When They Start Noodling At Band Practice

We all noodle sometimes but when it goes too far, THIS happens… Remember to TAP like and subscribe if you enjoyed this!
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[@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.

[@honeyed_band]

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.

[@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

[@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?

[@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%

[@KatelynCate]

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

[@mindmeld12345]

Oscars level acting

[@pessimisticslytherin8712]

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

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

[@TonyHawkTuah]

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

[@monkeybusiness673]

@@TonyHawkTuah 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?

[@teachmeguitar4149]

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

[@johnathanking9885]

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

[@TommyLeeDepp]

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

[@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

[@groovydjs]

I love solo gigs with backing tracks.

[@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

[@juanchosen]

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

[@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

[@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...!!!

[@Nobody039]

Keyboardist trying to play spain was a real nice touch lol

[@shranos6019]

the ending was so good

[@the_bassiah]

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

[@lopp3]

Charles with the secret drum tech: spatulas as drumsticks

[@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!

[@TheGrooverBass]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@crlsdario]

What a drama!!!! I loved it

[@mitchjones2821]

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

[@RC32Smiths01]

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

[@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!

[@jaebassist]

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

[@fredericrike5974]

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

[@patkincaid8061]

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

[@LeDerpChris]

The licc at the end is the cherry on top 👌

[@SidGogi]

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

[@bricegonzales9273]

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

[@AmtmannAusTirol]

So funny...love your style of acting

[@gravypatron]

The closed captioning is just... brilliant.

[@Diola_Drone]

So well acted i was getting pissed off too lol

[@noahmusicstuff]

Playing Megalovania at 3:14 was diabolical 💀

[@anta95]

the tuning the toms part got me good lol

[@educat1on166]

that keyboard player playing spain on every sound was so hilarious

[@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.

[@jorgenietoproductor]

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

[@TheLeggacy]

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

[@christianliar2845]

Slapping and tapping? What a complete surprise.

[@AchtzehnSuper]

Loved how it ended with the lick

[@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!

[@ocarinabill9702]

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

[@nothankyou4462]

"You live here man" 😂

[@shmulykeller4823]

bass: always the responsible one while every one else screws around

[@ebonezra8073]

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

[@elkvis]

In the bands I've been in, it's usually the bass player that doesn't know his parts LOL

[@Martin_Gregory]

In all the bands I've been in we all follow the bass player!! :D :D

[@robc3642]

They all ask for me in the monitors to keep the time....

[@Sparkblaze21]

I would always look at the bass whenever we play a song I didn't learn

[@Martin_Gregory]

@@Sparkblaze21 Same! It's a bit of a problem in the band where I _am_ the bass :D

[@monkeybusiness673]

I used to weasle my way out of this by just playing roots....But they eventually caught on and now I have to learn my stuff...meh -.-'

[@putolangas]

Valkyrie sounds freaking awesome

[@sainzfab]

This is so real it touched a nerve

[@MrShake77]

Really Really giant steps 👏 a true classic.

[@WOWb13]

This video is so accurate that it give me chills

[@BigMuff75]

That was painfully accurate.

[@tan-man0079]

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

[@susyside4998]

That keyboard part was beautiful.

[@mrmillennium6533]

Literally my whole band

[@eduberaldo]

Hey, Charles!!! I’m from Brazil. Before I watch your video, I was thinking: it’s not possible that a rehearsal in his country would be exactly the same as in mine. Well… ahahhahaha. Even with a big ocean separating us, things are exactly the same. Every single note! Hahahahahhahaha. Great!

[@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!

[@TortlOdum]

The lick at the end totally fucking got ME XD

[@joseencina7698]

0:52 Spain Chick Corea, rip to the master

[@lejandocastomontes5516]

I can’t believe how accurate this is.

[@justinr.116]

The side burns are as thick as those tones 💪

[@TheDSasterX]

This is obviously what happens when you don't have a vocalist to whip your instrumental group into shape. 😏

[@Makritsya]

0:39 this dead pixel spotted on left shoulder

[@kebabkent5884]

Piano guy was such a spain.

[@codenamecatatonic8894]

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

[@andrewkoastephens210]

Tragically relatable.

[@carril54]

The bass players are always the most responsible.

[@naimeshirou9734]

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

[@quelmattia7961]

Love this kind of videos!

[@khasiodron]

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

[@portgasdace3295]

Is Valkyrie going to be something in the future?

[@davidachilton]

Such a tease... But loving your creative vibe on these video Charles. The post filming work must take ages!

[@paulmares9815]

Yupp... seems about right; just like I remember it

[@CaciqueVanGuard]

The one guy that everyone hates in the band. The guy that is the sole reason the band even exists.

[@msstroh]

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

[@bigpoppasmurf]

Why is this so accurate and giving me anxiety ? 😆 nailed it perfectly !

[@acarbonbasedlifeform70]

This Is So Relatable

[@darklols4081]

"Traffic was sooo baaaad"......."You live here man".

[@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.

[@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.

[@angiemcintyre2732]

Yep, the good old days

[@angrytedtalks]

I'm still waiting for the rest of the band to show up.

[@cravarc]

So. True.

[@richard_4stringmf178]

In swing band in music school we were usually 2 bassists on rehearsal so while the one was playing I was playing some warm up. (We had 1 amp)

[@piepowered]

Brilliant!

[@t.brooks5082]

SOOO much yes!!

[@MonsterBatinator]

Yes, do more of this!

[@ShaneJeffery]

We’ve all been there in some way or another

[@joefudd]

Charles you've captured exactly the very same crap that I used to have to put up with too from the other band members!

[@cyrushays9481]

when you where just playing at the beginning my youtube subtitles displayed " most distinguished bass music" with no context other than you playing bass. i guess that's a complement lol you make the most distinguished bass music

[@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.