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  • How can you get sheet music for this? I'd love to see a transcription of the stickings.

  • @frankgrau off tapspace its like 7 bux

  • Is this the famous 'Skyscraper' solo?

  • Awh.... Fav solo eva!

  • One person is afraid of hieghts.

  • None better!

  • excellence!

  • Awesome would be an understatement here. lol I truly enjoyed that one.

  • lol....nice solo

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  • Beast Snare Drummer!!!... Danny is "The" best of the "Best!!!"

  • Danny didn't compete in "03" this was in exhibition

  • Rick Beckham 03' snare champ, that's all i got to say.

  • didnt he do this solo at pasic 09?

  • Although one of my favorite snare drummers is Jeff Queen, but this guy is a way cleaner than queen, and his chops is sick!

  • gracie1232. No, you haven't po'd me, it's just that it seems to me you don't have the knowledge to critique Raymond's solo/ability level, and that's obvious from your remarks. You truly are entitled to your personal preferences, and I do respect that. Let's leave it there. Good luck to you.

  • Gracie1232...SAC is an abbreviation for Blessed Sacrament. The uniform is that of the Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights drum & bugle corps. They were a powerhouse drum corps of the 50's & 60's and have set the standard for rudimental drumming.

  • Nice one. Thank you.

    Didn't mean to be a smart ass...

  • You don't know what you're talking about gracie1232. Wilson isn't even in the same league as Raymond. And, this is a solo, not a duet. Beside that, looks as though Wilson's clothes were in the laundry when his video was shot so he used his sister's school clothes instead.

  • I agree about Wilson's clothes but I was expressing an opinion on who's playing I prefer. There is no empiriccal way of measuring this. The fact that you use a phrase like 'same league' to compare the two kinda reinforces my point about it becoming more like an athletic competition than music.

    The problem here is that YOU don't know what I'M talking about.

    Maybe you're not in my league......

  • gracie1232, YOU have no idea what YOU'RE talking about. You present your preferences on what appeals to you of a particular style or school, but you make faulty comparisons. Raymond's solo is extremely musical. Aside from the variations of rudiments and hybrids, he changes tempo throughout and incorporates loud/soft passages in doing so. He is extremely tasty in his use of all elements in his solo and brings it to a climax appropriately. Maybe reeducate yourself about solo drumming.

  • I must have really pissed you off and if I did I'm sorry but don't go trating me like a total pleb. I know drumming well enough to know what I like - maybe not the 'best' as you would see it (and I admit Danny is breathtaking) but just my opinion.

    If you don't respect my opinion that's fine - ignore it.

  • it kind of is, its who puts the most time in, nothing wrong about mixing music and athletics, this is an example of exactly that.

  • He's obviously a great drummer but where's the music? It's becoming more like an athletic 'how fast can I play?' competition. Check out Scotland's Barry Wilson. Not so many fireworks and yee-has but a whole lot more taste, style and music.

    Plus Danny Raymond Jr. mother appears to dress him up funny!!!

  • gracie1232...you obviously don't recognize one of the most hollowed uniforms in drum corps history....That of SAC!

  • The ball SAC?

  • where did this guy march?

  • this guy is my uncle!!!!

  • i've met this guy several times. He was a drummer for 'the jammitors' at Disney's EPCOT. Nice guy

  • he still is a drummer at epcot . . .

  • what is dca i and e?

  • drum corps association individual and ensemble competition.

  • From 0:54 to 0:57 :O

  • blue steel at 1:12

  • Lmao.

  • this guy could kill the crap out of me in drumming with 1 hand even if I had 3.

  • gosh he's so cleaaann.

  • great drumming? but why the middle of the road?

  • 3 minutes and 37 seconds of greatness.

  • kinda looks and reminds me of ben stiller haha

  • wow

  • i like how they did this in the middle of some random road. but he's amazing none the less.

  • This guy is...amazing.

  • HOLY SHIT

  • flashnizm

  • that alot of freaking paradiddles

  • this guy is amazing

    excellent drumming

  • 1:13 would make a great screen saver.

  • not only is he a great pleayer but he is also a great teacher... i had him as a caption head at drum corp and i learned more than i thought i would... i still watch this solo and wonder what the hell some of the stuff is even with the music in front of me

  • this guy is writing our book this year!

  • i like him thats all i have to say!

  • this dude is insane. he wrote our music one year at osborne high school and that stuff was awsome. he came to our school to play his solo skyscraper which is what he is playing in this video. and he is crazy good. he worked our drumline out one saturday and our arms were gonna fall off.

  • I LOVE the slow, controlled simplicity. Tempo and accuracy is hard when slow, not too many kids in DCI try that with their solos. This guy is a true professional and entertainer! Awesome job!

  • i am proud to say that i personally know this man.....we met once in his breakroom at Disney.....really nice guy.... he worked at Epcot as one of the "Jammitors"....i'v got a video i recorded of him playing a show.... freakin awesome drummer.....WHATS UP DANNY!!!

  • aaaaaahahahah lmao check out 1:12 anyway this dude is a beast

  • It was a sheer pleasure to have this man as a caption head.

  • Dan-ny... Ray-mond -clap, clap- -=clap clap clap=-

  • That nigga cut like you Never Seen. i thought id never see a better solo than jeff queen but wow

  • Now that is a great player!

  • sweet.

  • that was a great solo

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