CRINGE or COOL? Pro Violinist Reacts to Britain’s Got Talent 🇬🇧

[@RayChenViolinist]

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[@anaischingmayjo91]

Hello Ray, I think your Tonic app is excellent. My daughters (young violinists) and myself (bandoneonist-to-be) are all using it. We are all big fans of yours. You play extremely well yet you are so humble and kind. Last but not least, you are really a fun person. We love watching your videos. I would just like to suggest an additional feature to your Tonic app. How about letting users give online concerts (5 or more minutes) to play pieces they have to do in real life to train to calm their nerves while performing? A user can announce their performance with their program 24 hours or more in advance. And, there will be a list of performances (with info such as the performer’s name and the duration of the concert) for users to choose from when they log in. Just like the practice room, users get credits for giving concerts and attending concerts. I am personally more inclined to let people hear my “well-prepared” concerts. I would also add a section for private feedback. Just a little idea for you to consider. :)

[@iLiKe._.FoOd._.yUm_yUm]

Ty! 😌

[@Contactinternet82]

Hi ray or you wietnam

[@EmberTrio]

Thanks for the kind words Ray! ❤️❤️❤️

[@wooftamer532]

You guys sounded amazing!! :)

[@sollysfancyland8513]

Omg y'all sounded so good

[@absolutelyaweirdo]

It was wonderful! Great job guys!!

[@sabrinai]

Ray's as generous with his rating as Twoset is with their roasts XD. It is interesting to have both views though!

[@mitchnew3037]

I agree with you ❤😊

[@cupidok2768]

i like how everyone just wow she so good bc they know nothing about the instructment and this guy can pinpoint exactly what's wrong with her and expose her. it shows how shallow they are. just say everything is great good amazing

[@kenji2787]

@cupidok2768 they’re judges in a talent show. I don’t know what their backgrounds are but they’re not going to be experts at every kind of talent. Pretty shallow of you if you can’t even understand that.

[@cupidok2768]

@@kenji2787 exactly my point. thx for confirming it. i knew i was right

[@Silverado-pq6xe]

@@cupidok2768yes thats the point of the video buddy good job😂 you are too young to be on youtube man

[@celli_ec._.]

Ray is nice to them and twoset violin is like that one very strict music teacher who will point out anything. Anyways, I still always love it when Ray posts!

[@eprjct]

There is a difference between the time period. Got Talent wouldn't have changed if not for Twoset. Remember when they were booing classical pieces so they can turn it into a pop music with cheap monotone version and when they simply start stripping? Notice that Twoset was praising the recorder player right off the bat because they recognize the hard work.

[@johjoh9270]

I mean to be fair last contestant was cringe from the start because of her attitude, like acting drunk and said something like "oh yeah I listened to the score this morning on the car" and she was very off at some point too, ray's video doesn't show that 😅

[@samanthachen4161]

The first girl had so much confidence and stage presence that people that don’t know classical music wouldn’t know she made so many mistakes.

[@bestuish]

She plays like a rock star!

[@lainahuang6726]

@bestuish yes her confidence is admirable but her skills are not very good

[@absolutelyaweirdo]

That’s what my music teacher tells me😂 As long as the judges aren’t musicians, you’re fine. Just look like you know what you’re doing

[@vergelvasquez313]

​@@absolutelyaweirdolooll your music teacher was right

[@briantravelman]

In Poland we have a saying, "A genius won't notice, an idiot will think it's supposed to be like that"

[@isabelsnow3697]

I love how Ray says "when she did this..." and reproduces it note for note, but ten times better.

[@joelviolinpiano]

I like your positive comments Ray. Its so easy to tear down others, but you try to see the positive, that's great man.😀

[@sophiejulie2138]

Did the orchestra play everything by heart?? (no music stands visible) That, and being so well together without a conductor, is really impressive!

[@sophiejulie2138]

the first girl played terribly, Ray noticed (wrong notes, not in tune, not in time) but was much nicer about it than TwoSet would've been

[@elissahunt]

Yes, I'm sure they memorized it. This reminds me very much of my marching band days, honestly. We learned two new shows a week, all memorized. It's not as hard as you might think.

[@jacobtapianieto9655]

I may mention two great (professional) orchestras that play by heart: the Aurora Orchestra (UK) and Pynarello (Dutch conductorless ensemble).

[@vzxgraced]

Living in Germany, I found many amateur orchestras adults could join. This isn’t really a thing where I live now in the United States, and I don’t think it’s very common in most parts of the world. I think it should more common-so adults who play music but are not professional musicians don’t have to lose touch with their instrument!

[@Whatsmyhandel]

Ray is so encouraging in an authentic way.

