total picture of what they are trying to communicate as a musical unit. They have some exposure to error and they execute consistently. I really think the factors and elements mentioned above add up to serious contention for the Sanford. Kids hootin', screaming and hollerin' in the lot doesn't always add up to what will win on the field when the chips are down. Just an observation based on 40 plus years of watching & participating in D.C.I.
@@spellingchampeon I will defer to DennisJohnsonDrummer's expertise here, but a common knock against the Cavies lines have always been that the "don't play enough notes." However, they are a six-time Sanford winner and their lines are always super clean with well-coordinated, yet subtle visuals, and excellent technique. I can't comment as to the coordination with the front ensemble and brass because that is over my pay grade. While McNutt and ScoJo continue to one up each other with lines that seem to play extended ram sessions with mind-boggling time signatures and shifts, the Cavs just continue to do what they do. While it may not be as sexy as Boston, BD, or Bloo, they just simply do it well.
@@TheSurgicalOne Well said surgical one. Cleanliness is always a plus, especially when it is consistent. When a line is clean AND musical, that's hard to beat. Just ask Rennick and Santa Clara. I really miss them this year and hope they get back out there doing what they do.
if they win the Sanford this year it's gonna be 3 for 3 in the past 10 years that a Yamaha line winning drums has the exact same drum finish. cadets 2013, bluecoats 2022, potentially cavies 2023 - all with the classic maple finish. what are the odds
Boston wasn’t clean and their front ensemble did not have the same level of notes that their battery was playing. High percussion includes the front ensemble, remember?
How is the world is this even placing in the top 6 for percussion? It's fairly clean, certainly no cleaner than BD or Boston. The difference is, at least for snare, other than a few parts in the feature their book is scarcely above HS level difficulty. Meanwhile Boston and BD are playing crazy difficult books and are easily as clean, if not cleaner. All this said - I've not seen them on the field yet, so maybe they're considerably cleaner on the field, but still, even if it was airtight it the simple writing should preclude them from any top placement consideration IMO.
It's a little cleaner than Boston and WAY cleaner than BD. BD and Boston look like they have harder content because they ram (i.e. doing a triplet roll with some 4-2s in it) but Cavies have more vocabulary and space. Cadets, BAC et. al. have proven that people can play 4-2s and other wacky chop stuff but listen to them in their unisons and almost every entrance, there are so many ticks that are so much more evident to judges now. If DCI still had field judges, could this be different? Maybe. All of that being said, cavaliers are nailing unisons, play their breaks and exposed percussion bits super well, and their percussion (including pit) as a whole is playing together with very few sound differences. Not to mention the touch across the snares, tenors, and bass are immaculate.
@@Richey13 I appreciate the thoughtful response wholly. Cavies unison is literally hand to hand sixteenth notes. Their add ins, sixteenth notes. All at moderate tempos. Their books is simple. Not that this is a thing, but I'm guessing BD could site read the Cavies book and play it cleaner. Conversely, Cavies couldn't play a single movement of BD's book without falling apart. It's not that difficulty is king, but without it, the activity becomes focused on gimmicks rather than actual talented performances.
dirty and hard is not nearly as impressive as semi-easy and piss clean. being at allentown and watching the BD snare line cut 5 reps in a row of their feature puts a little perspective, videos online can’t for most people. I can understand where you’re coming from but you can’t really judge without witnessing in person. these guys are undeniable.
Clean is clean. If 2 drumlines play 8's and one line ticks the attack, and another doesn't, which line is better? It doesn't matter what you play; consistency, and cleanliness are the name of the game. There is a LOT of space here, and a LOT of quality to every single note, and there's not a lot of stuff that they let get by them. There is a reason they've been at the top of the leaderboard in percussion for so long.
That snare plane is all over the place and jumbly looking, all good notes and technique throughout, the plane is the only thing that is painfully obvious, here, and usually the cavies have the most level plane... This is a new one
Reminds me a lot of 2011 in that the difficulty is in the openness and space between the notes as much as the notes themselves. At first glance, it may not seem as "difficult" as a lot of lines are attempting, but "the simple things" are what those other lines are not executing quite as well as this line as of the last few days in my opinion... the thing is, those "simple things" open rythems, isolated attacks etc are the most difficult to clean and get consistent... it requires a level of togetherness and chemistry between the members that is rarely achieved...but wtf do I know 😂 Just my humble opinion. Kudos to these hard working kids and staff! Keep is the zone and keep pushing! ❤🙏
louis cole on quads
0:16 matt damon on snare
If they don't win high drums this year, something's definitely wrong !!! Extremely tight and consistently in the pocket... all the time !!!
Good Call
I remember that :) Great seeing you, Robert!
This is kind of a weird request but if you could get like maybe a slo-mo shot of that crazy casey claw thing (10:38) that the snares do that would be awesome.
This is so good I play snare and bass in a small town marching band Wish we had a percussion that’s good.
You got it dude
That bass line is so tasty…clean tight line, some people confuse tons of notes for hard…
truly making it look easy, its mature, relaxed and confident
cuz it is easy lolol
@@r05esOh is it? Jump on in, Vince. You won’t make it to the end of the first block. Lol 🤡
@@r05eslemme see you play it bucko
@@Adrumguy21009 lol apologies I guess I shouldve wrote its easy COMPARED TO OTHER BOOKS IM SEEING... 'bucko'
Stellar bassline
I love everything.
I'll eat crow because the beauty of drum Corps is that it's not over til it's over... and... This drumline is way cleaner than they were two weeks ago and I'm sure the quality is there on the field.
I still don't think this content is better than BAC or Crown and they owe that Aussie tip to their incredible front ensemble. Hands down.
