Vic Firth takes you BEYOND THE LOT with the “DOUBLE BEAT” exercise from the 2021 Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps. In this video, you’ll first see the exercise played at 100% speed with the snares, tenors and bass line together, then we’ll break it down with the notation on the screen – first with […]

1:28 Quads 2:46 Bass 5:00 Cymbals Lot footage of Golden Empire Drumline from Saturday July 8th at the Seattle Summer Music Games. This line was jammin! Also there was a dog there for the entire lot that was not phased by the amount of volume whatsoever. Was pretty cool to watch actually.

David Ware performs his 2017 snare solo entitled “Catalyst”.

Spirit Tenors playing through warm ups in the Lot. 2019 Finals Week – Indy —– Video – Canon 80D Audio – Rode Stereo Mic Pro Leave a comment about what you think of them. I DO have some cymbal footage to upload still =) Support the channel with a subscription and don’t miss out when […]

18 months after shooting my last drumline video at the 2019 DCI World Championships, I had the privilege of filming Rockwood Winter Percussion at Rockwood Summit High School yesterday on February 20th, 2021. The ensemble is under the direction of Peter Repp and they are performing a show by Box Six entitle “Ripple Effect.” Rockwood […]

George and Rob chat with drum corps legend and WGI Director of Percussion Mark Thurston about his time in the marching arts. Time Code 0:00 – Intro 2:39 – The beginning 7:40 – Going to Crossmen in 1979 12:05 – Early 1980’s Crossmen 15:59 – 1982 Crossmen, too clean too early 21:34 – Robbie Robinson […]

2022 Pulse Percussion performing their entire program in the lot at the SCPA Arcadia show on February 5th, 2022. Pulse Percussion is using Vic Firth sticks and mallets, Yamaha drums, Remo Drumheads, and Zildjian cymbals. Check out more lot vids on our Youtube channel as well as more content on our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and […]

UP Bass in subs at WGI – Semifinals on 04/22/22

Vic Firth presents PETAL HIGH SCHOOL – the 2022 WGI FINALIST Scholastic World ensemble IN THE LOT! Stay tuned for MORE videos from the lot in Dayton, OH! PIW Highlights: https://youtu.be/0R0tyM5LTf8 PSW Highlights: https://youtu.be/vCeqmw6qYzc ———————————————— FOLLOW US! ➤Website: http://www.vicfirth.com ➤YouTube: http://youtube.com/vicfirthdrumsticks ➤YouTube (Marching): http://youtube.com/vicfirthmarching ➤YouTube (Concert): http://youtube.com/vicfirthconcert ➤Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicfirth ➤Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicfirth

Time Code 0:00 – Crossmen searching for an identity in the mid 1980’s 3:02 – Making Finals in 1989 5:58 – 1990 Crossmen 8:49 – Early 1990’s Crossmen groove 12:32 – Changing technique 16:29 – Switching to Premier 20:53 – Mark’s love of writing for bottom bass 23:10 – Writing music for 1992 25:33 – […]

2022 Chino Hills High School Drumline playing some of their show music in the lot at the SCPA Rancho Cucamonga Show on February 12th, 2022. The most dominant high school drumline of the last 10 years is back again with an incredible group of young kids to take on the world of indoor drumming. The […]