Double Bass love this guy.... i can't not look

[Blueszilla]

Thanks for that. I sometimes get down on myself for not practicing enough or having poor technique, but after watching that, I'm ok, I'll be fine. It's good to get some perspective once in a while.

Good luck to you Mr. Larson.

 

[SAlcott]

He made me remember an Army band colleague who insisted that 7/8 meter should be counted "1 2 3 4 5 6 sev-en"

 

[engedi1]

I love how he stares at his left hand the WHOLE TIME!!! And that while in first position. I only hope he offers arco lessons...

 

[Marcus Johnson]

I still think he needs a drool bucket.

 

[A. Munk]

YouTube - Drums: Hip Hop Beats : Hip Hop Beats for Drums: Advanced Accents & Fills

the guy just keeps getting better

 

[drurb]

Can't have much sympathy for a guy who holds himself out as an expert and then does that. Hysterically pathetic! Oh, and the Summertime link.

Hartt school graduate? Uh... I studied with Invalid Link Removed at Hartt. Somehow, I don't thing Ryan David Bird Larson did.

"Bird?!" Really?

 

[Rebop]

It gets way better guys.

YouTube - How to Play the Conga : How to Play Conga Drums with Brushes

And the best comment from Youtube: "sounds like someone rumaging around in a box of junk"

 

[drurb]

LOL! Well, thanks for that, Rebop! Wow, the guy's a regular rhythm machine.

...and the bio:
Bio: Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all twelve keys.

Hmm... music theory in all twelve keys. I had heard that theory changes when you go from, say, F to Bb.

 

[MartinBorgen]

It's always great support for us hard-practising newstarters to see that we're better than someone on youtube!

 

[Jake deVilliers]

How about the other 12 keys? According to Bach there were 24...

 

[drurb]

How about the other 12 keys? According to Bach there were 24...

Oh no... please.... don't tell Ryan David Bird Larson that there are more keys. That might lead to more videos.

 

[Jake deVilliers]

Oh no... please.... don't tell Ryan David Bird Larson that there are more keys. That might lead to more videos.

Oh f*ck, I hadn't thought of that!

 

[SAlcott]

Can you imagine him dealing with the concept of C# major and Db major?

 

[Jake deVilliers]

Can you imagine him dealing with the concept of C# major and Db major?

I'd pay money to hear him try to explain that!

 

[JtheJazzMan]

Theres something extremely odd about this guy. Ok, APART from the obvious.

On his website he refers to himself as Ryan David Bird Larson, and on his bass it says "Bird lives".

Is this supposed to mean he believes himself to be an incarnation of Charlie Parker?

Im not a fan of armchair psychology, but....... take into account everything else youve seen and speculate away.

 

[drurb]

Mr. Larson suffers from a malady that is described in some detail in the current [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. This syndrome was not recognized in the previous DSMs. Here are excerpts from the description:

The condition is referred to as Birdophelia or Parkersons. One of its chief characteristics is the delusion that one has the innate musical talents and abilities of one Charles Parker Jr. and that one has been destined to "channel" his persona via public performances and offerings. Ironically, such patients most often display only limited musical abilities themselves. Those who suffer often appear to be in a drug-induced state ("high," in the vernacular) despite having not been dosed with any psychoactive substance.

There is currently no known cure, although a number of practitioners have suggested that some benefit may be realized by refraining from encouraging patients with the disease from engaging in their prototypical displays.

One anecdotal report suggests that asking patients to ponder the functional musical difference between the notes B and Cb provides temporary cessation of symptoms. When symptoms return, another pair of analogous notes can be chosen (e.g., E and Fb) but such a scheme is of obvious limited benefit.

 

[Rebop]

Wow. DrURB. That was really, really good!

 

[Rebop]

Theres something extremely odd about this guy. Ok, APART from the obvious.

On his website he refers to himself as Ryan David Bird Larson, and on his bass it says "Bird lives".

Is this supposed to mean he believes himself to be an incarnation of Charlie Parker?

Im not a fan of armchair psychology, but....... take into account everything else youve seen and speculate away.

Nahh. He's just a birdophile (see: fanboy).

I'd pay money to meet this dude. Just want to have a little chat with him. I'm sure it will be a very memorable and amusing experience.

 

[engedi1]

Excellent DRURB. LMAO as they say. I would offer to give this guy lessons, but clearly he is the master.

 

[Barongket]

For those of you that can't get enough.