When A Jazz Musician Does A POP Recording Session...
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This is what happens in every bass recording session for pop artists 😂 Remember to TAP like and subscribe if you enjoyed this!
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If you get hired for a pop session on bass, just play Classical Thump.
You are the only bassist, who can play Classical Thump on one e-string, I'm very impressed!!!
Also if you guys want to see Charles destroy classical thump for real check out his earlier vids he does a version that is cleaner sounding then even victor wootens which is saying a lot cuz victor Wooten is bass god
@@robertwellsrawbass1249 I know this version. I heard it thousands of times. It is so impressive... He is literally the bass god of TH-cam!
@@bombasstisch7057 hell ya! I don’t hit the notification bell for to many TH-camrs but Charles always delivers killer bass lines def like being in the first group of viewers for his content!
Your bass playing just want me to go buy a bass and learn it. Love your content even if you are playing on a single string
*Bassist playing more than one note*
"Look man, this is not jazz."
"I'm gonna stop you right there"
Whoa, OK there *Jack White*
Ok but for real though, I played bass once in my music class and the teacher told me i was playing too much even though i was playing in perfect sync with what the bassist in the song plays and he just wanted me to play once every note. I HAD PRACTICED FOR WEEKS!
@@olivererlandsson30 Oh my gosh! That must be terrible. Your music teacher is bad for doing that. They should encourage you to be more confident and play more, not to be washed out by everyone else! This is why sometimes I feel unmotivated playing bass because most people either don’t even know what a bass is, or they just under appreciate it!
said nobody ever
That first bassline he played was actually perfect tho
Yes, superb
Bit too 80s maybe for a doja cat track haha
I had experience like this when I was playing as a bass player for an indie pop band. It was frustrating at first, but then I just played along, accepting sometimes less is enough.
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From a Jazz or solo perspective. They might as well have hired an intermediate player, since they don't want the vast skills of a pro.
That first bassline was fucking great
Woah! Slow down Jack White, the first bassline was way too jazzy
Liked he second one even more.
1:11 ??
@@zullioleonardip.h5539 yup
Kinda sounds like blinding lights
I really liked the initial bassline and appreciated that you were going for 80s pop instead of modern pop.
80's pop is where it's at, stylistically. I like making that kinda stuff
80s and 90s had some of the best music, period. You still had a lot of the old rock guys like Chuck Berry and Little Richard hanging around, not to mention the immense talent from rock and metal. I'd be here all day just trying to list half of the legends that were floating around back then. You also had the rise of punk, and even Russian neoformal like Kino. At least for the latter two, you've still got Biting Elbows making some pretty good stuff
I kinda think that 80's and 90's pop, for the most part, it is very noticeable how dated it is. In the 80s, they used lots of synth, and the 90s it gives off a little bit of Alternative and Garage Rock sound, as well as 2000s pop
Yeah modern pop is just rap but without good rhymes, good rhythm or emotion imo
That first bassline was giving me strong 80's vibes. I would've kept it.
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I would like to have a full version of the first bass line. I come to this video for that bassline
“Ok, Jack white” 😵😂
I nearly spat my drink out when he said that...
I died right there😂😂
I had to pause the video cause I felt the attack
Hold on right there buckaroo
Prefer Jack Black
This one seems to be a little too passionate for it to be simply a skit. This has definitely happened to Charles
Yeah this is real and it really pissed me off. Modern Pop really dumbs down the use of the bass as a instrument.
If I met this guy at a session I would punch him and then delete the protools session
It’s happened to us all all and will happen to you. A producer I work with just taught himself how to play just enough bass to play roots and fifths. He said he didn’t want to waste my time.
Never heard "pro" musician say "man, you're the bass player, stick to roots!" ?
Literally recorded an album 2 months ago where this exact thing happened. It's like if you can even tell that there's a bass player there, it's too busy for them.
“Let’s keep it simple man; this ain’t a Dream Theater audition.”
