[color=blue]I waz @ the filming of DRUMLINE and the movie in my opinion waz good,but the movie is very one sided.
This movie waz mainly all about HBCU`z(Historically Black College or University)Marhcing bandz, FOX had 2 keep tha audience intrest in mind. Basically DCI drumlines may be more into rudiments and percision but who wantz to watch a movie about that? it iz very boring as compared 2 a traditional marching style where they try 2 put more entertainment with music. To me it waz tha best way show that marching bandz are more than just a bunch of nerdz playing on a feild.[/color]

DCI boring? Try lookin at Cavaliers `02, Bergen Cadets from `03, or Santa Clara`s Electric Wheelchair (several years) Then get back to me...

ya... i guess the movie was alright for an audience... but i just dont want people thinking they know everything about drums by just watching that movie. yea its a great ispiration for playing but when u have kids saying "all u gotta do is put it in slo mo" then u have a problem. theres more out there than drumline the movie. especially when u have kids trying to join the drumline at ur school just because they saw the movie. and they arent dedicated to the practices and learning the movie. they just wanna impress. DRUM CORPS INTERNATIONAL.

Lookin` forward to `04 I`ll be watchin` in Allentown!

Me, I got into drum corps long after age-out (played set all my life). Marching with Syracuse Brigadiers Alumni Corps - http://www.brigadiersalumniassn.org

Tom Johnson

drumline might not be the best movie to watch to learn tricks and stuff, but it still is something. isnt it better to know lots of things and know a variety then know one set of drills?

Hey guy, the movie drumline sucks. If you really want to learn some cool riffs and tricks.......... check out D.C.I(drum corps international).

I`ve been playing snare drum for 5 years, and what most people said are right. It`s the rudiments and rolls and how u play is what gets u in drumline. Stick tricks is something me and my friends do for fun and show. but u asked for a stick trick. Start in traditional. hit the left stick with ur right repeatedly so the left stick goes up and down rapidly. Tuck in your thumb under the stick so it goes on the wrist. Keeping on hitting the stick so it still hits the snare drum in fast 18th notes. Practice this until u got it. Then start walking around the snare drum.

Hey Dude You just have to freestyle it man Don`t think about what your playing just play, and I can teach you the rim cadence its: (Rim) 1234, 1 beat on snare Rim 234 1234 123 1231234 12 12 12 111, I Know its hard to read but just think about the rhythm, and then once you get that just add your own style to
it hope you pimp it out!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Dude You just have to freestyle it man Don`t think about what your playing just play, and I can teach you the rim cadence its: (Rim) 1234, 1 beat on snare Rim 234 1234 123 1231234 12 12 12 111, I Know its hard to read but just think about the rhythm, and then once you get that just add your own style to
it hope you pimp it out!!!!!!!!!!

Another way of describing that rhythm: 16th notes on the rim, snare on 2, 4, ah of 4 in 1st measure, snare on 2 and 4e+a in 2nd measure.

I know every young guy (teenager) wants to play some cool stuff like the fictional A&T in Drumline. Here`s a thought: by learning rudiments and reading, that stuff will seem like childs play!

Go to Vic Firths rudiments website at http://www.vicfirth.com/education/rudiments.html and listen to some of the Flam/Drag rudiments or the Quadrant D exercises at the bottom. Also check out the DCI I&E solos at drumhard.com http://www.drumhard.com/pages/media.asp

Can you guys tell me how to read music out loud?
I want to know something else than 1,2,3,4.

I hate to say it, but those vocalization methods rely on the old "1-e-and-ah 2-e-and-ah..." counting in order to make sense.

However, by counting out loud while practicing (with a metronome), it will help strengthen your sense of time and meter.

It will also enable you to "count in your head" and lock into the rest of the line. For drumset, with your hands and feet doing different things, this will prove indispensable!

Thanks for the reply but that`s not what I meant.
I meant something like teh tikit tikit and stuff like that.
Almost like a chant.