Drum Corps International (DCI)

2013 Blue Stars Drumline warming up in the lot at the 2013 DCI World Championships in Indianapolis, IN.

2006 Blue Devils warming up in the finals lot of the DCI World Championships in Madison, Wisconsin.

2008 Music City Mystique playing through their music in the parking lot of the WGI World championships in Dayton, Ohio.

2014 Blue Knights Drumline playing through their show music in the Semi-Finals Lot of the DCI World Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Vic Firth takes you BEYOND THE LOT with early season footage of the Cadets’ 2016 production “Awakening”. In this video, the Marimba 3 part (played by Alex Adams-Heard) is featured playing “Villa Borghese” with the music so you can learn it and play along! Check out the 2016 early season feature with the Cadets here! […]

Cut from out live stream footage of DCI Allentown June 30th, 2016. Follow us on facebook and twitter for the latest DCI 2016 videos and live stream events! http://www.LotHype.com http://www.facebook.com/LotHype Tweets by LotHype

Bluecoats hornline warms up in Pittsburgh on June 27!! Includes warmup chorales and show content, including Thumbs, Zomby Woof, and an encore performance of The Boxer with Rhythm IN BLUE!! A rare treat to hear both Frank Zappa as well as Simon and Garfunkel in the same warm-up! Enjoy Bluecoats brass in the lot and […]

Chino Hills HS Drumline warming up at Long Beach City College on 11/04/17 – paradiddle exercise.

The students and staff of the 2017 “Pride of the Mountains” Marching Band are proud to present their 2017 production entitled, “Take Note!”. “Take Note” is a “play on words” that illustrates the numerous ways we communicate in our world today. Whether by musical, handwritten, or digital means, communication is an absolute necessity in our […]

Welcome to the part FOUR of this 7 part series with the legendary Vic Firth signature artist and DCI Hall of Fame member, Ralph Hardimon! In this installment, Ralph talks about one of the most innovative drum solos in DCI history, his arrangement of “Musika Bohema” for the 1984 Santa Clara Vanguard. —– ABOUT RALPH […]

Vic Firth takes you BEYOND THE LOT with early season footage of The Cadet’s 2018 production “The Unity Project” In this video, the marimba part is featured playing “Demonic Thesis” with the music so you can learn it and play along! Download the music here! http://www.vicfirth.com/downloads/dci2018/cadets-LTM-marimba.pdf ———————————— 2018 CADETS LEARN THE MUSIC: DEMONIC THESIS Snares: […]

SCV drumline playing part of their show in the lot in Oceanside, CA