RIP Alan Holdsworth :(

@mejnoun7161

3 жыл бұрын

Allan Lives!

@Alex-vi2wl

3 жыл бұрын

Who?

@OsvaldoBayerista

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alex-vi2wl lol

@mejnoun7161

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alex-vi2wl Heidi Hot

@helgaperez

3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorites! RIP allan holdsworth :(

I met Victor 20 years ago. After asking him about some of his techniques, he told me, “Don’t try to figure what I do. Try to figure out what you do.”

@Terrezio

4 жыл бұрын

I read this in his voice haha

@luism169

4 жыл бұрын

Such wise word

@EARTHBOUND806

4 жыл бұрын

Lol hes like the Denzel Washington of bass guitar

@DarkoP9.13

4 жыл бұрын

Like da13thsun says: Dont look outside yourself. You do you , ill do me. 13Wisedome

@crazydrummer181

4 жыл бұрын

EARTHBOUND806 I was thinking right away that he sounds like him.

This is not a lesson for bassists. This is a lesson for every musician out there. No matter the instrument.

@maj2809

4 жыл бұрын

This is a message for life

@DarkSideofSynth

4 жыл бұрын

I agree and I'd raise it with "Every artist in general"

@bryanholst8503

4 жыл бұрын

I was going to say the same thing

@noahwagner7686

4 жыл бұрын

Amen

@jujuanimal1995

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

Victor Wooten is the rare combination of an outstanding musician and an outstanding teacher.

@dropclutch1

2 жыл бұрын

And an outstanding human being. Love that guy!

@crotonrivernet

2 жыл бұрын

He's a guru, a spiritual leader, check out his book, "The Music Lesson," he's the Carlos Castaneda of music.

@CL-vx9dr

Жыл бұрын

Naturally funny as well. Just so fun to listen to.

1:31 "You're born with feeling, you'll die with feeling. Feeling doesn't have to be learned. Feeling is another universal language like love, hate, jealousy--nobody has to learn that. That's not cultural dependent. We feel everywhere all the time. So when you can reach someone with feeling, you can play less techniques. Right? And you end up playing more music." - Victor Wooten

@brayse-kun

2 жыл бұрын

👍

@iblesbosuok

2 жыл бұрын

Deep philosophy

@EvidenceBasedMedsin

2 жыл бұрын

Great statement

@usersrule

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome words òf advice.

@morganghetti

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he said that in the video.

Damnit, this ain't no music lesson, this is LIFE LESSON.

@DOCTORBAZZ

4 жыл бұрын

Very true

@michaelciancetta6397

3 жыл бұрын

@@DOCTORBAZZ But he's not following it though :)))

@mrbass1310

3 жыл бұрын

you need to get out there more dude haha

@epictetus9221

3 жыл бұрын

music is life

@christianartmann1395

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelciancetta6397 somehow, his recent experimental stuff does not reach me

Michael League fangirling over Victor Wooten is priceless

@petr8767

4 жыл бұрын

Dude what the fuck I was so driven to pay attention and watching Victor that I havent even seen Michael in the background/chair :D :D :D

@mbrew3244

4 жыл бұрын

Who?? :-) There's someone else in this? I thought he was talking just to me.

@brandonpryormusic

4 жыл бұрын

Holy shit I’m so busy focusing on Victor that it didn’t even notice Mike. So much talent between them two.

@playinhard

4 жыл бұрын

...and who wouldn't? :)

@SepiaSepiaKR

4 жыл бұрын

Life goal: Find someone who looks at you the way Michael League looks at Victor Wooten

A lesson not only for bassists but for all musicians!!!!, Can't get enough of his simplicity.

@DOCTORBAZZ

2 жыл бұрын

💯 true

@Jkiedis

Жыл бұрын

Not only for all musicians but for almost everything / everybody in life ...

The bass player and one of the composers for Snarky Puppy, is sitting besides Victor, looking awed. What an inspiration Wooten is, therapy through music.

@ChimRichalds750

2 жыл бұрын

Yep when I first clicked on this I was like, “Is that Michael League standing behind him??” Lol. Love it. You can’t be a young bass player in the jazz space and not have been impacted by Victor Wooten.

