Dubstep Violin Originator - The Mad Violinist (improv) - Bassnectar & E.Goulding Lights

[@nick422742]

A dozen years later and this is still the best violin playing I've ever seen or heard.

[@shadowedtraveler]

I can't stop watching. One of the most beautiful things about violin players is watching them play and how "lost" they get in the music. You are a joy to watch.

[@Rorshacked]

his "not into it" minute is better than most people's best. mad respect for this guy

[@88infinitys]

my favorite of yours you mad wee guy. sadly 90- 97 % of people who watch this will never have played violin, so they won't/can't know how hard this is to do. mad respect. There is eternity written into this.

[@wesen247]

+Ethereal Deviant I'm one of the few-percenters and I couldn't agree more :)

[@Blinkehyo]

+L' Aristocat we are the 99!

[@sicNtwstdF]

Ethereal Deviant I use to play for many years as a child but not as good as this guy.

[@andreasstadic5666]

you dont need to know how to play violine ... to respect the work and enioj the musik .....

[@M.A.EProductions]

I'm one 10% and I couldn't agree or argue with that statement man the violin is not easy at all I've only been playing for 8 months and it's still not easy for me to fully understand this mysterious beautiful instrument

[@TheMadViolinist]

Yes. In 2011, my buddy e-mailed me some dubstep songs as I was on a venture to create and launch dubstep violin, and I instantly feel in love with this song. I called my camera crew "Million Dollar Dreamz" over to my house and 25 mins later, I recorded this video. I had about 10 shots on hen, and went in from the soul. We kept the first and only take. After that, I coined the phrase "Dubstep Violin" and made it a regular thing.

[@melodyz5592]

Bravo! You have hit me to the heart! So glad I found you.

[@MannAusNapalm]

How are you doing in the meantime? Any releases since?

[@TraceofHatred]

Everyone keeps bringing up lindsey stirling, but this - this is real talent, not that I don't like her stuff - but this puts her tunes to shame. Improvisation, subtle artistic dissonance, brilliant technicality. Overall - really impressed by this, far beyond Lindsey Stirling's more standardized - to the grain - stuff anyway.

[@KevUrbie]

Who the heck is lindsey stirling?

[@TraceofHatred]

A somewhat more streamlined/famous violinist who likes to combine dubstep and violin who came long after this guy but is often credited with mastery over the genre. She's not a bad artist by any means - she just has nothing on this guy.

[@eveningmistonwater]

Kev Urbie exactly......jk she's cool too.

[@XtremeGaming123]

TraceofHatred Lindsey Stirling is just a show off, and her videos are quite ridiculous I think. This guy has an amazing talent though

[@TIEZILAGEL420]

TraceofHatred ILLUMINATI anyway ,,, but still he's good

[@TheMadViolinist]

It was because of a deal I signed. They made 40 of my videos private, and blocked them worldwide. I finally negotiated out and am back in full effect. Thanks for the support. -Peace & Blessings!

[@TheTrickzOBear]

The Mad Violinist love the flow still upload, composure on this is mad

[@TheTrickzOBear]

The Mad Violinist REQUEST make a monorail song on XXX didn’t know him but would be good

[@TheMadViolinist]

Hey guys! Ive been away for a while having kids lol I had my first after this video, and twins 8 months ago. Its been a journey to say the least. Good news!? Im back on the prowl. Check out the new cover I just posted of First Time by Kygo & Ellie Goulding. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGSxpWido96XapY&app=desktop - Love you all. Cheers!

[@shainashepard6845]

5 years, 6 days later and i'm still listening to this.

[@Ukiegaming]

No one cares in what year you are listening to this noob, this is timeless!

[@iskrahristova5958]

Same

[@willardalmand7776]

This guy is killing it. Been a fan for a long time now. I mean how is the violin not smoking and just burst into flames by the end of the song ? Literally ! Ashanti , love what your doing Bro. ❤️

[@hayabusa09]

I got you beat.

