This is the first BASS solo I ever wrote (is it any good?)

[@CharlesBerthoud]

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[@FranzSeth]

W Mate

[@skizz0tty]

This makes me feel like I am back in my room as a kid playing some random snes game I just rented. Thanks for the happy vibes, Charles! xoxo skizz0tty

[@sat1241]

Nice solo and counterpoint put a little too pretty for me. On another note 7/4 time has become all the rage now with Willow Smith's new song

[@DominickTusa]

i agree that was an insane sponsor segment

[@sahandn9]

Charles, something has changed with YT's algorithm. I don't get your videos in the recommended feed like before. I'm subscribed but I have noticed much visibility of your videos lately

[@chestnutpuckin]

So fucking proud of you, my dude. It's been amazing watching your transformation from "that one bass guy on fiverr" to the vanguard of bass content on YT. You've really come into your own as a presenter, performer, and personality. Enjoy your success, you've earned every bit of it.

[@Spacegryphon]

You will go down in history as the Bach of Bass.

[@richardletaw4068]

He is The Bassist of the Age.

[@glennplanck2319]

Or maybe Bach will come to be known as the Berthoud of Baroque? 🤣

[@NaanCents]

And people say bass can’t be lead Instruments. That was melodic and bright

[@gloubiboulga3063]

It's semi lead, can be, but no harmony around make it poor to the ear, maybe some duo at least must be good. Lemme ask if i prefer violin or winds, that can match.

[@simonchanin]

Ask Jaco pastorius lol

[@jewishjellydonut]

​@@gloubiboulga3063 you could say this about any instrument being played by itself

[@0_Nobody]

Imagine how beautiful this would have been in a piano.

[@Orionhart]

I feel like I've never heard anyone say that lol. Maybe I'm lucky or it's just a not having gone to music school thing, but any instrument can lead by itself or with the right backing...

[@malebolgue]

It is charming, haunting and brings hope at the same time ❤

[@BillyTracy1359]

I have played Bass Guitar for 50 years. You are the Best I have ever seen/heard. Wow

[@ensign4740]

As a Finn, I would like to see more heat.

[@anomymouse5043]

Another Finn here points that you should not store or use musical instruments in sauna, when it is in use. Moisture and temperature fluctuations might be harmful to your instrument(s). This applies especially to grand piano's.

[@masterjunko]

​@@anomymouse5043 Hello, I now understand not to put grand pianos in the sauna. Now, hypothetically, how does one get the grand piano _out_ of the sauna?

[@anomymouse5043]

@@masterjunko This is one of key challenges in Finnish lifestyle: moving grand piano into sauna and out of sauna. Usually there are moving companies that are specialized in moving grand pianos. I would consult them...

[@stevensonjr]

@@anomymouse5043 Also, is it not mot efficient if he would close the door rather than leaving the tip of the bass sticking out?

[@RockandRollWoman]

Thanks, my dudes, I needed this exchange more than you know! 😂😂😂

[@TheDiamondBladeHD]

I discovered you in 2019 and instantly went onto spotify to look for you, this was one of the first compositions ever i heard from you, and in a way the spark that inspired to pick up bass. Thank you, Jim, Grant and Davie for showing the path of the journey of bass!

[@DeanRamage-jv1ig]

What was this one called please?

[@TheDiamondBladeHD]

@@DeanRamage-jv1ig "Transcendence"

[@zimgaming1397]

​​@@DeanRamage-jv1ig Transcendence

[@TheDiamondBladeHD]

@@DeanRamage-jv1ig It's called Transcendence

[@idhalverson]

This is the official comment for voting "Yes" to Charles' question in the title.

[@The_upgrater]

Yes

[@xExplosionsofAwesome]

it doesn't look official. I think I will take my yes elsewhere.

[@idhalverson]

@@xExplosionsofAwesome Is it official? Your yes is as good as mine.

[@PW_Thorn]

This is the official comment for voting "No" to Charles question in the title. (Not useful but just for democracy)😂

[@soggybiscotti8425]

No

[@yunarukami100jpm3]

Really expressive and melodic, it's crazy impressive that this was your first composed solo! Yes Charles, it was good. Incredibly good. Keep it up!

