UConn Steel Drums - La Bamba Rehearsal

[chivles91]

kool i used to play la bamba too! but we sounded different

[KomoriWaPIGgyDesu]

Wow *-* you are really great!

I'm in a Steeldrumband too ^o^

(we're only 6 members x.x)

and we need to practise a LOT to be as good as you are =]]

[pheonixfeather292]

Sweetness! Steal drums rock. You guys are awesome! ^^

[kadavila]

Not bad for a group that's just starting. Good luck!

[KomoriWaPIGgyDesu]

Fantastic!

I'm in a steel-band too,

but we're not that good ^-^

[kezproduction]

yo! i can play this song on steelband 2! im ggonna make a video and put in on youtube:D

[yoyoyoimBC]

u all need set n that

[carsonloveridge]

I NEED MORE COWBELL!!!

[seanhomie22]

ROFLMAO!!!

[PuppetMaster0623]

Guess what, I gotta feva, and the only prescription, is more cowbell!!!

[lilotisanme]

ok as u can c that cow bell is for the tempo

[derudest]

sounds good , keep on practicing

[inesnmuffy]

check rising stars youth steel orchestra before u put his up...its bad

[kadavila]

Where are you from? USVI? I was in both St. Croix AND St. Thomas Rising Stars when I was a kid and I teach pan now in Maryland.

[smmeth]

mann put some <3 in it.

[DrinkingStar]

You all did a great job. I would have given you 5* but the rating was disabled. I posted a video response called "The Lady the Sea". BTW, I graduated from UConn in 1967.

[RythmTrail]

Good Work guys

[bradme]

needs more cowbell

[Handspringcrazy]

i've been playing the steel drums for 4 years, they're awesome. i play the lead drum

[dremis1]

Almost as good as the Huskies sports teams.

[SchertzPark]

never mind. I found them.

[SchertzPark]

Where are your other videos? I can't find them.

[chrishettick]

I've gotta fever and the only perscription is more cowbell.

[drumlinecowboy]

Cowbell drug. I have played this song at about 120-150 beats per min and it sounded more together. I know thats a huge tempo jump, but it may bring the sound together a bit more. You guys have a good sound. Bring out the Bass pans more. I can barely hear the bass line. The rest of the band is balanced. Where's the drumset?

[goji1986]

check out our other vids to see us play it live. we were merely practicing it this time...and our drummer was out for whatever reason. I can't remember 'cuz it was over a year ago.

[Penneytastic]

Not to bad of a jump there playing it at about 96-100 rigt now getting it up to 120 should not be to hard.

[FunDudeGirl]

Keep jamming guys! Hope to see you all on our cruise in May!:D

[UCONNgirl]

U guys are awesome.

[zebra437]

Pretty damn good for a bunch of chowderheads! Nice work

[turkeylips17]

ive always thought videos like this never do steel drums any justice. they shoul be heard live

[liltommiboi]

if ur sayin they dnt do n e justice w8 til u hear them live coz if u think they was fab on er ul love them live! av only herd them once live coz its hard to hear them when your playint hem ur self but ther amazin!

[MistaCloudStrife]

Messy. Cowbell is off a bit. But good job anyway. CPHS Advance Steel Drums in Washington is tons better. =) Okay for amateurs though. =D

[hyedrum]

pretty sure the cowbell was for keeping time, so that would technically make everyone else off ;)

[Seiku]

They seem off

[coolmerc3]

"I Need More Cowbell"

[s0electrix]

thats awesome man

[lesley215]

Thanck u for this video it help me find out a homework answer I had...and I was stumped until i seen this video :)

[alexthong123]

i have a fever and the only cure is more cowbell

[Piieeeppp]

ROCK THE COWBELL !! XD

[JuelzDip1617]

u all sound really good..i play tenor in a band called Branches Pangroove steel Orchestra in boston..im thinkin about goin to uconn next year ..if i get in maybe ill be able to play with u all..

[smangelchi]

I'm in high school and I play all of the pans, we all do, because we need to have backups in case someone can't make it to an event. The only bad thing is it's hard to transport all of the instruments. But we have fun. Nice job.

[pacopotter]

el mejor el chico de la caja china xdxDxD

[KingJJPanachea]

Well done man! Great performance. Very simple, but extremely nice. I play tenor myself, and I'm gonna ask the crew if we can play this tune :) Thanks for posting this vid. Keep it up. :D

JJ - Tenor of Panachea

[magichandofwisdom]

I play tenor and i play la bamba differently but still great sound

[aaronf8]

I got A Fever!

[LedZepTheWho]

is that hard? i want to learn!

