Thanks for having me on! Always fun to talk about great bassists with great people!

@DeadWaxShow

Жыл бұрын

It was so much fun. Thanks for coming on the show and getting funky!

@elducko1951

Жыл бұрын

You are genuinely great, talented, humble and up to your ears with chops! This video is an exciting and entertaining learning experience. I've been playing for 45 years; my all-time hero on bass is "Duck" Dunn. You have inspired me to search for a new direction in my playing. I've subscribed to your channel! Keep up the great work!

@ukatofarticus9046

Жыл бұрын

Dude, LOVE your videos

@szrnkabela

Жыл бұрын

Charles, this is the moment where you definitely outgrew Davie! 🤘

@brianspenst1374

Жыл бұрын

Now we know who is better. Davie is out there doing memes and Charles is here slapping out some music theory.

it's actually really cool to see Charles in this context, seems like a really chill guy and man does he have skills

@dewinmoonl

Жыл бұрын

and those two guys' reaction mirrors how we'd react to see charles in person dissecting a song in real time haha

@jibicusmaximus4827

7 ай бұрын

the man is sicker than a pandemic..

It's very rare to hear another bassist attempt "U Can't Hold No Groove" and sound as clean as Victor. Really great!

@rome8180

Жыл бұрын

There's no one alive right now who plays cleaner than Charles, in my opinion.

@cooldebt

Жыл бұрын

@@rome8180 💯

@OsvaldoBayerista

Жыл бұрын

jk

@vethwynwetfeather

Жыл бұрын

@@rome8180 Now I'm not here to say you're wrong because I love Charles but have you ever listened to Nate Navarro?

@yme3345

Жыл бұрын

@@OsvaldoBayerista HAH

Can't wait for the episode where Victor Wooten analyses his favourite songs by Charles Berthoud!

@EvilSean62

Жыл бұрын

I'd rather see a humble battle to determine which one could play a 2 note comp the longest behind a nice jazz tune like giant steps without blowing a fuse and going " full wooten "

"wait, wait, Charles can you play that??..." YESSSSSSSSHHHH

I feel like this is the nerdiest conversation in any episode, with the most music theory depth, and I am absolutely HERE FOR IT.

@MikeKobb

Жыл бұрын

💯💯💯💯

"Hey Charles, you think you can pull that song off?" Charles: *Casually plays perfectly*

I only understand about 3.684% of the music theory y'all talk about, but I enjoy 110% of it.

@allanpolk2681

Ай бұрын

D I T T O ! ! !

You need to get Victor himself there with you, he's an amazing teacher and speaker.

I drum for a living. When he slowed down the second groove at 27:48 he shows his caliber. It's so impressive to slow down that much and nail the technique and timing. I'm really impressed by him.

@spacedaddy5517

Жыл бұрын

With bass it's a little bit different because the faster you play, the harder it is for your hands to keep up. But still takes some great timing to do that, no doubt.

@GingerDrums

Жыл бұрын

@@spacedaddy5517 I also play bass, I kind of get what you mean, but nailing a 60bpm ballad is more of a feat of professionalism and competence than a double time bop tune. There is nowhere to hide when the space is given it's due.

@GingerDrums

Жыл бұрын

@@spacedaddy5517 dude thats literally what I just wrote. Peace

@spacedaddy5517

Жыл бұрын

@@GingerDrums Yeah sure you did, in three words or less. Peace dude.

@GingerDrums

Жыл бұрын

@@spacedaddy5517 keep rocking!

I know this is going to sound like hyperbole, but from a sheer technical standpoint I think Charles Berthoud is the greatest living bassist right now. He does things that I've never heard anyone do -- Wooten included -- and he does them with absolute clarity and precision.

@JennerationX100

Жыл бұрын

it's true. every video he puts out really takes bass to another level. across all styles and genres. Charles is just so amazing. but most of all his musicality is unparalleled.

