Casting Info

Do you think you have what it takes to be a member of our show cast? DRUMLine Live will be holding open auditions for our upcoming 2009 season. Auditions will be held in the following cities:

October 31 - November 2 Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL
October 31 - November 2 Southern University Baton Rouge, LA
November 8 Martin Luther King HS - Decatur, GA Atlanta, GA
November 14-16 Bethune Cookman U Daytona Beach, FL
November  28-29 Location TBD New Orleans, LA

Audition Press Release (176KB)

Submit Your Online Auditions Now!

Deadline for all video auditions is November 17th.

You can submit your audition video via YouTube:

  1. Record audition
  2. Upload video to storage drive
  3. Create YouTube account (if you do not already have one)
  4. Upload video to YouTube from computer or directly from recording device
  5. Select your video using the "edit" option or "Info and Settings"
  6. Scroll down to "broadcasting and sharing" options to "privacy settings"
  7. Select "private viewable by up to 25 people"
  8. Go to "My account" check "inbox"
  9. Select "compose"
  10. Fill in field "drumlinelive@gmail.com"
  11. Scroll down to "Attach video"
  12. Click on drop down menu tab and select "video"
  13. Click "Send"
Or choose alternate method from step 6 above:
  1. Click your username at the top of page
  2. Click on your audition video
  3. Scroll down to "Share" option
  4. Scroll down to "send this video"
  5. Enter the username "Drumlinelivetour" to send directly to our YouTube account or enter drumlinelive@gmail.com to send to our email address
  6. Click send
You can also mail your video to:
Drumline Live
P.O. Box 374110
Decatur, GA 30037



Registration

If you’re interested in becoming a DRUMLine Live cast member, fill out the form below. We’ll send you news and updates during the casting process, including announcements of audition dates in a city near you!

Send all questions or inquiries to: questions@drumlinecasting.com

Earn a great salary traveling the world with DRUMLine Live!

Audition Criteria

Instrumentalist

  • Must perform a minimum of six chromatically adjacent major and minor scales.
  • Must play the chromatic scale the full practical range of the instrument.
  • Must perform a solo that demonstrates your advanced technical and lyrical abilities.
  • If you play jazz, be prepared to improvise in any key.
  • Percussionist must perform an advanced level snare drum solo and a minimum of 12 rudiments, opened to closed at a minimum tempo of 120.
  • Drum set performers must play a minimum 60 second demonstration of your best ability in any musical medium or style.

Marching

Must provide a 64 count marching demonstration of an HBCU style band.

Vocalist

Must perform an excerpt that demonstrates your best vocal ability, 8 to 16 measures in any medium (Rhythm and Blues, Hip-Hop, Classical, Jazz, Rap, Spoken-Word, etc.)

Acting

Must demonstrate the ability to act and role play a 30 to 60 second scene of your choice.

Dancing

  • Must perform a prepared excerpt that demonstrates your best dancing ability in any medium or combination of your choice (Hip-Hop, Lyrical, Ballet, Tap, Stepping, etc).
  • Must also be prepared to learn a routine taught by the DrumLine Live choreographer as a part of the final audition process.

Desired Position/Instrument (Must have a minimum of two diverse talents):

  • Trumpet
  • Trombone
  • Euphonium
  • Tuba
  • Clarinet
  • Piccolo
  • Alto Sax
  • Percussion
  • Dancer
  • Actor
  • Vocalist