[distiller56]

I NEED MORE COWBELL

[scuderiafrank]

hahahah no no no no MORE COWBELL hahahahah thats funny i totally can see will ferrel in the background doing that

[joaorp]

nice!!!

[jocelyntiny]

i was in a steel band in highschool it was fun

[Jystin]

I got a Feeva...

And the only Prescription...

is more..

COWBELL!!

[OutsideintheBox]

wth they have steel drum bands in schools??? where is this? we get gyped on everything in texas gay : '

[scafool]

If only it had a bit more cowbell!

[lmal355]

haha wheres will ferrel...

[sflorida]

MORE COWBELL!!

[dezavala1981]

awesome!

[Trombone3626]

Today I just audition for the steel drum band at my school

[bamsgyrl]

ahh I use to play steel drums in 8th grade they were so awesome and fun to play

[jimbiester]

Check out the video responses, its more stuff from the UConn Steel Drum Club!

[noodleet]

ahh its so rare for me to sit for 5 minutes smiling

i wish so badly that i could afford just 1 steel drum

[Suisyo]

"I have a fever and the only perscription is MORE COWBELL!" LOL sorry this reminded me of that. Anyway great job, only 6 weeks and you're all playing this whole song, wow thats great! I wish I could learn steel pan, keep it up!

[kylokon]

dayum i love it!!! its ma fave instrument ever!!!

keep it up ya'll

[zerotothe5th]

You guys sound great!! Keep up the good work. To those of you who say "learn to play" and "you guys suck", how about YOU go play and see how YOU sound. You're the one who chose to watch the video.

[d0L0R951]

good stuff

[AAJUVE]

dude quit the lame songs and lets hear some classic regge

[madakira]

NEEDS MORE COWBELL!!!!!

[RatRodPonyboy13]

I like it, but can never be compared to an electric(hollowbody) guitar, upright/stand up bass, a set of drums, and of course Ritchie Valens himself. Very nice though. I liked this video.

[purebloodtexan]

If anything, they need to get rid of the guy hitting the block. He's failing to keep the beat.

[goji1986]

lol that's me. i'm supposed to be playing on the lead pan (in the live version you can find of us you'll see that i am) but we didn't have enough tenors at that point. it's hard to do when you're the only one who's counting the time among 8 people.

[BigKnuc]

Im not trying to be mean but u guys suck. Go to trinidad and learn how to play.

[goji1986]

umm did you read the description? at this point we had only been playing for about 6 weeks, and most of the people you see here had never played the steel pan before. Are we as good as, say, the Pantonics from NY or the legendary Liam Teague? Hell no. But we've done a damn good job in a short amount of time. Don't be so ignorant and expect perfection from a group of first-time amateurs.

[purebloodtexan]

What scale are they playing in?

[goji1986]

I believe it's G major

[califgirl101]

Wow! How awsome was that. I love the groovy sounds of the steel drums. Thanks again for this video. :)

[KelsosaurusRex]

cheers! i love the steel drums! i play the cellos and i way envy the striped ones you've got there! i think i'll put in a petition for my cellos to be striped. ;) cheers. i love steel!

[trinbass]

they need a solid drummer on a drumset to get some rythem in them, and they need to really speed it up...find some pan players from trinidad and u'll know what i'm talkin about

[goji1986]

we do play with a drummer. he just wasn't there that evening to practice with us. check out our performance video!

[trinbass]

k well u guys need to really free up, i've never seen real pan players so stiff behind a pan, and watching a pan so hard...our players can play a whole chune on a pan while jumping up and watching you straight in the eye...

[goji1986]

obviously that's something that any group needs to work on. our players aren't experts on the pan. the majority of them in this video started learning the instrument a month and a half before we taped this. Check out our performance video of the same song. it's faster, has a drummer, and some of us loosened up more.

[jimbiester]

We also are limited by our numbers and can only practice once a week

[tansummergirl]

oh my this is awesome. i'm going to ask my band director if we can play this in steel band:)

[mariohenri]

that was great!its sounds better with steel drums

[Gartek34410]

Good Music, i like.

I love a SteelBand music ... I playing this instrument.

[hotstuff89898989]

u guys should add drums, it would sound alot better as well as pick up the tempo

[hobostreet123]

kool my school has steel pans ! and we play that song!! im in 7th grade lol

[C101Aviojet]

Sounds very nice!!;) Next time, don't use the cowbell and speed it up a little, it'll improve a lot. Keep up the good work!

[laurasaurus4]

yea, the tempo is definitely slow, but its cool that its on youtube anyway

[UEnergizerme]

pick up the tempo =)