@jbtor1

Жыл бұрын

Michael League

@yogsenforfoth5948

Жыл бұрын

He’s a genius musician and bandleader in his own right. I had the privilege of meeting him when a band I played in, in the Dallas jam band scene in 2007 and 2008, played on a night that had several local bands play. He’s such a nice guy as well as being a brilliant musician.

@TheJoaniejoancansew

Жыл бұрын

That looks like Michael League

@tedwilliams185

Жыл бұрын

At least called the dude his name

This dude don't even need his bass , his talking alone is interesting enough

@mikec.7283

3 жыл бұрын

He wrote a book. It’s been about a decade since I read it, but it was chock full of little gems like this. The Lesson, I think it was called.

@BREAKocean

2 жыл бұрын

have you seen his commencement speak at college

@KC-bg1th

2 жыл бұрын

He’s in the same class of people as Carl Sagan and Mr. Rogers: People that are so passionate about what they do and say, that their enthusiasm rubs off on you.

@JebHoge

2 жыл бұрын

He's so nice too.

@LifeInZadar

2 жыл бұрын

But because of his bass, so many more are listening and being pulled into where the cool stuff is

This isn't just a lesson for bassists. It's a lesson for everyone.

@ajplaysdrums

3 жыл бұрын

I’m a drummer. Saw Wooten and had to click

@vanguard4065

3 жыл бұрын

victor is too preachy

@bigballrecall

3 жыл бұрын

This isn't just a stolen comment...

@bradhienzachary

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a philosophy lesson!

@joeysham

3 жыл бұрын

@@vanguard4065 yeah, but when you're him, you get a pass

Amazing how simplicity has become something we dont appreciate anymore, to the point it needs to be explained to us.

@Swashbuckler9x

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing point man, try that. Pheeew

@sereroserera367

2 жыл бұрын

Lol isn’t the whole point of this video to show that simplicity is the very thing we truly appreciate?

@james12erby43

2 жыл бұрын

Right lol

@Kinobambino

2 жыл бұрын

Jeez Thats deep

I want like an hour of victor just jamming and telling me how to be awesome, can he do that album please?

@DirtJunkie1620

10 ай бұрын

Read his books! Great stuff.

Steve Gadd said it best "fills bring the thrills but grooves pay the bills"

@brucegelman5582

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly which means the average music lover cant understand anything or even want anything beyond 4/4 or 2/4.A real musical person always wants more

@LeakyJAZZ

2 жыл бұрын

Solo for flash, groove for cash

@BREAKocean

2 жыл бұрын

@@LeakyJAZZ I like this one

@LeakyJAZZ

2 жыл бұрын

@@BREAKocean “Lipbone” Redding, my step dad, and professional musician, told me that one

@jasonbent97

2 жыл бұрын

@@LeakyJAZZ THE “lipbone” who was notorious for the “I think I got a twenty down in this pocket” joke he’d play on everyone when it was time to pay tabs? That’s a name I wasn’t expecting to read.

Jimi Hendrix " Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel "

@etiennemiemczyk7081

3 жыл бұрын

And Jazz is even harder to play and harder to feel. (Sometimes)

@blop-a-blop9419

3 жыл бұрын

@@etiennemiemczyk7081 I don't like jazz when it gets too complicated, because it doesn't make me feel anything. I don't feel like it makes sense. I'm ok with complexity, but I can appreciate simplicity.

@ghostshipone

3 жыл бұрын

@@blop-a-blop9419 jazz piano can be quite relaxing

@johnm3187

3 жыл бұрын

Actually it is pretty easy to feel, thats why it is so popular and most beginner guitarists take it up. Hendrix probably said that just to try to be cool or insightful.

@biancababy3678

3 жыл бұрын

Anybody can feel the blues. Lots of people can play the blues. But only some people play with “feel”.

Bro just laid down some of the most powerful truths about music and being a musician. He’s like Jonathan Livingston Bassist.

@luzif0r

Жыл бұрын

All my love foth the reference to Jonathan Seagull. One of the most powerful books out there.

