TEDxJakarta - Barry Likumahuwa - Bass, Passion, and Breakthrough

Refusing to conform to common pathway of people his age, Barry Likumahuwa took the courage of pursuing his passion in jazz music. With all kinds of musical instruments available in his house to explore and having the skills to play all of them, Barry finally chose one that he felt most in love with, the bass.
Winning one competition after another, composed, produced, and arranged songs for artists such as Glenn Fredly, Ello, and Tompi, finally Barry decided to start his own in 2008 with the Barry Likumahuwa Project and music that exudes burning passion and character. Amidst the overwhelming rules and theories of music, he chooses to rebel and instead follow the intuition of his heart in strumming his bass and composing and arranging his music, while proudly calling himself "anak jazz jalanan". A maverick in the jazz world, Barry defines and leads the emerging young generation of jazz musicians.
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[@Loneliest_klab]

gw paham karakter orang indonesia dan orang bule kultur indonesia yg selalu segan, sopan, terlalu ga enakan untuk orang yg mereka anggap diatasnya beda dgn kultur barat yg apa adanya, serba ngomong didepan blak2an, dan sarat akan kritik yg membangun (hanya aja bahasanya dianggap "songong" bagi orang indonesia) yang saya liat disini bule2 cuma ngomong apa adanya yg mereka liat dan dengar, kadang relevan jg mereka bilang "he's not that good" atau "nothing special" ya karena emg tolak ukur mereka udah beda sama kita disini, apalagi yg tampil player dari negara kita sendiri pasti ada rasa nasionalis tumbuh di dada seketika ada orang yg seakan merendahkan (ya ga sih) hehe jadi kita bs belajar thdp sesama apalagi sebagai musisi, kalau kritik dan ngomong apa adanya itu bisa mengubah mental "makan puji" orang2 sini yg berujung stagnan berkreasi menjadi musisi yg selalu belajar dan selalu berkembang dan mereka itu kalau ngomong dan kritik ya pedes2, makanya harus diakui mau gak mau kualitas musisi2 kita dari "pribadi" ataupun "skill" selalu tertinggal diatas mereka ya ujung2nya ini cuma pendapat saya makasih ya uda baca salam,

[@Marta1Buck]

now I get it... mental abdi kerajaan

[@donbismo]

I remember watching this video about 4 or 5 years ago and there's so many hate comment on this video, and watching it again now, and the comment is suddenly become nicer now

[@frederikstephano2926]

Pernah waktu itu ikut coaching clinic langsung sama Mas Barry. Orang nya humble banget. Murah senyum. Dan yg pasti tiap dia main, soul nya dapet. Kalau ada yg bilang dia main biasa aja, ya itu opini masing2. Tp di sebuah sesi Mas Barry pernah bilang, "Gue gak suka main langsung heboh diawal-awal lagu/song kayak kebanyakan bassist. Belum apa2 udah over improve nya di awal2." Dan yg gue tangkep, mas Barry emang demen main yg simple2 tapi "ngena". :)

[@garethsweetday175]

coaching clinic yg dmna

[@hgf922]

buat yg bilang barry main nya jelek boleh aja, tapi coba buka wikipedi ketik nama barry likumahuwa lalu liat prestasi yg sudah ia capai....

[@hafibadali2768]

Hans Onaola siapa yg bilang jelek

[@TheGoalster]

dia ga jelek tpi ga bagus banget juga, emg kenyataannya begitu. coba bandingin sama joe dart, victor wooten, jaco pastorius, marcus miller. tapi ttep aja bangga sama bang Barry

[@sarehprasetyotomo4587]

saya mahasiswa seni musik universitas negeri di jogja. .dan apa yg di katakan bang barry untuk bermusik tidak harus dari klasik dan harus tau teori dulu itu salah, saya sgt setuju..krna itu jg yg saya alami...thnks bang

[@rachmatdarmawan3424]

Saya bassist dan saya mengidolakan anda, dan anda sudah mengangkat bass itu insturument penting, jangan anggap remeh bass di balik instrument musik lain, good job bang Barry ^_^

[@dedynugraha5045]

Rachmat Darmawan "anda sudah mengangkat bass itu instrument penting"?? Kayaknya lbh dulu thomas ramdhan dan yg mengeluarkan statement bgini

[@ARKAN9765]

engga ada yg anggap remeh kok...

[@aofimusic]

@@ARKAN9765 percaya deh, banyak bngt.. bnyak yg msih gatau atau ga sadar fungsi bassist di perfomance itu apa mungkin krn frekuensi bass yg cenderung rendah dan nga gampang didenger

[@St0rmzxx]

I can't understand a word you say. But that bass speaks louder than all your words combined. Beautiful.

