When They Start Noodling At Band Practice

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Can you relate to this?

[@whitey.mp4676]

Not if I haven’t seen it yet

[@lorenzovalladares8909]

This happens every time i try to play with a band

[@the_bassiah]

Reminiscent of every band meeting I've had

[@andrewsills8963]

I do love the skits, nothing else like this. Please do some work with a loop pedal, slap, strum and tap. would be 110% epic.

[@Emma-oo4vb]

Unfortunately yes.

[@ComradeFewkes]

The guitarist playing eruption while you’re trying to talk is the most realistic part of this entire skit lmao

[@robc3642]

Yea and tuning... 3 different guitars and only uses 1... uggg

[@martk647]

Or sweet child o mine intro

[@leftaroundabout]

Nah, the most realistic part is the keyboarder noodling with his right hand whilst using the phone with his left.

[@johnsmith-pw7oj]

for reals as a guitarrist I have been yell by the band leader to shut up more than once lmao

[@keris3920]

I think my bandmates think I sit there and mindlessly sweep pick super loud and mindlessly while they're talking. In reality, I sit there and sweep pick super loud and intentionally while they're talking.

[@HofTheStage]

100% accurate

[@Intercaust]

Yep. I'm that drummer.

[@spooodr8900]

I'm the guitarist except I've actually learnt the song. Sometimes I feel like I'm in the bassist's position (annoyed) and other times I'm the worst one there (annoying)

[@robc3642]

Best is the singer googling the lyrics...

[@Malleolus]

So accurate actually, that it hurts!

[@leonardofavaretto2289]

300%

[@didierleclerc66]

Gotta love these little sketches with multiple Charles at once

[@DivinePonies]

Charleses... or is it Charli? Charlesi? Charlee? Charlesee?? 🤔

[@josephroberts2555]

Skits

[@nathan87]

@@DivinePonies it's clearly charlopodes

[@dominikweber4305]

It's an ayoub vibe but less passive aggressive

[@JohnSmith-fz8gr]

@@josephroberts2555 Nope, this one was a sketch IMHO

[@mattfoley6082]

Oh. My. God. This perfectly depicts how my rehearsals went. I quit 3 months ago, couldn't take it anymore. The guitarist was a chronic noodler. I'd play a song for him to listen to and he'd immedlately start noodling during the song. He'd also regularly forget to being equipment. Keyboard player would make the same mistakes after being corrected the previous rehearsals.

[@MrMann-gt1eh]

Were they potheads?!

[@mattfoley6082]

@@MrMann-gt1eh Not at all. Just undisciplined and/or distracted. I'd rather not be in a band than play with sloppy players. Been there, done that.

[@chadward]

This video showed up tonight - rehearsal night - as I’m sitting on my patio with the PA gear and my bass rig set up. Practice was supposed to start at 7:00. At 8:30 I got a text from the drummer saying it was way too hot to play. The guitar player had a work call, so he gets a bit of a pass, but it’s now 9:00 & haven’t heard from him. This hit a little too close to home. On the plus side, the cooler full of beer is all mine.

[@xx6edytdwp9xx]

Cheers! Hahaha

[@rarecrom]

sorry man that drum player is me

[@degrassi420]

chug chug chug chug

[@darthclanker6856]

did he show up yet?

[@KatelynCate]

We all know you're a bass god but your acting skills are underrated tbh.

[@mindmeld12345]

Oscars level acting

[@ZeroFighter]

I remember the only time I actually felt cool at practice. I was running a bit late due to some roadwork, forcing me to take a detour. I show up, and I can already hear the others practicing the first song without me. I headed inside and downstairs, and somehow, nobody noticed. I slipped behind the singer, strapped up, turned on my amp, and jumped in on the last chorus. Everyone looked over but just kept playing, and it was one of the coolest, smoothest transitions that ever happened... before I got grilled about being late. ... But for like 40 seconds, I was actually cool.