Amazing advice! As a _drummer,_ it really resonates because...all too often...drummers get bored and start thinking, "I should be doing more." Then we start _decorating_ the beat and/or throwing in unnecessary fills. One of the things that made Charlie Watts (a highly accomplished and technically masterful Jazz drummer) one of the greatest Rock & Roll drummers of all time is that he could just play a simple beat for several minutes without drawing focus. "My job is to provide a simple, stable platform, so Mick and Keith can shine." Whatever our instrument(s), when we play with others, we are part of something bigger than ourselves...and _individual_ expression at the wrong moment can inhibit the _collective_ emotional creation.

Coming from one of the most technically expressive bassists we’ve ever seen, to hear him bring it back to the basic fundamentals of a good bass line, is amazing.

@johnm3187

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing? Not really, in fact it is obvious. Of course he knows the fundamentals, he is a very experienced bassist as you stated.

@aussiesurfer805

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewlawton9241 soooo true dude… as a former elite basket-baller, now coach of elite 15 to 18 year olds, a bass player, surfer, scientist and business owner ,, nothing could more true … all facts in fact !! 😃 …. the quicker ya learn this in ya life, the better off ya life will be …

@dxcSOUL

Жыл бұрын

@@johnm3187 literalists like yourself are so annoying to talk to and are the worst conversationalists.

Correction: Every MUSICIAN needs to hear this.

@johnm3187

3 жыл бұрын

Not avant-garde musicians who don't care about it.

This is why playing in a band or ensemble is fulfilling in a different way than playing solo. Technically, it's simple and boring, but the amount of value you add to a song just by existing as a unique voice in the group is immeasurable.

Every MUSICIAN needs to hear this

" You can play a shoestring if you're sincere" Coltrane

Probably the best explanation of what "feeling" is that I've ever heard.

This is exactly how I feel about Jesus Christ and what he is to me and what he offers. His music is offered to all, but many refuse hear it.

@K4gima

3 жыл бұрын

Many have listened, an decided they dont like it

Victor Wooten is the wisest musician to ever walk this Earth. Every time he opens his mouth, people should listen to what he has to say. I'm not deifying the man or anything, he just drops so much musical wisdom, it's astounding. This has nothing to do with knowledge or "smartness", just pure wisdom.

@piktormusic2538

4 жыл бұрын

Radek Szyroki - If you like what he has to say here, you might enjoy reading his book “The Lesson”. I dog eared many of its pages as he imparts a number of bits of musical wisdom.

@chialus5362

4 жыл бұрын

I think that he is the wisest musician you know, okay no (just kidding) XD Edit: check out who Benjamin Zander is, another wise musician just like Victor.

@timcampbell9545

4 жыл бұрын

Radek Szyroki facts. Saw him at Sam Ash and was almost afraid to speak with him. I did though lol

@joaomarcusf.franca2712

4 жыл бұрын

Man I love Victor, but I have to 100% disagree with the Allan Holdsworth thing he said, I don't the comparison he made was even remotely fair

@stnimrod2014

4 жыл бұрын

@Jesus Blackness explain to me .... How?

This took me a LONG time to learn. Flea talks about this as being "generous" with your band. Giving them the space to share the love. In The thing is, if your bored with the simple groove, your doing it wrong, FEEL the groove, dont think, thinking is the enemy. FEEL the grove, drive your fingers with your heart, not your brain. .

@rickfromthecape3135

3 жыл бұрын

Yesss.... amen!

@arthurverlaine6434

2 жыл бұрын

The point is also, when you find something you feel but then cannot do practically/technically, stick around that for a while until you feel more in control of that movement, let it sinks in and become part of your language and vocabulary. Work it our, groove it. Never neglect what your fingers wanted to do but couldn't.

@theofficialdiamondlou2418

2 жыл бұрын

Well put , David yours also.

@esperago

2 жыл бұрын

Basically, playing for others instead of playing for yourself.

