We Made Marching Roto-Toms (Roto Tenors)

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@GoldShockAttack 2 жыл бұрын

I know this is technically a "wacky" insturment but I feel like the potential with these drums with practice could lead to some really interesting compositions. Would love to see them come back in the future!

@richdaley9982 2 жыл бұрын

It would look cool for the tenor players to change pitches as they ran around them or like Tony G said, other people tuning them. There is a lot of musical and visual potential here. I am looking forward to EMC editing together an ensemble of them.

@drummersnare6276 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it could definitely work in a middle school drumline or college band

@people_r_us 2 жыл бұрын

DCI?

@instinctive5631 Жыл бұрын

Well okay all drums are wacky

@PeterBarnes2 Жыл бұрын

What if you used something like 'four-mallet' technique for two sticks on one hand, and the other hand is left to tune, and then you only have two or three of these toms?

@JasonMcLemore 2 жыл бұрын

My high school marched roto tom triples back in the early 80's. They were still stored away in a closet when I attended in the mid 90s.

@tannerhall588 2 жыл бұрын

My school had a set too. Though I only saw the pictures. My guess is someone stole them and they never made it back to the equipment room.

@Bruh-bx9mh 2 жыл бұрын

Haha same, I think they're long gone now though

@wixflicks1115 2 жыл бұрын

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@michaelbecker5995 2 жыл бұрын

dude, that's rad!

@troyworkman 2 жыл бұрын

You wouldn’t happen to be from Altus, Oklahoma, would you? That’s where I played roto tri-toms in the late 1980’s.

@dave_jeep 2 жыл бұрын

Now you need to add motors to them so you can either tune them to a song or just have them constantly turning for crazy licks

@aproc_ 2 жыл бұрын

Yesssss!!!!!!!!!

@cerealssbu7545 2 жыл бұрын

Program the motors so they tune as you play the song--either it tunes with a track, or works with drum triggers so it tunes after you play the note

@pesty4592 2 жыл бұрын

@@cerealssbu7545 it would completely screw up if you missed a note

@mrgeraldbrent 2 жыл бұрын

@@pesty4592 Not if you used a drum trigger to detect when the head is hit. Technically if you stayed in the pattern and corrected a beat, it would keep working.

@David_Drums 2 жыл бұрын

Good morning! I got confused when you said "we don't need this aluminum stand since we want our frame to be all metal." I get it now, but I thought at first you were saying aluminum wasn't a metal. Lol

@lucscott3631 2 жыл бұрын

Wait, what’s the joke lol

@Composer_Piggy 2 жыл бұрын

Lol this was exactly what I thought

@dansv1 2 жыл бұрын

I think he was using metal to mean steel, and that it was a metal that was easy to weld.

@Ianmcf 2 жыл бұрын

Love the “sus” tuning at 9:00

@blacklightgamer97 2 жыл бұрын

Was looking for this comment

@brendanvehslage2593 2 жыл бұрын

I wasn’t the only one that noticed. That makes me feel better about myself

@samuelharmoko250 2 жыл бұрын

@@blacklightgamer97 same. It’s funny how he didn’t know

@braedonavants 9 ай бұрын

Gamelan vibes

@SeanLaMontagne 2 жыл бұрын

It brings the "tuning" capabilities marching timpani provided. With the chops and finesse of quads.

@DennisJohnsonDrummer 2 жыл бұрын

The Bridgemen marched roto toms back in the day. Larger drums though. And they won top drums several years as the snares played on rotos during the drum solo.

@scott414b 2 жыл бұрын

Black Market Juggler. 1982-1983

@luclafond992 2 жыл бұрын

Black market juggler. Redid it in the last year of the senior corp in 2016x

@charleslawrence9825 Жыл бұрын

I remember that show very well!!! Black Market Juggler, fun time!

@AJ-jy6lb 11 ай бұрын

@@scott414b - BINGO! We have a winner! :o)

@barryberman563 2 жыл бұрын

Back in the 80s my drummer and I occupied the rear of usually small stages, and during his drum solos I would reach over from behind my keyboards to turn his Rototoms as he played them.