@ak47dragunov

Жыл бұрын

Agree. He is a beast

@joannalewis5279

Жыл бұрын

Yes I think so

@cooldebt

Жыл бұрын

My kids and I agree - extreme technique which is also very melodic and musical - can't get enough of his playing in this household

@martymcfly1833

Жыл бұрын

I agree. He’s by far the best in my opinion.

Those harmonics are inhumanly easy for him. Charles’s in charge.

@Cloxxki

Жыл бұрын

They're going to name the instrument after him. Not a brand of bass. The instrument formerly known as bass. Seems Davide Biale lost the war. Prince passed. Prince Charles will eventually pass. A whole new Prince Charles is all ready to step up.

@zach2830

Жыл бұрын

got the reference lmfao

@jr2904

Жыл бұрын

Of our days... I know this reference from the Worthless Peons in Scrubs, RIP Ted/Steven Lloyd

@ericcrow7218

Жыл бұрын

He's a beast, but natural harmonics are really easy and fun to learn! You can hit em off 3,5,7 and you can get a nice clean octave off the twelfth fret

I love Jack's enthusiasm for watching Charles nail advanced bass technique. Every time I watch Charles play I am amazed too.

Hell yes. Way to go Charles. Brilliant choice boys.

10:27 I love it when Charles is explaining tapping, the look on its face, the same a man from 2022 would have when explaining to a 18 centuries guy how an iphone works. yeah. you..you..tap the stings.

Regarding the double-thumb technique, I believe Victor has said in interviews that his brother Reggie showed that technique to him, although I think Reggie uses it on guitar. What a family. LOVED that you guys had Charles on.

@NotDeadYet..

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he took the double-thumb the Guitar into the Bass thanks to Reggie the Teach : kzread.info/dash/bejne/lImgtZmqZZu1ptI.html it's somewhere in the interview

@terra1522

6 ай бұрын

Abraham Laboriel use the Bonanza theme, teaching the double-thumb wait to the end of tutorial love it! kzread.info/dash/bejne/gm2kuMd-p6zQiLw.htmlsi=5oqW6UbChGDtVJrO

@tedbogan6099

Ай бұрын

Yes Reggie showed it to him, but Reggie said he got it from the guitarist with funkedelics, and Victor said he was awestruck to see Clarke and Markus Miller already using it on tour with him and they e en showed him ways to improve on it.❤

“If we did t mention Stanley Clarke…” Yes. The original hifi electric bass soloist. I think Victor cited Stanley as a big influence too. Charles man, you’re incredible.

I can't be the only one who watched this to see if Charles would "mess up" or not be so good live as he is in his videos...but nope just pure perfection as always😂😂

@mrrandrade

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, one thing is to pull produced videos, another thing is to be able to slow down and precision hit everythng. Its massively impressive.

@thaurr8619

Жыл бұрын

Same ! Just noticed a little bug at the middle, the rest is just insanely perfect like all the time. I can become gay for this man

@element-dh9dx

Жыл бұрын

Why would he upload a video where he messes up ?

@carsonwood2095

4 ай бұрын

@@element-dh9dxto show that even the masters make mistakes when they’re learning something. But Charles has serious talent, it’s pretty hard to stump him

Love Charles! Dude has technique for miles but stays very musical. As he looked up to Victor somewhere there is a 6 year old future bass virtuoso that is looking up to him. Great stuff.

In a few years there will be similar conversation about Charles and his playing. Just cannot imagine who you can invite as guest, so far it seems only Charles can play Charles.

Basically Charles is one of the best in the world. Some day he will be the topic of a video just like this.

So happy you had on Charles. He is incredibly talented and also a wonderful writer. He is one of the CLEANEST players there is, such great clarity in every insane part.

Nerding out over Victor Wooten with another virtuoso himself Mr. Berthoud, and I'm here for it.

“Just to be clear, what’s happening here musically is gibbedy-gibbedy-gibbedy-gop.” - Professional musicians, reacting.

@pro-v7500

Жыл бұрын

Lmao. Who peed in your Cheerios?