When I was 7 I went to one of victors concerts and after I waited by his bus for him to sign my bass and then he invited me onto the bus

I WILL ALWAYS GIVE THIS MAN BOTH OF MY EARS WIT NO RESERVATION

Victor Wooten: - play simple, catch people feelings, BB King famous playing 5 notes Also Victor Wooten: - plays uber stuff, chords, double thumb slap, tapping, became famous because he is a virtuoso of bass I'm joking (don't take it too seriously) i love him, amazing human being, teacher and musician

@avalerionbass

4 жыл бұрын

He puts feeling into every one of those flashy licks. A complex web built on a stable foundation.

@contrabbasso76

4 жыл бұрын

You aren’t wrong. Neither is Victor. Comical irony!

@monke-mk5

4 жыл бұрын

@P Botrel you didn't get famous for playing simple riff, but you keep people listening. Thats what he said

@murraypulsarto

4 жыл бұрын

Fawning simpletons come in every guise... normally liberal apologists for mediocrity.

@DavidEpstein

4 жыл бұрын

Your Mama don't know who Victor Wooten is.

1990 Telluride Town Square. Shawn Colvin had just finished a songwriting clinic. Everyone left the square except me. I was just sitting, nice buzz, strumming a few chords. There’s a bass clinic coming up in a few minutes. This guy walks over, plugs in a small bass amp and starts warming up. I can’t help but notice that he’s good. Another minute or two goes by. Now, I can’t help but notice that this guy is really something special. He’s playing super intricate, lightning fast perfect timing. I finally say, “Whoa man, you’re a great player!” He says, “Thanks, man. I’m Vic”.

@alexiswow2434

3 жыл бұрын

Cool story but isnt that what he just said not to do 🤔😂

@nashmartin8768

3 жыл бұрын

Shawn Colvin🤔😄

@Sir_P

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexiswow2434 it was warm up though

@musiclove4887

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexiswow2434 i think very sadly u missed the whole point 😂😂

@modgrip805

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexiswow2434 it’s a warm up my dude.

Every. Single. Word. He said is 100% on point!! I'll add that this applies to ALL musicians, not just bassists. ♥️🎶✊🏾

For anyone wondering, if I could remember correctly, the guy fanboying at the left name is Michael League. He is a really great bassist and founder of the mega band "Snarky Puppy".

I know what he’s talking about, when he says feeling. It’s an incredible feeling, when you feel the music, it’s like getting chills but it’s a strange feeling. It’s addicting in a way, and you can only get this feeling from music you truly love

@owenthomas9863

3 жыл бұрын

I cant do covers of songs i dont love

That group laughter is a swarm of joy.

@olivierjacquet

4 жыл бұрын

I love that

@notyetskeletal4809

3 жыл бұрын

@@say-cred ....and thank you for commenting. I just watched this twice again.

It's refreshing to hear someone so talented basically say, 'Don't play as I do, play how you feel'. Makes a big difference when you know technique isn't everything. No one can teach heart, not even a legend like this

As a bassist that has been playing 20+ years. I keep coming back to this video because Victor is a great teacher and can communicate his teachings to non-musicians as well which is extraordinarily rare in people

“every bassist needs to hear this” trust me they have...

“It’s not about being a great musician; it’s just about playing great songs.” - Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein

@gorillaump5869

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!! I watched that interview!

@pardolagames8994

2 жыл бұрын

Literally the opposite of Polyphia

@fernandoantoniomusic8712

2 жыл бұрын

@@pardolagames8994 I can’t tell if you like or dislike Polyphia. I hate them tho. Tim Henson to me is like having the playing talent Ichika Nito while only having the song writing ability of Machine Gun Kelly.

@pardolagames8994

2 жыл бұрын

@@fernandoantoniomusic8712 that's exactly what I think

@fernandoantoniomusic8712

2 жыл бұрын

@@pardolagames8994 nice

This is so true. In my Heavy Metal Guitar Bible, a music book I picked up in the 80s. I read an anonymous quote that has stuck with me since. "Play as fast as you want but with no feeling it means nothing".

Damn, Alan Holdsworth hit me hard. Long live music!

Is that Micheal League with him? So much concentrated bass power in one spot.

