2006 PASIC-UNT Bass Ensemble

[HNIC94]

I love coming back to this ever-so-often!... hype!

[HsCIDreamz]

AMAZING!!!

[gooldude3]

i think a more proper title would be "Unt we-did-a-shitload-of-stuff-cuz­-we're-badasses ensemble"

[ZiegeGF]

THIS is DCI-level !!!

[Mergician]

@ZiegeGF We at UNT sometimes think of DCI as "Wow, this is UNT-level!" lol, but not always.

[Rpkist77]

Alright, now do that while balancing a book on your head. Not so easy now is it?

[McKeeDee]

chops..... unreal

[Andradam33]

I almost crapped myself watching this. Unbelievable.

[austenholland12]

Dude. Hey james!

[leagibson]

epic

[thunderbird5898]

HOLY CRAP I CAN SEE MYSELF!!!!

[thunderbird5898]

I WAS THERE :D! :)

[ghettttttto]

bass 4 just looks really tired.

[Mergician]

Hahahaha, we kept telling him to be more enthusiastic too! lmao!!! To his credit, he got "less tired" as the years moved on (watch any Phantom video from 2007-2010).

[HNIC94]

these guys are all Jedi's..... ....

[Trapmaker677]

tenor part almost made me cry....

[Chopp3dOuT]

Haha tried to sneak some marimba spiritual in there i see

[Promark25]

that just blew my mind

[drumiestdrummer]

holy monkey shit

[BayonneNick]

lol... look like paramedics... good job though

[revresbo101]

this was an excellent performance! very brilliant indeed! kudos.

[GMilli0ns]

This is fuckin' awesome. Great job guys. I used to march bass in highschool so this was real fun to watch.

[sexybeastTM]

There good

[cheevan]

have these guys marched any DCI/WGI drumline?

[Mergician]

This should be correct:

James Figueredo (Bass 1) - Boston Snare 2007, Phantom Snare 2008 / UNT A-Line Snare 2008

Me (Bass 2) - Madison Bass 2002, 2003 / Phantom Bass 2004, 2005 / UNT A-Line Bass 2005

James Baier (Bass 3) - Metro Alliance Bass for four or so years

Zach (Bass 4) - Metro Alliance Bass 2007 / Phantom Bass 2007, 2008

Chris (Bass 5) - Southwind Bass 2005 / Phantom Bass 2007 / UNT A-Line Bass 2008

[stubbyt34]

sweet tribute to Marimba Spiritual in there! Nicely done, nicely done James.

[james2284]

who you be???

[james2284]

But seriously, you guys suck.

[nordhoffkid]

stolen from blast? maybe

[Mergician]

lol! Good one! Paul Rennick arranged for Blast, as well as directed this bass ensemble. Maybe it works hand-in-hand. (Next bass ensemble will use mounted basses!) Yeeeuh!

[Hitch8D]

How did you guys come up with this? It doesn't seem like someone wrote this up for you to use.

[hochi89]

I just wrote it. Wasn't too hard, as long as my creativity was flowing, you know?

[Mergician]

My bad, I wrote that while logged in to my buddy Hochi's account. Here I am. (woops)

[james2284]

19-24 years old.

[joekoenig]

jesus christ

[jberranner]

everything was awesome except for the camera change at the tenor part. that was gay

[Mergician]

I know. The women taping the video was James (bass 3)'s family member, who recorded him reading the newspaper while we all split the quad solos. To get rid of that, he did an edit job with another video.

[Mergician]

Everyone wish Figs (bass 1) and Zach (bass 4) luck. They're about to win drums in DCI this weekend! Go PR!

[adam12343210]

hells yes! the did it.

[wesnaw94]

if you don't tour you should

[drumrboy593]

amazing!

[asmenter15]

Dear Lord, this is the most amazing bass ensemble I have ever seen. Sweet shit guys.

[Drumbum1021]

WOW

nuff said

[offbeatbare]

This is so insanely weird. I love it.

[Lbw7778]

not all that great 2 many doubles

[mmdghr]

holy shit best bass line ever !!!!!!!!!!!

