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Davie504 More Annoying Than Ever

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#141
nnnnnn said:
Davie504 currently has more than 1000 sponsors on Patreon, which implies he is receiving more than $1000 per video in addition to whatever YouTube may be paying him. Could be several thousand dollars per video if a fair number of patrons are paying more than $1/video for access to tabs, etc.
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It's wayyy more than that. Every million views is worth about 2K to $2800 or so in ad revenue alone. With new videos and views on this catalog, I bet he is making close to 150K per month. Maybe more.
 
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SgtHulka said:
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.

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It’s the media. It’s all about the hits. Been that way for a long long time. Profits from advertisers is the main objective. The only use for content is to get people to log on, click on, turn on, or turn the page to get somebody in front of an advertisement. Doesn’t matter if it’s media print, TV, or internet, it’s all the same.
 
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Since the internet is a sorta facsimile or real life it follows that the biggest/most popular is rarely the best or even very good. I like Scott's bass channel and on guitar I like Paul Davids.

There's a corollary that for every 10 fellas providing knowledgeable, interesting content with a couple thou subscribers there a female hottie who doesn't do it nearly as well with a million subscribers. It doesn't matter if it's music, woodworking or living in vans.
 
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SgtHulka said:
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.

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You know what I would like to see from these YouTube whiz kids...I'd like to see them play bass in a live band. I mean, it's great that you can do all the hyper technical finger gymnastics that I could never do if I had another lifetime to practice. That's all very impressive and so forth, but you almost never see these guys playing on a stage with a band. One of the exceptions is Anthony Murtheraja who is just a fantastic musician with or without the YouTube notoriety. One of these days I'm going to comment on Davie's YouTube page, "That's great, but can you play with a band?" I mean, I'm sure someone of his talent would do well regardless of the musical situation, but I'd like to actually see him perform with a bass in a situation for which the instrument was intended.
 
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Mike Sorr said:
You know what I would like to see from these YouTube whiz kids...I'd like to see them play bass in a live band. I mean, it's great that you can do all the hyper technical finger gymnastics that I could never do if I had another lifetime to practice. That's all very impressive and so forth, but you almost never see these guys playing on a stage with a band. One of the exceptions is Anthony Murtheraja who is just a fantastic musician with or without the YouTube notoriety. One of these days I'm going to comment on Davie's YouTube page, "That's great, but can you play with a band?" I mean, I'm sure someone of his talent would do well regardless of the musical situation, but I'd like to actually see him perform with a bass in a situation for which the instrument was intended.
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...because he's dying to give up the $50k/month he makes on YouTube for the $100 he can get playing Sweet Home Alabama for 4 hours with a band on a Saturday night?
 
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Jamvan said:
...because he's dying to give up the $50k/month he makes on YouTube for the $100 he can get playing Sweet Home Alabama for 4 hours with a band on a Saturday night?
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^ that’s what I’m saying.
The Binging with Babish guy bought his brother a Tesla, and I think he helped his brother out thru a medical issue.

Some youtubers have done vids where they’re showing off the house they’d bought for themselves or family members.

It’s the same spending pattern as getting an NFL contract, but proportionally easier to grow a content stream than play any pro ball.
 
#150
Mugre said:
Since the internet is a sorta facsimile or real life it follows that the biggest/most popular is rarely the best or even very good. I like Scott's bass channel and on guitar I like Paul Davids.

There's a corollary that for every 10 fellas providing knowledgeable, interesting content with a couple thou subscribers there a female hottie who doesn't do it nearly as well with a million subscribers. It doesn't matter if it's music, woodworking or living in vans.
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Erm...URL for the living in vans hotties please?
 
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Jamvan said:
...because he's dying to give up the $50k/month he makes on YouTube for the $100 he can get playing Sweet Home Alabama for 4 hours with a band on a Saturday night?
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I get it, he's making a fortune being a YouTube celebrity, but the tool he used to become a YouTube celebrity is a bass guitar. And since he likes to accept challenges, how about getting a gig. I'm sure he would have an easy time finding musicians who would love to play with him. He doesn't have to play Sweet Home Alabama, he can play Dream Theater or some thing that will show off his abilities. And why would he have to give up the YouTube gig for a band? Surely he can do both. Plus, Davie is just one of many of these guys and not all of them are making the kind of money he is, and I rarely see any of them playing in bands. Again, not to say they can only perform their magic on YouTube, but I know if it I was one of these YouTube guys, I'd absolutely want the bulk of my work to be in front of a live audience. But then again, I'm a dinosaur from the days when live music was still a thing.
 
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Every couple weeks I watch a few if his vids. Hyper thumping is fun from time to time. What I really dig is Adam Neely and Janek. Gwizdala's "In the Practice Room" is something I am putting tine into. I try to play along with him and it's great to see a top-notch player work things out in real time. Here is the first vid. There are 37 as of last night.

I play with similar technique so I'm in hook, line and sinker. Inspirational, and not a slap to be had.
 
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bassrique said:
Every couple weeks I watch a few if his vids. Hyper thumping is fun from time to time. What I really dig is Adam Neely and Janek. Gwizdala's "In the Practice Room" is something I am putting tine into. I try to play along with him and it's great to see a top-notch player work things out in real time. Here is the first vid. There are 37 as of last night.

I play with similar technique so I'm in hook, line and sinker. Inspirational, and not a slap to be had.
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Janek’s my main goto these days as well. Bought all his course books. Still working through them slowly and learning things.

Highly recommended.
 
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