@iblindsamurai2677

4 жыл бұрын

I believe that is also one of mike’s vintage p basses that victor wooten is playing

@TheTruthAdamsShow1

4 жыл бұрын

Yup

@mastereefcheif

4 жыл бұрын

Ground up music festival look it up go to it these sit downs happen a couple of times a day

@kingdeedee

4 жыл бұрын

IBlind Samurai that would make a lot of sense. I've been wondering why in the world Vic would be playing a P, but then I remembered that's literally all Michael plays

@inevitablecraftslab

3 жыл бұрын

seems to be because of markbass

"When you can reach someone with feeling, you can play less techniques." - Thanks for reminding us, Victor.

@thomasmeyers5165

4 жыл бұрын

Mannn ur missing the best part of that line. To me it ends "when you can reach someone with feeling, you can stop playing techniques - and start playing music"

I just realised this is what I love about John Frusciante’s work with RHCP. For example “Can’t Stop” … starts simple - you’re feeling … then the song gets more complicated - now you’re listening. Thanks Victor 😃

Lost count of how many people get mad when ya tell them to keep it simple. Play for the song, not for yourself.

In my early 20s I was all about how fast and complex I could make my bass lines. Had a "crusty old veteran", who was probably younger than I am now, approach me after a show and say something that has stuck with me ever since. Him "You play pretty good." Me "Thanks!" Him "Its not how good you play, its how good what you play is." It took a good 48 hours to appreciate how much I had been roasted. It took another 10 years or so for me to truly understand what he had told me. I still show off, and cant lay off adding my own flair to any song I play... But now I am looking for spots where those additions enhance the song. I am making sure my fills/passing notes/counter melodies do not step on anyone else. Most importantly, I now make sure to stay true to the foundation of what I am playing. This results in my flair blending into the overall sonic frequencies instead of trying to stand out from them. Victor is preaching here, but its not a sermon anyone will understand until they are ready. I guarantee there were bass players in that audience who came away from it with "Victor is amazing, I must slap harder and faster to emulate him" as a take.

@hanzsantos

3 жыл бұрын

damn, if this isnt one extremely insightful and inspiring comment. Thank you for your story :)

@jasco5001

3 жыл бұрын

that man fucked you up, huh?

@TheMemo659

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasco5001 Not at all, he dropped a nugget of wisdom I needed to hear. Many life lessons are delivered in uncomfortable to painful packages. If that man had just said I was overplaying, I would have completely blown him off. I am grateful he chose the words he did and am absolutely a better bass player because of his comment.

@c.kizzee8961

3 жыл бұрын

Verb the Noun That’s word. 💯

@johnm3187

3 жыл бұрын

You're telling me it took you ten years and two days to understand that simple sentence that he said? Guess I'll see you in ten years when you understand my comment and get around to replying to it.

This man is the definition of cool, knowledge, soul, and a real musician. I love this man.

@jfb112697

4 жыл бұрын

fucking same man he's so cool

Not to mention we got Michael League just hanging out up there next to Victor acting super regular. No big deal lol. Two of my favorite musicians! I’d like to see more of this.

Bass is so beautiful. It’s nowhere to be found but without it there’d be a weird empty place in a lot of songs. Seeing this guy jammin made me happy and smile in litterally 2 seconds.

@metalheadblues

2 жыл бұрын

Laying down bass makes a song come to life

@jracerichards

Жыл бұрын

Yet how do you explain When Doves cry ,or Kiss by Prince

The snarky puppy guy sitting beside victor is in "in the zone" listening position. Victor might establish a bass cult.

@peterjanjanin9883

4 жыл бұрын

He already has

@peterzelaya4771

4 жыл бұрын

Michael League is the P bass guy.

@peterjanjanin9883

4 жыл бұрын

@@peterzelaya4771 you're thinking of Rocco Prestia 🤓

“Freddy’s Dead”. Love it. I’m 64 years old, and it brings back awesome memories. As does WAR’s BB Dickerson. Life was simpler back then.

Wow, I never knew that quote about how ‘people will forget what you say/do, but will always remember how you made THEM FEEL’, was attributable to Maya Angelou. I first heard Al Jarreau say it in an interview on the Tavis Smiley show, now I hear Victor Wooten talk about the same thing. Ever since I heard Al Jarreau say it, I have been living it myself. Peace. 🐰💙🎸🎶🤝✌️

Exactly. A simple melody that most people can hum will stick.

