VSU Horsepower "Battle Ground"

[redneck141]

how do i join?? im a senior tuba player can u send me the info my email is...thespear13@aol.com

[Gentleman1911]

@redneck141 Check your mail

[15Dmoney2012]

@hinesbitch lol, they don't want you.. hell, morrow don't even want you #flexedup

[tubaboy96]

TUBAS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF A BAND!!! besides drumline lol LIKE THIS IF YOU AGREEEE!!!! TUBA 4EVER!!!!

[hinesboy15]

well im a senior at the moment and would like to have the honor to be in HORSEPOWER so how would i go by doing that.....

[andreboy10]

I will be graduating in 2014 I would be interested in being in Horsepower.How shall I go about getting in 

[ThePanzershreck]

I am a Junior, and i would like to join Horsepower as well, could you e-mail me details too?

[Gentleman1911]

@ThePanzershreck Check your inbox

[NWDawg2011]

Im a sousaphone player. N ima Senior.N i want 2 be Horsepower. How can i do that?

[Gentleman1911]

@NWDawg2011 I will e-mail you details on contact information

[borderking59]

from an old sousaphone player from way back. SUPER COOL!!

[shikimaru424]

i play tuba for miami carol city sr. high curently and we love this fanfare but that tounging part we dont do

[GUMPDAWG010]

@shikimaru424 Its not that hard man! Ya'll ought to try it out

[rosec252]

I think "DAMN!!!!" sums this up nicely

[tubadude07]

What I love about Horsepower is that they can have good tone quality in the quieter sections.

[Blacktrumpeteer]

that's sick my old section leader is writing all of these out for our section to play but none of us can double tongue :(

[BamaBill67]

Thanks for the vid.....loved it

[conyakmurray]

they double toungin is cold

[noonie1972]

Geekmanship go teach your fellow bandsman at North Texas. You need to be practicing yourself.

[Geekmanship]

Its actually easy to do...I play sousaphone to and all you have to do is relax the muscles in your tongue and support the sound with air=) Free tuba fanfares on my page...just message me if you need one or if you have a request

[Bobofwestoregonusa]

that junk is hot.

[littlebill13]

how do yal tounge that fast

[MrX967]

its called double tounging its not hard,......well for a decent player

[Euphernonium]

sounds a lot like legato double tongue or "doodle" tonguing....where it really is double tongued except the movement is all on the front of the tongue, so people think its single tongued because there isnt a "KA" or "GU"

say "DOODLE"....and the result is a much softer attack

[drbanddirector]

It sounds like you are very knowledgable in the field of articulation. Could you please send me some information that I can share with my students to improve their technique. I did not major in brass in college.  Actually, I was a percussion major.

[miles53194]

anyone have an aarangement

[Gentleman1911]

No, we do not write out our fanfares. Sorry.

[littlebill13]

how do they tounge so fast

[Breazeale93]

it's a split part...when you have it that way,,,it makes it a whole lot easier...but they are also tounging

[SCREAMeagleTEAM]

n u have 2 have blend n balance

[littlebill13]

hell yea tats wat im talkin bout

[D4tDr3wB0y]

sweet dreams????? aint no sleepin round here... dis a battle ground...

man its stuff like this that makes a b-tone want to take that leap into sousaland lol... can you ask your baritones to post vids plz?

[datROYALchick]

WHOA can u say CRANK!!!!

[mustang20XII]

thats just simply wat horsepower do

[datROYALchick]

I SEE :)

[xavierspies3000]

man im out of high skool but i want 2 go 2 college n i want 2 play tuba @ vsu let me no how i can audition

[Gentleman1911]

Check your mail

[CTtubaTdawg44]

well...im an "010 " and i still have one more year...but i will be there for explsosion day....will i be able to audition when i come down there. and do u have some more info for explosion day, and what time it is?

[Harris09Tuba]

Man i really want to go to VSU.. I play Sousaphone 2

[Gentleman1911]

What year are you in school? If your seriously interested in attending, hit me up.

[Harris09Tuba]

Im a senior, and i seriously want to go here. i was also considering hampton but my eyes are focused on Virginia State

[CTtubaTdawg44]

Man ive heard enough, VSU tubas all day...i gotta get in this section...but anyway when is explosion day this year i gotta attend?

[Gentleman1911]

As of right now we have Explosion Day set for April 25, 2009.

If you are a senior intereseted in attending VSU, hit me up ASAP for application.