@thecadencecaptain5652 2 жыл бұрын

The banter between EMC and Tony G never fails

@AsterFox 2 жыл бұрын

I've never even heard of Roto-Toms, this is really cool!

@bushidowarrior4917 Жыл бұрын

“Look I’m Helping”… Classic :)

@troyworkman 2 жыл бұрын

Actually, I played marching roto tri-toms in high school in the late 1980’s. We finally added a set of real tenors (still tri-toms) my junior year, and a set of quads my senior year (retiring the roto-toms).

@PastorAndyBoggs 2 жыл бұрын

Would be cool to see a roto tenor feature incorporated in an indoor marching show.

@michaelhicks5150 3 ай бұрын

This is literally the coolest thing I’ve ever seen! This is a marketable product!

@DrummerDaddio 2 жыл бұрын

I wanted these so badly in high school. Thanks for the opportunity to live vicariously through you!

@moonlapsenightwind6859 2 жыл бұрын

"Drums are still cheaper than most instruments" It's true [Cries in bassoon player]

@williambennett4283 2 жыл бұрын

Cries in Tuba

@BrassPlayr 2 жыл бұрын

Cries in Trumpet

@kyoza5069 2 жыл бұрын

it's true 😔😭 if i wanna get a bass clarinet its 3k but a drum is only upwards of 500

@Jaden-hr6pv Жыл бұрын

Right cuz why is one medium soft reed 15$😭😭

@kylianlol13 Жыл бұрын

@@kyoza5069 no drums do sometimes go into the low thousand

@cameronnix1287 2 жыл бұрын

Damn had to attack the bass clarinet like that 😂

@howlingbeats2544 2 жыл бұрын

You made a single metal bar mounted to a harness sound good, nice.

@cozyq4631 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love the idea and the build looks really solid!

@jessefoutz597 2 жыл бұрын

As a fan of the old-school, stanky, "hitting a metal trash can with a stick" tenor sound, I unironically love absolutely everything about this.

@MrHellbent92 2 жыл бұрын

Tony G. is the man !

@TerminallyOnlineLeftist 2 жыл бұрын

the resurgence of the roto-tom starts here, with back bar man

@DeadKoby 2 жыл бұрын

This was a fun project. I have a friend who really likes Roto-Toms as part of his drum kit.... although they aren't my style. Thanks for the entertainment.

@LeeJacksonAudio Жыл бұрын

My high school, J. Frank Dobie out of Houston, TX (Pasadena ISD), marched a pair of differently-sized Roto-Tom tri-toms that had been hand-made for the band back in 1977 and 1978. They put the tunability to good use in our shows, too.

@sikefla 2 жыл бұрын

Madison Scouts marched a set of Roto-Toms in 1977. The drum solo was "America" from West Side Story. You can see them during set up concert style on the harness around the 8:00 mark.

@elliusagi 2 жыл бұрын

The main point of the video: Interesting drum building and testing. My sudden main point: _I want that green backyard!!_

@danielperry7600 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea but, some corps marched roto Tom tenors back in the 70’s. And pearl made a roto Tom snare drum as well

@martinpace4889 2 жыл бұрын

I have thought of doing this before, while testing just how much you could crank the 6" up to a typical spock pitch with Evans System Blues, but of course today I open my KZfaq feed and see that Eric has brought a full set to life, and thought "yea, of course he would!" 🤣 I love this channel.

@NLind 18 күн бұрын

back in their heyday Remo actually sold Roto-Tom sets configured as 2, 3 or 4 drum marchable tenors (4 drum models were 8-10-12-14” like here minus the 6”), as well as mounting systems that allowed you to customize the sizes.

@bt-xv1fy 9 ай бұрын

That is awsome. I had the 3 set of roto toms back in the day, sold them after graduating.

@christinashelby6083 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, always fun to see Tony G. And so cloooooose to number one!!

