I love how much perspective this gives the drum solo. The broadcast made it seem so chaotic but here you get to hear the interplay between the parts so well.
I have been watching DCI since the mid/late 70's and the Cavaliers '92 drumline is, to this day, the best I've ever heard. Very difficult book performed to perfection and very appealing to the average fan.
Finally! A 92 Cavies lot vid after years of waiting. Awesome and thank you. You have some great stuff! Keep it coming. I appreciate the upload quality as well.
This was the first time I saw DCI and this show blew my young mind seeing it live. I ruined my VHS tape i watched this show so much. Fortunately, my band director had a extra copy.
The book may have been easy, but sometimes simple is better. This show had a raw muscularity to it, and the percussion writing contributed a lot to that vibe. It was also written and performed musically as all hell. I was there at finals and it was bad ass.
What most people didn't understand about this technique was that it was wasn't focused on pushing the boundaries of speed or complexity. Yeah...not any moeller going on here. But there is some unmistakable precision and sound quality. Their focus was to hit the drum as hard as possible at every dynamic level. And believe me....peopled LOVED to HATE on the 1990's Cavie lines....while the Cavies were literally eating their lunch on the drum scores. I loved all those years, 93, 95, 96, 97, and 99 probably being my favorites.
I'm the tall guy on the end of the snare line (with the most air time). If anyone wants to blame the writing on someone, blame it on me. I was probably the weakest player in that line. Nonetheless, 9.9 in perc performance, so....
@Micah Lall-Trail Typically in those days Cavies would have the new guys write the book, but I was the last one selected so I missed most of the writing sessions.
Hi Mitch! I was in a smaller corp in 92 (played tenors) but loved catching you guys after our show. This is one of my all-time favorite overall shows and drumline books. One of the guys from this line was at UNT with me. I have some questions for you about this line if you don't mind. How can I reach you?
Really really good drum book. Great line, and that ending with the snares leaned back and those legendary taped up bottoms. Everyone was talkin about you guys and NOBODY can take that away! 😎
I love the old school. The one part of drumline that is light years from where it used to be is tenor drumming. I have to admit I much rather have todays writing style but I sure do appreciate the old school.
The problem with today's tenor drumming is that the parts are written to be difficult and to impress other percussion players. Rarely if ever is today's writing justified musically. Today's drum corps is all about difficultly, which is not musically, and does not always translate to the audience. This is why DCI sucks today. While I loathed this drumline for their simplicity, the musicality of their percussion music amazed me. In the Scouts, we had musical music too but a lot of our parts were jams. The Cavies type of music was perfectly suited for an orchestral type of percussion writing unique with all kinds of sounds and timbre and they did not overplay. That's why they won.
HEY Sean!! For the longest I wondered if any of you from the Tenor line still had the sheet music to this. I remember you showing me some of it while we were at UNT
@@evanspaulding4459 I have a recording from Finals that sounds like it was from the judges box. You can hear some talking but it's pretty much a raw mono recording with none of the mic-placement problems. I found it on CZcams. I can send an MP3 to your e-mail.
Clean writing though...i just remember being part of a large group of DCI members that offered the Cavies drumline towels...lots of towels!!!! Cause they were SOAKING WET from being SO HOSED DOWN!
Probably used the towels to wipe the fingerprints off the Sanford Trophy they won that year. Only after you used them to dry your tears after watching their victory performance from...wait for it...THE STANDS.
Drumlines with playing fewer and fewer rudiments. They were on their way to become a marching band, and today they have accomplished that. There are no longer any real drum and bugle Corps. Today is June 7th 2022. They have reached their goal, marching bands, superimposed on a three ring circus. The activity has lost many many followers throughout the entire United States and Canada. In my opinion, the demise of the activity is DCI. They priced themselves almost out of business 100%. With demands on traveling if you want to continue to be competitive, and to cover expenses today the dues, are through the roof. At one point in our history that were approximately 7,000 drum and bugle Corps throughout the United States and Canada. It was a great youth activity. Old-school du's were approximately 10 to $20 a year. And if a member could not even afford that, the organization would pick it up.
i want to be objective. I truly do. so I emphasize the writing and rhythms are EFFECTIVE and CLEVER. But extremely EASY! contrast this with 1994 Cadets drumline's difficulty: czcams.com/video/icwK4PWJ-zU/video.html
can't stop watching the last 4 minutes of this vid. such good writing and nobody plays beats like this anymore. Love it.
I love how much perspective this gives the drum solo. The broadcast made it seem so chaotic but here you get to hear the interplay between the parts so well.
It's so nice to hear some "mid tempo" stuff again. Nowadays it's lightening fast or it's a ballad.
+Eric Bolivar ----I know, right? This takes me back! :)
Thanks! I wasn't sure how the quality would come out. I think I was 15 when I filmed this.
I have been watching DCI since the mid/late 70's and the Cavaliers '92 drumline is, to this day, the best I've ever heard. Very difficult book performed to perfection and very appealing to the average fan.
Finally! A 92 Cavies lot vid after years of waiting. Awesome and thank you. You have some great stuff! Keep it coming. I appreciate the upload quality as well.
Will always be my favorite show and was my final motivation to join the corps.
This was the first time I saw DCI and this show blew my young mind seeing it live. I ruined my VHS tape i watched this show so much. Fortunately, my band director had a extra copy.