Nice one. (Btw: audition*)
@@faithful451 I did not catch that typo. My bad
... and not jazz! :-)
@@fs7572 jazz Bass: Cool, soothing, ambient, powerful. Jazz Guitar: two guys pissing into a silverware drawer and calling it music.
lmao
I love how when the producer shows him what they want him to play he goes lower than the bass can go in that tuning
Yep. I was waiting for the next part where Charles tunes the string down to a D and the producer makes more complaints about him getting too fancy. 😂
The look at 2:57 is hilarious! Charles, this reminds me of a gig I did years ago. The guy heard me sit in with him, liked what I did and hired me. I show up to the gig which was a three piece group, so I played my ass off. During the break after the 1st set he told me this wasn't my show, it was his. All he wants to hear from me are Roots and 5ths. That's exactly what I gave him for the 2nd set.
That's his fuckin fault for not telling you beforehand. I don't understand people that go out of their way to find the most skilled musicians they can find, then have them... play roots and 5ths or basic 4x4 rock beats if they're a drummer. Or even worse, get mad at them for actually playing when they didn't say to lay low and play simple beforehand. Like, why go through the effort of finding skilled musicians and paying them when you could have found a couple of drones who can play simple stuff for cheap, so that they don't waste everyone's time. Never understood that. Like when Geoff Tate went and got a bunch of metal legends to record his F.U. album, which ended up being... boring ass radio rock. Waste of fuckin talent. He could have probably got it done sooner, and for cheaper, if he had just gotten some no-names to track the parts. It's not like he required any of the talent he assembled.
Please at least tell me he paid you for the gig. If he didn't pay you Imma be so mad lmao
@@alextaunton3099 Of course he paid me. He had to. I was his ride home!
Getting some Daniel Thrasher vibes in this one, and that's fine by me!
I get Rudy Ayoub vibes....like th-cam.com/video/gJESqTaAuRM/w-d-xo.html you know
He is thrash
Rudy vibes!
rudy adobe
Bro imagine if they did a collab🤯
Charles' sponsor segments are the only ones I don't skip.
There was a sponsor segment?
Same
What about Daniel Thrasher?
I was going to say the same, lol
Im the Same with Charles and Ridddle. :)
And that's how Blinding Lights was accidentally composed
😂
I don't like pop, but Weeknd is actually good.
@@macsah.1031 Because Max Martin wrote Blinding Lights
@@macsah.1031 Completely agree.
I dont think its ok to hate him cause he makes simple stuff, everyones music taste is diffrent
Love it!!! This happened to me once. One of my bandmates/roommates was making a pop song with another roommate and they wanted me to lay down some bass for their track, and everything i played was too busy for what they wanted, until i literally played just root notes. This video was spot on.
See what I'm wondering is why they didn't just track it themselves? I never understood that. I've shown up to recording sessions where they have all the instruments at the studio already, and they only want super simple stuff... it's like, yo, why don't you just record it yourself? What do you need me here for? Seems like a waste of everyone's time to coordinate that. Me personally, if it's just a studio track, I'd never invite someone on unless I can get something from them I can't also get from myself.
That's torture.
Thata the problem with most pro bass players and keyboardist playing in band is way too diferent than playing solo with a back track
@@kairoward7738 The real problem is that most modern pop singers are so unbelievably shit that the moment some other sound is actually competently done, it takes all the attention off of them. Look at most popular rock and pop songs from the 80s-early 2000s. Every instrument used is featured prominently, but none of them are overly dominant
@@alextaunton3099right on, so do i and because most of the things i can play myself, i just do that and stash the cash supposedly for additional musicians into my own pocket, for i am the additional musicians..😂❤
Just a little anecdote: I started a band and for that band i learned drums since i had a drum set and needed a drummer. I never played drums before, ok? It was tough and i struggled a lot but my best friend is my guitarist so he was so freaking supportive, it became a very fruitful experience. Anyway, fast forward a few years and he finds a work buddy that plays drums so we naturally invite him to play for our band so i can pick up the instrument ive been playing and studying for years… the bass. Well, time progresses and after the first few lessons i noticed the drummer trying to control everything, even going so far as to make up lyrics (that he drunkenly forgot) to a bass line i came up with. Then he said it was his song and he thought of it, which pissed me to all hell. My guitarist saw that i pretty much started to hate this guy, and said we should switch instruments for shits and giggles. We did, me on drums, the drummer on bass. All he did was basic rythms pretty much in sync with the guitar parts, he even had tge balls to say “im just playing what T- plays like a bassist is supposed to.” As if i was awful at bass or was playing too much. Now, this of course didnt stop me from playing bass the way i do because i love steve harris and you can figure out the rest. Fast forward a couple months, drummer goes crazy, ends up “figuring it out”, the tells me in a text that im a terrible musician. So i tell him “yeah, well youre fired.” That didnt sit well with the guitarist at first because they lived very close and i lived much further away, so he still played with the drummer. I just disassociated myself with my best friend and just accepted my fate. A few months later my best friend messages me, tells me he wants me to play drums because H- sucks, and that my drum beats are irreplaceable. Well, now we are a pretty tight band (musically and friendshipwise). I got really good at drums. (In my opinion - and my guitarists).