[yugihlh]

WHOA

[DARIUS225]

this shit is gangsta BUT............... it sounds like sweet dreams

[sousafreak1]

It is but we changed things around and added others, creating....BATTLEGROUND

[tubasontop]

who know the fingerings to this plz i love it so much

[Billtuba]

HOTTNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[julianlunn]

BEST TUBA SECTION OUT THERE

[Breazeale93]

Deffinately

[tapemaster33]

what is that song name

[Gentleman1911]

We call it Battleground

[Meliykfems1234]

Ok i hear yall with that sweet drems

[ricofoster]

I'm not easily impressed, but that is one of the better sousaphone sections that I have seen.

FAMU Marching "100" Fall '99

Whompin White Whales (W Phi W)

[KalphaO]

Yo to the poster of this video... just lettin you know that someone put this on the marching network and labeled it as Norfolk's tuba section.

[Gentleman1911]

LOL, thanks but I am sure by now everyone knows this section and they will correct them quick fast and in a hurry.

[Keeiman]

Bruh as fellow HBCU tuba player, wat do yall put in VSU's water. LOL

[Gentleman1911]

LOL, the Funk baby, nothing but the Funk!

[bigworm2101]

Deez boys tight!!

[tubadude07]

sounds really good, the tounging is surprisingly clean lol

aww no pedal notes...=[

[DeEzNuTs696]

yall need 2 come 2 White Station High School in Memphis TN nd give us sum music

[goooogle45]

This is the best tuba fanfare played by the best tuba section. IT'S ALL GOOD!!!!!!

[ajsflittte]

crazy...i mean, am i right or am i right!?

[ManDingo242]

u know ya tuba line the shit when they go on exhibitions w/o the rest of their band lmao

[phonso04]

i cant get enough of VSU tubas i look up to you guys

[mrmcglavin]

u gotta hook up siegel HIGH with some sheet mucic!

[phonso04]

the only good fanfares are the one's that you have to remember as far as i'm concern i never seen a sheet of fanfare music in my life

[jakesv248101]

GEORGIA BRIDGEMEN

lowndes high band

Valdosta, GA

[BabyBoy10102003]

Yall boys raw!!!!! Yall sound real good

[drummerboi405]

best tuba line in da world

[DeadlyBeans]

HOLY FUCK MAN Walton Sousas Need to play this like really how the hell do they do those like 16th notes

[bobthemunk]

double tounging. i'd like the sheet music for this, but i guess i'll just resort to listening to chords =/

[Gentleman1911]

Sorry, there is no sheet music for our fanfares. Everything is taught to the next line by oldheads.

[durantbandaz]

every one?

[Gentleman1911]

Yes

[durantbandaz]

cool.

[tubaharris]

yhea tat how all the good tuba lines pass on fanfares danm if i wasn't the same way i would be mad but o well kept them comeing

[Breazeale93]

yeah,..I like how that is tought...every line should be like that

[TheNastyBone]

No not really then it wouldnt be fun watching them if every tuba section was like dis cus we would get bored wit it and be lik fuck it cus we wolud hav jus seen this other tuba section doing the same thing they are doing now

[Breazeale93]

yeah.lol...but they are the best.

[TheNastyBone]

Hell yea they are more than the best

[Breazeale93]

Oh yeah!!

[tubadude07]

wow that shit is amazing

our tubas need to learn this

GO EMU!!!!!

[goooogle45]

VSU is fucking beast XD!!! Ilove everything yall do!!!

[BKkillaz]

yea i have neva heard of VSU imma have to check them out

[mrbigg151]

i know the 1st time i even HEARD bout VSU was at the 1st ? Honda...they made a name for themselves THEN. next time i saw em was at the LDC this past year and dem TUBAS!! keep doin what yall do...

Marching "100"

Kappa Kappa Psi, Delta Iota

[ssstsb]

VSU, I am the section leader of my Tubaline, I just wish I had the capabality to Double Toungue, seeing how I but off my toungue and had to have it sewn back on, so Its vertually impossible to double toungue, but my line is working on this song, and its sounding great, were still haveing trouble with some of those chords and that bad ass sixteenth run, but I think we can figure it out, One question tho, During the 16th note run, does every tuba play that? thanks ~Tubaz-4-Live~

[sousafreak1]

That depends on which 16th note run you're talking about. There are two solo runs and one where everyone plays the run. What school do you go to?

[ssstsb]

Im still in Highschool, I go to Bonham, Highschool In Texas, But the solos at 00:29 & 00:34 & 00:37, But this song is great, aint it?

