Seeing this in person was amazing and getting to “see” it with a mello cam being a mello myself makes me so happy and inspires me to try out eventually once I’m out of high school
Im a senior in high school and i marched drum corps for the first time this summer. You dont need to wait until your out of high school. Dont let time stop you from acomplishing your dreams.
I really wish I could do it sooner but my parents don't want me to. I'm working on trying to convince them to let me lol. Plus my school gets out really late so it would probably work out best for me to wait sadly
my director won’t let us bc our band program is super competitive and missing any band camp means we’re missing drill so i have to wait until my senior year, but luckily it is my senior year :)
Honestly I don't know if any show has taken me on a journey like this one has, even more so from the perspective of a performer. I really want to see more into whatever dystopian cyberpunk world Babylon takes place in because that shit could be a movie. Kudos to the design team for thinking up such a coherent product and to the corps for bringing it to life with such emotion.
Now imagine, just for a moment, an orchestra played this ballad ok, and when the hit comes, 12 French horns are standing in the back, facing the side with bells up playing the mello part... it's a truly glorious thought and needs to become reality.
This whole thing is so athletic and enthralling. Full of challenges and risks (you're on the platform with "diver gal" in the opener, sweet!). You guys are in olympian shape near the end of the season (new closer drill) and yet, you're winded. Just shows how very hard this was. Thanks sincerely for posting.
@@lbLevii have you seen some videos at finals? They are having the most fun of the entire season. They practice so much they are just having fun at that point. But also they had been at many shows before finals so they expect it and are just having fun.
Silly question from a drummer: why no gloves for rehearsal? Back when I marched (when dinosaurs walked the earth), the hornline always wore rehearsal gloves so sweat didn't damage the horns. We used horns for more than one year, though.
Good question! Since our uniform didn't have gloves and we wanted to make sure there was as little difference as possible between performing and rehearsing, we ditched the gloves. Also we didn't want visible glove tans.
@@zackslay2938 point is invalid, have you ever watched a rehearsal video ever? Short shorts and sports bras other corps in other years still have those gloves on.
I love this im a tuba from Camdenton Missouri prolly haven't heard of us but I love you guys so much keep it up! Especially the contras our director told us we weren't disciplined enough for contras lol
how do you manage your breathing so well during these full runs? it seems like you never have to take an extended break from playing from being out of breath.
Honestly, the breathing during this run isn't exactly my perfect example, but we practice mindful breathing throughout the whole run. There are specific chunks when we don't play where we meter our breathing to the music. Other times we slow our heart rates by taking slow deep inhales and slower exhales. This helps when we have to play because our bodies don't feel the stress as much from all the breathing prep. I wasn't always great at this and it took a lot of mindful practice to get it right. We also have specific breathing counts for every player, so having the same breathing plan every phrase really helps.
Did the props have to be welded every time you needed yo use them? I came to a rehearsal (which was awesome) and I noticed the props were being welded to be put on field
Take the clip, count how many frames the fall is. If the playback is 12 fps, take 1÷12 to determine the length of a frame. Multiply the amount of frames by how long 1 frame is and you will have a time. Square the time and multiply by 16. And that's the height. You still with me?
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I love when the corps that wins is the only corps without trumpet cameras
still waiting...
#MellosAreBetter
theres a trumpet who i think is wearing a headcam on the right 5:36 but given this was a year ago, poor guy probably didnt have it recorded
AchromicNebz
or the person didn’t post it...
:(
They said: "trumpets, don't mess things up this year. We love you, but you're too much" lol
The mello line for SCV this year was God tier. And the music definitely used that throughout the show.
Go back and listen to some of the lines when there were only 4 Mello's. They didn't have 15 other guys to hide behind if you were caught lackin'.
@@92vanguard i think the trick is that these guys aren't hiding despite their massive section
Seeing this in person was amazing and getting to “see” it with a mello cam being a mello myself makes me so happy and inspires me to try out eventually once I’m out of high school
Im a senior in high school and i marched drum corps for the first time this summer. You dont need to wait until your out of high school. Dont let time stop you from acomplishing your dreams.
I really wish I could do it sooner but my parents don't want me to. I'm working on trying to convince them to let me lol. Plus my school gets out really late so it would probably work out best for me to wait sadly
my director won’t let us bc our band program is super competitive and missing any band camp means we’re missing drill so i have to wait until my senior year, but luckily it is my senior year :)
@@chrisschuff9593 lol that shits expensive though
Tested Xylophone Agreed - just to go to an informational meeting is $175 or something
The guy that carried everyone's mellphone
“Big Brain Mode. A C T I V A T E.”
This happens at 12:00
Honestly I don't know if any show has taken me on a journey like this one has, even more so from the perspective of a performer. I really want to see more into whatever dystopian cyberpunk world Babylon takes place in because that shit could be a movie. Kudos to the design team for thinking up such a coherent product and to the corps for bringing it to life with such emotion.