[@aprilcoppock1350]

Same but like 10 so beautiful

[@TheOnlyXetron]

Just thought of this song. 9 years later it's still there and still extraordinarily beautiful. Man this gives me childhood flashbacks..

[@cirvin627]

MIND. BLOWN. Maaaaad talent. WOW. Chills, and mouth on the floor.... God I love these random side bar clicks that lead to such great music.

[@carl.369]

12 year's on an I'm still going bk to this tune an it still makes my hair stand up on my arms brilliant 🔥

[@artbylucentgem]

I've seen this before, and found it again today while referring a friend to your music. This is one of my favorites of yours. It's so passionate and full of life. It's brilliant. You are brilliant. Thanks for sharing.

[@Trymie98]

This is fricking amazing!!! I just keep coming back to hear you play this! I hope to learn violin soon!

[@Nowthats]

Heard this many times and it never gets old. Awesome job!

[@YESHAYA_]

hey yo, I never saw you in life. But I know you used to be christian. I know that because even though you are not walking on this path anymore, I sensed a powerful anointing coming from your melodies. Screw the church who hurt you in the past, The Lord wants you back. Praying for you from now on. While you were playing, I saw God receiving your tunes like an offering of worship. You got potential

[@DeosPraetorian]

+Lim azone ........

[@RighteousJ]

I found this again after more than a few years. Something kinda "clicked" with me about your description. This might be "improv" and you say "you took a minute to get into it". But... In order to sell this performance as your own, you had to compliment the original artist first. Taking your time is key. When you "locked" in, that's when you took over the performance, which was the goal. Without that initial lead-in, this wouldn't have come across half as well. You have natural talent, sir. You always have.

[@skinkybongo]

Still listening

[@novalinnhe]

I am absolutely in *love* with this guy. He deserves all the Grammy nominations (five apparently!!) and views he can get. "Virtuosic" does not even begin to describe the level this guy is at, and it genuinely makes me despair that there are instrumentalists out there who couldn't play anything close to this, but get much more recognition... because their videos are more flashy! :( Share this guy with as many people as you can because a talent like this MUST NOT go bloody unnoticed!

[@ashleydavis1066]

Couldn't have said it better. Every single time I get the chills. I fell in love with the Electronica world years ago bc it made me FEEL alive. And I can say that man put his soul into that and it resonates in me everytime.. reminds me why I'm here. Lol sorry didn't mean to put the feels on but..love!!

[@devil030maxver]

That's how we should play violin. Music shouldn't be restricted by sheets. This is FREEDOM!!

[@hmcredfed1836]

Music is only restricted by tempo and the base cord the rest is do what u want

[@charlesdesjarlais950]

KZbin FAQ must be off thr hinges with this one

[@charlesdesjarlais950]

So beautiful 🥰🥰

[@OldirtyB]

I am a violinist ,I graduated 13 years ago. I can say I'm not on that level i should be especially when I was training almost every day. I've forgot almost everything plus how to read the sheets. I'm still learning but only in listening music and then practice freestyles like him. It's pretty cool

[@michaelb.72]

and they say that a violin is boring!

[@sterrenstof49]

You can say that again this is coollllll

[@13D00_]

well, I think a "normal" violin is boring, you know those who play on those classic concerts.. THIS IS SOME OTHER SHIT! AMAAAAAAAAAAZING!

[@JesusHF37]

Ido Telio THIS IS NEXT LEVEL

[@fakename3344]

Who says that?

[@kylekarcher9745]

Lol uh no it's definitely not boring

[@TheMadViolinist]

Hey all! Thanks for tuning in on my improv. Please make sure you all check out the Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven unplugged cover I posted this week. Please stay in tune. Cheers!

[@nangnate8306]

This was cold bro - check my flo 👊🏿

[@wesen247]

It's been over 4 years since I first heard you play the violin and I still listen to you. This one and Foxes are my favorites, they're just brilliant. Never stop the violin Ashanti you are truly amazing!