[@sergiodemichele6295]

Everyone who played in a band experienced that huahuahuahua

[@theo_is_drawing4974]

In my fool's band i always have to swear , and i bet im going to lost my voice one time

[@pessimisticslytherin8712]

The guitarists playing riffs while you’re talking and the keyboardist playing bohemian rhapsody is accurate

[@johnathanking9885]

i love how you play all of the characters and make so convincing.

is it just me or all the band members look exactly the same?

[@ElvisPriceless]

I had the same feeling when I was younger and was listening to Europe's "Final Countdown" 🤣😂

[@monkeybusiness673]

@@ElvisPriceless x'D

[@JersAltAccount]

In case this is a legitimate question, Charles is playing every character. If it was sarcastic, then my bad.

[@blockmanfr1079]

Nah, synth has glasses

[@WatchingMamut]

Tymon, co ty tu robisz?

[@TommyLeeDepp]

I laughed so hard, that's totally relatable :D

[@groovydjs]

I love solo gigs with backing tracks.

[@Charles9211]

All this video needs is everyone being quiet while the drummer tunes his toms and then the drummer erupting into a solo while everyone else tunes their instruments.

[@Kryynism]

I'm that guy. I'm sorry. 😆

[@anastasiskalogirou5171]

0:51 respect to the piano man trying to play Spain by Chick Corea

[@bodokenz]

Fax

[@nicolasgodfraind4287]

- I overslept - It's 8pm I remember having the exact same conversation with a friend. LOL

[@tamasjuhasz6331]

Me too, but I was the one who overslept tho...

[@gonzoengineering4894]

Been there, but it's a lot less absurd when your day job is actually an overnight job

[@honkytonkinson9787]

That’s about right. To be more accurate, but would have made the video less fun, would be the guitar and keys working on one part forever while the bass and drums stare into space or trying to noodle quietly

[@honkytonkinson9787]

@DrumWild in high school, a long time ago, band director would tell people, “you don’t practice at rehearsal! You practice before rehearsal!”

[@HalfCycle]

there, I put the likes from 98 to 99 dont worry yall can start liking it again, Forreal though Charles if you read this You're the best bassist i've seen, and my dad who's 62 only uses youtube for your videos, he loves the content so i figured id leave a comment for him too! Bless up man keep it coming we love it!!

[@LunaWitcher]

This video gave me anxiety "Hey, chill man. What's with the negative vibes?" specifically gave me PTSD I'll be sending you my therapist's bill, thank you

[@lucabrandalesi1265]

That's me. I'm the "dude chill" guy

[@Literallyjustcoltseavers]

I love the inclusion of really really giant steps

[@patricklink8527]

Yes Charles you have nailed it. I can't count the wasted hours as a guitar player starts into somebody else's song and the drummer decides to join in instead of practicing your original material. The showing up late. The excuses. And yeah the tom tuning. It's like, those drums have been here in the rehearsals space just like they were when we finally got going 3 days ago why does it take you 20 minutes of banging as hard as you can before you can play them again. The only thing you missed was the guitar player that never thinks about the mix, only that the guitar should be as loud as possible. As opposed to creating a song as a whole, a mixed sound. You know like it would appear on something recorded in a Studio ? I do like your little sketches as well.

[@juanchosen]

This video should've been called "Why I became a solo bassist" :v

[@matthewwynne939]

I can relate to the guitarist who starts noodling the second there is an "in-between" moment... then having to constantly tune their guitar because they have noodled too much.

[@flaro38]

3:33 Charles' scream was so menacing they really did remain silent for 17 minutes

[@robertthurman9866]

This is anytime you try to get four people together at the same place at the same time to do one thing together.

[@PeterJamesVillegas]

3:57 The history of "Bassist vs Guitarist"

[@Callatenioqui]

What is that lick?

[@walterwallman3566]

@@Callatenioqui it' THE lick. Look it up

[@jansojele289]

@@Callatenioqui it's called the lick and it is the lick

[@sunalp2]

Drummer here. 😎I was involved in a new band start up recently. At the final rehearsal that I attended, the bass player that was organising the band said: “tonight, we’ll work on starts and ends of the songs”. Every time he said a song title, the guitarist would just start playing the song on his own, and just keep going. What a waste of time.