@jamesbobo8457 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, Bayonne Bridgemen marched roto toms in 1979. I played xylo right next to him. Check out the closer, the civil war medley where the south wins. DCI finals, Birmingham. You can hear them as the corps goes backfield. Dennis DeLucia used them for years.

@MyThoughts97 2 жыл бұрын

Keep making great content bro. I'm also a fellow devil dog who marched in DCA since 2003. I've long since retired from competitive corps and continue to play in the Skyliners Alumni. I love your videos and a lot of drummers are blown away by your content. It would be great to meet you hopefully sometime soon and talk shop.

@kd0407 2 жыл бұрын

Super sweet drumming fun as always.

@Broseb123 2 жыл бұрын

This was attempted in gold 2015 but it was only done with 2 drums. You on the other hand have done a significantly better job and put a lot more TLC than we ever did putting a set of rototoms together

@demariomontague27 2 жыл бұрын

My freshman year we marched roto-tenors, super old school!

@RedDogMamaHD 2 жыл бұрын

It's 1:12 am and I just realized it's Tony G's neighbors that are listening to this EPIC playing of The Lick!!!! 🔥🥁🔥

@nachocdbz 2 жыл бұрын

New tech project: automate tunning roto-toms before each hit to the needed notes for a song.

@jased2010 2 жыл бұрын

This is awesome! I recently joined my high school's marching band but I found out that tenors were too heavy for my back so I am doing snare. Keep Making Awesome Stuff Like This!

@NATcha94 2 жыл бұрын

No pain no gain ☠️ just gotta build up those back and shoulder muscles! As a freshman in HS I marched bass 4 at 5’1” so you definitely got this

@KD8IZD 16 күн бұрын

I marched with a guy in an alumni band event who had a set of rototoms he used for quads. Not sure if it was handmade to fit his needs or if it was manufactured, but it worked.

@PedallingwithPaul 2 жыл бұрын

inspector gadget made this video so worth watching to the end! that was fun!

@holton345 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, guys, but this was common back in the day. Marching rototoms were actually very common between about 1978 and 1983. We had an "effects" sub-battery for parades and for Contest that consisted of two guys marching timbales and bongos who carried a lot of Latin toys (this was in San Antonio, so playing Latin and Spanish music was a given) and we had a pair of roto-tri-toms. They got some wicked cool effects with those things on some of our Santana charts. For some things, the cymbals would stand in front of the roots and tune them up or down during rolls. Very, very cool I am not sure why this did not become more popular. Of course, this was in the days of Rodgers or Slingerland snares (TDRs with the slapshot strainer, baby!) and 40" marching basses in a section of five with the smallest one being 24" and crazy shit like cut-down marching chimes and other suicidal back-breakers. I miss the old marching rototoms! [SIDEBAR] I think the Hawthorne Caballeros (senior) and Muchachos (junior) corps both use them in VFW/AL/CYO contests in the late 1960s.[/SIDEBAR]

@Fl_Broccodile 2 жыл бұрын

Not a bearer of bad timings 😂 he made fun of it through the whole video

@bobbarksofficial4335 2 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA I SAW THIS COMING!

@dalemorison7918 2 жыл бұрын

Dennis Delucia was the drum guy for The Bayonne Bridgemen of Bayonne, New Jersey back in the day, and he Loved Roto-Toms, would probably Killed for these back then. Likely would still if he was still teaching and arranging, and if Bayonne still existed as a unit. Sorry, I'm an old ex-New Jersey Drum Corps., kid from back in the late 70s & early 80s. I was a baritone player as part of an NJ, "Little Corps.," from 1976 till 1987, and Bridgemen were one of my All-Time faves., back then.

@drumset09 2 жыл бұрын

Tony G, skanking on every drum: he knows the way to tennor players hearts.

@djchrisroxx 10 ай бұрын

Very cool, nice work!

@drums4lyfe0987 2 жыл бұрын

This Should be standard for marching, the toms Could then be pitched to match each songs key. And they sound better IMHO

@chrissop 2 жыл бұрын

Could be interesting, but I think it misses a lot of projection.