[@OriginalMomo]

Absolutely beautiful, my friend. I’m impressed as always.

[@brianfalgiano5638]

Okay, that bass solo was amazing, but that ad slot was absolute FIRE!

[@uribensh]

Beautiful and amazing, thank you the best bass player in the world..

[@elinge7531]

Amazing. Thank you man.

[@chrissibersky4617]

That's a nice little number. I'm a guitarist but I remember in my teens when I started to play in a metal band. How my jaw dropped while we practiced covers of Iron Maiden, old Metallica and Black Sabbath. I never realized how complicated the instrument could be in something that sounded so straight forward on the surface. Charles is doing a great job to expose how limitless and important the bass is in a band and how nice it is as a solo instrument.

[@nashchi7741]

Wow this is fire 🔥!!! You need to make an album this a perfect opening or middle song. Know if you do you have a purchase right here!!! Keep doing what you are doing. Oh and instant subbed

[@dennishammond3126]

Sounded fabulous Charles

[@jguitar23]

Love that slight baroquishness yet so unique♡ Super lovely!!

[@Elgnapo]

It's so close to Swedish folklore... and I'm Swedish... so this is approved 😊

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Interesting - any songs in particular?

[@LithiumSurfboard]

maybe that's why he's playing it in what looks like a sauna?

[@Random-ob7dc]

@@CharlesBerthoud As a swede, I also think it's quite similar to our folkmusic! It doesn't strike me as being close to anything in particular though! It's just the general sound and feel that reminds me. I'll reply on this thread if I find something!

[@Elgnapo]

@@CharlesBerthoud Nothing in particular, just the feel...

[@morilot]

I fully agree.

[@davidm5362]

That was absolutely heavenly and of pure genius.

[@ivankapustin_]

Transcendence!

[@johndymond6588]

Holy crap, this was like a modern Segovia on bass! That was so beautiful!!!

[@warrantyvoid3436]

I particularly liked much your old composition "resurrection". Maybe you can resample it again with less background noise and potentially even a more creative second part (which isn't just the first part repeated in faster tempo).

[@affisher2022]

Its amazing you are so talented and appreciate your bass camp channel it helped me understand slap bass and slowly figuring out finger tapping

[@jimjamjul]

Great tune, and you played it very well. Happy you're doing good and starting your online program!

[@4chld_]

Warm heavenly Sound melting my ear😇 i'm gonna cry

[@henleykid]

I want to feel his hands now must be tough as steel. what a beautiful piece!

[@pantone369c]

From the new series "LIVE From Inside the Sauna!"

[@andrewjameshenderson1389]

😂🎉😅

[@suzin4217]

congrats charles, its insane, thx for playing bass for us

[@cavendermary3954]

Love the arrangement as it is most melodic and relaxing!!😊❤

[@BenVDT]

Love the solo. I just got my schecter CB-4 this week, and absolutely love the playability and tone of it. Hoping to start using it live soon.

[@TheSpiritCarriesOn]

Beautiful work, man! You were born to bass!

[@andypullega5479]

So damn great Charles! You keep making them, I'll keep watching them.

[@aswequ4486]

That was amazing, a real Blackmore’s Night feel. You need to be doing more composing, if this is your first imagine what the future holds.

[@RockandRollWoman]

Good comparison.

[@cameron4952]

you amaze us everyday with your amazing talent never stop keep brining us these videos

[@EliaszPimpicki]

this was really lovely man the best i seen from you

[@MusicAndreevDenis]

It's beautiful!❤

[@jek15origami]

Absolutely breathtaking every part of it

[@joaolopescosta5698]

it is noticable that you were classicly trained. for a first solo this simply extraordinary

[@Jiggerjaw]

Would've loved to hear it side by side with the original recording, if it's not lost to time. Your playing has leveled up insanely even in the few years I've followed you. And while your composition is definitely better now, this piece is beautiful and holds a special significance.

[@Mystery_248]

This is so good, thanks for playing a solo on the bass for all of us

[@cheknfaks]

That song you wrote was genius level and I am especially blown away by your super cool commercial. Loved it! Double Bravo!

