I Made The Most METAL Slap Bass Solo EVER

[@CharlesBerthoud]

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[@tallevi8685]

Correct me if im wrong, but Better Help has been known to take advantage of their already vulnerable customers and provide little to no actual assistance and "therapists" who charge and who aren't even certified. A lot of other people have pulled out their better help ads and for good reason, and I think that you should look into that. Loved the song by the way!

[@kosmotto]

only missing a singer from this actually being on the air. This was really good, Maybe Miley Kennedy on vocals

[@ivyisle]

you should do a collab with Catarinth, he's insane and you guys could definitely make something sick 😎 much love brother

[@kenrickdavis5355]

I can't say how much I've missed therapy with Davie504

[@lm-ml]

I feel like you’re the kind of person who would love the band Dianogah

[@alexsamra]

I need a whole album of prog metal from you Charles! This is absolutely top notch!

[@kurtw6922]

It does remind a bit of Dream Theatre doesn't it?

[@CharlesBerthoud]

I have more coming!!

[@pncampbell]

Like smashed

[@MrBaverbo]

@@CharlesBerthoudI can feel the hype bursting inside of me!

[@bookworm8415]

Seriously. I listen to the doom soundtrack on repeat half the days im doing technical work. Id swap this in in a heartbeat.

[@costinnovac6092]

Hell man. That was killer. Would be a shame that this track will not end on Spotify.

[@tsardean9192]

Good news sir it is on Spotify under the name of Assimilate

[@costinnovac6092]

@@tsardean9192 well thank you. I wouldn't know.

[@cobrasys]

@@tsardean9192 Not all heroes wear capes. Thanks for this!

[@RC32Smiths01]

Slap and Metal can go together so seamlessly. Love to see you showing the process of you coming up with your brilliant compositions. Cheers

[@CharlesBerthoud]

There are some metal bassists who slap but I'm surprised it's not more... Metal is so rhythmic that slap seems like a natural choice and it adds a whole new level of aggression

[@ETOL17]

Good example is Dig by Mudvayne

[@RC32Smiths01]

@@CharlesBerthoud Yeah! There really is a groovy complex at its core

[@RC32Smiths01]

@@ETOL17 For sure!

[@TheElphick9]

​@@CharlesBerthoud Probably because it's so much easier to use finger technique, not everyone is as skilled as you Charles haha

[@helioking4523]

I used to be a fan, but after hearing this masterpiece, I'm a goddam blast furnace!!! Fantastic work as always, Charles

[@viperg2644]

Amazing! *Puts iron inside

[@someguy1865]

This man made me a wind turbine

[@tsardean9192]

The therapy with Davie bit had me rolling, best BetterHelp plug I've seen 😆🤣🤣

[@SKBassist]

I had a metal phase for a bit, lost the phase, for a bit, and now it's back! Keep it up!

[@Eizenz]

CHARLES. That was a spicy tip on matching the kick with accents from the bass line. Thank you for that. Your fade to black 5 string is beautiful.

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Yeah that's a great place to start and works vice versa too. If you're stuck writing a bass line to go with a drum groove, start by playing notes with the kick, then add / subtract from there!

[@TheHeadown]

As a hardcore metalhead, I loved this a little more than usual. 🤘

[@tiller6750]

That was one of the best metal riff videos I've ever seen. Truly amazing, Charles!

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Thanks!!

[@ВсадникАпокалипсиса-я9е]

sounds pretty Dream Theaterish)@@CharlesBerthoud

[@Seifer_42]

1:35 - 7 stringed short scaled piccolo bass looking good

[@therealmorganofficial]

Casually having Davie504 in your video, gigachad.

[@absolutumdominiumx]

If you're commenting "slap and metal..." please stop. There ARE metal bands that have prevalent bass. There are LOADS. Love your vids, man. Keep up the amazing work. (:

[@bradyung798]

my fave jason quote lol

[@Aetheretic]

Dude... That was sick as hell, that main riff was killer. I listened to this 2 times before I could post cause I had to hear the song again hahah. Honestly I could listen to, and buy a whole album of this. I'm a huge fan of progressive metal/death metal, and I think a bass forword/focused project from you would be so cool. Also the songs wouldn't have to be so short cause it wouldn't be a KZbin video. 😂 Cheers! 🇨🇦

[@RealityHasAWokeBias]

Positively evil! Devilishly creative! This was absolutely sick, Charles.

[@codycooper5768]

delightfully devilish, seymour!