@aldebaran.carrasco.martinez

Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

One of the biggest thing I have learned from Victor Wooten is his philosophy on learning music (or anything really) is by immersion. The analogy he uses for learning music should be like how children learn language. They aren’t required to learn language theory and then start speaking. Instead they start “jamming” with experienced speakers from the start. To sum it up, approach learning music by doing it and learning on the fly as you go.

@yofuman

Жыл бұрын

Victor might be the best or at least most approachable teacher of music I've ever heard. His videos where he instructive amazing

Is this the coolest, funkiest, nerdiest, most human music channel in the Universe? Seeing Charles with you guys was so surprisingly fruitful and uplifting + I never saw him so calm and humble.

@kylehegger8384

Жыл бұрын

This is exactly every conversation I tried to have in college…I had no friends.

@scottvandiver9101

Жыл бұрын

This has become me favorite KZread channel. I love how they break down theoretical ideas for you

Charles breaking it down super slow, and maintaining the groove is just so special.... the mark of a well earned, hard practiced, dedicated professional.

Yay, Charles!

The fantastic bassist Randy Coven from Long Island, NY was using the double-thumb technique in the very early 80s. He had his own Funk/Fusion/Rock albums and played with Yngwie Malmsteen. He was friends with Steve Vai from his Berklee days. Sadly, he passed away several years ago.

Marcus Miller also did Double Thumping before Victor showed up - not that often and excessive 😁 but he did !! That first example for Double Thumbing that Charles was playing, is a Marcus Miller lick as well Of course Victor brought it to another Level …

@BassByTheBay

Жыл бұрын

Indeed. I believe Freddie Washington also does it in Patrice Rushen's "Forget Me Nots". Not sure, but I think Mark King also was doing it. But no doubt that Victor took it to another level.

@FawnDoeMusic

Жыл бұрын

@@BassByTheBay Ya Larry Graham also does it a bit on Pow as well. I think that's 1978. Wooten wasn't the first but he's def the dude who did the most for popularizing it. Edit: I think he also does it on Release Yourself. At that's 74' - go figure the dude who invented slap bass has tried everything lol

@HighChiefTauai

Жыл бұрын

also, Victor often credits his older brother Reggie for showing him the double thumb. Reggie does what Victor does just on guitar.

@SamRoads

Жыл бұрын

I think Stu Hamm might also be in the picture for certain techniques Victor popularised?

@anthonydavis5993

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! .... That's not a Marcus Miller lick it's a song! I was just listening to it on my way home before I got this... Man I was going through the comments to see if any caught that he PLAYED a MM song while they were on Victors jock! I enjoy there Scary Pockets for the most part but they're musical view leaves a lot to be desired.... They had that "Best horn section" one and didn't mention Parliament/Funkadelic... What till y'all get in your 50s' to hold such esteem for certain artist, live first then look back. ....dude played a Marcus song praising Victor Wooten... Wow Couldn't think of a Victor song.... Liberals, Lol. ...always coming in moving the goal post and don't know jack! Yea hear, but you don't listen....

I've known Charles was a bass genius for a long time...but this show REALLY reinforced just how good he is. I am astounded that he can so casually play so amazingly.

When Charles concentrates to slow something complex back down to learning speed, his face looks like he's having some kind of a divine vision 😇

Cooool! Charles is an insanely clean player and hearing it in action is just plain pleasant. I hope we get to hear him on a Scary Pockets track someday!

@ztazon

Жыл бұрын

+1 here!

@goanddo2371

Жыл бұрын

I'm only allowed one thumbs up, I would like to submit a thousand more!

@IvoPavlik

Жыл бұрын

Yes, please!

@dustyroyer

Жыл бұрын

Yes Scary Pockets with Berthouds on bass I second and third that idea

@WeaponXMusic94

Жыл бұрын

Up

18:34 - "Yeah, I can try". Charles being humble as always. Great video.

SO GLAD you had Charles on!

I was so happy to see Charles on. He's one of the most talented bassist alive.