[reefedbeats]

love the tenor stuff lol

[gumpbass]

What the hell???? Marimba Spiritual???? These guys are too sick for their own good!!! One of the MOST creative and entertaining bass ensembles I've seen!

[HNIC94]

stupid, sick, def, dope, dumb, phenominal... excellante` muchos grasias! damn... just lovely

[bij013]

what happened to the rightmost guy at 5:50?? was it part of their thing? haha

[Zeepzez]

im guessing yes. because of how fast he got up.

[spursfan4life]

haha yes it was part of it.

oh james, such a character lol

[ndbass09]

I think this bassline deserves at least 6 stars.

Favorited.

[ajriding]

this is the best on youtube ive seen so far.

[spinni13]

that was soooooo sick!!!!!

[brownpaiste]

AWESOME

[Naomster92]

Wow.

[stayfrostywilly]

5:15...HAHAHA...marimba spiritual:]] nice:D

[SherylTML]

this is totally increadible!!!!

[musicmaker1392]

wow that was amazing!!

[HNIC94]

that there is some of the finest (bass*) drumming I have ever seen, gentlemen! bravo!

~

[lafwa4god]

Did I detect a hint of Marimba Spiritual in there?

[james2284]

No, you detected a lot of Marimba Spiritual in there.

[drumstuph007]

wow Mergician, whoever you think you are?

Youre such an amazing talented bass drummer! I wish I couldve been able to play with you in an ensemble like that! That short asian guy on top is a supreme chop master

[Arpeggio250]

So clean even when spliting the quad part.... very nice job

[olivertharat]

*like*

[olivertharat]

id liek to watch a video that had 8 minutes of pure bass drum playing rather then them running around playing on other things..

[Mergician]

Yeah, that would be called "An Obligatory Ram of Non-Musicality" by the "not-UNT" bass line.  We were about pushing the envelope and making music, not ramming for 8 minutes, like our bottom bass wanted (hahaha, and we told you no, Chris).

[spcshiznit]

1:54-2:05.... freaking insane!

[struntsi]

Jarno uu

[pvtcairns]

I like how you threw in marimba spiritual from blast good job

[theholyname]

Well if you insist, But I highly doubt he would be in that bassline if he sucked at all... No need to be modest bro. U guys are monsters

[Mergician]

Hey, as former section leader of the this bassline, I must insist that you all quit insulting members. User james2284, you need to lay off the bass 3 guy....wait a minute. Aren't you him? Goddamnit Jamez, lay off of yourself. And what about the guy on two who keeps having to adjust his glasses because they always keep slipping down his nose. That guy should have taken them off or something.

[Mergician]

No, I'm allowed to talk shit about myself. haha!

[james2284]

No, trust me, he sucks.

[theholyname]

Not in the least, just different

[james2284]

Yeah, he sucks.

[theholyname]

Technique is pretty weird... on 3 drum

[pimpj4ck]

man, that's unreal! great stuff.

[MelaniePenney]

sweet. Go Mean Green!

[namisloC]

Insane!

[mosucrc]

god DAMN those are some sweet tenor splits

[cmcnosky]

its far better on the other vids

[albinodrummerboy]

that was great. love the marimba spiritual part.

[Craspic]

Is there any wonder why UNT is one of the best music schools in the country? Go Mean Green!

[RHSTenor1]

you got that right... man im so fortunate to have people from that school tech my drumline... god texas fucking breeds bad ass drummers...

[pifthedrummer]

Nice job, Yahtzee.

[photographyatitsbest]

2 words holy and shit

[blueman580]

man i was at that it was so awesome in real life

[senbass2]

Quality ensemble! So good splits in there, and I like your take on Marimba Spiritual. :)

[smdan01]

i saw that at pasic.. it was the most entertaining thing there.

[reduceblah]

dude that shit was so tight

[jmurff]

holy shit.

[allstar550]

Marimba Spiritual, very nice guys.

[james2284]

I try.

[keertanchauhan]

james, you are my hero.

[drumstuph007]

Thank you, GOODNIGHT!!!

[kurrelgyre]

<3<3<3