[@Lqviolin2]

Hi Ray, Thank you for making music so fun! Also huge thank you for creating Tonic. I've been encouraging all my students to use it. Even as an adult professional I'm finding it a lot of fun.

[@THErealOGse]

I don't even play strings and i knew the first woman was off. My brain started to have a mini explosion

[@haiyueluo9048]

Took me a while to figure out the piece 😂

[@THErealOGse]

@@haiyueluo9048 lmao. Omg right

[@lubis1991]

How did BGT even praise the first girl. Just watched the entire clip on their channel. Ray is being VERY KIND here.

[@absolutelyaweirdo]

Wait Wdym?

[@renka-chan9213]

​@@absolutelyaweirdoShe was with a friend and they performed together. The judges then decided to turn them both down, except for the girl in violin,who was given another chance to perform. The clip shown here is that second chance.

[@Y3llow_Submarin3]

The last woman's perfomance is entertaining, draw attention. She's a star. So confident and well planned.

[@carlottaolivieri7468]

When Ray said "polyphony" and Tim popped up I lost it!... I screamed in my head "OMG Ray knows Polyphia!!!" but probably that was editor-san...anyway...RESPECT! 🤘🔥

[@greent591]

Ray did play Polyphia's GOAT and Playing God on violin after you left this comment :)

[@babicakeskenzie]

9:51 i laughed so hard because i play violin too ☠️ like why were they impressed by that 😭😭

[@buffywasright]

Ray’s editor is completely out of control 😂 That Polyphia insert was so out of pocket and funny.

[@williamhiegel2756]

Hey Ray, have you ever heard the piece ‘the view from dead horse point’? It’s a really a really cool piece that is basically a duet between a musician and a computer. I don’t really know how to describe it but it’s worth checking out

[@Dparrey]

Damn the youth orchestra one goes hard. Also glad the Ember Trio guys go hard too because they are really amazing and hey, get some cello love. Emil and Dario doing their rock cello thing got absolutely humiliated by Simon and I still feel that.

[@jen5188]

Lettice is actually classically trained! She studied at the Royal College of Music. She was just REALLY drunk during her performance haha

[@goobermcboogerballs1420]

Hahahaha for real?

[@nunyabiznuss3040]

Elaborate please 😐

[@JuberthBaton]

Really she drunk

[@taswegian1790]

I remember watching it when it first came out .. she had come from a big piss up ,more hungover then drunk if I remember . But very under the weather with both ..

[@kelleyforeman]

Ray, you are such a positive and encouraging person!

[@chien-huangilweng1309]

Ray’s comments were just so professional and honest!! He had been so generous 😁. In fact, those participants performing instruments should participates in real, authentic music competitions to get their abilities judged and valued, not in such an occasion. The judges in this show were meant to be kind and encouraging!!

[@jixer1956]

Simon Cowell built his reputation on NOT being "kind and encouraging."

[@AndySaenz924]

If Ray was a judge on these talent shows, he would give them a red buzzer! He would be a tough judge!

[@teamyeshuathemessiah1058]

1:41 that lady new that girl was missing notes😭

[@momongaseagreen9660]

She looks like Yuja Wang👠🎹

[@avalagum7957]

Amanda is a pop singer, Simon is a pop producer and Pier is a journalist. What can we expect from them? Even if David Foster were there, I'm not sure if he could tell what was wrong.

[@katlover4442]

So true.

[@dylanedwards1879]

The first girl she does have talent. In terms of being a confident performer. But part of musical talent is also playing with musical integrity, which she does seem like she could learn to do that, I hate that the judges act like this was the best classical music performance though

[@ThirzaTumTum]

Electric violin lady at the end: Not everyone can wear the Ron Weasley furry vest, she wears it very well.

[@Seeker.of.Warrior.Goddesses]

That last young lady also has an amazing singing voice too.

[@sabrinai]

Love how Editor-chan coloured Ray's face red in the first montage.

[@mauriciolujan9008]

new fear unlocked participate in a tv show and ray judges me in a video 😢😢

[@Aaron-xq6hv]

You know I feel like Vivaldi really doesn't deserve to have his work butchered (and the butchering praised) so much and so often. (Rimsky-Korsakov too)

[@katlover4442]

I agree with you 100%!!!

[@cheukheiauyeung2975]

finally can see Ray react to a simple version of summer😂😂

[@yuhansungscoffee]

I still remember watching lettuce robothams viral video. She made up the medley on the way to the audition and performed hungover. 😂😂

[@Mariam.M.m-t1o]

When people dont know that playing slow is harder than playing fast.

[@da__lang]

Wow, I always thought of myself as a very mediocre violinist, but listening to the praise for that "Vivaldi," I probably could have been a superstar on Britain's Got Talent.