[@ameriqueindienindigene9096]

CHILLS!!!.. HE'S A DAMN BEAST!.. THE ORIGINATOR!..

[@remingtonhutchison55]

wow…i loved this version of lights, but your version completely blows the original out of the water!!!!!

[@TheKidKali]

Great work man.

[@DaveQuinnn]

11 years later, this is still a video I actively seek out. Along with his many others! LOVE HIS MUSIC

[@BROCK0315]

R.I.P to that violin he destroyed it #RESPECTTALENT

[@1919superb]

He gets all the bit**es :D

[@rifetfarizi6109]

jimmy hendrix on violine

[@chomo54andbabyaisha97]

But it is. I thought that was only possible on cello

[@hiddenheartrh]

Ten years later and this video still leaves me bawling... I had never been touched by string instruments that way, but being able to watch the music catch you in its flow, being able to see the moment your heart went floating away with the music... it's beautiful. I love your music, I love your improv most, because that's where your heart shines through like my baby boy's never will again, and that is a gift this world needs so much.

[@thobeka_lee]

turn your levels up (or turn it down on the bg music) next time! want to hear you better

[@duncanmallorie]

2:57 Horse neighing

[@3Orion3]

3134 people listen to some nasty stuff... not used to awesomeness

[@yasserarafat9456]

i'd say they have taste, playing violin over a shitty electronic dubfag doesn't make you a Vivaldi, it's an atrocious way to show people what someone can make with a violin..

[@3Orion3]

Yasser Arafat Lol sure whatever. You don't like it, that's okay, there's not a thing in the world loved by everyone. Not even Vivaldi is loved by everyone. Also music changes, so do people. Not all electronic music is bad, not all classic music is bad. I like my life with a little bit of every music style.

[@SupDocOck]

Yasser Arafat please do not ever post again

[@fly2kde]

3Orion3

[@antone5192]

Yasser Arafat, just because a violin was originally made as a classical instrument, it doesnt make distortion on a violin atrocious. as a violin player i must say a violin can do much more than play music over 300 years old. this stuff is wicked, awesome. its not bad, just different. u might not like it but it still doesnt make it bad

[@djktfc]

Been listening to this for almost a decade now... Incredible in every sense of the word!

[@orimtor]

you shoud call yourself the legendary violin

[@Cams250]

Ohp, Lindsey is going to have a black baby.

[@dandoss]

If u like this... Watch crystalize - Lindsey stirling..

[@Topself24]

Awesome awesome awesome. It sounded like electric guitar at some points. Wow

[@uzernam303]

Sorry but God damn this is awful.. I actually think the song LIghts is Ok on it's own, and your violin sounds like it might be Ok on it's own too.. but put them together and all I hear is a confused, garbled mess of noise that I cannot mistake for "music".

[@XxTheWillxX]

only thing you've accomplished is probably getting out of bronze.

[@XxTheWillxX]

League players tend to be really pathetic people, and I can tell by the fact that you named yourself after a character in that godawful game that you're just a lonely loser haha.

[@fitst3566]

Seriouly this was awful!

[@JoJoVebo]

I personally enjoyed it..

[@michaelharrison222]

Neenjah Rammus I think you handles your opinion well. You said the song is pretty good, and the violin is pretty good, but together is doesn't hold you interest. XxTheWillxX just has a stick up has a stick up his ass because someone didn't like the music he liked. Also, your name is better than his. Hes got 4 x's in his name. Super original.

[@pyr0static]

An entire decade later and this still moves me. Fantastic stuff!

[@Trymie98]

I still cannot get over this! So well done! You won't believe how many times I just put this on and turn my screen off. So beautifully awesome! Keep at it man!

[@4tkStudios]

Maaaaaaan.....got so much work to do,but cannot stop watching these clips! So glad I found this dude!