[@vaniasilangit888]

Yes amen

[@cce121]

Since when music become like it's meant for open-minded people? Which genre, what instrument he plays is no longer important. I can only hear pure passion and talent.

[@vaniasilangit888]

Yes

[@majigaining]

God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son. Whoever believe in Him will not die but have eternal life. that's the meaning of John 3:16 on the guitar strap.

[@kelilingmana3679]

Guimaji Mpamei and that's the point hahaha

[@rexteex4843]

thats BASS

[@whiskeygurl_]

please bikin acara kayak gini lagi, interest banget asli..

[@wardhanawimayoga8718]

Barry Likumahuwa bener2 menginspirasi saya dalam pelayanan... intinya tetap Andalkan Tuhan dalam dalam segala hal... GBU alla

[@onaloable]

keren!!! two thumbs up!! individu yang kaya gini yang bakalan buat inonesia maju! salut buat Barry Likumahua!! GBU

[@jayyelldunhill]

abis ngeliat video ini jadi teringat kembali dengan tujuan saya :) terima kasih bang barry, dengan bahasa musiknya mengembalikan ingatan saya :D

[@clementtytube]

Thats a great show brother. I was so touched by your talking and of course your music to a great extent. But using that looper on stage and getting it right like Vic needs a bit more I think.

[@AndreasPiala]

gila, gw suka bgt lagu indonesia tanah air beta versi ini. thx bro

[@RediaKrisdayanto]

Aku terbekati sekali dengan kesaksian kak' Barry Likumahuwa.. Karena saya termasuk orang sangat gemar bermain bass di berbagai pelayanan.. Aku jadi ingin terus berkembang dalam permainan bass.ku.. :)

[@saviodarmento3716]

Lucu ya orang jakarta klo tepok tangan stenga" banget

[@KelvinReiChannel]

Barry Likumahuwa remains one of the greatest bassist of Indonesia, if not the whole of Asia

[@muthiakamal]

Orang yang mengispirasi gue dalam bermain musik, terutama jazz.

[@blackbrownco]

keren banget paraaaah !!!! saya terinspirasi oleh bang barry. god bless

[@satriaoka]

good motivation ... dukung terus musisi indonesia ...

[@sigitwusono]

Goosebumps for the last song/..... INDONESIA PUSAKA.....

[@priyokristianto5676]

Salut buatmu ...musisi yg bisa menginspirasi good job

[@didinmorata8614]

keerreeennn nonton sampai full jgn setenga2!!!!

[@abdulmujib8131]

Bari Likumahuwa "Karana perubahan yang baik dimulai dari diri sendiri"

[@matthewdaniprasetyawan9341]

pelajaran banget,thanks bg barry likumahuwa.(y)

[@jayyelldunhill]

jadi teringat kembali dengan tujuan saya :) terima kasih bang barry, dengan bahasa musiknya mengingatkan kembali saya :D

[@everett7024]

I was very inspired by his performance. There will always be jealous haters like El3ctric who want to poison every talented performance.

[@amanyttap]

WOW..what a bass!!! terima kasih Barry..I like your bass playing...

[@whatilearnttoday5295]

Lots of Jaco Pastorius and I guess it's Victor Wooten instructional video stuff in there (the slap stuff, is it someone else?). For such a snappy fast language surprised there is so much slow chordal playing. Oh just hit 16:30, native tongue coming in now.

[@bungrudi]

Saya bertepuk tangan kencang sekali.. dan saya sendirian di kamar. Mertua saya di luar kebingungan.

[@WoWCasuist]

@4:29 That was a nice jazz riff. Well done! :)

[@udinwidarso]

You are so amazing brother. Bagus banget permainan Bass-nya.

[@anehman9480]

Music is not about skill or technique. it 's all about how to make everyone happy to hear. so for people who say the techniques are bad, then you don't really know the function of music. MUSIC IS MEANT TO BE ENJOYED so i really like him. one of the best bassist in Indonesia or even the world :)

[@neza280]

am not happy

[@ronnysumarno3323]

i can not enjoy at all.... no groove ... i think bass player knows what i mean ...

[@neza280]

+Ronny Sumarno monoton

[@anehman9480]

+Ronny Sumarno You can't enjoy it? well maybe you and I have a different taste of music. I'm a bassist too so I actually liked it. But if you check about Indonesian musician, Barry is one of the most honored bassist in Indonesia

[@ronnysumarno3323]

Yes i can not enjoy at all ... indonesia have many good bassist . Like mr. Indro , mr. Bintang and many many .... but i like them because they can make me groove .. these feeling i can not found at this person . I think this man only try to max his tecnique and forget about grooving ..... like drum ... many drum player play their drum with full skill and some of them play very simple drum with groove inside ... this is my taste ....