[@ebonezra8073]

At first, I thought the lead would typically be the one to call order- then I remembered that I'm the bass player who typically called for order. So I guess you nailed it!

[@shranos6019]

the ending was so good

[@SouvikRoyChowdhury]

CHarles Berthoud your videos are not only inspiring it's also funny... we laugh , we have fun, we also learn... thank you so much for your content, i can't express in words also...!!!

[@paulmdevenney]

I definitely want to hear your band to a full run through of valkyrie :)

[@almendratlilkouatl]

Only OGs will remember when this video was titled "When NOODLING goes too far".

[@the_bassiah]

And in the end, it's the bass player with the most sense to get the band together!

[@dexterplant778]

This has to be one of the truest scenarios I've ever seen. This happened every time I went to practice when I was in a particular band in the 90s, I was the one screaming stfu!

[@mitchjones2821]

Haven’t gigged in almost 8 years. This bring back memories.

[@johnnys8393]

@CharlesBerthoud this is 100% accurate! This could actually be a bit of an ongoing series idea for you! Videos exposing what it is like being in bands (the fun stuff, the crap stuff, the annoying stuff etc) to show people not in bands what it is like! What do you think? Great vid too! Keep it up man!

[@TheGrooverBass]

Hahahaha. Great way to end it with “The Lick”!!!👌🏻

[@Nobody039]

Keyboardist trying to play spain was a real nice touch lol

[@jacksean2545]

I love these skits

[@kebbinator]

The keyboard player playing Spain, the guitarist playing Eruption and the drummer playing Generic Rock Beat™ while you were talking was brilliant - all you needed was a bassist slapping the Seinfeld theme and the vocalist doing loud, obnoxious warmup noises.

[@lopp3]

Charles with the secret drum tech: spatulas as drumsticks

[@noahmusicstuff]

Playing Megalovania at 3:14 was diabolical 💀

[@rogerbond2244]

Yeah...just remembered a rehearsal where I arrived, unloaded, set up the kit, listened to guit and bass noodling a song we weren't ever going to play - for two hours - packed away, loaded drums back into van and drove home without having played a single note... Thank you for reminding me why I quit!

[@ChintzMusic]

every band practice i've ever attended devolves from running through a setlist into covering "Killing In The Name" for the umpteenth time because all anyone ever wants is to just Slam 'n' Thrash

[@jorgenietoproductor]

I lived the same things with some friends. I was the drummer. We never complete a single song. It was very frustrating.

[@jaebassist]

Everything was hilarious, but I lost it on the L I C C at the end 🤣🤣🤣

[@Makritsya]

0:39 this dead pixel spotted on left shoulder

[@WOWb13]

This video is so accurate that it give me chills

[@RC32Smiths01]

This is me everytime I play Bass 😃🤣 Awesome man!

[@jakefoxx7978]

I was waiting for the drummer to complain about the tempo but the guitarist fooling around at max volume, louder than everything else, does the trick 😆

[@bricegonzales9273]

This is perfect. When you want to come to Dallas.....no questions asked...free recording!

[@crlsdario]

What a drama!!!! I loved it

[@nukewurld]

The excuses about finding a ride tho

[@davidsmart8594]

All legitimate...all irrelevant!

[@LeDerpChris]

The licc at the end is the cherry on top 👌

[@simonemieli3437]

Basically 100% of the band I got but one... the only one where we really did something... but unfortunately not "what the market was looking for"... Good job buddy!

[@fredericrike5974]

Chas, you could have named that drop "The Death of Garage Bands, Worldwide". It is so true to that! FR

[@adamadeptus3686]

So true that the bassist always arrives first. True for every band I've ever played in. And the most absurd thing is we need the LEAST time to set up!

[@patkincaid8061]

I’m having flashbacks to band rehearsals of the past.

[@wrAIth-AI]

The closed captioning is just... brilliant.