@tomherbort7301 2 жыл бұрын

@@chrissop projection doesn't matter these days when everything is mic'd and running through the PA....

@OdaKa 2 жыл бұрын

@@tomherbort7301 It will when the energy apocalypse comes though

@Modeus_Moon 2 жыл бұрын

@@tomherbort7301 Since when are marching field drums mic’d? Genuinely wondering (I am less a marching percussionist, and more a drum set player, but I did do it in school)

@killerhawks 2 жыл бұрын

Love the inspector gaget and the end..l

@DrumandPianoDude 2 жыл бұрын

I actually saw some marching rotos back in the 1980's at the Tulsa State Fair Parade when I was marching in our Jr High band. Only set Is ever seen. Still a cool video fellas!

@michaelsudduth2405 2 жыл бұрын

“Tenors on a stand…. How they were meant to be played…” Meanwhile the snares throw their stands to the farthest reaches of the truck to never be seen until next audition season.

@Nareimooncatt 2 жыл бұрын

We need more roto-tenors. My high school had a set of 3 for the jazz band drum set, and I always loved their sound.

@jcubedtrio3 Жыл бұрын

1:00 I LOVE PINK FLOYD AHHHH

@uria711 2 жыл бұрын

DUDE YES!!! Play it while others are tuning!!!!!

@dl_supertroll 2 жыл бұрын

8:59 I'm not the only one who heard it right ඞ

@justincomisk 6 ай бұрын

I entertained the idea of doing this for Mardi Gras. Great work, yall totally rocked it

@TS175 2 жыл бұрын

My high school had marching roto drums back in the 90’s too

@Mikej1592 2 жыл бұрын

I kept hearing notes from the Miami Vice sound intro song in there, when you were marching around.

@yetanotherbassdude 2 жыл бұрын

Follow up video: add some foot pedals and knee levers to change the tunings of the rototenors on the fly. Bonus points if you can do it on the marching rig!

@shadow105720 2 жыл бұрын

Needs a second 6" just tuned higher. And with a spacer to get them at the same height. I love it.

@0v_x0 Жыл бұрын

Eric acting like a human midi cc on the roto pitch. Now I'm imagining it with midi controlled stepper motors for adjusting each drum by x semitones using some kind of pedal triggers and microprocessors... I love the idea of a piece written for player and coordinated tuners, too, I was actually thinking about it during the video (I used to love the roto parts in concert band, so the idea clicked during building). The scoring would be very interesting indeed.

@RyanBischoffPercussion 2 жыл бұрын

So I can totally see some WGI groups doing this next year now

@keithbarnes9419 2 жыл бұрын

When Eric walked around the roto-toms I said well there is the Cavies drum solo for next year.

@Abnormallylargeorangutan 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my god I just had a dream of me and you making a tenor drum on video and I wake up to a video of you and someone else making roto-tom in a tenor format!

@charleslawrence9825 Жыл бұрын

Muscle and Lots of vaseline for tuning, also the trick is to retune during the snare lick....or that extended bass drum solo. Tony G on the tune...RESPECT!!

@mewz52 2 жыл бұрын

We had these when I was in the Lamar High School Marching Band back in the late 70's. They sounded great however could not be heard as we only had one.

@Mikej1592 2 жыл бұрын

this reminds me of marching band in High School, there was an awesome dude called Mark Hipsley who had the nickname Mark Tripsley because he played the trips, three toms mounted on the harness. He was a great friend of mine, wish there was social media 30 years ago to have kept in touch. I wonder what he's doing these days.

@marial8235 9 ай бұрын

When I was in High School, I played a triple set of marching Roto-Toms. They were light weight, but did not project hardly at all.

@parkerbaty7076 2 жыл бұрын

I want more tony g

@theTenorDrummer 2 жыл бұрын

Inspector Gadget! I had this same idea, thanks for the vid

@byrongreene8983 2 жыл бұрын

The Hawthorne Muchachos taught by Dennis Delucia used them first in 1975 followed by the Bridgemen from 1976-1979 carried by a marching member of the drum line. They were also used by the Long island Sunrisers. Afraid your thoughts of innovation are about 48 years too late.