[@echaVYT]

dari seumur hidup menikmati musik,instrument yg paling gue suka adalah bass. even tho, bassist yg lg betot betot senarnya diatas panggung itu emang seksi🤤

[@VHN13]

we need more people like this for Indonesia

[@rahma_diah2406]

sumpah barry emang selalu kerenn.. he's so amazing...

[@yanarrah]

awesome...!!! keren banget lah pokoknya..

[@jordanprima3158]

bisa ga ya disebut fingerstyle bass permainannya? kaya gitar gitu fingerstyle keren banget sumpah

[@rajaisrael13]

satu kata buat barry, "awesome"

[@MissGimmeThatBass]

I just came across this guy on Omegle. I did not believe one word of what he said when he told me he was jamming with Herbie Hancock live on stage. He's awesome! And a talent we should appreciate nowadays.

[@rymn5305]

super sekali pembahasaan nya...

[@aripaulus3559]

banyak bicara tapi ada buktinya..... kereennn..!!!!

[@yudiarmanta655]

ya wajarlah banyak bicara... karena acara ini bukan tuk hiburan2...

[@kendeden]

12 Januari 2019 , siapa yg masih nonton ini ?☝️☝️

[@bewe_id9212]

Welcome October 2019... hahaha

[@dindamey]

cooolll...go barry!God within u!!

[@fromzerotohero9928]

Di strap bass nya ada Yohanes 3 : 16

[@AzizAMuin]

Whoever says "just play, u talk too much", go look concert dude, this is Tedx Talks :).

[@yanowijaya690]

udah 10 tahun tp blm 1 jt , indonesia banyak kemakan instant, karbitan, viral dll sampahnya

[@joshuatm3572]

13:41 woww

[@LychaonNightspell]

MJJ - "Human Nature" from the "Thriller" album ;)

[@duckzta]

I like your bass strap barry !!!!!

[@007asyl]

Ooo iya, itu ada efek tambahan, dia udah set konfigurasi pedalnya. search di youtube --> Boss ME-20B Bass Guitar Multi Effects Pedalboard Demo

[@wahyoe8662]

Barry maen bas kaya maen gitar aja keren banget

[@KushiJishi]

i cant understand his language but i understand his music.

[@irina2112]

he's such an inspiration.

[@myllasunaya3871]

Let's just sayin' if he's so cool! My very inspiration !

[@ragenepali2025]

he plays good. no doubt about his masterful skills. But the purpose of bass guitar is to give a beat to the music. The sound he is producing could be produced by other type of guitar on easy way. :) Just a thought!

[@TheFuusion]

Damm true

[@TheFuusion]

Victor wooten is way better

[@2112bigmack]

The "purpose of bass guitar" is the same as any other instrument. It makes pleasant or otherwise moving sounds. How those sounds are used is completely up to the artist or composer, which was the whole point of the TED talk.

[@Andarovin]

MrKimchiNinja Drums only need to supply the beat. No need to get tricky. See what I did there? That's a painfully ignorant view of what musicianship is about. As to the first comment, the specific tuning, tone and techniques used in the bass arrangement he provided are distinctive to this instrument and would require some considerable tweaking to duplicate on a guitar...but, then again, why would you want to?

[@richardmorse5568]

He just turned the bass into a lead instrument. Come on its awesome. And I play guitar no way that sound is coming out of my guitar without tuning it way down, and it still won't sound like that.

[@akbarsatria5269]

you're the best barry

[@dosis6401]

I think he's doing fine... because he's playing music not the technique...

[@TheSebatianSPS]

+Dony Andara My guess is you don't play an instrument and have not studied music.

[@dosis6401]

sebastian sullivan actually, I've been playing bass around 6 years and im part of a band... and we're about to make an EP right now

[@TheSebatianSPS]

Well in that case, that's great. I'm happy for you man. But what you said makes no sense. He's playing with technique, it's just likely not the proper technique. There's nothing wrong with learning proper technique; it can only help your playing. Not saying you have to be formally trained, although for most people I think this would help, I'm just saying good technique enhances one's playing. Hence why it is called, good technique.

[@diah1986]

you're so amazing ber..

[@jonytheedens842]

Musik berkembang sedasyat sekarang ini atas subangan ilmu pengatahuan

[@Zorojuru99]

2018?