[@knightoflethe2048]

No matter how many songs and performances (each better than the last) you do this performance still sends me chills and blows me away!!!

[@wjf5839]

Still have this song on my playlist after 3 years. Not that this needs to be any better but I imagine how this would sound with a cello rocking out too everytime.

[@rayrpuente]

I love the violin simply because you can feel the musician's emotion and the sound is just so beautiful to me. Awesome job it sounds great.

[@alexbennett1564]

This is amazing!! Amazing!!! Never quit playing, seriously!

[@walkerthegreat4317]

If I have a bad/busy night at work, this is my first go-to. Headphones on, volume up and close my eyes. Absolutely amazing!

[@vickyr9076]

You are a gifted musician. I am blown away by your performance.

[@DarkHeavenlyWingsDropDeadPool]

Almost 10 years on and this still gives me chills.

[@KnowoneKnowhere713]

This is and always will be one of my favorite interpretations of this song and your flair is one of a kind.

[@vickyr9076]

You are absolutely amazing. What a gift you have been given to play like that.

[@lizakozlova1571]

A man who playas strings of hearts.UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

[@knosiscurare7649]

You can see the emotion and feeling in his expression. Beautiful. Thank you.

[@vickyr9076]

You are such a gifted musician. I am in awwww of the way you play. So glad I found you on uTube. 🙏

[@thenepher6521]

i heard this song a few years ago....i mean this version...... i just found it again now! omg thank you. so happy, this is amazing i think i love it more now

[@robertswanson205]

I still wake up to this every morning to get me up in a good mood for the day. Brother keep up the great work and can we have some more vids with you and your mum bro as you two are great and funny together. Big respect and big love from the UK

[@whitneyallen9237]

Beautiful! If I could somehow magically absorb the ability to master any musical instrument overnight, it would have to be the violin! I bet that it is, both, an awesome release as well as so much fun to bump some dub step and straight up SHRED on the violin! Good for you for becoming uniquely great at something! You have clearly worked incredibly hard!

[@SuzanaSouzaladys]

12 anos e eu ainda amo essa combinação, fivou realmente magico !!!

[@andrevpks769]

He is one of "people are awesome", congratulations my friend, thank you for existing

[@viewyourcomment]

A very talented guy. Heard this years ago. Still check in. Amazing talent bro. I hope god has graced you. You deserve it.

[@hiddenheartrh]

I am SUPER glad that you got your vids back up, I have this one in three playlists and was heartbroken when it disappeared.

[@Unrealking1]

WOW!! JUST wow..that was soooo amazing!! love this ..:) ALL the best brah!!

[@caseyjay2776]

2021. Still bangs. What?! Say something. 😎🤪😝

[@cecilycornishphdleadership9658]

This is sheer brilliant talent! Viewing this video and finally discover a once in a lifetime, moment in eternity, that you remember surfing the KZbin, and finding something astounding! The real feel is like viewing a Opera or Orchestra, but it just one man entertainment.

[@oxxychild]

I just want to say mate I've been following you for 24 years.........and you have by far always inspired me to be what I am on the violin 🎻 to this day........ So thank you lad #symphonycrack

[@markii99dd]

I can't believe this is an improv! You are very talented. I thought the first min was all fine, you letting her voice her part before you gradually take her place. Rock on!

[@vickyr9076]

You are outstanding. What a gift you were given

[@EmperorsNewWardrobe]

Love your work! And love that you make the connection personal by replying to comments on here too! Eagerly awaiting more of your music skills!

[@subrosaBalumNL]

I listened to this more then a hundred times and it still gives me goosebumps everytime i listen it

[@wiripepper]

That was the best music I've ever heard, I could hardly even breathe, I don't even think I blinked my eyes or moved!!! Never heard anything like this. Keep up this great work and may god bless and keep you!