[@3dprintersawhiteboard401]

Forget about contestant 4 being in tune, but the real question is, how the hell does she hold her violin with this fur around her neck. I already have a hard time not missing shifts when I wear something with a collar when I usually dont. Also cudos to Ray. Knowing how much below his standards these performances are and how he got critiqued in his time this is pretty awesome to be so nice.

[@Lily-1670-x7w]

The one that Billie wrote is Bury a friend

[@BubbleTea10]

Ray, I’m sorry, but you’re being waaaaaaay too nice!

[@CottonCandyTheWW2Geek]

Lmao ikr

[@SerinaJane]

Hey , just watched a few of your videos after stumbling across one of your performances and I really like they way you do not hold back on voicing your actual opinion but at the same time do it with much grace, we need more honesty in the world, there is no need to be afraid of the truth. A little information since you seem to value music we also need to give credit where its due, that piece you recognized was a sample, the original track is by Chi-Lites "Are you my woman? (Tell me so), allot of todays hits that blow up are based on compositions from way back and like in this particular case not just a minor aspect but make the whole song, hence without the sample the newly arranged song would not exist or wouldn't be that popular .

[@JimmyR42]

For all the mean comments Simon has been known to give across the years of AGT, flaming him for his child-like conducting is absolutely deserved :P

[@yvonnasun]

I love contestent 4's energy and personality lol she's so lovely. And she just gave that rock star vibe with a violin soooo cool

[@orenburg6318]

Ray, you should disguise yourself & go on one of these shows as a contestant.

[@katlover4442]

That would be fun to watch!

[@quest-cequecesttonvisage]

Lets go i love these videos but i think you are a bit too nice to them

[@maxverstappennonofficial]

yeah, he said "kinda cringe because people gotr impressed by this ( music )" and then said " actually not cringe because they have fun". Most people on Got talent bullshit don't actually have good actual taste. So obviously they get impressed easily by any piece of cake of an song that is just impressive at the first shot.

[@blauespony1013]

Kudos to editor-san. The lizard moment was ... AMAZING!

[@TacticalStrike]

Please react to miss Mississippi. Best rendition of zapateado I’ve ever heard

[@AndySaenz924]

I wish he would have reacted to Emil and Dariel on AGT! They were a great cello duo comprised of 2 brothers.

[@Composing-]

what was the first contestant's song? I want to try it, but I can't find it.

[@faichinglee9262]

Ray chen why are you so good at finding that🎉🎉❤❤

[@AndySaenz]

Ray, if you were auditioning on this show, what would you play?

[@ajaxslop]

The thing w the first girl is that she only had one night to prepare...she came with her friend the day before and they told her to come back the next day and thats why even tho her performance wasn't perfect, she literally all that in one night

[@TwoSetViolinEdits]

How does Ray know so many pop songs 😭 😂

[@daniluzzu]

Ray the "cringy" part of the last contestant, the high chromatic tremolo, in my opinion might be a quotation of the end of the guitar solo in Beat It (Michael Jackson, Thriller).

[@blender_wiki]

Ray is a brave man to withstand such horror.

[@karenboyd6293]

I think that Americans, in general do not have a huge appreciation for classical music compared to other nations with a longer history. It is sad. Of course my experience is based on what I see on screens, but I know people pay a lot more money to watch a show with a lot of showiness, rather than just music. Other other hand, I admit that orchestral music is not my favorite. I tend to enjoy smaller groups, such as string quartettes, or larger ensembles. The music seems more "pure." Of course my favorite music is acappella, so you might not value my opinion. :-)

[@etch4]

Wizard : 2:46 Is that a Vanessa Mea invention ??

[@matthiascheah3519]

never thought Yuja Wang played the violin XD

[@katlover4442]

You, Yuga Wang and Jasmine Choi should all enter a few of these “talent” competitions and show them what TRUE musical talent is!!!

[@wept_in_the]

Simon hates flautists lol.

[@chantillyviolin]

You're way too kind!

[@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266]

Man, Ray just roasted Sue alive! 🤣🤣🤣

[@everbloomambience]

That Beyonce photo at 7:38 will forever haunt the internet

[@riiraa881]

Ray should realize he has tons of footage on the internet and lots of overzealous Beyonce fans.

[@istvanbarcsanits8566]

Hello Ray! Do you know the talented young girl from South Korea, SoHyun Ko?

[@nomadiccleric5672]

I adore hearing someone who knows wtf they're talking about make fun of judges who don't 😂

[@MachaLatte123]

Almost thought Yuja Wang was on the violin.

[@katlover4442]

Yuna Wang and Ray Chen should enter these competitions and show what REAL musical talent is!!!

[@reflecto689]

6:30 song name?

[@oliviani9728]

I was born on 9/28/2014❤❤❤2014!