[@Grandier]

amazing. SIMPLY AMAZING

[@Tukangbarbar24]

saya mengagumi sosok barry likumahuwa :)

[@Vitad0lceModerat0]

Smart, Intelligent, Inspiring, Motivational!! "Paket KOMPLIT" deh!! ^__^ GBU bang Barry!! =)

[@ramadhanmuhammadnaufal4135]

kalau mau nonton barry likumahuwa main bass dengan menghibur, lebih baik lo ketik di panel search "barry likumahuwa performance", bukan nya malah nyari di Tedx Talks yang isinya memang monolog.

[@GitarisMusiman]

Kurang greget,,tapi itu spontanitas..wow..keren..otodidak lagi.

[@ylliks7844]

durasi tampilny kepanjangan utk hny membicarakan bass & kolaborasi... tapi lagu yg terakhir okay bgt

[@rimasarwa1041]

Band tanpa bass hampa.. Ex: Gitar, Drum, Vokal (Pasti hampa kalau ga ada bass) coba bass piano drum cukup itu saja udah hidup..

[@enchim1]

gag jg bro coba cek, animal as leaders bandnya terdiri dari dua gitaris edan plus drummer yg wew, tp emg mereka udh at another level of awesomness sih maennya...*saya sendiri maen bass jg sih walau cuma sekedar hobby

[@kardusseirama8192]

@@enchim1 untuk studio AAL masih make bass. kalo gak slah si tosin yg maenin bass di studio kalo live antara pake sequencer/backup bassis sama permainan sound dari gitar nya sendiri. jadi seakan2 ada suara bass nya dengan formasi 2 gitar 1 drum..

[@kardusseirama8192]

betul. liat aja keane.. piano, drum vocal dan bass.

[@wirakuma2954]

@@enchim1 di denger pake headset, masih ada isian bass nya,

[@kardusseirama8192]

di saat temen2 saya yg posisinya awal nya di drum, piano dan bass pindah ke gitar. saya yg dari gitar malah pindah ke bass. suara bass itu enak menurut saya. memberikan nyawa di sebuah lagu...

[@memayuhayuningbawana8681]

Pas Bawain Indonesia Pusaka, Tiba2 Air Mata Mengalir. 😷 .

[@indraputra1935]

rendah hati orangnya, maju terus barry!

[@AnggiatHASilaen]

Super awesome!!!

[@tichaterry3]

that was superB

[@bobyirwanto1197]

kereeeeennn !!!!

[@fajarhartz5716]

keren abis.....

[@afifindrasakti2487]

Awesome!!!

[@hendrixjoe555]

Wish he was in English

[@FrozenBlog]

keren keren

[@adhiit]

Kereeeeeeeeen

[@andinovianto5769]

Mantap bang barry,,,

[@paulussantosowidjaja8390]

Bravo, broer. Bagi musik Indonesia lebih baik lagi!

[@RobertusRonySetiawan]

Asyik!

[@khmengsroksraetv]

Very professional.

[@alfarizizanjabil5469]

ngeriii,,gw merinding,, pengen bisa spt itu,, ngerii

[@Alexroselc]

Ephesians 2:8-9 RSV "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God-- not because of works, lest any man should boast" Have a good day :)

[@rifalhakim3577]

❤

[@wawawiwi6670]

That verse is the one that removed from RSV (Revised Standard Version) Bible right..? Because the christian scholars said this verse was interpolation, fabrication, in the other word it wasn't belong to the bible, it was just a foot note but somebody put it in as part of the bible. And later on they put it back in on the next edition of RSV Bible, because many denominations demanded so... hmmm...so interesting. and they said this is the word of god.

[@iyansejati8907]

gagasan yg luar biasa...

[@anwarm3157]

wow !!! good man :)

[@Egagoku]

Ajiiibbb pisan euyyy....!!!!!!!!

[@abdielbajen895]

Strapnya keren bikin salfok.. Jhon 3:16

[@pukamiamibelalang-cupucupu9209]

kreeennn

[@excel11011]

Angkat tangan 2019

[@bengbengksiip7343]

barry the best lah

[@daniel12012011]

MANTAAAAAAAAAAB.....................

[@wikan11]

berkualitas

[@tuahtatarigan6331]

Barry, Tuhan memberkati, aku tarigan sungguh ku tertegun dengan sal gitarmu, ayatmu dapat menggugah hatiku untuk membuka kitab..............kitab.........kitab

[@Chingbungbung]

Yay

[@sekedarhobbie7510]

Keren.. 👍