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

[SAlcott]

Bring your bank up to NYC and see how far it goes.

 

[drurb]

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All me baby all over the bass ~ Check it out!!

I admit when I did those videos my hand technique was sub par, but then again I just started my lessons with Nat Reeves so what can I say, besides Expert Village gave me some serious bank in twelve keys players.

MANY BLESSINGS!!!
Ryan David Bird Larson

Perhaps we're having our proverbial leg pulled by a Larson imposter. Although, who would want to do that-- I just don't know. Just started your lessons with Nat Reeves when you did the videos? Hmmm... as one of Nat's former students, I'd really like to hear what he has to say about this.

 

[drurb]

...I think Drurb has made a pretty astute diagnosis, and I speak as one with psychiatric training!

Please stop teaching.

Thank you, especially for attempting to help with his Birdophelia/Parkersons.

...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.

 

[Calebmundy]

I'm impressed that he seems to be able to play endlessly with awful technique. I would be worn out with that posture in about ten minutes.

 

[Calebmundy]

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"

Oh this is all too good! I love the comment in Spanish, in which the only word I recognized is "hospital".

And while playing an example says something along the lines of "now you're grooving", and then proceeds to trip all over the beat.

 

[GrowlerBox]

Thank you, especially for attempting to help with his Birdohelia/Parkersons.

Well, you know, we do what we can .

 

[jordan2]

Read the description in the video. "Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all twelve keys." Did you hear that? All 12!!

 

[mcblahflooper94]

:0 ALL TWELVE!! I only know four!! D:
I feel really bad for this guy. I sympathize as much as I laugh. Read his poetry in his website! It's not Emily Dickinson, but it's not the flat out WORST I've ever heard. Still bad enough to make you laugh.

 

[gfaulkner]

OK. So no bong jokes yet?

I am disappoint.

DON'T BOGART THAT JOINT MY FRIEND......

 

[David Jayne]

Somewhere out in cyberland, Ryan Larson is reading this thread and giving you the finger.

Of course, he's probably giving you the wrong finger ...

probably his ring finger.......

 

[GrowlerBox]

probably his ring finger.......

Wait ... is that the third or the fourth?

 

[El Thumpo]

"....Expert Village gave me some serious bank in twelve keys players."

Can anyone translate this into English?

Well, this is pretty much proof the guy's an imposter. "Some serious bank" means he was paid well for the vidoes. Which is absolute crap--those "learning" sites like Expert Village and eHow and such pay a pittance. We're talking double digits here.

And, of course, there's no fact-checking or quality control. Which is why stuff like this gets through.

 

[groooooove]

I want to see his thumb position tutorial. Maybe by then he will learn how to adjust the endpin.

BTW: That website image is major cheese.

click on the "poetry" tab on his website

its like a cheese stick dipped in cheese sauce.

 

[Reku]

what the heck was that....

 

[mattburgbass]

ok. Found this of the poor guy.
It's a "best of".

Enjoy.


YouTube - The Best of Ryan Larson - "Expert" Village Bass Genius

I couldn't stop cracking up. thank you

 

[AndreyR]

On Expertvillage, he teaches bass, piano, jazz theory, drums and even coongas. Yes, coongas. He is certainly not an expert in any of those things, and if Expertvillage was an actual village, I wonder what kind of people live there XD.
BTW, Summertime is worth a laugh Link Removed

But then again, what do I know? My jazz prof told me, It takes a long time just to become 'mediocre'.

 

[Brunot]

Well, I cried a river for this guy... laughing. Seriously, I never stopped to wonder if he's just challenged or just a hell of a troll. After seeing his homepage picture, I settled for the latter

 

[Beginner Bass]

On Expertvillage, he teaches bass, piano, jazz theory, drums and even coongas. Yes, coongas. He is certainly not an expert in any of those things, and if Expertvillage was an actual village, I wonder what kind of people live there XD.
BTW, Summertime is worth a laugh Link Removed

But then again, what do I know? My jazz prof told me, It takes a long time just to become 'mediocre'.

I made about ten seconds before closing it.

 

[Jake deVilliers]

I made about ten seconds before closing it.

No, no, stick around - it gets better!

 

[skychief]

If you want a really good laugh, listen to the recording of Summertime on his website.

Edit: I wouldn't have thought it possible, but some of the other recordings are even worse.

I couldnt resist. I had to give this a listen..incredibly, he sings "cha-cha-cha" in this song. O dear.


Edit: To be fair, I sorta liked his bassline on Satin Doll.