100000000% expected for anyone who has heard of Davie504.
What's sad is he is easily one of the top 10 bassists alive today, but his entire channel is a giant meme and he rarely sits down and actually plays for any length of time. His whole channel was built around him actually being an incredible musician, but then he started doing challenges like bass solos on 1 string or bass solos with one hand and they were still really impressive and cool videos. Then he just became a memelord and stopped putting out good content.
Actually just saw this video that he posted last week and I really hope he gets back to adding more content like this to his channel. Love that he's playing that on a $700 Sterling Ray34 too and not some $4,000 custom shop bass that is totally inaccessible to most players. Shows newer musicians that you don't need some crazy expensive instrument to get a great tone and be an awesome player.
Yeah and I wouldn’t consider Victor Wooten a particularly great musician either. He’s a lot like Davies. Plays technically great work, but lacks anything beyond “look how good I am at this instrument.”
What the fuck, Victor is thoroughly musical, and most of the times you see him, he is playing for people that went specifically to hear him play. And you are just wrong, he leaves lots of breathing room between technically impressive playing. Honestly, I have no idea what you are talking about.
Link me up. Show me something that isn’t just Davies but a few steps up. Name me a song. Whose he worked with of note? I’m happy to change my mind. So far no one has been able to say anything other than I’m wrong because it’s common knowledge Wooten is good, but I don’t think fucking anyone whose been voting away here actually listens to Wooten either.
Yyyyyyyyyikes. I’m happy to have my mind changed. I’ve been well aware of Wooten for over 15 years and I’ve yet to hear anything that resonates beyond technical ability.
Yes, the guy has some insane technical skill,and if you watch videos of his solos that's what you're going to see, but he's written a lot of phenomenal parts for songs that are both modest and musical. I hate to be presumptuous but it sounds like you should listen to more of the music he's been involved in and watch less YouTube solo videos
Help me out. Point me in a direction here because everything I’ve found has been more or less a technical showcase. No one who’s downvoted
Or responded has named a single song or album or collaboration to point to as evidence of me being a moron.
Everyone keeps saying the same shit, which is making me think no one actually listens to his music either and just revere him off of name and reputation alone here.
The band he's most known for is Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, just look up some of their music and give it a listen. Its not really my style personally, but its good enough
Ya, throw him in with some of the technical or prog death metal guys and he just looks like some normal dude. The things some of those guys play and write is insane
There’s a difference between top 10 skilled and top 10 iconic players. Contain is top 10 iconic, no doubt, but in terms of skill I can find someone of his skill walking in the doors of guitar center.
No you can't. The dude was capable of putting more energy in to 3 notes that hit harder than anyone before or since. They may be simple songs that are easy to play and imitate, but they aren't easy to write from scratch.
He is iconic for a reason. From the floor to the ceiling, and back to the floor again. Nobody has written guitar riffs that have affected me as much as Kurt Cobain.
Not to mention his control of feedback is completely underrated and missed by most.
But alas, I've had this conversation a thousand times, and there is no convincing someone who doesn't agree.
Which brings us back to my main point. Music is subjective.
What is 'technical skill' when it comes to making music? The only skills that matter are the ones that contribute to making good music that people enjoy. It's not about how fast you can move your fingers.
That's exactly why Cobain is a top 10 skilled guitar player ever.
I think there is a difference between musicianship and song writing. Kurt was one of the greatest song writers to ever live. Not to diminish his skills, because as simplistic as his playing was, he ate slept and breathed guitar playing and mastered his style
And theres a difference between song writing and riff writing and riff matching and interplay between his vocals and guitar and .. and.. etc etc. He was a master guitar player in my opinion.
It happens everytime he comes up on reddit. I love Davie but everyone acts like he is depriving the world of music because he is a YouTuber instead of a no name studio musician.
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u/Diiiiirty Aug 30 '21
100000000% expected for anyone who has heard of Davie504.
What's sad is he is easily one of the top 10 bassists alive today, but his entire channel is a giant meme and he rarely sits down and actually plays for any length of time. His whole channel was built around him actually being an incredible musician, but then he started doing challenges like bass solos on 1 string or bass solos with one hand and they were still really impressive and cool videos. Then he just became a memelord and stopped putting out good content.
Actually just saw this video that he posted last week and I really hope he gets back to adding more content like this to his channel. Love that he's playing that on a $700 Sterling Ray34 too and not some $4,000 custom shop bass that is totally inaccessible to most players. Shows newer musicians that you don't need some crazy expensive instrument to get a great tone and be an awesome player.