[@kennethsmith4956]

You and Bernth should definitely come to the U.S.

[@garvanli809]

So great playing!

[@TruthDiggerOneOOne]

Hi charles, you are soo talented. Im 15 and still learning from your videos. They really mean a lot. I dont have base but i practice with my echo-stick guitar. Doesn't have that base sound but thats fine still sounds good to me though. Anyway wish you the best of luck for everything.

[@jewishjellydonut]

Ik you've become famous on here for your over the top slap bass fuckery and it's not that i don't have a lot of fun with those videos but this is what i'm really here for, straight up beautiful shit. i wonder how this would sound on a piccolo bass

[@saberspecter]

Beautiful piece. It has a soothing classical guitar feel to it.

[@vimalabraham3189]

So melodious Charles ! Continue doing it !

[@Bar.65]

Very medieval influence , your classical knowledge and references you have shown over the years is a big influence to this piece. That being said it would classify this as easy listening …. From following you for a couple of years now, you’ve played some amazing little snippets from time to time that what i consider worldly. That’s what keeps me intrigued and a true listener. Thanks for your time

[@stu-po]

It's a beautiful piece. The multiple movements really took me on a journey. Love it.

[@jschaddock9]

You should try selling services for that ad read, it was smooth! Love the mellow solo A+ as awlays

[@randychadwick3776]

Charles, never heard you play anything that wasn't amazing. Another beautiful solo!!

[@JesseArt]

You have some really nice key changes in there. I thoroughly enjoyed it :D

[@_CYB0RG_]

Very very nice, Charles…I love it.

[@anthonynotarino7793]

I think everything you play is amazing, I have a new appreciation for the bass...

[@diaperdino5363]

It is very calming and relaxing. I enjoyed it 🙂 but i personally miss the videos where you would experiment in different basses to create a song and would really love to see them again.

[@sunofslavia]

It is a very pleasant sounding piece of music. It is something that would make the listener think and reflect.

[@anthonyjohnny1470]

It is super! Keep up Charles!

[@joeking1019]

Nice one, what is good right now, Cheers Charles. 🍺 beautiful music, power to your bass💜

[@homezero]

I think it is interesting you ask if the first full song on the bass was any good. In my personal opinion you are a music prodigy. That was GREAT!

[@ZeroGForce]

For a good minute to 70-ish seconds at the beginning, it had the kind of feel for a song that you'd hear in the back of a really chill and laid-back city building simulator. Like, I could totally imagine that first minute or so playing in the background of _SimCity 3000_ or something to that effect. And the part from 1:42 onward felt less like a part of the original song, and more like a reprise with the key change and the accelerated overall tempo, but I still really liked it... ...it's the thirty-ish seconds _in between_ those two parts that I was left the most... not disappointed, just... _less enthused by._ When you started with the quicker strings of taps at, for example, 1:14... it feels like you were trying to hop genres entirely to more of a free-form jazz than any sort of structure, and it's reflected in how the tempo seems to change for a few seconds afterward before normalizing again. And then the chord progression from 1:31-:41 _(clip below*)_ is just... the only word I can really use is "discordant". I don't think it fits with the rest of the song's personality, if that makes any sense-like if a pianist were playing Mozart, and then suddenly his cat stepped on a few of the keys. It feels so out of place, I can't help but wonder if it was an honest mistake _(which I know you're too good a player for)_ or an intentionally strange decision. Besides those middle thirty seconds, I would gladly listen to this almost as much as I've listened to your "heavenly bow-on-bass" snippet from a good while back, which is still my favorite piece from you... and I really hope beyond hope that you one day flesh that into a full single in the same vein as this, maybe even making them into their own album of some kind to purchase and enjoy. But then again, you have more combined cultivated skill and talent in one pinky than I do in both of my arms. Keep being amazing, Charles. * Clip here: kzbin.infoUgkxkfIQEJA4xPpDogbPife0mQF3k65v5UyI?si=SX9eZjcclqoL-nzD

[@watchingforvibes]

You bring it life ❤

[@Unikladhalo]

In a world of streaming services, I’d go out of my way to pay for a recording of performances like this. You have exceptional talent and I hope you enjoy a storied career as an artist who happens to play the bass. Inordinately well, I might add. Keep it up and make yourself accessible to those folks who enjoy music written for the bass.