This show takes me through a trip down memory lane from when I was sux watching my elder brothers performing in uil marching comp
I’d never finished watching and my jaw was flapping open on the floor before
What was your first impression when you saw that huge mello sustain at the end of the show on the sheet music?
Sean Patrick 💀💀💀
Jacksonville state university has that in their show this year
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Stone goes Super Saiyan 10:33
Noice🤣
Now imagine, just for a moment, an orchestra played this ballad ok, and when the hit comes, 12 French horns are standing in the back, facing the side with bells up playing the mello part... it's a truly glorious thought and needs to become reality.
i love the side conversations while they’re marching, it’s so funny to me
"Big Brain Mode activate!"
I always liked interlocking doughnuts!
*plays F for a solid 15 seconds*
This whole thing is so athletic and enthralling. Full of challenges and risks (you're on the platform with "diver gal" in the opener, sweet!). You guys are in olympian shape near the end of the season (new closer drill) and yet, you're winded. Just shows how very hard this was. Thanks sincerely for posting.
Those FINGERS like lightning
NovaInc. Level Asian
8:38 I can hear the snap every time and it’s so amazing
I nut every time
@@Theherobrine5 hold up
11:28 is just the greatest thing ever
His fingers move so damn fast i-
Prolly the cleanest run I’ve seen of this (afaict)
SamTheTrumpetMan stop using prolly, why can't you just type probably?
need some help does it matter?
I just want o know why you type that? Is it because it is shorter and quicker?
need some help yeah and less formal
need some help smh always has to be that one person who has to correct every little thing
ThatWasSexy
The man, the myth, the legend is here
you do realize the GoPro on your head for your Victory Run didn't record T___________T
ThatWasSexy are you serious
no way I'm like actually upset now
Stone Wang P.S. plz accept my friend request 😅
if that's your real name.. mad respect
Levi West it is lmao I’ve met him
This is actually my school. I’m sitting there in the audience watching them. I play mello! This is incredible!
What school?
Bravo! I've seen you guys perform all summer including the semi-finals and finals. I still can't get enough.
*BIG BRAIN MODE ACTIVATE*
First time watching this in a few years, still crazy how good this show was
that closer is amazing!
The horn snap during the ballad is just so satisfying!
I love the season when the goproz come out...❤💚. These are so fun to watch!
It still gives me chills
I liked how that rifle toss was just as high as you were towards the beginning. It just showed up and left.
i swear i have watch this video like 5000 times its so entertaining
Bad. Ass. Babylon is my all time favorite show and it was fun watching from the inside. Thanks Stone...well done.
I’m so happy to be recommended mello stuff... I feel like we are getting represented more and more :)
Real talk how did you control yourself and not smile during finals when everyone lost it at the snap up at 8:40
The real answer is they're too focused on getting it done well
@@lbLevii have you seen some videos at finals? They are having the most fun of the entire season. They practice so much they are just having fun at that point. But also they had been at many shows before finals so they expect it and are just having fun.
Best Mellophone Line EVER!!! It's been 2 years and I still cant get enough.
The energy throughout this whole show is insane O_o
OK Stone, this is amazing, but it gave this ol' SCV alum motion sickness. LOL! It was totally worth it though!
4:39 is like the loudest thing ever
oh and so is the rest of the show
EpicMeh 5:40 is loud as hell too the low brass is spicy🔥 too bad you can barely hear it in this video though
Everything about this show is literally godly. I can’t even imagine marching this.
The rips in the beginning are literally scary to listen to... but they're beautiful.
Haha I found you. I was at your Utah rehearsal and lot, and you kept on making weird faces at me. And kept laughing.
Are you sure that wasn't just me being weird in general? Hope you enjoyed the lot, though!
Stone Wang oh I loved it. Absolutely blew my mind
THEY CALL HIM JOHNNY TWO MELLOPHONE
"He gonna hit those high notes .... Hit those high notes"
Thank you to the middle voices. Mellos are awesome.
i need to learn that dance break 😂
This was at my high school and holy hell, it blew me away
John Johnson negative
For sure the best go pro video I’ve ever seen
Justyce M hi justyce i know you!
Jesus, what kind of valve oil do y'all use? My horn would lodge a complaint if I tried to play anything that fast.
Siyual they have new horns so that’s why
John Johnson Yamaha’s synthetic valve oil is the shit. Inarguably better than 95% of everything on the market
I know I am late but if you want a cheap halfway decent valve oil try Blue Juice
My school uses Blue Juice
@@elongatednugget8541 blue juice is the forbidden bug juice
Alrighty stone I know I asked for music last year and you surprisingly gave it to me, but I really really need the ballad music like please :)
Gabriel Turman Did he give you the whole ouroboros mellophone music?