[@kaedeschulz5422]

You gotta make a full album with this style and perhaps with lyrics too. Seriously love this!

[@Lloocii]

Have you ever heard Dominic "forest" Lapointe? He's a metal bassist with a band First Fragment formerly of Beyond Creation. I think you'd get a kick out of hearing his fretless bass technique if you haven't. Cheers Charles, this was cool af.

[@WitchKing99]

The bass work of Dominic "forest" Lapointe is insane! I would love to see Charles make a song based on Dominic's style!

[@GazerPlur420]

That man is otherworldly. Fucking love Forest

[@MarkRose1337]

4:00 Gotta have that Charles Berthoud signature two tap!

[@hellohowareyou-fw4mn]

I'm loving these new style of videos! Keep making content. You are an inspiration to me and so many other bassists around the world!

[@tob70ias]

2:28 Can’t help hearing a bit of ABBA, voulez-vous hear and there. But still brilliant and a pure joy to listen to.

[@n1zw]

I have a lot of awesome Bass players including you Charles, Henrick I hope spelled right, Davie 504, and many others including the biggest names in the music industry. You all make look so easy. I grew up in music starting playing drums throughout my school years, and my mom bought my very first guitar one Christmas which made her much happier without all the banging. All throughout my military service I was both here and there but I never really got a single instrument to lock on I always had something that would keep me into music so I brought my MIDI keyboard and went on get back into music when I was disabled. I don't have instruments at all but Bass is my new thing and watch so many bass players now it's crazy. Thank you, Charles, for sharing your hard work with us all. Cheers.

[@MonocleMC]

I love that you're showing us more behind the scenes, it's interesting to know how you actually go about composing these epic pieces!

[@wRonG765]

That transition into better help 🧈.

[@galgrunfeld9954]

I know you just launched a new channel, but I'd love to see more behind-the-scenes of how you write original music and make arrangements and covers since I really like your style!

[@ac026660]

This was INSANE!!!!!!!!

[@bacongl]

That Schecter sounds amazing. Fishman on bass is something I rarely see. I am a Bartolini man myself but dang, I need to try those fluence. Also love the piccolo bass XD

[@brainpain4945]

you bloody bastard Charles!!!!!! LMAO! you're so freaking killer dude! Just so you know when I became disabled and unable to play anymore? All my abilities were transferred to you Spiritually,. LOL All I can say is Friggin WOW! Nice work man!

[@localsymbiosis]

I would love to have a full album of this please. I will buy it now.

[@D3-Keys]

Charles Berthoud inspired me to post my compositions on youtube and even today I watch his videos with admiration. So thank you very much Charles and continue your videos, it's amazing...

[@nikolaszervoudakis5893]

This was absolutely killer, filthy tone while being very tastefully arranged. Need the album, bro ❤️ 🤘🏻

[@lylegavin23]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND UNBELIEVABLE BROTHER !!!! YOUR TIMING IS IMPECCABLE AND YOUR TECHNIQUES ARE SO WELL EXECUTED !! YOU ARE TRULY AN ELITE PLAYER IN THE WORLD OF BASS GUITAR MY FRIEND !!!!

[@blakebass1]

Thank you Sir Charles, for your tremendous artistry and for helping the evolution of the bass reach new levels of excellence. Incredible!

[@sambarker9762]

First time I've listened to that, gotta say it was awesome. Need a full album of this type of thing, it'd be amazing

[@DeriumEnvy]

This new format is great, makes me appreciate your music even more than before.

[@ForgedInKaos]

that moment when you realize you have asked a musician for a playthrough, and yet the did it a month ago.......... Charles this one is BY FAR my favorite thing you have composed! it SOOO HEAVY!!!!! no homo but it makes me eggs tingle

[@victornava7830]

This is a masterpiece, we need a full album 💿 Charles, greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽

[@dotancohen]

IF anybody else had ever mentioned such a Jason Newstead quote I'd just block the idiot. Loved it - you made my day. Still haven't got to the solo yet... still watching!

[@Thrasher_Abbatoir]

This is something DT would write during Train of Thought era. Outstanding composition and arrangement❤️

[@floreaciprian9742]

For sure.. very similar in sound to oldschool Dream Theater

[@Thedoug369]

The most talented musician presently on the planet earth ladies and gentlemen.

[@myk7912]

A whole album of this please.

[@MagicalWizard45]

PLEASE PLEASE more videos like this where you educate us musicians. I know you're good at bass. I know you can make a music video and will continue to, but this shit is just awesome. seeing the PROCESS. It's even cool for non musicians too i'm assuming because of all the great edits. Keep it up!