H- (or whichever letter was the one for the douche in the story) just seems narcissistic, wants to be the center of attention. Honestly, as a drumset player I love funky/interesting bass lines, they just make lots of songs feel and sound better. He also can't seem to comprehend what a bass guitar is...
You need punctuation, paragraphs and less fucking words.
"IS THIS SIMPLE ENOUGH FOR YOU!!!" This needs to be merchandise
😂 i’d buy
Yess xD
I might actually wear that into a studio
Reminds me of mindless self indulgence or msi
Made sure the *RAGE* emoji included 😂😂
As someone who has actually experienced this. It’s such a headache. I had someone who wanted me to play for some tracks on their album and they wouldn’t even come to the studio but every time the engineer and I sent her a rendition she’d be like “nooo it’s too much” ended up being a horrible experience for me.
This works... trust me. Play the bass like: th-cam.com/video/5UX2afsTqFI/w-d-xo.html
I mean, in that case, just tell the musician what you want. If you only want root notes then say that.
At that point, they should just track it themselves, or use a bass synth. What's the point of having a human playing if you're not gonna let them actually play?
@@alextaunton3099 Exactly... why go through having someone dumb down their skills when you can go out of your way to just synth it instead
@@c.arandyl if u have recording equipment its 100x easier to play it yourself if its even reasonably easy. Saves time and you dont have to coordinate schedules.
Thank god for Dua Lipa and Bruno Mars keeping the funky basslines going on at least a few of their songs.
@@-french_fries- i personally don't care as long as the bassline is good
I don’t think he was telling you personally but you do you. That’s a real bassist that could’ve got paid and fed but I guess people don’t think about that stuff as long as they get what they want out of something
Yeah, Silk Sonic has great baselines
Weekend has some good ones and Doja Cat too besides Dua Lipa and Bruno Mars.
Dua Lipa is fucking shit.
Bruno Mars has actually good music.
Thats why i like japanese bands they usually have amazing basslines that compliment the song.
Ongg
So true man!! The Japanese bands are so good to be honest, I've heard so many of them and each one is more amazing than the other❤️💯
Bro not only japanese bands have interesting bass lines that’s restricted and close minded to say 😭😭 You’re so dumb
I've heard good basslines in JPop, JRock, K-Pop, OPM... really just try your luck outside English songs
I love how the producer could actually play the bassline he needed for himself but chose to hire a bassist lol
but also like, you have a DAW, clearly? Just use a bass VST
I just learned that I can be a pop bassist.
Thank you Charles Berthoud.
Everyone can (because there isn't one needed), that's the sad truth.
I can't - I'd fall asleep between notes
Man this winston-ludwig lore is getting deep.
Ludwig von Bassthoven
Imagine not being a Winston (read my name)
Nord VPN
I'm the 400th person who liked this comment.
I was thinking that myself
The Lesson AND a funny skit? You really are spoiling us
^^^
Bruh “Enzo” is my name :0
Fun fact: Jack White did not play a bass at all during the making of “Seven Nation Army”. Instead, he used an octave (I think that’s how it goes) pedal to his guitar and it sounded like a bass.
Edit: I posted this over a year ago, please leave me at peace
Octave* pedal.
@@AoifenicLir thanks
Didn‘t he play a baritone?
@@Camicente I don't think so, but I can't say for sure. I saw a small clip of an interview of Jack White on a MusicIsWin video where he talks about using the octave pedal on a guitar. Haven't bothered to find the whole interview to watch it, personally.
That was part of the joke, thank you
This exact thing has happened to me with a friend's pop album, we went back and forth like three times before I just started playing the most mind-numbingly static stuff I could, and he was happy with it.
"Keep it SIMPLE!!" - "Ok."
*playsonesinglenote*
"Hey man, this isn't JAZZ, ok?" xDD
A really funny skit as always! The Jack White bits are always appreciated xD
Thanks! 😂
@@CharlesBerthoud You are Welcome!