[@ariviolino]

Ray you're way too kind 😅

[@CAROLZ101101]

Ray should teach the other judges about music since even i heard what ray heard & unbelievable how they told the girl violinist that lost her piano friend best & phenomenal she sucked Hugely..

[@judefox9880]

My question for the Q&A is do you have any tips for violinists who just started can you show me show me some songs on your KZbin channel so I have started I played violin since hours free and I'm 11 now and I just started playing I had a rest from violin for about 1 year and 1 month and then I started playing it again and I have lost a bit of confluence was play on stage and stuff so do you have any tips please like I said in the last message my name is sesame I'm from Hull I'm 11 years old and my favourite thing to do is play flute drawer violin and art and also play the ukulele so yeah I love your videos and I hope you see this message bye😂😅❤

[@magician77-c8h]

3:20 evaluation committee is always wrong... Journal... faculty recruiting ... goverment... etc.

[@PensieroMetamofista]

Please, Ray just react to Roman Kim's arrangement of Beethoven 5th symphony.

[@jameskhan8573]

Ray goes way more easy than Twoset

[@JahidHassan-h3s]

Why you not going to there in BGT

[@frédéricchopinFan.9479]

I like how Ray is a little bit nicer then twosetviolin 😂

[@thewkovacs316]

these talent shows do not like classical music unless you are a bad opera singer and do nessun dorma (i now hate that tune) it's sad

[@ci1161]

I think it's the way she presented herself. She was very confident and if you don't play music you prob don't think there's anything wrong. Also it's a show piece as it sounds 'complex.'

[@daylankong8784]

You should go to Britain’s got talent

[@pulia123]

Thought it was Yuja Wang for a moment.

[@AttilaLothrigel]

Did you see what happened with the sound of your duets with Karolina. It was stolen. Did you record the duets? If so can you help them out. People want to see and hear your duets

[@MishaSkripach]

Professionals 1) always record several copies 2) always back up immediately 3) have sound on the video anyway, in case the microphone fails 4) never leave any important recordings in the car . So everything is safe.

[@jacqueskongolo3440]

downloaded tokic but don't know how it works

[@Michael300winmag]

With music, nothing is out of tune :) When we need musicians in War, someone playing the violin will be the last and favorite music/noise I want to hear no matter how its played.

[@lgtvsmart4078]

Even for a guy like me who never touched violin in life can tell that the first vivaldi girl was totally offtune. 😂 However appreciate her bravery, but judges are a joke.

[@XoxoX-g7j]

What song was 1st contestant playing

[@sparklingmagnolia]

Ray: listing all these pop songs Me:(who never listens to really any pop songs) sips my cup of tea

[@idontknowiri]

my (flute) section and i literally pray to beyonce how did i not know that 6:26

[@raullopez7578]

And Escala quartet?

[@officialCarlo-val]

Ray should go to americas got talent

[@lucienazario2786]

I am waiting. I wonder what's going to happen 😮😊

[@watchingyouj112]

RAY CHEN GO PLAY AT BRITIAN's GOT TALENT PLEASE LOL SHOW THEM WHO IS BOSS

[@i-2824]

The audience are so ignorant😂 I would be mad too.if i were Ray😂

[@xuserpromax]

you should participate

[@abbychoi573]

The more ray talked abt the first one the more i was completely flabbergasted at how off thr girl was from the og piece. Ray is so funny tho lolol

[@katlover4442]

The second violin player with her violin shaped object was cringe.

[@XoxoX-g7j]

What song was 1st contestant was playing

[@justintimetoclashandbrawl3348]

Vivaldi - Summer

[@NguyenTrang-gv5wf]

Where is Jasman

[@rtaskyy]

This just reminded me how much i hate the fake format of AGT/BGT

[@nigelbaboolal5072]

ray a polyphia fan confirmed.

[@aoibhg1211]

Ray you are too generous :-) these people were all cringe... None of them would/will make it in the real recording world

[@biacanelas]

Ray you are way too nice 😂

[@corporal_lamb]

10:24 ray that isn’t a violin😂 Violins tend to have 4 strings

[@ahumanmerelybeing]

It's a five-string violin, which is a real type of violin, although they're much more common in other genres than in classical.

[@corporal_lamb]

@@ahumanmerelybeing I personally would call that a ‘string instrument.’ But each to there own. I have that two set mentality 🤣

[@ahumanmerelybeing]

@@corporal_lamb Bro, just because TwoSet have made classical music snobbery their brand doesn't mean that a five-string violin isn't a violin.

[@corporal_lamb]

@@ahumanmerelybeing it was a joke relax. In my personal opinion it is just strange. That is all. I’m not saying it is wrong, I just find it weird. I’m not trying to offend you or anyone who plays a 5 stringed violin