[@BrooksMoses]

Yup, very much cool for me as a non-musician. I like seeing all the pieces that go together to make the music!

[@WitchKing99]

This was an awesome video, Charles! It was great to see a quick insight in your production and how you write your music! This song reminded me of "Gates of Babylon" by Rainbow for some reason, which is nice because that is a great track as well! :D

[@ckolonn]

Prog drummer here, that was awesome - a sub was inescapable after watching this.

[@auroraboreal3x]

Charles, you are too good, and I just want to thank you for how good your compositions are. They are spectacular, and aspect of them is underappreciated

[@idselseno2306]

You make it sound so easy and elementary but truth is you are different breed amongst us mortals 😅😅😅

[@parad0x200]

I’ve been playing the bass for about 3 months and this just makes me even more motivated to keep learning💀

[@saraswati_6171]

God damn. I had alot of bass heroes when I was younger, but over the last few years I’ve realized you are the best. KZbin videos are probably the money maker but you need to do side projects to get into the zeitgeist of popular music so you can be remembered by everyone, not just the musicians.

[@elijahfrickingourd]

I thank my dad for the introduction to your channel. You slap like nobody else.

[@leon_pp]

I'd pay for an instrumental album like this.

[@andrifardila]

The new concept of your video is just amazing 👏👏👏

[@fortunateson101]

These videos breaking down how you put the songs together are a great insight into your creative mind! Love them. Thanks for sharing mate!

[@ZephyrBassPiano]

Such an underrated video, this is one of the best songs you’ve ever made!

[@lowrider670]

Have a contest to see who can do the best vocals or screams over this.

[@krymz1]

1:00 as a drummer I twisted inside from the sarcasm (i hope!! lol!!) that beat was so sick, and everything else too!

[@blueberrypanquakes]

Really enjoy having more of an exploration of your process and the way you think through your compositions. And it builds more anticipation leading up to hearing the full song. Great video!

[@Blackout_Films]

This is something I would add to my playlist, show my family, and listen to on repeat, thank you for creating ANOTHER masterpiece Charles.

[@bassboi5052]

im very excited by the new direction of the channel. i love these like half tutorial half entertaining videos

[@Typical.Anomaly]

Therapy with Davie 🤣🤣🤣

[@JayRuetschi]

Absolutely brutal playing, always love watching you play man!

[@chesspunk489]

Charles is a master of music. I like how he doesn't waste my time trying to do funny memes. It's all about that bass with this guy.

[@1TiagoGH]

Thank you so much for letting me know that Bob is my uncle! Much appreciated!

[@deathcon27]

After hearing this composition I'm adamant that you should do some Dream Theater covers at some point. I truly enjoy the creativity you apply when creating not just originals but also how you make covers your own. Keep up the amazing work

[@Bass-Sama87]

He played the rag time solo from Dance of Eternity on bass.

[@StefanoBorini]

It's more of a Symphony X style.

[@bauul.]

I was just thinking this had strong Dream Theater energy!

[@HOogHANband]

Fab stuff, Charles! Amazing how you still keep finding new angles/genres/styles to apply to the electric bass. If I may, I have a challenge for you. Make a video playing a fretted el. bass, and here's the kicker: with flatwound strings. In other words the polar opposite sound of the bright roundwound sound we're used to hearing from you. Basically a more muffled sound. Perhaps even a hollowbody ála McCartney's Hofner. Just a thought, you pick the bass - pun intended?B-) Or, a P-bass? It's up to you. Any one else fancy hearing that?!

[@vamptombs]

Maan this is some progressive metal evil crazy tune, i feel the mash between porcupine tree and steven wilson single project 😮😮😮 your talent is really amazing and how flexible you are in writing music. Always so fun to watch you bro

[@pedrofonseca-ek7lw]

This is Brutal!! One of the best Metal Songs ever!! Phenomenal!!

[@DanielSantos-mg8pe]

Dude, there is simply no stile of music that Charles can't do!👏 It's just so inspiring!🤩

[@happygimp5167]

YES! Absolutely right!

[@Paddyspalace]

This was amazing! Really upped your metal understanding and production in comparison to your older metal pieces (which were musically amazing as well of course) Amazing composition, i love you :)

[@LithiumSurfboard]

Put together a supergroup playing instrumental prog metal, and at least 1.6 million fans will be lining up to buy the music, concert tickets, and t-shirts. Do it. PLEASE! 🤘

[@hermysstory8333]

@CharlesBerthoud, your music lifts me up. Thanks for your choice of sponsor. Days are dark.