[@alejandrovanb.q]

"Is it any good?", dude, that was way better than anything I've played on my six-string short-scale piccolo bass, that was awesome. If you shared it on Spotify, I would gladly listen to it. By the way you are an amazing bass player, one of the best I've heard for sure.

[@sassymusic77]

You should get Hozier to write lyrics to go along with this - it would be an instant hit with me! That being said, this is one of the most inovative things I've seen in a while! I can't quite describe what, but this is so special!

[@zerubabeltamiru1904]

You are amazing!

[@desertfox3860]

Mesmerizing. Your hard work shows.

[@andrewbrowne5557]

Beautiful Charles! I like it better than a lot of your more ‘complicated’ pieces…

[@ejmazzi1499]

Those first notes hit deep. That has to be my favorite song from the New Age of Solo Bass album.

[@VLADPowder]

Very beautiful first work, Charles! The first half reminded me of church music or something, and I quite like that. It has peace-bringing properties

[@richardletaw4068]

Bravissimo, Charles!

[@Mmapes1790]

This is exquisite! I love you beyond measure ❤❤❤You amaze me!

[@PersephoneSkye_]

Release this! This is sort of like concerto for bass guitar. If other string instruments have concertos, why wouldn't be bass guitar be part of it? This actually created new movement for my day too. Exaaactly what I needed.

[@christianw494]

I can wholeheartedly vibe to this.

[@carll.negleyiii2414]

Very nice, Charles.

[@dennishammond3126]

Sounds fabulous here in Lone Star Texas.

[@MrNinjastab]

Nice melodic sound and good use of call and response using the different octaves of the bass. This is my personal thought...it would have been more interesting if you had used slap and tap for the call and response. Great composition. Good show chap. Carry on the great work.

[@dhylanspano5590]

That was absolutely beautiful

[@stevejames2566]

That's beautiful man...

[@joannalewis5279]

Love the ending

[@doubleoh7843]

You are exceptionally good Charles! I would love to write with you, your arrangement and composition skills are right up there with your skilled talent 👌💛😊

[@Vintuitive]

This is beautiful! Sort of folky classical. Love it!

[@dougitoonsdesigns]

Love it Charles.. It has a similar atmosphere to Victor Wooten's "The Vision" in my opinion. Beautiful!

[@spacemonkey9995]

It's definitely thought out. I like it

[@bmiller8735]

Beautiful!

[@TheoFWK]

To all the haters calling bullshit, this is indeed Charles' first ever written bass solo. He wrote it when he was 5, the same year he discovered new methods of calculus that revolutionized the field of quantum mechanics. Keep the scepticism to yourself.

[@efrainku8667]

The bass sounds very beautiful when tapping, The commercial at the end was also epic xd

[@HudsonDeisseroth]

It's pretty awesome! Very folksy, very soothing and emotional

[@BlazingGuitar]

Really nice work! I've got one just like it too!

[@philsharron1184]

Excellent stuff!!!

[@OndaBassista]

A very melodic, harmonic and relax solo 👏my congratulations 👏👌❤️

[@DJOlivia82]

One thing I have to say tho : When will you release a full vocoder song ? They are beautiful !

[@StayFractalesque]

Is "Aight" .. 💯 🔥

[@carlosbrizuela1670]

Amazing and beatifull song... Congrats

[@jamesk167]

Very melodic... Your musical sense is very nice...

[@gabrielnilsson5398]

Oh yeah! Very very good, you and your bass guitar 🎸😉

[@thurston04]

Beautiful. It has a very classical cadence to it. You can tell it's very inspired by at least a couple of classical composers. The counterpoint is ON point. The only critique I have is in the tone of the bass. I feel like one of your fretless bases would fit better

[@f.b.jeffers0n]

Yes, it is! Very soothing.

[@omniacontrariasunt]

it's amazing as usual!!!

[@sentient1954]

Excellent enjoyed it !