[@rjbeyler9231]

Some of the rawest shit Ive ever HEARD!!!!!!!!!! I swear I had goosebumps throughout the entire video!! Holy shit thanks sooo much. Dude straight rocking out on the violin lol hell naw! Love it shun!

[@asheras4412]

Wow!! Great job! That's fantastic. Wish I could play my flute as good as you!

[@Hamster1022]

Correction, "I wish I could play my flute as good as you play the violin."

[@asheras4412]

All the same, this man has true talent. The typos in my sentences don't even matter. :)

[@M1ck3ymuz]

smashed it sounds amazing

[@sheldonspark]

Absolutely fantastic. Just stumbled on to your videos and I can't wait to hear more.

[@dnd161991]

Shredded my goddamn soul. When you feel music- you really feel it, you understand why this is so fucking fantastic. TMV deconstructs everything and makes it his. This is pure music, pure carnage. Just fantastic.

[@annettewalsh5194]

omg that's freakin insane!! im dying to buy my first electric violin- and wowwwwww yoaure amazing. being classically trained its SO hard to 'teach yourself' to improvise - truly truly appreciate your talent.

[@amandabyrom646]

I LOVE THIS!!! Way to go man, you rocked that violin!!!!! I KNOW I SURE AS F★★K CANNOT DO THAT!♡♥♡♥♡♥

[@agentofthe9s164]

love it man!!!!!! what a new twist on a remix, especially with such a beautiful instrument!!

[@Mashugat]

Oh man this is SOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOD to have back! I've missed your shredding!!!!!!

[@djdan1201]

This is the best dubstep violin show when i even seen. You'r ROCK!!!

[@subbasslines]

This mix in amazing when you have over 2000 watts and bass to go with it, the levels on the mastering on this tune is 😍

[@TheTrickzOBear]

Listened to this years ago just popped into my head what a tune

[@LishaJoya]

so beautiful...thank you for making this! Keep up the good work!! make more! Make more!

[@tiptoe242]

I'm so impressed by what I'm hearing that I can't adequately express it in wordzzzz...

[@maximbollansee]

10years, a decade later and it's still amazing! Keep it up 👏!

[@gawd420]

Goosebumps all over the place! Avant Garde mate!!! :)

[@ItTakes3]

Keep up the good work! You make music even MORE awesome than it already is!

[@mohawkian77]

I feel like every video i see i place it onto my favorites, your awesome at your work, props,and respects!

[@rustile306]

This guy is the Jimi Hendrix of the violin, for sure. Not just because of how good it is, but the extremely creative and unconventional techniques used. I think he recorded himself playing to prove it wasn't just remixed, especially that one man duet at the end.

[@buttonlegge]

omG.... you are BY FAR THE BEST!!! That I've seen/heard in sometime. I am IMPRESSED as fcuk! I felt the expression on your face melt the very core of my soul thank YOU

[@lilymorgan1528]

Never heard anything like this!!! Real music...Am going to listen to MadViolinist music as much as possible...So much respect!!!

[@quentintracz-house5775]

This lives rent free in my head. And has for the past 10 years. 13 year old me loved this.

[@amalditapilula]

10 years have passed, and im here once more.

[@NoMoarNoMoar]

From time to time I come to hear this once again. Hope to see you in a big stage bro.

[@sunche46]

i just can tell u that everytime, your style is that much touching... the first min is a lill shy, but also touching... at the moment u start gettn into it 100% wow ... - well u catch souls with it ... u remind me that bad on my moms style, she was a violinist too... her improves were special and real showing soul and heart like urs ... iam happy that you perfome like u do and i can listen to it nonstop. Hold on your style its so special !

[@agaertner4]

Dude, I'm a man, but your music brought tears to my eyes. I thank you for the gift of beauty

[@MrNails1988]

So beautiful and yet powerful at the same time

[@SashaAndLivvy]

You, my friend, are a machine. A machine that has created something beyond amazing xxx