[@Diola_Drone]

So well acted i was getting pissed off too lol

[@AmtmannAusTirol]

So funny...love your style of acting

[@JRMurdock99]

When I was in a band, way back when, the other guys would show up, get high, and struggle through a setlist. It was amazing we'd be able to get through a gig.

[@dane6035]

This is so so true. Brilliant!

[@scottdahl1938]

Oh I get it. Been there and done that. Now's where I redact the rant. If you show up 1/2 hour to an hour late for an interview you can and will be flipped off. It's hard to get creatives on the same page unless some discipline is maintained. And practice is a discipline.

[@SidGogi]

This video was secretly Charles flexing how many instruments he knows how to play 🤣

[@anta95]

the tuning the toms part got me good lol

[@teachmeguitar4149]

I love how the guitarist shows up late and acts diva as hell. Then asks for tabs. 👏👏👏

[@TheLumbersnack]

Closing the whole video with the riff was glorious

[@robertgoes79]

1:19 I like the Valkyrie song! Will you do a video with the full song?

[@naimeshirou9734]

Yayyy multiple Charles But damn! Your guitar tone is amazing 🔥🔥🔥

[@susyside4998]

That keyboard part was beautiful.

[@khasiodron]

I can't wait until you'll have 1M subs! You so much deserve it. Cheers, Charles

[@skord176]

I used to play with a band. This happened one time, not only were the guitarists noodling but drummer was also doing chops which makes it impossible to lock in with him and provide a solid groove for a guitarist to hop along with. It's especially frustrating for a bassist.

[@aliensporebomb]

An incredible lifelike simulation of some of my old band practices.

[@MonsterBatinator]

Yes, do more of this!

[@tan-man0079]

There ain’t no such thing as too much noodl’n ~Gruff

[@joseencina7698]

0:52 Spain Chick Corea, rip to the master

[@getoffmylawn5643]

For us, noodling turned into writing a new song instead of practicing old ones. I do have a recording of a take we did where we were playing something stupid like 'you really got me' and the singer yelled 'SHUT UP' into the microphone before we started playing the correct song though.

[@Mrplaysschecter]

SPAIN! Chick Corea! Playing in university jazz band, this is way too accurate. Every bit. Especially the guitar and keyboard. You wanna hear Got a match? Spain? Autumn Leaves? We got it.

[@qwertyuiop3240]

playing the intro to Spain and suddenly stopping is a crime against humanity

[@nothankyou4462]

"You live here man" 😂

[@TheLeggacy]

Ahh, “the lick” being played at the end there 🤣 nice touch!

[@christianliar2845]

Slapping and tapping? What a complete surprise.

[@Phyoomz]

ahahaha the guitarist missing the jack for a half hour is pretty spot on

[@thereforyou5236]

Ahhh so that how Royal Blood was formed huh?

[@kjaamor2057]

It's been a long time since I had a proper band practice, but the defining feature of our practices in my youth was people doing all these things at a volume that you couldn't even think over, and whoever was playing band leader that day would have to scream through the PA for them to stop. Good times, in a sense.

[@ebonezra8073]

Next, do a skit about people auditioning for an established band.

[@giuseppeconti7363]

That was such a good video … hahahahah just too short ! …. I totally relate to it .

[@ocarinabill9702]

the keyboard just doing that one part of spain over and over again kills me

[@MrShake77]

Really Really giant steps 👏 a true classic.

[@TayTayKemp]

Most relatable video on KZbin ever 😭😭😭 I was the guitarist lol

[@portgasdace3295]

Is Valkyrie going to be something in the future?

[@AchtzehnSuper]

Loved how it ended with the lick

[@msstroh]

That brought back memories!!!! Thanks for the laughs!

[@lejandocastomontes5516]

I can’t believe how accurate this is.

[@educat1on166]

that keyboard player playing spain on every sound was so hilarious

[@bobiboulon]

I just want to say that my own small experience on this seems to confirm everything. Except that for me, drummers are cool and never a nuisance. :) Drummers and bassists: BFF.

[@sainzfab]

This is so real it touched a nerve

[@codenamecatatonic8894]

this experience is brought to you by Guitar Center. 😂 Nailed it.