He sounds like Denzel Washington. Now I can't get this outta my head.

@akirayomashi1979

4 жыл бұрын

Bit of Magic Johnson as well

@Alien_nation

4 жыл бұрын

My man

@super2984

3 жыл бұрын

Alien nation * my nigga *

I feel like Victor is one of those who's brought wisdom all his life. Even when he was a little kid he was probably blowing minds. He's intelligent, observant and insightful.

Just like David Gilmore... "Play more emotions with less notes"

The title of this video should be "EVERY Musician needs to FEEL this"

Coming from a bass MONSTER like him, that's quite an endorsement for the bass playing its intended support role (ok, ok, with several notable, and highly talented exceptions to that rule!)

So how come so many Classical works are still remembered so well today in 2024, centuries after they were written, performed and in recent times sold on playback media? Those were not based on primal instinctual grooves and dumbed down sparse orchestrations and short motif melodies, so that the mind of the ordinary person could handle it. Back then they wrote for a higher purpose, writing music like they built homes and palaces....to last the test of time!

Victor is just as incredible as a teacher as he is a BASSIST. ICON!

Reminds me of the saying “the perfect is the enemy of the good” There’s a million musicians who know everything there is to know about music. They have perfect ears, perfect form, great work ethic, know how to compose, know how to engineer, know how to change styles...... why aren’t they all famous? Because while they know everything there is to know about how to make music, they don’t know how to make you feel it. Simple as that. The most famous musicians aren’t always the best.

That’s the reason why Eddie Van Halen was so successful, there were so many super-shredders like Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai etc, but who had the most hit songs and made the most money = EVH ... and it was his simple songs that connected to everybody and made everyone remember him. Eddie actually bought his original Frankenstrat guitar body off Allan Holdsworth.

@kingzriot976

3 жыл бұрын

Some Eddie songs are simple but others are not at all, listen to I’m the one isolated or Mean Street and tell me those are simple.

@javvieh

3 жыл бұрын

Edward did NOT play simple songs.

@terrypelayo4237

3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha no he didn’t. It was from the manufacturer “Boogie Bodies” and it was a factory “second” which means it likely had minor cosmetic issues. He bought the “second” because it was cheaper and he was a broke musician. He did however admire Holdsworth playing.

@stevieflowersbeats1506

3 жыл бұрын

Like Victor said here, “People will remember how you made them feel” - Eddie Van Halen made them feel. Its not necessarily a matter of his playing being simple/complex. He just didn’t let any of his ungodly techniques get in the way of conveying the feeling

@tojoriba5342

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevieflowersbeats1506 shut up boomers If there were only simple music and feel music Classical nd jazz wouldnt have been ever made by humans And arguably these genrrs are the pinnacle of human achievement in music.

I've heard of Allan Holdsworh..there was nobody like him may he rest in peace 🙏!!!!

I got to jam with Victor when he visited my high school in 2003 (I was on keyboard). Legend.

R.I.P. Allan Holdsworth though.

@publishingdu4911

4 жыл бұрын

Holdsworth and Gambale are my favourite guitarists. r.i.p. Allan :(

@piktormusic2538

4 жыл бұрын

Holdsworth’s work did make emotional connections with me and with many others. He was both extraordinary and very human.

@callospaziale

4 жыл бұрын

What?!? I wasn’t aware of his death I’m shocked.

@134SASAKI

4 жыл бұрын

I understand what Victor meant to say, but musicians aren't just looking for popularity. If it's business, he's right, but music is also art. I love Allan's music so much, R.I.P.

@bowserh2012345

4 жыл бұрын

He died in 2017... nothing new.

Preaching the gospel of creativity. It all starts with a feeling, then the music, the painting, the book can emerge.

It’s the wisdom of Yoda and the voice Denzel.

Brilliant man, he should be the national racist eliminator as he makes us all feel the same because we are!

I enjoy listening to Victor Wooten talk as much I enjoy listening to him play. He's a true American treasure.