@icsa 2 жыл бұрын

Check out the Bridgemen from the late 1970s. They had a marching Roto-Tom player.

@greghughes6449 2 жыл бұрын

I was waiting but it never happened....the most fun w rotos is when crank them all the way up! The 6 is insane w the right head! Used to use them as the upper register of my set toms.

@ratio567 2 жыл бұрын

If Neil Peart was in marching band:

@joeyseabrook9765 2 жыл бұрын

The “this is not a drill” shirt is priceless

@SamiLB_ 2 жыл бұрын

According to social blade’s estimation. You will reach past gabriel rodrigez EMC, and become the most subscribed EMC channel on June 26th. This is insane, and i just never expected for you to grow this fast.

@butteredbismuth8208 2 жыл бұрын

So happy to see some pentatonic scale representation! That little scale that you said defiantly wasn't major ( 8:59 ) was a Gb minor pentatonic scale! :D

@metalraccoon2259 Жыл бұрын

F#*

@davidmoore7802 2 жыл бұрын

Tony G is the real MVP on these wacky builds.

@theepicwolfnetwork5220 2 жыл бұрын

That is crazy!!!! 🔥👍🏾

@alsdrumhang Жыл бұрын

I see the description: "Oooooooookay" I see the finished product: "...actually this could work!" Nice job guys! I was thinking for the stand version having a series of rocker pedals on the floor which could be used to tune the individual drums up and down with servo motors... 🤔

@paultowns 2 жыл бұрын

What about some coated heads? This build is cool. Nice collaboration!

@afreefloatingsnare1698 2 жыл бұрын

8:59 I heard the among us dead body reported sound lmao

@eugenepalmer6376 2 жыл бұрын

Those are sooooooooooo Cool.👍🏿🥁🤗💯😎

@tcthefish187 2 жыл бұрын

TONY G!!!

@photoguy207 2 жыл бұрын

When I was in the marching band in the 80s, I played the rototom quads. They were 6”, 8”, 10” & 12”. They were there in ‘82 when I joined the band in 7th grade. I played them in 9 to 12 grade. I never saw another set of marching rototom quads.

@bobwhitaker898 2 жыл бұрын

Bridgemen 1976. They had a young fellow marching a set of roto toms.

@JamesThatcher 2 жыл бұрын

that's pretty cool

@iconic0794 2 жыл бұрын

That's sick bro

@beaumartin366 2 жыл бұрын

I love this waky stuff.

@porcelainthunder2213 2 жыл бұрын

Alex Van Halen had a huge rototom kit early on mixed with early Simmons electrics. Ive got a set but are redundant now that I got some smaller toms (I still need a 6"" to compete the total replacement)

@truedesireelements2040 Жыл бұрын

Should a great video... Thanks

@shocka89 2 жыл бұрын

Dear @EMCProductions, First off this creating looks so FREAKING AWESOME! I bet it’s so much fun to play. Now to business: A) I love that the first thing Tony Master of perfect pitch did was play some spanks (skanks where I’m from) on the lower tom. b) I marched the first Pulse percussion quad line (2010) that played the Mario/ yoshi theme song… I would LOVE IT if you could play it in these roto toms. PLEASE? I can send you the sheet music! C) please with a Cherri on top 🍒

@Guert 2 жыл бұрын

Haha this is fantastic!

@roodierivera 2 жыл бұрын

so much fun

@calvindrums5014 2 жыл бұрын

That’s fire

@malexander7171 2 жыл бұрын

Mood gorning

@ultragkart6789 2 жыл бұрын

8:59 sounds like Jump in the Fire by Metallica!

@Thefourthtenor87 2 жыл бұрын

I totally had to stop working and nerd out on this with y’all. Freshman/sophomore me just lost his shit 🤪😆

@tedbudzilek6113 8 ай бұрын

Sorry to rain on your parade but Remo had marching roto Tom's in the late 70s. They came with very light polycarbonate shells. We ditched them because they had very little projection outside.