This was hilarious, seeing Jack flip out over the bass like he's seeing it for the first time. TBF, you were listening to two of the greatest bass players ever.

Charles is (at least for me) is the best bassist in the tube. Thanks for including him here. Real pros!

Wow, first Louis Cole now Charles as rhe guest! 😱🤩👍👍👍 how could this show be possibly cooler?

@akmadsen

Жыл бұрын

Not necessarily cooler, but if they're taking requests my wishlist includes Thundercat, Marc Ribot, Larnel Lewis... And probably many others. And then I think it'd be kinda hilarious to see the chaos that would ensue if they invited DOMi and JD Beck.

Charles is so humble, really enjoyed this video

Victor Wooten is incredible .... how does he do that ? Charles: "hold my beer"

I NEVER would have had the guts to play bass in front of Charles Berthoud.

Showed up for the music history/knowledge lesson, stayed for the strong nerdiness commitment at the end.

33:18 is the best part ever, that snap fit so perfectly. Also, this whole episode was fantastic and Charles is by far one of my favorite bassists, what an absolute beast.

Love that when asked to play an example of The double thump, Charles plays Marcus Miller’s “Power”. I remember hearing that song when that album came out and wondered how Marcus was playing those lines. Awesome!

I love Vic for sure he is an amazing pioneer on bass. I remember see him live at a jazz concert with Bella Fleck and thinking this guy is incredible, but there were times where the tone and chops seemed a little rough. I’ve been playing music for more than 30 years and feel that @CharlesBerthoud is the best bass player alive right now. His tone, clarity, and technical skills are amazing. Even Vic himself acknowledged how great he was. Love your channel and hope one day to see a breakdown of how of Berthouds geniusness…

I was just thinking about how great it would be to have Charles on! You guys are mind readers!!

This might be my favorite episode because Charles is so damn good at showing us what's really happening, really showing us how crazy that stuff is.

I was so confused for a moment. I subscribe to Charles' channel and get notifications, so I tapped on this notification and didn't understand why I saw Jack's face appear a few seconds in 😊. Fun to see two of my favorite musical worlds collide.

So good to see Charles do this, no one else can do him justice

@Romans--bo7br

2 ай бұрын

.......Except, maybe.... Victor.

@joannalewis5279

2 ай бұрын

@@Romans--bo7br well sure

DUDE! Two of my favorite bassists!

Charles is, unironically, the greatest bass player of all times. He's young and times are less open to popularize his talent than they were in the '70s and '80s. Yet, he's bringing whole new meanings to what "playing bass" means and I'm sure he'll keep refining and innovating. Thanks Charles

@k0sac0

Жыл бұрын

Charles is a virtuoso without a doubt, but if you aren't in KZread (english) and bass enthusiast, you probably don't know who he is. Look for Brazilian bassists, Italian, bassists, Indian bassists, Japanese bassists, African bassists, Turkish bassists, Cuban bassists, etc, you will see and hear things that Charles (at least publicly) haven't even try. At least to my knowledge he hasn't done anything that has changed the way we play bass. He is super young, he may do it at some point, but as of today he is not there yet.

@TeaBroski

Жыл бұрын

@@k0sac0 I browse around the bass community since when Davie had less than 30k subs and I’ve never seen anyone at his level, ever. His tapping techniques are incredible and he’s able to add impressive dynamics in ways that were not been explored before. Also he’s not just a bedroom musician but a stage performer. 40 years ago he would have been acclaimed on par as Pastorius or Wooten but times are just different imho