[@juanjosejaume7115]

Amazing work as always Charles, the main riff reminded me a little of "poetry for the poisoned" by kamelot.

[@davidstone4937]

It has been said that "Gingers have no soul", but you clearly have more soul than Motown! Love your stuff as always. I would love to hear you playng in a band or some co-lab with someone like Marcin Patrzalek.

[@tchatcho66]

Looks a lot like Zuzo Moussawer, a great Brazilian nos player 😃

[@derpderpington824]

Mindboggling as always. I generally can't stand prog (i like counting to 4) but i would literally buy an entire album of that. Superb.

[@jameshalbert181]

I am a proud Piccolo bass player and a huge fan. Keep up the great content.

[@hoothoot3651]

I really like the format where you sorta take us through the writing process, was super cool to see!

[@Kaboomnz]

I've been a guitarist for decades and this video made me switch to bass. You're an amazing bassist Charles.

[@srsbassman]

I've been following you regularly for about a year or so now Charles, and I just gotta say as amazing as you are on the bass, I think your overall musicianship and song writing is just as good, of not even better. I've been checking out your tunes on Spotify, and it really is some of the best bass feature instrumental stuff there is, as far as your arrangements and melodies and whatnot. In those aspects I'd seriously put your stuff right up there with the solo stuff from Victor Wooten, Stu Hamm, or any of the other big names who do this kind of stuff. And on a side note, your videos have made chuckle more than once too, so overall keep doing what you're doing!

[@kryptickorner]

The pull back at the top of the main riff really gives this an old school Limp Bizkit vibe...bad ass none the less.You're a modern [fill in classical great]

[@andywhite5284]

Full metal album please! Any vocalist would be stoked to feature on your songs.

[@abdakka0]

THE MAIN BASSIST COMPLEX "OTHERS INSTRUMENTS MAY CAUSE DISTRACTION" , BASSISTS : 1:06

[@obsidian66]

You have to be one of the best few bassist ever to assist! I’ve been a fan of metal in the 80”:s. Cliff Burton for Metal Stanley Clarke for Jazz fusion Jaco and Victor Wooten too of course. Let’s not forget Lea Claypool I could go on forever. Slipknot, Etc. You blow my mind with talent..

[@michaelngiam6270]

Thanks for explaining your thought process at the beginning!

[@OffbeatDooter]

The melody in the intro is awesome! Everything is awesome, but the melody really stands out for me and they way you build up on it!

[@2jerrysapp560]

Skillz Mad skillz

[@okkestaring7219]

I play the piano sins I was 6 but now I also practise bass (and I love it) because you inspired mee. You are a fricking legend.

[@johnnyq1233]

Man That kicked ass!!!! Big time!!! Love that snappy bass sound with your tapping and the syncopation was superb! That guitar sound complimented that bass so well and should be almost illegal...but, it's music and there are no rules. Keep it real and keep it happening.

[@aarondavis4341]

Finally someones making good music again...sounds like anything from 90s nu metal...thats a good thing!

[@kadirbasri]

I can totally this in the shred collab this year. Cant wait

[@traciospartaco_uSer768]

This creation is sublime without a doubt, as many say and I agree. An album with this song and all the ones you add would be epic. The audience is already full waiting!! Force!!

[@JacobCollins123]

All your videos are bangers. Seriously man you’re setting the bar so high for technical and creative ability all while remaining down to earth and entertaining. Thanks for the jam!

[@РафаэльСалюков-ч2у]

It reminds me "conquering distopia". And I like it a lot . Thanks for this job!

[@andrewfielden284]

Lovely stuff. Very funny too. And your soft but evil section reminds me of Spanish flamenco style, which I never thought of as evil sounding, but it is.

[@owenrsmithmusic2029]

Shades of Ozric Tentacles (whom I always thought were prog metal without distortion in any case!). Love it!

[@amniote69]

Fantastic stuff! The clouds had a definite Osrics vibe.

[@Zakariahdeadinside]

I want that bass next to the schecter in the background the all wood grain one it so pretty

[@xXxDSMer]

Pretty neat being shown the how the music comes together

[@joaopaulochaib4211]

I don't know why, but your music reminded me of ANGRA's first albums. FANTASTIC!

[@mcorte01]

You are a beast on that bass man!…hard work done joyfully- persevering paid off!!

[@esotericauthor]

2:25 is the start of the song, for ease of returning to it again and again