[damari84]

sweet dreams!!! go eurythmics!

[uga07]

to find out the notes, all you have to do is listen. it's all pretty easy to hear. that also tells you that they are clean enough to hear the notes. if they weren't clean like some other lines, then you wouldn't have a chance to hear the melodic line at all. so go plunk it out on a piano or on your horn. and you guys sound great up there at VSU

[Gentleman1911]

Thanks for the positive feed back.

[warhawk4lyfe]

Im gonna be at VSU next fall..i cant wait to hear this in person

[JuzaPIMPnMOB]

lucky  lol

[JuzaPIMPnMOB]

i hear our tubas section leader playin this alllll thaaaaa timmeeeeee but i love this one especially with the toungin damn lol

[crankintuba]

that double tonging is awesome

[TubaNigga]

what are the notes for the double tongueing

[Gentleman1911]

Sorry, that is privileged information for VSU only.

[jbaylies]

You'd probably have to ask them.

[yaboi4rmda910]

THIS WAS ON SOME G SHIT

[morrename]

12 tubas - insane

[StormSquad06]

thy not tryin to crank and they still poppin

[Wonderweil]

The faster parts....is that a solo because I had a freind tell me that it went down the line?

[sousafreak1]

If you're talking about the double tonguing, the entire line plays that part together. There is also a solo double tongue part in their too

[Wonderweil]

What types of exercises would you recomend to try and learn how to double tongue like that

[Wonderweil]

How long did it take you to be able to double tongue like that?

[Gentleman1911]

Basically the section learned it during band camp in preperation for the Labor Day Classic battle. Mainly the section practice and performs year round so they stay pretty much on top of their stuff.

[hullymagully]

This probably the coldest tuba section ive EVER HEARD!!!! if they aint the best...they tied wit the silver bullets from Alabama State

[BrianakaBLove]

the reason i switched to tuba

[tubagurl08]

ahhhhhhhh!! Thats tight OMFG were has VSU been my life

[Gentleman1911]

If your a senior or junior interested in attending VSU please let me know and I get your information to the director and section leaders.

[LIVEYOURMYTH]

very very nice. i wish i could double tongue.

[earthwormt]

I've never heard such awesome playing

[rickardstubaman]

this is rick high tuba sect leader we gon try playin dis at our games and puttin out here so yall look for that and tell us how we do

[saccq]

Its sound so good. You are right.The articulation on this song is so simple, yet some of the best don't know how to do this. FEMALE TUBA SHAWTY FOR LIFE!!!!!

[BaritoneMan18]

Thats how tubas are supposed to sound like. You hear that articlulation they all must have been woodwind players once

[aznpiccplayer123]

I know. Tubas (well actually in this case, they're sousaphones, but that's not the point) usually don't use the double tonguing techinique. They usually have slow parts where they only need to single tongue. Woodwinds usually have to, especially flutes and piccolos (I play piccolo).

[adagiominore]

That wouldn't be surprising you know, at my school the best trombone players used to be saxophone players lol.

[Ceobeatmaker]

naw man all brass, and plus its more difficult to do that level of tounging on a woodwind cuz it involves the tip of your tounge a slight adjustment of the embouchure and all that music major jazz that i don't feel like explaining, but to answer your query we all are strict brass instrumentalists

Pokeman, Horsepower Tuba Section

[bobmccurdy2]

You don't need to have been a woodwind to have good articulation.

[saccq]

DAMN!!!!!!!!! This shit is the best the I have ever sweet dreams played as long as I have ever heard anyone play it.

[Ceobeatmaker]

thanks for the complement

Pokeman, Horsepower Tuba Section

[bigpeen1]

I mean 12...12 tubas producing very loud (not nasty) LOUD and crisp sound...yall need more clips...i'm gonna search for some battle clips of yall..PLEASE post some game or event battle clips so we all can see how these cats blow with some adrenaline behind them...yall tight as hell. Keep that shit up.

[Savannahhighsax]

Very underrated tuba sections i didnt know they was this good Damn VSU where yall been?

[TUBA1JS]

i want 2 see bcc and vsu tubas challenge each other

[earthwormt]

so do I

[twatuba]

vsu is raw as hell

[TUBA1JS]

hell ya

[Blastisimo]

Mann If VSU Tubas was 20+ They Sound Would Be Powerful!

[SigmaPhiBeta4]

D@mn VSU... I think I would love to battle yall... good job.