Davie504
Davide Biale (born 5 April 1994), known by his online alias Davie504, is an Italian YouTuber and musician known for playing bass guitar with a slapping technique.[1]
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Born | Davide Biale 5 April 1994 Savona, Italy | |||||||||
Nationality | Italian | |||||||||
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Genres | Funk | |||||||||
Instruments | Bass guitar | |||||||||
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Years active | 2011–present | |||||||||
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Subscribers | 7.79 million | |||||||||
Total views | 1.1 billion | |||||||||
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Updated 9 August 2020 | ||||||||||
Career
Biale started his YouTube channel in 2011. In 2012, he began to upload unconventional cover performances of songs.[2] Examples of these videos include him using M&M's to cover songs by Eminem,[3] a Korn medley played with actual corn,[4][5] and a Red Hot Chili Peppers medley played with actual chili peppers.[6] He also performs musical challenges, which are often suggested to him by comments on his videos, such as playing an uninterrupted slap bass solo for 5 hours,[7] and playing a bassline which was claimed by Deadmau5 to be "technically impossible".[8]
Biale is also known for uploading meme-related videos and covers. Most notably, he contributed to the PewDiePie vs T-Series competition, where he played a bass cover of "Bitch Lasagna" outside of the T-Series headquarters and well as a video series where he reacts to posts made on his subreddit page.[9][10]
In 2017, Chowny Bass released the Davie504 signature bass guitar.[11] In May 2019, Biale was listed as number two on MusicRadar's list of "the 20 hottest bassists in the world today".[12] He received his Youtube Gold Play Button later that year, which he turned into a custom bass alongside Amnesia Guitars.[13]
World Challenges
Biale has uploaded a series entitled "World Challenges", where he travels to places suggested by viewers and plays songs associated with those places. These include bass covers of:
- Toto's "Africa" played at the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania (28 December 2018)[14]
- PewDiePie and Party in Backyard's "Bitch Lasagna" played at the T-Series headquarters in Noida, India to support PewDiePie's feud against T-Series (20 January 2019)[15]
- Various anime and Japanese video game soundtracks played at different locations in Japan (3 March 2019)[16]
- Men at Work's "Down Under" played in Sydney and Broken Hill in Australia (24 March 2019)[17]
- Various meme songs played at the EU headquarters in Brussels to protest against Article 13 (12 April 2019)[18]
- A medley of Boney M.'s "Rasputin", the Tetris theme, and anthem of the former Soviet Union played in Moscow, Russia (28 July 2019)[19]
- John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" played in Morgantown and the Coopers Rock State Forest in West Virginia, U.S. (2 December 2019)[20]
- Red Hot Chili Peppers' song "Around the World" played in several cities across the world, including ones he had been to in previous world challenges (30 December 2019)[21]
Personal life
Biale has an indigenous Taiwanese girlfriend, who also plays bass.[22] She has her own YouTube channel, Drungayu, where she appears in videos with Biale.[23]
Discography
Studio albums
- Let's Funk! (2014)
- Funkalicious (2015)
- Very Impressive (2016)
References
- Beedham, Matthew (13 March 2020). "A love letter to Rocksmith, the *real* Guitar Hero". Plugged | The Next Web. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- Pellone, Stefano (16 July 2019). "Davie504, il bassista italiano tra i nuovi fenomeni di YouTube". MelodicaMente (in Italian). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- "A bassist has made an Eminem cover using M&Ms and it's actually pretty exceptional". The Irish News. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- "Watch: YouTuber covers Korn songs with corn". Mixdown. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- "Watch a Korn medley played with a cob of corn and popcorn". Consequence of Sound. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- "Youtube: Toca una canción de los Red Hot Chili Peppers con un "red hot chili pepper"". AS (in Spanish). 23 May 2017.
- "WATCH: A FIVE HOUR STRAIGHT SLAP BASS SOLO". Mixdown. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- "Deadmau5 said this bassline was 'technically impossible' to play—a YouTuber proved him wrong". The Daily Dot. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- "This YouTuber Flew Down From Hong Kong to Play PewDiePie's Diss Track Outside T-Series HQ in Noida". News18. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- "This PewDiePie supporter flies down to India to play outside T-Series's office". Zee News. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- Astley-Brown, Michael (5 September 2017). "Is Davie504's Chowny signature model "the best bass ever"?". MusicRadar. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- Brooks, Mike (29 May 2019). "The 20 hottest bassists in the world today". MusicRadar. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- November 2019, Richard Bienstock 12. "Davie504 built a bass out of his YouTube Gold Play Button". guitarworld. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- Biale, Davide (28 December 2018). "I went to AFRICA just to play this song..." YouTube. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- Biale, Davide (20 January 2019). "I went to INDIA at T-Series HQ just to play this song..." YouTube. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- Biale, Davide (3 March 2019). "I went to JAPAN just to play these songs..." YouTube. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- Biale, Davide (24 March 2019). "I went to AUSTRALIA just to play this song..." YouTube. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- Biale, Davide (12 April 2019). "I went to the EU PARLIAMENT just to play MEMES (fighting against ARTICLE 13)". YouTube. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- Biale, Davide (28 July 2019). "I went to RUSSIA just to play this song..." YouTube. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- Biale, Davide (2 December 2019). "I went to WEST VIRGINIA just to play this song..." YouTube. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- Biale, Davide (30 December 2019). "I went ALL AROUND THE WORLD just to play this song..." Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- "女友真面目首度曝光!義大利貝斯鬼才證實:女友正是台灣原住民 - 國際 - 自由時報電子報". 自由電子報 (in Chinese). 19 April 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- "Drungayuuu". YouTube. Retrieved 7 May 2020.