Oh hey rc
@@depressedfrogpenis hey
Ah yes, a youtuber who actually puts effort in the ads.
*cough* daniel thrasher
*cough* Jay Foreman
He showed all the features of NordVPN through the power of *b a s s*
*cough* Daniel Ferguson
*cough* Jay Foreman
The saddest thing is that this is a documentary 💔
Charles is the only one TH-camr that didn't made everyone skip the sponsor time.
That was really awesome
Please watch Stevie T's "the lawn mower" ones
“Is that simple enough for you” was said with so much raw emotion lmao
Definetely had this happen to him, it sounds way tok personal to be just a skit
1:14 Man, if the intro sounds like this I want to hear the rest of the song! Full song! Full song! Full song!
Me too.. Is this a backing track?
That first baseline is magical. We need the rest of the song!
The best part of this is that the song actually had bass the entire time. Even before he walked in the studio.
0:02 me listening to Charles' music
It's kinda scary how much I can relate to this.
Ah, yes, my favorite bassist, Jack White.
Ah my favorite pop/rap bassist is the computer
Love it. Prime example of the industry choking the progress of music.
Damn it somebody beat me to the Jack White reference. But it's good to see so many people respect his insane playing. He definitely deserves all the accolades he gets!
Yeah, though I think the joke was the producer only knew one guy to reference.
@@CrispyChicken38 The primary joke was that Jack White didn't even play the bass, he played guitar
That's the classiest/coolest in video advertisement I've ever seen. Love that, too.
That was the best NORD VPN AD I ever have seen in any video xD
Charles acting is getting really good, I was cracking up at his delivery and timing too. Being able to hold that straight face is brilliant 😂
"Woah woah! Okay, Jack White!" 🤣🤣
Charles Berthoud the only youtuber that is innovative enough to make ads that I don't skip?
Check out ryan george. His sponsored ads are also really entertaining.
well carry on....ads that I dont skip and are worth watching?
@@mehdibouzid4392 Yes. Part of his skit. Check him out. Funny dude.
3:54
That was the best advertisement I've ever seen In my whole life!
Making integration as good as main content that is awesome. I wish all ads were that good.
Dude this is the absolute best sponsor plug I ever witnessed on youtube. I use adblock and usually skip any kind of sponsors callout but that was brilliant. 10/10 would watch bass-filled ads again.
Playing classical thump on 1 string this man is a genius
good pfp 😉
"Keep it simple"
Charles: *Absolutely thrashed the strings*
I really like that you put your ad at the end of the videos. It's pleasant to watch this way
This is probably the most convincing, action-driving and "to the point" NordVPN ad I've ever seen.
In this video, I learned how to pronounce "Berthoud."
Lol same
Bear two
Bear tooth
Release that full "pop session" song with your full riff, was pretty catchy!
3:21 And it was at this moment that I realized just how prodigious of a bass player Charles is
finally an ad i didnt actually fastforward thru, thanks for making that entertaining
Best sponsor bit I’ve ever seen and watched it all, lol.
0:37 I love Victor Wooten, too!
well, then you're in the right place innit?
@@Phyoomz Of course!
Okay, that’s a paid sponsor commercial I can appreciate.
Linus take notes
Why is no one talking about 3:24 I almost fell off my chair laughing 😂😂😂😂😂😂
It was ok funny untill then, but that's when I lost it
“ISTHATSIMPLEENOUGHFORYOU!?!?!?!?!”
Lol ur sense of humor and humbleness is awesome even though u totally rock
This is so well done. Even the sponsor. Way better than normal
Absolutely hilarious!! Idk where to start! And if it wasn’t for bass lines pop music wouldn’t be tolerable at all 😂...was that not the best nord vpn commercial I’ve ever seen??..did Winston just murder Ludvwig with some killer six string tapping??..what an incredible video extremely funny great bass lines and Winston..perfect content 👌
Glad you liked it!
@@CharlesBerthoud oh for sure you always deliver great bass content thanks again!
@@CharlesBerthoud If I didn't already have NordVPN, I would get it from your link. Great video!
Such high quality. So much bass and humor. We need to get more subs for Beartooth
just came home from a long session with that same "keep it simple" experience ... 😴
That is the best commercial I have seen on all of youtube. Very impressive.
