10 year old bass player

[John Cellario]

Can't think of any smart comments re this....wish I'd have been that good though,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjYvOFz0W6o

[the_skezz]

Wish I was that good now!

[skidder652003]

FREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Billy Apple]

There's something not right here. I think he's a grown-up playing an enormous comedy bass, I mean the bass has even got 5 strings.. Nonsense!

[Lowender]

Wonderful. I'm surprised no one has chimed in with "He has no groove", or, "I don't like his tone!" lol

The kid is ridiculously talented. On the flip side, I've taught some kids who showed amazing potential , or more accurately, learned a few things really well very young, and never progressed much afterwards. You just never know.

The shame is that, the way the industry is going, by the time this kid can play in clubs, there might not be a live music scene left.

[jmchich]

I like the fingerstyle riff at 1:07. I'm not a huge fan of slapping, but that kid's got skills.

[stingrayPete1977]

Its definitely not Prince is it?

[Cyrene]

OK, this is my lad, at 10 yr old and a week after he got his first bass. lofi recording but you get the gist.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=50bhCjzUwCo&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D50bhCjzUwCo

[Bassman Sam]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1369428532' post='2089304']
Its definitely not Prince is it?
[/quote]

Nah,too tall.

Cracking player though.

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='Cyrene' timestamp='1369429972' post='2089314']
OK, this is my lad, at 10 yr old and a week after he got his first bass. lofi recording but you get the gist.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=50bhCjzUwCo&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D50bhCjzUwCo
[/quote]
Both ten year olds have outdone me as I struggle to play without looking at the fingerboard even after all these years!

[lefrash]

To be fair though, I was playing grade 5 piano tunes by the age of 9 (along with half a million other 9 year olds).... that doesnt get youtube videos. He's very good.... doesnt mean he'll be a great. Listening to it theres about 5 parts to it.

[SpaceChick]

I want to adopt that kid!!!!!

[Ktmman]

Ok this beats everything and anything i have ever seen .. This kid is the groove !
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M72xJDS8ZrM[/media]

Make sure you are sitting down when he does his solo at around 2 mins .....


This made me realise why i should stick to drums......

Edited May 25, 2013 by Ktmman

[lojo]

Surprised no one has made a comment about the bass being fender and that its not versatile enough to play punk or funk on.

I like that the kids smiling

[4 Strings]

I think he's fantastic, while there's natural talent there's no shortcuts to playing well, this is the result of hours of practice while his mates thrash each other on computer games.

[Bilbo]

Interesting to see how bored the other players look in the second video!

SCHOOLBOY PLAYS METAL SHOCKER!!!

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecOJblWbGKg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecOJblWbGKg[/url]

[jmchich]

Wow, that AC/DC clip is an old one, it's easy to forget how far back they go.

[stingrayPete1977]

Bon Scott and Angus the original Krankies?

AC/DC without a Stingray played by the master leaves me a bit cold

[BigRedX]

Despite the fact that Angus Young was really 20 when that was filmed rather than 16 as they were telling the press at the time, it shows that having a good song to play is far more important than any amount of technical expertise no matter how old (or young) you are.

[4 Strings]

He was young (scooz pun) when he joined.

I think he's incerdible, seen a good few AC/DC gigs and he's soloing and on the go the whole gig through. I used to work in Hammersmith Odeon (as it was then) in the '70s and, with early radio 'lead' was taken through the audience on the ground floor on Bonn's shoulders, left to run around the foyer, up the stairs and round and round the bar and back out into the auditorium circle, soloing the whole time without missing a beat. Legend.

[DarkHeart]

wow `schoolboy mimes metal` shocker.................. dull (AC-DC clip)

Edited May 25, 2013 by DarkHeart

[xilddx]

10 year old drummer ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf1wbR4BX7U

[xilddx]

[quote name='lefrash' timestamp='1369430793' post='2089323']
To be fair though, I was playing grade 5 piano tunes by the age of 9 (along with half a million other 9 year olds).... that doesnt get youtube videos. He's very good.... doesnt mean he'll be a great. Listening to it theres about 5 parts to it.
[/quote]

That may be true. But the kid's got natural timing and expression. He's clearly extremely musical and he feels what he's doing.

[dave_bass5]

[quote name='John Cellario' timestamp='1369424364' post='2089254']
Can't think of any smart comments re this....wish I'd have been that good though,

[/quote]

The only one i can think of is how obvious that clip was going to be slap bass before even clicking the link. He is good, no doubt, but it seems like almost every kid on YT is learning to play that from a very early age now.
Nothing stands out any anyone.