Davie504 More Annoying Than Ever

[BigBassBob]

He's basically made himself the Pewdiepie of bass.

If you watch say a week's worth of newer Pewdiepie and then go and watch Davey you'll see the somewhat ironic imitation going on with the over-the-top edits and the begging for likes is tongue-in-cheek.

He's playing the game, and apparently winning.

 

[Yonni]

Had to look him up then realised I’d seen the 100 bass lines compilation a couple of years ago. It’s free so the cost is our time and data. Poor guy is probably a slave to it by now as he’s so popular. It’s the internet though, so he’ll probably fade away over the next few years unless he finds a new shtick.

 

[Nashrakh]

I can't even stand to look at the still shots of the guy

Oh my god the still shots... I cringe every time. I'm sure that's intentional, but yeesh.

 

[interp]

Never heard of him and care nothing about him.

 

[Oddly]

Not watched many of his videos, but the ones I have showed a guy who can surely play bass, and the youtube influencer game.
Comparing his earlier videos to more current ones, it is sad to see how the content has weakened, but I guess that's the price of success, you gotta keep the content coming, even at the cost of quality.
Obviously I'd rather he stuck to bass, but I can appreciate this is his job, and I've no problem with him.
No-one's making me watch him.

 

[MotorCityMinion]

Usually when the phrase "Slap like now" makes it second of 20 appearances, I bail.

 

[Colin Cunliffe]

I found him funny and entertaining. Furthermore, he has the merit of introducing the bass to a younger audience as a cool instrument to play with.

IMHO the general perception of bass is the Simpson one:



and having somebody so popular dismissing this view is great.

They made a video of ME !!!!!!

 

[Jantelagen]

Ive seen his Channel recommended but I click not interested. YouTubers like Davie504 remind me of carnival sideshow acts that are constantly trying to hustle or goad you in

 

[gt96g]

Youtube is great for a lot of things. I've learned a ton of great info on quality channels but then some channels are just funny nonsense for amusement, some are something in between. There a a ton of quality music related channels on the platform so the decline in quality of one will inevitably give rise to another.

 

[Spidey2112]

Seen him a couple of times... awesome bassist... can't knock someone for making money, using their talents.

I wonder if he has a day job... you know, to supplement his online income?

 

[bobba66]

At least he doesn't dig ditches or flip burgers for a living. That's gotta be a win for him.. No offence to diggers or burger technicians.

 

[bolophonic]

Never heard of the guy. 99% of the Internet is garbage. That goes double for YouTube.

 

[mcnach]

I unsubbed from Davie504 more than a year ago for a lot of the reasons I'm going to mention here but after seeing a Reddit post that echoed a lot of my sentiments, I thought I'd post a similar opinion here with my own thoughts here not having realized how bad it's gotten.

Let me first say that I think he's a talented guy.. and I don't hate him. In this spirit, I hate the game but not him.

When he started he had some great videos... the 100 top basslines compilation was one. He used to play the bass...but now videos are 10 minutes long and he barely plays anymore.

He is now, with 5 million subscribers, perhaps the biggest bass influencer and bass media source in all forms of media to the General Public.

And reading some of the comments of his cool videos, you would see comments, like, "Impressive, but can you play bass with just one buttcheek?" Those comments were funny for a while but got old. I got tired of him and unsubbed.

Fast forward and I watched this video yesterday and it was unwatchable. Constantly begging for likes and subscribers, massive over editing treating people like they have ADD, lights and sound effects.

And what I didn't realize before is that he had never laughed in a video and since he always has headphones on so he has never revealed his ears. So as a "reward" to his audience, he reveals his laugh. And because of the headphones, he promises that at 6 million subscribers, he will reveal what his ears look like. I don't know what this says necessarily about human behavior or what but it seems pathetic.

Like I said I don't hate him and I realize he's just playing the game... perhaps he's gotten a few people to pick up the bass and learn the instrument and for that I'm grateful. But what he has become isn't doing us any favors. At this point he's almost a comic book character and is the main representative to the general public about what a bass player is. If you mention in conversation to an acquaintance that you play bass, your response is very likely to be, oh yeah I know that guy davie504 from YouTube.... meh.

I agree it was better at the beginning. But I understand why he does it the way he does it: it brings in more money, and I have to admire a guy who is successful the way he is.

At the same time, nobody forces me to watch his videos. As with everything else, choose the content you watch and enjoy what you can. At least he doesn't make videos of unpacking string sets or some other gear like other channels do... but maybe it's a matter of time

 

[mcnach]

I've been aware of this guy for awhile, but have never bothered to click on his videos for the simple fact that I can't even stand to look at the still shots of the guy, let alone watching X minutes/hours worth of videos...

As I understand it, he can play the hell out of the bass...that's wonderful...but he looks smug and annoying to me, and I have better things to do than watch his videos.

I'm sure he's crying about it

But I know what you mean... whenever I watch anything he makes recently I am fast forwarding a lot to get to the 'meat'. It's usually only about 2-4 minutes tops, the rest is silly filler. The 'slap like now' and crying-rainy shots etc are funny the first couple million times (or about 5 minutes, at the rate he churns them out), after that it's tiresome.

 

[Nev375]

...just waiting for this thread to be featured in an upcoming video.... and soon after the massive influx of his followers.

Good luck mods!

 

[mcnach]

Davey who ???

If he ain't in one of the bands I like, on TB, or based in Seattle, I likely never heard of him.

Being insular is nothing to be shouting or be proud about...

 

[Element Zero]

People thought the same thing about Weird Al. Davies comedy isn’t for everyone.

 

[mcnach]

No one said anything about hating him it's obvious you didn't read anything I posted. Next time do yourself a favor and don't comment unless you've read.

Good luck with that, this is TalkBass!

[*] substitute TalkBass with any other forum of your choice

 

[mcnach]

Never heard of him and care nothing about him.

Thank you for the very insightful contribution.

 

[Gorn]

He's really good and really annoying. Eventually he'll say, do, or think something offensive and get cut off.