But the boys are clean enough. Now.
This line is super consistent and they have an incredible front ensemble but if Boston comes out swinging all three nights I think they will edge them out just based on how early Cavies go on. Both great percussion sections for sure!
Nah
one more night like last night and I will agree with you
@@beaumartin366
@@beaumartin366 yup they earned it good for them!
That ending is so much better.
Frameworks ending
Go Paxton!
Looks and sounds like a Sanford for the Cavies this year.
On the contrary I truly don’t understand why they have been winning, I don’t think they should even be in contention
@@spellingchampeon Because they are clean, the parts are well coordinated
with the front ensemble and the brass without taking away from the total picture
of what they are trying to communicate as a musical unit. They have some
exposure to error and they execute consistently. I really think the factors and
elements mentioned above add up to serious contention for the Sanford.
Kids hootin', screaming and hollerin' in the lot doesn't always add up to what
will win on the field when the chips are down. Just an observation based on
40 plus years of watching & participating in D.C.I.
@@spellingchampeon I will defer to DennisJohnsonDrummer's expertise here, but a common knock against the Cavies lines have always been that the "don't play enough notes." However, they are a six-time Sanford winner and their lines are always super clean with well-coordinated, yet subtle visuals, and excellent technique. I can't comment as to the coordination with the front ensemble and brass because that is over my pay grade. While McNutt and ScoJo continue to one up each other with lines that seem to play extended ram sessions with mind-boggling time signatures and shifts, the Cavs just continue to do what they do. While it may not be as sexy as Boston, BD, or Bloo, they just simply do it well.
@@TheSurgicalOne Well said surgical one. Cleanliness is always a plus,
especially when it is consistent. When a line is clean AND musical, that's
hard to beat. Just ask Rennick and Santa Clara. I really miss them this
year and hope they get back out there doing what they do.
Smokin’ whoooo!!
if they win the Sanford this year it's gonna be 3 for 3 in the past 10 years that a Yamaha line winning drums has the exact same drum finish. cadets 2013, bluecoats 2022, potentially cavies 2023 - all with the classic maple finish. what are the odds
Quads were so sexy
For the spock roll 👍😎
tim jackson definitely wrote some of this body
Bass line alone could have won drums. 🔥
12:44 Is that a cheeky jab or just coincidence
Cavaliers did it first in 2011
For the algorithm. 🤙
Why don't you just comment something about the video
Bros been doing this for like 3 years in every dci vid. I think he might be doing it for the algorithm
@danielnotdaylewis2790who do you think
@danielnotdaylewis2790 I am "bro" and am in fact doing this for the algorithm. 😎✊
LOOK, MOM--THE JUNKYARD DOGS ARE HEEEEERRRRREEEEEEEE! 🐶
what sticks do the snares use?
FS-4’s
Bret Kuhn's😊
11:11 don't break
Can’t agree that this beats BC in content.
Boston wasn’t clean and their front ensemble did not have the same level of notes that their battery was playing. High percussion includes the front ensemble, remember?
@@Luckyjasondrum lay off that smoke. BC was clean and difficult. Cavies we’re clean.
How is the world is this even placing in the top 6 for percussion? It's fairly clean, certainly no cleaner than BD or Boston. The difference is, at least for snare, other than a few parts in the feature their book is scarcely above HS level difficulty. Meanwhile Boston and BD are playing crazy difficult books and are easily as clean, if not cleaner. All this said - I've not seen them on the field yet, so maybe they're considerably cleaner on the field, but still, even if it was airtight it the simple writing should preclude them from any top placement consideration IMO.
It's a little cleaner than Boston and WAY cleaner than BD. BD and Boston look like they have harder content because they ram (i.e. doing a triplet roll with some 4-2s in it) but Cavies have more vocabulary and space. Cadets, BAC et. al. have proven that people can play 4-2s and other wacky chop stuff but listen to them in their unisons and almost every entrance, there are so many ticks that are so much more evident to judges now. If DCI still had field judges, could this be different? Maybe.
All of that being said, cavaliers are nailing unisons, play their breaks and exposed percussion bits super well, and their percussion (including pit) as a whole is playing together with very few sound differences. Not to mention the touch across the snares, tenors, and bass are immaculate.
@@Richey13 I appreciate the thoughtful response wholly. Cavies unison is literally hand to hand sixteenth notes. Their add ins, sixteenth notes. All at moderate tempos. Their books is simple. Not that this is a thing, but I'm guessing BD could site read the Cavies book and play it cleaner. Conversely, Cavies couldn't play a single movement of BD's book without falling apart. It's not that difficulty is king, but without it, the activity becomes focused on gimmicks rather than actual talented performances.
dirty and hard is not nearly as impressive as semi-easy and piss clean. being at allentown and watching the BD snare line cut 5 reps in a row of their feature puts a little perspective, videos online can’t for most people. I can understand where you’re coming from but you can’t really judge without witnessing in person. these guys are undeniable.
Clean is clean. If 2 drumlines play 8's and one line ticks the attack, and another doesn't, which line is better? It doesn't matter what you play; consistency, and cleanliness are the name of the game. There is a LOT of space here, and a LOT of quality to every single note, and there's not a lot of stuff that they let get by them. There is a reason they've been at the top of the leaderboard in percussion for so long.
5:32
Sorry, I just don’t get it. This is a clean open class book, at best.
Oh is it? Because it looks like it just won the Sanford for World Class. Lol
Be quiet
That snare plane is all over the place and jumbly looking, all good notes and technique throughout, the plane is the only thing that is painfully obvious, here, and usually the cavies have the most level plane... This is a new one