Ok. That was probably the first sponsor part that I willingly watched. Great job!
damn son, that nord vpn ad disguised as bass battle is creative and entertaining as hell
Charle's acting is becoming pro verified
This was literally the first guitar session I ever did 😂 I heard the track a few days before and made loads of interesting bits for it and worked out some harmonies etc. On the day we spent about 2 hours trying all the bits + other stuff which kept getting simpler and simpler and eventually I was just playing 1/4 note power chords and single strings 👌😎 by the end my index and middle fingers were totally spent from all the single string vibrato 🤞🤖
The most creative ad i've ever seen in my life :)
I love your creative ways to plug your sponsors. You're creativity seems to have no bounds. 👌
"just don't play that stuff today though, just keep it simple."
ofc we know that 0-3-5 and seven nation are the hardest songs in the world while Classical Thump is a beginner difficulty.
acting 100%
costume 100%
advertisement 100%
tEChNiqUe 100%
waking up to see such a good birthday gift, thank u Charles.
Dang, with that pop bass line, you're on a whole new level of bass playing!
These skits remind me of Rudy Ayoub's, but in a good way
He sucks
SHOW ME THE TEARS
😂 Man, Rudy is guilty pleasure 😉
@@janj.2898 just to clarify i love both of them! But this one has a tiny bit of that classic Rudy cringe 😂
There is no such thing as thinking at him in a good way and you know that
Man... This channel is pure gold!
Haha too true man. The modern bassline = root note on each chord.
He’s faster and more accurate with his notes on the Bass then many professional electric guitar players
NordVPN should drop everyone else and have Charles do ALL sponsor segments.
Give this highly talented bassist an Oscar!
You do a good job with the skits. Your lines and the emotion involved with the two characters flow very smoothly.
It seems like something simple to do, but to get it right, from what I’ve observed, isn’t easy.
To see how your content has grown since you made your channel is just awesome. Love the direction you've taken!
This nord VPN ad is going to be the plot for my next D&D campaign.
petition for Charles to write a full song with that first bassline.
please
This was a brilliant bit of satire. As with all truly great satire, there's a very strong, biting element of truth and realism. A few months ago, I became aware that so many facets of our lives have effectively become "politicized", and music is no exception. All the politics around artistic freedom vs real world expectations are impossibly complex and this video illustrates that hilariously. That was some superb acting as well!
I just found your channel on the YT algorithm. I love your sense of humor!
Thank you for finding a way to advertise your sponsor that is also entertaining and engaging. There are many many people that could learn something from you.
Don’t know why but I thought he teleported to Japan at 4:25...
this comment is underrated
jeeze 😆😆😆
Best comment yet.. I wanted to like it.. but it's currently at 69..
@@JennerationX100 it's too late now.
@@penguindrum264 I know.. but it means I can like it now.🙂
LMFAO he did an entire bass battle for a sponsor plug
hilarious
Amazing video!!! You are the Victor Wooten of TH-cam!!!
This is pure gold...may be his best video ever! 😎
So much work behind everything you do. Chapeau, Charles
Ludwig needs to practice 69 hours 420 days a week to get revenge on Winston.
"Every pop bass recording session"
Since when does pop have bass?
Actually alot of pop has tasty and funky bass lines... Dua Lipa, Charlie Puth, Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande etc...
@@tylerscott9329 yeah but the thing is, it either has it and it's interesting, or it doesn't. At least that's how I perceive it.
Well yeah actually some of them are not bass guitar but a synth.
And syths do sound cool,
But it's also like, why would you hire a bassist to record just 4 notes, right ^^
Nowadays it got nothing BUT bass...
@@proximityclockworkx1572 thats also true lol
Early for Bass, Late for Pop
Charles Bearthoud: incredible bassist, legit actor.
Congrats on making an ad not only watchable, but also entertaining. Great video.
3:22 that’s the face of Satan, holy cow that was actually so scary
The beginning felt like I was watching Rudy Ayoub;
*The awkward silences...*
Winston made it back 🤘🏼😈🤘🏼
Hey Charles! Love the bass! I have the same Shechter and I am so surprised you actually have one. They seem so rare and the fact that you have that same one is sick! I remember watching this video before I got that bass and didnt realize you had it. Love it man! Also, continue the absolutely baller work man!
One of the best insert publicity I ever seen, even the best