Defending Davie504 (OMG)b

[Dincrest]

While Davie504 is not my cup of tea (in terms of contemporary bassists, I vastly prefer bassist Nathan Navarro's channel), he is one of the most visible and famous bassists out there. He's making bass cool for a new generation. If he's inspiring kids to pick up bass, then more power to him. If he's flipping the script on the cultural landscape and making bass the up-front, recognizable, lead instrument, I say great!

If I tell a kid I play bass, and they say, "Oh cool, like Davie504?" I'll take that over, "Huh, wha?" I say it all the time that I think younger generations are more familiar with bass and more attuned to it in their music than prior generations weaned on guitar.

And, hey, if Davie504 inspires people to delve deeper, maybe into Nathan Navarro's channel, then they'll uncover all the wonderful heroes we old-heads hold in esteem.

 

[TortoiseBass]

While Davie504 is not my cup of tea (in terms of contemporary bassists, I vastly prefer bassist Nathan Navarro's channel), he is one of the most visible and famous bassists out there. He's making bass cool for a new generation. If he's inspiring kids to pick up bass, then more power to him. If he's flipping the script on the cultural landscape and making bass the up-front, recognizable, lead instrument, I say great!

If I tell a kid I play bass, and they say, "Oh cool, like Davie504?" I'll take that over, "Huh, wha?" Younger generations are more familiar with bass and more attuned to it in their music than prior generations weaned on guitar.

And, hey, if Davie504 inspires people to delve deeper, maybe into Nathan Navarro's channel, then they'll uncover all the wonderful heroes we old-heads hold in esteem.

I agree 100%!

 

[knight of ni]

Davie504 needs to be defended ? Wow.

 

[CatchaCuda]

Many of his current videos, it's like they're fueled by ADHD. Some are annoying.

It's not him or his playing that I have a problem with. I've enjoyed a lot of his playing.

There's no shortage of people who do like all of his videos. Clearly, I'm the issue.

Couldn't play in band? ********!

 

[Altitude]

Great player. His fourth wall treatment bugs me, but there's no denying his talent or success.

 

[HearNoStevil]

While Davie504 is not my cup of tea (in terms of contemporary bassists, I vastly prefer bassist Nathan Navarro's channel), he is one of the most visible and famous bassists out there. He's making bass cool for a new generation. If he's inspiring kids to pick up bass, then more power to him. If he's flipping the script on the cultural landscape and making bass the up-front, recognizable, lead instrument, I say great!

If I tell a kid I play bass, and they say, "Oh cool, like Davie504?" I'll take that over, "Huh, wha?" I say it all the time that I think younger generations are more familiar with bass and more attuned to it in their music than prior generations weaned on guitar.

And, hey, if Davie504 inspires people to delve deeper, maybe into Nathan Navarro's channel, then they'll uncover all the wonderful heroes we old-heads hold in esteem.

Who?

 

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[Tony In Philly]

Every so often I have a recurring nightmare - Davie lives in one house next door and Scott lives in the other. They both think that my playing stinks.

 

[TheReceder]

A bass player that's making a living and doesn't have to deal with egotistical Lead vocalists and guitarists... schlep gear to gigs, and can wake up whenever he wants.

I'd say he's a genius.

 

[JRA]

So what are your opinions on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this or just Davie in general.

he's a badass player.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

People who say things like that have no idea what they're talking about. Of course he'd be fine in a band. And in many cases he'd be the best one in the band. But when somebody sees someone play that well and they comment that they couldn't play in a band, it's usually because they themselves can't play in a band and are jealous.

Jealous that he's making bank, having fun and screwing around, "working" a few hours a week.
Instead of rehearsing, and playing out of town for 200 people, most of whom are staring at their phones , for 200.00 bucks a week .

 

[consectaneus]

I just started watching him in the last month. I like Davie! I don't watch as much now because it's pretty repetitive. My favorites are his interactions with his gf, challenging or throwing shade on his YT competitors, and the time he bought all the basses at the music stores in town and gave them away to fans. I'm sure he is getting a lot of people interested in bass. He found a way to make good money doing what he loves.

 

[barclaybass]

Bottom line......the guy can play his ASS OFF.......Period. Bonus points for making a living at it in this new musical landscape we are in.
It takes all kinds of players to make a kinds of music.
Bands like Dream Theater and Tool need bass players.
So do bands like The Ramones and Motley Crue.
All of them with literally millions of fans.
Personally, I'd rather chew on broken glass then listen to Victor Wooten noodling up and down the neck incessantly with that awful clanky tone he's got meandering all over the fretboard ........but that's just like, my opinion, man. Others think he is a bass god.
Me? I'm a Sling the Thunderbird low and play rock and roll type of bassist. I never even tried to be a virtuoso on the instrument......honestly, I have always considered myself a songwriter first who needed to pick something to play in a band, and I chose bass. It's just COOL......Dont get me wrong, I love the instrument and appreciate guys who can really effing play and I want to be as proficient as I can......but I was never a 'practice 8 hours a day' type of guy so that I could play stuff that I dont even listen to just to impress other musicians.

 

[FrenchBassQC]

He must have something, he has 7.89M subscribers to is channel...

 

[db59]

And there it is....+1000000

The dude found a way to make a living playing bass

 

[LBS-bass]

I find this a bit amusing to be juxtaposed on the same day as the thread about the dying music industry.

Here's a guy who is talented, capable, and using current technology to make things work for him. Personal opinions yes/no aside, does it matter if he could play in a band? He's got a pretty decent thing going and it appeals to a large enough audience that he's able to do it full-time.

In the meantime, a lot of us are over in the other thread lamenting the lack of opportunity, when this sort of thing is literally an opportunity that no one ever had until the last decade or so.

I get that many people find it difficult to change the way they've always done things. But the world is changing, anyway.

I've said elsewhere - and this was before COVID - that what's happening to live music these days reminds me of what it must have been like in the 50's to be a big band musician in the early days of rock and roll. Dancehalls shutting down, large bands busted up in favor of these little four piece combos, and Elvis up there with a guitar, making bank.

Davie is Elvis.

(Yes, of course he could play in a band).

 

[selowitch]

I admire him for building a successful brand and for his obvious dexterity/skill. His dynamics and even his rhythms tend to be somewhat all-the-same and he seems to gravitate to the pop end up of the spectrum, so that makes him less musically interesting to me.

Where Davie really loses me are with his comments to and about women and his girlfriend. There’s an undercurrent of machismo and misogyny that is really offputting, even if intended as “humor”.

 

[Luke the Fluke]

He often comes across a a "loud presenter with a skill" rather than a "musician presenter", imo.
At times, it may as well be a cooking show with a colorfully divisive personality for a host- like Gordon Ramsay, but with a bass.
It's about the host, not the bass... as such, some may not pay as much attention to the bass as to the host, and lose sight of the fact that he can really play.

His videos can be amusing, but but they often overwhelm with edits and youtube "pizzazz" and his shtick can get tiresome, imo.

I might usually watch a video or two, and then not watch any for months.

Gordon Ramsey has had 16 Michelin stars mind ...

 

[40Hz]

Nothing Davie504 does affects my own life in the least. So why should I care what he does? I’ll watch a video or two of his on occasion. But that’s the limit of my involvement with his channel.

I wish him well.

 

[tb4sbp]

I like him, his videos are fun, he is a great player
As a YouTuber he is one of the best
I may be partial due to the whole bass theme
Anyone that reaches the level of playing that he has shouldn't even be questioned about playing in a band setting