Who else immediately had to look up Holdsworth cause they didnt know who he was. Glad I did, dude was fantastic

@65Superhawk

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't but he is right. Technical virtuosity garners respect from other musicians. Hummable songs garner record and ticket sales. RIP Holdsworth

I love how 'in awe' Michael is.

He is wise and here is a guy that can play anything yet, he preaches simplicity. Amazing

This is the same approach that comes to any art creation, so unbelievably wise of him to lay it out like that.

Damn. Going on 15 years of playing, and that's the best thing I've ever heard about bass.

I had a teacher tell me “you know how to play the instrument, and you know you know how to play it. Don’t get lost trying to prove it or impressing the audience, because they’ll clap regardless.”

Met Victor once many years ago. One of the most genuine people you could ever meet. Great dude.

He cracked the code to making good music.

Absolute legend. I love the way he commands the crowd. He’s so undeniably great that people actually WANT to listen to what he has to say.

Every MUSICIAN needs to see this videos again and again.

I could listen to Victor all day. what I wouldnt give to study music under him.

"When you can reach someone with feeling you can play less techniques": I agree, Victor Wooten is the best technician

i would extend this to every musician needs to hear this, applies to everything, so important

I stand in awe, totally blown away by this man’s wisdom. Respect!!

Victor...beast on bass. Major influence. Knows the groove. Really enjoy his concepts on sounds.

This is what I love about Victor. He has the skill to show off doing a long, fast, complex solo - we’ve seen his skills - but he knows that that’s not what music is about. It’s about soul and feeling. The point of music isn’t to be long, difficult, and complex; its to make you feel. It’s okay to play complex and difficult things if they have soul, but it’s better to play simple and soulful than complex and soulless.

EVERYONE needs to hear this

@DOCTORBAZZ

3 жыл бұрын

True

The greatest compliment I've had in my art career was when a man, who was riding his bike down the street past the front yard of a home where I was putting the finishing touches on a sculpture. He stopped and was looking at it and then commented to me, "I don't know what it is, BUT IT SURE MAKES ME FEEL GOOD!

I come back to this every couple weeks; this is such a gem for an outlook on life and not just music.

Dude sitting next him is looking kinda Snarky. :P

@DeadlyFredXXX

4 жыл бұрын

Not really, he looks like he's totally into it and having a good time. Also probably a little gobsmacked because he's sitting next to Victor Wooten.

@meowlmeowl-gi4925

4 жыл бұрын

@@DeadlyFredXXX r/woooosh Dude sitting nxt to Mr Wooten is the bassist of Snarky Puppy

@kelceybell9043

4 жыл бұрын

Jeff GOTEM!😂😂

@DeadlyFredXXX

4 жыл бұрын

@@kelceybell9043 HA HA HA FUNNY

@randallfranklin2548

4 жыл бұрын

I got it!!!

First thing you should learn from Victor is: enjoy it! You’ll never find this man playing without smiling ear to ear!

When Victor Wooten speaks, I listen.

every musician should hear this. not just bassists.

It's amazing how someone so capable of incredible complexity and technique also knows what really matters👍👍

BB was one of those rare musicians, who could play one note, and you knew it was him

@sleepymarauder4178

3 жыл бұрын

BB, Mark Knopfler and a few more. Instant recognizable

I always come back to this video to be reminded of Victor’s genius

I love that Michael League is just sitting there blown away the whole time!

I was part of an ensemble on an album that won a Grammy this year, and what got me there was this very ethos, feeling over flexing. I use to get criticisized for it years ago but realized then ,surrendering to the song was crucial. This was reinforced by players like JR Robinson ,Sly Dunbar ,Steve Gadd that I studied. Let the song guide you not you guide the song

I was there, sitting just in front of him. Ground Up 2018 fest. Michael was listening him and began crying at some point. It was that strong. I remember from what he had said "when you call you mother you say two syllables and she recognizes you. How many notes do you need to play in order to people recognize your music?" Btw Wooten was just killing on double bass that time.

I've seen him live several times. The man is brilliant, down to earth and real. He connects without being pretentious.

Every bass player needs to hear the man play “amazing grace “ life changing 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

FFS Michael Legend's face the entire time. So awesome seeing talented folks humbled and fanboying in the presence of greatness.