Nobody does 8 base drums better than this line in that drum feature. NOBODY!
I never thought I'd see the day. Oh my gosh, this is beautiful. Thank you!!!!!
The book may have been easy, but sometimes simple is better. This show had a raw muscularity to it, and the percussion writing contributed a lot to that vibe. It was also written and performed musically as all hell. I was there at finals and it was bad ass.
this is fucking bad ass. that last run of the drum solo was ridiculous
What most people didn't understand about this technique was that it was wasn't focused on pushing the boundaries of speed or complexity. Yeah...not any moeller going on here. But there is some unmistakable precision and sound quality. Their focus was to hit the drum as hard as possible at every dynamic level. And believe me....peopled LOVED to HATE on the 1990's Cavie lines....while the Cavies were literally eating their lunch on the drum scores. I loved all those years, 93, 95, 96, 97, and 99 probably being my favorites.
I'm the tall guy on the end of the snare line (with the most air time). If anyone wants to blame the writing on someone, blame it on me. I was probably the weakest player in that line. Nonetheless, 9.9 in perc performance, so....
Mitch Waldrep get it together, you SOB! 😂😜
@Micah Lall-Trail Of course not, but Jim had to write something easy enough for me to play it 😂
@Micah Lall-Trail Typically in those days Cavies would have the new guys write the book, but I was the last one selected so I missed most of the writing sessions.
Hi Mitch! I was in a smaller corp in 92 (played tenors) but loved catching you guys after our show. This is one of my all-time favorite overall shows and drumline books. One of the guys from this line was at UNT with me. I have some questions for you about this line if you don't mind. How can I reach you?
Really really good drum book. Great line, and that ending with the snares leaned back and those legendary taped up bottoms. Everyone was talkin about you guys and NOBODY can take that away! 😎
I love the old school. The one part of drumline that is light years from where it used to be is tenor drumming. I have to admit I much rather have todays writing style but I sure do appreciate the old school.
The problem with today's tenor drumming is that the parts are written to be difficult and to impress other percussion players. Rarely if ever is today's writing justified musically. Today's drum corps is all about difficultly, which is not musically, and does not always translate to the audience. This is why DCI sucks today. While I loathed this drumline for their simplicity, the musicality of their percussion music amazed me. In the Scouts, we had musical music too but a lot of our parts were jams. The Cavies type of music was perfectly suited for an orchestral type of percussion writing unique with all kinds of sounds and timbre and they did not overplay. That's why they won.
Unaccustomed to seeing a Cavalier line hit the drum so hard from these “3, 6, 9, 12” years.
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Good times & clean beats!
HEY Sean!! For the longest I wondered if any of you from the Tenor line still had the sheet music to this. I remember you showing me some of it while we were at UNT
Tenor mallets😍
I miss the full tone and attack from tenor mallets. Tenor sticks sound so tinny, thin and brittle to me.
It's a shame the official DCI recording of this show sounds like crap ! You cannot hear the clean beats they are really playing :(
Listen to this. Much more illustrative of the clean beats than the DCI recording. soundcloud.com/spauldo/cavaliers-1992-drumsolo-and .
@@evanspaulding4459 I have a recording from Finals that sounds like it was from the judges box. You can hear some talking but it's pretty much a raw mono recording with none of the mic-placement problems. I found it on CZcams. I can send an MP3 to your e-mail.
KILL!!!! WE PLAY DRUMS, WE PLAY DRUMS, WE...PLAY...DRUMS
30 years ago they started the dut tap offs..... nothing is new.
Clean writing though...i just remember being part of a large group of DCI members that offered the Cavies drumline towels...lots of towels!!!! Cause they were SOAKING WET from being SO HOSED DOWN!
Probably used the towels to wipe the fingerprints off the Sanford Trophy they won that year. Only after you used them to dry your tears after watching their victory performance from...wait for it...THE STANDS.
Is that the best drum break?
WOW. this book is ridiculously EASY...Mind you Tom Float spent a good part of 1992 making fun of Cavies...I know I WAS THERE!
--VK '92
Cool story, champ.
VK '92? Not sure you should be making fun of anyone, Chief. You finished in what place in drums that year?
No still not done, still not done, still not done, NOW WE'RE DONE? What a let down 😑
Drumlines with playing fewer and fewer rudiments. They were on their way to become a marching band, and today they have accomplished that. There are no longer any real drum and bugle Corps. Today is June 7th 2022. They have reached their goal, marching bands, superimposed on a three ring circus. The activity has lost many many followers throughout the entire United States and Canada. In my opinion, the demise of the activity is DCI. They priced themselves almost out of business 100%. With demands on traveling if you want to continue to be competitive, and to cover expenses today the dues, are through the roof. At one point in our history that were approximately 7,000 drum and bugle Corps throughout the United States and Canada. It was a great youth activity. Old-school du's were approximately 10 to $20 a year. And if a member could not even afford that, the organization would pick it up.
Some of the easiest book ever played in the top 12....it better be clean/tight as hell...good grief!
i want to be objective. I truly do. so I emphasize the writing and rhythms are EFFECTIVE and CLEVER. But extremely EASY!
contrast this with 1994 Cadets drumline's difficulty:
czcams.com/video/icwK4PWJ-zU/video.html