I forget that these incredible performers are my age
How hot did those props get in the sun? Looks like they would burn you when you sat on them
They got pretty hot at times! But it's okay, we would be smart with them when they got too hot. It was never a huge issue.
THIS IS SHOW IS LITERALLY PERFECT!!!! SO AMAZING
Silly question from a drummer: why no gloves for rehearsal? Back when I marched (when dinosaurs walked the earth), the hornline always wore rehearsal gloves so sweat didn't damage the horns. We used horns for more than one year, though.
Good question! Since our uniform didn't have gloves and we wanted to make sure there was as little difference as possible between performing and rehearsing, we ditched the gloves. Also we didn't want visible glove tans.
@@zackslay2938 point is invalid, have you ever watched a rehearsal video ever? Short shorts and sports bras other corps in other years still have those gloves on.
I love this im a tuba from Camdenton Missouri prolly haven't heard of us but I love you guys so much keep it up! Especially the contras our director told us we weren't disciplined enough for contras lol
"big brain mode, activated"
I almost lost it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
When you guys came to va beach va for a rehearsal man you had everyone on the edge of there seats.
When you get above a 32 on a test 12:00
how do you manage your breathing so well during these full runs? it seems like you never have to take an extended break from playing from being out of breath.
Honestly, the breathing during this run isn't exactly my perfect example, but we practice mindful breathing throughout the whole run. There are specific chunks when we don't play where we meter our breathing to the music. Other times we slow our heart rates by taking slow deep inhales and slower exhales. This helps when we have to play because our bodies don't feel the stress as much from all the breathing prep. I wasn't always great at this and it took a lot of mindful practice to get it right. We also have specific breathing counts for every player, so having the same breathing plan every phrase really helps.
Its kinda like stone said, I ran in track so we had to do the same thing, control our breathing with slow deep inhales and exhales
I will for ever insist that the mellophones have the coolest part of the whole ballad section which is saying something.
i like the duel wielding at the start when you jump off the prop
You guys and gals are frickin' STUDS.
Did the props have to be welded every time you needed yo use them? I came to a rehearsal (which was awesome) and I noticed the props were being welded to be put on field
nah, we just did repairs every once in a while!
I am for sure that the 1 dislike is a bluedevils fan 😂
Awesome playing. Name adds to the effect!
10:17 i like how my guy rolls of the prop
Me too
Catch me at 11:00-11:11 saving the flag. I basically saved your gopro run
10:31 I felt that yell in my bones lmaoo
I love mellos ❤
This doesn't LOOK like "Claw Cam"
This is it. This is best mello book.
Proof that JD Shaw’s writing is god-tier...
Can we apperciate at 5:23 how he runs from the 35-40 yard line to the 30 yard line on the other side of the field in a matter of seconds?
Yes, we can bro. Underrated comment.
1:43 This is what you came for
ily Stone
ily
those quads
Great horn player
A guy from my high schools marching band went into this group :)
His name is Jacob McMullan
11:05 these horn snaps are crazy, it lasted 8 frames
Nice shirt dude!
Stone Wang is an excellent name
Yes, the superior instrument
So my friend bought a trumpet from them this year and his third valve slide is really messed up from the horn snaps lol
Anthony Halstead I believe it ahaha, it was really cool but I’m sure brutal to the instruments
almost forgot to watch this today
Just here for 8:43
8:39 the moment we all came for
11:38 god that was nice
I wish I was this good
I'm trying to figure out how tall those platforms are when the mello jumps towards the beginning. It looks about 10 feet?
Take the clip, count how many frames the fall is. If the playback is 12 fps, take 1÷12 to determine the length of a frame. Multiply the amount of frames by how long 1 frame is and you will have a time. Square the time and multiply by 16. And that's the height.
You still with me?
If your playback is 30 fps, take 1÷30. Etc
@@jacobhanekamp2534 what
@@mazda_rt24-p he literally taught everyone how to do the math and figure it out themselves. Not difficult stuff.
How do you snap the horn like that? Also what brand mellophone is that
they're Yamaha's (late response but who cares)
10:18 the way the guy backflips is the type you see in movies
2:35 Y E E T
That was so good it gave me a stone wang
8:39 😱😱😱😱😱😱
Jesus, the quality is insane. Hero 6?
Came for the POV not possible in my youth, stayed for the "stone wang" comments
uh first year on mellophone and this scares me
Chronklongshlong same
8:35 In love.
I can’t believe big brain was predicted by this guy
R.E.S.P.E.C.T - from an SCV Middle Horn player of the 80s.
What go pro was this shot on? The quality is great!
Ashly Cordova most dci people use hero 5s!
Could you possibly have some music posted? I really want to attempt to learn this for mello
is this one of those times where everyone signed up to be in the guard
8:30 - someone get that guy some sunscreen PLEASE!!
I aspire to be this good.