@k0sac0

Жыл бұрын

@@TeaBroski mate, I've been playing bass for over 20 years now. I can tell you there is a continuum, on technique (which honestly is not as important as 1, groove, and 2 vocabulary) didn't you see when the guys in the video where astounded by the harmonic chords, he says it's sooo pretty! That's vocabulary! But any way, 40 years ago Charles wouldn't have the technique that he has now, cos they weren't invented yet. Jaco's fingering is, till this day, unique, he developed that way of attacking the strings. Charles studied those techniques, he mastered them, but he didn't developed them. So let me tell you who developed the techniques that you like him playing. Right hand, percussive style is Jaco, and a little bit later Rocco Prestia; taping Sheehan; for slapping it goes: Larry Graham, Marcus Miller, Abe Laboriel, and Victor Wooten. Honestly, Remco Hendrix isn't even close to the level of virtuosity that Charles has, but what he does with his bass is way more interesting and creative that what Charles does (at least on his channel). Mono neon, Ben Ezra, Pipoquinha, Mohini Dey. That's why I love Davie504, cos he uses his platform to spotlight other musicians, including Charles. There's a whole world out there mate, enjoy it all. PS you should explore Adam Nelly's channel he does a way better job in explaining what I'm trying to express.

Charles is just incredible...

Pure excitement among musicians is a joy to watch! A million times. Some times that childlike love is what starts it all...

Love how from "reacting to Victor Wooten" turned in to "Charles, show how it's done!"

About Victor's style - let's always remember how much credit he gives to his brother for teaching him so much stuff :)

a shout out to Michael W Smith, long-time collaborator with Amy Grant, who if not writing the song in question, definitely influenced her music over the intervening years. MWS is known to pull very interesting modulations and key changes out of his sleeve in many of his songs.

Wooten has that crisp tone because he has piezo pickups on in tandem with the magnetic pickups

Such a great interview, and the perfect guest to interview. Charles is a living GOD. Asking all the right questions. Great job.

This show is amazing. I think my favorite part of music is the joy that’s created by it. I love that you guys don’t take yourselves too seriously and that you leave so much space for the joy of each sound to find its foothold within each track. BIG BONUS…..I can only imagine how many other musicians have wanted to watch a show about musicality where a super talented musician interrupts the dialogue to explain esoteric things like “Tonicizing” and the “re-harm” lol Great work. Inspiring. Infectious. Informative.

He was the first one to beat Davie504 in a fair battle (imho). I love what he is doing ever since!

To fully understand the roots of Victor's thing, I think you gotta see his teacher - his older brother Regi - play/teach. He's an inspiring dude.

27:27 ! I can feel the interviewer! Definitely subbed Charles is surgically accurate

Found this channel through Charles’. Absolutely fascinating. The inserts to describe new words you mention are so helpful. I have no idea what’s happening but I’m completely fascinated !

@mikegaskin5542

Жыл бұрын

I hope you discover Scary Pockets next, it will change your life

@10100110101

Жыл бұрын

@@mikegaskin5542 Already subscribed ! I didn’t even know who these guys were, except Charles, until after I watched the video.

@marcosvalium2712

Жыл бұрын

same here, dont even know whats a fifth but love to see them talk about them

Amazing episode! Charles is one of the very, very best (I play his stuff to my wife, and she's always impressed). Very cool, thanks.

Charles is the real deal man. He's one of my favorites of ALL TIME. That's how good he is.

I loved the name Professional Musicians React for so long, but the DeadWax logo is so nice that I just want merch. Like, now, please? Trucker hats? Hoodies? I'm in!

It would be amazing to see Charles on stage with Victor. Maybe as a guest at VixCamp!

I really hope they recorded a Pocket with Charles. It would be a waste not to, right?

@edennard1

Жыл бұрын

That’s what I want to see

Might just be my favorite episode to date. Incredible as always!

Awesome to see CB on the channel!

man, this show is just unbelievable. thank you for making such an incredible show!

Mind blown . . . I’ve been a subscriber to Charles for a long time, so was startled to see him here. Hella good show - he is a natural for you guys. Oh, and love the new name!!

Charles is one humble master . Unbelievable talents.

YEEEE! Haven't even watched this one yet, but I know it'll be great, like the rest. Y'all consistently have great guests one after another. Can't get enough of this!

Awesome episode! Charles deserves recognition in so many fronts

No way! So glad for Charles!! Well done to you guys giving him shine

Personally I would like to see Charles back on to discuss some of his own compositions. The "Cello Strings on a Bass" video is perfection. It's short, but there is so much happening. The "Slapping an oil can" video is very Wooten-esque but has his own brilliance as well. Cello Strings - kzread.info/dash/bejne/dnuak7eomLyTXbw.html Oil Can - kzread.info/dash/bejne/qY5_taeJabbPYpM.html

Next, bassist/guitarist react Charles Berthoud official original pieces.(His red piccolo bass sound interesting too.)

Cool show guys, I'll be watching more. First time I've ever watched your show. 100% because Charles was your guest. I'm really glad to see Charles getting the attention he deserves. Thanks for having him on and I'm glad I tuned in because this show looks great!

More episodes with charles please!

@DeadWaxShow

Жыл бұрын

I think you might like next Wednesday's episode!

This was fucking amazing - I loved how you slowed down Charles and had him explain some of these magical sections. Awesome!

I love all this conversations, thank you so much for this video. I wanted this so badly for so long.

Loved all the discussion about reharmonization and modulation. Very practical.

Brilliant, thank you so much guy’s. Charles, what a technician. Awesomeness

I have watched every episode. What a great resource this is for young and up and coming and just new players to have such access to an explanation of vocabulary and demonstration of what is actually happening. I've been playing for over 25 years and I've picked up a few things just by paying attention hitting the pause button trying things out and experimenting. Thank you so much keep up the work.

I love you can see when Charles puts his whole mind into hands to be able to execute some of these parts.

I could listen to you three talk music for days. I'm so excited to see Charles in there with you!

I'll freakin say it. Wooten is absolutely incredible. But Charles is the best bassist on the planet at this moment in time. There is absolutely nothing this man cannot do. There aren't very many KZreadrs out there that can blow my mind every single time I watch their video. Once Charles quit with all of the silliness in his videos and just went straight to playing I watch every one of his videos the minute it pops up on my phone. No one better!

@JennerationX100

Жыл бұрын

true. I couldn't name anyone better even if I search hard enough.

@bobbypinkston9374

Жыл бұрын

His combination of feel and musicality are unrivaled at the moment I think. He’s so precise and you hear every note ring out on live performances in a way that I don’t know that I ever experienced with any other bass player on quite this level.

@rientsdijkstra4266

Жыл бұрын

Hadrien Feraud is a wizard too (but he is more a pure jazz bassist)

@ricvai7

Жыл бұрын

so true

@montreauxs

Жыл бұрын

But, Henrik Linder, Alain Caron, Mohini Dey

It's always awkward holding your bass while sitting and facing a conversation yet you nailed it Charles

I was not expecting to learn so much from a single video. I love your slyly educational format! Very entertaining!! Charles is a beast!

Love Charles. Watched this video twice in a row. Such great skills that Charles shows us.

I wish you uploaded these videos 3 times a day, I love them so much

Tim finally said what needed to be said about Stanley Clarke at 8:45 ... and acknowledged that it needed to be said. Good shit. Especially since SC did his own version of Overjoyed with Herbie about 10 years earlier!

@Dug6666666

Жыл бұрын

I'm not even a Bass player and I'm going "Stanley Clarke!". Was looking down the comments to see how many like minded commenters there where and I saw your time stamp. Good save Tim.

I appreciate how deep you all are going with the music theory in this one. I've been trying to work some of these concepts into my own compositions and it's nice to see how to pull off some of these modulations broken down clearly

Dude. This is the first I've ever seen anything on this channel. these guys are such nerds and it's so awesome to watch and listen to. Thank y'all for this!

I wanna see Victor’s reaction video to this video!!

37:03 Fun Fact: Victor Wooten quotes Jaco's Continuum in the studio version that conversation solo, and it is absolutely amazing. Probably my favourite song by the Flecktones.

My favorite podcast style KZread channel featuring my favorite bassist. Very nice. Thank you!!!!

The joyous energy coming out of these three people could power a city. And so contagious.